Week of April 11 - 15

Announcements for this Week:

Socks Rock!
St. Jerome School is sponsoring a Sock Drive to benefit the Society of St. Vincent de Paul's Cardinal Manning Center in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles. We are collecting new tube socks of any color in  men's, women's, and children's sizes. The Cardinal Manning Center has been providing services to the homeless population of Downtown Los Angeles for more than 50 years, and we can help them by providing simple items that we often take for granted - socks!

Anticipating Holy Week
There will be a special Mass this week as we gather as a school community to prepare for Holy Week. This Mass will take place on Thursday, April 14 at 11:15 AM. Remember that students should wear their regular dress uniforms for Mass. We will NOT have P.E. this Thursday, and P.E. uniforms should not be worn. Please note that this Mass will take the place of our usual Friday Mass for this week.

This will be the Mass at which I celebrate my initiation into the Church by taking part in the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Confirmation. Our class has been invited to participate in this Mass in a special way by performing in the choir. We would like to invite the 2nd Grade families to join us in this celebration!

Tea and Tour
On Friday, April 15, St. Jerome School will host a Tea and Tour for prospective families from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM. If you are able to help with the preparations or volunteer on the day of the event, please contact Mrs. Heppell.

Our Star of the Week is: Izuc Ifediba

Curriculum Update:
Reading: Dinosaurs, Comprehension Skill: Main Idea
Phonics: X sound spelled "ex", Prefixes "re-", "un-", and "dis-"
Math: Telling Time on Analog and Digital Clocks, Describing Time in Words
Religion: Chapter 19: We Prepare Our Gifts (Eucharist)
English: Singular and Plural Pronouns, Subject and Object Pronouns
Social Studies: Jamestown and Plymouth (colony, settlement, colonist, 
                        Pilgrim)
Science: Soil as a Natural Resource, Plants as a Natural Resource

Looking Ahead:

Progress Reports
Third Trimester Progress Reports will be sent home in the Family Envelopes on Tuesday, April 19 for students earning a 2 or less in any content area.

Holy Thursday Events
Thursday, April 21 is Holy Thursday. This will be the last day of school before Easter Vacation. On this day, we will have our Monthly Awards Assembly and a special live celebration of the Stations of the Cross. School will be dismissed at 12:30 PM.

Easter Vacation
There will be no school on Good Friday, April 22. Easter Vacation will continue through Monday, May 2. School will resume on Tuesday, May 3.

Homework for this Week:

Monday
Practice Book 149 - 150
ABC Spelling Words
Math p. 90
Social Studies p. 35

Tuesday
Practice Book p. 156
Spelling Clues
Math p. 91
Social Studies p. 36

Wednesday
Practice Book p. 162
Spelling Words 3 Xs
Math p. 92
Science Worksheet

Thursday - Special School Mass 11:15 AM
Practice Book p. 163
Spelling Scramble
Science p. 60A
Study for Spelling and Phonics Test

Friday - Spelling / Phonics Test

Spelling Words

undo
unfair
unhappy
unlike
unlucky
untie

along
front
probably
right
someday

expert
index

Dictation Sentence

Someday I will be an expert at uncovering dinosaur bones!