February is here! We will continue to learn more and at a faster pace! We
are half way to first grade!
We had great fun during Catholic Schools Week. We our 100 Day of School
Celebration with a special snack and activities. Come see our 100 items art
projects hanging in our hallway. We loved celebrating Groundhog Day! The
Crazy Olympics was AWESOME! Friday was an All School Mass and we were
fantastic! I am so proud of the kids.
Math class has us adding numbers up to the sum of 10. Please practice at
home with simple household objects or toys or snack foods. Please practice
printing numbers correctly too! We will start subtraction this week!
Reading class has kindergarten practicing the letters Nn, Aa, Dd, Ss, Mm, Ii,
Tt, Cc, Oo, Ff, & Rr and the sounds they make. We will look and listen for
those sounds at the begin, middle, and end of words. We will also learn more
sight words. These are words we know by just looking at them and not sounding
out. Please keep them in your child's Blue Homework Folder so to practice
reading them on Homework days. Ask your kindergartener about our new Nature
stories, Allie's A-Z Adventure, The Apple Pie Tree, and Nature Spy!
We are in full swing with our weekly spelling words! Please see the Homework
Section of this Web page for specifics.
In Religion, we are learning about Jesus as a man. He was a teacher and a
helper. Jesus wants us to LOVE everyone. We can show love with the words we
say and the things we do. We are trying to be like Jesus in everything we
do! We are also learning about PRAYER. We can pray anywhere, at any time
and about anything.
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We LOVE our Smartboard!! We will go on it several times a week. Ask your
child about some of the things we do on it. Go to my LINKS section of this
web page and do some of the activities at home too!
All K2 kids will be "Student of the Week" once or twice this year. We will
learn all about your child during his/her special week. Your student will
have special jobs during his or her week and get to bring something in for a
Show and Tell Day. More information will come about this special week when
it is your child's turn.
We are still practicing our listening and following direction skills a lot.
We are also printing, coloring, and cutting carefully. Encourage us at home.
PLEASE PRACTICE PRINTING AAND SPELLING YOUR LAST NAME!
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Please PUT YOUR CHILD'S NAME ON ALL coats, sweaters, sweatshirts, lunchboxes,
lunch tickets, and book bags! Thank you!
SNACKS - We will eat a snack in the morning and afternoon each day!
- Weekly fee for snacks = $1.50 All Day kids / $1.00 Half Day kids
- You can pay weekly, monthly, or all at once for the entire year.
- Please use an envelope labeled "Snack Money" & your child's name.
- You can pay with cash or check made payable to: Nicole Seitz
RED & BLUE FOLDERS
The RED folder will be our communication folder. The RED folder comes with
your child each day! The children will put their daily work into the right
side for you to see each day. Any newsletters or notes from me or the school
will go into the left side of this folder. The BLUE folder is the homework
folder.
ABSENT:
Please call the school (412)928-2742 before 8:00 AM if your child is absent.
ALSO, please send a NOTE EXPLAINING THE ABSENCE the next day back at school.
Kindergarten Dress Code - Please see FAQ page.
GYM Clothes - Please see FAQ page.
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Practice the ANGEL Way! St. Philip School encourages our children to follow
The A.N.G.E.L. Way (Acquiring Natural Goodness in Everyday Life). Our
children will get to know Jesus and our Catholic Faith. We will learn
prayers, songs, and participate in many activities that will make us feel
closer to God.
Our third virtue is self discipline. Kindergarteners can learn to do this by
remembering the jobs that they have to do and doing them. They need to know
that school is a serious time and they need to focus and listen in order to
learn. There are other times to be silly and funny. They need to use self
discipline when dealing with a peer that has a differnt idea than they do.
This is a great virtue to help our little ones learn!
