Dear Parents, 

We are looking forward to celebrating our Grandparents and extended families  tomorrow. The children have been practicing their songs and are very excited for this event. We are extremely grateful for all the support our grandparents have given to our school. The day will begin with a Mass at 9 am followed by the concert.  Fr. Marcello will be unable to be with us for this day as he is in Italy. We are fortunate to have Fr. Eric Silva the Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph Parish in Brookfield who has kindly offered to say the Mass for us. 

Quote from Pope Francis: 

"It is by loving that the God-who-is-Love is proclaimed to the world."

God calls us to serve others with love and respect. If we live our lives by following the Greatest Commandment of all, to love God with your whole heart, soul, and mind, and the second is to love your neighbors as you would love  yourself, what a wonderful world this would be. Let us remember to keep love in our hearts and live as true Disciples of Jesus. 
 
Faithfully Yours,

Miss Giaquinto
 


Progress Reports

Progress reports will go home today to grades 5 through 8. This report lets you know how your child is doing now that we are halfway through the marking period. Please sign the envelope, keep the report, and send the signed envelope back to school with your child to be given to his/her homeroom teacher.



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Grandparents' Day
October 7th

Grandparents' Day will take place tomorrow and begin in church with Mass at 9:00 am.

Please attempt to arrive between 8:30 am and 8:45 am. The Mass will begin promptly at 9:00 am. The children will perform a concert directly after Mass so we will remain in church. Following the performance, there will be pictures/classroom visits. 

Please contact Annette DeMoura  if you are able to help in anyway.

For information about the day or if  you have any questions, please email 
Mrs. DeMoura at:  [email protected]



Winter Uniform Begins
Tuesday, October 11th

The SCSS winter uniform begins on October 11th. Please make sure that the complete uniform is worn including a belt for the boys. Take a minute to re-read the dress code in the handbook. Please note that the school sweatshirt may ONLY be worn on gym days.The school fleece or sweater can be worn on all other days. The winter gym uniform is sweatpants only no shorts. No socks with name brand logos are allowed. Girls skirts must be the appropriate length. Thank you for your cooperation.  


Important Dates
  • October 7th- Grandparents' Day Mass and Program begins at 9:00am
  • October 10th- NO SCHOOL Columbus Day
  • October 11th- Winter School Uniform begins
  • October 12th- Individual Pictures for Grades Pre-K 3 through 8
  • October 13th -Individual Pictures for Pre-K 3 and Kindergarten Field Trip
  • October 18th- Open House 8:30am - 10:30am
  • October 19th- Class Picture Day with Full Uniform
  • October 23rd- Trunk or Treat 4:00pm - 6:00pm
  • October 25th- Field Trip Grades 6-8
  • October 26th- Trumbull Read Aloud Day 
  • October 27th-School Visit from Dr. Cheeseman
  • October 28th- Walk-A-Thon 
Walk-A-Thon News

The writing campaign has begun and letters have gone out this week. Thank you for sending in the list of  names and participating in this part of the process. Our goal is for each walker to raise $100. Each student who has reached the goal will receive a prize. The money raised will go towards putting air conditioners into the classrooms.
Anyone who would like to volunteer for this event please contact 
T racy Ferreira or email me at [email protected]

Open House
Tuesday, October 18th
Spread the word!

We will have an open house on Tuesday, October 18th from  8:30 am to 10:30 am. Please tell anyone who may be interested to stop by for a tour of our wonderful school and see what makes SCSS a great place to learn!

Anyone who is interested in volunteering t o help with this event please email me at [email protected] 


Lego Club

The Lego club begins tomorrow Friday, October 7th, after school from 2:15 pm to 4:00 pm. There is still space available for anyone in grades 3 through 5.


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 10ยข  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. 


Congratulations!

Congratulations to these SCSS alumni. These fine young men Andrew Hickey, Billy Augustine, and Brian Helfrich - are Magna Cum Laude inductees into the National Honor Society and Teddy Whiteman - Summa Cum Laude! We are very proud of their accomplishments in knowing that they received their foundation here at 
St. Catherine of Siena School.

Thank you to Mrs. Hickey for sharing this great news!! 





    "Be who God meant you to be,
     and you will set the world on fire."

                                  St. Catherine of Siena