A Message from Dr. Nadjarian
Dear Families,
On Tuesday, we welcomed Superintendent Tom Carroll to St. Mary’s. We are forever grateful for the time that Mr. Carroll spent with us and for all his dedication to our Catholic Schools. We will miss his leadership and wish him the best of luck as he transitions to the next step in his career!
Best of luck to our boys and girls basketball teams this weekend as they compete at Boston College!
Have a great weekend!
School Board Member Spotlight: Michelle L'Etoile
Over the next few weeks, we will continue to spotlight our incredible school board members. They are indispensable members of our community who are responsible for big-picture planning, such as directing the vision of St. Mary's, budgeting, and discussing curriculum.
Michelle L'Etoile serves as a member of the St. Mary’s School Board. She is the Director of Graduate Admissions at Boston University School of Law. She leads the recruitment, admissions, and enrollment strategy for the law school’s LL.M., master’s degree, certificate, and other non-J.D. programs. She has over 30 years of experience in admissions having overseen J.D. admissions previously at New England Law | Boston and Boston University School of Law.
Always a lover of languages, Michelle received both her B.A. in English and Ed.M. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from Boston University. She enjoys learning new languages and practicing with her students who come from over 45 countries each year. Currently, she is an avid watcher of Korean drama shows.
Michelle has been a parishioner at St. Mary’s for 25 years and lives with her husband Albert and their two teenage children, Juliette and Charlie, in North Brookline.
Thank you, Michelle, for your dedication to our school and community!
Family: The First School (Session 2) With Mr. Antonacci
"What difference does it make when families deeply understand they are the primary educators of their children?"
"What are the key factors of the family-school partnership for your child to best grow?"
"What strategies can families use to replace the entertainment culture with a culture of learning, wonder, and generosity in their homes?"
Those questions highlight some of the key concepts Mr. Antonacci will discuss at the second session of "Family: The First School," which will take place Tuesday, March 5th at 8 a.m. in the school cafeteria. Building upon the previous session last month, Tuesday's session will focus on the details, theory, and strategy of partnerships with the school and other families. Enjoy breakfast treats and coffee while Mr. Antonacci kicks off the session with a brief talk, followed by discussion questions to learn from each other.
Languages
In Spanish class today with Ms. McAuliffe's K2 students, the class started by singing the hello song "Hola Hola Hola," then they prayed their Marian consecration prayer and listened as Miss Annie prayed the Hail Mary in Spanish with them for the first time. Then they read a book called "Hola Amigo," which includes a short song, and they listened to their friend Paco el Pato who sang for us the song "Canción de la Amistad" (the Friendship song). They also went to the gym for some larger space movement activities such as the Canchita chant (Popcorn) and the Numbers running game. They had such a great time singing, moving, and practicing their Spanish at the same time!
PreK
This week, one area that PreK focused on was experimenting with colors in a fun and interesting way! They first learned that red, yellow, and blue are primary colors. Then, they realized when they mixed two primary colors together, they can create secondary colors. Great job, young artists and scientists!
K1
Our K1 students celebrated their 100th day with lots of activities related to the number 100. In Mrs. Curley's class, students worked on finding the number 100, writing 100, counting by 10's to 100, and coloring the big number. This is not only a fun number for the students to learn about, but it also represents the great consistency, joyful spirits, and hard work all of our K1 students have possessed to make it this far in the year!
K2
Students in K2 also celebrated their 100th day! Ms. McAuliffe's class had lots of fun with 100th-day crafts, counting challenges, and celebrations for being 100 days smarter! In Ms. Tiney's class, students brought 100 mystery items in a bag from home and gave clues to the class on what was inside. Students were so excited to guess and laughter filled the classroom with some of the silly items.
Grade 1
This week first grade learned about the patterns of day and night and the seasons during science. Students participated in a demonstration to learn that the earth rotates around the sun which causes day and light on earth. They also learned about the patterns of seasons and did an investigation to determine which season it would be, given a bag of clues.
Grade 4
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