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vol 2                                                                                                              Issue  9
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We were saddened to here that Mrs. Kelly Kish, mother of 4 year old student Leona, has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Lymphoma.  Please keep the Kish family in your prayers as they will need a lot of support during this time.  Below you will see a Spaghetti Dinner being held at the Kish's church.  Please consider going if you can!  If you can not attend and would like to donate some money to the family, please contact the office.  As a school, we will be providing meals to the Kish Family on Tuesday's and Thursday's.  The will be a sign up sheet outside of the office and also in the extended day room for volunteers to sign up.  Restaurant gift cards are also welcome!  I hear Mrs. Kish enjoys Jet's Pizza!

NCCS St. Catherine Campus was just approved to become a provider for those receiving Publicly Funded Childcare benefits.  If you think your family may qualify, there are applications available in the office.  Below is the income chart which can help determine eligibility. Families must be at or below the 125% level.  This funding can be used to pay for *necessary preschool/PK hours as well as extended day hours.  It can cover the family pay portion of children attending PK using ECE Grant funds.  If your child currently receives benefits and you would like us to become the provider for care, let the office know.

*Necessary- while parents are working, attending school or training activities.

2016 Federal Poverty Guidelines
St. Francis of Assisi  Blessing of the Pets

Thank you for the wonderful turnout for our Blessing of the Pets!  Thank you Fr. Speier for coming over and spending some time with us and especially for the private blessing performed for a late arriving pup!  We had several dogs, a chicken, a guinea pig, a fish!  Many children brought pictures of their pet for the blessing.  What a wonderful way to celebrate the life of St. Francis!  
Flower Power Fundraising  

The NCCS St Catherine Preschool is holding an optional fall fundraiser. This is an online fundraiser with 50% of all profit coming back to the school. 
Orders can be placed at the link below through October 15th and will be shipped right to your home. 
Please feel free to share the link with your friends and family so                                                     that they can participate too!   Order some awesome things and
                                                  help the school at the same time!

Congratulations to Annamaria!  She is a big sister!  Baby sister, Victoria, was born this week!

Welcome to Mrs. L's class Elijah!
Welcome to Ms. J's class new students Zander and Rex!  
Welcome to Ms. J's room Spencer!

Welcome to the Extended Day team, Ms. Jailyn.  Jailyn will be working Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons 


Valentine Theater "Peter Rabbit Tales"
Ms. Huber & Mrs. L's 
classes only 9:30 AM                                                              
10/28/16

Halloween Parade and parties    1:45 PM                               10/28/16

Fall Pictures                                                     11/1/16  &  11/2/16

Teacher In-service  NO SCHOOL                                             11/4/16
Teacher In-service  NO SCHOOL                                             11/8/16

Conferences after school                                                        11/21/16
Conferences NO SCHOOL  all day                                            11/22/16

NCCS Community Connections

Most Blessed Sacrament 
Spaghetti Dinner and Silent and Live Auction Fundraiser will be held on Sunday October 23, 2016 from 3-8 pm in the Neighborhood Donnelly Center. This event will benefit the HelpHOPELive Great Lakes Liver Transplant Fund in honor of Dave Nowak. Dave, a resident of Toledo, OH was diagnosed with liver failure and now needs a life-saving liver transplant. Dave's friends and family are working with HelpHOPELive to raise money to help defray the cost of his transplant -related expenses. $10 Adults, $5:00 Children 12 and Under To donate auction items or for more information, please contact: Dee Your, denise72755@gmail.com or Colette Nowak, 419-215-1007 or c_nowaklmt@yahoo.com

Ignite Most Blessed Sacrament Parish! Wednesday, October 19 Spark- a free meal at 5:30pm, followed by Ignite- special adoration in the church at 6:30pm. You can make reservations for the dinner at http://IGNITEMBS.eventbrite.com or by calling the parish office by Monday, October 17. No reservations needed for the Ignite portion of the evening. Bring yourself or the entire family for a beautiful experience. Adoration for children and free childcare is also offered during the evening.

St. Catherine Parish~
ALL ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA PARISHIONERS, We need to update our records. In order to do that we need everyone's email address. Please call in your email address to the parish office at 419- 478-9558 or email your address to pneary@stcatherinetoledo.com. We would like to input these email addresses as soon as possible. Thanks!

St Catherine of Siena Church is sponsoring Sr. Nancy Murray (Bill Murray's sister) for a performance of her one woman show "Catherine of Siena: A Woman for Our Times". The performance is Sunday, Nov. 6th at 4pm at St. Catherine Church- 4555 N. Haven, Toledo, OH 43612. There will be a reception with Sr. Nancy following the performance. This event is open to all the parishes in the St. Agnes Deanery. It is a free show (although we will accept any free will donations) and all are welcome to attend. If you have not seen her show, you wont want to miss this!

St. Clement~ 
PLEASE NOTE: THE DATE FOR OUR BLOOD OUR BLOOD DRIVE HAS BEEN CHANGED! It will be held on Monday October 10. St. Clement/St. Catherine Blood Drive St. Clement Community Center 2:00-7:00 p.m.

Rummage SALE DAYS- * MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m * TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 8:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m.

Regina Coeli Parish~ Remember, we have the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for 3, 4 and 5 year olds every Sunday during the 11:00 Mass in the Education Center.

Donut Sunday is NEXT week, Oct. 9 after the 8:00 am & 11:00 am Masses. Please join us in Kotz Hall for coffee, donuts and fellowship.

St. John the Baptist~
Blessing of the Animals On Sunday, Oct. 9th, we will join churches around the world and celebrate something that St. Francis of Assisi started over 800 years ago: blessing our animals. It was Francis who first introduced the idea that human beings are only one of a multitude of creations of God and all are blessed in God's "eyes." We will gather in the Church parking lot at 1:00 for a time of prayer, praise and blessing. Our St. John Children's Choir will lead us in song and Fr. Dave will bless our pets as we give thanks for these special family members. Plan to be part of this liturgy that has become such a special tradition here at St. John the Baptist!
St. Michael the Archangel~ 


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The Annual All Souls Service will be held on Sunday, November 6 at 3pm at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 5153 Summit St. We hope you will be able to join us as we remember all those who have died since our churches were founded and especially those who have died this past year, from November 1, 2015 - October 31, 2016, whose names will be read during the service

Delays and School Cancellations

Please remember that we follow Washington Local school district for all delays and cancellations.  You can receive notice of delays and cancellations through Ohio Alert, our facebook page or any of the alert systems set up by local news channels.

For Ohio Alert: Find the NCCS St. Catherine school choice and click on it.  Within NCCS St. Catherine Ohio Alert sign up area you will find an option to subscribe to alerts.  On the next page you can sign up for "St. Catherine Parents and Community Members".  Please remember that we follow Washington Local for school delays and closings.   Please be careful when signing up for Ohio Alert.  There are two choices.  Be sure to choose  "St. Catherine Parents and Community Members " NOT   "St. Catherine Teachers and Faculty Only".

I encourage everyone with cell service to sign up for Ohio Alert.  This is a convenient way to find out about specifically St. Catherine's status.


We are blessed to be a part of the development of your child!  Please contact us if you have any concerns, questions or comments.

Blessings,

Chris Kummer
Director
NCCS ECEC St. Catherine Campus
"Prepare your child for the path not the path for your child."  ~ Unknown


 NCCS ECEC St. Catherine Campus 
 1155 Corbin Rd
Toledo, Ohio 43612
419-478-9900

 
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