lower school news february 2015

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 6, 2015 LS STEAM Day 8:15 – 11:30 a.m. Early Dismissal JK-2 - 11:30 a.m. Grades 3 & 4 12:00 - Noon INSPIRE Art Walk – 12-2 p.m. in LSAR

March 9-13, 2015 Spring Break: School Closed

March 16, 2015 School Closed for Students /

Professional Day

Watch for Daisy Days Information on

Saints Net!

March 19, 2015 Parent Coffee –

Technology Tips with Mrs. Hamilton-Dixon in

the LS Library 8:15 – 9:00 a.m.

We are all eagerly looking forward to April 23rd for the arrival of our grandparents and special guests to the Lower School! Invitations/envelopes will be distributed to families in order to personally invite grandparents or special friends. We will have three different sessions to help with parking congestion and to limit the number of guests on campus at one time.

Our guests will gather in the Lower School Assembly Room. The visit will include a 30-minute student program in the Lower School Assembly Room, followed by a visit to the classroom (30 minutes), a visit to a Special class (30 minutes) and time for refreshments and reading (30 minutes).

Read more about Grandparents’ - Special Friends’ Day on page 7 of this Newsletter.

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Lower School News February 2015

Kindergarten

Junior Kindergarten

As a Valentine to their parents, the JK girls wrote and illustrated a poem, "I Love You More" and created a Love Movie using the iPad app, "Explain Everything."

Kindergarteners at St. Catherine’s have celebrated the 100th day of school this month. St. Christopher’s Upper School boys, Thomas Cottrell and Teddy Gray, came dressed up as super heroes. Thomas was "Zero the Hero," a superhero that comes to our school every 10th day and leaves a treat. The big treat on the 100th day of school was that the girls FINALLY got to meet Zero the Hero and his sidekick. The Heroes delivered Krispy Kreme Donuts to all the Kindergarteners and read a poem.

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First Grade First graders celebrated the 100th day of school last Friday. They listened to Fancy Nancy The 100th Day of School. The girls received one-dollar bills for their banks. They counted to one hundred and even predicted how many days they may end up having this year! The girls have also been practicing dances, songs, and poetry for their first grade performance, "Small but Mighty". The girls are excited about performing for their parents on Friday, February 27th. Fingers crossed that the weather will cooperate!


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Second Grade Second graders are learning about the four regions of the United States. They continue to do fun science experiments and use laptops and iPads for technology in the classrooms. The girls are also preparing their state hats for the big parade around the Green.

Third Grade Dance


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Third Grade


Fourth Grade

The Fourthies are enjoying learning various methods for multi-digit multiplication. Please see our individual class blogs for details about what we are learning and the media we are creating and using.

http://cavallofourthies2023.blogspot.com http://fourthies2023.blogspot.com

http://rockinrobertsfourthies2023.blogspot.com http://hiscockfourthies4.blogspot.com

The Third Grade visited the Virginia State Capitol! Maybe these girls will be State Senators or Delegates someday...perhaps even a Governor!


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DANCE

First Graders rehearsing for their show "Small But Mighty - Celebrating the Little Things That Amaze Us".

Kindergarteners work on sumie-e paintings and creating a dragon for Chinese New Year.


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Lower School Grandparents’ Day/Special Friends’ Day Thursday, April 23, 2015 We are all eagerly looking forward to April 23rd for the arrival of our grandparents and special guests to the Lower School. Please note that this event is for Lower School only. St. Catherine’s will welcome Upper and Middle School grandparents and special friends next school year. Invitations/envelopes will be distributed to families in order to personally invite grandparents or special friends. We will have three different sessions to help with parking congestion and to limit the number of guests on campus at one time. Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten 8:15am - 10:15am

Grade 1 and Grade 2 10:30pm - 12:30pm (A bag lunch w ill be provided for Grades 1 & 2 students and guests.)

Grades 3 and Grade 4 12:45pm – 2:45pm Our guests will gather in the Lower School Assembly Room. The visit will include a 30-minute student program in the Lower School Assembly Room, followed by a visit to the classroom (30 minutes), a visit to a Special class (30 minutes) and time for refreshments and reading (30minutes). Click on the link below to complete an online form for your guests attending. If you have more than one daughter in the Lower School, please complete this form for each child. Please complete the form by March 16, 2015. https://docs.google.com/a/st.catherines.org/forms/d/1npWz6canT5PB-_NDTss6D60h6cBTfMGFP56koeKOyBQ/viewform Please keep in mind that w e have limited parking available on our campus. We highly recommend that you give grandparents a ride to Lower School and pick them up after their visit. Some parking w ill be available in the Lower School Lot, the McVey Theatre Lot and along Grove Avenue.

March 6, 2015 – STEAM DAY 8:15 – 11:30 a.m. March 6, 2015 – Early Dismissal for Spring Break –

Grades JK-2 11:30 a.m. Grades 3 & 4 12 Noon 12 Noon – 2:00 p.m. Art Walk in the LSAR

March 9-13, 2015 – SPRING BREAK – SCHOOL CLOSED

March 16, 2015 – No school for students

March 17, 2015 – Middle School orientation for parents of Grade 4 students – 7:00-8:00 pm, Kenan Flagler Auditorium

March 19, 2015 – Parent Information Coffee - Technology with Mrs. Hamilton-Dixon 8:15-9:00 am – LS Library

March 27, 2015 – End of third quarter

INSPIRE - Lower School Art Walk

The Lower School Art Walk/

Exhibition has been rescheduled

for March 6, 12 Noon-2 p.m. in

St. Catherine's Lower School

Assembly Room.

Go see the 3rd Grade Mini Art Exhibition now thru March 6th in Turner Hall.

The National Coalition of Girls Schools (NCGS) recently released Steeped in Learning: The Student Experience at All-Girls Schools. This research report compares responses to the High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE), which was taken by nearly 13,000 girls attending all-girls schools, coed independent schools and coed public schools. The girls' responses provide strong support for the value of an all-girls educational environment. The study found that girls attending all-girls schools are more likely to have an experience that supports their learning than are girls attending coed schools (independent and public). They have higher aspirations and are more motivated by their desire to succeed and learn. They feel challenged to achieve more and are more actively engaged in their learning. They are also more comfortable being themselves and with expressing ideas. Moreover, they feel supported in their endeavors.

“Whether they want to be astronauts, ambassadors, or accountants, gir ls need to know — not just think, but really know, deep down in their gut — that nothing can stand in their way. Girls' schools send that message to girls every day.” NCGS.org

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