December 2013

Living Word Academy
Newsletter
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April 2014
IMPORTANT
REMINDER
A reminder to parents of
students in grades 3—8 that
even though the NYS Exams for
ELA & Math are listed on our
school calendar, we are no longer giving the NYS Assessment
Exams in grades 3—8. The confusion, the controversy and the
poor planning on the part of
the NYS Education Department
caused us to eliminate the assessments. In lieu of the assessments, classroom teachers in
grades three through six will be
implementing the use of portfolio assessments to record the
progress of their students from
year to year. Students in grades
seven and eight will be taking
the TereNova Common Core
achievement tests in reading,
writing, language, mathematics,
science and social studies. Both
of these assessment procedures
will begin in May of 2015.
9th Grade Orientation Program for 8th Graders
All 8th grader students and their parents are invited to attend a 9th grade orientation meeting on
Tuesday, April 15th in the school cafeteria @
7:00. The purpose of the meeting is to provide
students and parents with information about the
high school program, graduation requirements, and
also to register for 9th grade classes in the fall.
Home/School Partnership in
Learning Volume 18
The topic this month is “How important is Learning Vocabulary?, written by Sister Diane Knack.
SPRING BREAK
Spring Break this
year will begin on
Friday, April 18th.
Students will return
to school on Monday, April 28th.
Have a safe and
pleasant vacation.
Study Hall problems
2
Senior Fund Raisers
2
Elementary News
3
Learning Fair Winners
4
Spring Concert Changes
4
Art Room Help Needed
4
Learning Fair Pictures
5
Volume 18 Attachment
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Study Hall and SSR Problems
We are encountering a number of problems in these two daily assignments, SSR stands for
Sustained Silent Reading, a period when students in grades 7-12 are expected and asked to
quietly read a book of their choice.
Recently we have had a number of study hall monitors indicate that there are several students in their classes who frequently show disrespect for their authority; ignore what they are
asked to do; and cause the teacher to reprimand them multiple times without any change in
their behavior.
Several students also are non-cooperative during SSR and constantly have to be asked to
quiet down and read. These problems need to be corrected. To address these problems the
following measures will be taken:
I have asked every study hall monitor to identify the students who constantly show them the
most disrespect and ignore their directives. The identified students will be taken out of the
major study hall class and placed in small groups in various classrooms in our academy.
This correction will continue for the next five weeks. If I believe they have learned this important lesson of compliance and respect for authority, they will be restored to their original
study hall. However, if they persist in being uncooperative they will face more serious consequences.
These are serious problems that have been worsening over the course of the year that need to
be strictly addressed.
I ask for your support and cooperation in addressing these problems and I ask you, is your
son or daughter showing disrespect for you as their parent? Do you have to repeat your request for them to do something multiple times before they respond? Are they giving you a
sour attitude? If this is the case you need to correct this problem at home and appropriately
discipline them. The church and the school are here to support you, not to be the parent for
you.
Together, and with the Lord’s wisdom and help, we can teach them to be selfdisciplined and restrained.
Thank you, Brother Phil
SENIOR FUND RAISERS
Get ready to see some flowers soon!! We have been
running a fundraiser each spring with a company
called "Flower Power." The great thing about it is that
you can go online and view the catalog, place your
order and it is delivered right to your door! We have
received a lot of positive feedback over the years on
the cost and quality of these plants. If you are interested you can type in this link to go directly to our fundhttp://www.flowerpowerfundraising.com/i/t/4253
30/b79wxYoKFqUT
Gertrude Hawk Candy Bars
We still have a lot to sell!! If you are willing to
take 30—50 candy bars and sell them at your
work place, please email me at
[email protected].
Senior Lunch Fundraiser
As you will see on the April lunch menu,
the Seniors will be making lunch on the
16th. Look for some information on what
special treat they will be whipping up for
us!!
If you would like to see a catalog in person, please
talk to any member of this years senior class, they
have order forms and catalogs. This fundraiser is
running only for the month of April.
Thank you for all your support!!!
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Elementary News
First Grade recently enjoyed a wonderful field trip
to Hospital-Land. Sponsored by Crouse Hospital,
the program exposes 1st graders to hospital life.
Jonathan Mazur was admitted to the hospital for a
tonsillectomy. But not to worry, Surgeons Caleb
Prosser and Zion Heron came to the rescue! After
a time of play-acting an actual hospital admission,
we were able to push a wheelchair and a stretcher,
hear a heartbeat with a stethoscope and operate a
hospital bed!
Thank you Hospital-Land for a great field trip!
1st Grade shares their writing about LWA staff members:
Jonathan Mazur writes: Sister Latrelle: You make the best luchis You are the Best Lucher LaDY!
You mack the Best Hot dog's in the wold! You mack anuther osom thing—chicin patte—the Bast chicin Patte in the wold! You mak cicin pate But mY mom never lets me By!
Isaac Cicione writes: Br.Rocky luks up to Jesus. He is are Jim techer he is so nice. And he les us
play reses! And he ses hubahuba.
Caroline Mastroleo writes about:“Aduts that help us at school” Sume help with lunch. Sume are at
the ofes. Sume walk in the halls. It would be terrible without them!
Second Graders had a fun outing
to the Landmark Theatre for a live
performance of "Henry and
Mudge".
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Spring Concerts
Please note: Beginning
this spring all music concerts will be held in the
Gymnasium. There will
be two concerts for the
Spring and two concerts
for the Christmas programs. One performance will be for children in grades K—6 and
the other concert performance will be for students in grades 7—12.
We believe the change in
setting and the division
by grade level will improve our ability to provide a more enjoyable
musical experience.
Specific dates will be
announced at a later
date.
The LWA Art room is still
in need of an elementary
art teacher for grades
1 & 2, starting September
2014!! Please consider this
as an opportunity where
you could be of service to
the Lord.
See Sister Mary Therese
Bailey or Brother Phil if
you are interested.
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2014 Learning Fair
We had a great time on four consecutive Tuesday evenings here
at Living Word Academy during our 2014 Learning Fairs! The
students worked very hard on their projects this year and we are
proud of them all. Below is a list of the 1st place winners this
year, and on the following page are pictures of some of the students and their projects.
K—3rd Grade Winners
Samantha Brown
Simon Brown
Naomi Connor
William Connor
Dylan LaFleur
Sean Marleau
Jeremiah Plewak
Benjamin Low
Levieve Mismi
Lydia Ramseyer
Eli Langevin
Brady Connor
Christian Mastroleo
Collin Brown
Grace Plewak
Lucy Keim
4—6 Grade Winners
Mariah Heron
Elijah Geariety
Lindi Carrier
Zoey Genant
Andrey Kasyanov
Grades 7—9 Winners
Grace Burrow
Peter Geremia
Madelyn Ottman
Zacchary Reals
Daniel Romain
Josephine Stephens
David Hale
Kennedy Mastroleo
Matthew Rancier
Noelle Reitz
David Rudskiy
Grades 10-12 Winners
Jacobi Basko
Hannah Cicione
Maie Genant
Cienna Goldman
Rachel Meyer
Sean Meyer
Camillo Moore
Ethan Nasiff
Christopher Nicholson Jesse Sleight
Jacob Togni
Anna Stephens
Shinju Yang
Shinyeong Yang
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LWA 2014 Learning Fair
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