Principal's March, 2008 Letter
March 3, 2008
Dear Parents:
March is here and with it
comes the hope of springtime and the New Life of Easter. We have had such a difficult winter with
snow, cold, and ice that thoughts of warmth are very enticing. Our Lenten journey continues for another
three weeks as we work to prepare our children for the passion and death of Our
Lord and His rising from the dead on Easter.
All grades will experience the Stations of the Cross, either in our
school chapel or in St. Bridget Church, and Grades 2-8 will receive the
Sacrament of Reconciliation. We are doing all we can to prepare for Easter, and
I ask that you, their parents, continue this journey and bring your children to
Holy Week services.
Good News:
- St. John’s High School in Shrewsbury ran a full
page add in the Metro West and Worcester Telegram newspapers touting their
AP Scholars program as being one of the top 10 in Massachusetts. Two of the students named were St.
Bridget graduates: Michael Ronan and Nathaniel Pomeroy. We are proud and send our
congratulations!
Save the Dates for our 50th Anniversary. Celebrating the past, Creating the future
Did You
Know:
- Grade 8 news: The students wrote and edited a newspaper
“The Eighth Grade Tribune”; last week the students participated in a
chastity course offered by the Archdiocesan Respect for Life office; Mrs.
Jen Ryan, an attorney, discussed the “ethics” of their current novel To Kill a Mockingbird; Father John
Vidmar, a teacher at Providence College, spoke to grade 8 on the
Civil War.
- Each third
grader will be presenting a living biography to his/her classmates the
last week in March. To prepare for this event the children have to
read a biography and take notes on the important details.
Then each child will dress up as their famous person and present a summary
of that person's life to the class.
- The 6th,
7th, and 8th grade Spanish classes will be preparing for the upcoming
Multicultural Day in April. The 6th grade will be focusing on the
Incas and their ancient civilization. The 7th grade will be working on
modern day
- In Math, the K1
Class worked with pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters to discover their
values. Using magnifying glasses, the children closely examined each coin
to find out whose image is on each coin and the mint date. They all
enjoyed using real money and when finished with the lessons, the coins
were donated to our school's
- Fourth
grade just completed the
American Dream project, creating a new American Landmark to represent the
American Dream. Also, they engaged
in a Massachusetts Scavenger Hunt and created a poster displaying their
findings.
- Three of our eighth grade girls, Taylor Sager,
Monica Hanley, Katherine Osborn and sixth grader Meghan Osborn attended a
Girl Scout event in
- The first
grade class celebrated the 100th day of school with a variety of
activities. They worked in small groups to put 100 piece puzzles
together. The class made 100 hearts with ways to tell
someone you care about them and they ended the day by making a necklace
with 100 Fruit Loops.
- Both first
grades have been learning how to be good citizens. They have
discussed the importance of laws and rules and how to get along with
others. They have also read about good citizens such as George Washington,
Abe Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, Martin Luther King Jr., and
CIA’s for February:
1B Allie A. 2A Jane L.
1B Dominic K. 8 Chris R.
Parents, our school is in
need of copy paper (8 ½ X 11). Before I
order, if anyone would like to donate a box or just a ream, the teachers and I
would appreciate it. If your company is
designing a new logo, or changing address perhaps you might consider letting us
make use of the “old” letterhead. I
thank you in advance.
New chairs for the school hall
arrived last Saturday. These 280 chairs
were purchased through a grant from the Framingham Co-operative Savings Bank
Education Fund and the St. Bridget PTO.
I wish to offer a special thank you to Mike Gore for procuring the grant
and to Dave Dykeman for ordering them at a discounted price.
Our PTO is sponsoring two Open Houses on Sunday, March 30 from
Mrs. Roseanne Mungovan
Principal
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