HoundsTruth 4/20/2017

Thursday, April 20, 2017

NEWSLETTER

FEATURES

PARENT COFFEES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MACARTHUR CAMPUS PROGRAM FOR GRADES 6, 7, AND 8

Parent coffees to learn more about the new middle school program resume.

GRADES 7 AND 8 STUDENTS TRAVEL TO SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL SITES IN ANNUAL PILGRIMAGES

Each year, students in Grades 7 and 8 take multiday field trips to sites relevant to their academic studies. The Grade 8 students' Civil Rights Movement trip takes them to Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, and Atlanta, Georgia, pivotal cities in the movement. Grade 7 students embark on a new journey this year tracing, literally, the road to our republic, beginning in Plymouth, Massachusetts; travelling south to Philadelphia, the home of our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution; and ending at Gettysburg, the turning point of the Civil War, which put that Constitution to the test.

VISITORS FROM NORTHERN IRELAND

On Monday, the Grades 7 and 8 community hosted some special visitors, eight young women from Northern Ireland. Thanks to Grade 8 student Charlotte Nordberg and the cultural exchange initiative she started as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award, we spent the morning with these students and their two faculty chaperones.

GRADE 8 CLASS OF 2017 GAINS IMPRESSIVE RANGE OF HIGH SCHOOL CHOICES AS THEIR ST. PATRICK'S CAREERS COME TO A CLOSE

Grade 8 students are headed to an array of exceptional high schools as their St. Patrick's careers come to a close.

ALL SCHOOL NEWS

LAST CHANCE FOR HORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON SPLASH. GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY!

Please join us in support of this outstanding St. Patrick's partnership program and buy your tickets today!

ANNUAL FUND PARENT PARTICIPATION CHALLENGE OFF TO A GREAT START!

Are you ready for the Challenge?

COMMON SENSE MEDIA SHARES DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AND PARENTING RESOURCES

Learn more about Common Sense Media.

GRADES 5 AND 6 SPRING MUSICAL COMING IN MAY

Grades 5 and 6 will thrill you with their musical performance of Play It Again: A Peek at the Past on May 4 and 5.

INVITATION TO AN INTERFAITH SERVICE PROJECT

Grade 6 continues to build bonds with the Islamic Community Center. All St. Patrick's families are welcome to join them.

THIS WEEK IN THE LIBRARY - April is National Poetry Month

"I write only because there is a voice within me that will not be still." -Sylvia Plath To find out more about National Poetry Month and ways to celebrate, click here!

NEWS BY DIVISION

NURSERY SCHOOL NEWS

Read more to learn about a variety of topics relevant to Nursery School parents. Please be reminded that the PK1, PK2, PK3 Music Program is tomorrow, Friday, April 21, at 8:45 am. Please bring your children by 8:15 am. The N1 and N2 Music Program is next Friday, April 28, at 8:45 am.

UPCOMING DATES TO NOTE IN NURSERY SCHOOL: APRIL/MAY

UPCOMING DATES TO NOTE: APRIL/MAY

GRADE 2 STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE PLAINS INDIAN CULTURE

Grade 2 Students to Experience Plains Indian Culture

GRADE 8 STUDENTS PRESENT SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS

On Thursday, April 13, Grade 8 students, two Grade 7 students, and their families, teachers, and fellow students gathered in the Great Hall for the annual Science Fair.