Week of Monday, September 16th
Week of Monday, September 16th
Show and Tell: A favorite book
Monday:
Tuesday: Music/ picture day
The children should wear their school uniform. All children will have their picture taken, however you don’t need to purchase pictures. To purchase pictures you may send in a completed order form and payment on Picture Day or pre-order online at https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/#/. The picture day ID for SSJ is LW729539Q0. Order forms were sent home with students earlier this week. You may contact the school office at 610-696-5249 if you need one but did not receive one.
Wednesday: Gym
Thursday: Computers
Friday: Library
- The Back to School social is this Sunday, September 15th in Monihan Hall (cafeteria) from 10am-11:30am. There will be a pancake and waffle breakfast bar. Come after 9am mass or before 11am mass to catch up with old friends and meet new ones! Home and School is still in need of volunteers to make the event a success. Sign up
here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0545aca923a3fa7-welcome2
- We have a new Technology teacher at SSJ. His name is Mr. Carne. He will begin classes this week.
- Please return all beginning of the year paper work. If you would like paper copies, please contact Mrs. Conlon in the main office. The forms can be found on the school website.
- Saints Simon and Jude School is switching grading/attendance systems effective September 2019. You will no longer access your child's information through My Student Progress. The new system is called OptionC. Sign-in information and instructions will be sent home with your youngest or only child on Monday, September 16th. Parent alerts and emails will also be sent via OptionC. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school office.
- We are asking the children to send in one jar of peanut butter or jelly for the poor. Thank you for your generosity!
- We’re asking all parents/grandparents to form two lines when coming in to pick up your child/children from regular carline . If you see a “back-up”, rather than waiting on Rt. 3, please drive into the Church lot. This happens occasionally on a half-day dismissal. Please remind your child/ren not to "run" to the car when they see you. Teachers will ensure that it is safe (all cars have stopped) and either walk the child to the waiting car or instruct the older children to proceed. We do strive to get all children safely and quickly to their cars. Thank you to all our drivers for your cooperation and patience as we ensure the safety of our children.
For Preschool carline pick-up, please drive around the lower lobby entrance. If you’re the first car, please pull all the way up once the buses have left. Please do not come to your child. We’ll walk your child to you. If you need to buckle your child in, please pull to the side so that we can keep the line moving. Thank you for understanding!
- We’re in need of lunch time volunteers Monday-Friday from 12-1pm. Mrs. Franz, the Pre-K 4 aide will be in the classroom with you as well as a lunch helper on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We especially need parent volunteers on Mondays and Fridays because we don’t have a lunch helper from the cafeteria. The sign up genius link is: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080B4CA4AE2BAAFD0-lunch
You must have all your clearances to volunteer. Please contact Candy Savarese in the rectory for more information on obtaining your clearances. Her email is csavarese@simonandjude.org
- Save the date for the Fall Parent Social BYOB hosted by the Home and School Association on Saturday, September 28th at 7:30pm. Please RSVP here http://evite.me/qmPQQwGbug by Wednesday, September 25th.
- Support SSJ through Giant’s A+ School Rewards Program! Go to the Giant website for more information. https://giantfoodstores.com/school-rewards/. If you already support SSJ, you don’t need to sign up again. Thank you!
Recap of the Week:
We had a great first week! We went over rules and classroom routines. The children did a great job with Show and Tell. If your child forgets their day, they can always bring it another day that week. We practiced cutting and gluing with paint samples. We started to learn some new prayers and made a guardian angel craft. Mrs. Franz measured everyone’s height and the children drew a picture of themselves. We practiced writing our names and identifying shapes with pattern blocks. We made houses with shapes of construction paper to hang on our bulletin board in the hall.
This Coming Week:
This week we'll continue to practice identifying and writing our names.We'll talk about shapes. We'll use cups to build shapes and go for a shape hunt around the classroom. We'll meet Mat Man from our "Handwriting without Tears" curriculum. In Religion we'll read the story of Jesus calling Peter, Andrew, James and John to be his disciples. We'll start the unit: "Ready for School" from our Houghton Mifflin Big Day for Pre-K curriculum. We'll talk about our favorite stories and appropriate story time behavior. We'll discuss ways to stay healthy and safe. We'll read the book: "Owen" by Kevin Henkes and talk about the story words: terrific and favorite.
Things to work on at home:
- identifying and writing their first name
- cutting
- zipping
Show and Tell: A favorite book
Monday:
Tuesday: Music/ picture day
The children should wear their school uniform. All children will have their picture taken, however you don’t need to purchase pictures. To purchase pictures you may send in a completed order form and payment on Picture Day or pre-order online at https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/#/. The picture day ID for SSJ is LW729539Q0. Order forms were sent home with students earlier this week. You may contact the school office at 610-696-5249 if you need one but did not receive one.
Wednesday: Gym
Thursday: Computers
Friday: Library
- The Back to School social is this Sunday, September 15th in Monihan Hall (cafeteria) from 10am-11:30am. There will be a pancake and waffle breakfast bar. Come after 9am mass or before 11am mass to catch up with old friends and meet new ones! Home and School is still in need of volunteers to make the event a success. Sign up
here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0545aca923a3fa7-welcome2
- We have a new Technology teacher at SSJ. His name is Mr. Carne. He will begin classes this week.
- Please return all beginning of the year paper work. If you would like paper copies, please contact Mrs. Conlon in the main office. The forms can be found on the school website.
- Saints Simon and Jude School is switching grading/attendance systems effective September 2019. You will no longer access your child's information through My Student Progress. The new system is called OptionC. Sign-in information and instructions will be sent home with your youngest or only child on Monday, September 16th. Parent alerts and emails will also be sent via OptionC. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school office.
- We are asking the children to send in one jar of peanut butter or jelly for the poor. Thank you for your generosity!
- We’re asking all parents/grandparents to form two lines when coming in to pick up your child/children from regular carline . If you see a “back-up”, rather than waiting on Rt. 3, please drive into the Church lot. This happens occasionally on a half-day dismissal. Please remind your child/ren not to "run" to the car when they see you. Teachers will ensure that it is safe (all cars have stopped) and either walk the child to the waiting car or instruct the older children to proceed. We do strive to get all children safely and quickly to their cars. Thank you to all our drivers for your cooperation and patience as we ensure the safety of our children.
For Preschool carline pick-up, please drive around the lower lobby entrance. If you’re the first car, please pull all the way up once the buses have left. Please do not come to your child. We’ll walk your child to you. If you need to buckle your child in, please pull to the side so that we can keep the line moving. Thank you for understanding!
- We’re in need of lunch time volunteers Monday-Friday from 12-1pm. Mrs. Franz, the Pre-K 4 aide will be in the classroom with you as well as a lunch helper on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We especially need parent volunteers on Mondays and Fridays because we don’t have a lunch helper from the cafeteria. The sign up genius link is: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080B4CA4AE2BAAFD0-lunch
You must have all your clearances to volunteer. Please contact Candy Savarese in the rectory for more information on obtaining your clearances. Her email is csavarese@simonandjude.org
- Save the date for the Fall Parent Social BYOB hosted by the Home and School Association on Saturday, September 28th at 7:30pm. Please RSVP here http://evite.me/qmPQQwGbug by Wednesday, September 25th.
- Support SSJ through Giant’s A+ School Rewards Program! Go to the Giant website for more information. https://giantfoodstores.com/school-rewards/. If you already support SSJ, you don’t need to sign up again. Thank you!
Recap of the Week:
We had a great first week! We went over rules and classroom routines. The children did a great job with Show and Tell. If your child forgets their day, they can always bring it another day that week. We practiced cutting and gluing with paint samples. We started to learn some new prayers and made a guardian angel craft. Mrs. Franz measured everyone’s height and the children drew a picture of themselves. We practiced writing our names and identifying shapes with pattern blocks. We made houses with shapes of construction paper to hang on our bulletin board in the hall.
This week we'll continue to practice identifying and writing our names.We'll talk about shapes. We'll use cups to build shapes and go for a shape hunt around the classroom. We'll meet Mat Man from our "Handwriting without Tears" curriculum. In Religion we'll read the story of Jesus calling Peter, Andrew, James and John to be his disciples. We'll start the unit: "Ready for School" from our Houghton Mifflin Big Day for Pre-K curriculum. We'll talk about our favorite stories and appropriate story time behavior. We'll discuss ways to stay healthy and safe. We'll read the book: "Owen" by Kevin Henkes and talk about the story words: terrific and favorite.
Things to work on at home:
- identifying and writing their first name
- cutting
- zipping
Important Dates
These Dates are subject to change.
Blessings of Stuffed Animals- 10/4
Firefighters Visit- 10/10
SSJ Walk-A-Thon- Friday, 10/11 1pm
Field Trip to Highland Orchards- 10/17, leave at 9:30am and arrive back at 12:00pm
Halloween Parade- 10/30, 8:30-8:40
Thanksgiving Celebration- 11/26, 10:00-10:30
Pre-K Christmas Play- 12/16
Gingerbread Houses with 8th Grade in the cafeteria- 12/18
Donuts with Dad- 3/19, 8:45- 9:15/9:30
Muffins with Mom- 5/7, 8:45-9:15/9:30
Pre-K Spirit Day- 5/27, 10:00-10:45
Pre-K Beach Day- 6/4, 11:45 Dismissal
Pre-K Closing Ceremony- 6/5, 9:30am
**You must have all your clearances to volunteer. For more information on obtaining the required clearances, please contact Candy Savarese in the Rectory at csavarese@simonandjude.org
**You must have all your clearances to volunteer. For more information on obtaining the required clearances, please contact Candy Savarese in the Rectory at csavarese@simonandjude.org
*Reminder: If your child is absent please email myself at mpmauer@simonandjude.org as well as Mrs. Conlon in the main office at mconlon@simonandjude.org
Thank you!
- If your child's dismissal procedure changes, I must be emailed by 1:00pm. If it's past 1:00pm, please call the main office.
- If your child's dismissal procedure changes, I must be emailed by 1:00pm. If it's past 1:00pm, please call the main office.
- If you need to pick up early, we must have a written note or email.
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