"Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help."
-Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
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From Mrs. Rowley
Last week I joined the other Arlington diocesan principals on retreat in Priestfield Pastoral Center in West Virginia. Please know that I kept the St. Ambrose School and Parish community in prayer. Just a reminder that we have switched to winter uniforms. For a reminder of our dress code please follow this link to our website:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/stambrose/stambroseschool/wp-content/uploads/Dress-Code_6.8.2016.pdf.
We have many upcoming exciting events. Please mark you calendars for Trunk or Treat on
October 28, and don't forget to submit your recipe for our family cookbook, to support our gala. As I mentioned last week, I intend to cook my way through the book by the end of next summer! Thank you to all who have contributed to our parish food drive. We will collect through the end of this week. We have several service projects planned for the remainder of the school year.
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Sign up for the "Trunks for the Trunk or Treat Trail." Please click on the link to view the online sign up sheet.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4eaaa923a1fc1-trunks
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SAVE THE DATE!
Friday, October 28, 2016
St. Ambrose School Parking Lot;
6:30-7:30 PM.
Trunk or Treat
is a Halloween themed event where parents and children decorate their cars in the school parking lot and then "Trunk or Treat" from car to car collecting candy.
Google "Trunk or Treat" for ideas.
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Last week the STEM Club had its first meeting and we had a great time exploring science! Dr. Neelem Singhal joined us and performed a sound experiment. The students were given string cups and explored what happened when different materials were used as the string. We examined wool, cotton and plastic. We were surprised to find out that we could easily hear each other with the plastic string cup and learned that sound depends on two factors, density and elasticity. The students then learned more about sound propagation, elasticity and the elastic properties of materials. Cool!
Our next experiment involved soda, Poprocks candy, and balloons. I asked the students what would happen if we mixed the Poprocks into the soda; the overwhelming response from the younger students was that it would explode! Well, safe to say, we didn't blow up Mrs. Rowley's stage, but we did learn a little about carbon dioxide and blew up balloons with the extra volume of CO2!
Finally, we learned about Sir Isaac Newton and his 3rd law of physics. Newton's 3rd law addresses equal and opposite reactions. We illustrated the 3rd law by using balloon rockets. The balloon gains its propulsion by pushing air out, which in turn propels it up the string.
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Here i
s the Box Top form for October. Please print as many as your student would like to use. Just a reminder that for every sheet of UNEX
PIRED Box Tops, your child's
name will
be entered in the drawi
ng
for a gift card. All sheets must be in by October 19.
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Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye) - Viral, Bacterial, Allergic, Irritants
Diagnosis
A doctor can often determine whether conjunctivitis (pink eye) is caused by a virus, bacterium, or allergen based on patient history, symptoms, and an examination of the eye. Conjunctivitis always involves eye redness or swelling, but it also has other symptoms that can vary depending on the cause. These symptoms can help a healthcare professional diagnose the cause of conjunctivitis. However, it can sometimes be difficult to make a firm diagnosis because some symptoms are the same no matter the cause.
It can also sometimes be difficult to diagnose without doing laboratory testing. Although not routinely done, your healthcare provider may collect a sample of eye discharge from the infected eye and send it to the laboratory to help them determine which form of infection you have and how best to treat it.
Continue reading here.
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Now Collecting for the St. Lucy Project!
The St. Lucy Project is a food pantry and delivery program of The Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington that is striving to achieve a Diocese without hunger, one county, one neighborhood, one parish, one family at a time. Each St. Ambrose classroom will have a blue bag for collection of pantry items listed below. If you have more to donate than a few items please send them in a plastic/paper bag. There will be extra blue bags in the front foyer as well.
During this week of October 11-14th we will be collecting c
anned meat/fish, p
asta sauce (no glass please), c
anned vegetables, c
hildren's snacks, p
eanut butter & jelly, s
oup,
cereals(hot and cold), d
ried and canned beans, ca
nned fruit, j
uice, r
ice and p
asta. Also, please check the expiration date on your donation as we cannot accept expired food. Please consider sending any of these items in with your child to help feed those less fortunate. This is a St. Ambrose community-wide service project. If you have any questions or comments please email the PTO - At-Large Service Member Clare Stalnaker at
[email protected]. Thank you in advance for your help!
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Look Who's In! (AKA Shout Outs)
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Shout out to our 3rd and 4th grade track team members for their awesome performance at the NVJCYO track meet this past weekend! A special thank you to their supportive parents for spending their
Sunday at the track! Last, but not least, huge shout out to our wonderful coaches, Vann Salinger-Swett and Mani Tiwari for their time and dedication to our school! You both embody the spirit of service and make our community a better place!
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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:
October 12th 7pm
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Important Dates
(All events and important dates can be found on our website's Google Calendar!)
10/14:
- JPtheGreat HS Presentation to Grade 8 12:45pm
- Drama Club 3:15pm - Track/Cross Country 3:30pm
10/15:
- Pack 115 Camping Trip at Burke Lake Park 1pm
10/16:
- First Confession/Communion Parent Mtg. 8am
10/17:
- First Confession/Communion Parent Mtg. 2pm
- String Program 3:15pm
- Kolbe Kids 3:30pm
- Pack 115 Meeting 7pm
10/18:
- Choir 3:20pm
- Track/Cross Country 3:30pm
10/19:
- 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?
- Send in your Box Tops?
-Tell a friend about the Amazon Associates Program?
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Stay Connected
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