Welcome 2012-2013 St. Mary's School Kindergartners

Our school year got off to a great start this week. We filled our desks and cubbies with great learning materials and took an opportunity to take a tour of our classroom and school. Each of us got a chance to create our own self portraits to show just how cute we are. Reading books about all kinds of children around the world gave us an opportunity to establish that there are many similarities and differences between all children. It was the first day of school for many children all over and each of us shared anxieties and happy thoughts alike. In Art we created beautiful water color paintings to brighten up our classroom. In Chinese class we learned how to write and say our names in Mandarin. In celebration of, "Aloha Friday" we read a book about the meaning of the word, "Aloha." Aloha has many meanings, but most of all, it means love, and/or hello and goodbye. In Language Arts we have been learning to use sign language to learn the alphabet. We also sang songs to learn our rhyming words. Overall it was a very eventful first week of school. Keep checking our class blog for updates on our happenings! Aloha!