Valentine's Day Dance

Blessing of palm branches for Ash Wednesday

TerraNova

Yes, it is that time of year again! TerraNova Testing begins next week.It is very important that the students are in class everyday next week. Of course if your child is ill, keep them at home. They will not be able to perform to the best of their ability - make-ups will be held the following week.

What can I do to be ready for TerraNova?
~ get a good night's sleep
~ eat a healthy breakfast
~ pack a snack
~ be on time for school
~ listen carefully to instructions
~ read all directions
~ stay focused
~ do your best

Don't forget bring three #2 pencils.

Recent Events

Most of the class enjoyed the performance of Shakespear's A Midnight Summer's Dream. The show definitely gave them an idea of the style of writing and some of the themes found in Shakespear's plays.

Last week we received our Ashes in preparation for the season of Lent and Easter. We watched a PowerPoint with 6th Grade that explained what the season is really about. Currently, we are finishing up our packs on St. Luke's Gospel. I will add some more pages to this that will cover the stories of the Easter Season. The students will be tested before Easter by Mr. Bennett on our main objective for the year which is the New Testament (in particular, St. Luke's Gospel).

Congratulations to Marcus who won the 5th grade poem contest entitled, "Why St. Sylvester is Great"

CSW

We had a great week filled with many fun activities to help us celebrate Catholic Schools Week. On Monday we enjoyed reading with and to our Prek 3 buddies and then we sat with them during the opening Prayer Service. On Tuesday we were all seeing double and sometimes triple as we had dress like twins day. We loved the "Olympics" on Thursday afternoon and many of us went home with sore throats from all the cheering. Mr. Bennentt and the teachers presented many awards on Friday, including our Honor Roll winners, our class Peace Maker and Effort Award and the poster/poem winners for each grade.

Honor Roll

Natalie Ortez-Arevalo
Miya Ortiz
Jelanni Reyes
Isaac Herrera
Javier Pena
Marangelisse Mongoy

Congratulations to you for your hard work during the first half of the school year!
I know more of you can make it on to Honor Roll in June.

Congratulations

Awards

Peace Maker Javier Pena
Effort Natalie Ortez-Arevalo