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School Year 2017-2018| January 24, 2018

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Our hearts and prayers go out to all those affected by the shooting yesterday at Marshall County High School.

"Over the past two days in Kentucky and Texas, we have witnessed painful reminders of how gun violence can tragically alter the lives of those so precious to us – our school children. We pray for eternal rest for those who have died. Let us pray, too, for the families, teachers and friends who must now endure the suffering of losing those dearest to them. We stand in solidarity with the children who face a long road of recovery from serious injuries. May they find comfort in a loving community. As Christians, we experience this pain as if it were our own. Let us reach out in compassion to assist the grieving and may we move forward in greater resolve to treat one another as children of God, so that unthinkable acts like this become more and more rare and love more and more present in the world."

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston and President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

At Mary Queen, we do have practiced lockdown and other drills in place to keep our children safe, we will continue to practice these drills and work together with you in resolve to treat each other as children of God.

Catholic Schools Week!

We are so excited that this most wonderful week is finally here! I hope you are excited as well. In preparation for Catholic Schools Week we are asking that everyone send in their items for the Foster Care collection by Friday. We will be bringing up our filled backpacks at our Family Mass on Tuesday for a blessing. Your child's teacher is sending out a separate plea today, but please click on this link to see what your child should bring in and what other items we are collecting and if you have the items, please send them in!

S unday, January 28 - Open House 12:00 - 3:00

Please join us for Mass and then come over to our Open House - don't forget to bring a friend or two! We will have tours of the school available and different groups performing during the Open House. Students who come to Mass in their school uniform will receive the golden out of uniform ticket!

Monday, January 29 - Show your spirit!

Students may wear their favorite team jersey with their uniform bottoms today. We will also be "voting" today for who we think will win the Superbowl by bringing can foods to donate to God's Pantry and place your can in the bucket of the team you think is going to win. You can vote with as many donations as you would like to bring.

Tuesday, January 30 - Family Day

All families are invited and encouraged to join us for Mass this morning at 8:15. It will be a special time for us to share with you. After Mass, two of Lexington Catholic's accapela groups will be performing for our enjoyment!

Wednesday, January 31 - Catholic School Community

Our fourth grade and a few of our middle school students will be heading over to the Cathedral to celebrate Mass with representatives from our other Diocesan Schools. In the afternoon, we have a special program for all the students to celebrate Catholic Schools Week. It is also crazy sock day.

Thursday, February 1 - Panther Palooza!!

Today is the rock star day, our Panther Palooza.

Friday, February 2 - Student Day

The long awaited student day is Friday. It will be a packed day full of fun things for our students. We will dismiss at 1:00 today so that I can take the staff out to lunch. We will not be providing after school care today so that our after school care staff can join us for lunch.

How can you help?

Come to the Open House and Family Mass

Send in $2 per child for the teacher luncheon

Send in your support for the Foster Care backpacks and for our canned food drive.

We will be dismissing on Friday, Feb. 2 at 1:00

There will be no after school care offered so that we can take all our staff out to lunch to thank them for all they do

Dates to Remember

Jan. 26 - Kasey Program for PreK and K

Jan. 28 - Catholic Schools Week Open House

Jan. 30 - Family Mass for Catholic Schools Week

Friday, Feb. 2 - 1:00 dismissal for Catholic Schools Week

April 20 - Night of Angels

JClub Books are in the Media Center now! Please stop by and check out these books. We will also have them displayed throughout Catholic Schools Week.

Yearbooks for the 2017-2018 school year on sale now! $25 for a hardcopy, $20 for a soft copy yearbook and for an additional $2.50 you can get your yearbook personalized.

God's Pantry Food Drive

Our food drive has begun!

We will be collecting non-perishable food items for God's Pantry. Please send these to school and support the Super Bowl team of your choice.

Blue "team" barrels are located in the school rotunda.

Thank you supporting those in need!

8th Grade trip to Washington, D.C.

Sales of Old Ky chocolates will continue after school this week. Each candy bar is $1. Proceeds benefit 8th Grade Trip. Flavors include, plain, milk chocolate, caramel, and krispy. The 8th grade will be selling until the candy bars are gone.

Legacy Gym has been at Mary Queen this week, teaching all kinds of new skills during our gym classes - we have been having so much fun! Thank you to Legacy.

The NED Show -

You still have time to order a Yo-Yo.

We will be selling them until Friday!

Order Form

Our Father Daughter Dance is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 24. We will start our evening at church with a special Mass celebration then come over to the gym for fun and dancing with our favorite partner! The cost for the evening is $25, this is for one Dad and as many daughters as he has! Registration for the event is open now by clicking on the picture above. Registration at the door will be $30.

After school Opportunities

Lego Preschool Club

Lego Elementary Club

Cut and Paste

Kiddy Keys

Spanish Club

Tippi Toes

PAWS

P arents A ctive W ith S chool

PAWS (Parents Active With School)

More PAWS info: visit PAWS website & The PAW Print Blog (meeting notes are posted)

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