Hello 3rd Grade Parents, Guardians, and Family,
1. Welcom back from Spring Break. I hope and pray that all went well with your families and you were able to spend some much needed time together relaxing and praising our Lord for Lent.
2. The 4th Quarter will begin on March 18th. I can not barely believe we are 9 weeks away from the end of the school year. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, help me keep your kids focused on the end objective. That is to remain committed to learning and developing your children and properly preparing them for 4th grade.
This is the time of year when ALL students tend to become VERY complacent with their studies because they are focused on the last day of school versus the daily tasks of learning and developing themselves. Although this is normal behavior from them, it can have consequenses that an 8-9 year old does not see in the bigger picture.
Things to consider:
a. Ensure that are still doing their homework and studying for exams/tests. They are used to having to do this. So PLEASE do not let them back off the good habits they have formed this year.
b. READ, READ, READ. Their individual reading development is overwhelmingly developed at home through enforcement of good reading habits at home. I can facilitate reading however, I can not enforce the habit when they are not in school. Students who read well will also perform VERY well academically in ALL core subjects.
3. DATE TO REMEMBER/PREPARE FOR: April 2nd.
Our field trip to InnerSpace Caverns. You should have alread received a "Sign-Up Genius" email from Mrs. Cayce in the school office. Please, if you have not done so already, sign up and pay for your child to attend. It should be a fun day for them.
REMEMBER!!! This is the day we come back from the Easter break.
- Spirit wear (Grey/Blue SMCS shirts, jeans/shorts).
- Everyone MUST bring a sack lunch.
- We will leave from the Cafeteria immediately after morning announcements. Our tour of the caverns is scheduled for 9:00am. We should be out of the tour NLT: 11:00am and then have our lunch and play time. This should put us back at the school at approx: 2:00pm.
4. More Dates: March 28th - Holy Thursday (Noon Dismissal) and March 29th - Good Friday (No School).
Thank you and God Bless you all,
Mr. Mottram (John)