"So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today."
-Matthew 6:34
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From Mrs. Rowley 
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the St. Lucy Food Drive. Last Sunday St. Ambrose School donated twenty-one bags of food! Think of how many families that will be fed! Thanks to Mrs. Clare Stalnaker for coordinating this so successfully. We are looking forward to the ongoing service projects in cooperation with other parish ministries.
On Friday, October 28 we will have our second annual "Trunk or Treat" event in the school parking lot. This was such a fun event last year! Decorated cars should be in the school parking lot at 6pm, in preparation for our "treaters" at 6:30pm. Please plan to join us! Also,
We will have our Pumpkin Fun Run coming up on November 4. Our Three Kings Store will open in December (exact dates to follow), but we are collecting items for that immediately. More information on these fun events is below.
Our first field trips of the year are this week. 4
th
and 5
th
grades went to the National Zoo today, and 6
th
and 7
th
grades will go to Hemlock Overlook Regional Park on Friday. Thanks to the generosity of our PTO for covering all costs.
I hope that many of you were able to contribute a recipe or two for the family cookbook! Our gala committee is off to a great start with preparations! Enjoy the rest of the week, and this beautiful weather!
We are launching "Discover Catholic Schools Week" with an open house on Sunday, November 13 from 11:00am-1:00pm. Please spread the word to friends and family and invite them to stop in and visit our school.
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Smart Lunches Menu Week is October 24th - 28th!
Ready to try a new lunch? Smart Lunches has six brand new options for kids to try during Menu Week, October 24th-28th. Broccoli Mac & Cheese, Mexican Rice Bowl, Warm Chicken Teriyaki Wrap, and more are all specialties on the menu during this week. Order one of the Menu Week options, and let Smart Lunches know what you think! Your feedback will help Smart Lunches chefs plan future menus. Check out the menu
here.
Menu Week only happens a few times a year, so make sure you have a voice in planning the next menu! Place your order now at
www.smartlunches.com.
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Trunk or Treat
Trunk or Treat
is a Halloween
themed event where pa
rents and children decorate their cars in the school park
i
n
g lot and
then "Trunk
or Treat" from car to car collecting c
andy. Google
"Trunk or Treat" for ideas.
Details:
- Costumes- There will be prizes for the funniest- scariest- most original costume. Please remember, not too scary as this is a family event.
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Cars & Candy- There will be a special Halloween treat for best decorated car! If entering your car, please plan on enough candy for 80 kids. Decorated cars should arrive at 6 pm; for the safety of our kids the school lot will close promptly at 6:20 PM. Trick or treating begins at 6:30 PM.
Click here
to reserve your spot on the Trick or Treat Trail.
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Donations- If you're not up for decorating your car but still want to help out, please consider donating a gift card or bags of unwrapped candy to help alleviate the burden of those cars participating. Also, donations of gift cards to be given as prizes for the costume contest are appreciated.
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Bring Canned Goods- These items will help support
Food For Others
, a local organization providing food to our neighbors in need.
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Jack-o-Lanterns- Show off your pumpkin carving skills! Bring your jack-o-lantern and compete among St. Ambrose families for best-in-show! $5 per pumpkin entry; prize for best pumpkin.
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Pizza- Pre-order a pizza dinner and take the night off from cooking! We will have your pizza and drinks with napkins and plates ready for your enjoyment in the school gym beginning at 6PM. Please return this form to the school office by Tuesday, 10/25.
For this event all children must be accompanied by an adult. Parents are responsible for the supervision of their children.
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The Pumpkin Run - November 4, 2016
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More detailed information regarding The Pumpkin Run and Pumpkin Run Pledge Forms were sent home in the 10/12/16 Wednesday Folders and is again in the "Wednesday Folder" section of this week's "Buzz."
Key Dates:
Oct 27 - Return all pledge forms and "flat amount" donations
Nov 4 - Pumpkin Run
Nov 16 - Return "pledge per lap" donations
Rewards:
Students who raise:
- $100 or more: $10 Amazon Gift Card
- $200 or more: $10 Amazon gift Card & $10 AMC Gift Card
Students who raise money will also be entered into a drawing for an iPad Mini!
- Students who raise $75 or more: 1 entry into drawing
- $150 or more: 3 entries
- $300 or more: 5 entries
Please Note: The Pumpkin Run is held during school hour son the field behind the school
. All students participate in the Pumpkin Run whether or not they have any pledges. Parents are welcome to join us as volunteers or spectators. A SignUpGenius will go out soon requesting volunteers. The Pumpkin Run aka The Fun Run is NOT the 1k Fun Run associated with the 5k Peace Run. The 5k Peace Run / 1k Fun Run is a separate St. Ambrose School event that does not involve pledges.
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The Fall Scholastic Book Fair
The Fall Scholastic Book Fair is coming to the St. Amb
rose Library! It will be open this year during the
parent conferences as we
ll as on Sunday for Family Day.
The students will make their wish lists Thursday morning, Nov. 10, before the 11:30 dismissal. The fair will be open that afternoon until 4:00 for students to come in with their parents. It will also be open the following day, Friday, Nov. 11, from 8:00-4:00
. Students must be accompanied by parents when coming into the
fair
. Sunday the fair is open from 9:00-1:30 for families to come in before or after mass.
Students may come to the fair during school hours on Monday and Tuesday. It will close at 2:00 on Tuesday to be packed up.
This is a perfect opportunity to get some good books for independent reading and holiday gifts.Contact Mrs. Healy at [email protected] with any questions or if you'd like to help out. I hope to see you there!
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Asthma is a common lung condition in children and teens. It causes breathing problems, with symptoms like coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. Anyone can have asthma, even babies, and the tendency to develop it often runs in families.
Asthma affects the bronchial tubes, or airways. When someone breathes normally, air goes in through the nose or mouth and then into the trachea (windpipe), through the bronchial tubes, into the lungs, and finally back out again.
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Three Kings Gift Shop Donations
Please consider helping us continue a great St. Ambrose School tradition-The Three Kings Gift Shop! The Three Kings Shop tradition is a Christmas shopping opportunity for our students. We stock the store with re-gifted items donated by our community that we sell for $1 or $2. All proceeds go directly to the school. The kids love it because they get to do their own shopping for their families with the help of our volunteer elves.
We are gladly accepting donations to stock our store! Please take a look through your closets, drawers, attics, and garages and see if you have items in VERY GOOD condition to donate to our shop. We could use gifts for moms, dads, children, teenagers, and grandparents. Things like jewelry, toys, games, stuffed animals, ties, gadgets, mugs, books, religious items, knick-knacks, and any item you might want to receive or give as a gift. No large gifts as the children must be able to carry the items home. We also need gift wrapping supplies, gift boxes, jewelry boxes, tape, and sturdy shopping bags. All donated items can be dropped off at the school office before December 13th. We appreciate your support! For questions please contact Maryellen DeWolfe at [email protected].
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In STEM Club last week, we started with Dr. Singhal giving us a short chemistry lesson about solutions. We made our own bubble solution and learned that we can use water as the solvent and glycerin and dish soap as the solutes. Dr. Singhal demonstrated and then the kids broke into 5 teams and gave it a try. They had so much fun; I was surprised by how much the older kids enjoyed it! It was a great exercise even for our younger students, who may not grasp the chemistry, but had the chance to measure the solutes, mix and of course test their solutions!
Our kindergarten and 1
st
grade STEM Club members then went to work on a structural engineering project. We read the book, "The Three Pigs" by David Wiesner. This Caldecott Medal-winning book is an awesome variation of the three little pigs where the pigs aren't eaten by the wolf, but are "blown" right out of the story. The book is pure imagination: the pigs hitch a ride on a paper airplane, meet the cat from "Hey Diddle Diddle", befriend a dragon, and in the end everyone eats soup! The kids LOVED it.
After the reading, the students then had the opportunity to build their pig house out of the materials available (cardboard, paper towel rolls, craft sticks, duct tape, masking tape, etc). They did great work!
Next week we are going to apply a wind load to the houses and see how they do!
The 2
nd
- 7
th
grade students had their first preparatory engineering challenge - index card towers. The 2
nd
-4
th
grade were given the following engineering criteria: to build a tower at least 10 inches high and hold a small stuffed animal. The 5
th
-7
th
grade had a more complex task with the following engineering criteria: the tower must be 2 feet high, support a block (load) on top and hold the load for 10 seconds. Each group was given 1 pack of index cards, scissors and masking tape.
There was some wonderful creative thinking, teamwork and communication in this session. It was also an opportunity for the STEM Club to introduce the Engineering Design Process (EDP) to the students. We covered the first steps in the EDP: Ask, Imagine, Plan and Create. Next week we will cover the last step Improve; we will discuss what worked, what didn't and steps we can take to re-engineer our structures so that the criteria are met within the constraints of our materials.
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Community Corner
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Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School Invitations
- 'Divine Mercy' Movie Screening:
All are invited to a special screening of the documentary
'The Original Image of Divine Mercy: The Untold Story of an Unknown Masterpiece, at Saint John Paul the Great High School on Wednesday, November 2. Doors open at 6:30pm, film begins at 7:00pm. Free. The official trailer can be viewed at
www.divinemercyfilm.com. Conclude the Year of Mercy by delving more deeply into the devotion beloved by Saint John Paul II.
703.445.0300.
- Basketball Tournament:
Boys and girls in grades 6 - 12 are invited toplay in our 3v3 tournament on Saturday, October 29. For more info, and to pre-register, please email:
[email protected].
- Open House:
Sunday, November 13, 1-4pm (Presentation at 1:15pm). The first 100 8th graders to pre-register receive a free t-shirt! For more info, please visit jpthegreat.org/admissions/visiting/open-house/.
- Shadow:
8th graders can be a Wolf for a Day! Please schedule your shadow visit today by visiting: jpthegreat.org/admissions/visiting/.
- JP5K RUN for Options:
Saturday, November 19, 2016. Supports the Options special education program. All are welcome!
For more information about events or admission, please visit
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Look Who's In! (AKA Shout Outs)
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Another big shout out to the Knights track team! Our 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders competed
on Saturday. Congratulations to our runners, jumpers, and throwers on your awesome performances! Thanks again go out to our coaches, Vann Salinger-Swett and Mani Tiwari and to our supportive parents! Up next -- cross country. Go Knights!
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From the Editor
Please feel free to send in your submissions! I accept submissions from teachers, staff, and parents. If you know of something interesting going on in our community, or want to give a shout out to someone at the school, please send it in to me. I especially love pictures. Please contact Mrs. Rowley to make sure that we have permission to publish pictures of every student in the picture and make sure the pictures are less than 5MB. Submissions are due by Mondays at 5pm. Thank you!
Rosie
McGuire
[email protected]
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Next Meeting:
November 9th 7pm
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Important Dates
(All events and important dates can be found on our website's Google Calendar!)
10/20:
- Advanced Band Rehearsal 3:15pm
10/21:
- PVI Visit to Grade 8 1pm
- Track/Cross Country 3:30pm
10/24:
- String Program 3:15pm
- Kolbe Kids 3:30pm
10/25:
- LEO Club 3:15pm
- Choir 3:20pm
- Track/Cross Country 3:30pm
10/26:
- Chess Club 3:15pm
- Garden Club 3:15pm
- STEM Club 3:15pm
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-Think of ways to volunteer at the school?
- Sign up for Trunk or Treat?
-Tell a friend about the Amazon Associates Program?
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Stay Connected
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