Welcome To a New Year! We ❤️ Oak Hill

Welcome Back to the 2024-2025 School Year! I hope you all had a great summer.

My name is Mrs. Cathcart, and I will be your 5th Grade Teacher this year! I am very excited to meet all of you and to let you all know how important you all are to Oak Hill.

10 things about me:

1. This is my 2nd year here at Oak Hill.

2. This is my 13th year in education, but my 8th year of teaching.

3. I am a mom of twin boys, Connor and James.

4. I was born in St. Louis, MO and grew up in Jefferson County, MO

5. I am the oldest of four and I am also a twin.

6. I love trying new foods and my favorite food is Ramen and sushi!

7. My favorite color is Navy blue and purple.

8. I listen to almost any kind of music (depends on my mood).

9. I have a pet cat named Biscuit.

10. I am excited to be teaching 5th grade this year!

CLASS DOJO:

If you have not signed up for Class Dojo, please sign up by using the link below. This is one of our main ways of communicating with parent's important things going on in class and to see exciting activities going on in our classroom!

GOALS:

Our goal this school year is to increase our overall and independent scores in STAR Reading & Math.

Our goal this year is also to have each student reach their personal goals that they will set at the beginning of the school year for STAR Reading and Math.

What to look for the first week....

The first week of school is all about routines and procedures. We will be introducing our PBIS classroom and school expectations. Students will be able to earn Dojo points for showing/modeling these expectations. The second week is when we will get into the curriculum and begin classwork.

Morning Meeting - 9:25 - 9:45

Reading - 9:45 - 10:30

Writing - 10:30 - 11:00

Small Groups - 11:00 - 11:35

Social Studies - 11:35 - 11:55

Math - 11:55 - 12:50

Lunch - 12:50 - 1:10

Recess - 1:10 - 1:30

Math - 1:30 - 2:00

Science - 2:00 - 2:45

Related Arts - 2:45 - 3:35

Scholar Success - 3:35 - 4:15

Pack Up/Dismissal - 4:10 - 4:22

Homework will be given daily in homework folder and posted on Dojo.

Complete:

• Student/Family Information Sheets
• iPad Contract - iPad will stay at school this year and are NOT to go home unless necessary.
• Media Release forms
• Sign up for Class Dojo

Aug. 15 - Open House 2:00p - 5:00p

Aug. 19th - First Day of School

Sept. 2nd - Labor Day - NO SCHOOL

VOLUNTEERS! In order to volunteer for future field trips and parties, all adults must have a background check on file each year. If you previously completed this for another child, you are still required to complete a new one for the 2024-25 school year. You can call the main office for an application.

TRANSPORTATION: If you need to know what bus picks up and drops off your student you need to contact transportation if you have not received that information:

• Transportation Call Center : (314)449-9162
  • Ext. 1: for routes 1000-1599
  • Ext. 2: for routes 2000-2599

If you have any questions please reach me by:

Email: jessica.cathcart@slps.org

Class Dojo: https://www.classdojo.com/ul/p/addKid?target=class&class=C27T7NF

Phone: 314-481-0420 (this is the school office number)

*If you are looking for a quick response please email me or message me on classroom Dojo*