Thank you Special People and Grandparents for visiting our school last week. We all enjoyed the day together! We hope you liked our poem and the rest of the skits put on by the Students of St. Pius!

Grandmas and Grandpas are everything nice
Like presents and candy and raspberry ice.

And chocolate fudge sundaes with cherries on top
And peanuts and popcorn and grape soda pop!

In winter or summer in rain or in sun
Grandmas and Grandpas are wonderful fun!

Science Day

We all received gold medals for our hard work on Science Day!
Our planes are flying out of the gym!

We made paper airplanes with a partner from Room 23,

then went to the gym to see how they fly!

We built a bridge! Tomorrow we will see if our toy car can drive across it!

CELEBRATE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WITH SPS!

St. Pius School celebrated Catholic Schools all week long! On Monday, we wore our PJs and had a read in! On Tuesday, we celebrated Mass together and honored Fr. Bob, Deacon Bob, Mr. Wesselman and Mrs. Perry. Mass was followed by a dedication of our library to Mrs. Perry! Wednesday was Mix and Match Day. The children also competed with the second graders in our annual Catechism Bowl (check out the pictures above). Thursday got even crazier with Crazy Hat/Hair Day (more pictures above). We rounded off week with Green and Gold Spirit Day and sports games of all kinds. Our class came out the winner of grades k-3. (again more pictures...) I was most proud of the good sportsmanship the kids showed in all of their games that morning! Way to go guys and gals!

Cozy Up With a Good Book!

Along with our study of The Mitten by Jan Brett, we had Cozy Up With a Good Book time each day this week. During this time, the children snuggled up with a blanket from home and read and read and read. What a joy it was to see 15 children engaged in actually reading - all at the same time!!!

A SNAKE! A SNAKE!!

After reading our story this week about snakes, Mr. Loewenbruber was kind enough to bring his snake in for us to see. The children loved learning about this corn

snake that eats one mouse every week or two. It was amazing how brave they all were in touching the snake! It was also impressive how many facts they recalled from the story, and how many appropriate questions they had for Mr. Loewengruber!

A morning with Boppa!

The first grade classes enjoyed a wonderful morning with Boppa and his helpers. Boppa, the grandfather of two of our children, came to class to share some of the wonders of Santa, his reindeer and his elves. The children loved listening to him - just look at their faces! Afterward, Boppa's helpers made reindeer dust with our children. Don't forget to sprinkle that dust on the lawn Christmas Eve!