Week of October 14th
Week of Monday, October 14th
Show and Tell: Anything that begins with F or anything that relates to the season of Fall
Merit Week- All children in Pre-K 4 may dress down on Tuesday, October 15th. They must wear closed toe shoes. Thank you!
Monday:
Tuesday: Merit Week Dress Down day for Pre-K 4/ Music
Wednesday: Gym
Thursday: Field Trip to Highland Orchards. We will leave at 9:30am and arrive back around 12:00pm. We will bring our snack with us and eat it on the way.
Friday: Library
- Thank you to all the parents who helped with the Walk-A-Thon on Friday.
- Thank you to all parents who came to the first annual Home and School meeting last Wednesday night.
- Thank you to everyone who supported our annual IHM Octoberfest by taking chances. Our Sisters at Camilla Hall are grateful for all the ways our SSJ students and families remember them. Chances, used-uniform sales, annual toiletry collection, and service are all greatly appreciated. Our Sisters at Camilla remember our SSJ Families in their prayers of gratitude. Our IHM Sisters have been blessed to minister at Saints Simon and Jude School since its opening in 1962.
- As the weather gets cooler, please make sure you child has a sweatshirt or jacket to wear outside. We try to go out everyday. Thank you!
- As the weather gets cooler some children prefer to wear the long sleeve shirt rather than the sweatshirt. The logo wear store sells youth long sleeve t-shirts for $15. You can access the logo wear store through the school website. If you have any questions, please contact ssjlogowear@gmail.com
- Please label all clothing, etc. your child comes in with. Thank you so much!
- No School: 10/31 and 11/1. We will have conferences on Thursday, 10/31. The sign-up genius will be live on Thursday, October 17th at 7:00pm. I will post days/ times other than 10/31.
Show and Tell: Anything that begins with F or anything that relates to the season of Fall
Merit Week- All children in Pre-K 4 may dress down on Tuesday, October 15th. They must wear closed toe shoes. Thank you!
Monday:
Tuesday: Merit Week Dress Down day for Pre-K 4/ Music
Wednesday: Gym
Thursday: Field Trip to Highland Orchards. We will leave at 9:30am and arrive back around 12:00pm. We will bring our snack with us and eat it on the way.
Friday: Library
- Thank you to all the parents who helped with the Walk-A-Thon on Friday.
- Thank you to all parents who came to the first annual Home and School meeting last Wednesday night.
- Thank you to everyone who supported our annual IHM Octoberfest by taking chances. Our Sisters at Camilla Hall are grateful for all the ways our SSJ students and families remember them. Chances, used-uniform sales, annual toiletry collection, and service are all greatly appreciated. Our Sisters at Camilla remember our SSJ Families in their prayers of gratitude. Our IHM Sisters have been blessed to minister at Saints Simon and Jude School since its opening in 1962.
- As the weather gets cooler, please make sure you child has a sweatshirt or jacket to wear outside. We try to go out everyday. Thank you!
- As the weather gets cooler some children prefer to wear the long sleeve shirt rather than the sweatshirt. The logo wear store sells youth long sleeve t-shirts for $15. You can access the logo wear store through the school website. If you have any questions, please contact ssjlogowear@gmail.com
- Please label all clothing, etc. your child comes in with. Thank you so much!
- No School: 10/31 and 11/1. We will have conferences on Thursday, 10/31. The sign-up genius will be live on Thursday, October 17th at 7:00pm. I will post days/ times other than 10/31.
- 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 for October is: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080b4ca4ae2baafd0-october
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
- Safe Environment lessons will be taught to grades Pre-K 3-8th on Wednesday, October 23rd. There are two lessons. One is taught in October and the other in May. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia requires that these lessons be taught to the children. If you would prefer that your child not participate, please call the main office before Wednesday, October 23rd.
- Regular afternoon carline in the front of school: It seems that we are having an unnecessary back-up issue at afternoon carline dismissal.The carline children are dismissed at 2:53PM. If you are coming too early, you might want to come later. Teachers remain on carline duty until all children have been picked up. We ask all parents/grandparents to form two lines when coming to pick up your children/grandchildren. If you would see a “back-up”, rather than waiting on Rt. 3, please drive into the Church lot. 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.
- Tickets are still available for SSJ's Home and School raffles. Please support us!! Any questions? Email Megan DelFra at megandelfra@yahoo.com. Raffles start this Friday! ]
-Mark your calendars and show your school spirit! SSJ will participate in the West Chester Halloween Parade on Wednesday, October 23rd! More details to follow!
- SSJ's annual Trunk or Treat will be held Friday, October 25th from 6pm to 7:30pm. Please read the Trunk or Treat flyer. The link to the flyer can be found in the newsletter. There' s also a link to a pizza order form. You must register your car. If you'd like to help with the event, there's a sign-up genius link in the newsletter.
- Save the date for the Knights of Columbus Italian Night at SSJ! This fun and family-friendly event will be on November 2nd, 6 to 9:30 p.m. in The Meehan Center. The cost is $45 for adults AND kids K- grade 8 are FREE. This includes live entertainment for all, Italian food, wine, beer, and soft drinks.
- Trivia Night returns to SSJ on Friday, November 15th. This is a parent only event.
- 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!
- 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!
- Boscov’s Friends Helping Friends – Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at all Boscov’s locations from 8:00AM to 11:00PM. For $5.00 you may purchase a 25% OFF* Shopping Pass on most items (click here to view the 25% off pass). Other items are offered at 15% or 10% off. The entire $5.00 benefits Camilla Hall. If interested, please send $5.00 to school and you will receive a Shopping Pass. Happy Shopping!
- Tuition assistance is available for all Saints Simon and Jude families who qualify or have a short-term financial need. In the 2019-2020 school year, over $160,000 in aid was awarded to SSJ students. We ask families to please submit an application through FACTS prior to applying for aid through SSJ's Catholic Education Fund. More information can be found in the newsletter.
- Be a Christmas Angel! This upcoming Advent season, you can make a difference to the less fortunate children in our local area. Our SSJ school and parish communities will once again partner with the Delaware Valley Children’s Charity (dvcconline.org) to assist thousands of area children who would have otherwise gone without. Last year SSJ sponsored 334 children! Please see the newsletter for more information.
Recap of the Week:
This week we focused on the letter L and fire safety. We completed four pages in our letter booklet. The other four pages can be completed at home and brought back in for a sticker. We came up with a list of words beginning with the letter L. Thank you for sending in all the pictures and words beginning with L. We glued them to the back of our chart. We made upper and lowercase L's with blocks. The children had fun sharing their letter L Show and Tell items.
We read about fire safety tips in our Scholastic weekly reader.The children also had fun exploring our fire safety themed centers. The art center contained play dough, fire trucks, fire fighters, people and dog cookie cutters as well as play dough extruders. The sensory table was filled with water beads, houses, hand scoopers, firefighters and fire trucks. We made a firetruck craft from shapes of construction paper.
In Religion we read the story: "Who is God's Favorite?". We talked about how we're all unique and different and that's what makes us so special.
In our "Ready for School" unit we read: "A Splendid Friend Indeed".We talked about the story words: note and splendid. We pretended to write a note to a splendid friend. We also discussed ways we can share in our classroom like Bear and Goose shared in the story.
The Firefighters came to visit on Thursday morning. They taught us the difference between a good fire and a bad fire. We each gave the firefighter a high-five. They showed us around their truck,. We even got to go inside!
The Walk-A-Thon on Friday was a lot of fun! The children had fun walking with a fifth grade buddy or older sibling. DJ Clyde kept them moving with some great music. Once the Walk-A-Thon was over, everyone got an ice cream treat. Thank you again to all the parent volunteers!
- Tuition assistance is available for all Saints Simon and Jude families who qualify or have a short-term financial need. In the 2019-2020 school year, over $160,000 in aid was awarded to SSJ students. We ask families to please submit an application through FACTS prior to applying for aid through SSJ's Catholic Education Fund. More information can be found in the newsletter.
- Be a Christmas Angel! This upcoming Advent season, you can make a difference to the less fortunate children in our local area. Our SSJ school and parish communities will once again partner with the Delaware Valley Children’s Charity (dvcconline.org) to assist thousands of area children who would have otherwise gone without. Last year SSJ sponsored 334 children! Please see the newsletter for more information.
Recap of the Week:
This week we focused on the letter L and fire safety. We completed four pages in our letter booklet. The other four pages can be completed at home and brought back in for a sticker. We came up with a list of words beginning with the letter L. Thank you for sending in all the pictures and words beginning with L. We glued them to the back of our chart. We made upper and lowercase L's with blocks. The children had fun sharing their letter L Show and Tell items.
We read about fire safety tips in our Scholastic weekly reader.The children also had fun exploring our fire safety themed centers. The art center contained play dough, fire trucks, fire fighters, people and dog cookie cutters as well as play dough extruders. The sensory table was filled with water beads, houses, hand scoopers, firefighters and fire trucks. We made a firetruck craft from shapes of construction paper.
In Religion we read the story: "Who is God's Favorite?". We talked about how we're all unique and different and that's what makes us so special.
In our "Ready for School" unit we read: "A Splendid Friend Indeed".We talked about the story words: note and splendid. We pretended to write a note to a splendid friend. We also discussed ways we can share in our classroom like Bear and Goose shared in the story.
The Firefighters came to visit on Thursday morning. They taught us the difference between a good fire and a bad fire. We each gave the firefighter a high-five. They showed us around their truck,. We even got to go inside!
The Walk-A-Thon on Friday was a lot of fun! The children had fun walking with a fifth grade buddy or older sibling. DJ Clyde kept them moving with some great music. Once the Walk-A-Thon was over, everyone got an ice cream treat. Thank you again to all the parent volunteers!
This Coming Week :
This week we'll be focusing on the letter F. We will complete four pages in our F booklet. The other four pages can be completed at home and brought back in for a sticker. Please send in clippings of words or pictures beginning with the letter F from magazines, cereal boxes, newspapers, etc. The children should be helping to find and cut out the pictures and words. We will practice writing Letter F on mini chalkboards using the Handwriting without Tears method of Wet, Dry, Try.
In Religion we'll read about our Lady's appearance to the three children in Fatima. We will also read the story of the Good Shepherd. We'll talk about how Jesus is the Good Shepherd because he loves and takes care of each of us.
We will read some Halloween stories and learn some new Halloween songs.
The children will make ghosts for our bulletin board. We will also begin to paint pumpkins at the easel.
In our "Ready for School " unit we'll talk about how the children on our Big Wall Chart are working together to learn. We will brainstorm a list of things that are better when done together. In Math we'll talk about the difference between height and length.
Important Dates
These Dates are subject to change.
Field Trip to Highland Orchards- 10/17, leave at 9:30am and arrive back at 12:00pm
West Chester Halloween Parade- Wednesday, 10/23
Trunk or Treat- 10/25, 6-7:30pm
Halloween Parade- 10/30, 8:30-8:40
Knights of Columbus Italian Night- 11/2, 6-9:30pm
Trivia Night- 11/15
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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