Kennedy Class Blog

Greetings of joy for a happy new year!

Above is an opportunity for service at Rays of Hope for Haiti on Saturday, Jan. 21.  Adults are required to attend/supervise with students if you are interested in taking advantage of this opportunity.

Registration is required, so if you want to support the cause let me know and I can register for you.  You can also probably go to the Rays of Hope for Haiti website and register there.  I have not checked that out yet. 

January always presents itself as a new beginning.  We will be focussing on completing our second quarter of study and preparing for/taking semester exams.  We are also MAPS testing in these next two weeks.  Your students might find it helpful to sit down with you and map out some study/review time for exams beginning this week already.  More guidelines will be coming their way regarding exams during this week.

God bless your new year with much joy!

A new quarter has begun and we are in the thick of it already.  Some reminders for the upcoming days….

1.  Friday, Nov. 18 is a casual day

2.  Monday, Nov. 21 is the annual Thanksgiving Feast for grades 6, 7, 8.  Contact Rachel Kaiserlian to cook a turkey or volunteer

3.  Tuesday, Nov. 22 :   Half day with dismissal at 11:00 am.

LOOKING AHEAD:

• Tuesday, Dec. 8:  Gr 7 goes to Mel Trotter on 28th St. for 3 hours of service, 10:00-1:00.  This is a brown bag lunch day:)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

Hello everyone,

      It is way past time to update my blog!   My apologies!  Coming up this week/month:

1.  Grade 7 will be doing an hour of service cleaning St. Stephen Church pews on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 2:00   Students are asked to bring in buckets, rags and putty knives (for old gum:( )

2.  Peanut Butter and Jelly are still being collected in 7th grade for the parish Thanksgiving Food Baskets.  Thanks to all who have already contributed.

3..  Report Cards come home on Friday, Nov. 11…be on the lookout!

4.  Our Annual Thanksgiving Feast will be on Monday, Nov. 21 at 11:30.  Ask your student for a hard copy flyer, or access the flyer from your Jupiter Grades e-mail, or see information below.

WHAT:  Annual Middle School Thanksgiving Feast

WHEN:  Monday, November 21, 11:30 am

WHERE:  Family Center

HOW:  Each student brings his/her favorite dish from the family Thanksgiving meal.  The prepared dish should serve 8-10 (we only need small portions as there is always plenty of food!) All choices are welcome: mashed potatoes, cranberries, macaroni and cheese, applesauce, creamed onions, green beans, gravy, desserts.  We usually have plenty of desserts so please encourage your student to consider another option.

            We will need cooked turkeys which should arrive about 11:00 am.   We usually need about 6-7 cooked turkeys.  It really helps if they are already carved.            

               We will eat at 11:30 am.  Students bring food with them in the morning.  Disposal serving dishes are best; crock pots are helpful for keeping things warm.   We have serving utensils here.  Please label all dishes.   We can warm some things in the oven before serving.  If you are able to do any of the following tasks, please e-mail Mrs. Kennedy.  You will be contacted after we have an idea about how these needs are being met.

1. Provide a cooked turkey for the feast
2. Provide a turkey for someone else to cook
3. Serve at the feast
4. Help supervise student clean-up and close kitchen
5. Provide paper products:   We are serving 150 people 
6. STURDY  dinner paper plates
7. Dessert size paper plates
8. Napkins
9. Cups
10. Plastic service ware
11. Provide Drinks

        Giving Thanks for All Our Blessings

                            Mrs. Kennedy                    

Have a marvelous rest of the week/weekend:)

We had a busy week and so far are in first place in the winter clothing drive!  Way to go 7th graders!

COMING UP:

1.  Monday Oct. 31:  6th grade to Clark Home

                                     :  Movie and treats in afternoon

2.  Tuesday Nov. 1:  All Saints Day Mass…planned by gr. 7

                                    :  Grades 6, 7, 8  will attend a Service Outreach Rally at Aquinas

3.  Wednesday Nov. 2:  Tom Woodruff, a local artist will be spending 2 hrs. with each middle school class teaching drawing connected with a Social Studies topic.

4.  Friday, Nov. 4, 2011:  end of quarter, service logs due

5.  Sat. Nov. 5:  Alt Dinner.  See you there!

God bless you all and enjoy the weekend.

Thanks to all who have been contributing to our various collections:  Thanksgiving Food Drive, Winter Clothing Drive (over 200 items and counting  from 7th grade), and Alt Dinner Basket.  I admire your ability to juggle all these details on a daily basis:)

Reminders:

1.  Tomorrow, Wed. Oct. 26 the 7th and 8th grade are going to Aquinas College to see “Our Town”  Permission slips need to be signed and returned to school.

2.  Next Tuesday, Nov. 1….6th, 7th, and 8th graders will be walking to Aquinas College to participate in the Aquinas 125th anniversary Service Program.  Aquinas is sponsoring a “125,ooo Acts of Aquinas”  event that involves paying kind acts (service) forward and entering an account of your service online to spread the good news worldwide.  The kick-off program is for youth/students at Aquinas on Nov. 1.  We will be walking over there, participating in the program and eating lunch on campus.  Look for a permission slip soon.

3.  Conferences next week:  Nov. 2 and Nov. 3.  Quarter 1 ends Nov. 4   Report Cards go home Nov. 11.

4.  Did you know?   Mr. Daniel McIlheny from Calvin College is aiding in my Social Studies classes for about 100 hours this semester?  He observes, works with small groups, and will do some large group instruction.  We love having him here!

5.  Winter Sports sign-up is in progress.

6.  Lock-in (Nov. 11) forms are being turned in also!

Have a great day and God bless you and your families!

What a rainy day!  Below are some pieces of information you might like a reminder about:

• Casual Days:  Oct. 28,  Oct. 31
• NO SCHOOL:  Friday, Oct. 21….staff in-service
• Look for conference schedule to be coming home soon in the LINK
• We are collecting:

                           1.  peanut butter and jelly for Thanksgiving food baskets

                            2.  Holiday items for Alt Dinner basket

                            3.  gently used winter clothing

• 3 hours of service need to be logged by Friday, Nov. 4 for the first quarter.  We have had little success in doing  service project during school time and are therefore not requiring the total 5 hours for the first quarter
• Rays of Hope for Haiti has a work day this Sat. Oct. 22 from 10:00-12:00,  lunch provided by Chez Olga’s
• everyone looked just fabulous for pictures today:)

Welcome to the brand new Kennedy Class Blog.  This is my maiden voyage into a new technology  and I am excited to get started.  My main goal for this blog is to communicate class happenings/activities/homework for my homeroom, Gr. 7, and for my Soc. St. and Religion classes for grades 6, 7, 8.  In time, as I experiment, I  envision using it as a tool of communication/exchange with students as well.   Welcome aboard!