December, 2024                                                                                                                                                             
Dear Parents, 

 I am very blessed to be your child's teacher this school year. I am sure this will be a beautiful and productive year. Our school journey will be a wonderful one full of so many fun experiences as your child prepares for Pre-K. We will be learning about holidays, shapes, letters, size, seasons, colors, numbers, the calendar, and so much more throughout our school year. Your child will learn how special and unique we are to God. We will pray, learn, play, and grow together as a school family. We will thank God for our friends and families. Children will learn to be kind and caring with each other as we go through our journey together.

The children will make beautiful friendships in school during all these months in our classroom. We will be beautifully practicing our classroom rules and daily routines all year.  We will focus on being little followers of Jesus during our school year. The little ones will learn and understand the importance of daily prayer. During the school year the children will be giving thanks to God for our families, friends, and all that God gives us as we pray together in class. The children will  learn how special they are to God.  The children will be praying, learning, playing, and continue to grow together as a school family daily. The children will practice kindness, sharing and caring daily with their peers in school during all our school days. The little ones will also be working on the alphabet, numbers, counting activities, and our religion program in class this school year.  We will be reading many new stories and learning so much in the upcoming weeks. We have many fun activities planned during this beautiful new  month for your child. Your little ones will have a very busy few weeks ahead as we continue to work on our routines, daily crafts and activities.  We will learn our colors, shapes, the alphabet, kindness, gratitude and new prayers this new month. Our class will learn about Advent, The Holy Family, St. Nicholas, Christmas holiday traditions, and demonstrate gratitude to God daily in school as we prepare for Christmas. We will learn about and continue to learn about fall this month. The children will also begin to learn about winter this month. We will also be learning our new prayers, Christmas songs, singing our routine songs and learn new nursery rhyme songs in our upcoming weeks. We will be reading fun new stories and will learning so much more in the upcoming weeks. Happy December!

 Thank you so much for your daily ongoing support to make your child's first school experience a wonderful one! 

Our Newsletter section includes our weekly news and important information. Please do visit our Useful Links websites with your child..

Any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me.

mlara@hnomschool.org

I am posting upcoming reminders and news. Any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me.

Weekly Reminders

Please check the monthly calendar and weekly notices that went home in your child's folder.

Thursday, December 12- Half Day 11:00 a.m. dismissal

Morning Arrival-8:50 A.M.
 
Dismissal- 2:30 P.M. Please let me know if your child is going to BASE. 
 
Full uniform must be worn to school daily. Please check your child's folder daily notices go home.

Send school supplies, filled out forms, and change of clothes. Mickey pick up signs must be used for dismissal daily. 

Lunch and snacks- Send a morning snack and a drink for your child daily. No Nutella or peanut butter. Send lunch and bowls/plates, utensils, lunch snack and a drink for lunch. Label your child's belongings please. 

Next Week/ Upcoming Dates/

Friday, December 20- Half Day 11:00 a.m. Last day of school before Christmas Vacation.

Monday, December 23- Friday, January 3- Christmas Vacation Recess

Monday, January 6- School Resumes

Provide daily lunch, morning snack, drinks, utensils, and label all of your child's belongings  Label all your child’s belongings including lunch boxes and your child's Holy Name of Mary school bags

*Uniforms are to be worn daily to school. White Velcro sneakers work best!

*Yellow folders need to be in your child’s school bag daily. Pick up signs and name tags must be used daily.

*Please send lunch, drinks, utensils, and a separate morning snack daily.