Thank You!

Back-To-School Night was great!  We

enjoyed having all of you in the

classroom (where all the action is)!

Thank you so much for being with us.

It is always wonderful to begin the

school year with such a turn-out.   It  is

certainly reflective in  your children and their very positive

beginning to our school year.

Room Parent Meeting

Thanks to the moms who signed up to be

Room Parents:  Beth Ann Bunting,

Tara Hannings, Lori Hermann, and Michelle

Shuron.

Our first organizational meeting was on Friday, September 18.

If you signed up to be a “Support Parent,”

there will be a meeting at Sara Maher’s

house on Friday, September 25 at 9:00.

Sara will contact you.

SGS Liturgies

Between now and the end of January, the children in kindergarten

will be learning about the Mass, position for prayer in Church, and

some of the responses for Mass.  Beginning

February, the kindergarten class will join

the rest of the student body when liturgies

are scheduled. 

Lunch Parents

Thanks to the parents who volunteered to

Come for Lunch duty.  We usually need two parents for each day so

if you haven’t had a chance to volunteer and you would like to,

please e-mail JoAnna Kratz at djkratz@comcast.net.  An updated

schedule is posted on the SGS

website under Committees then scroll down to

Lunch Duty.

Please know that when you come for lunch duty

and it is time for play, the children will be

playing in two different areas.  It is possible that

you may be assigned to supervise in an area

different from where your child is.  In an effort

to keeps the classes sharing time together,

depending on the number of volunteers, we may

not be able to accommodate you when it comes

to play time.

Volunteer Opportunity

          Acme Markets has a program that helps schools

            to earn money through participation in their

            “Cash for Receipts” program.  If you are an

            Acme shopper, you can hand in your Acme

            receipt and SGS gets a percentage of the total

            spent by our participants.

At this time, SGS needs a volunteer to help count Acme Receipts

so we can receive the  monies

from the program.  If you are willing to help with

this endeavor, please e-mail Christine Palermo at mcpalermo4@msn.com. 

This is a great idea for parents who would love

to volunteer but cannot come to school to help

because of work or other commitments.

It is greatly appreciated.

Sign-Ups

Thanks to all who generously signed up for the many activities and

snacks that will make up our school year.  If you were unable to sign up

for a Craft, and would still like to do so, we have two openings: 

November – a craft for our families and March – an outreach craft for the

retired Sisters of St. Joseph at the Villa.  If you are interested, please let us

know.  Thank you!   

Snack Sign-Up Sheet
Thank you for being so generous with the Snack Sign-Up List. Because

some parents did not have an opportunity to volunteer, we needed to

rearrange the list a bit so we could include everyone.
The list will be on the web under our

Newsletter. Please print the list for easy

referral.  Diane will send home a reminder

in the Communication Envelope on the Wednesday before your

Friday Snack day

Math

Last week the children did some experiments with new math manipulatives: 

pattern blocks and teddy bear counters.  We also learned about graphing

and the difference between a line graph and a pictograph.

Religion

Last week the children learned about how

Jesus shows his love for us through others.

We talked about “welcoming” and how sometimes Jesus asks us to

show his love for his people when we “welcome others.”

Language Arts

We learned the parts of a book:  front cover,

back cover, the spine, and the title page. 

We learned about moving left-to-right when

we open a book  and when we read.  We

learned about rhyming words and we

practiced identifying groups of words which rhyme.  We also talked

about labeling.

Skills For Growing

We learned about expressing feelings and

what to do with feelings that make us un-

happy.  We learned about asking for help when we need it and how to

ask for assistance.

Support Classes

Last week the children had Music, Art,

Library, and Technology Classes.

This week they begin Phys. Ed. and Spanish.