Faithful God,
Help us to wisely use
the gifts you give us,
and to trust you to guide and care for us.
Amen.
A Message from the Principal
This Friday is also our 28th
annual Jog-a-Thon. Students will have lunch from 10-10:30, and the Jog-a-Thon
will begin at noon. Parents please make sure that you check
your student out with the teacher before going home. We are grateful to
the following sponsors for their support of our event:
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I would also like to thank Mrs. Anne
Marie Guinane, our Jog-a-Thon chairperson, the PTO Board, and all other parents
who have been volunteering behind-the-scenes and will be volunteering on the
day of the event. Thank you for making this event possible!
Sincerely,
Diana Girskis
Principal
Important Dates
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November 16
– Jog-a-Thon – 12:00 p.m.
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November 16
– End of Trimester 1
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November 16
– Report Cards go home today
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November 19-20
– Parent Teacher Conferences
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November 19-23 –
No School/No ASP ` Happy Thanksgiving
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November 26th – All Christmas Tree orders are due- NO exceptions!
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November 30th – Awards Assembly - 12:30 p.m. in Auditorium
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November 30th – First
Grade Bake sale
WELCOME two new staff members
to INCA! Mrs. Sanchez will be assisting
third grade and Matt Eckel will be assisting Ken Collins for Jr. High
Math. Please make them feel welcome!!
Morning Math Schedule has changed:
Every Tuesday morning, grades 6-7th only, Every Thursday, 8th
grade to study for the HSPT. A big thank
you to Mr. Collins for his help!!
FAMILY NIGHT AT
CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN, NOVEMBER 14TH, ALL DAY INCLUDING TAKE OUT,
PLEASE BRING IN THE FLYER AND 20% WILL BE DONATED TO THE SCHOOL!!
Parent Teacher
Conferences
Parents, if you have not signed up for Parent conferences,
please contact the teacher by email. They have the schedule and will be able to
accommodate you. They will only be confirming dates and times. If you are going
out of town, please let them know. We are taking these two days for
conferences, so please make use of their time.
The conferences are only fifteen minutes; they need a five minute
transition time for the next appointment.
St. Columbkille Food
Drive
The Prayer Service will
begin at 8:15 on November 15th. Thanks again for the donations!!
A
list of suggested food items was sent home with students last week. The
blessing of the food for St. Columbkille will take place this Thursday morning
and the food will be delivered following the blessing. Thank you for your generosity.
SWIM TEAM NEWS
The INCA Eagles Swim Team came in 7th place out
of 17 teams at this Sunday’s Saint Frances de Sales Finals Swim Meet. Thank you to everyone for a great season Go
Eagles!!!
SCRIP Tip
Please take a moment to glance over the SCRIP flyers in this
week’s Home Messenger. There are quite a
few SCRIP promotions. Also, remember to
order SCRIP this week for Thanksgiving Dinner: Smart & Final, Vons and
Whole Foods are always on hand, however, if you need more than 5 gift cards
please let us know this week so we can order more.
We will be selling SCRIP next week on Tuesday and Wednesday
(November 21-22), 7:30 am to 8:30 am. Don’t
forget Black Friday!!! Our SCRIP Vendor,
Great Lakes, will have an extra ordering day—order by Thursday, November 15 and
it will be ready for you to pick up on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Thanks to our volunteers for
taking time from their busy schedules!
A Note from the Science Lab:
Ask any of my
science students to finish this sentence, “In science, matter is always in
___________”, and they will answer “motion”. In the same way, our science lab
is always in motion. If you had come by our science room in the past two
months, you would have seen students investigating electric circuits,
experimenting with chemical reactions, measuring matter with balance scales and
graduated cylinders, observing magnetic fields in magnets using iron fillings,
testing a parachute’s air resistance, taking a ride on a hovercraft, dissecting
a sheep’s heart and a chicken’s wing, making a model of a brain, calculating
the speed of toy cars with the use of ramps, observing kinetic and potential
energy in hand-made rocket launchers, making glue with milk and vinegar,
investigating the properties of wet corn starch and building various simple machines. And to think we are only through our first
trimester in school!
Students learn
best when they are given an opportunity to explore and investigate scientific
ideas for themselves. Incarnation recently made a large purchase of various
scientific tools and gadgets. Our purchase included: more dissecting tools,
wires, batteries, bulbs, chemicals, an accurate balance scale which measures
mass to the tenth place, graduated cylinders of various volumes, large ramps,
stop watches, simple machines, magnets, mineral samples and much more. And yet,
we have more items to purchase. With these items, students are able to work in
small groups no larger than two or three. This allows for better practice of
scientific inquiry skills. It is my goal to ignite every student’s interest in
the natural world and curiosity in how it works.
Next week I will
be sending out a letter with information on our Science Fair. This year, our
Science Fair will take place the week of February 11th. In the letter, students will be given a time
line of due dates for their assignments.
Thanks so much for your continued support,
Juana Salazar
