Mission Statement:
The mission of Trenton Catholic Academy is to educate a diverse Pre-K to 12 student body to be responsible citizens of a global society through a challenging and relevant curriculum centered in Catholic traditions and values.

       November was an exciting month. We began the month by learning about Election Day. We held our own Apple Election. We tasted a slice of red and green apples. Then, we signed the registration book and went into the voting booth. We voted for our favorite slice. The red apple was the winner. Yum! We had fun. We learned how apples grow and named the parts of an apple. We made apple prints. As part of our apple unit, we worked on a STEM Challenge together. We read, "Ten Apples Up on Top," by Dr. Seuss. We worked in teams of three. We were challenged to build a structure that could hold 10 apples. Each group was given a set of wooden blocks to use. We used our imaginations and worked together to build some wonderful structures. 
        Our Thanksgiving holiday was a day to thank God for all of his gifts. We learned about our country's first Thanksgiving Day. We enjoyed our own feast with our PK3 friends. We dressed as Pilgrams and PK3 were dressed as our Native American friends. We had lots of tasty food to share thanks to our Room Parents. 
        Our religion lessons are showing us how to appreciate other gifts from God. We learned about God's gifts of water, land, and plants. We need to take care of all of them. We did a float/sink experiment with water. We found classroom items and predicted if they would float or sink. Then we tested our predictions to see if they were correct.
       We continue to work on the letters N, A, and B. We met Mr. N with his noisy nose, Little Miss A with her aachoo, and Mr. B with his beautiful buttons. We practice letter recognition, sounds, and how to write the letters.
       In math, we worked on comparing sizes. We had lots of fun acting out Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The story compares big, medium, and small. We worked on comparing sets to find which set has more or fewer members. It was fun using a balance scale to compare sets. We compared the letters in our names with linking cubes. Mackington's letter tower was the tallest.
       We have begun the Avent season. We made a classroom Advent wreath with our hand tracings. We are learning about Advent and singing songs. We are looking forward to learning how other countries celebrate Christmas. We already learned that in Holland they celebrate St. Nicholas Day. On December 6th we put a shoe in the hallway and St. Nick left us a treat. Boy, were we excited.

Specials Schedule:
Monday- Art
Tuesday-Spanish
Wednesday- Technology
Thursday- Music
Friday- Gym

Dates to Remember: 
Thursday, Dec.13th - Visit Santa's Workshop (more info to follow)
Wednesday, Dec. 19th - 6:30pm Christmas Concert (more to follow)
Thursday, Dec.20th - 12:10 Dismissal
Friday, Dec. 21st - 31st - No School Christmas Holiday
            
 
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at ftrabosh@trentoncatholic.org