HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC SCHOOL
REVIEW/PREVIEW
February 3, 2014
Volume 6 Issue 22
Dates to Remember
2/5 - Sports Pictures
“Coffee with the Principal” 6:00PM in the Library
2/6 - Little Dribblers Pictures
2/7 - Minimum Day - Noon Dismissal
Mass 8:30AM
Uniform Exchange 11:30AM to 12:30PM
2/11 - Sports Rally - 1:30PM in the Gym
CSAC Meeting 5:00PM
2/13 - Parent Club Meeting 8:15AM
Free Dress for $1 (see flier)
Sweetie Bags delivered
2/14 & 2/17- No School - Presidents’ Day
2/19 - Graduation & Yearbook Pictures
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Holy Family Catholic School
21st Annual Auction Gala 2014
“Puttin’ on the Ritz Evening of Mystery” invitations
and raffle tickets are in the mail!
The class that sells the most raffle tickets will win a
class party to be planned with their teacher and
hosted by the Auction Committee!
Need more raffle tickets? Buy them online or you
may pick them up in the school office.
From Our Principal Mr. Ditter:
Please join me Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 6:00PM in
the Library for “Coffee with the Principal”. This is a
meeting for parents to come and listen to a brief presentation
followed by a venue for parents to ask questions, discuss new
ideas, and voice any concerns.
Thank you to Mr. Boe, Mrs. James, and all the volunteers for
the hard work you put into the Book Fair. It was a huge success!
Sweetie Bags for sale in the office. The cost is $2 and will be
delivered to your child on Thursday, February 13th.
Basket campaign has started for the auction. Please bring
unwrapped filled baskets to prayer garden on Fridays to be
collected by auction volunteers.
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Food Bank
We are collecting
Mayonnaise
Until February 28th
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February is 7th Grade’s service month.
Hospitality Sunday is February 23, 2014
“Build a Basket” is in full gear. Thank you for your
wonderful donations! We are still collecting every
Friday morning in the Prayer Garden until March
7th.
Class Competition
1st Place - 4th Grade with 2475 points
2nd Place - 5th Grade with 970 points
3rd Place - 8th Grade with 890 points
Great Job! We can not do this
without your generosity!
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Uniform Exchange
Friday, February 7th
11:30AM to 12:30PM
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8th Grade Washington DC Fundraiser
Sports Picture Schedule
Clothing Drive
Wednesday, February 5th
February 1 - 16
Please drop off your donations to
ReUse It Donation Station
In Citrus Heights
(Please see fliers)
Girls JV Rec. - 3:15 to 3:30
(Game at 5:00PM at St. Albans)
Baton - 3:30 to 3:45
Boys JV - 3:45 to 4:00
Girls JV - 4:00 to 4:15
Girls Varsity - 4:15 to 4:30
Boys Varsity - 4:30 to 4:45
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Box Tops
The Boxtop Competition for February will be a
Free Dress Pass to be awarded for a Mr. Ditter
approved day in March. To qualify, please submit 25 BOXTOPS (no Labels for Education) in a
baggie with the child’s name and grade no later
than February 28, 2014!
Little Dribblers
Thursday, February 6th
Shari Alexander
Boxtop Coordinator
1st Grade Girls - 3:15 to 3:35
1st Grade Boys - 3:35 to 3:50
2nd Grade Girls - 3:50 to 4:10
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2nd Grade Boys - 4:10 to 4:30
3rd Grade Girls - 4:30 to 4:45
3rd Grade Boys - 4:45 to 5:00
4th Grade Girls - 5:00 to 5:15
4th Grade Boys - 5:15 to 5:30
CLASSROOM NEWS PAGE 3
Mrs. Hernandez:
Mrs. Chapman:
Thank you for a helping to make Catholic Schools’
Week awesome and memorable! It was a blast! This
week we’re back to business. The new Sight Words are
in, it, was, that, and, and. Also, flashcards for the
numbers #11-22 are in the Sight Word bag. Students
will be tested on all Sight Words on Friday and the #’s
11-22. It’s very important the students master the
numbers as each week we will be adding more numbers. On Friday we sent home “Six Flags Read to Succeed Program.” Our school is participating in this program as it encourages students to read Grades K-6th.
This is a free program sponsored by Six Flags. This is
an optional program for your child. Each Kinder student is held accountable for their own reading log. Students who complete six hours of reading and complete
the log by February 25th 2014 will earn a free admission into Six Flags for the 2014 season!!! This ticket
will be awarded by me. Parents reading to their child
counts as well. I will give ten minutes per school day to
each student (in attendance) and sign off for it! This
will count for our in class reading/ sight words practice.
Totaling 150 minutes done at school! So 150 minutes
need to be completed at home to earn the free pass!
Thank you for the wonderful gifts for Teacher Appreciation Day! A special thank you to the parent club for the
delicious teacher luncheon. This Wednesday February 5th,
will be our in house field trip. The fire department will
visit K and 1st grade at 10:00am for a special presentation.
Don’t forget we have a minimum day this Friday February
7th, 2014. This is also first Friday Mass. Please wear full
uniform.
Mrs. Polnasek:
Mrs. Piegaro:
Thank you to all the visitors during Catholic Schools Week.
It was wonderful getting to meet so many grandparents! I
know the students enjoyed having them there and sharing
their schoolwork with them. This week we will be preparing
the school wide Mass on Friday the 7th. There will be a few
selected from our class to do the readings and bring up the
gifts. We hope that you will all be able to attend the Mass at
8:30. On Thursday there will be Little Dribbler pictures after school. Don’t forget that Friday is a minimum day and
that there is a parent formation class on Sunday the 9th at
2:00. If your child has not turned in his or her January reading log, please be sure to get that in so credit is received.
Have a blessed week!
Thank you for the wonderful gifts and yummy treats
I received for Teacher Appreciation Day.
Language Arts: vowels oo and u, adjectives for number, size,
and shape(Test Friday)
Math: Facts: -4, using comparison symbols, pictographs, fractions (Test Friday)
Religion: Ch. 8: We Say We Are Sorry (test Thursday)
Science: Investigating Forces
Social Studies: Biography reports
Only Religion and Social Studies test this Friday.
We
will return to our regular weekly test for spelling, language
arts, social studies and Religion next Thursday, February
13th, 2014.
February 14th and February 17, we will not have school.
Our class will have a Valentine’s celebration on February
13th, 2014 from 8:15am- 9:30am. Your child may bring
Valentine cards for the class. We have 20 students. Please
do not address the cards to individual students. Have
your child sign the card only.
Math- Mixed Facts/ Adding Money
Social Studies –
Week 16 American Monuments Science: Environmental
Scientist/ Sunlight/water/soil
Phonics/Language
Arts: Unit 3 Testing
Religion: Holy Spirit Helps us
Pray Chapter 16
This week in language arts we will read “Hottest
Coldest Highest Deepest.” Students will take their
weekly language arts and spelling tests on Friday.
There are math assessments on Wednesday and
Thursday this week. Wednesday will take the dividing
by 2, by 5, and by 7 assessment. Thursday students
have an assessment on all subtraction facts as well as
their written assessment. Students will have their
chapter 17 religion test on Thursday. In science, we
will continue our Physics unit. Social Studies week 12
test is scheduled for Thursday.
All school Mass on Friday, students must wear their
formal uniform.
Check our class calendar on edline for homework information, testing details, and schedule changes.
CLASSROOM NEWS PAGE 4
Mrs. Sedgwick:
Mrs. Altobell:
I would like to thank all of my students and their families
do appreciate all that you do for your children, our class,
Thank you so much for all of your cards and gifts for
Teacher Appreciation Day. Your thoughtfulness is very
much appreciated.
our school and their teacher! Sienna Schubert will be our
The Fifth Grade will be reading the play "The Stormi
Rock Star for the week. We will be reading the biography
Giovanni Club" this week. We will be working on the skill
“Seeker of Knowledge” in language arts. Our grammar fo-
of identifying generalizations. Our spelling words all
cus will be on possessive pronouns. Our spelling words are
have the suffix -able or -ible. In grammar, we will work
words with the consonants k, ks, kw. We will take our usual
on identifying indefinite and reflexive pronouns. We will
language arts tests on Friday. We will learn about the area
take our weekly tests on Friday. In math, we will review
of a rectangle, remaining fractions and division with two-
square roots, exponents, and order of operations. We
digit answers in math. There will not be a math test this
will take cumulative test 13 on Friday. In religion, we
week. We are learning about “Statehood for California” in
will focus on the sacraments of Reconciliation and
social studies and will take our test on Thursday. We will
Anointing of the Sick in Chapter 14 and take the chapter
have our religion chapter 14 test on Friday. Please wear
test on Thursday. Be sure to send in your BAW review
your full uniform on Friday for Mass. We have 12:00 dis-
via email. In science, we will continue working through
missal on Friday, too. Have a wonderful week!
Chapter 4, focusing on the respiratory, circulatory, and
for the lovely gifts on Teacher Appreciation Day! I really
digestive systems. We will not have a social studies test
this week. I sent home paperwork for the Marin Headlands trip via email. Please complete and send it in to me
by next Monday, February 10th. Have a great week!
Mrs. Remick:
Mrs. Mandel-Sonner:
Happy Monday Holy Family! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
6th: This week in Literature we will be reading “Overdoing It” and
“Eleven.” The review and assess will be assigned as homework after the
reading is completed in class.
6th: This week in Grammar we will be continuing Verbs!
6th: This week we will be starting Unit 9 in Vocabulary, and there will be a
Vocabulary test on Friday
2-07-2014.
7th: This week in literature we will be reading “Amigo Brothers” and
“Justin Lebo.” The review and assess will be assigned as homework after
the reading is completed in class.
7th: This week in Grammar we will be continuing Verbs!
7th: This week we will be continuing Unit 9 in Vocabulary, and there will
be a Vocabulary test on Friday
2-07-2014.
8th: This week in literature we will be reading “The Finish of Patsy
Barnes” and “Tears of Autumn.” The review and assess will be assigned as
homework after the reading is completed in class.
8th: This week in Grammar we will be continuing Verbs!
8th: This week we will be continuing Unit 9 in Vocabulary, and there will
be a Vocabulary test on Friday
2-07-2014.
Have a wonderful and blessed week Holy Family!
Happy February! ACT Explore results were sent home on Friday. These results contain useful information, so if you did not receive the results please ask your child. This month we are collecting mayo for the
parish food closet. THANK YOU, to all families who graciously donated
pjs for the Pajama Project. Your student should be coming home with
information regarding our class auction project. Please help in any way
you can to make our project more amazing. Now is the time for students to check Edline to make sure all their grades are acceptable and
correct. Please encourage your child to see their teacher if there are
questions. The end of the grading period is February 21st.
Social studies 6: We finish Ch. 6 The Ancient Americas and have a test
on Wednesday.
Science 6: We finish Ch. 6 Volcanoes and have a test on Friday. The
Volcano model is due Feb.11. The requirements for the model are: the
dimensions should not exceed 20”x20”x20”. The volcano will need to
erupt using a baking soda and vinegar mixture. It should be decorated
to look real. It should not be too heavy. Make sure that it can be easily
moved by no more than 2 students.
Social studies 7: We begin Ch. 7 The Renaissance.
Science 7: We finish Ch. 5 Genetics; we complete our “reebop” activity
and have a test on Friday.
Social studies 8: We finish Ch.9 The South and have a test on Friday.
Science 8: We finish up Ch. 7 Acids, Bases, and Solutions and have a
test on Wednesday.
Classroom News Page 5
Mrs. Hendry:
Thank you to those who volunteered their time on Saturday at our e
-waste collection. We will have official numbers later this week.
From now until Feb 16th you can donate your clothing to RE Use It.
See the flyers that have been previously sent. Our 2 nd Trimester
ends February 21st. Junior High teachers will announce when they
plan to cut off new assignments. Thank you to those who have sent
in your $10 for the Auction donation. I will continue to collect it. The
students on flag duty this week are Jonathan S. & Gabriel D. and
our Safety Patrol student is Katie J. Thanks for volunteering!
RELIGION: Keep up-to-date on EdLine.
Our prayer for the month of February is the Guardian Angel Prayer.
6th Grade will finish Chapter 7: Commandment and Fulfillment. We
will make our own commandment posters. The test is scheduled for
Wednesday. After the test, we will watch a movie about the Ten
Commandments.
7th Grade will finish Chapter 14: Baptism. We will compare the
Gospel accounts of Jesus’ Baptism. The test is scheduled for next
Thursday. Extra Credit is due by test day. I will assign an essay
reflecting on the topic we discussed last week on Respect for Life.
8th Grade will finish watching their videos and begin Chapter 13. I
will assign an essay reflecting on the topic we discussed last week
on Respect for Life.
Mrs. Patterson:
6th Grade:
We had a test this week. We will begin complex fractions
Common Core NS6.1 & NS6.2. We will also continue with exploring
percents of a whole number. This will continue with the concept of tax.
Depending on how we progress we may have a test this week.
7th Grade:
Seventh grade will be back in the Pre-Algebra book this
week. They will be working on their test. When we complete the test,
we will begin volume of pyramids and cones. This covers Common
Core NS7.G 1 & 3
8th Grade:
We are still working on Quadratic equations. This week we
will explore completing the square and applying the Quadratic formula.
The last step in this process is when do we apply which approach to
solve a quadratic. There will be a test on this next week.
MATH: Keep up-to-date on EdLine.
6th Grade I plan to cover Lessons 46-49. They have a Power Up
Test (study Power Up G) and an Open Note Quiz (Lessons 36-45)
this Tuesday.
7th Grade I plan to cover Lessons 49-52.
8th Grade I plan to cover Lessons 41-45. They will have an open
note quiz next Wednesday on Lessons 36-45.
Math Lab will be on Monday & Wednesday this week from 3:004:00 in my classroom.
Mrs. Olmedo:
Art/Mrs. Biller:
Art entries displayed during Catholic Schools’ Week from grades 1-8
were peer reviewed. ALL students deserve credit for completing artwork
at a personal best level! The following artists were selected for representing forms of art studied this school year.
Calligraphy: Drew Altobell, Sienna Schubert
1 Point Perspective: Nick Beardslee, Jessica Morin, Emma
James
Illustration: Sydney Obmann, Natalie Toth, Nick Weigund,
Desmond Nacar, Branden Ngo, Courtney Powers
Clay: Danielle Van Overen, Theriot Conant, Sam Tumiati
Watercolor: Kaitlyn Healey, Vanessa Lariz
Rendering: Drew Altobell, Katelyn Spencer, Dean Leighty, Linnu Shaji
Design: Lucas Cosper, Justin Zara, Paige Weigund
BEST OF SHOW: CHRISTINA GUADAMUZ
Please view additional artwork displayed in the front office and
library.
Thank you, Mrs. Cosper, for entries that were selected for the
online museum.
I would like to thank Mrs. Villamil for the book and bookmarks
donation. I really appreciate it.
Kindergarten & 1st grade will begin a new unit on La familiaThe family. We will learn the words for our various family
members.
2 & 3rd grade will be quizzed on the inside and outside of the
house. We will begin a new unit on furniture in our house.
4 & 5th grade have a test on Thursday on their food word list.
A new copy is coming home today. I mentioned to the kids
that the test will be multiple choice and matching with a word
bank. Do your best. I know it’s a lot of words but we’ve had
several days of in class review.
6th grade will work on the verb gustar + infinitives. They will
have a test on Unit 1 Lesson 1 vocabulary.
7 & 8th grade will begin Unit 2 Lesson 2 En la escuela. Vocabulary will be presented along with classroom objects, places in
school and adjectives.