HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL!!
Students need to be in their dress uniform for First Friday Mass on Friday Feb. 4th!
Congratulations to Ethan for completing the most time on IXL Language Arts and to Dolcie for completing the most time in Math for January!
Students should be working on their time for February .
MESSAGES I will check my email before and after school as well as during planning periods. Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions via email or Instant Messaging me on Classdojo. (Info. about Classdojo will go home the first week of school).
Tuesday Envelope
Please remove the contents from your child's Tuesday Envelope, sign it and return the Envelope to school that we may use it again next week. You may keep your child's work.
Specialist Schedule
Teachers are still waiting to be given their Specialist schedules. As soon as it is shared with me I will share it with you.
St. Joe's lunch menu link: http://fairhavenps.nutrislice.com/menu/st-joes/
Hello, There may be some changes in store for one and all this year. I will post any changes with regard to schedule, staff, lunch time and specialists' schedule as soon as they are made know to me. Thanks in advance for understanding that from year to year some changes are bound to happen.
Blessings to one and all for a marvelous school year!
Our lunch time will be 11:00-11:30 this year.
Lunch/ Breakfast is offered at no charge this year, but the child must order a
whole lunch/ breakfast and may not order items a la cart per Program policy.
Students are not to bring in food from home or outside vendors to consume if they are attending Before Care. They are to participate in the Breakfast program at School.
As we are not wearing masks there will not be class mask breaks. Students choosing to wear masks may see the teacher for a mask break.
Please be advised... Please refer to the SJS Student handbook for details
Parents are asked to check and double check all personal information in
Headmaster to prevent issues rather than wait for them to occur.
Mrs. Piazza expects that all students will be in their classroom seat for 8:15. Arrival at school after 8:15 means the child will be tardy.
Please notify the school nurse of any health related issues, injuries or
allergies.
Please order any and all items for your child's uniform (school sweaters, school sweatshirts, ties, long pants, shoes etc. )as there are already delays in receiving orders placed in June.
Please provide the office with copies of any and all documents pertinent to your child's health and academic well being.
Science Fair News
Hello Parents,
As we have the SJS Annual Science Fair every other year, students will have to wait for next year for the fair. Fifth graders will be learning about the parts of the science project, how to write a report, how to prepare a presentation board and to prepare for a class presentation so that they will be ready for next year. Handouts have been posted/ distributed with due dates.
We will review each part of the report/ project in class. Students will prepare and share the parts with me for feedback to help them improve their work. Students will receive a science grade for the content and a language arts grade for the mechanics of good writing/ grammar aspects of the report.
Dismissal
Fifth grade will begin being dismissed at 2:20 each day and 11:25 on half days.
Mrs. Piazza would like teachers to remind parents not to arrive in the pick up car lane before your child's pick up time. Also, please do not park on the street while waiting for the right time to drive up as the back up could be a safety issue in preventing emergency vehicles from getting through. Thank you.
Students should know who is picking them up and where they are to go at the end of the school day- Out the back door, Aftercare, or an after school activity.
Uniforms
As of April 1st, students may wear shorts as part of their daily uniform. They are required to wear long pants for dress uniform days. They must also have SJS sweatshirts in class if they are cold and the SJS sweater for dress uniform days. Sweatshirts may not be worn on dress uniform days. Outdoor Jackets should not be worn in class. Students should have a jacket as we will go out for recess, weather permitting.
We are asking the boys to wear belts (a required part of the uniform) as well as to tuck their shirts in (another requirement to wearing the uniform correctly). Students will need a tie for dress up days and a school sweater as well (Sweater not needed until Nov. 1st). Please order these items if you are in need of them. Thank you.
Lunch time
Fifth Grade has lunch in the cafeteria at 11:30 am each day! You can buy ice cream on Fridays.
Water bottles
Students should bring bottled water or a refillable water bottle to school with them each day.
Students will have the opportunity to use the new refill station by the cafeteria at lunch time and following recess to avoid making numerous trips.
Tuesday Envelopes
Please be advised that the school will send home papers/ notices to parents in the Tuesday Envelope. On weeks with a holiday on Monday it will go home on Wednesday. Please remove the contents, sign the back of the envelope and return it to school with anything that needs to come back to school inside of it. Thanks!
Language Arts Practice on IXL.COM
Students should be starting practice for May.
Students are asked to continue working on IXL for 60 minutes or more each month at the 5th grade level in Math and 60 minutes in Language Arts. The time will equate to a quiz grade of 100% or portion of based on time completed as long as an appropriate number of problems are completed for the time shown. Students must remember to sign out for the program to tack their time and questions answered. The student with the most time and questions completed each month will earn a reward!
Communication/ Homework
As parents are not part of the Google Suite with SJS, I am not able to share your child's work electronically with you directly. You can ask your child to share it with you in either their email or Shared with Me Drive.
Students should be checking their emails each daily to find emails from the teacher as well as weekly to find PDF documents which have been sent to them. Our reading and spelling wkshts will be sent this way to remote learners as their is no World Wide Web address to use to share it any other way. A printer at home may be helpful!
Students are checking the postings on Google Classroom each day to find assignments which have been posted there for them to complete. A list of assignments is also posted there for the week. Parents may find this list on my Weebly page as they are not able to access the Google Classroom page as they are not part of the Google Suite here at SJS.
You may contact me with questions by email at [email protected]
MESSAGES I will check my email before and after school as well as during planning periods.
BOOK COVERS
Textbooks should be covered at all times to protect the book from being damaged. A flyer is in the first Tues. Envelope.
Water bottles Children may have water bottles in class as long as they do not play with them.
Homework Folder and Agenda Book
Students should be using their Agenda Book to write down homework. We have time to write it down during the day and at the end of it, too. They are being asked to put work to be finished on one side of their Homework Folder and work to be turned in on the other. Please ask them before taking things out of the folder!
School Supplies
Students should be refilling school supplies when they run out of them, including: pencils, pens, erasers, glue sticks, crayons. Students should have a personal dri erase board/ marker, small pencil sharpener and note books for major subject areas as noted at the start of the school year.
STUDENTS SHOULD BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES USING CAPITALS AND PUNCTUATION. POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM ASSIGNMENTS WHEN THEY DO NOT FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS! THEY ARE REMINDED EACH TIME WORK IS ASSIGNED!
Students need to be in their dress uniform for First Friday Mass on Friday Feb. 4th!
Congratulations to Ethan for completing the most time on IXL Language Arts and to Dolcie for completing the most time in Math for January!
Students should be working on their time for February .
MESSAGES I will check my email before and after school as well as during planning periods. Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions via email or Instant Messaging me on Classdojo. (Info. about Classdojo will go home the first week of school).
Tuesday Envelope
Please remove the contents from your child's Tuesday Envelope, sign it and return the Envelope to school that we may use it again next week. You may keep your child's work.
Specialist Schedule
Teachers are still waiting to be given their Specialist schedules. As soon as it is shared with me I will share it with you.
St. Joe's lunch menu link: http://fairhavenps.nutrislice.com/menu/st-joes/
Hello, There may be some changes in store for one and all this year. I will post any changes with regard to schedule, staff, lunch time and specialists' schedule as soon as they are made know to me. Thanks in advance for understanding that from year to year some changes are bound to happen.
Blessings to one and all for a marvelous school year!
Our lunch time will be 11:00-11:30 this year.
Lunch/ Breakfast is offered at no charge this year, but the child must order a
whole lunch/ breakfast and may not order items a la cart per Program policy.
Students are not to bring in food from home or outside vendors to consume if they are attending Before Care. They are to participate in the Breakfast program at School.
As we are not wearing masks there will not be class mask breaks. Students choosing to wear masks may see the teacher for a mask break.
Please be advised... Please refer to the SJS Student handbook for details
Parents are asked to check and double check all personal information in
Headmaster to prevent issues rather than wait for them to occur.
Mrs. Piazza expects that all students will be in their classroom seat for 8:15. Arrival at school after 8:15 means the child will be tardy.
Please notify the school nurse of any health related issues, injuries or
allergies.
Please order any and all items for your child's uniform (school sweaters, school sweatshirts, ties, long pants, shoes etc. )as there are already delays in receiving orders placed in June.
Please provide the office with copies of any and all documents pertinent to your child's health and academic well being.
Science Fair News
Hello Parents,
As we have the SJS Annual Science Fair every other year, students will have to wait for next year for the fair. Fifth graders will be learning about the parts of the science project, how to write a report, how to prepare a presentation board and to prepare for a class presentation so that they will be ready for next year. Handouts have been posted/ distributed with due dates.
We will review each part of the report/ project in class. Students will prepare and share the parts with me for feedback to help them improve their work. Students will receive a science grade for the content and a language arts grade for the mechanics of good writing/ grammar aspects of the report.
Dismissal
Fifth grade will begin being dismissed at 2:20 each day and 11:25 on half days.
Mrs. Piazza would like teachers to remind parents not to arrive in the pick up car lane before your child's pick up time. Also, please do not park on the street while waiting for the right time to drive up as the back up could be a safety issue in preventing emergency vehicles from getting through. Thank you.
Students should know who is picking them up and where they are to go at the end of the school day- Out the back door, Aftercare, or an after school activity.
Uniforms
As of April 1st, students may wear shorts as part of their daily uniform. They are required to wear long pants for dress uniform days. They must also have SJS sweatshirts in class if they are cold and the SJS sweater for dress uniform days. Sweatshirts may not be worn on dress uniform days. Outdoor Jackets should not be worn in class. Students should have a jacket as we will go out for recess, weather permitting.
We are asking the boys to wear belts (a required part of the uniform) as well as to tuck their shirts in (another requirement to wearing the uniform correctly). Students will need a tie for dress up days and a school sweater as well (Sweater not needed until Nov. 1st). Please order these items if you are in need of them. Thank you.
Lunch time
Fifth Grade has lunch in the cafeteria at 11:30 am each day! You can buy ice cream on Fridays.
Water bottles
Students should bring bottled water or a refillable water bottle to school with them each day.
Students will have the opportunity to use the new refill station by the cafeteria at lunch time and following recess to avoid making numerous trips.
Tuesday Envelopes
Please be advised that the school will send home papers/ notices to parents in the Tuesday Envelope. On weeks with a holiday on Monday it will go home on Wednesday. Please remove the contents, sign the back of the envelope and return it to school with anything that needs to come back to school inside of it. Thanks!
Language Arts Practice on IXL.COM
Students should be starting practice for May.
Students are asked to continue working on IXL for 60 minutes or more each month at the 5th grade level in Math and 60 minutes in Language Arts. The time will equate to a quiz grade of 100% or portion of based on time completed as long as an appropriate number of problems are completed for the time shown. Students must remember to sign out for the program to tack their time and questions answered. The student with the most time and questions completed each month will earn a reward!
Communication/ Homework
As parents are not part of the Google Suite with SJS, I am not able to share your child's work electronically with you directly. You can ask your child to share it with you in either their email or Shared with Me Drive.
Students should be checking their emails each daily to find emails from the teacher as well as weekly to find PDF documents which have been sent to them. Our reading and spelling wkshts will be sent this way to remote learners as their is no World Wide Web address to use to share it any other way. A printer at home may be helpful!
Students are checking the postings on Google Classroom each day to find assignments which have been posted there for them to complete. A list of assignments is also posted there for the week. Parents may find this list on my Weebly page as they are not able to access the Google Classroom page as they are not part of the Google Suite here at SJS.
You may contact me with questions by email at [email protected]
MESSAGES I will check my email before and after school as well as during planning periods.
BOOK COVERS
Textbooks should be covered at all times to protect the book from being damaged. A flyer is in the first Tues. Envelope.
Water bottles Children may have water bottles in class as long as they do not play with them.
Homework Folder and Agenda Book
Students should be using their Agenda Book to write down homework. We have time to write it down during the day and at the end of it, too. They are being asked to put work to be finished on one side of their Homework Folder and work to be turned in on the other. Please ask them before taking things out of the folder!
School Supplies
Students should be refilling school supplies when they run out of them, including: pencils, pens, erasers, glue sticks, crayons. Students should have a personal dri erase board/ marker, small pencil sharpener and note books for major subject areas as noted at the start of the school year.
STUDENTS SHOULD BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES USING CAPITALS AND PUNCTUATION. POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM ASSIGNMENTS WHEN THEY DO NOT FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS! THEY ARE REMINDED EACH TIME WORK IS ASSIGNED!
