Soon it will be St. Patrick’s Day!! We know that it is at this time of the year that those “wee little leprechauns” are out to make their mischief. It is our job then to try and catch them. Therefore, we are asking each child, with the help of his/her family, to build a “leprechaun trap”. Last year we just about caught the rascals and we have pictures to prove that they were cavorting around our traps. But alas, we failed to catch one. This year could be the year! We can feel it in our bones. Can you bring the traps to school between Wednesday, March 11 and Friday March 13? We can then have them for viewing during parent-teacher interviews.
Parent-teacher interview are from 4:30-7:30 pm Thursday, March 19th and 8:30-10:30 am on Friday, March 20th. The conference manager is open on the 16th for parents to book interviews. If you find that none of the times work for you, I am happy to meet after school or at lunch on a different day.
Students have just started to practice one of their two poems for Kiwanis Festival. Our performance will be held in the St. Patrick Fine Arts school gymnasium on Thursday March 18th. I will give more details as we get closer to the date. Here is one of the two poems they will be reciting. Please take some time to go over the poem's words with your child.
The Crocodile’s Toothache
by Shel Silverstein
The
Crocodile went to the dentist
And sat down in the chair,
And the dentist said, “Now tell me, sir,
Why does it hurt and where?”
And the Crocodile said, “I’ll tell you the truth,
I have a terrible ache in my tooth.”
And he opened his jaws so wide, so wide,
That the dentist……..he climbed right inside,
And the dentist laughed, “Oh isn’t this fun?”
As he pulled the teeth out, one by one.
And the Crocodile cried, “You’re hurting me so!
Please put down your pliers and let me go.”
But the dentist laughed with a Ho Ho Ho,
And he said, “I still have twelve to go —
Oops, that’s the wrong one, I confess,
But ……what’s one crocodile’s tooth….. more or less?”
Then suddenly………. the jaws went………. S N A P,
And the dentist was gone, right off the map,
And where he went one could only guess…
To North or South or East or West…
He left no forwarding address.
But what’s one dentist, more or less?
And sat down in the chair,
And the dentist said, “Now tell me, sir,
Why does it hurt and where?”
And the Crocodile said, “I’ll tell you the truth,
I have a terrible ache in my tooth.”
And he opened his jaws so wide, so wide,
That the dentist……..he climbed right inside,
And the dentist laughed, “Oh isn’t this fun?”
As he pulled the teeth out, one by one.
And the Crocodile cried, “You’re hurting me so!
Please put down your pliers and let me go.”
But the dentist laughed with a Ho Ho Ho,
And he said, “I still have twelve to go —
Oops, that’s the wrong one, I confess,
But ……what’s one crocodile’s tooth….. more or less?”
Then suddenly………. the jaws went………. S N A P,
And the dentist was gone, right off the map,
And where he went one could only guess…
To North or South or East or West…
He left no forwarding address.
But what’s one dentist, more or less?
Dates to Remember:
Mar 4 - Lenten Prayer Service 11:00
Mar 5 - Pizza lunch sponsored by 3F
Mar 9 - Professional Development Day - no school for students
Mar 10 - 1B to Green Haven 1:00 - 2:15 (bus leaves 12:40)
Mar 12 - Lenten Prayer Service
Mar 18 - Kiwanis Festival in gymnasium 9:00 am.
Mar 17 - Mass @ St. Martha's Church 9:00. am.
Mar 17 - School Council hot lunch.
Mar 19 - Student-teacher interviews 4:30 - 7:30 pm
Mar 20 - Professional Development Day - no school for students
Mar 20 - Student-teacher interviews 8:30 - 10:30 am
Mar 5 - Pizza lunch sponsored by 3F
Mar 9 - Professional Development Day - no school for students
Mar 10 - 1B to Green Haven 1:00 - 2:15 (bus leaves 12:40)
Mar 12 - Lenten Prayer Service
Mar 18 - Kiwanis Festival in gymnasium 9:00 am.
Mar 17 - Mass @ St. Martha's Church 9:00. am.
Mar 17 - School Council hot lunch.
Mar 19 - Student-teacher interviews 4:30 - 7:30 pm
Mar 20 - Professional Development Day - no school for students
Mar 20 - Student-teacher interviews 8:30 - 10:30 am
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