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St. Mary’s School
The Best
Teacher in the World
You may not be aware of this, but you are reading a column by the “best
teacher in the world”. I received this accolade seconds after I
announced last Tuesday I would not be giving any written homework until
after Thanksgiving. Little did my class realize, I had an
ulterior motive. You know the song about going over the river and
through the woods to Grandma’s house. Well in my other life I’m
Grandma, and Grandma has a wee bit of cooking and baking to accomplish
before Thanksgiving.
This month began with a holy day, the Feast of All Saints. As is
our tradition, the junior high students dressed up as saints and each
gave a presentation about his or her chosen saint. After Mass, we
continued to celebrate the holy day with donuts.
On November 6, the fifth through eighth graders traveled to Victoria
Theater to see Amelia Earhart. The younger grades will go to the
theater later this spring to see a production of the Magic School
Bus. Speaking of the Magic School Bus, our class won the monthly
drawing at Dr.Gordon’s office and received $100 to spend on items for
the classroom. We purchased the entire collection of Magic School
Bus videos. My class was ecstatic. (We’re really big fans of the
Magic School Bus.) We still have some money left to spend, but I
don’t think we will find anything that will thrill us as much as our
collection of Magic School Bus videos.
Parent teacher conferences were held on November 8. I don’t know
about the rest of the school, but I had one hundred percent
participation from my parents. That’s one of the reasons I really
like teaching here at St. Mary’s. We have awesome students and
parents. (OK, I admit it. I may be slightly prejudiced.) That
morning the students and staff were treated to a performance by the
Sidney Lehman Limelighters. In the past they were a regular show
choir. This year they are an a cappella group. They gave an
impressive performance.
Veterans’ Day fell on Sunday this year, so we observed Veterans’ Day on
the 12th. Terri Crandall and Bill Sinnes talked to the students
about their experiences in the military. Mrs. Crandall had been a
nurse during the Viet Nam war and Mr. Sinnes is retired from a career
in the Air Force. Both gave very interesting presentations and we
all learned a lot from their experiences.
On November 13 the students enjoyed muffins with their moms at our
annual Muffins with Mom breakfast. It was very well
attended. I know. I was running late and had to circle the
school to find a parking space. Sadly I was too late for a muffin
or my regular parking space. But not to worry, I will have
another chance. Donuts with Dad is next month.
On November 14, the fourth graders received Sacred Heart Badges,
becoming members of the Apostolates of Prayer. They received the
badges during Benediction, a special prayer service honoring Jesus in
the Blessed Sacrament.
The third and seventh grades won the Greenville Fire Department’s Fire
Safety poster contest for their respective grades. They won pizza
parties with the firefighters. The pizza arrived on October 31,
but unfortunately not the firefighters. They had been called out
right before lunch. On Monday, the 19 they will join the students
for ice cream, assuming no fires. The next day, the kindergarten
class will have a field trip to the Greenville Public Library.
We are also beginning preparations for the school annual Thanksgiving
luncheon which will be held on Wednesday, November 21. Already my
window sills are lined with ingredients for the second graders’ fruit
salad and the first graders’ dressing. We are ready to cook!
Thanksgiving will be here before we know it and Christmas is not far
behind. In fact we are already working on the Christmas program
which will be on December 10. This year we have a special
addition to the program. Mr. Tim Nealeigh, will lead the
fourth through eighth grade hand bell choir.
On behalf of the staff and students, I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.
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