Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you had a great day. Tomorrow is a Day 1 and music. Grade 1 market is tomorrow and Friday, so don’t forget to bring in some money to help support the Grade 1 classes! All proceeds will be donated to Ronald McDonald House. House tie day on Friday!

What a great day we had skiing!! The weather was beautiful and the conditions were perfect. We had many non-skiers and snowboards, so a big shout out to them for being risk-takers. Please see the other teacher's blogs for more pictures!

Ms. Cass - https://cncass.blogspot.com
Mr. Conte - https://contegr6class.blogspot.com
Ms. Jaskolka - http://sjajaskolka.blogspot.com













































A note regarding re-registration
Dear SJA Families, 

Just a reminder that the SJA re-registration process is underway. To reserve your child’s 2020-2021 place at St. Jude’s Academy, complete and return your child’s re-registration forms and payment to Reception by Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 4:00 pm.

After this date and time, any available grade-level spaces will be open to new families on waitlists.

In addition, the deadline for our priority enrolment into our JK Program is Friday, January 17, 2020, a letter is attached with more information.

If you have any questions regarding the forms or next steps, please contact our Admissions Team.

The SJA Admissions Team
Ann Harvey and Melissa Filion
admissions@stjudesacademy.com
T: (905) 814-0277



Mr. Foster’s Farmers Market and Ms. Gandy’s Groceries

As part of their summative assessment, the Grade One classes have decided to open a market to complement their organization unit. The market will include fruits, vegetables, drinks and other healthy snacks. It will be held in rooms 12 and 18. The market will take place all day Thursday, January 23 and Friday, January 24. All profits made will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House.

A note regarding our Town Hall/Social
Dear SJA Community,

We look forward to seeing you at the SJA Town Hall/Social on January 24 from 7 to 9 pm.  All parent/guardians of JK to Grade 12 students are invited to hear about our exciting school year, survey result and future direction. To help us plan for this event, RSVP by January 17 to reception@stjudesacademy.com . We look forward to seeing you there!



Our next extra-curricular activity is skiing/snowboarding at Glen Eden Ski Resort. The dates of the trip are January 22, February 19 and March 4. Please do not order lunch for these days; it will not be saved nor will a reimbursement be given. We will be leaving at 7:00 AM and returning by 4:00 PM at the latest. All rentals are included, however students are more than welcome to bring their own. Please do not order hot lunch for these days as we will be eating lunch at the ski hill – students are welcome to bring money to purchase food and drink items. Students must ensure they are dressed in appropriate ski gear; warm socks, long johns with comfy clothes, snow pants, warm mitts, a face protector (if possible) and a ski jacket. Please note that if students chose skiing, they will ski all three times. If students pick snowboarding, they will snowboard all three times. All students will have to pass each level before they are granted permission to ski on the big hill, no matter what their experience.

Important dates/items:

January 24 Town Hall, 7 PM - 9 PM (State of the School Discussion)
January 30 Casual Day
January 30 Study Hall (Upper School)
January 31 Semester Turnaround: No School (Upper School)
February 6 Oral Competition: JK - Grade 3 & February Hot Lunch Payments Due
February 7 Oral Competition: Grade 4 - Grade 8
February 7 Report Cards Sent Home (Upper School)
February 8 Open House, 10 am – 2 pm
February 10 Year Ahead Day
February 13 100th Day of School (Lower School)
February 13 Spirit Day: Valentine's Day Dress Up
February 14 PD Day, IB Training (No School for Students)
February 17 Family Day (No School)
February 18  Re-registration Due
February 21 Picture Day - Siblings & Graduation (Grade 6, 10 & 12)
February 25 Pancake Tuesday
February 25 Casual Day
February 26 Pink Shirt Day
February 27 Oral Competition: SJA vs Maples Academy
March 2 - March 6 Spirit Week
March 9 - March 20 March Break (No School)
March 23 Back to School
March 23 Term 3 Begins (Lower School)

Unit of Inquiry

Summative Groups

Group 1 - Urinary System
Jai, Zak, Bosco, Amber and Alyssa

Group 2 – Digestive System
Joshua, Hayden, Maya, Sachi, Aidan and Eric

Group 3 – Nervous System
Jordan, Zain, Sanjana and Kareena

Group 4 – Endocrine System
Max, Anthony, Andreas and Jacob

Homework
Summative due Thursday, January 31

Inquiry into Mathematics

Points to Remember

Representing patterns; using a model, making a table, or drawing a graph. Remember that a pattern rules states the following; start at 5. Add 1 each time. 

Homework
MMS pg 148-149 – due tomorrow

Inquiry into Language

Video Link

A note on speeches
Speeches are a 4-5 week process. A package was sent home, as students needed to complete some work at home over the holidays. Grade 5 students will be expected to write and memorize a 3-5 minute persuasive speech on a topic of their choice; research will be needed, along with proper citation. When we are back from the break we will begin by writing our three body paragraphs; one a day using teacher guided writing. We will then write our introduction and conclusion. Time will be given edit, re-write and memorize in class. Please see below an outline of dates that we must stick to (as found in the speech package)!

Due Date
Item
Over the Christmas Break
Read over speech package, brainstorm topic, choose topic, research, complete evidence in a persuasive speech page, read the rubric
Wednesday, January 8
Watch video samples, read a written sample, tell teacher topic, Paragraph #1 and revision
Thursday, January 9
Paragraph #2 and revision of previous paragraph
Monday, January 13
Paragraph #3 and revision of previous paragraphs
Tuesday, January 14
Begin introduction, revision of introduction
Wednesday, January 15
Conclusion and revision of previous paragraphs
Thursday, January 16 – Friday, January 24 
Work on rough copies of entire speech and continue to revise
Monday, January 27 and Tuesday, January 28
Write good copy of speech and start to memorize
Wednesday, January 29 – Friday, January 31
In-class speech recital
Monday, February 3
In-class speech competition (top 3 from each Grade 5 class)
Friday, February 7
SJA Oral Competition
Thursday, February 27
SJA vs TMA Oral Competition

Please visit this page to reference back to when making citations:

Typing Club Website
  
French – Mme. Sarah

The Grade 5s will be attending a French theatrical presentation ‘Les Insectes Sur Scene’ on Tuesday, March 31st from 9:30 to 11:30 AM.

Spelling Words for French

Homework
Spelling/sentence test on Friday

Have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar








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