I hope you’re all having a wonderful week so far.
A quick note:
Mr. Foster’s Farmers Market and Ms. Gandy’s Groceries
As part of their summative assessment the grade one classes have decided to open a market to complement their organization unit. The market will include fruits, vegetables, drinks and other healthy snacks. It will be held in rooms 12 and 18. The market will take place all day Thursday, January 23rd and Friday, January 24th. All profits made will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House.
A message regarding our upcoming Town Hall on January 24th.
Dear SJA Community,
We look forward to seeing you at the SJA Town Hall/Social on January 24 from 7 to 9 pm. All parent/guardians of JK to Grade 12 students are invited to hear about our exciting school year, survey result and future direction. To help us plan for this event, RSVP by January 17 to reception@stjudesacademy.com . We look forward to seeing you there!
And a reminder about re-registration:
Dear SJA Families,
Just a reminder that the SJA re-registration process is underway. To reserve your child’s 2020-2021 place at St. Jude’s Academy, complete and return your child’s re-registration forms and payment to Reception by Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 4:00 pm.
After this date and time, any available grade-level spaces will be open to new families on waitlists.
In addition, the deadline for our priority enrolment into our JK Program is Friday, January 17, 2020, a letter is attached with more information.
If you have any questions regarding the forms or next steps, please contact our Admissions Team.
A few quick reminders:
· Monday is a Day 4.
· Aftercare invoices for the month of December have come out and were due Wednesday, January 15th, 2020. Any questions can be directed to Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com
· The lunch site for the month of February is now open and the special for the month (served on Fridays) is chicken stir fry. The site will close at 3:00 p.m. on January 22nd. All payments will be due on February 6th.
· Re-registration packages are due back by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, February 18th. After this, registration will open to the public.
Inquiry into Language – We started the day by continuing our research for our speeches. Today was the last day that students had to complete their speech research. Students must ensure that they have research to support their points (i.e. saying ‘I just already knew this,’ cannot be used as evidence to support their points).
Music – Then, the students had music with Mr. Oliver, which you can read about on his blog (https://mrolivermusicclass.blogspot.com).
French – After this, the students had French with Mme. Stella, which you can read about on her blog (https://stjudesfrench-stella.blogspot.com).
Inquiry into Math – Students wrote their final unit test for our Data Management Unit today. Students will complete the Skills You’ll Need for the next unit over the weekend. This is a concept from out last unit on measurement (perimeter and area of squares and rectangles).
Inquiry into Explorers – Today, we began looking at different routes for trade used before the Age of Exploration. At this time, trade between Europe and Asia happened in Baghdad – this was the place that linked the two together. This land area over Asia was called the Silk Road.
From 1095 and 200 years after, European countries were involved in a set of Holy Wars called the Crusades. This war was to take the Holy Land. This is how many Europeans were brought into Asian ideas (silks, spices, etc.).
The Italian cities of Genoa and Venice became important trading centres during this time. In 1453, the Ottoman Empire captured the trading centre of Constantinople (later Istanbul) and start raising prices of items. This encouraged explorers to look for new ways to trade with Asia. They began exploring the waters west of them instead of East leading to new ways to Asia and the Americas.
Homework:
We do our best to complete work in class. In the event this is not possible, it will go home for homework.
As always, please feel free to email me with any questions.
Mr. Conte
