Announcements Week of May 4-May 8th

PreK Parents -
The Summer Program for PreK will begin June 22nd will
continue until August 14th.
The program will be a full day program Monday-Fridays.
Mrs. Fundora coordinates the program and if you
have questions --please feel free to see her.
A registration flyer will be sent home this week and
should be returned to the tuition office.

NYSESLAT-
The New York State ESL test in the areas of
Reading and Writing will be administered
on Tuesday May 5th. The Listening section of
the test will be administered on Wednesday May 6th.

Monday- Calendars for May will be sent home
with your child. Extra calendars will be
available at the tuition office.
**Tuition Suspension Day**

Tuesday- New York State Science Test Grade 8
Performance Section
NYSESLAT Test - Reading and Writing

Wednesday-New York State Science Test Grade 8
Written Section
NYSESLAT - Listening

Thursday-
1:30 PM Awards Ceremony for the following students who
won the 2009 Water Conservation Art & Poetry Contest
sponsored by the DEP (Department of Environment Protection)
Jessei Tavarez; Lia Tavares; Daniel Jereda; Rudy Camilo
Arianna Guzman; Cynthia Rubio; Amber Boncenor;
Jonathan Romero and Betsy Vasquez.

6:00 PM Nick Curriculum Awards Ceremony
for 8th grade students

Friday- Dismissal at 2:30 PM

Saturday-Full Moon

Sunday- Mother's Day Plant Sale
Students will sell plants to raise money for the
school greenhouse

Announcements Week of April 26th

The NYSESLAT (New York State English as a Second Langauge Test) will be administered to all children who did not pass the test last year (results were sent home in October, 2008). The test is composed of Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing sections and will be given over the next couple of weeks. The Speaking section of the test will be administered on Wednesday April 29th.

Tuesday - New York State Science Test Grade 4 Written Section

Wednesday - New York State Science Test Grade 4 Performance Section
Sacrament of Confirmation 6:00 PM
NYSESLAT Speaking Test
After School Program will be located on the 3rd and 4th floors of the school
today in order to prepare the auditorium for Confirmation pictures.
Tuition Sspension Letters will be sent home today.

Thursday - Portfolios Due for Reading, Social Studies, Science and Writing.

Friday- SCHOOL CLOSED.
No after school program will be available as the teachers will be a workshop.

Sunday May 3rd -
Parent meetings regarding outstanding tuition 10:00 AM -12:00 Noon

Monday May 4th - Tuition Suspension Day.

Week of March 22nd - March 28 2009

Monday- Map A Month Due
Grades 1 and 2 Easter Play

Tuesday-Distribution of Test Papers Grades 1-4 by Mr. Woods.
Papers should be signed and returned to the teacher.
ITBS continues

Wednesday - Distribution of Test Papers to students
in grades 5-8 by Mr. Woods
Parent meeting for students enrolled
in Confirmation Program
at 7:00 PM in library.

Thursday- Final Day of ITBS/Cogat Testing

Friday - Stations of the Cross 10:00 AM
Dismissal at 2:30 PM

Saturday - Registration of new students
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
information flyer available at main office.

Sunday - National History Day
at Museum of the City of New York
Students in sacramental program are to
attend Mass with their parents and give
attendance slip to Fr. Almonte or Fr. Jean-Paul

Week of March 16th- 20th

ITBS Schedule has changed. Please view schedule by clicking
the link for ITBS Schedule

Monday - ITBS Grids will be filled out by students.

Tuesday - Feast of St. Patrick,
patron of the Archdiocese of New York
Mass at 9:00 AM led by the students of the 7th grade
ITBS/CoGat
Alan November will be visiting classes as part of the
Title IId grant.

Wednesday - Scoring of NYS Math Test Grade 4
ITBS/CoGat Testing

Thursday- ITBS/CoGat
North Manhattan Catholic Schools
Speech Contest @ St. Jude's School
Parent Communion Meeting
7:00 PM in Library with Fr. Almonte

Friday-Scoring of NYS Math Test Grade 6
ITBS/CoGat
Stations of the Cross 10:00 AM

Saturday- Registration of New Students
9:00 AM - 1:00PM

Sunday - Mass for students 1:00 PM

Week of March 9th-14th Announcements

Monday- All students in grades 6 & 8 need 3
# 2 pencils that are sharpened.

Tuesday - New York State Mathematics Test
Grades 6 & 8

Wednesday- New York State Mathematics Test
Grades 6 & 8

Thursday - Science Fair
8:30AM - 11:30 AM

Friday - SCHOOL CLOSED
Parents in need of child care for the day should
see Mrs. Ramsey in the After School Program. The
after school program will be open for the day.

Sunday-Reconciliation Class 12:00 Noon
Mass for all students 1:00 PM

ITBS Testing Schedule

ITBS/CoGat Testing will be administered to all children
in grades Kindergarten through 8th
during the week of
March 16th-March 20th.

Tuesday March 17th
Kindergarten - Mathematics
Grade 1 - Math Concepts & Computation
Grade 2 - Math Concepts & Computation
Grades 3 through 8
Math Concepts & Estimation; Computation

Wednesday March 18th
Kindergarten- Listening; Word Analysis; Vocabulary
Grade 1- Vocabulary, Word Analysis &
Reading Comprehension
Grade 2 - CoGat Verbal Battery
Vocabulary, Word Analysis, Listening
Grade 3- No Testing
Grade 4 - CoGat Verbal Battery
Vocabulary; Reading Comprehension
Grade 5-CoGat Verbal Battery
Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension
Grade 6 - No Testing
Grade 7-CoGat Verbal Battery
Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension
Grade 8 - Math Problems & Data Interpretation
Spelling, Capitalization, Punctuation

Thursday March 19th
Kindergarten- Language
First Grade- Listening, Language
Second Grade- CoGat Quantitative Battery
Reading Comprehension
Language
Third Grade- Usage & Expression
Math Problems & Data Interpretation
Forth Grade- CoGat Quantitative Battery
Usage & Expression
Math Problems & Data Interpretation

Grades 5-8 No Testing Speech Contest

Friday - March 20th
Kindergarten - MakeUp Exams
First Grade- Problem Solving
Second Grade-CoGat Nonverbal Battery
Math Problems & Data Interpretation
Third Grade- No Testing
Fourth Grade- CoGat Nonverbal Battery
Spelling, Capitalization & Punctuation
Fifth Grade-CoGat Nonverbal Battery
Spelling, Capitalization & Punctuation
Sixth Grade- No Testing
Seventh Grade-CoGat Nonverbal Battery
Spelling, Capitalization & Punctuation
Eighth Grade- Reading Comprehension

Wednesday March 25th

3rd Grade - Word Analysis, Listening
Vocabulary

5th Grade - Cogat Session II
Usage & Expression
Math Problems

6th Grade - Math Problems
Spelling, Capitalization
Punctuation

7th Grade - Cogat Session III
Math Problems

8th Grade- Usage & Expression
Vocabulary

Thursday March 26th

3rd Grade - Reading Comprehension
Spelling, Capitalization
Punctuation

5th Grade - CoGat Session III

6th Grade - Reading Comprehension
Usage & Expression
Vocabulary

7th Grade- Spelling, Capitalization
Punctuation

Week of March 1st-March 6th Announcements

Monday-March calendars will be sent home.
Students in Grade 4 will need
3 sharpened # 2 pencils and a pencil sharpener.
Map A Month will be distributed to
students in grades 4-8.

Tuesday - New York State Math Test Grade 4

Wednesday -New York State Math Test Grade 4

Thursday - New York State Math Test Grade 4
Animal Workshop for Kindergarten students 11:00 AM
in auditorium - Kindergarten parents welcome to attend.

Friday - Dismissal at 2:30 PM
Stations of the Cross at 10:00 AM
Parents welcome to attend