The 5th grade has fun with science!

This week in science, fifth grade is focusing on classifying living things! Because our focus over the next two and a half months will be on life sciences, each member of the fifth grade community is taking great care to observe and name things in the environment which are alive. Later in the fall we hope to integrate our learning with our understanding of ecosystems acquired last spring. Then, we will apply our new knowledge to the descriptions of living things near the ocean described in our read aloud book, Island of the Blue Dolphins. It's a lot of learning, but we're having a blast!

With love,

The 5th grade class

Changes Around the School

Our students noticed a few changes around our school as they entered the building this week. Over the summer we moved classrooms, and also added some new members to our faculty.

Here is a list of changes that occurred...

• We welcomed Ms. Cronan to 4th grade, Mr. Sheehan to 5th grade, and Ms. Navarro to Middle School Language Arts. 
• We moved our Computer Room and Music class to the basement level. This put all of our elective classes on the same floor. 
• Our 4th grade classroom moved up to the 1st floor, and our 5th grade classroom moved up to the 2nd floor. 
• We have a new Faculty Resource Room on the 1st floor, with the old lounge becoming a small classroom/study space. 

We invite you to stop in and see some of our changes! 

Our New Website.

Dear Students, Parents, Faculty, and Visitors,

Welcome to our school's new website - Annunciationk8.org!  We hope that this new website will become a place that you will visit often to stay current with the school.  Here are just a few things that you can do on our new website...

• Check the school's calendar and sports' calendar.
• See pictures of your students in our photo albums.
• Read our Blog to find out more about what is going on in our school.
• Connect to Annunciation's Facebook page and Sycamore Education portal.
• Connect to Annunciation Church's website.
• Learn more about the programs that Annunciation offers to students, parents, and families.
• Discover new ways that you can support and get involved in our school community.

We encourage you to explore the site and get familiar with its features - even make it your homepage on your internet browser!  We hope that it will help you learn more about our school and stay current with what we are up to.

Please note that there are still some areas of the site that are under construction, but we hope to have all pages up-to-date in the next week or so.  Also be aware that our new site runs best on more updated internet browsers.

Thank you for visiting Annunciation Catholic School's new website: Annunciationk8.org   We hope that you will be back soon.

First Day of School!

Dear Students and Parents, 


Welcome back!  We have been preparing all summer for your return, and we are very excited to get this new school year underway.


School begins tomorrow, Monday, August 22, 2011.  We will have two sessions scheduled, you may choose to come at 1:00pm or 6:00pm. Parents and students must come to ONE of the sessions on the first day. Please note that students will be counted absent if they do not come the first day. 

Schedule for the First Day of School:

•    1:00pm  Welcome –Introduction General Assembly
•    1:30pm  Student-Teacher Classroom Session
•    1:30pm  Parent-Principal Session  

                                      OR                                 

•    6:00pm  Welcome –Introduction General Assembly
•    6:30pm  Student-Teacher Classroom Session
•    6:30pm  Parent-Principal Session

The second day of school, Tuesday, August 23, will be a half day to allow the children to make the transition from summer to a school schedule.  Classes will be scheduled from 8:05am -12:00pm.  Wednesday through Friday will resume normal school hours from 8:05am-3:00pm.

Breakfast and lunch will be served beginning Tuesday, August 23.  The Just Kids program will begin Wednesday, August 24. 


We look forward to seeing alll of our wonderful students and families on Monday.


In Christ ~ Mrs. Roberts, Principal