SJA raised over $1,100 dollars during this fundraiser, so thank you so much to all of our families for participating so enthusiastically!! 
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Chapter 4 Science Test Postponed until Monday 2/29

The textbook review assignment is due Friday.

Permission Slips-  I am still missing permission slips and payments from several students for our field trip on Monday 2/29. Please get those in to me by tomorrow so that I can put together chaperone groups.  If your child needs another copy, please let me know. 

Mission San Diego- I am very excited about our field trip to the mission this Monday! It is a great chance for the students to experience their learning first hand. They are doing a great job on their research reports- I am proud of their hard work! Students should wear their dress uniforms that day and bring their PE clothes to change into. Please make sure both their dress uniforms and PE uniforms are labeled with their names on it. 

Starting this week Thursday Homework Club will end at 3:40 from now on.  I apologize for the inconvenience but I had to adjust the time to work with my graduate school schedule. Please pick your child up in the 4th grade classroom by 3:40 or they will be walked to daycare. Wednesday homework club will continue to go until 4:00 in the 5th grade classroom. Thank you for your understanding. 

It has been a nasty cold and flu season! We are on our last few boxes of tissues. 4th grade would really appreciate if families could donate a box of tissues so that we can last the rest of the school year. Thank you so much!

4th Grade Mass is this Friday! Families are welcomed and encouraged to join us :)

We are headed to the Nursing Home this Friday. Thank you so much to my parent chaperones: Lane Miller, Lisa Ronco, Melissa Kuhn, Lisa Black, Angie Sciarrino, Barb Stoddard, Tatiana Walton and Adrienne Schulman :)  We will leave the school around 9:30 and be back close to 11:00. 

SJA Annual Gala! I hope everyone is planning on attending this year's gala! It is such a fun event, and raises a lot of money for school programs. Please support your child is selling their raffle tickets for this year's gala.  Also, consider bringing friends to the gala or sponsoring a table! :) 

The end of the trimester is coming up quickly: 3/11.  The last day I will be accepting any late or make up work is Friday, 3/4.  

Work that is over two weeks late will not be accepted.  Tests that were given over a month ago may not be re-taken. 

Mandatory Parent Informational Meeting on March 15th at 6:00 PM in the 4th grade classroom.  This is in preparation for our 4th grade overnight field trip coming up this spring.

Coming Up
Chapter 7 Math Test next Tuesday
Noon dismissal next Friday 3/4

Academic Areas of Focus this Week
Reading Genre: fantasy
Reading Skill: point of view
Vocabulary Strategy: context clues
Writing: opinion writing
Math: graphing and probability
Science: change in the environment
Social Studies: mission reports 

Thank you to everyone who made donations toward our annual SJA Baby Shower last week for mothers in crisis. Your donations are a blessing to these women and the foundations that we donate to are so appreciative of your generosity! The students had a lot of fun opening the gifts and playing baby shower games. :) 

Permission Slip going home today for our field trip to Mission San Diego on Monday, February 29th. Please have permission slip signed and turned in with the $2 fee by Thursday, 2/25/16. 

SJA sponsored Fish Feast this Friday! Teachers are working the fish feast, so I'd love to see you all there!! :) It is a fun community event, and the food is always great!

4th Grade Mass is next Friday, 2/26. All 4th grade families are welcomed and encouraged to join us!

Mandatory Parent Informational Meeting on March 15th at 6:00 PM in the 4th grade classroom.  This is in preparation for our 4th grade overnight field trip coming up this spring.


Field Trip to the Nursing Home is next Friday 2/26. Thank you to my parent chaperones: Lane Miller, Lisa Ronco, Melissa Kuhn, Angie Sciarrino, Lisa Black, Barb Stoddard and Adrienne Schulman. 

Shout out to all of the students who have been participating in Track Tuesday each week - especially Frankie Sciarrino who is leading the school and has ran over 35 miles since the program started! :)  My students have inspired me to get out there on Tuesdays and live a more active lifestyle! 

Paragraph 3 of the Mission Report is due this Friday. The students are doing such a great job with their research reports! Just a reminder that they do not need to be working on these at home unless they were absent or have not completed their work in class by Thursday. If they work ahead at home they will not have work to do during the allotted class time. 

SJA Annual Gala! I hope everyone is planning on attending this year's gala! It is such a fun event, and raises a lot of money for school programs. Please support your child is selling their raffle tickets for this year's gala.  Also, consider bringing friends to the gala or sponsoring a table! :) 


Just a reminder there will be no homework club today after school (Wednesday). 

Coming Up:
Chapter 4 Science Test next Thursday. Study guides will go home before the end of the week. 

The end of the trimester is coming up quickly: 3/11.  The last day I will be accepting any late or make up work is Friday, 3/4.  

Work that is over two weeks late will not be accepted.  Tests that were given over a month ago may not be re-taken.