The Monarch 8-23-07

The Monarch
Thursday August 23, 2007

Welcome back!

We are all so excited to get started on another fabulous school year, and part of that was last night’s Back to School Night. Thank you so much for attending. It is one of hopefully many occasions to see our parents in our building. Some announcements:

• Saturday is our “Growing the Arts” fundraiser at the home of Michael O’brien. There will be food, beverages, music—SJA’s own choir—and student artwork on display for purchase. Come join us! Call the office for details (283-1518).
• All students should have their planners and binders.
• Purple folders go home every Thursday and should be returned Friday. Discuss newsletters, graded work, stat trackers, etc. with your kids every week.
• This Sunday from 1-3pm, all middle schoolers have been invited by Bishop Chatard to attend the North Deanery Cadet Football Jamboree. They have also been given a ticket to get their picture taken with the Colts’ Super Bowl Lombardi trophy. Bring your cameras!
• French Market is Sat. Sept. 15th.
• sjoa.org will be changing to an updated look with new features. Be on the lookout!
• Homework Watcher emails go out daily. If you have not given your email address to us—or would like to add an additional address—let us know.
• All teachers also have blogs. For example, Mr. Heneghan’s is: http://sja-eclassroom-msla.blogspot.com/
  
  A note from Mrs. Bryant...
  
  Middle School Science
  
  Sixth grade students have been using the microprojector, which is similar to a large microscope, to examine their specimens from nature. At the same time we learned a little bit about chlorophyll and its role in photosynthesis.
  Seventh and eighth grade students have begun to prepare for I-Step testing, which takes place in a few weeks.
  Please make me aware of any allergies that your son or daughter has, as we work with a variety of materials in science. Please call me at home 841-3952 or send me an e-mail at sbryant@sjoa.org.
  
  Our emails:
  English—Mike Heneghan—mheneghan@sjoa.org
  Social Studies—Eric Carlstedt—ecarlstedt@sjoa.org
  Math—Beth Groves—bgroves@sjoa.org
  Science—Sherri Bryant—sbryant@sjoa.org
  Religion—Mary Anne Schaefer—maschaefer@sjoa.org
  Spanish—Julia Hasbrook—shasbrook@sjoa.org