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Catholic Schools Week (January 31 to February 5, 2010)

Vicki — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:26:00 GMT

This weekend marks the beginning of our annual celebration of Catholic Schools Week (January 31 to February 5). We have many activities going on, and I’d like to highlight just a few.

On Sunday, we will be hosting St. Joseph’s from Dodgeville for boys’ and girls’ basketball as well as recognizing our parents on Parents’ Day.

On Tuesday morning, we welcome the grandparents of students in grades K-4. Students will attend Mass at 10:00 am with their grandparents and then take them to lunch afterward.

A variety of mini courses run by parish and community members will be offered to students in grades 5-8 on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Some of the new ones this year include:

a mock trial led by Amy Forehand
a percussion workshop offered by Jeff Behrens
Sewing with Suzanne headed up by Suzanne Unbehaun
Art with Food by Deb Zorea
Mystery of Mirrors by Jordan Maclay

…just to name a few.

On Wednesday evening, there will be

an open house along with kindergarten registration from 4:30 – 6:30 in the school and all are invited.
At the same time, the 8^th graders will be sponsoring a soup and hot dog supper in the church basement.
Home and School will be running a game night where people can come together and play good old-fashioned board games…no video games allowed!

This, too, will be in the church basement Wednesday evening and all are welcome!

On Friday, NASA Ambassador John Heasley will be bringing several St. Mary’s alumni from the high school to give our students a lesson on space and the stars…and NASA has loaned him some actual rocks from the moon for our students to examine. He will also be bringing a starlab which our students and staff will be able to enter and check out a variety of constellations that are found in the night sky.

The staff and students at St. Mary’s School are excited to share our school with you. We welcome your help in celebrating the benefits of a Catholic school education. We continue to recognize that keeping our school going is a sacrifice for our parish. We know that times are difficult and we feel so blessed that our parish continues to make the school a priority. We work hard to invest your offerings in a way that will truly pay off with the kinds of dividends that can only come from a Catholic School education.

Thank you!

HASA Meeting Reminder - January 12

aharon.zorea — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:14:00 GMT

All families are welcome and encouraged to attend the HASA dinner and meeting on Wednesday, January 13. The dinner is at 6:00 and the meeting is at 6:30.

Jolene Frawley

School Secretary

January 13 Meeting Announcement

aharon.zorea — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:13:00 GMT

Happy New Year St. Mary’s families,

We are all getting back into the swing of things. Our next HASA potluck and meeting is coming up this Wednesday, January 13, in the church basement. We have a few things to discuss, mainly involving activities during Catholic Schools Week, so I hope you can come, enjoy some great food, and join us for a short meeting.

We have rescheduled our Game Night from January 15th, to February 3, during Catholic Schools Week. We are looking into the possibility of having a dinner at the same time, so that we can sit around, eat, and play games!

To provide for a wide array of food for this Wednesday’s potluck, we would like to suggest the following…..

If your last name starts with: Please bring:

A-H Salad

I-R Main Course

S-Z Dessert

We look forward to seeing you!

the HASA board

January HASA Meeting Annoucement

aharon.zorea — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:11:00 GMT

Attached is a letter about the HASA meeting.

Thanks!

Jolene Frawley

Book Fair Updates and Thank You!

aharon.zorea — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:39:00 GMT

St. Mary’s Families,

Thank you for all that you do!

During the November Book Fair, there were 75 books donated to the teachers and classrooms at St. Mary’s School. With the proceeds from the Book Fair, we were able to purchase an additional 105 books, with a total value of over $900, for the library and classrooms.

Thank you also to those who donated baked goods or their time to help out with the bake sales that we have held on the mornings of KC breakfasts. The income from these sales has been allocated to the classes of those who contribute to the sales. These funds will help to defray the cost of the 8th grade trip for each class. The funds raised to date are:

Grade Donations November Donations December Totals:

K 3 $20.00 3 $15.00 $35.00

1 7 $66.00 4 $20.00 $86.00

2 9 $60.00 7 $36.00 $96.00

3 10 $67.00 11 $57.00 $124.00

4 3 $40.00 7 $36.00 $76.00

5 2 $33.00 5 $26.00 $59.00

6 4 $47.00 8 $41.00 $88.00

7 2 $33.00 3 $15.00 $48.00

8 5 $30.00 2 $10.00 $40.00

Thank you for your donations of Time, Talent, and Treasure.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Blessed New Year!

St. Mary’s Home and School Association (HASA)

HASA Thank You Letter and Book Fair Update - 12/16/2009

aharon.zorea — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:37:00 GMT

Please read the attachment from the Home and School Association.

Thank You!

Christmas Program Reminders - 12/15/2009

aharon.zorea — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:32:00 GMT

Dear Parent,

I just wanted to send a couple of reminders in regard to tomorrow’s Christmas Program:

· Show times are Wednesday, Dec 16 at 1:30 and 7:00 p.m. Students are excused from school after the afternoon show. Parents are welcome to take them home after the afternoon show. If students need to stay at school to ride the bus, they may certainly do that.

· Students who are singing in the show should wear bright and colorful, festive clothing to celebrate the holiday. They should dress up as much as possible. Please don’t feel you have to go out and buy something special! They should not wear lights of any kind (e.g. in shoes or around their necks). It does get warm in the basement, so try to avoid heavy sweaters if at all possible!

· Each family should bring 1 dozen cookies/bars. These will be put out at the evening performance. Bring your cookies either to the school office or take them to the church basement any time Tuesday or Wednesday.

· Arrival time for the evening performance is as follows:

o Major cast members (those who have character names!) should arrive for makeup in the school music room at 5:30. They will get their costumes on after makeup. Costumes should remain at school in their individual classrooms. Please have them change before taking them home in the afternoon. (This is for characters in costume…singers are welcome to go home in their holiday clothing!)

o Students who are townspeople should come for makeup at 6:00. They will then get into costumes (after makeup).

o Students performing a musical selection before the show should arrive at 6:15 and report to the church basement. They will begin playing at 6:25. Once the finish playing their piece(s), they should immediately report to the school.

o Singers should arrive dressed and ready to go at the school at 6:30. They should report to their classrooms.

· The show will last approximately 45 minutes. Cookies and punch will be served afterward.

That is it at this point…although there may be updates/additions as we work our way through the dress rehearsal this afternoon.

Thank you for all of your support…and we hope you enjoy the show!

Vicki

Vicki L. Faber

Prinicipal

Next Bake Sale on Sunday - 12/10/2009

aharon.zorea — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:25:00 GMT

Hello,

Thank you to the 22 families who provided baked goods or worked the table for the bake sale last month. We made almost $400 from purchases and donations at the bake sale. The money was distributed among all grades, in proportion to the number of students who were represented by the items brought.

Kindergarten	$20
1st Grade	$66
2nd Grade	$60
3rd Grade	$67
4th Grade	$40
5th Grade	$33
6th Grade	$47
7th Grade	$33
8th Grade	$30

These funds have been deposited in accounts that have been set up to follow the classes through to be used for their 8th grade trip.

And now, it's time to bake again! This Sunday will be another KC Pancake breakfast and St. Mary's School Bake Sale. Please bring your items in to the school on Friday, or drop them off in the basement Saturday night, or before 9 am on Sunday. Please package your baked goods (cookies, brownies, candy) in individual servings, which makes it easier to price and set out.

Some suggestions on items to bring are listed below. We are happy to use any items you donate, and are trying to achieve a variety of items. Also welcome are: preserves, jams, jellies, homemade mixes (cake, cookie, hot cocoa), any other home-made items.

December 13 Schedule: Sign Up:

Kindergarten: Cakes/Cupcakes Sunday: 8-10 a.m.

1^st Grade: Quick Bread/Yeast Breads _______________

2^nd Grade: Cookies _______________

3^rd Grade: Candy _______________

4^th Grade: Muffins Sunday: 10-noon

5^th Grade: Bars _______________

6^th Grade: Pies _______________

7^th Grade: Muffins _______________

8^th Grade: Cookies

Please respond to this e-mail if you would like to sign up to help out with the bake sale. Thank you for your contribution! Please let me know if you have any questions - 649-4348

Deb Zorea

HASA President

St. Mary of the Assumption School

December School Newsletter

aharon.zorea — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:49:00 GMT

Attached is the December newsletter.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Articles includes in this month's newsletter are:

Fish Fry Coming to St. Mary's
Flu Update
HASA News
A Prayer for Christmas
Catholic Schools Week Coming Quickly
Girls Basketball Camp
St. Mary's Student Plays in State Honors Band
Roller Skating Party
Knights of Columbus Christmas Poster Contest
"Christmas Special Delivery" Coming to Stage
Veteran's Day Memories
Student Council News
Student Tithing
Book Fair Results
Advent Services
3rd Grade Visit Christmas Tree Farm

Introducing PRISM Reading Program

aharon.zorea — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:54:00 GMT

PRISM: Persistent Readers Inspire Small Miracles

St. Mary’s School, along with the Home and School Association is organizing a program

to inspire our students to spending time reading or being read to. The PRISM program

works as follows:

Each student will be given a check off card with 10 squares blocked off. For every 30

minute period that they read, they can get a parent to initial one square. When the card is

completed, the student will bring it back to school, and turn it in at Mrs. Walker’s desk in

the library. This way each class would have their cards totaled at the end of each week.

There will be a chart posted in the lunchroom for students to track their progress.

Each student would go up one “rung” on their ladder for each card brought in. Every

third rung is a level – indicated by a different color. When each student accomplishes a

new level, they will get to choose a prize from the box behind the library desk. These

will be small prizes (stickers, bouncy balls, etc.) There will be 6 levels, with the goal to

reach the 6th level by the Science Fair in March. There will be another incentive item for

completing all of the levels.

The classrooms will benefit from the reading program as well. For each completed card

brought in, the class will receive something to put in the classroom basket. This will be a

basket on the wall, which is made to hold die-cut symbols. (Apples, snowflakes,

pumpkins, etc.) We’ll be keeping track of how many items are in each class’ basket.

When the goal is reached, the class will receive a cinnamon-roll (or chocolate chip

cookie) party. The classroom goal is based on 90% participation. This will encourage,

but not require all to participate. This will keep kids reading who have already reached

their 6th level. Even though they have completed their individual levels, they can

contribute towards the class party goal.

If you have any questions on the PRISM program, please contact Deb Zorea (zorea@msn.com) or Diane

Walker. Let’s Read!

Deb Zorea

President, HASA