Welcome back to all our families! I do hope you all had a wonderful week of being with family and relaxing because now we are in full speed! This week we will jump into Advent and the meaning behind it. We will also be working on a new Clifford of "Sleepy Animals" and our Social Emotional; naming our feelings. There are a lot of important dates coming up in this short month so please keep up with the blog, family wall and of course always send me questions if needed!

Social and Emotional:  Naming Feelings
Clifford: Sleepy Animals
Letters: V, Z
Prayer: Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.

Important Date:
12/6: St. Nicholas
12/6: Immaculate Conception Mass at 8:15
12/15: School Mass at St. Patrick's Church 7:00 am
12/18: Christmas Program *Mrs. Veronica's Class will be participating
12/18: December Birthday Celebration
12/19: Christmas Quiet Celebration
12/20: Preschool is closed at 12:30 pm

     A huge thank you to all our families for donating $3.00 to our Thanksgiving Feast, it was a great day for everyone and we couldn't have done it without you! Please check your child's clothes, change out if necessary for cold weather. Please remember my door as well as Mary's door is always opened if you have any questions!

Blessings to you all,
Mrs. Donavan

     The children have been extremely busy getting prepared for our Thanksgiving Preschool Feast and parade! We as a class will be dressed up as Native Americans and will join Mrs. Irma's class, who will be dressed up as the pilgrims, for our feast! The children are very excited for this event! Thank you for all your donations for our feast.

Social and Emotional:  Review
Clifford: Good Thanksgiving Manners
Letters: X, Y, Z
Prayer: Guardian Angel

***Important Dates
11/20: November Birthdays
11/21: Preschool Annual Thanksgiving Feast
11/22: Thanksgiving Prayer Auditorium 8:15 am
11/25-11/29: School Closed

     I want to share how grateful I am for all of the families and friends at OLM, during our break I will be thinking of you all and hope you all enjoy your time with your families! We will be back at it on December 2nd! Please know my door is always opened for questions or concerns.

Blessings to you all!

Mrs. Donavan

     November is already moving quickly! I do hope everyone enjoyed their 3 day weekend with family and to celebrating all our Veterans, to remember how grateful we are for all of their services and what they have given to our country. The children all made cards to give out to the Veterans on Friday, as a class we all enjoyed showing our appreciation and gratitude.

Social and Emotional:  Strong Feelings
Clifford: Season to Be Thankful
Letters: X, Y, Z
Prayer: Our Father

***Important Dates
11/20: November Birthdays
11/21: Preschool Annual Thanksgiving Feast
11/22: Thanksgiving Prayer Auditorium 8:15 am
11/25-11/29: School Closed

     Our Thanksgiving Annual Feast is right around the corner, our class will be dressing up as Indians and will join Mrs. Irma's class the pilgrims! We are asking for a small donation and it is posted up on the family wall. Please remember to check your child's file box daily, these months are quick and crazy busy, this is my best way to keep up with communication! Please always come to me if you have any questions. Please know how grateful I am for each and everyone of you!

Blessings to you all!

Mrs. Donavan

   Parent/Teacher conference went amazing, it was great to have one on one with each and everyone one of you! Thank you to all OLM families for the support of our Halloween party, it was a huge success and I personally can't do it without all of you! We are now officially in November and it's only going to get busier! This month we will be preparing for our annually Thanksgiving feast as well as having the students learn about the first Thanksgiving and why it's important to be thankful for our families, friends and the most important God.

Social and Emotional:  We Have Feelings in Our Bodies
Clifford: Season to Be Thankful
Letters: X, Y, Z
Prayer: Guardian Angel

***Important Dates
11/01: All Saints Day
11/04: Take out dinner, preschool fundraiser 3:00-6:00 pm
11/08: Veterans Assembly 8:30 am
11/11: School Closed
11/20: November Birthdays
11/22: Thanksgiving Prayer Auditorium 8:15 am
11/25-11/29: School Closed

     This Monday will be our Trevino's take out dinner from 3:00-6:00 pm, dinners will be available in the back circle, thank you tremendously for this support! Please check your child's box daily, this is our biggest way of communicating and showing what's going on each week. Also, please check your child's extra clothes as our weather has changed. My door is always opened for any questions or concerns!

Blessings to you all

Mrs. Donavan

     Another busy week ahead! This is our last week in October and parent/teacher conferences start this week. I am eager to sit down with all the families to go over all what your child has been working on! This week we will be working on;

Social and Emotional: Accidents; Caring and Helping
Clifford: 5 Little Pumpkins
Prayer: Guardian Angel
Angel of God, 
my guardian dear, 
To whom God's love
commits me here, 
Ever this day, 
be at my side, 
To light and guard, 
Rule and guide.
Amen.

     Thank you tremendously to all our families for your support; donating desserts, working the cake walk booth, donations towards our Halloween basket and a big thank you to our room parents for putting together an amazing basket! All was a huge success and we couldn't have done it without all of you! We do hope all of you had an amazing time at the Halloween Carnival. 

Important Dates:
10/28: Fundraiser due
10/28-10/29: Parent Teacher Conferences; signs up are via email
10/31: Halloween Party **Please no Halloween costumes
11/04: Trevino's Preschool Fundraiser

     Our preschool fundraiser with Trevino's is right around the corner, we still have tickets available if you are needing more! Always my door is open if you have any questions or concerns, thank you all to my families.

Mrs. Donavan

     Can't believe we are rounding up to our third week in our new classroom!! We had a very busy week last week but the children all did amazing participating in the events! Wednesday we joined the all school rosary outside, the children did well sitting with everyone and participating in the prayers. That same Wednesday we had a visit from the firefighter department. The firefighters went over what they have to wear in case of a fire, how to keep our bodies safe in case a fire is on our clothes and we also got to see the firetruck up close and personal!! I do have a photo posted in the classroom if you would like to take a look! This week we will be working on;

Social and Emotional: Accidents; when you do things you didn't mean to
Clifford: 5 Little Pumpkins
Prayer: Guardian Angel
Angel of God, 
my guardian dear, 
To whom God's love
commits me here, 
Ever this day, 
be at my side, 
To light and guard, 
Rule and guide.
Amen.

Important Dates:
10/21-10/25: Scholastic Book Fair in the school library
10/23: October birthday celebrations
10/28-10/29: Parent Teacher Conferences; signs up are via email
10/26: Halloween Carnival 5:00-8:00
10/31: Halloween Party **Please no Halloween costumes

     The transition I feel has been beyond smooth, the children have really jumped into helping taking care of our classroom and taking on trying new activities and remembering the rules of the classroom. I thank all my families who have helped during this transition! Parent/Teacher conference is coming up and I am excited to have one on one time with all of you and share what your child has been up to. Please take the time to come visit the classroom and check out our family board, we are still in need for volunteers for our cake walk booth as well as donations to the desserts for the cake walk. If there are any questions myself as well as Mary is always available! Thank you truly.

Blessings to you all!

Mrs. Donavan

      What an amazing first week! The children quickly adapted to their new classroom and we all enjoyed as a class going over the new rules, our helping hands, listening rules, as well as social and emotional and Clifford. It was a busy week but the children did great! Thank you to all the parents for an easy transition. This week is another busy week!

Social and Emotional: Same or Different Feelings
Clifford: Five Little Pumpkins
Religion: Rosary
Song: 5 Little Pumpkins
Prayer: The Lord's Prayer

Important Dates:
10/16: Outside Rosary *Please have children bring sweaters for the cold morning!
10/16: Fire Department
10/19: School Mass at St. Patrick's Church 5:00 pm
10/22: Picture retakes
10/23: October Birthday Celebrations
10/31: Halloween Celebrations

     The children have been working on "Helping Hands" in their classroom. Each day the children have a helping hand job to help either with their friends, outside or in the classroom. We have been learning that with this being our classroom we have to help each other to keep everything nice and put away. Parent/Teacher conferences have been sent via email, if you have any questions about time/dates please come to myself or to Mary. I thank all my families for this huge change and wanted to express how excited I am for this new adventure! Please know my door is always opened for any questions or concerns.

Blessings to you all,

Mrs. Donavan

     This is an exciting week for room 9, the children as well as I, can't wait for this big adventure! This week we will be focusing on the classroom rules, our Social and Emotional as well as Big Clifford. I would love for all families to come check out the new classroom as well as check out the family board, there are a lot of new information on the board, remember questions are always welcomed!

Prayer: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

Song: I have a Savior nice and good

Brain Builders: Echo! Echo!

Clifford: Ouch! It's Hot!

Social and Emotional: Identifying Feelings; Anger

*Important Dates:
10/23/19: October Birthdays
10/26/19: Halloween Carnival: Sign ups in classroom for Carnival help and cake walk baked goods
10/31/19: Halloween *please no Halloween costumes!: Sign ups in classroom for Halloween party

     Please take the time to check on your child's extra clothes as the weather is changing. I am opened for any questions or concerns just let me know! Thank you all for helping in each way for our school! Blessings to all!

Mrs. Donavan