OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY had a very productive gathering on Monday. With teachers from eight neighboring schools meeting by grade level, lots can happen for the benefit of all the students. Sharing Gold Seal lessons which target Quadrant D learning as their closing focus was part of Monday’s agenda. SCS hosted the first meeting in September, and this time we met at Maternity BVM. We worked together in the learning community in the morning with individual faculty meetings at the close of the morning session followed by staff development in the afternoon. Dr. Ellen Weidemeyer, the Director of Special Education in the Archdiocese, spoke here about curriculum modifications and accommodations in September, and Monday Nancy Caramanico, the Technology Director, demonstrated the ways teachers can communicate with one in their own schools and even around the world using blogs, Nings, Twitters, you name it. The more we can share best practices in teaching and learning, the more our students benefit.
OUR SECOND TRIMESTER HAS BEGUN! Next Tuesday, the 15th, your students will be bringing home their report cards so that you can see how much they progressed in the first trimester. We hope that you sit with them to talk about their strengths and challenges and help them take ownership of their learning and their personal growth and effort.
“TO ‘B’ OR NOT TO ‘B’, THAT WAS THE QUESTION and Monday our teachers decided that with the Children’s Bazaar Friday, having a letter day was unrealistic after all. Would you please adjust your pink December school calendars so that Monday, the 14th, is now a B Day, Tuesday, a C Day, etc. You’ve done it right if you end with Wednesday, the 23rd, being a D Day. It’s like making a change if it were to snow and we didn’t have school.
RIGHT TO THE CURB! This morning because of the torrential rain, we brought carline down to the curb. We had talked about doing that and today certainly was a time worth testing it. Between now and the close of school for the holidays, we will continue to pilot this method of morning carline. Your job is to drive right next to the curb to drop your students off, but not to drop off any students until you are by the curb. Also, no one can pull out and go around other cars for obvious safety reasons. People who park in Trainer Hall will still be walking along the stone wall by the Parish Center to reach the sidewalk but cars will be turning to go out again with enough distance between them just like up by the arrows. We’d like feedback from you about this so feel free to let us know your thoughts.
WOOD PARENTS PRESENT AND FUTURE State Representative Brendan Boyle will host a meeting with SEPTA officials on Thursday, December 10th, at 7 PM right here in Holy Family Hall. The meeting is regarding transportation to and from Archbishop Wood. Parents of students who currently attend or will be attending are encouraged to attend. Please feel free to contact Rep. Boyle’s Legislative Assistanct Mark Fabbi at 215-676-0300 or by email at mfabbi@pahouse.net with any questions.
PEOPLE AND EVENTS We were proud that 6th Grade girls Mary Kate Comas, Patrice Gantert, Katie Stack, and Amanda Jordan were selected by the Consortium of Women Scientists comprised of many professional groups to attend a mini-conference at Chestnut Hill College at the end of November. The goals were to increase girls’ interest in science and mathematics, to provide students with an opportunity to meet women working in non-traditional fields, and to foster an awareness of varied career opportunities for women.
For the second year in a row, the St. Christopher JV Boys basketball team has won the St. John of the Cross Turkey Shoot-out Tournament (Willow Grove, PA). The boys played and defeated Ancillia-Assumpta Academy, St. Timothy's and St. Aloysius-Sacred Heart (Perkasie, PA) en route to the championship on Sunday, November 29, 2009. The boys’ team is: Vince Luciano, Jim Crown, Mike Devlin, Sean Devine, Bill Eastburn, Jim Allendorf, Joe Meehan, Nick Newbert, Brendan Ruskowski, Frank Raddi, Sean Palmer and Chris Kuhar. We congratulate the boys on this accomplishment.
Our Swim Team remains undefeated having won against St. Matt’s this past Sunday. Next Sunday, the 13th, they will swim against Christ the King at noon at the Nepsca Pool.
CRITICAL THINKING 101 Congratulations to Brenna Farrell (7-22) whose correct entry was drawn for the $10 Gift Card of Choice Certificate. Like so many others, Brenna knew that the riddle was about a candle. For next week, “From 12 Midnight tonight beginning December 10th to 12 Midnight December 25 beginning Christmas, how many hours are there?”
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