K News Notes
Week of October 23, 2026
Things to Know
Oct. 30: Out of uniform/costume- Lower School students can wear a simple costume or orange/Halloween shirt and black. We do ask that costumes be school appropriate, not scary, no masks, no face paint, hair coloring, or total covering of faces. No props. School shoes or tennis shoes must be worn. Please be sure your child can use the bathroom by themselves while in the costume. We thank you for your partnership in this fun, festive opportunity!
Backpack Clean Out: Please help your child empty out their backpack each evening. We need to have room each day for our work, Homework Folder, sweater/sweatshirt, and library books. This weekend please help your child empty out last week’s work, extra clothing, toys, and treasures. A pair of underwear is fine if you think your child might need it. They do not need to bring an entire change of clothes to school each day.
- Vis Give Day: Thank you for supporting Vis Give Day. Our bucket had lots of paper money and coins in it. They enjoyed looking in the bucket and counting the money.
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Parents Pop In: Thank you so much for taking the time to Pop In. We hope you enjoyed the glimpse into our learning. The Kinders loved teaching you the games!
Uniform Shorts: This was the last week for uniform shorts for the boys. Uniform pants until spring please. This includes out of uniform days.
- Paper Tubes: Please save toilet paper and paper towel tubes (empty) for us. In the coming months we will do several projects that use tubes and need to start gathering them now. Thank you!!
Up Coming Dates
W Oct. 28: Formal uniform for Mass
F Oct. 30: Out of uniform-simple Halloween costume or Halloween shirt/outfit
F Nov. 6: No school
M-T Nov. 23-24: LS conferences 3:30- 7:30
W-F Nov. 25, 26, 27: No school Thanksgiving Break
Last Week at a Glance
Language Arts/Morning Work: Last week we continued listening for rhyming words, llstened for beginning sounds, and added an ending to make a new word. We practiced the letter Ii (our second vowel)- what’s the name, what sound does it make, what picture helps us-and we reviewed Aa, Cc, Ll, Tt, Dd. We found pictures that began with the sounds. We began practicing tapping out 3 sounds and blending to read the word. Small groups are working on reading or mastering sounds/letters. After listening to a story we drew the setting and characters.
Math: We continue to practice what number is missing. We started a unit on shapes. We began exploring solid or 3D shapes-cube, cylinder, cone, and sphere. We described them, found examples in the room, and explored which ones stack and do not stack.
Religion: We talked about- what is a saint? We learned about St. Margaret Mary Alocoque.
Science:: We started a research unit on pumpkins. We talked about parts of the pumpkin, the pumpkin life cycle, and learned some pumpkin facts. We read Pumpkin Time, Little Pumpkin, and Too Many Pumpkins. Watch for our research book to come home next week.
Social Studies: Country study- We started talking about the animals that live in Costa Rica. We began with the sloth. We watched a video and added a page to our country book.
Comprehension: We drew pictures of the story order after we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Art: We made a Frankenstein using cut paper.
STEM: We read the book Not A Box. Then we got a box and made it into something. After we created it we drew our idea. The boxes came home on Tuesday. Ask your child to describe their project.
Morning Meeting: We did the Food Partner (burger & fries, ice cream & sprinkles, etc.) greeting and Make a Group of..... for the activity. We continue sharing with each other. The morning work was tracing different kinds of lines.
Chapter Book Read aloud: We started Magic Treehouse #2: The Knight Before Dawn.
Our K Schedule
Below please find our K schedule. Hopefully, your child has mentioned some of the parts of our day. We follow a 3 day rotation (Blue, Red, Yellow).
8:00-8:30: Morning Meeting
8:30-9:15. Math
9:15-9:30 Snack
9:30-10:10 Phy Ed, Music, Assembly, Reading
10:15-10:45 Phonics/Printing
10:50-11:20 Lunch
11:25-11:55 Recess
12:05- 12:45 Art, STEM, Religion, Read a loud/comprehension
12:50-1:20 French, Spanish, Chinese
1:20-2:00 Small Group, Choice Time
2:00-2:30 Science, Social Studies rotate
2:30-2:40 Closing, Pack up, Prayer
2:40 Dismissal
Getting in Touch With Me
Please do not hesitate to email if you have any questions or concerns.
Kelly Schumacher