STES Weekly eNewsletter

St. Theresa School's eNews Announcements

October 28, 2015

Welcome to the St. T's eNews Weekly Announcements. The eNews and past editions may also be viewed on the school website: http://stesonline.org/st-t-enews.html. To make submissions please email your principal approved information to the office at info@stesonline.org. Submissions must be received by Tuesday, 12 noon. Thank you!

Announcement: Walking Club cancelled today due to the weather.

School Calendar

November 3, will be a half day. This was formerly a day off.

Flu Shot Season

Dear Parents,

We are quickly approaching the flu season. I would encourage everyone over the age of 6 months to get the flu vaccine soon. Don't wait until it's too late to fight the flu. It takes two weeks to build up immunity after getting the vaccine. Let's try to keep everyone healthy this winter.

If your child is a Preschool student this year, they are REQUIRED to get the flu vaccine by January 4, 2016 and submit proof of vaccination to the nurse.

The Trumbull Health Department will be offering Flu shots by appointment only on Mondays, from 3-5 p.m., and Tuesdays, from 9:30-11:1130 a.m. For information, call 203-452-1030. Or see your own physician to receive the vaccine.

If you have questions, please call the State of Connecticut Immunization Program at 860-509-7929 or contact me at 203-268-2146.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Folchick, RN

CT Department of Public Health Website

HSA Update

Our next Family Fun Night will be November 20th! Mark you calendars, you do not want to miss our Taste Around the World! We have several families already signed up to share a piece of their culture with us. Please see the attached flyer for further details and to sign up to participate.

Now let's talk Basketball! We had a very successful meeting on Tuesday night and were able to fill the needed subcommittee chair positions. Our 29th annual Basketball Tournament will be taking place this January! Please watch for further details and opportunities to volunteer.

Upcoming events:

Monday, November 16

HSA Meeting

St. Theresa School Gym

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Childcare available upon request.

Topic: Health & Fitness

We will have Coach Heidi Langan speaking with us on the topic of health and fitness. Heidi is a personal coach specializing in running and group fitness for adults and children. With the cold weather at our door, it will be nice to learn ways to keep active during the winter. We will offer childcare for this meeting by request. If you plan to attend and need childcare, please email HSA@stesonline.org so we know how many children to expect.

Friday, November 20

Taste Around the World

St. Theresa School Gym

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

A free ticket to travel the world ... Come join us as we share our world with music, food and culture. We invite families to bring an appetizer or dessert to feed at least 8-10 people. Whether your heritage is American, Hispanic, Asian, European, African, Indian or beyond. We want you there! Bring your favorite traditional family dish to share your culture with other Saint Theresa families.

Saturday, December 5

Breakfast with Santa

St. Theresa School Gym

9:00 am - 11:00 am

A favorite for the kids ... come have breakfast with Santa and enjoy some Holiday Cheer with fellow Saint Theresa families.

Multicultural Potluck Family Fun Night

Please RSVP by Friday, November 13 by either filling out this form here or by emailing hsa@stesonline.org with the same information.

Click here to RSVP online.

Click here to email the HSA.

A wonderful Halloween Party was had by all!

Thank you to the entire bunch that joined in for the Halloween Family Bash last Friday night.

With hundreds of students and their families, the house was full of good times!

Special thank you to the families that did the Trunk or Treat and their generosity in supplying the sweet treats for all...and the decorating was amazing!

Thank you once again to Lori Hackenson for another amazing Haunted House duo that surely did please all ages!

More thanks go to the dozens of parents that volunteered. It could not be done without the help of the entire fleet of volunteers from set up to check-ins, and clean up to the kitchen serving...running the

music, contest judging and every on demand jump in as needed. THANK YOU!

All our kids looked great! Below we congratulate our contest winners once more:

Best Costume - Mad Scientist - Grade 4
Most Creative Costume - Harry Potter - Grade 3
Silliest Costume - The Shark - Grade 5
Scariest Costume - The Joker - Grade 4

Please email us with suggestions or ideas to add in for next year!

Sue Ennis

Meet the School Advisory Board

Member, Edward Lovely

Mr. Edward Lovely is a former principal of St. Theresa School and we are happy that he returns to be part of the School Advisory Board. Mr. Lovely graduated from the United States Naval Academy and went on to graduate studies at Fairfield University. Over the years, Mr. Lovely has been a Trumbull High School math teacher, Chairman of the Math Department and Principal. He went on to become the Assistant Superintendent for the Trumbull Schools and Chairman of the Trumbull Board of Education. Mr. Lovely volunteers and is actively involved in our community and has been a Eucharistic Minister at Christ the King Parish for over 25 years. We feel fortunate that he is sharing his wisdom, knowledge, and educational experience with us!

Meet the Home School Association Officers

Secretary, Suzanne Donofrio

Suzanne is the proud mother of three children: Jack who is in the 7th grade, Sarah (Graduate 2012), and Jeffrey. She has been married to Jeff for 25 years. They live in Trumbull and are parishioners of St. Theresa's Church since 2010.

This is Suzanne's second term as Secretary of the HSA, she is a graduate of The Catholic University of America with a Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering and she works at Ciulla & Donofrio, LLP in North Haven.

Eighth Grade Explores the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

The 8th grade currently completed presenting their projects on the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Each group focused on one Gift of the Holy Spirit. The students focused on how each gift applies to our everyday lives, how we can exercise each gift in our lives, and the importance of asking God for the grace to grow in each of the gifts. Overall, the students did a fantastic job and truly enjoyed exploring each of the gifts in detail.

The Gift of Fortitude

The Gift of Counsel

A Glimpse into Grade 5

Grade 5 learned that picking out a "Just Right Book" is like picking out a new shirt.

A "Just Right Book" has just enough room for you to grow.

Parents were surprised to see that their "children" were still at school when they arrived for Back-To-School Night!

St. Theresa's Fab-Five - Band Students Go to Region Festival!

S t. Theresa School is proud to have sent 5 students to the Future Musicians Southern Region Music Festival that was held at St. Stephen School in Hamden. After 4 weekends of rehearsing, the band performed a concert at St. Stephen on October 18. The concert was a rousing success. The 5 students played saxophone, trombones, percussion and clarinet. These students represented St. Theresa with distinction.

They will now begin preparing for the FMI All-State auditions which will determine which All-State Band they participate in. The All-State Festival will take place in March and the students will perform a concert at CCSU in mid-March. Then they will perform again at New York City's Lincoln Center on May 23 and later that week at Hartford's Old State House. Congratulations to all these fantastic students!

You can catch them and all of the other wonderful students in the St. Theresa Band program at our Annual Christmas Concert coming up on December 14th at 6:30 pm!

The Basketball Blast

JJV GIRLS

The St. Theresa School JJV girls' team took the court today for their first-time ever (for every team member) against a more experienced St. Marks team. The Tigers never gave up and came back from a 16-0 deficit at halftime and outscored their opponent 10 to 4 in the second half. The final score was 20 St. Marks -10 St. Theresa School. Congratulations to the JJV girls' basketball team for showing great courage and heart!

Next game: Saturday, October 31st at 10:50 am at St. Jude's in Monroe.

Varsity Girls

The Varsity Girls played their first league game on Saturday at St. Ann's. They won 32-6. It was a team effort!!! Our opponent was a combo of St. Ann & Assumption schools. We scored 20 points very quickly in the first quarter so the team eased off scoring and worked on their plays and passing allowing our junior players more play experience. We hope to continue to improve and win more games as the season gets underway.

Next game: Friday, October 30, 6 pm at St. Jude's in Monroe.

JJV Boys

On Saturday the St. Theresa JJV Boys Baskeball team earned their first victory over Assumption in their first game of the season. The score was 23-17 with Richard Tuzzoli having 11 pts., Bryan Wilson with 10 pts., and Mason Beardsworth with 2pts.

Next game: Saturday, October 31, 9:40 am at St. Jude's in Monroe.