Connecting Students and Families through Faith January 27, 2018

School Newsletter

St. Agnes Catholic School 205 E 23rd, Scottsbluff, NE

Ph: 308-632-6918

Monday, January 28th CSW kick-off - Dress in the career you want to be when you grow up

Tuesday, January 29th Celebrate Voca ons - Lunch & Bingo

with the priests Wednesday, January 30th

CSW Mass - wear St. Agnes apparel Doughnuts with Bishop Hanefeldt will

follow a er mass Thursday, January 31st

Parent Picnic - 11:30-12:15 Wear favorite team apparel

AED Unit As part of our move to increase the safety standards within our building, St. Agnes School has received an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) courtesy of Dr. Lisa Scheppers and Michael Wharton. This portable unit detects life-threatening cardiac events and can be used to restore heat rhythms while 911 is called. All staff will be trained by Mr. Wharton on the use of this machine in case of an emergency situation within our building. Our thanks to the Wharton’s for this generous donation.

January 2019 100 CLUB WINNERS

$200: Joe Ostry; $100: Margaret Ann Pickering, Patrick Brown, Maria Janicek; $85: Dennis Parks; $50: Jim Macken, Cliff Verbeck, Joann Cervantes, Joe & Liz Salazar, Robert & Lynn Yri, Steve & Chris Luris, Rod & Ellen Ramig, Jacque Neu

CONGRATULATIONS!

***Please support the CSW service project – gifts for children grades 5-12 for next year’s Christmas baskets Will be collected all week.***

Monday, Jan 28 Hamburger on a Bun French Fries Peas Mandarin Oranges Helpers: Stephen Klaas Delores Longoria

Tuesday, Jan 29 Super Nachos w/ taco meat, black beans, cheese sauce & salsa Potato Circles Grapes Helpers: Douglas Wheeler Clem Enriquez

Wednesday, Jan 30 Cheese Pizza Green Salad w/ranch Pineapple Tidbits Helpers: Sarah Zeiler Ashlee Wilson

Thursday, Jan 31

SACK LUNCH FAMILY PICNIC

Helpers:

Friday, Feb 1 Beef Patty w/ mashed potatoes & gravy Steamed Carrots Pears Roll & Margarine Helpers: HELPERS NEEDED HELPERS NEEDED

Hot Lunch Menu for January 28th - February 1st, 2019

What’s Happening at St. Agnes School………...

Safety Training St. Agnes School is adopting the Standard Response Protocol for safety training within our school. Chuck Elley, worked with teachers during their January in-service, training them on procedures for Lockout, Lockdown and sheltering for safety hazards. On Monday, January 21, all students and staff took part in a safety day in which students learned the new verbiage for the various drills, discussed safe zones

within the building, and drilled on the different situations from various places in the building. Thank you to Officer Chris Calvert for his assistance during our drills A parent meeting on our safety plan will be held in the future.

Celebrating Reading St. Agnes students who met their 1st semester reading goals enjoyed celebrating their success at the whole school reading party held on Friday, January 18th. Students participated in activities associated with this year’s sports theme. Activities included: sports bingo, a basketball relay, a “snowball fight”, sports games on the Wii, a sports art project and decorating a sports cookie. It was an afternoon of fun and excitement for all. Great job to all our amazing readers!!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Kindergarten – 2nd grade students attended the Midwest Theater performance of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other Eric Carle favorites on Tuesday, January 22nd. Three beloved stories by Eric Carle, award-winning children’s book illustrator and author, were retold

on stage through fanciful puppets. The students enjoyed the stories of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Little Cloud and the Mixed-Up Chameleon performed through theater.

Classroom News………...

Fourth Grade Class By Kristie Becker

Fourth grade is already working hard in the new quarter. We recently finished up our science unit on matter. Students enjoyed doing a fun activity with the pan balances to find the mass of objects around our classroom. In social studies, we have switched over to geography of the United States to prepare for the big unit we do on states and capitals. In math, the students are excited to be learning long division and have been working hard at it. We also had our first “Word Problem Wednesday”. Students worked in pairs to solve word problems using higher level thinking. This was a good learning experience that we will carry out each Wednesday. All the reading groups started new novels and they are currently reading Mr. Popper’s Penguins, A Cricket in Time Square, and The Chocolate Touch, in their respective groups. We are working hard to understand story elements and better our reading comprehension.

Fourth grade also enjoyed pairing up to do snowmen activities with our Kindergarten reading buddies. We created figurative language snow globes and a painting for the hallway. We have set word goals for ourselves to follow into the new year!

Kindergarten Class By Teri Ramirez

Happy New Year! We hope the New Year brings you great joy, health and happiness. We pray that your Christmas time with loved ones and friends was everything you prayed for and more. A big "thank you" to our parents for spreading Christmas joy last month. The giving spirit was alive and flourishing throughout the entire month. We are so fortunate to have such a great group of families at St. Agnes. This is a special time of the school year because the children have learned all the basics and are beginning to put them together. Most of the children, who were just writing their name in September, are now writing sentences, reading words, and learning to be independent and great problem solvers! It is quite amazing to see the growth in my students! We are on to a new year with limitless possibilities in learning!