November Newsletter
A big thank you to all the parents who gave to our October clothing drive. The clothes will be donated this week to the Salvation Army for distribution to needy families.
This week our students will be taking the school’s annual reading assessment. In addition, we will be conducting a survey to understand how much reading students are doing outside of school. You should receive an email about it this week. Please return the survey to the school as soon as you can. The promotion of reading is one of the core aspects of our curriculum.
In line with this, in November we will be holding our 5th annual Read-a-Thon, our fall fundraiser which also doubles as an encouragement to our students to read more. Each student will be asked to read at least 5 books during the month and we ask parents, related family, and friends to sponsor them in this task. Each child will be given a separate web page to which sponsors can indicate their pledges of support. Our overall goal for the fundraiser is $5,000 as a school. We will appreciate any support you can offer which will be counted towards the $200 we ask each family to donate to the school during the course of the school year. Look for an e-mail on it this week.
This month’s virtue of the month is Wonder. Wonder is about the appreciation for the beauty and bounty of the world around us. As we celebrate Thanksgiving later this month, it is a time of moving beyond our specific faiths and various ethnic traditions to celebrate the bounty of America’s founding. It is a time to reflect on and appreciate the best about our lives. It is a time also of giving support to those among us who may be less fortunate for whatever reason. To this end, we invite you to participate in our annual food drive running from Nov. 4-22 (see flier this Friday). All donations will be forwarded to St. Peter’s Haven for distribution to those in need in time for Thanksgiving.
Please note on the November calendar that parent-teacher meetings are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 16-17, 3:30-5:30 pm. Look for a sign up sheet on the bulletin board in the outside hallway next week. We hope that all of our parents will use this opportunity to meet with their child(ren)’s teacher(s) to understand their performance so far this school year and how you may better support them in their education.
Finally, we wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving!
“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
e.e. cummings