Weekly E-News

Saint Theresa School May 25, 2011

DO YOU LIKE

YOUR JOB?

YES

Q.WHAT IS

YOUR

FAVORITE

COLOR?

MAROON

Q. IS YOUR

JOB HARD?

SOMETIMES

Q. WHATS

YOUR

FAVORITE

SPORT?

BASKETBALL

Q.WHO’S

YOUR

FAVORITE

BASKETBALL

PLAYER?

MICHAEL

JORDAN (HE

ALSO FED

HIM AT HIS

DINER)

vases, telephones, pirate

ships, cars, sheep, and fish.

We all had fun doing this

project. Everyone did a

great job. It’s fun playing

with food.

Here is one picture of the

project and you can find

more on page 7.

4th Grade Veggie Project By Kit Lombard

A Talk With: Mr. John

Speech

Competition

2

Bits and Bytes 3

Ask the Tiger 3

Penny for Your

Thoughts

4

From the

Principal

5

Sock Hop Pictures 8-10

2nd Grade

Liturgy

11-

13

Inside this issue:

Links of Interest:

School Calendar

June’s hot lunch order

form

Box Tops for Education

CEO Foundation

Child Lures Program

Big Y Homework

helpline

Target Rewards

The 4th grade class had to

do a fruit and vegetable

project. The reason we

did this project was be-

cause we were studying

healthy food in science.

We each chose an object

and made it out of fruit

and vegetables. We made

flags, birds, flowers, but-

terflies, penguins, guinea

pigs, people, volcanoes,

Speech Competition Last week, Saint Theresa’s held a speech

competition for the middle school.

The judges had a difficult time making their

decisions, but in the end there was a First

Place tie between Freddie and Casey. Second

Place was awarded to Monica.

These finalists will be attending the Regional

Competition next week in Bridgeport.

Page 2 Weekly E-News

Dear Talking Tiger,

I’ve worked hard this year in math and

reading, and I don’t want to forget it all

over the summer. Can you give me

some advice?

Sincerely,

Spring Fever

Dear Actor,

One thing you can do is read a lot of

books over the summer. For math, you

know the math packet the teachers

give you for summer vacation? Well,

don’t do it all at once in the beginning

or at the end. Space it all out over

break. It will stay fresher in your mind

that way. Good luck!

Sincerely, Talking Tiger

The Talking Tiger Advice Column is

provided by the Seventh Grade.

Get all the advice you need and more.

Submissions are anonymous.

Boxes will available soon in each class-

room for your letters to the Talking

Tiger!

The year has truly flown by. It is hard

to believe there are only a few weeks left

before summer break. If your family

would like to sponsor the end of the year

Typing Challenge awards, please send

in $10. We would be delighted to turn it

into an iTunes or Target gift card for

you.

So what’s been going on in the computer

lab these days? The 8th Grade has been

working on virtual tours of St.

Theresa’s, both filming and editing their

footage. The 7th Grade has been

working on creating videos to help their

fellow students understand the steps of

the STEM process, while the 6th Grade

is planning their hypothetical

pilgrimage to a holy site for 5 to 7 days

keeping within their $3,000 budget and

tracking it all in Excel.

The 5th and 4th grades are doing their

final Blue Ribbon testing this week and

have done a great job bringing you their

features in the eNews, A Talk with…

and the opinion polls with a bit of

hyperlinks and videoing thrown in for

fun. The 3rd Grade did a great job

creating all the pieces for their Mother’s

Day Tea, with a focus on Word and

Publisher. The 2nd Grade has also been

working with Publisher, creating their

cards and signs for the school. The 1st

Grade has been building math concept

skills while working on navigating the

school network and internet. The

kindergartens have also been working

on navigating the school network,

logging in, recognizing browser

windows, how to move among them and

using the task bar. They will rule the

world some day. Pre-K 5, I will miss all

your smiling faces this summer. Keep

up the good work on your computers

this summer! Remember to maximize

your screens. :)

It has been a great year working with

your children. Thank you! Mrs.

Tamarkin

Computer Bits and Bytes By Mrs. Tamarkin

Ask the Tiger

May 25, 2011 Page 3

Advice through the

eye of the tiger!!!!

This week’s question by Kendall,

Vivian and Patrycia.

What is your favorite song?

Click Here to enter the name of your

song.

Last Week’s Poll Results

Penny For Your Thoughts

May 25, 2011 Page 4

55 Rosemond Terrace

Trumbull, CT 06611

Saint Theresa School

Cookbooks

Saint Theresa HSA Cookbooks are

now available for purchase in the

Main Office. Each book costs $12 and

contains 90 recipes submitted by the

families of Saint Theresa’s!

Click here for details.

We need your help!

To help the students with their

STEM projects, we will need

everyday supplies. Please help us

by saving items on the list (click

here) and putting them in the box

by the office. If you can think of

useful items not on the list, feel

free to add them as well. As other

suggestions come up, we will add

them to the list.

Office: 203.268.3236

Fax: 203.268.7966

Nurse: 203.268.2146

Visit our website:

http://sainttheresaschool.net

From the Principal’s Desk

Weekly E-News Page 5

Dear St. Theresa School Parents,

If you filled out a financial aid form for the 2011-12

school year, please make an appointment to see me

during the first week of June so that we can review the

results.

We just received the 2011-12 calendar from the Diocese

and I hope to have a draft out to you as soon as

possible.

The talent show practice scheduled for tomorrow

afternoon has been rescheduled for Monday, June 6th,

from 3:30 to 5:00pm. The talent show is tentatively

scheduled for Wednesday, June 15th at 1:30pm.

The Home School Association meeting this Tuesday

will begin at 6:30pm. K-8 students are asked to go to

their homerooms until the performance at 7:00 pm.

Please remember that the dress code is red, white or

blue. No jeans, sneakers or flip-flops.

PLEASE note that if your tuition or assessment is still

unpaid, you need to take care of it immediately so that

we can close out this year, hopefully with a balanced

budget. As always, do not hesitate to call me or Dawn

in the business office with any questions.

I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday evening.

STEM Reminder

Happy Memorial Day!

S. Vittoria

Cookook Orders

Gospel Value of the Month — May

Monthly Virtue: Compassion

By Mrs. Stratton

Did you know that having compassion means more than just caring about someone

and understanding his pain? If you are showing compassion, YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

In scripture, God tells us over and over how important this value is. I have been very proud of our 8th graders

for memorizing an entire chapter of the Bible throughout this year; and as it turns out, much of the chapter

they now know by heart (Romans 12), talks about how we should show compassion. Listen to what Paul says:

“Love must be sincere….Be devoted to one another in brotherly love….Outdo one another in showing

honor….Share with God’s people who are in need ….

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn…. Live in harmony with one another… “ (Romans

12:9-15)

We need to ACT on our concern, and here at Saint Theresa I think we already do a pretty good job of this. I see

COMPASSION when:

…we raise over $600 by doing chores, to send to suffering children in Haiti.

…we visit the elderly at Saint Joseph’s Manor and let them know they are loved.

…we write to our pen pals in inner-city Bridgeport who can’t wait to hear from us!

…we give a hug to a friend who is hurt… or just feeling lonely… on the playground.

…we collect and clean toys for needy children who don’t have many of their own.

…our older kids take the hands of our Kindergartners during a fire drill to help them feel safe and unafraid.

Let’s challenge ourselves to do even better with showing compassion this month. Let’s put ourselves in the

shoes of others and not only feel their struggles, but also commit to trying to help more, to DO SOMETHING.

Give a hug, plan a visit, write a note, save up some money to give away, SMILE at someone who’s sad. Don’t

think you can’t make a difference, because YOU CAN! That’s what compassion is all about.

(Also, remember that I would love to add a picture of YOU caught in an act of compassion to the Gospel Value

bulletin board, so please bring me any photos you have to highlight how “Saint Theresa’s Shows Compassion”.)

4th Grade Veggie Project

2011 Sock Hop

2011 Sock Hop

2011 Sock Hop

2nd Grade Liturgy

2nd Grade Liturgy

2nd Grade Liturgy