Elementary 4-6 Campus Newsletter
April 10, 2009
Pre-Registration
If you have not turned in your form, please do so ASAP. Forms should have been turned into one of the school offices or our Central Office. Remember it is important to turn these forms in so we can determine our class sizes for next year.
Testing
Next Monday, April 13 all students will be taking the California Achievement Test. As you know, this battery of tests measures students’ knowledge in all academic areas except religion. We will administer these tests from April 13th-24th. Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest and has a good breakfast before coming to school.
Uniform Reminder
Students may begin wearing shorts on Wednesday, April 15th. Please check your child’s shorts/skirts to be sure that they are the proper style and fit appropriately. The shorts must be Bermuda length. Skorts and shorts with cargo pockets are not permitted. Also please remember they must wear belts. It might be a good idea to go over the uniform policy with your child again before April 15th.
ACRE Test Results
In February 2009, all fifth grade students took the National Catholic Education Association’s Assessment of Catechesis Education (NCEA ACRE). This summary provided by the ACRE program reveals the strengths and weaknesses of the students’ comprehension of various religious and catechetical topics. The topics fall under four major divisions of the Catechism-Part One: Profession of Faith (Creed), Part Two: The Celebration of the Christian Mystery (Liturgy and Sacraments), Part Three: Life in Christ (Morality), and Part Four: Christian Life.
OCS Grade 5 |
National |
|
Profession of Faith |
87 |
78 |
Liturgy & Sacraments |
78 |
69 |
Life in Christ |
76 |
68 |
Christian Prayer |
71 |
69 |
We are pleased to report that once again our students scored above the established national average in all categories. This is great news for our students, parents, teachers and parish priests.
Annual OCS Food Drive & Personal Care Drive
All students who brought in a food or personal care item last week may wear their pajamas to school on Friday, April 17th. Please make sure the pajamas are appropriate for school.
Liturgy
Thursday, April 16th, at 9 AM we will celebrate the Eucharist with Fr. Tony Jones and Mrs. Thompson’s fourth grade students will lead us in prayer. Join us!
HAPPY EASTER !!
PTO News
The OCES PTO will conduct our Coca-Cola Fundraiser starting April 13. All orders must be turned in by April 24th and drink pick up date is May 9th.
On Wednesday, April 15th, the PTO will have their last meeting of the 2008-2009 school year, 6:30PM at the K-3 Campus. The meeting will include the elections of the 2009-2010 officers and an ice cream social. Please make plans to attend.
On Saturday, April 18th, there will be a used uniform sale at the K-3 Campus 8-12 Noon. If you have any elementary, middle school or high school uniforms to donate, please drop them off at the K-3 Campus, 4-6 Campus, or central office prior to the sale date.
Happy Birthday
Rebecca Ballard, Daniel Jacobs, Ashleigh Deno, Mary Keaton Clemens, Megan McCarthy, Emily Oakes, Sarah Riney, Mary Nell Ivey, Molly Payne, Lindsey Carrico, Elizabeth Warren, Griffin Wassmer, Noah Weis, Samantha Horsley, Lindsey Klump, Justin McGovern
LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE 4-6 CAMPUS!
Our 4th & 5th grade FPS and Academic teams competed in the Regional Competition against 18 teams from across four districts. Our team placed first overall becoming the Regional Champions!
The FPS Team placed first. Team members include: Allie Kuntz, Samantha Krampe, Samantha Horsley, and Eva Cash.
The Quick Recall Team placed second. Team members include: Matthew Caldwell, Tricia Thompson, Evan Christodoulou, Lucy Kurtz, Annabel Moore, Alli Thompson, Sarah Brown, Raychel Bahnick, and Caroline Hayden.
The following students place in the written assessment:
Tricia Thompson -1st in Social Studies and 2nd in Science
Lucy Kurtz - 2nd in Language Arts.
Matthew Caldwell and Evan Christodoulou both scored over 20 on the written assessment in Social Studies and Evan also scored over 20 on the Science written assessment.
A big thank you to the coaches:
FPS – Susie Alvey
Quick Recall – Karen Bickett and Molly Thompson
Math – Beverly Estes
Language Arts – Patty Kuntz
Science – Will Bickett
Arts and Humanities – Karen Bickett
Social Studies – Molly Thompson
Technical Assistants – Logan Brown and Meredith Bickett
Mrs. Hardesty’s fifth grade class enjoyed an up close look at Officer Henry’s DARE vehicle.
The students have been studying how to make PowerPoint presentations in the Media Center during the month of March. The students in 6A made presentations about articles from the Messenger-Inquirer. The presentations told the 5W’s that were in the story. (Who, what, when, where, why) All of the students in the fifth and sixth grades are studying PowerPoint.