Weekly Update

First Week 

I am thrilled we will be sharing this special year together. During our first week we settled in,  began getting to know each other, and started our routines. Sharing 5 special items from home helped us to know each other better for sure! Check out the photos at the bottom of this post to see your daughter introducing herself to classmates.

Today we enjoyed a fun Spirit Day. The chapel on the Green was a highlight for me...to see our entire school community together, all of those strong, beautiful girls on such a lovely morning was special. Then later in the day we paired up with the 7th graders for the picnic on the Green which ended with a fierce faculty Gold~White tug-of-war. The girls had a ball!

The girls will have many opportunities to lead this year. Raising the flag each morning is just one of those special responsibilities. On Wednesday, the entire Fourth Grade gathered to learn how to raise and lower the flag. The trickiest part is folding the flag, and our Fourthies are already doing a great job. In fact, some of the girls were practicing their flag fold with their picnic blankets and towels. Great job, girls! Here is a tiny peek into this responsibility. 

In addition to flag raising, the girls will help open car doors in the morning. This is something the girls love, and they look forward to this privilege! If your daughter would like to participate, she needs to be at school by 7:35 on her assigned days in order to help. 

To sign your daughter up to be a Carpool Helper, please click here:  

Carpool Helper Sign-Up

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Lunch seems to be going well. We do have lunch at 10:45, so please send a simple, healthy snack with your daughter each day to help her have the energy she needs for learning all afternoon. If your daughter gets lunch at school, you may be interested in checking the menu. 

I have attached the link in the list to the right. ↗

**Thursday, September 7 is Lower School Parents' Night**

I am looking forward to seeing you all that night. 

Here is the night's schedule:

Back-to-School Night

• 5:00 PM - Parent Reception in Endeavour Hall (Lower School faculty and staff will be in attendance)

• 5:30 PM - welcome remarks by Cindy Trask, Head of School, and Annie Kapetanis, Head of Lower School and Early Childhood

• 6:15 PM - classroom visits and presentations

Coming Up

September 4 ~ Labor Day ~ No School

September 7 ~ Lower School Parents' Night ~ 5:00

September 26 ~ Family Fun Night ~ 4:30-7:00

Carpool Helper   September 5-8 ~ Natalie Degnan

First Day in Fourth Grade!

 

We had a great first day today! I am so thrilled to have your precious and smart girls in my class this year. Today we managed to read a book, unpack our supplies, ask lots of questions, go to Spanish and Science, and learn how to raise, lower, and fold the flag (a Fourth Grade responsibility). I am so excited about the days to come, because I can tell this group is going to be a blast.

Generally, I will send a new blog every Friday, and it will be full of pertinent info and photos, so there will be more on Friday.

Here are a few important tidbits for the coming days:

We have a very early lunch, and the girls get hungry in the afternoon. You may send a healthy snack each day for your daughter to have as we work or play. We will talk specifics on Parents' Night, but we were all starving today, so go ahead and send in those snacks!

This Friday is St. Catherine's Spirit Day. We will begin the day with a school-wide chapel on the Green, and later in the day, the entire school will enjoy a fun lunch together on the Green. Please send a beach towel with your daughter so she will have something to sit on for our picnic. In addition, the school plans to provide lunch for every student. So, if your daughter usually brings her lunch, you may take the day off of lunch-making!

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Coming Soon

 ...the first day of school!

Monday, August 28

Meet the Teacher 

Anytime between 1:30-2:00

Bring your school supplies and summer work.

At 2:00 head into the Assembly Room to learn more about your Performing Arts choices. 

Everyone will participate in one Performing Arts this year,

 and this gives you a chance to meet teachers and learn more.

Tuesday, August 29

First day of Fourth Grade

School starts at 8:00am.

We are going to have a Fabulous Fourthie Year!