Thursday, May 7th

Good morning everyone!

1 MORE DAY OF PRACTICE UNTIL EXHIBITION!

In case you didn’t already know, St. Jude’s Academy is putting together our first yearbook spanning from JK to Grade 12 for the 2019-2020 academic year. This inaugural issue will be something all students and their families will treasure. The cost is $20 per full-colour, hardcover yearbook. The deadline to order is May 15. To order your copy contact:  admin@stjudesacademy.com

SJA Yearbook Sponsorship opportunities are available. We will accept a limited number of ads (10 pages) from businesses, groups and families in our SJA Community to help off-set this publication. Design included if required. Deadline to order is May 15. The space options are as follows: Full Page  (7.5” x 8”) $500 or Half Page (7. 5”x 4”) $250.  To place an Ad contact: csawatsky@stjudesacademy.com

A few messages from SJA:

Daily Challenge – Today we play! Set up your dominos and let's see the waterfall. (Video example will be shown). Send your video to sneal@stjudesacademy.com before midnight or on wetransfer. 

Boredom Buster: Friday, May 15^th

Karate (gold belt or higher): Join Zoom Meeting 
Zoom Information on ManageBac

And don't forget about the Spelling Bee!

Morning Announcements:

·       Announcements

·       Exhibition is this week (Friday, May 8^th). Presentations will be at 9 a.m., 12 p.m., and 6 p.m. Each group must attend every session. 

·       Due to exhibition and rehearsals, lunch and recess times may not happen at their regular schedule times. Please let your families know.

·       School will begin slightly earlier for Grade 6s this week only à 8:30 a.m. on Thursday and Friday.

·       Online learning has been extended to Friday, May 29^th, 2020.

·       Fun half-day of school 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, May 15^th.

·       Yearbooks on sale!

·       Daily challenge

·       Spelling Bee

·       Karate (Gold belt and higher only) today at 4.

In case you haven’t heard - the Grade 5 & 6 class from The Maples Academy will be watching your exhibition presentations on Friday! Please refer to the schedule below to know where to be and what document to be working on at various times of the day.

This morning, you should be in full school uniform, with your cue cards, device, slideshow, videos, and apps all ready to go. We will meet as a whole Grade 6 team on Discord at 8:30 and to review today’s schedule. We will then meet on various Zoom calls and have 2 full dress rehearsals today.

When it is your turn to present, pretend that it is the real thing. If you are part of the audience, then your job is to take notes to share when we regroup at the end of the day to reflect on how things went.

We need an audience for Caitlyn, Jaya, and Sophia’s presentation in Group 5. Mr. Conte’s Homelessness group, Ms. Jaskolka’s Homelessness group, and Ms. Haag’s Pesticides group, please join this group at the start of the session then return to your scheduled group.

Good luck everyone!

Grade 6 Schedule for Today:

Time	Place to Be & Activity
8:30 – 9:00	Grade 6 General Meeting on Discord
9:00 – 11:00	Exhibition Presentations on Zoom (links to be provided)
11:00 – 11:30	Lunch (away from devices)
11:30 – 12:00	Grade 6 General Meeting on Discord
12:00 – 2:00	Exhibition Presentations on Zoom (links to be provided)
2:00 – 2:30	Break (away from devices)
2:30 – 3:30	Classrooms with your teacher to reflect on the day

Here are the schedules we will be using for the morning and afternoon presentations:

Homework this week is working on cue cards and rehearsing for exhibition presentations on Friday.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out so I can clarify and assist.

Steven Conte