Week of Sept. 28th

I CAN"T BELIEVE it is the end of September already!!!

The weather is cooling down. We will be outside everyday if it is dry out. Please be sure the children are dressed for outside play. They should be able to put their own jacket on. Please practice with turning sleeves inside out. We are working on zippers at school, keep practicing at home.

Letter of the Week: Cc and it's phonetic sound

Number of the Week: 3 is two and one more.

 God's Time: SEEDS-We can make GOOD choices.

                     St. Therese Day!!!

Shape and Color of the Month: Circle and Yellow

Unit Theme: Using our Five Senses to learn about God's Creation

Scholastic Book Fair - Oct 5-8th We have not been given our "SHOPPING" Day yet. If you'd like to send your child in with $10 or more Mrs. Matthews and I can help hem choose a book. If you have request right them on a list. Put the money and list in an envelope and label with your child's name. We will only be bringing children with money to the fair. There are times and days that you can come and shop for your child if you'd like.

Important Dates:

9/28-Pre-K Apple Day-Bring in a freshly washed Apple

9/30- September Show N Tell-bring in a Show N Tell that follows our September lessons

           Buddy picnic-Bring a shopping bag with towel, snack, water bottle and small stuffy -LABEL, LABEL, LABEL!!!

10/1 St. Therese Walk A Thon

10/3 Bishop's Mass at St. Therese Church 5:00pm

10/5-10/8 Scholastic Book Fair

10/7-10/8 Big School has Noon Dismissal. 

            PreK has regular scheduled days. 

10/9-10/12 No School

10/14 Pre-k  Fall Fun Day (Rain day 10/16)

10/16 Fire Trucks Visit

10/21 Tentative Buddy Day

10/23 Oct. Scholastic Book Orders Due

10/26 Pre-K Pumpkin Day

10/28 Oct. Show N tell

10/30 Pre-K Halloween Party and Parade @11:15

              HSA Sponsored Trunk or Treat

11/6 First Friday Mass-PreK 4 attends

Week of Sept.21

We are settled in and ready to celebrate the colorful season of FALL!!!

Letter of the Week: Bb and it's phonetic sound

Number of the Week: 2 is One and One

God's Time: We will begin our weekly Gospel series this week called SEEDS by Pflaum. We will also continue discussing God's Creations

Color/Shape of the Month: Yellow and Circle

Unit Plan: God's Creation-Our Five Senses is how we explore God's Creations!!

There are two great Fall Clubs at St. Therese that Pre-K 4 can enjoy:

                 Hip Hop on Tuesdays from 2:30-3:00

                 Kinderbots Robotics on Wednesdays from 2:30-3:00

Important Dates:

9/28 Apple Day *** Change of Date***

9/30 Buddy Picnic Day

10/1 St. Therese Walk a Thon

10/3 Bishop Sweeney Mass at 5:00pm Celebrate St. Therese

10/7-8 Noon dismissal for K-8 only. 

           Pre-K has regular schedule

10/9 No School-Professional Day

10/12 NO School-Columbus Day

10/14 Pre-K Fall Fun Day (Rain Date 10/16)

10/16 Fire Truck Visit

10/30 Prek Halloween Party and Parade (parade @11:30 am)

          HSA Trunk or Treat

 

Week of Sept. 14th

 Moving into our second week of school and everyone is adjusting and getting used to routine. The children are working really hard and doing a great job!

Letter of the Week: Aa and it's phonetic sound

Number of the Week: Number One

God's Time: The Creation Story

Shape of the Month: Circle

Color of the Month: Yellow

Unit Study: God's Creations

Important Dates:

9/11 Fall Pictures PK-2nd

10/7-8 Noon dismissal for K-8 only. 

           Pre-K has regular schedule

10/9 No School-Professional Day

10/11 NO School-Columbus Day

10/30 Prek Halloween Party and Parade (parade @11:30 am)

Week of Sept 8,2026

I am so excited to welcome everyone to our first week of Pre-K4! Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns!

Our first week will be focusing on getting to know our classroom routines, our teachers and our fellow classmates. 

Please have all supplies and paperwork submitted to class by the end of this week. 

If your child has any medical conditions or medication you will need to contact the nurses office.

If your child will be absent for ANY reason please email the nurses office and Mrs Reed. 

Important Dates:

9/4 First Day of Pre-K-Noon dismissal No Aftercare

9/7 No School-Labor Day

9/8 PIZZA ORDERS DUE!!!

9/10 Back to School for 1st thru 8th  Grade Families 

9/11 Fall Pictures PK-2nd

10/7-8 Noon dismissal for K-8 only. 

           Pre-K has regular schedule

10/9 No School-Professional Day

10/11 NO School-Columbus Day

10/30 Prek Halloween Party and Parade (parade @11:30 am)

       

 

Final Weekly Blog!!!

I can NOT believe that this is the FINAL WEEKLY BLOG of the year!  

Next week we will be wrapping up preperations for our Moving Up Ceremony-PreK 4 is Shining with the Son!

Our Final Day in Pre-K 4 is Thursday, June 11th.

For our moving up day please have your child arrive between 12:30-12:45. Show begins at 1:00pm. 

The Big School has a Noon Dismissal. Please do not park in the way of noon carline and please pass this message to family members joining you. The church parking lot (closest to the church) and the Learning Center Parking Lot are your best options. 

Dressed UP for our show with comfortable, safe shoes for dancing on stage. Girls should have shorts or leggins under their skirt/dress. 

After our show we will have some time to hang with our friends and families, take pictures and enjoy some refreshments. 

Week of June 1st

 Pre-K FUN WEEK!!!! Be prepared to have LOTS OF FUN!!!

Monday, June 1st- Under the Sea Pirate Day-Rain or Shine

           Please be dressed for some Water fun in a bathing suit, and safe,closed toed water shoes.

 Bring a change of clothes and a towel. LABEL, LABEL,  LABEL!!!!

Tuesday, June 2nd- Puppy Adoption Day- CHANGE IN DATE!!!

Wednesday, June 3rd- Pre-K Camp out Day

           Come dressed for a hiking and camping adventure! You may bring a stuffed woodland friend for the day.

Thursday, June 4th- Rolling Out of Pre-K Day-CHANGE IN DATE

          Come with your bike or scooter. Your child must have a well fitted helmet and sneakers to ride.

Friday, June 5th- Red White and Blue Day

           Dress in your patriotic Red, White and Blue

Upcoming Dates:

June1-June5 Fun Week

June 11th- Last Day of PreK

June 12- Noon Dismissal for Big School

June 12- Pre-k4 Moving Up Ceremony at 1:00pm

                      

Week of May18th

I believe the warm weather is gonna skip right over to HOT weather!!! That's okay-we will take it! 

The children were so AMAZING for the May Crowning!

This week we will focus on gardens and plants as we prepare and plant our flowers for our school garden.

Our caterpillars are all in their chrysalises. We are praying for them every day!

We will Seek and Find as we review shapes.

We are PRACTICING for an amazing Moving Up Day Show. We can't wait to surprise you with our songs!

In God's Time we have finished our SEEDS booklets but we still have lessons to continue with Pentacost and God's Love!

IMPORTANT DATES: 

5/22 Noon Dismissal-No Aftercare

5/25 Memorial Day-No School

5/27 STS Field Day

6/1-6/5 Pre-K Fun Week-Information went out in folders. Sign Up Genius went out in Email

6/11 Last Day of PreK

6/12 PreK4 Moving Up Day at 1:00pm

         NOON Dismissal for Big School

 

April Recap

 

Transportation By Air-Flying Paper Airplanes

Playground Friends

Picnic On the Moon and Moon Rock Painting

Liberty Science Center Trip

Week of May 11th

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANBK YOU! for all the beautiful wishes and gifts for Teacher Appreciation Week! I am most grateful that you bring your entrust your child's care and early eduaction with me! 

This week we will be focusing on plants. We will also be watching for our caterpillars to make their chrysalises very soon. Prayers that they start before the weekend so we can see some of the transformation! 

In God's Time we will have our final SEEDS program. We will also be practicing for our May Crowning of Mary on Thurs. May 14th at 1:00pm. 

PreK Fun in the Sun Week is set for June 1-5. We will have more information soon. Please look for the Sign Up Genius to help with some supplies and snacks for this super fun week!!

We have been working very hard on preparing for our Moving Up Ceremony! It is set for June 12th at 1:00pm. PK does not have class this day, but the Big School will have a Noon Dismissal.

IMPORTANT DATES: 

5/14 May Crowning at 1:00pm

5/22 Noon Dismissal-No Aftercare

5/25 Memorial Day-No School

5/27 STS Field Day

6/1-6/5 Pre-K Fun Week

6/11 Last Day of PreK

6/12 PreK4 Moving Up Day at 1:00pm

         NOON Dismissal for Big School

Week of May 4th

We made it MAY!!!! May is Mary's month! We will celebrate the Blessed Mother all month long!

Letter of the Week: We have completed our alphabet so we will be focusing on review, pairing our upper and lowercase letters and practicing their phonetic sounds.

Number of the Week: We have finished 1-20. We will be working on other math related items like number sense, shapes, patterns and one to one correspondence.

 God's Time: I am a Follower of Jesus

                          Mary the Blessed Mother of Jesus

Shape/Color of the Month: Multi-sided shapes like hextagon, pentagon, octogon

                                         Color-Pink

Unit Study: Caterpillars and Butterflies

Monday is our Roxbury Library trip. Please be at school no later then 8:30 so we can get to the library on time for our program.

Book Fair: Our Book fair is on Wed. 5/6. If you send your child with an envelope with cash or check. I can help them shop for books. Only the children that are shopping will be going to the Book Fair.

Important Dates:

5/4 Roxbury Library Trip

5/6 Book Fair

5/14 May Crowning at 1:00pm

5/22 Noon Dismissal-No Aftercare

5/25 Memorial Day-No School

5/27 STS Field Day

6/1-6/5 Pre-K Fun Week

6/11 Last Day of PreK

6/12 PreK4 Moving Up Day at 1:00pm

Week of April 27th

So I jumped ahead last week by accident!! This end of the year stuff always has me so mixed up!!

Letter of the WeeK: NOW it is Zz and it's phonetic sound (Sorry Yy)

Number of the Week: 20 is Ten and Ten (we didn't get to it last week)

God's Time: Jesus is the Divine and Good Shepherd

Shape/Color of the Month: Oval and Purple

Unit Plan: Beginning of Bugs and Gardens-The Life Cycle

Show N tell is Wed.  4/29- Please bring in one item that is of our lessons from April

Letters Xx, Yy and Zz. Numbers 19 and 20  Shape Oval  Color Purple  Theme Dinosaurs or Transportation   God's Time Easter 

First Friday Mass is Friday May 1st at 8:45

4/24 LSC Trip

         Scholastic Book Orders Due

4/26 Father Rick Day (Pastor Appreciation)

4/29 April Show N Tell

5/1 First Friday Mass

5/4 Roxbury Library Trip (5/11 Rain Date)

5/6 Book Fair

5/14 May Crowning at 1:00pm. Prek4 has a special part

5/22 Noon Dismissal-No Aftercare

5/24 No School-Memorial Day

5/27 STS Field Day (Rain Date 5/29)

6/1-6/5 PreK Fun in the Sun Week

6/11 Last Day of Pre-K

6/12 PreK4 Moving Up Ceremony at 1:00

Week of April 20

From Summer to Winter to Spring?!?! .... Whether the Weather!

Letter of the Week: Zz and it's phonetic sound ( I can't believe it's our last letter!!!)

Number of the Week: 20!!! Ten and Ten!! Our last Number (This is a VERY sad week for me!)

God's Time: The Lord is my Shepherd

Unit Plan: We will finish up our studies on Transportation with our Picnic Snack Trip to the Moon!!

                    Earth Day

Shape/Color: Oval and Purple

Our Trip to the Liberty Science Center is this Friday 4/24. Pleae read the information that was sent home on Wednesday 4/15.

First Friday Mass is on Friday May 1st. Please meet me in the church from 8:15-8:30.

Pre-K Walking Trip to the Roxbury Library is Monday May 4th. Please read the letter coming home on Mon. 4/20. Please sign the snack slip and send back to school ASAP.

The Ingnasius Book Fair is Wed. May 6th. I will only be bringing the children to the Book Fair who are buying books on this day. If you wish for your child to buy a book or two you will need to let me know via email or in the folder.

Important Dates:

4/22 Ms. Vera-Hopkins Day!!

4/24 LSC Trip

         Scholastic Book Orders Due

4/26 Father Rick Day (Pastor Appreciation)

4/29 April Show N Tell

5/1 First Friday Mass

5/4 Roxbury Library Trip (5/11 Rain Date)

5/6 Book Fair

5/14 May Crowning at 1:00pm. Prek4 has a special part

5/22 Noon Dismissal-No Aftercare

5/24 No School-Memorial Day

5/27 STS Field Day (Rain Date 5/29)

6/1-6/5 PreK Fun in the Sun Week

6/11 Last Day of Pre-K

6/12 PreK4 Moving Up Ceremony at 1:00

 

Week of April 13th

Sorry -Late to Blogging!!

The weather is so beautiful! We look forward to taking advantage of it, but we also know it may be short lived! 

Letter of the Week: Xx and it's phonetic sounds. Xx is a tricky one. If your child has ANY words with the letter Xx in it we are taking them all this week!

Number of the Week: 19 is Ten and Nine more

God's Time: Easter and Jesus' resurrection

Shape/Color of the Month: Oval and Purple

Unit Plan: Air Transportation

To The Moon PreK4!!!- Monday, April 20th. Please pack a towel, snack and water in a shopping bag for a "Trip" and snack picnic on the moon. Rain or Shine! We will have a Moon Cheeseball treat as well. If your child can not have the cheese ball treat please let me know via email.

Important dates:

4/17 Spring Pictures- I need notification if your child is taking Spring Pictures

4/18 STS Tricky Tray

4/20 Pre-K4 Moon Picnic Snack

4/24 Liberty Science Center Trip

        Scholastic Book Orders Due

4/29 Show N Tell

5/1 First Friday Mass at 8:45

       Mother -Son Bowling Night

5/4 Pre-K Walking Trip to the Roxbury Library (Rain Date 5/11)

5/14 May Crowning at 1:00pm. PreK 4 takes part in this ceremony

5/22 Noon Dismissal-No Aftercare

5/25 No School-Memorial Day

6/1-6/5 Pre-K Summer Fun Week

6/11-Last Day of Pre-K😢

6/12 PreK 4 Moving Up Ceremony at 1:00pm

March Recap

 Here's a look at Fun in March!

Thank you to all our March Mystery Readers!!

Dr. Seuss- The Foot Book 

How big is your foot?

A Fun Filled St. patrick's Day with Science, Math, Rainbows and a visit from a tricky Leprechaun!

Wearing Red and woodworking with tools on St. Joseph's Day!

Buddy Time-Buddy Show N Tell

Twin Things and Spring Things