If you ever have any questions or concerns please e-mail me @ [email protected]
October 6, 2025
Monday, October 6th – Respect Our Maintenance & Custodial Staff
Students will write thank-you notes and messages of gratitude for our maintenance and custodial team. These unsung heroes work tirelessly to keep our school safe, clean, and organized.
**In addition, the Student Council will be coordinating a “SOCKTOBER” Fundraiser for the Mercy Center in Asbury Park to support homeless families. We are asking each student to donate a pair of socks for men, women, or children in support of our Week of Respect for the homeless. Donations will be collected from Monday, October 6th through Thursday, October 9th.
Tuesday, October 7th – Mismatch Uniform Day: Celebrating Differences
Students are invited to wear mismatched uniforms to represent our uniqueness and celebrate the differences that make our school community so special.
Wednesday, October 8th – Respect Ourselves & Others: Affirmation Wall
Students will help create an Affirmation Wall in the cafeteria. Each student will write a message of respect, kindness, or encouragement for themselves and their peers.
Thursday, October 9th – School Spirit: Respecting Our Community
Students may dress down in their gym uniform or spirit wear to showcase their pride in being part of our school community. Together, we show that respect includes teamwork, unity, and celebrating the Lion Strong spirit.
Friday, October 10th – Respect the Earth: Care for Creation Day
To close the week, students will focus on respecting our environment. Each class will participate in an appropriate age activity, such as: Writing pledges to help care for the Earth (e.g., recycle, conserve water, avoid littering). Creating posters reminding others to respect nature. A “Respect the Earth” challenge: keeping classrooms and hallways extra clean all day. This shows that respect extends beyond ourselves — it also includes caring for the world we live in.
October 5, 2025
Here are some important dates:
Thursday, October 9th Half Day Dismissal with afternoon/evening conferences
Monday, October 13th NO SCHOOL in recognition of Columbus Day
Friday, October 24th SCHOOL CLOSED for students. Diocesean PD for all teachers
Wednesday, October 29th Half Day Dismissal with afternoon conferences
Friday, October 31st Halloween Parade at 1:15PM
Monday, November 10th -Thursday, November 13th "Scholastic Book Fair"
Tuesday, November 11th BNL Picture Makeup Day
Friday, November 14th Mass at 9:00AM in recognition of Saint Leo the Great/ Schoolwide Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 26th to Friday, November 28th SCHOOL CLOSED for Thanksgiving Break
October 3, 2025
Good evening 1B. My apologies for the late notice. Today we celebrated the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi with a beautiful mass. In the afternoon, we had guidance with our new guidance counselor and then the blessing of the animals. With all the celebrations, I was unable to grade the tests and will be sure to send them home on Monday. Thank you for your patience and have a wonderful weekend!
September 30, 2025
Message from Administration
We hope this message finds you well. Recently, we have noticed an increase in students adding hanging items, such as keychains and Laboubous, to their backpacks. While we understand these items can be fun and expressive, they have become a distraction and, unfortunately, a source of unkind comments among students regarding their authenticity or value.
To help keep backpacks manageable, safe, and focused on their purpose, we are asking that students remove and refrain from attaching any hanging objects to their backpacks moving forward.
We appreciate your support in helping us maintain a positive and respectful environment for all students.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Important Dates:
October 4: Mass at 9:00; Blessing of the Animals at 1:15
October 9: Half day for Parent Teacher Conferences
October 13: School Closed
October 24: School Closed
October 29: Half day for Parent Teacher Conferences
October 31: Half Day; Parade at 11:30; no PM Care
September 17, 2025
Our picture day has been changed to Monday, September 22, 2025. As of now our gym day is still Thursday. If anything changes I will let you know.
September 15, 2025
Please look out for the yellow Test folder. Please Sign and Return your child's Reading test and Spelling test as well as sign the test log. We need the yellow folders back tomorrow. Please be sure to praise your children and please don't expect perfection. I tell the kids that mistakes help us to learn and grow. We also do not want to cause the kids to become overly anxious about test taking. We are always looking for progress not perfection.
September 10. 2025
Good afternoon everyone. For this week our GYM day has been chnaged to Thursday. Please come dressed for Gym tomorrow.
Thank you!
September 8, 2025
Happy Monday 1B and welcome to a full week of first grade and first grade homework. Each week the kids will have homework M-TH. The spelling homework is laid out in the inside cover of the kids' H books. When doing spelling homework please do not have your kids memorize the spelling of the words, it will only hurt them in the long run. Please sound out the words and have your kids write a letter for each sound they hear. Doing things this way helps kids to learn to spell, write and also read.
Each day the kids will also have a page of math homework. They will come home with a packet completed in class. Please always review the packet and complete the homework in the same fashion.
Finally, our daily reading homework will be a short decodable based on the phonetic sounds we are working on during the week. You will see your kids highlighting the sounds within these books and circling the sight words of the week.
I hope this information is helpful. I will explain further at back to school night. Please always know I am available if you need my help :-). Teamwork makes the dream work.
Important Dates to Remember:
September 10: Back to School Night 6:00PM
September 12: Welcome Back Mass
September 23: School Photo Day
August 18, 2025
Welcome back to school SLG first graders and more importantly welcome to 1B!
Our first day of school is Tuesday, September 2nd and it is a half day. On the first day, please send in a note on how your child will be getting home so that we are aware. On half days, the kids will only eat lunch at 9:30 AM. The cafeteria will NOT be available for ordering on half days nor will the kids have snack. On full days, we will have lunch at 10:40 AM in the cafeteria and snack at 1:30PM in the classroom. Snack time must be nut free (that includes nutella) and only water is allowed in the classroom. Please also ensure that the kid's waterbottles are filled with water only.
If you've prepurchased school supplies, they will be deliverd to our classrooms and given out. If you have chosen to purchase your own, please glance at the supply list and ensure you have gotten all the items on the list. Please make sure you label all of the items with your child's name.
Prior to the first day of school, please label all of your child's school supplies, including their backpack, lunchbox, waterbottle and fleece.
Please click on the New School Year link, in the menu, for important information about transportation, food, our specials schedule and classroom procedures. Feel free to check out the website. Enjoy the rest of your summer and see you real soon!
