Friday, September 19, 2014


Friday Newsletter 9-19-14



THE WEEK AHEAD:
Sat – 4/5 Volleyball @ St. Thomas – 10:00 am (vs. St. Stanislaus) &
        11:00 (vs. St. Francis, Blue)
Sun – Catechetical Sunday
Mon –  Home & School mtg – 6:30 pm
       
Tues
Wed
Thurs- All School Mass (5/6 Ministry)
        JV Volleyball @ St. Martin – 6:00 pm (vs. St. Martin)
Fri -   “School Spirit” Dress Down Day
        Health Screenings by MCHD

MIDQUARTER GRADES: K-2: Midquarter Reports may be found in today’s folder. Please look these over, sign & return. GRADES 3-8: Midquarter grades are available online today through Option C. Please sign on to www.optionc.com, school code 8085, with your personal user name & password. Please check grades, sign the slip enclosed in this folder, and return. Teachers will contact directly those not returning the signed forms. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact the classroom teacher.

HOME & SCHOOL MEETING: Make plans now to attend our first H & S meeting, to be held this Monday, Sept. 22nd at 6:30 pm. This will be a potluck dinner so please bring a dish to share and catch up on all the happenings of the school. You will also earn a bonus Friday dress down pass for your child(ren) just for attending! Hope to see all parents in attendance!
  
SCHOOL BOARD: President – Missy Beck, V. Pres – Mark Adrian, Secretary – Kim Evers, Other members – Lynn Morgan, Brittany Schulte, Aaron Wood
SCHOOL PICTURE DAY is scheduled for Friday, October 17th. We are in need of two parent (grandparent?) volunteers to help. It usually just takes the morning. Wagner Photo usually includes a gift certificate for the volunteers, to be used towards photo packages. Please contact Rosie in the office with your offer to help. Thank you!

NEEDED:
·          Gallon ice-cream buckets for kitchen.
·          LARGE buttons for Pioneer Day
·          Aluminum pie pans for Pioneer Day meal
·          Donations of underwear and pants (stretchy is best) sizes 4-7 for preschool.

DURING TESTING WEEK (Sept. 29-Oct 3) we are in need of help to split some of the double-graded classrooms up for testing for part of the time (esp. on Thursday). If you can help out, please contact Mrs. Werdehausen.

STUDENT COUNCIL LEADER: We are asking one or two parent volunteers to work with the Student Council this year. The council generally meets once a month and sponsors other activities through the year. Please contact Mrs. Werdehausen with your offer to help.

READING COUNTS NEWS:  This year, the student with the most Reading Counts points in the school will win a prize. Every child will receive a bonus ticket for every 25 points over 200, and will be in a drawing for other prizes.

ADD TO YOUR SEPTEMBER CALENDAR: Student Health Screenings – this Friday, Sept. 26th, by the Miller County Health Dept.

FUNDRAISING NEWS:  The breakfast last Sunday yielded a profit of $363.30, which was down from previous breakfasts. As far as the book fair, we didn’t earn enough to take cash, but we did earn $582.85 in books for the classrooms and library! That’s pretty good! We wish to thank everyone who helped with these events. And congratulations to Adam & Braden Schulte, for winning the “Dragon’s Breath” guessing game. It took 132 mints to freshen the dragon’s breath. Adam guessed 130 and Braden guessed 134 so they split the jar of mints! Way to go, boys! In the Book fair Bingo game, the Preschool and 1/2 classrooms won an ice-cream party! What a treat!

MARCH FOR LIFE:  Recently, the 7th & 8th graders received the papers for the March for Life, to be held in Washington D. C. January 20 – 23rd. If you (as a chaperone) or your child is interested, you will need to have all forms filled out, make a deposit, and a copy of the insurance card – both sides. Forms, payment ($125 payable to Diocese of J. C.), and insurance information must be submitted to Sheila Suess, our parish coordinator. Please note – the school is not coordinating this event, nor is it school sponsored. We will, however, forward paperwork/fees to Sheila, as they come in. The deadline for registration is Tuesday, September 30th.

MONTHLY CALENDARS: You were provided monthly calendars for the entire school year in your school handbook. We also post the calendar on our school website, which is updated with game information and recent changes/additions to the calendar. To save costs, we will no longer provide the calendar in your Friday folder. For now, we will keep sending the lunch menu, but it is also available online.

PIONEER DAY is scheduled for Monday, October 13th (Columbus Day). We scheduled it on this day because of the state holiday. We are asking for parent helpers – both to help in the classrooms & grounds with pioneer activities and with moving children between these activities. Please contact school office personnel with your offer to help out. All students (and adults!) are encouraged to dress in pioneer clothing for the day. If the student chooses not to dress in pioneer clothing, the normal dress code is still in force.  So far we have two volunteers – Wendy Whittle & Kim Evers.
  
VOLLEYBALL/CHANGE OF DATE:  The JV game scheduled for Tues., Oct 14 has been moved to Wed, Oct 15, same time, same place, same opponent.

VOLLEYBALL NEWS:  The 4/5 girls lost all three against Loose Creek last Saturday, but scores were close, with the exception of the 2nd game. Keep on tryin’ girls – you’re right there! Scores were: 25-23, 25-12, 25-22. Last night, the JV girls won all three sets, with scores of 25-23, 25-16, 25-22, against St. Peter, Fulton. That leaves them with a record of 3 wins, 1 loss. Wow! Doing great Lady Cougars!

HANDBOOK SIGN-OFF: We MUST have this form signed by all parents. If you misplaced yours, another copy may be found in today’s folder.

EARLY BIRD WINNERS!!! Congratulations to Luke & Nicky Perkins, who were drawn as the Fantasy Night “Early Bird” winners last night. They chose to take another ticket.

MILK MONEY: Any student may purchase a milk at lunchtime for 50 cents. Students purchasing a school lunch already have a milk provided, but may purchase an additional. Sack lunch students may purchase a milk for their lunch. However, payment must be made to the office at the time the milk is desired – no paying ahead. There will be no change available. So pack those quarters parents!