~ Together, we can bless and support our children in every way ~

              Greetings, St. Leander families. Welcome to March! Students have been growing and excelling in many challenges this year and there is no stopping them from achieving the best. This month we celebrate the Active & Positive Leaders in our seventh-grade class of Star Students. In science, the students are understanding major factors of Earth’s history and identifying the tools used to measure the passage of time. They are learning about the theory of uniformitarianism and plate tectonics, elements and their radioactive decay found in rocks, and the geologic time scale of Earth’s past. At the end of this month, conference times will be set up for Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences scheduled for the first week of April. Any immediate questions or concerns can be addressed via email jignacio@csdo.org or by phone (510) 351-4144.
 
March events:
 
Monday, March 4^thto Friday, March 8^th
“Make-up” STAR Testing
 
Wednesday, March 6^th~ Beginning of Lent
10am Ash Wednesday mass hosted by 7^thGrade 
 
Friday, March 8^th
11am Stations of the Cross hosted by 4^thGrade
 
Thursday, March 14^th
9am Scoliosis Screening
1pm Fun Run 
 
Friday, March 15^th
NO SCHOOL, Elementary Staff Day
 
Friday, March 22^nd
11am Stations of the Cross hosted by 5th Grade
 
Friday, March 29^th
11am Stations of the Cross hosted by 1^st and 6^th Grade
 
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"Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

                                                               - Joshua J. Marine

            Science, as a whole this year, will cover systems of living things, weather and space & matter and energy. In middle school, each grade will focus on one of the three topics listed above in a very focused and detailed way. I can express more of our movement through the intricate parts of each topic as the year progresses. 

            Students will have homework each school day to review information, complete laboratory assignments and on some Friday nights, long-term assignments. Unless otherwise noted, all homework assignments are due in class the very next day. Homework will usually not be collected until the day of a test on the material that has been covered so that students can use their homework assignments to study each evening.

            I have created a website where you can view and check information about class assignments and homeroom announcements. After reaching the provided web address, please click on the appropriate link to either 7^th Grade homeroom, middle school science with the corresponding grade or for my youngest 5th Grade students, just scroll down on the science page. The website link is: www.stleanderschool.org/classroom-sites.

           Please check the Saint Leander School website for more information about school activities and for additional support. The St. Leander School website address is: www.stleanderschool.org.

            Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns about your child and the upcoming year. The best way to reach me is via email at jignacio@csdo.org.

            Thank you for your time and let’s now begin a blessed, new school year!


Best, 
Ms. Ignacio
jignacio@csdo.org