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YOUR JOB NOW:  
 
FADE INTO THE BACKGROUND

Parents,
 
Please make sure you login frequently with your child to the RVS Online Gradebook and check his or her current academic progress.  Also, keep in mind that the grades listed are ongoing and if some assignments are missing, the calculated averages may not be reflective of the actual progress your child is making.    
 
Make sure you keep your online username and passwords in a safe place for easy access.  If you should lose your username and password, you must contact Mrs. Callahan in the Admistrative Office to obtain that secure information.
 
Also note, access to the RVS Gradebook will be denied two weeks prior to the
end of each trimester so that teachers have time to input and calculate final academic grades along with the evaluation of effort and conduct.
 

Adventure 4-2 Newsletter Vol. 1

HOMEWORK

 
All homework assignments and due dates will be listed in your child's assignment book on a daily basis.  These assignments are posted on our classroom whiteboard and students will have ample time to copy these items into their books each day.  Please note, all assignment books MUST be initialed  by a parent or guardian after  reviewing their child's daily homework assignments and checking to see that they have all been completed.
 
Homework should take about 60 minutes for the average 4th grader to complete.  This time should include both written assignments and study time.  Since some students require more time than others to complete assignments, your child may have differing requirements or educational needs.
 
Please keep in mind that students should be doing the homework assignments and projects on their own with little support from the parent.  Your role as a parent is to simply to guide while "fading into the background". 

GUIDELINES FOR HELPING WITH HOMEWORK: So you Don't Work Harder Than Your Child

SCHOOL HANDBOOK
 
Below is the hyperlink to the PJPII Handbook.  Just click on the underlined link and the handbook should open (if your computer has Adobe Reader).   
 
 If you have difficulty downloading this document, you will need to install the Adobe Reader.  I have provided the link below for the Adobe website where you can dowload the reader (it's free) onto your computer.
 
After you have downloaded and installed the Adobe Reader, you should be able to then read the handbook and also download it to your computer  to save for future use.

ADOBE READER DOWNLOAD

2009-2010 PJPII Parent/Student Handbook

MORNING ROUTINE
 

A morning routine is a very important factor in having a successful school day.  Children who have ample time to get ready in the morning and eat a nutritious breakfast will enter the classroom more confident and ready to learn.  Those students who awaken late, get dressed quickly and often skip breakfast are more likely to enter the classroom stressed and anxious.  (Some miss the schoolbus and forget their belongings such as homework, lunches and gym clothes).  After arriving at school, many have difficulty unpacking and getting started with their morning activities which often upsets the balance of their entire day. 

SCHOOL FORMS & AUTHORIZATIONS
 
Please make sure you download and print out all of the forms required by the office and have your parents fill them out, sign and return by September 9th. 
 
The following forms must be completed and returned by Sept. 9th: 
 
1)  Bus Rules   
 
2)  Handbook Signature Page
 
3)  Student Photo Release
 
4)  Student Pickup Authorization
 
5)  Emergency Record Card (BLUE Cardstock) sent home in Take Home Folder
 
      (The Internet technology Use Contract will be sent home shortly by Mrs. Knezo)
 
(NOTE:  If you do not have a printer, please let me know as soon as possible so that I can obtain copies of these forms for you to send home.)
 
All of these forms and a few others are available directly on the PJPII homepage under "Student Life":
 
http://www.popejohnpaul2sch.org/PJP2WEB/Permission.htm  (you can click here to go directly to their site.)

10 BEST Ways to help your 4th Grader
Succeed in School
1     ATTEND MASS on Weekend Together

2   PRAY together (meals, bedtime)

3   Make Subjects part of everyday life  (Math, Social Studies)

4   Teach your child how to listen   (eyes, ears, body)

5   Support your child's teacher and school rules

6   Share with the teacher concerns, family situation, medical issues

7   Make sure your child is ready and on time for school.

8   Encourage responsibility and independence - accepting consequences
 

9   Ask your child about school daily
 
 

10   Motivate your child to READ in any way you can
 
 



"Learning to take responsibility for getting work done is a milestone in your child's life."

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REMINDERS
Parents: 
 
Please remember to wash your child's gym uniforms on a weekly basis, including the sweatshirts & sweaters.  Now that we have a large gymnasium and an outdoor field, students are definitely "working up a sweat" during gym and recess.  Although our 4th graders seem so young, this is the age when sweat glands start kicking in and many may need to start using deodorant.

Child Development of a 9 year old

All the Daze - 9 Year Olds

The Pre-Teen Child

FAMILY GUIDE TO HEALTHY EATING

Since we only get 1 chance to raise our kids and we all hope we get it right, here are a few helpful links for parents that might provide us with some insight when we are looking for some new ideas or feel like we have run into a brick wall:

The One Year Plan Parent's Guide for Helping Children Succeed in School

Guidelines for Sharing Control Through Choices

The Love and Logic Generic Consequence

TEASEPROOF YOUR KIDS

Three Types of Parents

Stars and nebula

"The Star Polisher"
I have a great job in the universe of occupations.  What do I do?  I'm a "star polisher."  It's a very important job.  If you want to know how important, just go out at night and look at the stars twinkling and sparkling.
 
You see, I'm a teacher.  The stars are the children in my class.  My job is to take them - in whatever shape they come - and shine and buff them and then send them out to take their places as bright, twinkling beacons in the sky.
 
They come into my room in all shapes and sizes.  Sometimes they're bent, tarnished, dirty, crinkly, or broken.  Some stars are cuddly and soft.  Some are prickly and thorny.
 
As I buff and polish, I train and teach my little stars; I tell them that the world cannot do without them.  I tell them they can do anything they set their minds to do.
 
I tell them they can be the brightest, shiniest stars in the sky and the world will be a better place because of them.
 
Each night as I look at the sky, I'm reminded of my very important job and awesome responsibility.
 
Then I get my soft buffing cloth and bottle of polish in preparation for tomorrow....for my class of little stars.
 
----author Leah Becks (The MASTER Teacher)