Dear Parents,

    We are studying about City life and Country life. We are learning to compare and contrast the two.

    

     During our Christmas vacation each child should make a diorama of a City or Country life. Boys should make a diorama of City life and girls should make a diorama of Country life.

   If you do not understand what a diorama look like I have a sample in my class. The diorama should be in, the week of January 5th - 8th.

    

Please make sure your child has the following supplies after Christmas break.

1. Two #2 pencils sharpened { only two please. I will not be giving them the beginner pencil anymore.}

 2. An eraser

3. A pair of scissors

4. Glue { that work} No stick glue please.

5. Well sharpened crayons.

6. Well sharpened colored pencils.

Dear Parents,
        
          Our class is preparing a mini Christmas play for you, our parents. It will be on Thursday December 17th   at 12:45 p.m. Please try to be present as we are practicing and singing our hearths out.

                                                                    Thank you,
                                                                        Manel McMillan

Dear parents,
            
        There will be no Religion homework this week.

Congratulation !!! Kelly Johnson and Sherene Daniels we won the 'door decoration' contest. Sherene and Kelly worked through the wee hours of the night to get it finished on time. 

     Pope Francis has declared Year of Mercy beginning December 8th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. To celebrate this momentous event, our Director of Religious Affairs, Ian Cordova and his mom,Miss Myrna have arranged for a matching grant. This grant will match every single penny donated to the Missionary Childhood Association during the mouth of December up to $ 1,ooo.oo !! We thank our donor for this generous gesture, especially as all our students will be reviewing the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy which call us to see to the spiritual and physical needs of our brothers and sisters.
     
                                                                              Manel McMillan

Dear Parents,
       

         There will be no Religion homework this week or the next. When there is a question at the bottom of the Religion homework, please make sure your child answers the question on another piece of paper.

     As part of our Religion program in Kindergarten, we often tell stories about the lives of the Saints. As you know, November 1st is the Feast of All Saint.  As a class project, I am asking the children to choose a Saint and dress accordingly on Monday, November 2nd. A simple costume will do and the children come to school dressed as that Saint. We will be going to Mass with the school that day and the Kindergartners will process into the Mass with Fr. Henry and our Our Lady of the Assumption altar servers.

     There are several books about Saints with pictures in our classroom if you need some ideas. Come in and I will help you. Your child should be able to say a sentence or two about the Saint he/she represents. This is 50% of your child's Religion grade.

      On another note, our annual Math-A-Thon is this Friday, October 23rd. We start after assembly. Those parents, who volunteered to help, please meet me at the Kindergarten door so I can tell you the procedure. This is a fundraiser, so please make sure you have plenty of sponsors for your child; 100% of what you bring in goes toward your assessment.

                                                        It's a win win situation, what a deal!!!!!

Dear Parent,

     

          Please remember to enroll your child's information on grade link. Enrolling is self-explanatory on our website. From now on all information will be posted on grade link. For example Billing, Fundraising, Tuition, FunFair and all other information will be done electronically.

          Your e-mail, phone number, child's medical information {especially students with allergies} need to be included as well.

                                                             Thank you,

                                                                 Manel McMillan 

Dear Parent,

       Welcome to a new school year. I am enjoying working with your children and looking forward to working with you as well.

Thursday September 3rd at 6:00 p.m. is our back to school night. Please make sure to be there as i will be sharing very important information for the year.

On october 16th we will be having an Emergency Operation  exercise starting at 1:30 p.m.  We are preparing our children in case there us an emergency due to fire or an earthquake. In case we need to evacuate the school, all students need to know the correct procedure. We will be walking to the fore station at the corner of 40th and Sierra Way. Ann Marie Gallant, coordinator of the Emergency Center at the Diocese will be here October 16th to will be ironed out this day. If you do not want your child walking please pick your child up at 11:30 this day.

Thank you,

Manel McMillan

     

Dear Parent,

         I hope this year has been a fun and valuable learning experience for your children! Your children have worked really hard this year, therefore, I want to do some fun activities next week.

Monday, June 8th, our very own Deacon Dan will be talking to the children about his work as a Deacon.

Then we will have Play Shop Day. Your child can bring $1.00 or $2.00 dollars in change. Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters as this is all of the coins we have learned. In a addition to money each child may bring up to 5 toys {used] which they would like to sell. Each toy may be sold for .50 or less. 

One person's trash is another's treasure right!!

Tuesday, June 9th, Pet Day. Your child may bring a pet {in a proper container- cage, box,leash,etc...}students will be asked to give a Mini-Talk about the pet which could include kind of animal, age, food, care.... If you bring a dog your child will be the first to talk and the dog will have to go home directly after.

Wednesday, June 10th, Awards, Awards, Awards!! It will be at 7:55 am and will last about twenty min. or so. Parents who have to go back to work can make the proper arrangements. The afternoon of Wednesday will be sports events. Our room mothers have planned all activities.

                              Thank you,

                                                     Manel McMillan