Year of Mercy Visit to St. Francis X. Cabrini Shrine
Students in grades 4-8 will visit the Shrine of St. Francis X. Cabrini on Tuesday March 15th as part of the Year of Mercy celebration to visit selected holy sites as proclaimed by Pope Francis.
Students are to be in full uniform. They will visit the shrine at 11:00 AM and be given a tour and Mass will be celebrated at 12:00 noon. Students will be sent home a permission slip on Monday that must be signed and returned to the classroom teacher.
Engage Nee York Module IIIB Assessments - Week of March 14th
Students will be administered unit exams for Module IIIB during the week of March 14th. Please make sure that your child has gathered all the review material for the tests that will be posted by the classroom teachers on the blog.
Monday March 14, 2016 - ELA- English Language Arts
Tuesday March 15, 2016 - Trip to Mother Cabrini Shrine for the Year of Mercy
Wednesday March 16, 2016 - Mathematics and Religion
Thursday March 17, 2016 - Reading and Science
Friday March 18, 2016 - Social Studies
Easter Recess
Easter recess will begin after dismissal on Friday March 18th at 3:00 PM.
There will be no After School Program on Friday, March 18th.
School will resume on Monday April 4th. Parents are reminded that New York State ELA tests begin on April 5th and there should be no extended vacation days taken or missed plane excuses.
Students will need shopping bags to pack their books this week for storage over the break so that the classrooms may be cleaned and waxed.
New York State Exam Review - Easter Recess
Students should practice 20 or 30 minutes a day using IXL and/or Achieve 3000 during the Easter Recess. The New York State ELA test will be administered in grades 3-8 on April 5th, 6th and 7th.
This year the time limit has been lifted so that students may work at their own pace. Also a new company was employed by the New York State Education Department to design the test. Parents are reminded that testing is part and parcel of life.
Would you want your child's doctor not to have taken a medical exam and passed?
Testing at the elementary level is just one measure of student success and should not be a cause célèbre ( an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy) like it has been made into the last couple of years. Testing, classroom participation, teacher made tests, a child's ability to make a classroom presentation etc. are the things that measure what a child knows. The NYS tests should assist parents in knowing what academic areas their child excels in and what areas are in need of improvement- period.
NYS Math tests will be administered April 13th, 14th and 15th.
Monday March 14, 2016
Module IIIB ELA Assessment
Tuesday March 15, 2016 - Ides of March
District 6 Speech Contest 9:00 AM - St. Rose of Lima School. Kately Suarez, Sofia Santiago and Yarissa Molina.
Trip to the Shrine of St. Francis X. Cabrini- Grades 4-8
Wednesday March 16, 2016
Module IIIB Assessments in Mathematics and Religion
ELA coach will work with students in grades 2-4
Thursday March 17, 2016 - Feast of St. Patrick, patron of the Archdiocese of New York
Green Day.
Students may wear green clothes and not need to wear their uniform.
Module IIIB Assessments Reading and Science
Friday March 18, 2016 - Feast of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
Lenten Prayer Service 9:00 AM - parents welcome
Module IIIB Assessment - Social Studies
Shopping bags need to pack up student textbooks in closets.
Easter Recess begins at dismissal at 3:00 PM
No After school program today.
Sunday March 20, 2016 - Palm Sunday
First Day of Spring
Reconciliation Class 12:00 noon
Mass for all students in sacramental program 1:00 PM
