Final News for the 2008-2009 School Year!

This will be the final newsletter for this year!

Please join us in the gymnasium on Wednesday, May 27 for our Cultural Arts Celebration. Our theme for the year is Asia!

Yesterday, students enjoyed beautifying the grounds of the school. Several volunteers were here helping the students from Lilly. The outside looks beautiful!

Students who reached their AR goals with a 90% average will watch a movie on Tuesday afternoon. We will finish Bridge to Terabithia on Wednesday and we will watch the movie on Thursday!

Our last day of school will be Friday, May 29. We will have an 11:00 dismissal. This is a change. Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 11:00 a.m.

I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your child grow this year in academics and confidence. It has been a great joy teaching your child and I cannot thank you enough for all your support. Have a safe and happy summer! I look forward to seeing everybody in the fall.

Cultural Arts Festival!

Mark your calendars now for our annual Cultural Arts Festival on Wednesday, May 27th. Our theme for this year's festival is centered around the continent of Asia!

News!

Students had a great time at Second Helpings! We took a tour of the facilities and ate a wonderful lunch. Students learned that Second Helpings has over 600 volunteers and they feed 3,000 people a day!

Today is our annual Math Fair. Students from Bishop Chatard High School will be here to help run the various stations. Students will walk through the estimation hallway and complete 6 stations. Students will learn about the importance of math and why we use it daily.

On Wednesday, May 20, students will be outside working on our school grounds to help make Indiana beautiful. Over 200 volunteers will be here to help. Please make sure your child wears outside clothing that can get dirty and gym shoes. It will be a fun and exciting day!

Students who have met their AR goals with a 90% average will be rewarded with a movie on Tuesday, May 26. It looks like all of the students will get to enjoy the movie if they continue to read, read, read.

Tomorrow will be our final math test for the year. We will continue with multiplying decimals and long division for the remainder of the year.

The formal research papers are completed. They will be graded and returned by the end of the school year.

Students will finish Bridge To Terabithia the last week of school. Students will watch the movie when the novel is completed to compare/contrast the novel with the book.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Field Day/Walk-A-Thon!

Students had a great Field Day and Walk-A-Thon on Friday. Students raised over $3,000 for our students athletics. Hats off to our wonderful students, parents, and staff for a terrific day!

News!

Field Day and Walk-A-Thon are tomorrow. All Walk-A-Thon money needs to be turned in to the office. There will be a hot dog lunch on Friday. If you did not order a hot dog lunch, please send a lunch with your child. There will be no IPS lunch served.
Your child will put on a team with a teacher and a specific color. This information came home on Wednesday. Please have your child wear a shirt that matches the color given to them. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

The end of the school year is quickly approaching. Please encourage your child to do his/her very best these last couple of weeks. We will have our final math test on Friday, May 15, and our final social studies test on Thursday, May 14th.

The students in the fourth and fifth grade will be going to Second Helpings on Wednesday, May 13. The staff will prepare us lunch, and we will be given a tour of the facilities. We are very excited about this opportunity. Please sign and return permission slips by next Tuesday.

May 14th is our annual Math Fair. Students from Bishop Chatard will host this event. Students will walk through estimation stations and other stations to show students the importance of math and its everyday uses.

Have a great weekend!

Fourth Grade News!

Congratulations to the second grade students who made their First Holy Communion on Sunday! What a blessed day!

Students are working extremely hard on ISTEP! Thank you for making sure they eat a healthy breakfast and get plenty of rest.


We finished, Pictures of Hollis Woods. Students will watch the movie tomorrow to wrap up the novel and to celebrate the end of ISTEP. We will begin Bridge to Terabithia on Monday!

We will begin two-digit by two-digit multiplication on Monday! We will begin a Chapter in social studies titled Indiana Today. Students will examine the many cultural groups in Indiana and identify several famous Hoosiers.

Students are working very hard on their research reports. Reports will be due May 18, 2009.

On Thursday, May 7 we will have our May Crowning. We invite you to join us at mass at 9:00 and then the crowning of Mary following the mass.

May 8th is Walk-A-Thon. Please continue to encourage your child to raise money for the students’ athletics. Money can be turned in to the office.

On May 13, students in the fourth and fifth grade will go to Second Helpings for a field trip. We will tour the facilities and have an opportunity to ask questions about the types of services they provide.

Please continue to encourage your child to wash his/her hands frequently. Please also encourage daily showering. Now is a great time to talk with your child about personal hygiene and taking care of his/her body.

Thank you!

NEWS!

Please join us in the gymnasium for the Make Your Own Radio Show performance. The performance will begin at 2:00 on Friday.

Thank you to all who attended the Bingo Bash. It was a terrific turn out and we raised a lot of money for the school. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers.


ISTEP testing begins on Tuesday! Students need to eat a healthy breakfast and get plenty of rest. There will be no homework next week. Please encourage your child to study his/her math facts and read every night.

There will be a vocabulary test over unit 16 tomorrow. This will be our final test for the year. We will spend the last few weeks of school reviewing the words previously learned.

We continue to read Pictures of Hollis Woods. Students will watch the movie next Friday afternoon to wrap up the novel. We will begin Bridge to Terabithia on the following Monday!

After ISTEP, students will lean two-digit by two-digit multiplication and long division. This is a fifth grade standard.

Walk-A-Thon will be on Friday, May 8th. Please encourage your child to raise money for our student athletics.

Enjoy the beautiful weekend!