Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful day! Today was another busy day of Christmas concert rehearsals.  Monday is day 4 (Christmas dress rehearsal). 

Our Christmas Concert rehearsals are well underway. We are dancing to 'Deck the Halls’. Please see the link below for our song and the opening song, ‘So Good to Be Bad’. Please practice the dance and the opening song! Our dress rehearsal will be on Monday, December 16 and the show will take place on Tuesday, December 17. The afternoon show will begin around 1:00 PM and the evening show will begin at 6:30. We ask that all parents/family members remain seated for the entire show. Please note seating will be on a first come first serve basis and there will be no reserved seating. We kindly ask the all parents and family members allow all students to exit the dome before you exit. We want to ensure the safety of all students. 

Christmas Concert Costumes:
For our costumes this year boys will need to wear their SJA white shirt, SJA grey pants and black shoes. For girls the additional items they need to wear is black shoes. 

Grades 3 - 8 Concert:

On December 17, 2019, students from Grade 3 to Grade 8 will put on two performances at the St. Jude’s Academy Dome. Our afternoon performance will begin at 1:00 pm, with doors opening at 12:30. Our evening performance will begin at 6:30 pm, with doors opening at 6:15 pm. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis. Please keep in mind that outside food and drinks are not permitted in the Dome.

For our evening performance, families are welcome to take our shuttle from St. Jude’s to the Dome and back. Shuttles will begin running from 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm. Please meet in the main office.

We encourage all families to come bundled up to stay warm and cozy for the entire show. The students and teachers have put a tremendous amount of work into their performances and kindly ask that all families stay and enjoy the show until the end.

Deck the Halls Rap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsxGxgwWEwc

Good To Be Bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb4i5YiGhSc

 Student Council is selling Candy Grams for the Christmas season. Candy Grams will be available for sale in the upper school cafeteria before school and after school, as well as from 12:20-1:00 all this week. Small candy grams cost $0.50 and large one cost $1.00…give them to a friend or your favourite teacher!!!

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. 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 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. 

Inquiry into Language

Today students wrote their spelling test. This week students were given 10 words and they had to put each word in a sentence. 

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today students played kahoot to review place value before we headed out to the dome to practice for Christmas concert. 

Unit of Inquiry

Today in groups students created a model of the heart.

Homework/ Reminders:

- Sign and return spelling test on Monday 
- Dress rehearsal on Monday

- All library books due Monday

Important dates/items:
Monday, December 16 - Grade 3-8 Dress Rehearsal

Tuesday, December 17 – Grade 3-8 Christmas Concert

Wednesday, December 18 – Casual Day for those students who have paid the $20 casual day fee

Thursday December 19 – Christmas Spirit Day

Friday, December 20- Tuesday, January 7 – No School – Christmas holidays

Wednesday, January 8 – First Day Back After Christmas Holidays

Have a terrific weekend!

Ms. Cass