Week of Monday, November 4th
Week of Monday, November 4th
Show and Tell: Anything that begins with H
Monday: Winter uniform begins- the children must wear the sweatpants
Tuesday: Music, picture retakes
Please let me know if your child is getting their picture retaken. Thank you!
Wednesday: Mission Day- every little bit helps!
Gym
Thursday: Computers
Friday: Library
- A paper feather will be coming home this week. Please help your child decorate the feather and write one thing they're thankful for on it. All feathers are due by Tuesday, November 12th. The feathers will be displayed on a turkey in the hallway. Thank you!
- Wednesdays are designated as Mission Day at SSJ. The missions we collect are used to support The Archdiocesan Missionary Childhood Association as well as other worthy causes such as Ronald McDonald House, Catholic Charities, Rice Bowl, hurricane victims, etc. Please be generous. Thank you!
- SSJ is participating in a Thanksgiving food drive for the poor. Please send in canned gravy with your child. Thank you!
- SSJ's student council is collecting new and gently used shoes of all sizes for the Soles for Jesus Foundation. These shoes will be delivered to those in need during a mission trip to Botswana. Thank you for any donation you provide.
- Please label all clothing, etc. your child comes in with.
- 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
- School picture retakes are scheduled for Tuesday, November 5th. Both students who were absent on picture day and students who would like to have their pictures retaken will be photographed that day. Parents may order pictures by going online at https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/#/ and using Picture Day ID: LW729539Q1 or by requesting an order form from the school office to complete and submit to the photographer on 11/5. If you are returning a photo package it can be brought to school on 11/5. If you have any questions you may contact the school office at 610-696-5249.
- 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 November is: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080b4ca4ae2baafd0-november
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
- Please be cautious when driving onto school grounds especially during car lines and bus arrivals. Please drive slowly. Thank you!
- The Box Tops Education Program helps earn money for our school. Please collect them and send them in when you can. We'll be collecting them until December 31st 2019. A link to instructions and a box tops collection sheet can be found in the weekly newsletter.
- Tickets are still available for SSJ's Home and School raffles. Please support us!! Any questions? Email Megan DelFra at megandelfra@yahoo.com.
- Trivia Night returns to SSJ on Friday, November 15th. This is a parent only event. There's a link to more details in the newsletter.
- Career Day is coming up on Monday, January 27th, 2020 and presenters are needed. Please e-mail Heather Coulter at heatherco@cciu.org if you or someone you know would like to be part of this fun day.
- 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!
- 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.
Recap of the Week:
Last week was a short, fun week! We continued to talk about the letter E and completed some fun Halloween activities/ crafts. We read about All Saints Day in Religion. The saints were friends of Jesus. We talked about things we can do at home and school to be a friend of Jesus. We voted on our favorite Jack-O-Lantern painting in the hallway. Congratulations to Lainey and Charlotte. Lainey received the most votes and Charlotte was a close second. We also voted on a design to be carved into our class pumpkin. We used a tally graph to record the votes. The ghost design won. The children helped scoop the pulp and seeds out and Mrs. Franz carved the ghost into the pumpkin.
We read: "Where's My Mummy?" and made yarn wrapped mummies. On Wednesday we had our Halloween parade and party. It was nice to see so many parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, etc. at the parade. Thank you to the parents who helped out with the class party. The children had so much fun! They enjoyed a snack, made a Halloween mask, played a ring toss game with witch hats and danced to Halloween music.
This Coming Week:
This week we'll focus on the letter H. We'll complete four pages in our letter booklet. The other four pages can be completed at home and brought back in for a sticker. Please send in 2-3 clippings of words or pictures beginning with the letter H from magazines, newspapers, cereal boxes, etc. The children should be helping to find and cut out the pictures and words. We'll read about being thankful in our Scholastic weekly reader. We'll identify the rhyming words as we read. On the back of the leaflet, we'll find and circle the letters in the word: GRATEFUL.
We'll read about the first Thanksgiving and begin to learn some Thanksgiving songs. We'll make owls from toilet paper rolls for the bulletin board in our classroom.We'll also make 3D pumpkins from construction paper and begin some Native American crafts.
We'll practice writing upper and lowercase H in our Handwriting without Tears workbooks. On Tuesday we'll talk a little bit about the voting process and read the book: "Splat for President". The children will vote for their favorite cracker: squares (graham crackers) or circles (Ritz). The one with the most votes will be served with snack on Tuesday.
In our Ready for School unit we'll test items to see whether or not they're magnetic. We'll review the story characters we've met in the unit thus far. We'll talk about how the children are sharing/cooperating in the pictures on the Big Wall Chart. We'll review the terms shorter and longer while playing a game that involves cooperation.
These Dates are subject to change
Trivia Night- 11/15
Pre-K Christmas Play- 12/16
Gingerbread Houses with 8th Grade in the cafeteria- 12/18
Career Day- 1/27
Donuts with Dad- 3/19, 8:45- 9:15/9:30
Muffins with Mom- 5/7, 8:45-9:15/9:30
Pre-K Beach Day- 6/4, 11:45 Dismissal
Show and Tell: Anything that begins with H
Monday: Winter uniform begins- the children must wear the sweatpants
Tuesday: Music, picture retakes
Please let me know if your child is getting their picture retaken. Thank you!
Wednesday: Mission Day- every little bit helps!
Gym
Thursday: Computers
Friday: Library
- A paper feather will be coming home this week. Please help your child decorate the feather and write one thing they're thankful for on it. All feathers are due by Tuesday, November 12th. The feathers will be displayed on a turkey in the hallway. Thank you!
- Wednesdays are designated as Mission Day at SSJ. The missions we collect are used to support The Archdiocesan Missionary Childhood Association as well as other worthy causes such as Ronald McDonald House, Catholic Charities, Rice Bowl, hurricane victims, etc. Please be generous. Thank you!
- SSJ is participating in a Thanksgiving food drive for the poor. Please send in canned gravy with your child. Thank you!
- SSJ's student council is collecting new and gently used shoes of all sizes for the Soles for Jesus Foundation. These shoes will be delivered to those in need during a mission trip to Botswana. Thank you for any donation you provide.
- Please label all clothing, etc. your child comes in with.
- 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
- School picture retakes are scheduled for Tuesday, November 5th. Both students who were absent on picture day and students who would like to have their pictures retaken will be photographed that day. Parents may order pictures by going online at https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/#/ and using Picture Day ID: LW729539Q1 or by requesting an order form from the school office to complete and submit to the photographer on 11/5. If you are returning a photo package it can be brought to school on 11/5. If you have any questions you may contact the school office at 610-696-5249.
- 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 November is: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080b4ca4ae2baafd0-november
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
- Please be cautious when driving onto school grounds especially during car lines and bus arrivals. Please drive slowly. Thank you!
- The Box Tops Education Program helps earn money for our school. Please collect them and send them in when you can. We'll be collecting them until December 31st 2019. A link to instructions and a box tops collection sheet can be found in the weekly newsletter.
- Tickets are still available for SSJ's Home and School raffles. Please support us!! Any questions? Email Megan DelFra at megandelfra@yahoo.com.
- Trivia Night returns to SSJ on Friday, November 15th. This is a parent only event. There's a link to more details in the newsletter.
- Career Day is coming up on Monday, January 27th, 2020 and presenters are needed. Please e-mail Heather Coulter at heatherco@cciu.org if you or someone you know would like to be part of this fun day.
- Save the Date- SSJ Night at the Races fundraiser will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2020. A volunteer meeting will be held in January. If you have any questions, please contact Jen Doran at jenniferdoran413@gmail.com
- Please see Sister Regina's letter in the weekly newsletter thanking everyone who supported SSJ through the Lighting the Way annual fund and the Night at the Races event. This year's annual fund kicks off this weekend. Please see the bulletin and newsletter for more information.
- 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!
- 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.
Recap of the Week:
Last week was a short, fun week! We continued to talk about the letter E and completed some fun Halloween activities/ crafts. We read about All Saints Day in Religion. The saints were friends of Jesus. We talked about things we can do at home and school to be a friend of Jesus. We voted on our favorite Jack-O-Lantern painting in the hallway. Congratulations to Lainey and Charlotte. Lainey received the most votes and Charlotte was a close second. We also voted on a design to be carved into our class pumpkin. We used a tally graph to record the votes. The ghost design won. The children helped scoop the pulp and seeds out and Mrs. Franz carved the ghost into the pumpkin.
We read: "Where's My Mummy?" and made yarn wrapped mummies. On Wednesday we had our Halloween parade and party. It was nice to see so many parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, etc. at the parade. Thank you to the parents who helped out with the class party. The children had so much fun! They enjoyed a snack, made a Halloween mask, played a ring toss game with witch hats and danced to Halloween music.
This Coming Week:
This week we'll focus on the letter H. We'll complete four pages in our letter booklet. The other four pages can be completed at home and brought back in for a sticker. Please send in 2-3 clippings of words or pictures beginning with the letter H from magazines, newspapers, cereal boxes, etc. The children should be helping to find and cut out the pictures and words. We'll read about being thankful in our Scholastic weekly reader. We'll identify the rhyming words as we read. On the back of the leaflet, we'll find and circle the letters in the word: GRATEFUL.
We'll read about the first Thanksgiving and begin to learn some Thanksgiving songs. We'll make owls from toilet paper rolls for the bulletin board in our classroom.We'll also make 3D pumpkins from construction paper and begin some Native American crafts.
We'll practice writing upper and lowercase H in our Handwriting without Tears workbooks. On Tuesday we'll talk a little bit about the voting process and read the book: "Splat for President". The children will vote for their favorite cracker: squares (graham crackers) or circles (Ritz). The one with the most votes will be served with snack on Tuesday.
In our Ready for School unit we'll test items to see whether or not they're magnetic. We'll review the story characters we've met in the unit thus far. We'll talk about how the children are sharing/cooperating in the pictures on the Big Wall Chart. We'll review the terms shorter and longer while playing a game that involves cooperation.
Important Dates
These Dates are subject to change
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
Career Day- 1/27
Donuts with Dad- 3/19, 8:45- 9:15/9:30
Muffins with Mom- 5/7, 8:45-9:15/9:30
SSJ Night at the Races- 5/16
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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