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October 2011 school newletter

October
October 2---9:00 AM - Parish Procession, 10:00 AM - Mass
October 7 & 10---No School - Professional Development
October 14---Interim Reports Sent Home / Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
October 17---Appointment times for Conferences are due to the office
October 21---11:45 AM - Early Dismissal (NO AFTERCARE); 12:00 - 6:30 PM Parent/Teacher Conferences for all grades (Make sure you have an appointment)
October 21---Student Tag Day - $1.00 to come to school out of uniform!
October 22---Gala Choir performs at the Convention Center 6:00 - 7:00 PM
October 27---Grade 5 goes to College of Notre Dame
October 31—Halloween Fun Day

Halloween Fun Day - Grades K – 5 are allowed to dress up for Halloween. Grades 6 – 8 may wear jeans and Halloween colors. Halloween T-shirt and sweatshirts are allowed. All other shirts must have a collar. The homeroom teachers will decide on guidelines of appropriate costumes. Your child’s teacher will send information home about Halloween . If you are sending in treats for a class make sure all candy is wrapped. Remember! NO items with peanuts or peanut butter.

November dates
November 1---8:00 AM - Mass, Feast of All Saints Day (Holy Day)
November 4---NO SCHOOL for students / Professional Development
November 11---Veterans Day / Tag Day - $1.00 to wear Red, White and Blue!
November 17---A Thanksgiving Meal - Join your child for lunch! Tickets will be sold.
November 23 – 25---NO SCHOOL - Happy Thanksgiving!

Back to school night
Thank you so much for bringing a dessert to share and attending Back to School Night. We have a great community at Archbishop Borders School. Please invite people you know to be a part of our community. An increase in enrollment helps all of us and helps lessen the burden of fundraising! Please tell our story! Bring in family and friends! Bring in a new student and receive $100.00 off your last tuition payment.

 

Fundraising
Thank you all for helping the school raise funds by selling candy! In the next newsletter we will have a total on what we made on the sale! Archbishop Border’s second fundraiser will begin October 3rd!

Every Family needs to raise at least $300 in fundraising!

Next Fundraiser: Cookies- Pies-Pizzas! Delivered in time for Thanksgiving!

 

Computer lab use
The computer lab is available to students for projects and reports from 7:30 in the morning – 8:00 am during first period 8:00-8:50 and 2:45-3:30pm in the afternoon. The lab is not available after school on Wednesdays and Fridays. Parents are welcome to use the computer lab during the times listed.

Parent-Teacher Conferences -- October 21 for all grades
Parent –Teacher conferences are held 6 weeks into the first trimester. All parents must make an appointment to see your child/children’s teacher. The interim report will be sent home on October 14th. The appointment schedule is attached. Your appointment time will be confirmed with a telephone call and in writing. This conference gives you information on your child/children’s study habits and skill level. This is not a report card. See you October 21st!

Catholic high schools fair - October 13 for grade 6-8
A Catholic High School Fair for Archbishop Borders Students will be held at Cardinal Shehan Catholic School: 5407 Loch Raven Blvd, Thursday October 13 from 6:30 -8:00 PM

This is a great opportunity for students in grades 7 and 8 to talk to representatives from the Catholic high schools about admissions. Students in Grade 8 need to schedule days with the high schools to visit. When students visit the high schools they should wear their school uniform.

The Gala Choir
The students participating in the Archdiocesan Community Schools Choir will be picked up by bus from Archbishop Borders on Saturday, October 22 at 5:00 PM to be taken to the Archbishop’s Gala and will return to the school at 7:30 PM. Thank you to all the students who are representing our school in this Archdiocesan event.

Vocation Day
Grade 5 will participate in a vocation day at Notre Dame College on October 27th. A permission form and information will be sent home soon!

Pre-K (3)
Pre-K (3) welcomed Leo Chen, Adeoluwa Adewuyi, Kelly Quizphi, Raquel Rivera, Josue Leon, Zoe Anderson and Sophia Fernandez to a fine classroom where learning is a barrel of fun! We love going to the gym, making art, and learning on the computers, but most of all we love naptime! “
- Ms. Semple, Pre-K (3) Homeroom

Pre-K (4) Language arts
“In English Language Arts, the Pre-K (4) students are learning listening skills, following directions and alphabet and color recognition.”
- Ms. Zawodny, Pre-K (4) Language Arts

Pre-K(4) Homeroom
Pre-K (4) students have done a great job practicing the alphabet letters and sounds. They are learning to write their names and also to count from 0-10. We are trying to go on a field trip to the pumpkin patch this month! “
- Ms. Vallicello, Pre-K (4) Homeroom

Kindergarten
“The Kindergarten students are learning their letters and sounds on both English and Spanish. Also, they have been working on following directions, rhyming, handwriting and reading. The students have been working very hard and trying to adjust to a busy schedule. I am very proud of them. Parents can ask their child to read them the decodable books that come home. The more children read and are read too , the better they do in school. “
- Ms. Zawodny, Kindergarten Homeroom

Kindergarten Spanish
“We are practicing number recognition and letter recognition in Spanish. We will also be learning to count numbers 0-20 in Spanish.”
- Ms. Vallicello, Kindergarten Spanish

1st grade
“First grade is learning their numbers from 0-20 in Spanish! As part of the Dual Language Program, 1st grade is learning the different phonetic sounds in Spanish. They are doing a great job!”
- Ms. Morgan, 1st Grade Spanish

“The first grade is working hard to learn sight words and to decode our books. We are reviewing the consonants and vowels of the alphabet. Please keep reading every night at home. The first graders need as much practice as they can get so they can become fluent readers. We will also begin to work on parts of speech and on working to improve comprehension of the stories we read. The students will have decodable books that come home almost every day. Please have them practice these stories as much as you can. In Science, we will be planting our own seeds and observing how they grow, as well as learning about the parts of the plant. In Religion, we have just finished working on the story of Noah's Ark, and now, we will begin to learn about Jesus, who he was and about his teachings. All of the First graders are working very hard this year, so keep up the good work!”
- Ms. Aschinger, 1st Grade Homeroom

2nd grade
“Second grade is doing a great job learning to count money. We are also working on our weekly spelling words and sentence structure.”
- Ms. Morgan, 2nd Grade Homeroom

“The second graders are completing their first pieces of the year.  They have just learned how to write using the Writing Process.  Our first pieces are autobiographies, and the published pieces are turning out amazing.  The students did an excellent job brainstorming their ideas, writing drafts, editing their work, and creating finished pieces.  They should be very proud of themselves.  In Reading, we are reviewing long vowels and blends.  Students should be reading every single night.  Many of the students' reading has improved drastically, because they have been practicing. “
- Ms. Aschinger, 2nd Grade Reading

4th grade
“In Social Studies, the fourth graders are learning about how the Native Americans made their living through art. With this lesson we are making a pottery village. In Science we learned all about the cells, and made a 3-D cell out of jello. In math we are learning to estimate.”
- Ms. Nieves, 4th Grade Homeroom

 

5th grade
“In Science, the fifth graders are learning about the animal kingdom, starting with the vertebrates. At the end of each lesson we make an origami animal to remember and write down its characteristics. In Math we are learning to work with fractions and decimals.”
- Ms. Nieves, 5th Grade Science & Math

7th grade
“The seventh grade class completed their Unit on the Writing Process in Language Arts. They wrote about topics that were special to them, and held a special meaning for them.”
- Ms. Blake, 7th Grade Language Arts

“Seventh grade Religion classes will elaborate and will present a project about the Nobel Peace Prize. They will combine the Religion class (peace) and the Hispanic Heritage Month talking about Hispanic people laureate with the Nobel Peace Prize. Due 10/17/11.”
- Ms. Luque, 7th Grade Religion

“The seventh graders are learning about different cultures and traditions.”
- Ms. Nieves, 7th Grade Social Studies

 

8th grade
“The eighth grade class completed their Unit on the Writing Process in Language Arts. They wrote about topics that were special to them, and held a special meaning for them.”
- Ms. Blake, 8th Grade Homeroom

“Eighth grade Religion classes will elaborate and will present a project about the Nobel Peace Prize. They will combine the Religion class (peace) and the Hispanic Heritage Month talking about Hispanic people laureate with the Nobel Peace Prize. Due 10/17/11.”
- Ms. Luque, 8th Grade Religion

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