Room 4

Please check your child's homework planner daily. There are reminders and notes from me and the other teachers, as well as the daily homework assignments. Please see the note from Mrs. Chappelow concerning Art supplies for 5th Graders. Reminder: Reading Calendars need to be turned in each Friday. A parent is required to sign the calendar. I would like to have the Family Information Sheets back as soon as possible. Duplicate copies were sent today. We talked about the dress code requirements for 5th Graders today. Please refer to the Cultural Guide or ask if you have any questions.

Room 4 News

Welcome to a new school year! We have had an extremely busy few days. -On Monday, all the students were involved in the "Holy Games", which were a series of teambuilding activities. Fr. Chris gave a great talk about being a light for others. We have been keeping with that theme this week, and the class has been watching for examples of being a light and examples of blowing out someone's light. -On Tuesday we spent the morning in homeroom getting organized and going over procedures. The students spent the afternoon practicing their schedule and visiting each of their classes. -On Wednesday (today) we attended Mass for the Holy Day of Obligation. The readings for Mass were done beautifully by Abby Conway, Ian Brown, Mackenzie Woods, Caleb Land, and Sydney Geibel. -Just a couple of reminders: Room 4 has PE on Mondays and Thursdays. Everyone needs to bring $5.00 to pay for their assignment notebook (planner) by next Friday. Family Information Sheets were sent home yesterday and should be returned as soon as possible. Scholastic book order forms were sent home today. Orders are due next Wednesday. I have a great group of students in Room 4, and I know we are going to have a great year! Mrs. McMahon

BizTown Thanks

The 4th and 5th Grades completed their day of work, banking, economics, citizenship, and banking today with our trip to Junior Achievement's BizTown.  Eight of our ten businesses were successful in paying off the bank loans for their start-up costs. The day would not have been possible without our parent chaperones.  Many thanks to:
Mrs. Aebly              Mrs. Beidelman
Mrs. Conway          Mrs. Land
Mrs. Rubalcava      Mrs. White
Mrs. Aull                 Mrs. Carr
Mrs. Nagel              Mrs. McRanor
Mrs. Burck              Mr. Gleason
Mrs. Begley            Mrs. Golab
Mrs. Woods            Mr. Lacy
Mrs. Vastag            Mr. Clifford
Mr. Lay    

BizTown Trip on Friday

Just a few BizTown reminders:
-students will wear their school uniforms on Friday
-all students will ride the bus to BizTown arriving around 9:00 - 9:15 AM
-volunteers need to arrive at the Junior Achievement building at 8:30 AM for a short training session
-students and adult volunteers will need to bring their lunch
-the cafe will have ham, turkey, or pbj sandwich available as part of a sack lunch (lunch tickets will be punched)
-students will return to school around 2:15 PM
The students are really excited about this trip, and should have lots of information to share.

BizTown Update

All students received their job assignments for BizTown on Tuesday, and met with their coworkers in shop meetings yesterday and today.  Final preparations are being made for our trip to BizTown on Friday. 
The CEO and CFO of each shop has filled out loan papers for their shop's start-up loan which will include salaries, taxes, interest, and other expenses.  All employees worked on their shop's radio, newspaper, and web-page advertising, and will be responsible to run the best business possible in order to pay off their business loans.
Students are also preparing their bank account by filling out their deposit slips for their first paycheck, writing a check to open a savings account, and entering this information in their check register.

***All students and adult volunteers need to bring a lunch on Friday.  Drinks will be sold at BizTown.  The students do not need to bring money.  They will pay for all purchases with their BizTown salary.  Students should wear their school uniforms on Friday. 

Overdue Library books

Students who have late library books were given a listing paper today for their missing book.  Please return these books to the library as soon as possible.

BizTown Updates

Congratulations to Hannah Burck!  She was elected mayor of BizTown in our general election today.  
The students were interviewed for their jobs this morning, and will receive their BizTown job assignment on Tuesday.  Also, on Tuesday, the students will gather for the first of two shop meetings with the other employees to complete business readiness training for their job.
Remember our BizTown trip is next Friday, April 13th.  All students and parent volunteers need to bring a sack lunch that day. Drinks may be purchased at BizTown.  Adult volunteers will be driving or carpooling to the Junior Achievement building, but the students will be riding the bus.  Also, students will be wearing their regular school uniform.