The spring warmth finally reached us today!!  Too bad it's short-lived, but I'll take it.  :)  I'm not sure snow bags will be needed anymore.  (Let's hope not!)  However, you may still want to send in boots.  The grass is still very wet and muddy.

Don't forget to turn in your 1 dozen plastic Easter eggs.  We will be using them for a project in the next week or so.  Please have them here by Friday, April 4th.

This Thursday, April 3rd, is Spirit Wear day.  The kids can either wear St. Joe's spirit wear or Wisconsin Badger spirit wear with uniform pants.

If you're participating in the Book It! promotion for the free personal pan pizza, please turn in your March calendar.  This is the last month for this offer.

Have a wonderful week!

Today the K4 and K5 classes walked through the Stations of the Cross in the Day Chapel.  The students were all very respectful and were really moved by the things that Jesus endured for us.  It was nice to see how much background knowledge the kids had regarding the events surrounding Jesus' crucifixion.

Next week we will be studying rocks for our science unit.  If you have any collections you would be willing to loan our classes for a bit, please send them in clearly labeled with your child's name so they can be returned.

There will be no school on Thursday, March 27th and Friday, March 28th, due to teacher in service.

For one of our Easter projects coming up, each student will need to bring in 1 dozen plastic Easter eggs.  Not the jumbo variety, just a regular size that would fit into an average egg carton.  Please have them in by Monday, March 31st.  Thank you!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Well, the leprechauns got through our traps once again!!  Ugh!  They are sooo tricky.  They did leave a few coins in each of our traps, but we weren't lucky enough to get our hands on one of the little guys.  :( 

Along with setting off all the traps, the leprechauns sure did a nice job of messing up our classroom.  We had chairs turned over on top of desks, puzzles on the floor, pillows scattered around, bristle blocks poured out, the calendar was all messed up and missing numbers, and they even tipped our garbage can over.  They sure left us with a big job cleaning all that up, but the kids were awesome and pitched in right away.  :)

Our party was lots of fun.  Thanks to those who pitched in and provided something for our party.  It was all very yummy and colorful!  The leprechaun game was lots of fun too.

A few reminders for things coming up...

The Box Top contest ends this Friday!  Keep sending in those tabs.

Dollar Dress DOWN on Wednesday, and Dollar Dress UP on Friday.

No school Thursday, March 27th and Friday, March 28th.

Have a wonderful week!

Well, the votes are in!  During Mardi Gras, the kids could pay towards a drawing to throw a pie in a teacher's face.  Six names were picked today at Scattering and these are the lucky winners:
Ms. Sartoris
Mrs. Paulus
Mrs. St. Louis
Mrs. Charles
Mrs. T.

Aren't we lucky??!!  The date and time of this event is TBD.  :)

Keep working on those leprechaun traps!  We have one more week to complete them.  Please have them turned in on Friday, March 14th.

Today the kids are coming home with our Lenten project.  This is a school-wide activity to bring to light of all the kind things we can do for others.  Each student in our class has a small bag of fish that they can use to record any service they provide to others.  When your child has done an act of service, please write that on a fish (put their name on the back) and turn it in to school the next day.  We have provided a sample list for you to look at.  The goal is to have St. Joe's "swimming" in fish!  If your child runs out of fish, please let me know and I'll send some more home.