10-22-13

Dear Parents,

If your student paid $1.00 for free dress last Friday, you have already paid for free dress this Thursday; your child may wear free dress this Thursday.  If your student did not bring $1.00 last week, he/she needs to bring $1.00 if he/she wants to participate in this Thursday’s dollar dress.  Please remember that this is a charitable fundraiser.  The money raised goes to support an orphanage in Tijuana.  Extra donations are always welcome. Donating to those in need is a good way to help students live their faith.

We are starting multiplication.  Please practice the multiplication facts with your student a little each night, starting with the 2’s.  We will learn the facts through the tens.   We will learn strategies for multiplying, such as: repeated addition, drawing an array, doubling a smaller fact.  However, these facts will eventually need to be memorized for future math success.  Thank you for your help in this.

As Halloween approaches, please remember that students may wear costumes to school.  Costumes may be scary, but no weapons are allowed (pirate swords, cowboy guns, etc.)  Students will come to school dressed in costume and we will have a Halloween parade in the shrine area at 8:30.  If you signed up to contribute to our party, please have items dropped off by 9:00 as we will have our party before recess.  There is no no need to send a snack on Halloween.  If your student does not want to wear a costume, then he/she needs to wear their uniform.

Since this week is a short week, Spelling and Reading story tests are on Thursday instead of Friday.

Lastly, the third grade will be attending a field trip to the Chumash Museum on November 14th.  The cost per student is unknown as we are awaiting news if we will receive a grant for the bus.  However, I need 5 parent chaperones to attend.  If you can attend, please email me at adanforth@saintanneschool.com or send a note.  Please be aware that we will be gone from 8:30-2:30 and parent chaperones will have to pay a small fee, about $6.00.  Please also know that I can only take 5, so if all spots are full, I will rotate parents for the next field trip.   

Thanks,

Ms. Danforth

Math test chapter 2 next Monday, October 21

This Wednesday--Fall color dress day--free.  $1 face painting.

Halloween is quickly approaching.  Students are encouraged to wear costumes and celebrate with their classmates.  However, if a student does not want to wear a costume, he/she must wear his/her uniform; it's not just a free dress day.  Please remember that costumes can be scary but weapons of any kind are not allowed.  Students need to come dressed in costume, not change into their costume at school.  There is a costume parade and contest in the shrine area at 8:30.  Parents are welcome to join us.  We will have a classroom party that morning before recess.  No need to pack a snack that day.

10-9-13

Dear Parents,

As the weather gets colder, please take this time to review the uniform policy, found on pages 83-87 of the online handbook.  Specifically, school sweaters and sweatshirts may NOT have hoods. ( It is our school policy that only 8^th graders are allowed hoods on their graduation sweatshirts.)  Sweaters need to be plain navy blue.  Sweatshirts need to have the school logo.  Jackets need to be navy blue or the school jacket.  Boots are allowed on rainy days only. 

Thanks for your cooperation with this,

Ms. Danforth

10-2-13

Religion chapter 3 test next Tuesday

Social Studies chapter 1 test next Friday 

This Friday is "think pink, wear pink" day. For $1 students can wear as much pink as possible to support breast cancer research. Tattoos will be sold at recess for $0.50.