No Homework Monday!

There will be no homework given on Monday as part of our Student Appreciation Day.  Ask your child what other perks your child was given today.

4th and 5th Grade Service Project

As part of our Catholic School's Week celebration, 4th and 5th Grades are taking part in a service project.  We will be making blankets to donate to Methodist Hospital Emergency Room. 
We need donations of 1 1/2 yard pieces of fleece fabric which can be purchased at any craft of fabric shop.  Please send the fabric to school by Wednesday. More information was sent home with each students today.

BizTown volunteers

Information came home today about parent volunteers for BizTown.  This is a day-long Junior Achievement program about economics, citizenship, and personal banking.  All 4th and 5th Graders will be attending.  If you would like to be a volunteer, please return the form as soon as possible.

Storyteller study trip

We had a very entertaining trip to the Indiana Historical Society on Friday.  The two storytellers had several interesting stories, and even taught stories to the audience.  Be sure to ask your child to retell one of their stories.

Rectory renovation donations

Room 4 students contributed $30.50 toward the rectory renovations.  Several students were very generous!

Joyful Monday for 4th and 5th Grade

The 4th and 5th Grade will have their non-uniform day on Monday, instead of Friday.  We are going on a study trip Friday and students need to be in their school uniform.  We will not have PE on Friday because of the storyteller trip.

Storytelling trip permission slips due Wednesday

The permission slip and $8.00 fee for the storyteller study trip at the Indiana History Center are due on Wednesday, tomorrow.  I have given duplicate permission slips to the students who have not turned theirs in yet.  The trip is this Friday, 1/21/11.  Students will need to wear their school uniform.  We will eat lunch before leaving.

Save the date for BizTown

The 4th and 5th Graders will be participating in BizTown, an economics program sponsored by Junior Achievement on Monday, March 21st.  BizTown is a simulated city where the students will hold jobs for a day, participate in an election, learn the principles of banking, and learn to be a good citizen.
We will need parents to participate in the all-day study trip.  An hour of on-line training with Junior Achievement will be required if you have not previously participated in BizTown, as well as a current background check and Virtus training.
More information about being a volunteer for the day will be coming home soon.

Reminders 1/13/11

We are out of school for Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January 17th.

Permission slips and $8.00 for the storytelling festival at the Indiana History Center are due on Wednesday, January 19th.  We will leave school by bus around 11:00 am and return around 1:45 pm.  Students will eat their lunch before we leave.  School lunch may be purchased as usual.  The students will wear their school uniforms, as usual.

Report cards, goals, and ISSP

I sent home a copy of each student's report card today.  We will be comparing the students' 2nd quarter goals and Individual Student Success Plan from conferences with their report card.  Many students did not return their goal paper and their ISSP after 1st quarter conferences.  Please check at home for these papers and return them to school as soon as possible.  The students will have to record their report card, Benchmark, and ISTEP scores again and  rewrite their goals if these papers are not found.

Stiorytelling Festival

On Friday, January 21st, the 4th and 5th Grades will be attending the Hoosier Storytelling Festival at the Indiana History Center. Permission slips are in today's Friday Folder.

Report cards available online

Student report cards are available online.  Mrs. Patterson's students will receive a hard copy report on Monday.

Benchmark testing

4th and 5th Grades started the second round of Benchmark testing today.  We are encouraging all students to do their best to show what they have learned so far this year by improving their reading, language arts, math, and science testing scores.

Happy New Year!

Happy new year and welcome back to the 3rd quarter of 4th/5th Grade.  The new grading period begins today.  2nd quarter report cards should be completed by Wednesday and available for viewing online by Friday.  2nd quarter awards will be this Friday at 10:00 am.
Thank you for all the classroom contributions/Christmas gifts.  You are truly generous.