Miss Zoe's Last Day

Good evening Parents and Students,

Tomorrow is our class trip to Kidsport. Attending students need to be in their gym uniform please as we leave at 9am sharp. The students will return at noon. Ms. Walls will be attending the trip.

Those not attending need to be in their summer uniform and the combined classes will be spending the morning with Mrs. Downey.

The students were sad to say good-bye to Miss Zoe who has been our assistant for most of the school year. She will be greatly missed. Miss. Zoe brought presents and treats for the students to enjoy. The students loved the extra time celebrating with her.

UOI:
Today, the students continued working on their "Build a Country". Most of them were doing well. They were hashing out their Constitution and trying to determine what their "highest law" would be. Several groups were confusing Rights and Freedoms with Constitutional Law, but we went over it again for both classes. We have been encouraging students to bring in their devices to make it easier to work on their presentations.

We had a presentation from the Grade 6's for their Exhibition today to finish off our UOI time and it was shown to both classes together. The students enjoyed the presentation and were very engaged!

Language:
In Language Arts today, we worked on finishing our plot diagrams using our group table's Picture Book. Then I taught a lesson on Character Traits. Using a graphic organizer called "A Character Profile Sheet" the students choose one of the people in our Novel Study book Shannen and the Dream for a School to be their model and filled in the paper on their selected person.

Math: 
In Math today, we took up MMS5:10-6 Tiling Patterns. Some of the students were struggling trying to picture what the patterns would look like when extended, so I did a couple of questions on the board. Then we moved on to MMS5: 10:3 Graphing Patterns which was handed out in class.

Homework:

Language:
Completing your Character Profile Sheet if not already done.
Read Chapter 15 in our Novel Study
Spelling List #26 and Workbook Exercises

Math: 
MMS5. 10:3 Graphing Patterns, if not completed in class.

UOI:
No Homework

Reminders:

Thursday May 3rd: Joint Parent - Teacher Interviews
Please see your email for more information. The sign up sheet is attached to your email. Times are from 4-8pm.

Dear parents/ guardians,

We are Grade 6 students doing a project called exhibition. Our topic is child neglect. For our action we chose to do a clothing donation for the children that may have experienced neglect in our community. We will be donating all of the gently used clothing to the CAS and local charities. If you would like to donate any gently used clothing please place them in the box labeled Clothing Donations for the CAS and Surrounding charities. It can be found by the SJA back door where you come into the school in the morning. The last day to make a donation is Wednesday, April 26.

Sincerely,

Alexis, Alex and Wael (Grade 6)

Permission Forms for YMCA Cedar Glen Trip and UOI quizzes need to be signed and returned as soon as possible please.

Arts Night:
Here is a link to the Karoke version of Celebration:
https://youtu.be/CfnBdUAzrjs

Choir Students Here is a link to your song provided by Ms. Ross

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRg2XoDuvoo

A note from Ms. Bancud.
Hello all,
You are now able to order for May Lunches. The deadline for May lunches is Saturday, April 28th, 2018.  After this date, our system closes and is unable to open for April ordering.  Please make sure your child is under the correct grade. http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja  
All payments are due on Friday, May 4th, 2018.

A group of Grade 6s are promoting Meatless Mondays for their Exhibition project. They have come up with this month's special, which is Crispy Cauliflower Bites for $4.50 with a side of tzatziki dip that will be available every Monday! You will find more information about Meatless Mondays around the school.

Payment Instructions
There are two options to pay for lunches. Cash and Freshbooks. 

• Shortly after completing your order, a Freshbooks invoice will be sent to your email.
• It may take one or two days to process your order to Freshbooks, so please be check your email diligently for the invoice.  
• We no longer accept cheque as a method of payment.

If you have any questions concerning the Lunch Ordering site or Freshbooks, feel free to email me at dbancud@stjudesacademy.com

As a reminder: St.Jude's Academy is now affiliated with an official soccer club called St. Jude's FC. Students of St.Jude are given a 33% discount that will allow them to join the club and play competitively with other soccer clubs this spring and summer (starting most likely April to September). The students will be working with excellent coaches and going to competitions on the weekend. Practices will be held (most likely) right after school twice a week. In April, besides the soccer field, the students will have a chance to play in our official soccer dome! I think this is a great opportunity!! The students have been given forms (I can e-mail extras), they should try to submit the form as soon as possible.