Dear First Grade Families,
I hope everyone is well! Here is all the information that you and your child will need for this week, 12/11-12/15. Please take a moment to read through this week’s updates to avoid questions that are clearly stated in this email.
Homework
If you missed my email last week, you can check out my school blog http://www.stanthonygardena.org/first-grade/
Please make sure to follow the daily assignment on our weekly homework list that will be sent on Monday. Kindly sign the homework list and your child’s behavior chart daily
- 4 RAZ-KIDS books must be completed by 5-9pm (Listen, Read, Record, Quiz)
TEST
- Religion- Hail Mary (Oral Prayer)
Free Dress passes
Our school has new free dress passes. The new passes are valid for this school year only and cannot be used next school year. Old free dress passes will only be honored through January 31, 2024
Attires for this week:
Tues.: Formal Mass uniform (change to pajamas after mass)
Wed.: Christmas Sweater and jeans (no ripped jeans)
Wed night: You will be wearing Poinsettia (Christmas) red! Boys should
dress in nice dress shirt tops (Red) with black dress pants (NO JEANS), and black shoes and
socks. Girls can either wear a red formal dress with leggings (socks or tights in tan, white, or black) and black dress shoes. Or they can wear a red blouse with a black skirt, white tights and black dress shoes. Hair should be nicely done. For the girls, make sure it looks nice and formal.
Firsties Christmas Party
Our Firsties Christmas Party is going to be on December 12, 2023 (Tuesday) in the Hall from 10am to 12:30pm. Students MUST COME TO SCHOOL WITH FORMAL MASS UNIFORM. We have an All-school mass on this day. Students may change to their Christmas Pajamas after the mass.
Please bring light snacks for recess and a water bottle. Lunch will be provided. We will be serving Denny’s Grand Slam Kids’ Breakfast, juice, and dessert is TBD.
Parent volunteers will host the games and help with crafts (must be VIRTUS-trained and Fingerprinted). So far, we already have reached the maximum number of volunteers allowed to join us this day. Thank you to all our parent volunteers! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050A45ACA628ABF58-45951779-1stgrade
Book Exchange- LAST DAY drop off, MON (DEC 11)
We will be doing a class book exchange during the Christmas Party. Please buy a picture book (grade levels 1-2) that’s no more than $10, have your child write a short message inside the front cover of the book and sign their name, wrap it in a nice Christmas wrapping paper, and hand it over to Ms. Gabby, Ms. Martinez, or any of the room parents on or before Friday, December 8th.
Book Suggestions: Pete the Cat, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Amelia Bedelia, Christmas Books, Dr. Seuss, Berenstein Bears, or anything that you think that would interest them!
2023 Final Christmas Show Reminders
Please remember to RSVP if you are attending the show at the link here or below, by Monday, December 11th at midnight. Please also remember that this is a grade for your students for music class!
THE CANDLELIGHT PROCESSIONAL, IS ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, AT 6:00PM IN THE CHURCH. STUDENTS NEED TO BE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS AT 5:30PM THAT EVENING. PLEASE HAVE THEM EAT DINNER BEFORE ARRIVAL. NO FOOD WILL BE SERVED THAT NIGHT. It is imperative that students show up on time and in costume (the original parent letter is attached to this email). PLEASE BE PUNCTUAL AND ON TIME! Students will receive a grade for this performance, so encourage them to do their best.
We have some new rules and procedures in place to ensure that we keep in mind that we are in a church setting which is different from a performance venue. We are striving to honor God and respect that we are in the church.
- Attendance will be limited to immediate family parents or guardians, brothers, sisters, and grandparents of the students. Please stick to this rule. You are required to RSVP through this link by Monday December 11, 2023, at midnight.
- Doors will open at 5:30pm at the Church. Please have your entire group together. There will be a check in table at the side entrance closest to our classrooms. Please enter from that side.
- Once in the church, please stay in your seats as much as possible. Students will be in the front pews. We will NOT be allowing you to move around to take pictures. Please take pictures from your seat. Mrs. Avila will be taking official pictures and we will share them with you.
- There should be no food, beverages, gum, or hats (boys and men) worn inside the church.
- You may clap politely after each class performs, but there should be no yelling or loud, obnoxious cheering or clapping. Please be mindful that we are in the House of God.
- During the performance, please remain in your seats and be mindful and respectful that a performance is going on. People want to hear the performers, singers, and speakers. If you are talking, it takes away from the performance.
- Following the final song students will process out back to their seats. You can pick students up from the church after Mrs. Grey has announced the raffle winners and we end the show. Dismissal should be around 8pm. Teachers will have a check out list, please make sure they are aware you are taking your child.
- Each student has a role at the very end of the show. Please DO NOT pick your student up early. They can be picked up in the church once the show has finished.
- This is a “required” performance, however, if your child is sick or showing symptoms of Covid-19 or the flu, we ask that they stay home. Please email Mrs. Jessica Garcia (jgarcia@stanthonygardena.org) and they will be excused from the performance.
For the show, face masks are not required for the students, and I’d prefer for the students to NOT wear masks while they perform. If you would like them to wear a mask, please buy a black one for them to wear so they can look uniform with each other.
Christmas book report due on JANUARY 8, 2024
This project will be part of their work habits, art, writing and reading grade. Please make sure to follow the given instructions. Packet, instructions, template & materials were sent out Friday, December 8, 2023.
For this book report your child will be expected to read a holiday book and complete the given Santa book report template.
Materials Needed:
1. Scissors
2. Glue
3. Crayons/ Colored pencils
4. Holiday book to read.
Instructions:
1. Select a Christmas/Holiday book to read.
2. Neatly fill out your name, title, author, illustrator, setting, problem and solution of the book. (You might want to do a first draft before you complete the Santa.)
3. Color, cut, and glue Santa together.
Due date: January 8, 2024
REGISTRATION OPEN Professor Egghead Winter Session begins January 10, 2024 REGISTRATION is now open for Professor Egghead Winter sessions which will begin Wedensday, January 10, 2024!
SAP Students are really enjoying the Professor Egghead after school Fall STEM experience!
ONLY $21.00 per class (must register for the entire 12 week session)
Come join the Egghead Detective Squad this session as we dust for prints, decode messages, analyze DNA, and use real forensic science techniques to crack the cases. The best part? Eggheads take everything home at the end of each class! All Eggheads will also get their Detective ID card, authorizing them to use real science to solve mysteries. At the end of the session, every Egghead will get their official Egghead Detective Degree – proving they’re ready and licensed to solve any mystery… using science of course! Wednesdays from 1:45-2:45
K-3 grade students. Minimum of 8 students $252 for the 12 week session – only $21 per class!
Egghead Machine Engineer?! Using LEGO™, students will design and build real mega machines like spinning windmills, lifting cranes, elevators, cars, and way more. We’ll use wheels, bands, gears, pulleys, and tons of other cool specialty Lego pieces to build our Machines, and then after the building phase is complete we’ll put them to the test. That means we’ll try to break ’em, blow them over, and put weight on them. If you pass the test, you pass the challenge. At the end of the session, all students will receive their very own Egghead Engineering Degree! Wednesdays from 3:05-4:05
K-5 grade students. Minimum of 6 students $252 for the 12 week session – only $21 per class!
Payment is to be made directly to Professor Egghead.
If you have any questions, please contact Professor Egghead directly:
818-856-3996 or LOSANGELES@PROFESSOREGGHEAD .com
First Grade Survey
I welcome feedback on how your year is going and how we can make the first grade a positive growth year together. This may be too early to ask for an evaluation, but I would still like to hear your voice in case you need to comment, ask, or suggest. This will be anonymous. Please respond by the end of this week. Please click the link below. https://forms.gle/AKzEJe61MwCr245u5.
UPCOMING EVENTS
School calendar can be found (clicking here)
- 12/12 First Grade Christmas Party (Pajama Day)
- 12/13: School Christmas Show and Cash Raffle Drawing
- 12/15: Noon Dismissal (NO DAYCARE) last day of school before Christmas break, Staff Luncheon off campus at 12:30
- 12/18-1/5: Christmas Break
- 1/8: Classes Resume
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I will try to respond as soon as I can.
Thank you & God Bless!
Warmly,
Ms. Martinez
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