Contact information: nknoke@school.stteresacalcutta.com

               
JANUARY DATES

1/17-January Scholastic Book Orders are due

1/18- Family Bingo in the APR

1/20-No School-Students OFF

1/26- Catholic School Week begins (more information about the week's activities will come home in the next couple of weeks)
       -Opening of Scholastic Book Fair

1/31-Mass at 9:00 (bring your extra change for the collection)
        11:30 Dismissal-Check your school district for busing
        NO PRETZELS will be served.



Outreach Project: Catholic Schools Week:  Grades K- 4 will be making breakfast bags for the local food pantry.  Our class has been asked to donate small cereal boxes, 6-8 count box pack.  Please send in all donations by Thursday, January 31, 2020.  The people at the pantry has always been thankful for our donation of the breakfast bags.

Scholastic Book Fair: Our annual Scholastic Book Fair will open on Sunday, January 26th during our open house.  If you do not get a chance to shop then, our class will be shopping during our normal library period.  A flyer was sent home advertising the E-Wallet.  This a secure digital payment option for students.  You can find our fair at scholastic.com/fair.  You can add funds for any amount on a charge card.  There is no charge and any unused funds will be returned to your account.  Please consider using this. 

 
Registration for the 2020-2021 school year:  If you know you will not be returning or have not finalized your plans for next year, please sign and return the OPT out form.

Valentine's Day is coming up shortly.  If you would like to send in Valentine's Cards for our classroom card exchange, please just have your child sign his or her name. Please DO NOT address the cards to individual students.  This will make for the exchange to go much smoother.

Please have your child practice writing both his or her first and last name.  We will begin to do this on our papers in class.

Open House: STC will have its Open House on Sunday, January 26th right after the 12:00 Mass.  If you have a chance, please come and visit your child's classroom and upcoming classrooms for the new school year!   

Changes of Clothes-As the weather is starting to change, please swap the current clothes and replace with seasonally appropriate ones. Please put in a gallon size ziplock bag a complete change of seasonally appropriate clothes (socks, underwear, etc.)  and put it in your child's backpack.  These will remain in the backpacks unless they are needed or a change of season happens.  Thank you for your help with this.

Snacks:

Please remember to pack your child a healthy, peanut/tree nut free snack in the morning with a small water only. No juice boxes please.

Rest Time:

Rest time is one favorite part of the day, for both the students and teacher :).  If your child would like to bring in one, quiet, stuffed friend to snuggle with, they may.  They will keep it in their backpacks and get them out at rest time.  Please no pillows or blankets.  



Daily Communication Folders:  
 
A blue folder will come home with your child DAILY.  Please check and empty it each day and return it to school.  This is one way we will communicate with you at home.

Classroom Information:

Communication (Parent/Teacher): 1. School Website and Teacher Page - I update my webpage on a weekly basis and will have it ready, at the latest, Monday morning. Please check my teacher web page each week. This is important information pertaining to our classroom and your child. There is also important information on the school website. Please get into the habit of checking both pages. 2. Folder: Each child will have one folder that will come home daily. Updates, homework, and any other classroom or school communications will be included in this folder. Please check it and return it to school everyday.

School Uniforms: Please make sure to look over the student handbook regarding the school uniform. Also, please label all sweaters, sweatshirts, jackets, school bags, etc. with your child's first and last name. Also please work with them on how to zip or button up their jackets and school sweaters. Girls: If your daughter is wearing the school jumper please have her wear a pair of small shorts underneath. Boys: If your son is wearing a belt, please practice with him how to buckle and unbuckle his belt.


Bathroom: We go to the bathroom everyday at snack time which is around 9:30, again before lunch at 11:30 and right after lunch around 12:30. Please remind your child to raise their hand if it is a true emergency, so we don't have so many interruptions.