Happy New Year! I pray you had wonderful Christmas celebrations with family and friends. May the love of Jesus shine through in all you say and do throughout the whole year!

January memory calendars were sent home last week Thursday. Please let me know if you need an extra calendar. The memory schedule for this week is as follows:

Tues. – 9^th Commandment

Thurs. – 10^th Commandment

Fri. – Hymn 94:1,5

This Thursday the students will have a Catechism review. The Catechism test will be next week Tuesday. This week’s spelling is unit 16. The pretest is on Monday and the final test is on Friday. This week the students begin working on writing a character sketch. All 5^th graders will take a math test on Wednesday. We have started a new unit in science on Earth and Space. Hopefully we will have some dry days for PE class – last week was a real soaker!

The Social Studies Fair is on Friday, January 25. The Open House is from 6-8 PM. If you have any questions please feel free to ask Mr. Stubalt or Mr. Fillner.

The 5^th graders will be starting to work on their next book report project. The book report will be due on Friday, February 8. Each student should choose a book that has an animal as a main character or where an animal is the main focus of the story. All students need to bring the book to school for approval by next Monday, January 14! The project details will be sent home next week Monday.

January book orders were sent home on Monday. All order forms and payment are due by Monday, January 14.

This Friday school dismisses at noon for Teacher Collaboration Day. Next Friday, January 18, is the end of the 2^nd quarter.