Spelling - Backpack page 54 and continue to study for Friday’s test.

Math - Flashcards 

Communion - The Communion book will be coming home this week. Keep this at home. We will continue with the red Religion book next week.

Tomorrow - 1:00 May Crowning and 2:00 Dismissal

*iReady Spring Diagnostic Testing - Monday and Tuesday mornings. Eat a good breakfast!

*Starting Thursday, May 8th, Room 31 can come out of uniform in Spirit Wear for the remaining Thursdays of the school year. Thank you to those who brought in pop tops! 

*Have a great day!

Please read over the following information from Mrs. Petrash:

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 

May 3, 2025

 SJS: 10:30 AM       RE: 1:00 PM

Arrival and Seating

• Please arrive no earlier than an hour before your scheduled Mass if you’d like to take pictures beforehand. Mass should last about an hour plus. Students will sit with their parents in their family pew. The pew can fit about 5-6 people.  Your child’s First Communion certificate will be in the pew to help identify your family’s spot in the church. 
• Please refer to the seating chart to see in which pew your family will be sitting. Here is the First Communion seating chart.
• Additional family members will be welcome to sit on the two farthest sides of the church.  This is also indicated  on the seating chart.  
• Ten minutes before Mass begins (10:20 SJS and 12:50 RE) please send your child across the street to the Ahearn Activity Center (gym) hallway. They should not have anything with them ie no coat, purse, prayer books, flowers, rosaries, etc. Their teachers/catechists will be there to line them up. If it is STORMING rain, the children will meet in the choir loft upstairs in the church 10 minutes before Mass begins. Parents and family should then find their seats. The children will be processing into church in front of the priests and then they will process around the church so that those in side aisles will be able to see them and take pictures from their seats.

The Big Moment

• When it is time for the students to receive the Eucharist for the first time, they will be guided by their teachers/catechists to the altar.
• Parents will not receive communion at this time.  
• Once  all of the First Communicants receive Communion, families are welcome to process to Bishop John and the other Eucharist Ministers to receive the Eucharist just like a regular Sunday Mass.
• Please do not get out of your pew to take pictures. The photographer does a wonderful job capturing this precious moment.

Photography-

• We will have a professional photographer at the First Communion.  Hopefully, it will be a nice day and you can take pictures outside.  The photographers will arrive one hour before the SJS First Communion at 9:30am and be available throughout the day including after the RE First Communion Mass.  
• The photographers are offering portraits of each First Communicant by themselves with a beautiful background. These portraits are of the First Communicant only, no siblings or families. No cell phone pictures allowed in the Bride’s Room. The portraits will be taken in the bride’s room in the back of the church across from the Ladies restroom. 
• They will also take candid pictures outside and in the vestibule as you arrive. Do not hesitate to ask the photographer to take pictures with your family or your child’s friends before Mass.
• The photographers will take individual photos while the students are receiving Communion.
• All of the pictures will be available to purchase online when the website becomes available in a couple of weeks.  If you pre-purchased a group photo, these will be delivered to school or the parish office. I will notify you when they come in.
• There will also be the St. Juliana backdrop in the back of church for you to take pictures.

• Please do not get out of your pews or go to the front to take photos during Mass.

Religious Items Blessing and other items

• Students are allowed to have religious items in the pew with them, Fr. John will bless them at the end of the Mass. 

• Please remain in the pews until the closing song is over and the priests have recessed down the main aisle. At that time, all first communicants will come to the altar for the group photo.

• Your child’s First Holy Communion certificate will be in the pew for you to take home.  Also, if your child made a banner or writing page, please remove it from the back of the church before you leave.     

• We will not have a reception after the First Communion.     

If you have any further questions, please call me 760-519-0290 or email me at [email protected]

Thank you,

Mary Petrash and

2nd grade Teachers and Catechists

*Please read the letter from Lifetime Treasures Photography.  It gives information about the professional photographs that will be taken at the First Holy Communion and how you can access the photos.  Lifetime Treasures Photography Link

Reading - Reread Backpack Page 53 aloud a few times.

Math - Flashcards and pages 153+154.

Tomorrow - Spirit Wear (Last Day of April)

Thursday - 1:00 May Crowning and 2:00 Dismissal

*We will not be completing iReady lessons this week in school or at home. We are taking the Spring Diagnostics next Monday and Tuesday mornings. 

Saturday - 10:30 Communion. The 2nd Graders have been practicing before break and will continue this week. They are doing a wonderful job! Please read over the following information from Mrs. Petrash:

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 

May 3, 2025

 SJS: 10:30 AM       RE: 1:00 PM

Arrival and Seating

• Please arrive no earlier than an hour before your scheduled Mass if you’d like to take pictures beforehand. Mass should last about an hour plus. Students will sit with their parents in their family pew. The pew can fit about 5-6 people.  Your child’s First Communion certificate will be in the pew to help identify your family’s spot in the church. 
• Please refer to the seating chart to see in which pew your family will be sitting. Here is the First Communion seating chart.
• Additional family members will be welcome to sit on the two farthest sides of the church.  This is also indicated  on the seating chart.  
• Ten minutes before Mass begins (10:20 SJS and 12:50 RE) please send your child across the street to the Ahearn Activity Center (gym) hallway. They should not have anything with them ie no coat, purse, prayer books, flowers, rosaries, etc. Their teachers/catechists will be there to line them up. If it is STORMING rain, the children will meet in the choir loft upstairs in the church 10 minutes before Mass begins. Parents and family should then find their seats. The children will be processing into church in front of the priests and then they will process around the church so that those in side aisles will be able to see them and take pictures from their seats.

The Big Moment

• When it is time for the students to receive the Eucharist for the first time, they will be guided by their teachers/catechists to the altar.
• Parents will not receive communion at this time.  
• Once  all of the First Communicants receive Communion, families are welcome to process to Bishop John and the other Eucharist Ministers to receive the Eucharist just like a regular Sunday Mass.
• Please do not get out of your pew to take pictures. The photographer does a wonderful job capturing this precious moment.

Photography-

• We will have a professional photographer at the First Communion.  Hopefully, it will be a nice day and you can take pictures outside.  The photographers will arrive one hour before the SJS First Communion at 9:30am and be available throughout the day including after the RE First Communion Mass.  
• The photographers are offering portraits of each First Communicant by themselves with a beautiful background. These portraits are of the First Communicant only, no siblings or families. No cell phone pictures allowed in the Bride’s Room. The portraits will be taken in the bride’s room in the back of the church across from the Ladies restroom. 
• They will also take candid pictures outside and in the vestibule as you arrive. Do not hesitate to ask the photographer to take pictures with your family or your child’s friends before Mass.
• The photographers will take individual photos while the students are receiving Communion.
• All of the pictures will be available to purchase online when the website becomes available in a couple of weeks.  If you pre-purchased a group photo, these will be delivered to school or the parish office. I will notify you when they come in.
• There will also be the St. Juliana backdrop in the back of church for you to take pictures.

• Please do not get out of your pews or go to the front to take photos during Mass.

Religious Items Blessing and other items

• Students are allowed to have religious items in the pew with them, Fr. John will bless them at the end of the Mass. 

• Please remain in the pews until the closing song is over and the priests have recessed down the main aisle. At that time, all first communicants will come to the altar for the group photo.

• Your child’s First Holy Communion certificate will be in the pew for you to take home.  Also, if your child made a banner or writing page, please remove it from the back of the church before you leave.     

• We will not have a reception after the First Communion.     

If you have any further questions, please call me 760-519-0290 or email me at [email protected]

Thank you,

Mary Petrash and

2nd grade Teachers and Catechists

I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing break!

Spelling - Backpack Page 52

Math - Flashcards and pages 151+152.

Wednesday - Spirit Wear (Last Day of April)

Thursday - 1:00 May Crowning and 2:00 Dismissal

*We will not be completing iReady lessons this week in school or at home. We are taking the Spring Diagnostics next Monday and Tuesday mornings. There will be movement and snack breaks.

Saturday - 10:30 Communion. The 2nd Graders have been practicing before break and will continue this week. They are doing a wonderful job! Please read over the following information from Mrs. Petrash:

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 

May 3, 2025

 SJS: 10:30 AM       RE: 1:00 PM

Arrival and Seating

• Please arrive no earlier than an hour before your scheduled Mass if you’d like to take pictures beforehand. Mass should last about an hour plus. Students will sit with their parents in their family pew. The pew can fit about 5-6 people.  Your child’s First Communion certificate will be in the pew to help identify your family’s spot in the church. 
• Please refer to the seating chart to see in which pew your family will be sitting. Here is the First Communion seating chart.
• Additional family members will be welcome to sit on the two farthest sides of the church.  This is also indicated  on the seating chart.  
• Ten minutes before Mass begins (10:20 SJS and 12:50 RE) please send your child across the street to the Ahearn Activity Center (gym) hallway. They should not have anything with them ie no coat, purse, prayer books, flowers, rosaries, etc. Their teachers/catechists will be there to line them up. If it is STORMING rain, the children will meet in the choir loft upstairs in the church 10 minutes before Mass begins. Parents and family should then find their seats. The children will be processing into church in front of the priests and then they will process around the church so that those in side aisles will be able to see them and take pictures from their seats.

The Big Moment

• When it is time for the students to receive the Eucharist for the first time, they will be guided by their teachers/catechists to the altar.
• Parents will not receive communion at this time.  
• Once  all of the First Communicants receive Communion, families are welcome to process to Bishop John and the other Eucharist Ministers to receive the Eucharist just like a regular Sunday Mass.
• Please do not get out of your pew to take pictures. The photographer does a wonderful job capturing this precious moment.

Photography-

• We will have a professional photographer at the First Communion.  Hopefully, it will be a nice day and you can take pictures outside.  The photographers will arrive one hour before the SJS First Communion at 9:30am and be available throughout the day including after the RE First Communion Mass.  
• The photographers are offering portraits of each First Communicant by themselves with a beautiful background. These portraits are of the First Communicant only, no siblings or families. No cell phone pictures allowed in the Bride’s Room. The portraits will be taken in the bride’s room in the back of the church across from the Ladies restroom. 
• They will also take candid pictures outside and in the vestibule as you arrive. Do not hesitate to ask the photographer to take pictures with your family or your child’s friends before Mass.
• The photographers will take individual photos while the students are receiving Communion.
• All of the pictures will be available to purchase online when the website becomes available in a couple of weeks.  If you pre-purchased a group photo, these will be delivered to school or the parish office. I will notify you when they come in.
• There will also be the St. Juliana backdrop in the back of church for you to take pictures.

• Please do not get out of your pews or go to the front to take photos during Mass.

Religious Items Blessing and other items

• Students are allowed to have religious items in the pew with them, Fr. John will bless them at the end of the Mass. 

• Please remain in the pews until the closing song is over and the priests have recessed down the main aisle. At that time, all first communicants will come to the altar for the group photo.

• Your child’s First Holy Communion certificate will be in the pew for you to take home.  Also, if your child made a banner or writing page, please remove it from the back of the church before you leave.     

• We will not have a reception after the First Communion.     

If you have any further questions, please call me 760-519-0290 or email me at [email protected]

Thank you,

Mary Petrash and

2nd grade Teachers and Catechists

*Please read the letter from Lifetime Treasures Photography.  It gives information about the professional photographs that will be taken at the First Holy Communion and how you can access the photos.  Lifetime Treasures Photography Link

*We will not be completing iReady lessons this week in school or at home. We are taking the Spring Diagnostics next Monday and Tuesday mornings. There will be movement and snack breaks.

*Enjoy the beautiful day!

Tomorrow - 11:30 dismissal. 

*Have a wonderful Easter and relaxing break!! School resumes Monday, 4/28.

Upcoming Dates:

*Wednesday, 4/30 - Spirit Day

*Thursday, 5/1 - May Crowning 1pm; 2:00 Dismissal

*Saturday, 5/3 - 10:30am First Holy Communion

Math - Flashcards and pages 149+150.

Communion - The Chapter 6 project is due tomorrow. 

*Thursday - All School Out of Uniform and it’s an 11:30 dismissal. Spring Break starts! Have a wonderful Easter and relaxing break! School resumes on Monday, 4/28.

*Have a great day!

Spelling - There won’t be a Spelling test this week.

Math - Flashcards and pages 147+148.

Communion - The Chapter 6 project is due by Wednesday. At the top write, The Last Supper, neatly in marker. Carefully draw Jesus and the 12 disciples (no stick figures) in pencil and neatly color in with crayons or colored pencils.  Jesus should be in the middle and 6 disciples on each side. Write your name on the front bottom right hand corner. This is due by Wednesday, April 16th.

*Thursday - All school Out of Uniform and it’s an 11:30 dismissal. Spring Break starts! Have a wonderful Easter and relaxing break! School resumes on Monday, 4/28.

*Enjoy your day!

Spelling - Backpack Page 51 and study for tomorrow’s test. 

Math - Flashcards and pages 145-146.

Tomorrow - You can bring in a joke to share, wear 70s attire, and it’s Mothers’ Club Hot Lunch (Pizza).

Don't forget to order your yearbook!  Sale ends Good Friday, April 18th. 

Yearbook Order Link

*Have a wonderful day!

Spelling - Backpack Page 50

Math - Flashcards and the Home-School Connection letter for Topic 10: Add Within 1,000 Using Models and Strategies, is coming home.

Communion -  The last project, Chapter 6, is coming home today. Please use the paper provided and draw the Last Supper. At the top write, The Last Supper, neatly in marker. Carefully draw Jesus and the 12 disciples (no stick figures) in pencil and neatly color in with crayons or colored pencils.  Jesus should be in the middle and 6 disciples on each side. Write your name on the front bottom right hand corner. This is due by Wednesday, April 16th.

*Thank you to Nuala's mom for being our chaperone today. We had a great time at the Science Show!

*We will be completing the Spring iReady diagnostic in early May. There will be snack and movement breaks. If anyone can donate goldfish or oreos, we would appreciate it. Thank you!

Tomorrow - Please bring at least one used item of clothing to donate for the St. Vincent DePaul collection bin. Wear your favorite color to school!

Friday - Students are encouraged to wear 70’s clothing in support of The Big Night Out. It’s also Mothers’ Club Hot Lunch (Pizza).

It's not too late to order a Yearbook! Click on this link.

Spelling - Backpack Page 48

Math - Flashcards and study the review pages for tomorrow’s test.

Communion - The Chapter 5 project, making a Doorknob Hanger, is due by Wednesday.

*We will be completing the Spring iReady diagnostic in early May. There will be snack and movement breaks. If anyone would like to donate goldfish or oreos, we would appreciate it. Thank you!

Tomorrow - Wear your T.E.A.M. shirt.

Wednesday - Students will work together to create a quilt. 2nd Grade will be going on their field trip. Wear your P.E. uniform.

Thursday - Please bring at least one used item of clothing to donate for the St. Vincent DePaul collection bin. Wear your favorite color to school!

Friday - Students are encouraged to wear 70’s clothing in support of The Big Night Out. It’s also Mothers’ Club Hot Lunch (Pizza).

Yearbooks are back on sale again for the final chance. This sale ends on Friday 04/18. Click on the link to view a QR code to purchase a year book.

Spelling - Backpack Page 47 and study for tomorrow’s test.

Math - Flashcards and study the review pages for Tuesday’s test.

Communion - The Chapter 5 project, making a Doorknob Hanger, is due by Wednesday.

*Have a great day!

Next Week: Week of the Young Child (PS3-2nd Grade)

Monday - Students wear pajamas to school.

Tuesday - Wear your T.E.A.M. shirt.

Wednesday - 2nd Grade is going on their field trip. Wear your P.E. uniform.

Thursday - Please bring at least one item of clothing to donate for the St. Vincent DePaul collection bin. Wear your favorite color to school!

Friday - Students are encouraged to wear 70’s clothing in support of The Big Night Out. It’s also Mothers’ Club Hot Lunch (Pizza).

Spelling - Backpack Page 44

Math - Flashcards and pages 141+142

Communion - Chapter 4’s project is due by Wednesday.

Thursday - 2:00 Dismissal

*Have a great day!