VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: SINCERITY - "Pray every night"

NEWS:
Important Dates:
Wed. Jan. 4 First day back to school

PLEASE REMEMBER:
Parents should park in the main church parking lot.  
* Please enter the lot from the west at the Mayfair entrance,
 and exit through the north at the Lincolnshire exit. 
* Try to keep backing out to a minimum when students are walking with parents in the parking lot.
* Parents are responsible for escorting their children to their parked cars.
* Students not picked up by 2:40 will be taken to ECP.
* Please keep pets in the car.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION: Please drive slowly in and out of the parking lot and remember using a cell phone while driving in a school zone is prohibited.

Please remember these rules of respect when picking up your child:
- NO child may play in the Parish Center
- NO child may run or play on the grassy circle drive area
- It is a QUIET ZONE in the hallway from school to the main Parish Center doors
- Students may not use the Parish Center bathrooms without the supervision of a parent.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Volunteer Schedules
Please remember, ALL volunteers must complete the safe environment
training program in order to volunteer in the classroom.
Friday Mass
At St. Matthew we celebrate mass school wide every Friday at 8:10.  Mass helpers meet in the classroom at 8:00. During mass, helpers assist in monitoring the kindergartners and modeling the different parts of the mass.

Special K Days
Special K Days will be held this year on Friday from 10:30-12:00. 
We might be cooking, painting, creating, singing. . . as long as it is fun!
As a Special K Day helper you would be working in the kindergarten classrooms preparing materials,
assisting the children with projects, helping to clean up and of course having fun. 
Some of our projects include making apple prints preparing our
Thanksgiving feast/friendship feast, gingerbread houses and famous artists. 
Please note that these dates are tentative and could change.

Story time Readers
Please feel free to bring three or four of your favorite books to read with the class!
Story time is scheduled on Wednesdays from 11:50am-12:10pm.

SHOW & TELL
Your child may bring an item for show and tell on her/his snack day.  Please know that weapons of any sort are not acceptable as well as toys that depict death or pain.  There are many items that your child can bring to school that are not toys.  Just put imagination to work!

              

SNACK
Your child is expected to bring a snack to share.  This usually consists of something to eat and drink.  We have 18 students in our classroom.  Snacks should be healthy.  Snacks may be store-bought or homemade.  A half-gallon of drink is usually sufficient.  This can be juice or milk.  Please do not send soda pop.  Make sure that snacks are easy to pass out as we have limited time to prepare snacks.  Please save sugary refreshments for birthday treats.  Some suggestions for snacks are: muffins, pretzels, granola bars, fruit (cut-up), pudding or yogurt cups, cereal mix, graham crackers, crackers, and cheese, etc.  Because of peanut allergies, do not send peanut butter snacks to school until you have checked with me to see if we have any children with this allergy.

 FYI- Many times I do not send home leftover snacks.  I keep them in the classroom to be used for those days when a child does not bring in a snack.  Also, if you do forget a snack, don't worry about it-it happens!  Just send in a bottle of juice or a box of crackers to be stored in the classroom as another way to have snacks for those days when someone forgets snack!

2011/2012 Class Schedule

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
7:50 to 8:00	Arrival/Prayer/Pledge	Arrival/Prayer/Pledge	Arrival/Prayer/Pledge	Arrival/Prayer/Pledge	Arrival/Prayer/Pledge
8:00 to 8:20	Free Choice	Free Choice	Free Choice	Free Choice	Mass
8:20 to 8:40	Calendar Math	Calendar Math	Calendar Math	Calendar Math	Mass
8:40 to 9:05	Handwriting	Handwriting	Handwriting	Handwriting	Mass
9:05 to 9:35	Writer's Workshop	Writer's Workshop	Writer's Workshop	Writer's Workshop	Writer's Workshop
9:40 to 9:55	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess
9:55 to 10:15	Snack/Story	Snack/Story	Snack/Story	Snack/Library Story	Snack/Story
10:15 to 11:20	Literacy Centers	Literacy Centers	Literacy Centers	Literacy Centers	Literacy Center
11:20 to 11:55	Religion	Religion	Religion	Religion	Religion
11:55 to 12:10	Quiet Time/Story	Quiet Time/Story	Quiet Time/Story	Quiet Time/Story	Quiet Time/Story
12:15 to 12:45	Lunch/Recess	Lunch/Recess	Lunch/Recess	Lunch/Recess	Lunch/Recess
12:45 to 1:00	Show & Tell	Show & Tell	Show & Tell	Show & Tell	Show & Tell
1:00 to 1:30	Art	P.E.	Music	Choir	Spanish
1:30 to 2:00	Math Centers	Math Centers	Math Centers	Math Centers	Math Centers
2:00 to 2:30	Social Studies/Science	Social Studies/Science	Social Studies/Science	Social Studies/Science	Social Studies/Science
2:30	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal