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I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. I would like to thank everyone that helped with the Thanksgiving feast and for all of the items that were donated.

In the Classroom

We finished up our Thanksgiving unit and we are now onto Advent and preparing our hearts for Christmas and the birth of Christ. We are also very busy learning "The Birth of Jesus" Christmas play that our class will be presenting on December 18th at 8:30 a.m. Please mark your calendar as you will not want to miss this special event!

Reading
Story elements
Reading workbooks
Small reading groups (Please have your children read the "books in a bag" from reading group)

Math
More and less
Math workbooks
Continuation of yesterday, today and tomorrow
We are also busy learning couting to 100 by twos, fives and tens
Patterns

Religion
Giving thanks for the many blessings we have
The Liturgical colors - meanings
St. Vincent de Paul Adopt a Family service project
Feed my starving children - feeding the hungry

Handwriting
Letter Tt
Letter Hh

Dates to Remember
Spirit Day - December 3rd
Winter Wonderland - December 6th
St. John Bosco Open House - December 13th from 10:30 - 1:30
Denim Dollar Day - December 17th
St. John Bosco Christmas Play - 1:15pm Performance -6:30pm Performance - Reception to follow at SJB
Mrs. McCormick's Class Christmas Play - MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Christmas Break - December 22nd - January 2nd

CTODP
Building our scholarship funds and getting a tax credit…both at the same time…it must be CTODP time again!
CTODP is not a donation, it is a tax credit – instead of paying taxes to the state, you pay them to the Catholic Tuition Organization (up to $1000) who in turn gives the money back to St. John Bosco in the form of scholarships.
CTODP is an equal opportunity participation program – everyone should be doing this. There is no reason or excuse not to…it costs you nothing, you can even use the Tempe Schools Credit Union’s money to make your contribution at NO COST to you.
When everyone contributes, everyone wins. This year, after all families needing financial assistance were taken care of, every family who applied for funds available (the money left over after need based requests were filled) received a $325.00 PER CHILD tuition credit.
Need a bigger push…. how about front row seats and parking for you and your family at the Christmas show?? Anyone who contributes to CTODP will be entered into the drawing. Look for the table set up out front this week.
Need more information? Still confused? Contact a CTODP Team member:
Gabe Ortiz 602-326-8900, Bill Mager 480-753-9290, Chris Grossgold 480-507-7515, Tracy Ryan 480-570-4643 or Lisa Campbell 480-219-4855