St. Joan of Arc School

THANK YOU  for your generous response to the Operation Support Our Troops collection drive. The donation from the entire school was over 962 pounds of goods! Many, many items that had become in short supply at the OSOTIL warehouse have now been replenished and troops at remote outposts will receive comfort from home because of […]

I hope this beautiful weather lasts throughout the week so we can have some lovely recess time. This week we are off from school on Wednesday (11/11) to honor Veteran’s Day.
The collection of items to send to soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq is going well. Third grade is to collect granola bars (individually wrapped) and […]

Daylight Savings time ends. Set your clock to fall back one hour.
It will be so much fun to hear the Halloween stories from the children tomorrow. Thank you to Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Hasse for the enjoyable lunchtime fun last Friday. The All Saints Day Event was very sweet. The children who had siblings in […]

The end of the first quarter is here (10/28). The children have worked hard and we will celebrate on Friday with D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) time. Please send your child to school with some fun reading material from home on Friday. They may also bring a towel if they wish to stretch out on […]

What beautiful fall weather! Thank you to Mrs. Rehayem and Mrs. Hasse for stepping up to help with the Arts Alive program. We could use 2-3 more volunteers. Please let me know if you can help at all. Thank you to the Hot Lunch volunteers, Mrs. Allen our room mother, any who have offered to help […]

The children will have wonderful weekend updates for me on Tuesday and that will be great fun. Who has volunteered to enrich our classroom with the Arts Alive program this year? Our first presentation is scheduled for next week and I was hoping to hear from the presenter soon. It would be disappointing if volunteers […]

The testing went very well last week. There will be two 4-day weeks coming up. No school on Friday 10/9 and Monday 10/12. The teachers will attend an institute on October 9. Please help your child maintain their Book It reading log. They have been asked to record minutes spent reading each day. Also, one […]

It is incredible that this week we are half way through the first quarter. Mid term grades will come home this week. Please sign and return the lower portion. The graded portion is for your records.
IOWA testing begins this Monday morning. Each morning this week (including Friday) will be a different set of tests. The […]

It was wonderful to meet and greet so many of you again at Curriculum Night! Thank you for coming out so both Ms. Brown and I could clarify procedures and highlights of third grade. Please contact us if you have any further questions. Your support will be enhanced if you please read the blog each […]

We look forward to a full 5-day and very productive week ahead. This weekend was even more beautiful than the last. Hope you got out and enjoyed it. The children are adjusting to the faster pace of third grade and I am very proud of them. Please contact me if your child is struggling in […]