FACTS Application Deadline Extended

The application deadline for tuition assistance has been extended. The new deadline is April 1, 2012. To receive any type of assistance from the Diocese of Dallas or from St. Luke's you must complete the FACTS Grant and Assessment application online. Go to http://www.stlukeschool.us/ to find the link.

We will have our computer lab open for any family who needs assistance in filling out the form on February 29th and March 1st from 6-7p.m. Please bring W2 forms and all income tax information.

Please check student planners this weekend

Several notes to look for:

• finalized St. Valentine's Day party list. Please check for changes.
• A correction on the due date for the FACTS form. The actual due date is April 1, 2012.
• conference appointment confirmations. (These appointments are by school's request. If you would like to request a conference, please email me.)

Please return library books on Monday.

Note from Planetarium Staff

We received a very nice note from the docents who brought the Portable Universe to us this week. This note was sent after the first visits on Tuesday with the PreK3-2nd. Some interesting websites are recommended for the students.
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Hi Mrs. Carruth,

Thank you for booking the Portable Planetarium for St. Luke's Catholic School on Tuesday Feb. 7th. Ian and I thoroughly enjoyed teaching the Portable Planetarium Program to your PreK, 1^st and 2^nd graders. Your students were highly knowledgeable in astronomy and were very enthusiastic to learn more about space science. We could tell the younger students enjoyed our new One World One Sky Sesame Street Space Film and were very excited to be singing along and learning with Big Bird and his friends!

Several of your 1^st/2^nd grade students took a sincere interest in exploring and learning about the deep space objects especially galaxies and black holes. I was extremely surprised when one of your students mentioned the gravitational constant of 9.8!

We hope your students enjoyed the program and there are several valuable resources available to you and your students to provide further enrichment both inside and outside of the classroom. The software that we used during our programs is called Night Shade and can be downloaded for free at

http://nightshadesoftware.org   

  

Additionally, Galaxy Zoo is an excellent website where students can help astronomers explore the Universe and classify space objects.

http://www.galaxyzoo.org/

We hope the students enjoyed the program and we look forward to visiting your school again!

 

-Ian & Sara

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Homework
Math-Finish Lesson 73. Correct Lesson 72. Practice assigned flashcards.
Spelling-Study for test.
Reading-Read library books. Return overdue books.

Mass Choir tomorrow. Meet Sr. Terri at the church at 7:30 a.m.

Thank you for the generous offers for the Valentine party. I will send home a finalized list tomorrow.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

We really enjoyed the Portable Universe brought to us by The Museum of Science and Nature.

Homework
Math-Finish Lesson 72. Correct Lesson 71. Practice assigned flashcards.
Science-worksheet
Reading-Read library books. Return overdue books.
Get conduct folder and tests signed.
St. Valentine's Day Party sign-up sheet

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Homework
Math-Finish Lesson 71. Practice assigned flashcards.
Spelling-finish assignment.
Reading-Read library books. Return overdue books.
Music-3rd grade-Test tomorrow

Monday, February 6, 2012

Feast of St. Paul Miki and the Japanese Martyrs

Homework
Math-Practice assigned flashcards
Spelling-write words in ABC order
Reading-Read library books. Return overdue books.
Science-3rd Grade-Read Chapter C3 Lesson 1
             4th Grade-Read Chapter C4 Lesson 1