ND State Testing...

The third graders are doing an awesome job testing this week. We have completed 4 out of 5 language arts tests and 1 out of 3 math tests. We will complete the math tests tomorrow afternoon and the language arts will be in the morning after Mass. 

Thank you for providing your child with as much rest as possible and a healthy snack. They have all been very excited about the snack part of it! 

We are also busy practicing for our Mass this week. We have not had a lot of time for other subjects. They did start a new writing project on Monday and we will be working on grammar practice as well. 

Another note: I was having some computer problems with PowerSchool where I enter in all of our 3rd graders' grades. It would not let me on the program, so I was stock piling all of their graded work. I finally got it back up and running this morning and finished entering in all of the grades. You will see A LOT of papers in your child's folder tonight. 

I hope to see you all at the Harvest Hoe Down! Have a great week! 

Also, if you have not heard Julia Lee (Mrs. Lee's daughter) is having some tests and procedures done at the Children's Amplantz Hospital in Minneapolis. Here is the link to follow her story on CaringBridge. Many prayers are greatly welcomed!!!

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/julialee1        

(if you have never been on a CaringBridge site before, you will be asked to register) 

Conferences and Field Trip

Tomorrow St. Michael's is going to the speaker Rachel's Challenge at the Chester Fritz. We will be leaving the school around 12:30 and we will return before the end of the day. No permission slips were sent home because all families signed a general field trip permission slip at the beginning of the school year. There is no cost for the event. 

I did talk to our class a little bit about Rachel today to prepare them for tomorrow's speaker. Rachel was one of the first killed in the Columbine shooting in Colorado in 1999. Our conversation brought up a lot about bullying and they did want to talk about school shootings that they had heard about on the news or from others. We discussed some of it very briefly, but if you would like to talk to your child a little more, please do. I know they probably still have questions about the topics, and they will have more after tomorrow's speaker. The speaker will focus on paying it forward and creating a culture of kindness, so the message will be more positive than negative. 

Also, conference forms went home on Monday. Please sign it and make a note of your conference time. If you need to reschedule make a note of that on the form, so I can contact you for a different date and time. Thanks so much and if you have any questions or concerns please let me know! 

Donations and Midterms

A big thank you to the families who have already donated items/money for our class Fun(d) Fest Auction Basket. I will be taking donations up until this Friday October 5th.  Please remember it is not required, but you do receive commitment points for your donations to the basket. 


Midterm grades will be coming home in the Friday family file folders. 3rd graders receive letter grades. I will print a page that shows their progress to this point. Please remember it is not a final grade for the trimester. I used last Friday as a cut off date. Anything not turned in by that date will not be included in this update. If you have any questions about your child's grades after you see the midterm grades, please do not hesitate to call or e-mail me. 

So far, I have been impressed by how well they get their work done and turned in to me. Keep it up at home. Please be sure to check their folders for past projects and papers. They do not need to stay in the folder once they have been graded. 

October will be a busy month with days off, North Dakota State Testing, Harvest Hoe-Down, Fun(d) Fest and many other extra activities not related to school. I will keep you up to date on here and send any additional information home with a note as well. Happy October!