Scholastic Book Orders

Hi Parents,
I signed up with Scholastic Book Club so our class can order books online for discounted prices. I know with the holidays and birthdays coming up a lot of parents enjoy buying books. Scholastic has great prices so feel free to go online and see what is available.

Website: http://pcool.scholastic.com/parentordering/login.jsp
Our class user name is: MsCarothersClass
The password is: cluborders

You do not need to set up your own user name and password. Please use the one provided above. If you have any questions please email me or ask during the week. Under links of interest on the blog is Scholastic book order link and that will give you access to the website to view and order books for future use.

Also, a reminder there is no school on Friday. Have a wonderful weekend and I will see everyone on Monday.

November News

Mrs. Carothers and Mrs. Cully's class had a great Orange Day this year! The whole class went out to the Memory Garden and picked a pumpkin. We were so lucky that exactly 13 pumpkins grew overnight. The class did a great job painting their pumpkins and these will be on display during our Thanksgiving Feast and then ready to go home for each family's Thanksgiving dinner. We have had a lot of fun learning about bats, spiders and fire safety. We talked about squares, diamonds, red, black and orange!

Now we are ready to begin our November calendar. I cannot believe how quickly this year is going. This month our Fall Fun Unit continues with apples and harvest. Beginning November 9th we will move into our We Are Thankful Unit. I am sending home the calendar for more detail.

I passed out the Scholastic book order form last week. Please turn in the orders before November 23, 2009. You can also order online: www.scholastic.com under Juli Carothers at St. Matthew's Day School.

Here are some important dates to remember:

* November 2-5: Book Fair. New exciting news regarding this years book fair:
1) A "Muffins for Moms" event is on Wednesday and Thursday after drop-off and 2) a stunt for Francie to perform if we meet our sales goal of $5500 !

* November 5-7: SAES Conference in Houston. School will close at noon on Thursday, November 5 and no school on Friday, November 6. (I will be attending this conference and I am very excited!)

* November 9: Golf Tournament at Lost Creek.

* November 12: Parent Council meeting at 9:10.

* November 24: Noon release Thanksgiving Holiday.

* November 25-27: Thanksgiving Holidays.

* November 30: School Resumes.

Orange Day!

Friday is Orange Day at St. Matthew's for our class. Please have your child wear orange to school and send an orange snack. During school we will make an orange art project.

I will be posted a bunch of pictures this weekend. Stay tuned.....

This Week.....

On Wednesday, October 28, our class will be the Chapel Helpers! Mrs. Dugat will lead us through learning about Joshua and Battle of Jericho. All families are invited to come and watch. Please drop the kiddos off at the Chapel and then bring their belongings to the classroom.

Other news this week:

* "Love & Logic" Brown Bag lunch is this Wednesday!
Baby sitting is available

*Friday is Orange Day!
Dress your child in orange (if they want to)
No costumes or masks
Bring an orange snack

Reminder

No school this Friday due to Parent/Teacher Conferences! I am looking forward to meeting with everyone on Friday.

"P" is for Pumpkin!

The Annual Fall Fest was a big success. A big thank you to all the parents, volunteers, committees and classrooms who worked so hard this year. Mrs. Thurman, Mrs. Noack and Mrs. McDonald put in so much extra time they deserve a big thank you from our class.

We have been very busy in our classroom. After we finished learning about Fire safety, we jumped right into Fall Fun. On Friday we went into Mrs. Bonura's class to learn about pumpkins! We talked about Pumpkin Pulp and "P" is for pumpkin before we cut into the class pumpkin and all had a turn to check in out. Please look at the "P" pumpkin photo album to see for yourself.

This week we have school on Monday and Wednesday. Friday is parent/teacher conferences. The schedule is posted on the door to our classroom. We will be running on a very tight schedule. Please try to come on time and remember we have approximately 20 minutes to talk. If anyone feels they need more time, I can schedule an additional afterschool conference.

Here are some notes and reminders:

1) Please don’t forget to send in your Box Tops. The class that summits the most box tops by Oct 23rd will receive a pizza Party. The money St Matthews earns from the box tops will go to our teachers’ continuous education fund. What a great way to give back to our teachers! Visit http://www.boxtops4education.com/ to earn more points for our school.

2) Book Fair: Erin Brook and Heather Hardeman presented information about our Book Fair. It will happen November 2nd thru 5th. Teacher wish lists for their classrooms will be posted at the Book Fair. This book fair will raise money to purchase books for our new library!

3) Parent Education Seminars: Danette Koebele will be sending out information soon about our next seminar. She hopes to have an Introduction to Love and Logic session at the end of the month.

4) Mentoring: St. Matthew’s has started a new program for new families to St. Matthew’s. If there are any new parents that would like to have mentor family, please get in contact with Missy Ward.

5) Golf Tournament: Our golf tournament will happen Monday, November 9th at Lost Creek Country Club. Tee-off will happen at noon. We are definitely in need of golfers and sponsors. It will be $125 to golf per person, which includes a goody bag and pizza lunch. It costs $500 to sponsor a hole for this tournament. Please see Paul Huggins at Fall Festival (he will have a table) if you have any questions about this event. The funds from this program will go toward our financial aid program.

6) Our Next Parent Council Meeting will be November 12th. Everyone is invited to attend!

Fall Fest This Friday!!!

Hello All,

Fall Fest Is Here! This Friday, October 9 from 5:30-8:00 pm. Tickets are on sale now at the school and will also be available at the event. Purchase your tickets for the festival booths, raffle, dinner and drinks. Please bring your family, friends and neighbors and have a GREAT TIME.

This week will be very exciting at St. Matthew's. We have already had the fire truck come for a visit on Monday, which was a BIG hit! All the 3 year old classes went outside to meet the firemen and see the truck. After 5 minutes, the firemen received a call and had to leave, but luckily they returned 20 minutes later and the kids were able to hear the firemen talk about fire safety. The best part was when each of the children were able to get in the firetruck and have a first-hand experience.

We will be very busy learning about fire safety the rest of this week. We made "smoke art" on Monday and the art is up now for viewing in the hallway. We are going to learn how "fire eats air" in a science experiment tomorrow. Everyone will get a chance to create their own fire truck with mixed-media art.

Next week we will be moving into Fall Fun. I cannot believe how quickly this year is already flying by. We have conferences coming up and I have posted a sign-up sheet on the classroom door. Please let me know by email or quickly at the door if you need to arrange for another time or day.

Reminder: Picture orders are due this Friday!

I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the Fall Fest. I will be there with my whole family!

Fire Safety:

*If there is a fire, do not hide! "Stay low and go".

*Call 9-1-1 if there is fire or emergency!

*Do not be afraid of the firemen. There are there to help. The firemen put on there protective clothes to show the children what they will look like if they come to a fire.

*If your clothes catch on fire: "Stop, Drop and Roll".

*Please check your smoke detectors at home at least once a month.