August 18th, 2009
Dear Parents and Students,
Welcome to the sixth grade! Due to the structure here at Saint Mary School, your child is officially in junior high. This is an important and exciting beginning. In sixth grade, students truly begin to develop into the individuals they will one day become.
There will be much learning occurring throughout the year, not simply from school textbooks, Activboards, or from assignments, but from experiences with people, your sixth graders being the most important of those people. This is a time for wonderful and meaningful life-long learning experiences.
My goal and hope is that each sixth grader grows in love, wisdom, and accountability. As these increase, students will feel great about who they are, which will reflect in how they carry themselves and treat those around them, building a more Christ-like environment. Please let me know how your child could use extra encouragement and support.
Please know that I am always available to listen with a ready ear to anything you need to discuss regarding your child’s success this school year. My ministry is to your child this year.
Thank you for all that you do as parents, and thank you for encouraging your child to live a life in God’s image. In addition, many thanks for your ideas, help, and presence, which I already know will make for a wonderful school year.
God bless,
Mrs. Harris
Quotes to ponder...
"The kingdom of Heaven is within you... Seek ye first the kingdom of Heaven and all things will be added unto you."
Jesus
"The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are; first, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense."
Thomas Edison
"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do."
Jon Holt
"I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there" and it will move."
The Bible, Matthew 17:20
