8th Grade Spaghetti Dinner

The 8th GRADE SPAGHETTI DINNER is quickly approaching..... Sunday, March 12, 5:30-7:30pm in the Activity Center!

The annual 8th grade Spaghetti Dinner is a very special event!  It is IHM’s way of supporting Lucious Newsom’s legacy and The Lord’s Pantry at Anna’s House.  Each year IHM donates all of the proceeds of this event in the name of IHM’s student body.  You can support us in two ways, one, by donating the food items designated by class below and the other is by bringing your family, neighbors and friends to the special dinner!  The success of this event depends on you!


Donation List

Kindergarten           Powdered Lemonade (Koors) Parmesan Cheese (Gibbons) 

1st & 2nd Grade         Jars of Applesauce, plain, not individual cups, please

3rd & 4th Grade         Pasta, box of regular size spaghetti

5th & 6th Grade          case of water or monetary donation 

7th Grade                   Bag of Meatballs or monetary donation - Meatballs are available in 6lb bags at Sam’s and Costco.  Meatballs can be given to the school office or Amy Schulte 

8th Grade                   $10 monetary donation and 2 dozen baked goods

Checks can be made out to IHM and directed to Amy Schulte or sent to the IHM office.

Please bring your donations to school before Thursday, March 9th!  Donation boxes can be found in the Atrium. 

Reading website for Firsthand / Secondhand Accounts HW

Here is the website you need for tonight's HW for Johnstone Reading class! 
(you can also find this link in the "Reading" tab at the top of this blog) 
You may get to a point in the practice where it asks you to sign up. You can stop if you get to that page. It might happen after you've played the game for a little while.
http://www.learningfarm.com/web/practicePassThrough.cfm?TopicID=157

Merry Christmas from the 3/4 floor at IHM!!! :) :) :)

Scholastic Book orders

Please use this link to submit Scholastic Book orders for our class!! Class Code: 1EOGB
https://orders.scholastic.com/1EOGB 

Info about E-Learning Day on Nov. 8th

eLearning Day Information

There will be No School, Tuesday, November 8
This is an official eLearning Alternate School Day, outside of school.

What is an eLearning Alternate School Day?

Students do not come to the school building on an eLearning day, but instead teachers will send online - based assignments for students to work on from home. Teachers will be available to answer questions via email during the school day.  In the future, an eLearning Day could be announced on local TV and Radio stations in the same way a snow day is usually announced.  This announcement would also be sent via school text message and email blast announcement.  Students return to school as usual the next day.

Grades 5 - 8 - Students will use their chromebooks and Google Classroom and Google documents to work on online assignments as posted by their teachers the morning of November 8th.   Parents and students will receive an email Tuesday morning reminding them to look in their Google Classroom account for their assignments.

Grades K - 4  -  Parents will receive an email on the morning of November 8, eLearning Day, with a list of website activities students should complete for their eLearning day work.

These are websites the students already use.  The week before, November 2,  grade K-4 teachers will send a “practice”  website list, with instructions,  asking parents to help their students test out the website at home ahead of time, and sign a checklist form to let the teachers know if families were able to connect successfully.  

Teachers will be available to students and families by email for questions on an eLearning day.

Completing eLearning Day Assignments:   All students have eLearning Day, November 8th, plus the next two school days, to finish the assignments for eLearning Day.

Student-Led Conferences Oct. 26-27

Dear Parents,

This year’s fall conferences will be student led for grades 3rd - 8th grade.   Grades K-2 will be traditional parent teacher conferences and will have mini student led conferences during Catholic Schools Week.

Yes, it is a new approach and new way of thinking for many of you.  As part of the Leader in Me program, the students are encouraged to take responsibility in their learning, set goals and realize what they need to do to reach those goals, rather than the teacher or parent telling them what they will do. They need to take responsibility for decisions they make in regards to studying, asking for help, completing work and turning it in on time. The students will share their goals with you and how well they are achieving them, or what they need to do to be more successful in meeting the goal. They will provide information about their learning and their grades. As a parent,  we ask you to first listen completely (Habit # 5) then give them a compliment on something they said, learned, or did well.  Please ask a few questions that are related to how they can improve in an area, what might they do differently the second quarter, and what they can do to help reach their goals. The homeroom teacher will be in the classroom to interject, provide information or support to  you and your child. You will take the binder home with you so you have more time to look at details your child doesn’t cover. If you have a concern that you haven’t already discussed with the teacher,  you  can have your child step into the hallway or  or discuss it at a later time. As homework, both the child and the parent(s) will work together to create an academic and personal goal for the second quarter. The students will be practicing and preparing in their homerooms, and are excited to share their information and goals with you!

Plate Tectonic Website

http://www.amnh.org/ology/features/plates/loader.swf