Catholic School Week - January 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30th.
Tuesday - Open House & Touring Tuesday. Parents may visit their child's classroom and sit in on classes from 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Wednesday - Mass at 11:00 AM celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart - sisters who founded OLQM School.
Grade 4 will lead Mass and all parents are welcome as we celebrate Catholic Schools Week and the Year of Consecrated Life.
Friday- Speech Contest 9:00 AM Grades 5-8.Parents Welcome.
School Evaluation - January 29th has been cancelled. will be rescheduled by the Manhattan Catholic School Regional Board
National Handwriting Day Winners
“Now we just need your John Hancock.”
That phrase you often hear when you have to sign a document is a celebration of one of history’s most famous signatures.
And last Friday January 23rd, National Handwriting Day, commemorates the birthday of Mr. Hancock (1737), the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.
(As president of the Continental Congress, he got first dibs.)
With a blank space, he made sure to make his name large, legible and ornate. It stands out among the 56 signatures.
Hancock apparently did it as a defiant message to the British king, and so that British ministers could read his name “without spectacles.”
The prominence he achieved for just a few moments’ work may be a reminder for us to dot our I’s, cross our T’s and make proper loops.
At least for today, anyway.
The following students won the Handwriting Contest for their grade and will receive a nice gift certificate for their hard work in making sure we can read what they write:
Grade 3-Ashley Smith
Grade 4-Joseph Alvarado
Grade 5-Chelsea Rivera
Grade 6-Angelica Arias
Grade 7-Nelsy Concepcion
Grade 8-Ambar Rosario
Interim Assessment #2
On Tuesday and Wednesday February 2nd and 3rd children in grades K-8 will be administered the second Interim Assessment coordinated by the Archdiocese of New York in ELA (English Language Arts) and Mathematics.
The skills that are tested will show strengths and weaknesses for the upcoming New York State Tests in April based on the Common Core Standards. In this way the teachers may plan lessons based on the results.
Next week Mr. Woods will copy an article onto this blog for parent review on how parents may assist their child be a more successful student merely by engaging them in conversation beginning at birth.
Vocabulary weakness at present is the common thread that many students at OLQM are deficient. Beginning next week the teachers will be posting on their opening blog page the vocabulary for the week along with the definitions so that parents may take an active part with the teachers in assisting their child to be a successful reader.
Report Card Day - February 4, 2015
The mid year report card will be distributed by Fr. Antonio to students on Wednesday February 4th. Parent Teacher conferences will be held from 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM in the school auditorium.
The new uniform company (Ideal) will be present in the lunchroom with a display of uniforms - the style remains the same.
A reminder that students will not receive a report card if there is a balance due on the tuition -0 as of this writing --today Sunday January 25th the outstanding balance of past due tuition is $147,026.93
It will be on this report card that the indication will be noted that your child may not be meeting standards for promotion as listed in the Parents Handbook. There is ample time for your child to improve their academic skills and study in order to avoid Summer School or Retention.
At the Parent Teacher Conferences the recently administered mid-terms will be available for your review. They will be kept in your child's file until the end of the year wherein you will receive the hard copy.
The Honors Assembly for this report card will be held in church following the school Mass for Ash Wednesday on February 18th at 11:00 AM- parents are welcome.
Monday - January 26, 2015 Feast of Sts. Timothy and Titus
Second Quarter Ends
School Choice Week scarves will be given to students today.
Reading coach will work with students today.
Tuesday- January 27, 2015 Feast of St. Angela Merici
Open House and Touring Tuesday
8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Wednesday January 28, 2015 Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas
11:00 AM --Mass in Celebration of Catholic Schools Week and the Year of Consecrated Life
Celebration will also commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart arriving in America.
The Franciscan Sisters would open OLQM school in 1932.
Thursday January 29, 2015
Mid Term - Biology Regents Class
Friday - January 30, 2015
Speech Contest 9:00 AM Grades 5-8
Sunday February 2nd--Super Bowl Sunday
12:00 noon Reconciliation Class
1:00 PM Mass for all students
