In Memory of Sister Maureen James Barr

To honor the legacy of Sister Maureen James Barr and her dedication to our school and parish, we are purchasing a statue of Saint Joseph to be placed in school. SPN families are welcome to make a monetary donation towards the purchase of the statue. Should you wish to donate, please send your money to school in an envelope marked “Memorial Donation”. It’s not necessary to include your name on the envelope. Checks should be made payable to St. Philip Neri School.

Last Year Next Year

SummerSolutions

Close the Summer Learning Gap!

Summer learning loss puts students at a serious disadvantage. This is when skills and knowledge are lost over the summer months, causing

students to move backwards instead of progressing.

By spending just minutes a day with Summer Solutions, students get the practice they need to keep moving forward. It was designed to help students return to school after summer break confident in the skills

they’ve already learned and ready to master new ones.

Your child worked hard all year. Make sure that progress sticks. Give your child the advantage of Summer Solutions.

Each book is $13.00.

School Name:Go to www.summersolutions.net

To place your order, enter your school code:

The school code expires on:

Orders placed before May 1, 2019 will be entered in a drawing for an iPad Mini.(No purchase necessary to enter the drawing. For Rules: https://simplesolutions.org/blog/sweepstakes

Early!Order

St. Philip Neri

PHN19444 *May 28, 2019

This year’s Field Day t-shirt are really cool with a Tug-of-War theme! All of the proceeds raised are used to

improve the P.E. program with new equipment. There is no obligation to buy, but your child will love to wear

the shirt on Field Day. Why not order one for Mom and Dad as well?

Your child has been assigned a team color for Field Day- Blue or White - the list is posted in each homeroom.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ORDER THE RIGHT COLOR. If you do not choose to buy a shirt, your

child will need to wear their team color shirt on Field Day.

If you are interested, please fill out the attached order form and return it to the main office. Payment is made

through the FACTS system ONLY. Families with more than one student who wish to order t-shirts for each,

need only fill out one form for each family. Make sure to include the COLOR with the SIZE for each child.

T-shirts will be sent home with the oldest student.

REMINDER: Field Day for Grades 5-8 - Tuesday, June 11th; Grades 1-4 - Wednesday, June 12th.

Please consider volunteering for field day, it is a lot of fun and you may even be able to get your kid wet!

Each homeroom must have 2 parents to help with the games- it won’t work without you. In order to volunteer,

you MUST have all your clearances on record at the school. Please e-mail Mrs. Mesunas at

mesunasb@spnschool.org to check your clearance status then e-mail your home room teacher and Mrs. Barlow

if you are interested!

Volunteers should arrive by 8:30 and the day ends at about 11:30 with a noon dismissal.

Thank you for your support, Mrs. Beth Barlow; P.E. teacher

Prayers for nice weather, Field day is rain or shine.

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NO LATE ORDERS ACCEPTEDPlease pay the total amount your family is purchasing

SCRIP Gift Card Program Support our Parish and School With Your Everyday Purchases!

Grocery Gift Cards: Giant, ShopRite, Weis, Whole Foods, ACME… Pharmacy and Beauty: CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreen’s, Ulta, Sephora, Great Clips… Yard and Outdoors: Home Depot, Lowe’s, Sears, Orvis, REI, Cabela’s, L.L. Bean, Dick’s Sporting Goods… First Communion, Confirmation, Graduation, Wedding: Kohl’s, JC Penney, Macy’s, BB & Beyond, Boscov’s, AMEX gift cards with no activation fee… Dining: Outback, Ruby Tuesday, Texas Roadhouse, Panera, Olive Garden, Applebees… Plus: Hundreds more gift cards!

Did you know that LOTS of SPN parishioners and staff use SCRIP gift cards? Including Monsignor, our Convent Sisters, SPN Teachers and Staff, new and “seasoned” Parishioners, current SPN School Parents… There are also some non-Parishioners who buy SPN SCRIP!

Don’t change WHAT you spend; just change HOW you pay!

Use SCRIP gift cards to pay, and you will generate FREE MONEY !

(about 2.5% in the form of FREE gift cards or

FREE tuition credits for you;

AND 2.5% in FREE revenue for SPN !)

Please review the next page to see which gift cards are in

stock and how to purchase them. For more choices, learn

how to order gift cards from our online supplier. Go to

www.shopwithscrip.com.

Earn your SCRIP halo!

When you use SCRIP, everyone at SPN benefits!

SPN School SCRIP Program – 3 Ways to EARN*

HOW? ORDER PAY RECEIVE ORDER EARNINGS*

ONLINE

at shopwithscrip.com SPN Code needed for

first sign-up: Contact the Gales

Check to school on Monday, OR

Prestopay (similar to Paypal) costs just 15¢

per order

via backpack Wed. afternoon

half the retailer contributions posted

online

Same-Day Backpack Orders

fill out form below, send to SPN school

Wed. morning

send payment with Order Form

via backpack Wed. afternoon

$1.25 paper voucher for every $50

purchase

After Sunday Masses, OR

at Church Office

SCRIP table at church main entrance, OR

stop by the church office

Check or Cash on the spot $1.25 paper voucher

for every $50 purchase

* Use your EARNINGS for school tuition or free gift cards!

Questions? Need the SPN online SCRIP enrollment code? Contact Dawn or Tom Gale at spnscrip@spnschool.org or (610) 733-1878

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Sunday June 9, 2019

10:00 am Mass

St. Philip Neri Church

11:OOam-2:00pm Sports Banquet/Luncheon

Flourtown Country Club

Reservations Required I RSVP by Wednesday May 29, 2019 No Tickets will be Sold at the Door

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Children who read for fun build background knowledge, learn new vocabulary, and become better writers. Here are ways to make reading an everyday part of your youngster’s summer.

Keep reading materials available

When reading is convenient, your child will be more likely to read for pleasure. Leave a pile of magazines on the coffee table, keep graphic novels on the nightstand, put the newspaper on the kitchen table, and stash books in the car.

Try a reading challengeHave your youngster check libraries,

bookstores, or parks and recreation departments for free summer reading programs. Many sponsor contests or book clubs, too. Help her stick with the plan by setting a goal, perhaps to read a certain number of pages per week or books per month. Tip: She might even

■ Samantha Spinner andthe Super-Secret Plans

(Russell Ginns)When Samantha’s uncle disappears, he leaves her with a rusty red umbrella—and a lot of questions. Join her on a worldwide adventure where she must solve puzzles to figure out what the umbrella is for and save her uncle.

■ Cricket in the Thicket: Poemsabout Bugs (Carol Murray)

In this book of nonfic-tion poetry, readers explore many types of bugs. Each page includes a short poem,

interesting facts, and realistic graphics. Your

child will learn about cicadas, ants, daddy longlegs, and more!

■ The Twenty-One Balloons(William Pène du Bois)While flying his hot-air balloon, Profes-sor Sherman lands unexpectedly on a volcanic island full of diamonds and spectac-ular inventions. But once the professor learns the wealthy residents’ secrets, he finds himself unable to leave.

■ Two Truths and a Lie: It’s Alive!(Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie Ann Thompson) Each chapter of this book includes three sections—two are true and one is false. It’s up to readers to use their research skills to figure out which part is made up. Includes an answer guide and research tips. Book one in the Two Truths and a Lie series.

A summer full of books BookPicks

Storytelling tips Family storytelling night boosts your

child’s imagination and his speaking skills. It’s also a great way to bond. These tips can help you get started.

● Tall tales. Ask each person to name afamily memory. Then, take turns telling a story that exaggerates what actually happened. (“The road trip took so long, everyone had a birthday before we got home.”)

● Myths. Encourage your youngster to think of a weather event (flood, volcano),and work together to invent an explanation for how it came about. (“Many years ago, a great blue whale got a very bad cold. He passed it to other whales around the world. Now when they sneeze, there’s a flood.”)

start her own challenge and invite friends to join.

Tie books to activitiesSummer outings can be a springboard

for reading. After a fair, concert, or carni-val, your child can visit the library to find related books. A trip to a state fair could encourage her to check out books about raising rabbits. Watching a fireworks dis-play may lead her to read about the sci-ence of colors.

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Memorabilia. Encourage him to paste ticket stubs, maps, and programs from special events into his memory book. He can write a caption for each one. (“These tickets are from a baseball game we went to. Our team hit two

home runs!”)

Objects. Have your child fill zipper bags with summer trea-

sures, such as seashells, pebbles, and leaves. Suggest that he include

an index card describing the items. For instance, he might write, “These are seashells I found at Myrtle Beach with Grandma.” Then, he could tape each bag to a page in the binder.

Put memories in writing

Your child can make a book of summer memories—and practice writing all summer long. Start with a three-ring binder, and con-sider these suggestions.

Journal. Have your youngster create a separate page for each of his summer activities (stargazing, baseball, fishing). He could write brief diary entries with the dates and a few sentences telling what happened. Example: “June 25. Took a night hike with Dad. I counted 50 fireflies!”

When my son Nick struggled with reading

comprehension tests, I met with his reading specialist to learn how I could help him at home.

Mr. Stephens suggested “Hi-Lo Books,” which Nick can check out from the school library. He said these “high interest–low vocabulary” books have stories that older children enjoy and are written at a lower read-ing level.

3, 2, 1 vowels This three-minute game

will stretch your child’s vocabulary and improve her spelling.

Get a timer, or use a watch with a second hand, to time each one-minute round. In round one, each player lists all the words she can think of that have three different vowels (the same vowels may occur more than once). Examples: reaching, capitol, information. For round two, write words that use just two differ-ent vowels (classmate, separate, text-book). And in the final round, list words that repeat the same vowel (September, Alabama, tiring). Note: Each word must contain at least two syllables.

When time runs out, compare lists, and cross off duplicate and misspelled words. Score one point for each word left on your list. The player with the most points wins.

Be a tour guideIf you travel this summer or you’re expect-

ing visitors, make your child the official fam-ily tour guide. These ideas will let her do research and read for information:

● Get brochures from a hotel lobby. She canlearn about tourist sites (museums, factories that offer tours) and activities (miniature golf, parks). Suggest that she make a list or spreadsheet with columns for prices, hours, and other details.

● Have your youngster read the extended forecast on a site like weather.com. Shecould recommend a packing list of clothes that are appropriate for the weather.

● Encourage her to check newspapers, local magazines, and the visitor center web-site for coupons. She might find discounted tickets for theme parks, shows, or other attractions.

Fun with

Words

Parent 2Parent The reading specialist also suggested

that we play vocabulary games at home—he said a big vocabulary helps with comprehension. In our favorite game, I say a word like home, and Nick names synonyms, or words with similar meanings, such as house and apartment.

Mr. Stephens’s ideas are working. Now that Nick has books he can understand

and enjoy, he reads more often on his own. And his grades improved this quarter—not only in reading, but in social studies and science, too.

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As yo

ur ch

ild races yo

u in

this activity, h

e will b

uild

readin

g and

logic sk

ills.

Ingredients:storybook

s, pencils, paper, scissors

Each

perso

n sh

ou

ld ch

oose a b

ook. L

ook th

rou

gh yo

ur b

ook, an

d secretly p

ick

a senten

ce with

at least five word

s. Write th

e senten

ce, and cu

t the p

aper ap

art

so each

piece h

as two o

r more w

ord

s. Swap

books an

d sen

tence p

ieces.

On

the co

un

t of th

ree, race to see w

ho can

pu

t the

senten

ce in o

rder an

d fin

d it in

the b

ook

first.

Variation: U

se senten

ces in n

ewsp

aper o

r maga-

zine articles in

stead o

f storyb

ook

s.

FITNESS

Turn

cleanu

p tim

e into

fitness

time. P

lace a box at o

ne en

d o

f a ro

om

. Wh

en yo

u say “G

o,” start a

timer, an

d yo

ur ch

ild races to

pick

up

scattered to

ys and

pu

t them

inth

e box. C

heck

h

er time. C

ansh

e beat it at

cleanu

p tim

eto

morro

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WR

ITING

Cre

ate

a co

mic strip

Draw

ing a co

mic strip

is a fun

way to

practice w

riting d

ialogu

e.Ingredients: com

ic books or n

ewspaper com

ic strips, crayons or m

arkers, paper

Let yo

ur ch

ild p

ick a co

mic fo

r the tw

o o

f you

to read

alou

d. E

ach o

f you

cou

ld

choose ch

aracters and

use d

ifferent vo

ices to read

the sp

eech b

ubbles so

you

r

you

ngster gets a sen

se of h

ow

the co

nversatio

n so

un

ds.

Th

en, en

cou

rage you

r child

to d

raw an

d w

rite his o

wn

com

ic featurin

g him

selfan

d fam

ily or frien

ds. It

migh

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t som

ethin

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at hap

pen

ed th

at day, o

rh

e can m

ake u

p a sto

ry.W

hat w

ill his ch

aracterssay to

each o

ther? W

hen

h

e finish

es, read h

is com

icstrip

togeth

er.

SO

CIA

L STU

DIE

S

Ask

you

r you

ngster to

nam

e

ways p

eop

le get from

on

e place to

anoth

er (cars, walk

-

ing, cam

els). How

man

y can h

e thin

k

of? F

or o

lder ch

il-

dren

, limit th

e list to

a single catego

ry of

transp

ortatio

n, su

ch

as anim

als or th

ings

with

wh

eels.

MA

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s you

r you

ngster u

nd

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d th

e con

nectio

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etween

digits an

d th

eir place

values.

Ingredients: two dice, m

askin

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playerH

ave your ch

ild tu

rn on

e die in

to a “place valu

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e shou

ld cover it w

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ares of mask

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o sides “1s,” tw

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o “100s.”T

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ular d

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at digit to

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n yo

ur p

aper, an

d th

e place valu

e die tells

wh

ere to p

ut it (1

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0s, o

r 1s p

lace). Exam

ple: Roll 5

and

100s, 3

and

10s,

and

4 an

d 1

s to get 5

34. (R

oll th

e place valu

e die again

if you

get the sam

e place

value m

ore th

an o

nce.) A

dd

you

r nu

mbers as yo

u go

. Th

e player w

ith th

e high

-

est total after 1

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un

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Talk

ing ab

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can b

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ay to

stay accou

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le for th

em.

Share a p

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al or jo

b-

related go

al, and in

vite you

r child

to tell yo

u

on

e of h

ers. Th

en, p

ick a regu

lar time (say,

du

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er) to d

iscuss yo

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THE E

AR

TH

Together, m

ake you

r own

environ

men

-tally frien

dly clean

ing su

pplies. You

r you

ngster cou

ld m

ix 1–2 cu

p each

of w

ater and w

hite vin

egar in a sp

ray bot-tle to m

ake a toy clean

er. Or h

e migh

t cu

t old T-sh

irts into reu

sable cleanin

g rags.

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ON

TRO

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AN

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W

hen

you

r child

gets angry, h

ave her w

rite a “m

ad m

emo.” Sh

e can “lo

se her co

ol”

—on

pap

er on

ly—

by w

riting h

ow

she feels in

cap

ital letters and

with

exclam

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p

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ts. On

ce she’s calm

, talk

abou

t wh

at mad

e her an

gry.

MEM

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Boost m

emory sk

ills with

this

interview

game. W

rite 10 sim

ple

qu

estion

s. Ask

the first tw

o (“H

ow

old

are you

?” “Wh

at’s you

r favorite

colo

r?”). Have yo

ur ch

ild an

swer

on

ly the first o

ne (“8

”). W

hen

you

ask th

e th

ird, she’ll an

swer th

e secon

d (“blu

e”), and

so

on

. Can

she rem

em-

ber w

hat yo

u ask

ed?

SC

IEN

CE

Cam

ou

flag

ed

creatu

res

How

do an

imals p

rotect th

emselves? Yo

ur ch

ild can

see for h

imself

how

pattern

s and

colo

rs help

creatures b

lend

into

their su

rrou

nd

ings

and

stay safe from

pred

ators.

Ingredients: clothes, dish

towels, blan

kets, con

struction

or scrapbook

paper, toy anim

als

Have yo

ur yo

un

gster lay ou

t fabric an

d p

ieces of p

aper th

at remin

d

him

of co

lors an

d p

atterns fo

un

d in

natu

re. A b

lue sh

irt migh

t look

like th

e ocean

, for in

stance. B

row

n p

aper

cou

ld resem

ble th

e grou

nd

in a fo

rest.

Now

he sh

ou

ld m

atch an

imals

with

the fab

ric or p

aper w

here

they’ll b

e most cam

ou

flaged an

d

hid

e them

arou

nd

the h

ou

se.

Can

you

spot th

e anim

als?

Nex

t, camou

flage and

hid

e ani-

mals fo

r him

to fin

d. T

he b

etter

camou

flaged th

e anim

als are, the

hard

er it is to see th

em.

SY

MM

ETR

YL

et you

r child

fold

a piece o

f pap

er in

half len

gthw

ise and

then

op

en it. H

e can p

aint

a design

on

on

e half. B

efore th

e pain

t dries, h

e sh

ou

ld fo

ld th

e pap

er back

in h

alf, pressin

g th

e sides to

gether carefu

lly. Wh

en h

e op

ens it,

he’ll see a sym

metrical

design

, each h

alf a m

irror im

age of

the o

ther!

PU

NC

TUA

TION

W

hat a d

ifference a co

mm

a m

akes! Sh

ow

you

r you

ngster th

ese tw

o sen

tences: “I lo

ve bak

ing, m

y toys,

and

my gu

itar” and

“I love

bak

ing m

y toys an

d m

y gu

itar.” How

does th

e m

eanin

g chan

ge? Now

let h

er thin

k o

f senten

ces that

turn

silly with

ou

t com

mas.

SA

FETY

Sum

mer is aro

un

d th

e corn

er,

wh

ich m

eans m

ore tim

e to rid

e bik

es.

How

man

y ways can

you

r child

thin

k

of to

stay safe? Exam

ples: Wear a h

el-

met th

at fits pro

perly, w

ear brigh

t col-

ors, u

se han

d sign

als. Have h

im m

ake

a colo

rful b

ike safety

poster as a rem

inder.