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Good morning all,
Mrs. Martinez , our library teacher has requested me to put on schoolnotes that our students need to purchase a paperback book. It is Bridge to Terabithia , by Katherine Paterson.
If you could please purchase this book as as possible, it would so greatly be appreciated.
Thank you so much,
Mr. Maselli
Hello parents !
Just a reminder, this Tuesday will be tutoring for my eighth grade Social Studies class. Thursday, there will be tutoring for my sixth graders in Social Studies.
Hope to see all my students there !
Enjoy your weekend !
Mr. Maselli
Hello everyone !
I hope you are enjoying your weekend. Last week ended the 2nd quarter and all assignments as of last Friday will be for the 3rd quarter.
Report cards are going out on Friday, February 10 th.
There is a new addition to the report card grades. Parents will be seeing a standard based score as well. They will be numbers from 1 - 4. In some cases, you will see
a score like 2.33. This will represent a mean score ( average) of the standard based scoring on that particular set of standards covered on the exam. The standard based scores only apply to exams, not quizzes or any other type of assessments.
It is a representation for the Common Core Curriculum which is in place in New York and most of the country as well.
If you need any clarification, please don't hesitate to reach out to me and I'll be happy to guide you through it.
Also, I took much time and effort to add comments on all of our students report cards. Please take the time to read them. They are not derogatory criticisms, the are constructive and are there to help.
I've also requested parent conferences with some of my parents in hopes to better learn what may help their students. The parents hopefully can give me some insight to help their child do better.
We may be going on a trip sometime in the near future. We may go see a movie which will tie in several themes.
This month is Black History month and all of my Social Studies classes will be assigned a project to
honor and commemorate the outstanding contributions of Black Americans. Also, please keep on top of your student's science fair experiments. They are due Tuesday
February 21st. I 've asked my class to give me updates and ask for help if they need any on their science projects. They will be counted as a test grade.
Once again, please enjoy your weekend and may God Bless you and your family !
Mr. Maselli
Hello,
I hope you are all enjoying your weekend !
Our students as a whole did well on the Science and Religion midterms, but didn't fare as well on the Social Studies exam. I took the liberty of sending home an extra credit assignment which will count as a quiz assessment and will help raise the grades. it was given out on Friday and is due on Monday. No exceptions. I will not be accepting it late for I must enter the grades no later than Monday evening. Also, I will be giving a quiz on Hinduism as another assessment on Monday.
For any student who received a Deficiency letter, it must be signed and returned no later than Monday as well. I sent them out about three weeks ago.
Also, this week is Catholic schools week. We will be having visitors and many fun activities throughout the week. Such as a tailgate party where are students can wear a jersey of their favorite team or player or wear their favorite team colors. We will also be serving food for all who choose to pay for it. This is an optional event.
For the students and parents who choose not to participate, a school lunch will be provided or as always, they may bring their own lunch.
The cost is $8 per student. We will be having mozzarella sticks, chicken fingers and other goodies as well.
Friday, February 3rd will be a half day for the students and the Lip Sync contest.
Thursday will be crazy hat and sock day.
Wednesday will be our tailgate party.
Tuesday will be open House.
There be a Mass , Monday , January 30th at 9:30 a.m.
The theme for Catholic Schools week will be " Faith , Knowledge and Values. "
One more item, our school science fair will be on Tuesday, February 21st, with the Mount St. Michael's fair that will take place sometime in March.
We will be doing work on our projects for the next several weeks and I will monitor the students progress.
The project must be an experiment, which means it must have a hypothesis , data , and pictures or charts and a conclusion. " Lava lamps and volcanoes " will not be accepted this year. Mr. Klice and the school are stepping up our efforts to improve the quality and interest in our science projects.
Mr. Klice and I have been in much discussion and we have enlisted the help of Ms. Henry, a conflict resolution teacher who has been and will be working with our students on resolving issues that our students have. I had done an extensive lesson on bullying and we are in the process of creating posters that will depict
appropriate behaviors on how to identify , and curtail bullying. They will be displayed throughout the school. Mr klice and I take this very seriously and we have used and will continue to use all appropriate measures at our disposal to stop the issues in the class.
We certainly have had an extremely productive second quarter academically. There have been very many assessments, such as tests and quizzes. We have had some ups and we have had some downs, but I stress to my students that conflicts are really an opportunity in disguise and that we grow and learn from difficult times.
As a class, we continue to pray together and ask Almighty God to give us the strength and help we need each day.
My best friend, Father John tells me often that " God doesn't come in our time, He comes right on time."
Please continue to pray for me as I pray for all of you.
Yours in Christ !
Frank Maselli
PEACE to ALL !!!!!!
PS - Please remember the Archdiocese Food Drive " Feed Our Neighbors " Please have your children in bring in non - perishable foods for our neighbors who are hungry.
Hi everyone,
There will be tutoring sessions on Tuesday and Thursday of this week.
Tuesday will be Social Studies.
Thursday will be Science.
Hope to see you all of you there !
Good night !
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