Saint Ursula
School
3937 Kirk Avenue
Allison Park, Pennsylvania 15101
412 486-5511
www.stursulaschool.org
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Reilly's Summer Seat Farm |
The Kindergarten field trip to Reilly's
Summer Seat Farm was great fun. The
children rode hay wagons and enjoyed an
educational talk about how strawberries
grow given by Sherrie Reilly and her
puppet friend Blossom. Finally, the
children went to the barn to pet the
baby animals. You can tell from the smiles
that the children were delighted. I thought
you might enjoy seeing how many
wonderful chaperones we had join us.
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Workshop |
These
are pictures of our spring
workshop. "New life" was the theme,
and the butterfly was an important
part of that theme.
Thank you to all of the parents
who joined us for these weekly
workshops throughout the school year.
We enjoyed having you and hope that
you enjoyed being a part of them too.
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Kindergarten Goes Green with St. U Alumni |
Catholic Schools Week has us going
"green" at St. Ursula School. Under the
guidance of Chrissy Spohn, St. Ursula
graduate and junior in high school, the
kindergarten children make "litter bugs"
using recycled egg cartons as reminders
of what they can do to make the
environment more green! Chrissy is
earning her Star in Girl Scouts, and
St. Ursula is the beneficiary.
| KDKA's Dennis Bowman Visits |
Kindergarten and Ready K model their
Dennis Bowman weather hats after
returning from the weather assembly
with Mr. Bowman. The children were
thrilled with Mr. Bowman's presentation
and with his puppet friend, Chester
Drawers.
| The Joy of Giving |
To raise money to assist in
the relief efforts in Haiti, the
student were asked to make a
donation to the collection during
the school Mass. In return, they
were permitted to wear jeans
to school that day.
God bless you for all your
generosity toward the
people of Haiti. At our
All-School Mass this past
Friday we collected $1,825
to send to the relief effort
for the earthquake victims.
Thank you for your
overwhelming response.
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Mrs. McTighe prepares kindergarten for Sign Shine |
Mrs. Janine McTighe shares her
understanding of deafness with the
kindergarten. The children listen and
look as Mrs. McTighe signs color
words, directions and the children's
own names. Miss Jen Hawkins assists
the children in listening to the
magnification of sound through a
hearing aid.
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Kindergarten Shops at the Book Fair |
Reading is one of our favorite things
to do! Our mother helpers make
finding the right book so much fun.
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Kindergarten helpers - Helping makes us happy! |
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Do You See What I See? |
From Santa sharing his
favorite story to
kindergarten creating
characters who wanted to
share the same story by
asking 'Do You See What I
See?' Christmas filled our
hearts and halls with joy.
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We are so thankful for our friends |
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We are blessed with dedicated and talented student aides |
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Making friends is one of the best parts of kindergarten |
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Science is discovering |
Ice science brought the joy
of discovery to kindergarten.
After making hypotheses, the
children observed what their
body heat would do to the ice
cubes. They recorded their
observations on a sequence
worksheet, and the children
were eager to share their
findings with their families.
Schedule for Special Classes
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Morning |
Afternoon |
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Monday |
Library K 1 and K2 |
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Tuesday |
Computers K 2 |
Gym K 1 |
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Wednesday |
Art K 1 and K 2 |
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Thursday |
Successmaker K 1 |
Computers K 1 |
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Friday |
Mass and Workshop |
Music K 1 and K 2 |
Workshop
The children are already sharing the joy of reading. Each week decodable books and phonics stories allow us to share what we have learned with our families. The children read the stories together at school. Then they are eager to take home their booklets and read them to anyone who will listen. Several stuffed animals have benefited from this sharing!
Every day we begin and end our day with a prayer. In religion, the children have learned the Our Father and the Hail Mary. We encourage parents to practice these prayers with their children at home.
The Joy of Kindergarten
What a terrific beginning we have had! We have experienced such fun in learning
at every turn. In Math we have learned so much. We have been working to
recognize shapes, finding them all around us. We have been creating and
discovering patterns and have been amazed at all the patterns in our
surroundings. We have practiced counting and writing our numbers.
Reading Street has become our road to reading. We learned “amazing words “for our oral vocabulary and “frequently used words” for our reading vocabulary. We really love reading.
Science has become one of the highlights of our week. There
is so much to learn about the world.
In religion we have studied God’s gift of the world to us. We have discussed the
creation of this wonderful world and how it meets our needs.
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