The year in review

Matty Hatty Day was a great success.


Pennies for pasta was very rewarding.



Ash Wednesday  service was interesting. 

The Polar Express has been read and enjoyed by the first grades.  We arrived at school in pajamas and with our favorite pillow or pillow pal. After a hot cocoa and cookies snack, we  settled down  watched the movie.  A sweet day was had by all.
  

The Catholic Charities Food Drive was a great success! As a campus, we collected 2,002 cans.  That is a really special effort.
Congratulations to grade 1A who led the way with 311 cans.  Grade 1b had 189 cans and together the first grades contributed 500 of the 2002 cans! 

The Discovery Ensemble from the New England Conservatory came by to enlighten us on the different ways Beethoven used 4 notes(Ta-Ta-Ta-Da) to change the mood in the Fifth Symphony from anger to fear to loneliness to joy. We also met the musicians and examined the many instruments they  brought for the performance. Thank You NEC and Mrs. Swanton. 
We went to the Science lab at  Lower Mills! We discovered the properties of magnets and  experimented with different sizes and shapes and even made a magnet fly! 


Parlee Farms was great fun.  When we wrote our stories we discovered that we had remembered different things about it. 
Remember the Lunch Forms for the month of December..Please make an informed decision when choosing the lunch for your child. Discuss the choices with your child so there are no surprises when the cover is lifted.  
Monster mash was great fun!  Thanks to the parent corps!! 
Thank you for your support and I will always treasure the 2012 Yawkey Award for Teaching Excellence. 
A library card is a wonderful thing to have. Please visit your local library. 


 

 

In math we tried out  the wrap ups.  We had to concentrate very hard and wrap the string around the key to answer the question. Then we self-checked our answers by turning the key over to see the correct path.