November 3rd - 7th

  Dressing up in costumes, playing games, and making crafts was a real treat for the kindergarten class.  Thank you to the Parents' Association, our Grandparents' committee, and the 7th and 8th grade classes for providing lots of fun at the Halloween Mission Party! We had a great day!

This week during our community time we discussed Corneilia Connelly and how she created the Holy Child Schools.  We discussed how we belong to such a special community.  We are the kindergarten community, the Early Childhood Community, and of course the HCA community!  We read two stories called We're Better Together and All Are Welcome.  Next, we took some time to draw a picture of what we look like.  We added details like, hair color, eye color, and special clothing.  We are going to display the drawings all together with our Early Childhood community!

EVENTS AND REMINDERS

Gym Days:  Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

Please send your child to school wearing a coat.  We go outside each morning and afternoon.  The weather is getting much colder, and a coat is needed, especially in the morning. 

Please be sure your child brings a water bottle to school each day.  

Tuesday, November 25th is a half day.  Noon dismissal, no lunch or Plus

Thanksgiving Holiday:  Tuesday afternoon through Friday, November 28th.

Classes resume on Monday, December 1st.

Have a great weekend,

Sharon DeBardino

GO EAGLES!!!

October 27th - 31st

 As we finish up our unit on pumpkins and Halloween, we started the week with a fun Early Childhood Halloween read around.  Mrs. Deitzler, our Nursery 2 teacher, came to our classroom to read us a story!  She read the story, How to Catch a Monster."  The students loved having Mrs. Deitzler as our guest reader.

This week during our writing workshop time, the students worked on beginning, middle, and ending of stories.  They came up with their topic theme and then drew three pictures to complete the story.  Some of our friends shared their stories from the "Author's Chair" and then we shared our stories with a partner.  They students truly enjoy writing workshop!  It's such a delight to see such excitement when creating stories with pictures and getting the opportunity to share with our classmates!

To conclude our pumpkin unit, Mrs. Barrera invited the Pre-K and Kindergarten classes to participate in a very cool science experiment!  Mrs. Barrera created Elephant Toothpaste inside a jack-o-lantern!  We mixed hydrogen peroxide, water, food coloring, yeast, and dish detergent.  When we added the last ingredient, the mixture started to bubble and grow! It made a big, foamy mess that looked like toothpaste for a giant elephant.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!  

We had a lot of fun during the Halloween Mission Party!  Stay tuned next week for lots of exciting pictures from the day!

EVENTS AND REMINDERS

The kindergarten class will visit the Scholastic Book Fair on Wednesday, November 5th if you would like to send your child to school with money to purchase books or you can also use EWallet.  

Friday, November 7th - No school for students

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sharon DeBardino