Weekly Update

These first two days of 2019 were great fun and I was happy to see all of the girls again! Next week, we will get back into our routine and start delving into the curriculum. January and February are always months where we have less distractions and can really work hard.

Pastor Sigmund Collins from Shepherd's Way Relief Center, came to St. Catherine's yesterday and spoke to the fourth grade girls and the boys from St. Chrsitopher's. He had a great message to the students about his vision and talked about what it looks like to show compasssion to those in need. I am very excited for our class to go down to Shepherd's Way this Wednesday to serve breakfast. Thank you for your support of this meaningful project. If you are donating food, please be sure to bring it to my classroom between 2:30 and 4:00 on Tuesday afternoon. I will take the food down ahead of time and they will start warming it Wednesday morning. The girls may wear jeans for this field trip and we will leave school at 8:15 to return by lunch.

Today was a special day because we not only went to see a movie during school, but the girls found out a special message from Mrs. Ivens. Check it out! We had a blast at the movie and the girls were very well behaved.

Reminders and Announcements:

• Shepherd's Way Relief Center information. This letter provides the details and a sign up for food. Please remember to deliver the food on Tuesday afternoon between 2:30 and 4:00 to our classroom.
• The Family Life class will be taught by Nurse Blanton in February. Next Thursday, January 10, she will host a parent information session. Here is the letter from Dr. Kapetanis about this details. 
• From Mrs. Irving: Author Russell Ginns is coming to St. Catherine's School on Monday, January 28th. He is visiting to celebrate both the paperback release of Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans and the upcoming March release of the next book in the series, Samantha Spinner and the Spectacular Specs. bbgb, our local bookshop, is offering the opportunity to purchase autographed copies of Russell's books.
  
  
  Order online to pay with a credit card at  http://bbgbbooks.com/book-buzz/. We are receiving a 15% discount on the books. When ordering online, use coupon code cat15.  Please place your order by Friday, January 18th. Note: the new Samantha Spinner book (Samantha Spinner at the Spectacular Specs) releases on March 12th, so Russell will sign customized book plates during his visit and these books will be delivered to your child's classroom on release day. You may call bbgb with any questions at 804.353.5675.  

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