Parents & Guardians, As many of you know by now, my wife and I welcomed our second child in January. One of the benefits that the Archdiocese of Chicago provides its employees is the opportunity to take up to 12 weeks of parental leave. Mine will begin on Monday March 14th, and it will extend...Read More
This week has certainly had its fun! We are happy to be working with our letters and really catching them quickly when they flash on our Smart Board. We are continuing to practice letters and still have a few more to go with the alphabet. When we are writing letters, we are focusing on...Read More
We had a great week reading and rhyming with Dr. Seuss! Please continue the fun of reading the books with your children at home! These books are a hoot and the kids love all the rhymes!Our School auction is coming up fast!Thanks you to those who turned in your recipes. If you still need to...Read More
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NEWS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Religion: This week we begin the season of LENT in preparation for Easter. We will attend Maas on Wednesday to receive our Ashes. Please join us on Wednesday at 9:30 if your schedule allows. The students will take a look at the meaning of the season and think of something they can do to...Read More
Another great week under our JK Belts! It is so hard to believe that we are wrapping up February and heading into March next week! Questions to ask your children to hear more about their day? Who was the meteorologist for the weather report today? Who are your new table mates? What table do you now...Read More
It continues to be busy in Half Day Prek! We had fun with the letter V and painting Volcanoes! We are exploring plants as we Thank God for the plants and the trees, the sun and the water. We are working with writing our numbers and our names. We continue to work on counting...Read More
Looking Back… *Our week was all about bears! We learned about all the different types of bears, what they eat and what they do in the winter. We used our bear counters to count sets all the way to ten. The bear hunt was BEARY fun 🙂 *Letter “Ss” was our focus and we learned...Read More
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NEWS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Religion: This week we will be starting our GROWING WITH GOD curriculum on Friday February 25th. During this class the students will talk about the fact that God Created Us, Setting Appropriate Boundaries, Friendship and Bullying, Safety Awareness, Digital Discipleship, and My Sacred Self. A letter was sent home last week explaining the course...Read More
Happy Valentine’s Day Week! We had a wonderful time at our Valentine’s Day Party! We frosted cookies, played a guess the emoji game, and played Valentine Bingo.❤ Thank you to Mrs. Percival and Mrs. Bylina for helping out. Also, Mrs. Hodak for helping put everything together and taking pictures of all the class parties! Social...Read More
Looking Back… *Our week started out with an AWESOME Valentine’s Day Party. We played games, made crafts and enjoyed a yummy snack. Lots of fun was had by all. I would like to thank Mrs. Barba, our class representative, for organizing and helping at our party. Also, thanks to Mr. Barba for his help that...Read More