STES Weekly eNewsletter

St. Theresa School's eNews Announcements

February 17, 2016

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!

Please join us in congratulating our Honor Roll Students!

In this issue

Second Quarter Honor Roll
Letter from the Administration
Bishop's Scholarship Fund
Chromebook Incentive
Calendar
eNews Survey update
Lenten Haiti Drive

World Day of Prayer for the Sick Invitation
St. Jude's Math-a-thon
Yearbook Personalization Help Session
Our Thanks
Dropbox Photo links
Important links

Letter from the Administration

Dear Saint Theresa School families,

Please be sure to join us next Monday, February 22 for the HSA meeting with our two honored guests at 7 pm. This is a special opportunity to have the directors of two important scholarship funds taking time to speak with us. Help with the financial aid applications will be available in the Computer Lab starting at 5 pm and ending in time for the meeting.

You should have already received the 2016-17 tuition agreements in the mail. Please be sure to register with FACTS tuition management and to fill out the financial aid application on line as soon as possible. The completed and signed form, along with the $175.00 enrollment fee, must be returned to the office no later than March 15, 2016. Please note that any agreement returned after this date is subject to a $25.00 late fee as well as space availability.

We are quickly approaching the school's 60th anniversary dinner on April 30th. Tickets can be purchased online or in the main office. Please consider reserving a table for you and your friends to enjoy a wonderful dinner and a memorable evening. Monsignor DiProfio will be present as the guest of honor.

S. Vittoria

The Bishop's Scholarship Fund is now available!

To be eligible you must apply for financial aid through FACTS online. We ask that you complete your application process as soon as possible in order to receive the benefit of this wonderful program.

We will have a help session here at St. Theresa's February 22 at 5 PM in the Computer Lab. Please remember the sooner you apply the better.

The Bishop's Scholarship Fund

La misión de la Bishop's Scholarship Fund - en Español
Fundo para Bolsas do Bispo 2016-2017 - em Português

FACTS Financial Aid Application

Time to Share St. Theresa's Hidden Treasure

Did you know that families in Trumbull don't even know we are here behind the church? We are a hidden treasure that needs to be shared.

We'd like to encourage you to share and invite new families to come and visit St. Theresa throughout the month of February. And in return, we'd like to thank you for helping our community grow.

If a family you invite comes to the Open House Jan. 31, Feb. 1, or (snow date) Feb. 8, or visits the school for a tour or Shadow Day during the month of February AND turns in (to Mrs. LaFrenierre in the office) the Open House postcard with your student's name and grade on it when they sign in, you will be in a drawing for a white Acer Chromebook C670 on March 1, 2016.

You will be helping others learn about our great community, and you will

help grow St. Theresa's family. If the family signs its tuition agreement and attends St. Theresa School, you will receive a signing

bonus of $250 towards your tuition payment for next year. CCD families from St. Theresa will receive a $750

tuition discount if they sign their Tuition Agreements b y March 15!

Thank you for celebrating St. Theresa School!

School Calendar

eNews Survey Results

Our thanks to all who completed the eNews survey. We want to be sure that everyone knows the eNews is the replacement for the Wednesday envelope and is meant to be read thoroughly by every family.

Your feedback is appreciated. Please note the new "In this Issue" section at the top for a content menu. We will also seek to keep repetition down, so be prepared to look at back issues on the school website: http://stesonline.org/st-t-enews.html.

Taking the surveys was informative to our families. If you did not get a chance to take them the links are here:

eNews Survey K-8

eNews Survey Pre-K

Please remember we always have a feedback section at the bottom of the eNews for your use. Thank you!

School Wide Lenten Drive for the Nutrition Center in Haiti

Help your student learn how they can help someone on a world wide scale. This program is a wonderful way to give your student the tools to learn compassion and show how their own work can made a difference. Offer your child opportunities to do small jobs for change, recycle cans, or anything else that lets them do the work to earn the coins that will go in the jar. They will know the feeling that they have given from the heart.

Thank you for making a difference in these little lives both here at home and in Haiti!

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes & World Day of Prayer for the Sick - We're invited!

We are really excited for The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the World Day of Prayer in Bridgeport at Blessed Sacrament Church. We will celebrate mass and the Sacrament of the Sick will be offered. Mark your calendars for Sunday February 21st.

The Sacrament of the Sick is a beautiful gift to those in need. Please invite anyone who would like to receive this grace filled sacrament.

Our students in grades 5-8 are invited to be in the candle light procession at the start of mass inside the church and help with the mass giving out the knotted rosaries and Lourdes water to guests.

Please let Mrs. Tamarkin know if you can make it. As helpers it would be terrific if you can arrive at 2:30 so we can be ready for the mass at 3:00 pm.

RSVP for Candle Light Procession

St. Jude's Mathathon Update

The St. Jude Math-A-Thon is well underway. The Funbooks have come in and were distributed to each student in grades K-8 who submitted the Parent/Guardian Permission Slip. This is a wonderful opportunity to help others while completing and practicing math problems and puzzles.

Please return all sponsor donations to the main office by Friday, February 26th.

Thank you for your participation and please keep the children and families at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in your prayers.

Mrs. LaFrenierre

Yearbooks Personalization Help Session

Looking for help getting your personalized pages started or even purchasing your book online? want access to all of the school photos? Come to the help session:

March 9th, 3:30 - 5:00 PM

You must purchase a book before you can personalize.

Yearbooks are available for pre-order in Hardcover for $45 and Softcover for $38. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Click here to order your yearbook.

Click here to email the yearbook adviser.

Our Thanks!

Thank you to the Graziano family for donating 18 wireless mice for the Chromebook Lab! Now every student using a Chromebook in our set of 27 can also use a mouse! The students are going to love them!

The fifth grade would like to send thanks to all of the parents who provided and built the beautiful new bookcases in their classroom! They are avid readers in the fifth grade so they are getting a lot of use!

The Pre-K Pop In

We took a peek in Pre-K 5 today and found inventors, explorers, future teachers and scientists! All during free play time.

We look forward to hearing more from our Pre-K students.

Recent Photos for viewing & downloading

Here are the Dropbox links to recent school photos. Photos will be available for two weeks from posting date. Download any photos you would like to keep for your family or personalized yearbook pages.