September 22nd Newsletter

Dear Parents,

Thank you to the parents and teachers for coming out to join us last night at our first Home & School Association meeting. We discussed many topics some of which included developing new events that will engage all members of our community. We would like to have specific events for parents to partake in, as well as separate events for our middle school children and lower grade children.

We also discussed, enrichment programs, SCSS Service Team, developing the school directory, possible online hot lunch ordering, and implementing a "Good News" email to share accomplishments and newsworthy events in our students/families lives with the SCSS community. It was a pleasure to see everyone and some new faces too. Thank you for a positive and uplifting start to our HSA organization.

Quote from Pope Francis:

"The more we let ourselves be enveloped by the love of God, the more our lives are renewed."

God loves us unconditionally. He loved us from the minute he created us. We need to surround ourselves with God's love and believe and trust in Him and our lives will be fulfilled. We will feel at peace and be content that He knows what is best for us. He loves us at all times, in times of difficulty or sadness He is there to lift us up. All we need to do is reach out in prayer and believe in His love. Let us all wrap ourselves in God's love so we can be renewed in our faith.

Faithfully Yours,

Miss Giaquinto

Important Dates:

September 29th - 30th- Principal's Conference
September 29th- Grade 3 Field Trip
September 30th- Dress Casual Day Wear your Pink and donate $2 per child or $5 per family to raise money for Breast Cancer
Week of October 5th- Progress reports will go home to grades 5-8
October 7th- Grandparents' Day Mass and Program begins at 9:00am
October 10th- NO SCHOOL Columbus Day

New Advancement Director

Welcome Mrs. Kathleen Kearns Donahue

We are pleased to announce the addition of Kathleen Kearns Donahue to our staff as our part-time Director of Advancement. Kathie comes to us after a successful fourteen-year career as the Director of Alumnae Relations & Special Events for Lauralton Hall, Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Milford. During her tenure at Lauralton, she also served as Director of Annual Fund and as interim Director of Development. She is a passionate and enthusiastic professional with extensive experience in non-profit development, fundraising, phone-a-thon and call center management, alumni relations, and special events. She was responsible for strategic planning, fiscal and event management, program development and fundraising for the Lauralton Alumnae Office. She also provided support and coordination to the academy's cultivation efforts. Prior to Lauralton Hall, Kathleen began her career as an Account Manager with Dun and Bradstreet Corporation (Salesnet Division) and then advanced to United States Surgical Corporation as a division manager. She and husband Timothy are Trumbull residents and parishioners of St. Catherine's. They have raised two daughters who graduated from our school, Class of 2002 and 2010. While her daughters were at St. Catherine's, Kathie was very involved in the HSA and Girl Scouts. She remains very active in the community and currently sits on the Board of Directors for Broadway Method Academy and the Nichols Garden Club.

Box Tops for Education

We will be continuing the Box Tops for Education program. This program is easy to take part in and helps to benefit our school children. All you need to do is f ind Box Tops on various products, cut the B ox Tops from each package and s end the Box Tops to school in a baggie. Box Tops are each worth 10¢ for our school. Our Box Tops Coordinator, Barbara Wells, will collect all the Box Tops and send them in so our school can get cash. Checks are mailed to schools twice a year in December and April.

Walk-A-Thon!

We're currently planning our Annual Walk-A-Thon Fall Fundraiser which will be held on October 28th. This is one of our successful fundraisers. The Waiver/t-shirt forms are due in tomorrow along with the list of names for the letter writing campaign. Please send this paperwork in so that your child can participate and be part of the event. To learn more about how you can volunteer, please email me at [email protected]

A Few Important Notes:

Please be very attentive and careful when driving into the parking lot especially during morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up. Please do not park on the curb side of the church building at any time. Cones will be placed there daily to help alleviate this problem. Thank you for your cooperation.

If you have not already done so, please be sure to complete your online VIRTUS training or re-certification and send a copy of the report to: Mrs. Laura Hurley. Any one wishing to volunteer in the building or chaperone a field-trip must be Virtus certified.

Student/Parent Handbook signature page is due in this week. Please read, sign the last page, and return the signed page to the school office tomorrow with your child.

Genevieve's fall fundraiser orders are due tomorrow. Please return all orders to the school office. Any questions you may have please contact Mrs.Tracy Ferreira.

All basketball registration forms and fees were due last Friday. If your child is planing on playing you must have the form and fee in now.