"Remember the past with gratitude. Live the present with enthusiasm. Look forward to the future with confidence."
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St. John Paul II
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From Mrs. Rowley 
What fun we had last Friday during our annual Pumpkin Fun Run. The weather was perfect for the event, and our students raised money by running (or walking) laps in the field. A great time was had by all! Thanks to all who participated and helped. A special "thank you" to Mrs. DeWolfe and Mr. Howard for a job well done!
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. If you will be attending Mass at St. Ambrose Parish this week, please consider having your child wear their school uniform. This is a great way to show our parishioners what great students we have! Check out our new "animoto" celebrating our school on the website. This will also be shown on our foyer monitor during our open house: http://stambroseschool.org/check-new-school-video/.
The Fall Scholastic Book Fair is coming to the St. Ambrose School library, November 10 - November 15. It will also be open to parish families on Sunday, November 13, from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm. Be sure to come by during Parent/Teacher conferences, or on the Sunday. It's never too early to start your holiday shopping.
We are currently collecting items for our Three Kings Store. This is a great tradition at St. Ambrose School and a Christmas shopping opportunity for our students. We stock the store with re-gifted items donated by the community and the students go shopping for items that are sold for $1 or $2. All proceeds go directly to the school. If you have items to donate you can drop them off at the school office.
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From the Editor
There will NOT be an issue of the Buzz the week of the Thanksgiving. If you have a submission that you would like people to see by Thanksgiving, make sure that you send it in by next Monday, November 14th.
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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The Fall Scholastic Book Fair
November 10-15th
The Fall Scholastic Book Fair STARTS TOMORROW in 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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Pumpkin Run Update- 1,142 Laps!
God provided us with a gorgeous afternoon for our annual Pumpkin Run! We are so proud of our amazing students and teachers who completed 1,142 laps! Third Grade completed the most laps with 184, Fifth Grade had the highest lap average per student with 9.7, and Joel DeWolfe had the highest individual lap total with 16!
Thank you to Mr. Howard and the Leo Club for heading up the field activities!
Many thanks to our parent volunteers who kept our runners well hydrated, distributed 1,142 rubber bands, helped set up / clean up, staffed the First Aid station, and cheered on our runners! We appreciate your time and effort!
Thank you to Mrs. Rowley, our teachers, and Mrs. Smith for your tremendous support of this event!
Lastly, thank you to all of our school parents! Your dedication to our community is what makes events like this successful!
Individual Lap Totals will be sent home in Wednesday Folders.
ALL pledge money is due by November 16th.
Click on the photos to enlarge.
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Please see the
attached for more information about how to place your order. In order to receive your gear by Christmas (what a great and easy gift!) orders must be received by
Friday, November 18th.
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Thanks to all who submitted recipies for the school cookbook. We have completed this phase of the project. So get your
pre-orders
in soon!
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Yikes! Head Lice! What should I do?
Head lice are not dangerous. They breed rapidly and quickly form scalp infestations which cannot be ignored. Lice reproduce mostly in human hair follicles and feed on human blood. Eggs, or nits, are attached to hairs near the scalp, where the adolescent (nymphs) and adult lice live.
Important Questions to Ask Yourself about Lice
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Question: How did my child get lice?
Answer
: Lice are transferred from head-to-head contact. This can occur while a child is near another child with lice or through the sharing of: hats, brushes/combs, scarves or ponytail holders. Avoid pillows, beds, couches or related objects if someone with lice has used them. Lice do not live long without human hosts. Any on the floor will be dead in a few hours or a day.
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Third Annual Coat Drive is Underway!!
Thank you to those who have already donated to our winter wear collection for our less fortunate neighbors. We have 3 marked boxes located in the entryway and front hallway of the school (thank you St. Leo Club!). We are checking with one of our distant parishes in the Shenandoah area which has a high percentage of neighbors who could really use our donations. Let's make it an early Christmas for these people while fulfilling a Spiritual Work of Mercy in this Year of Divine Mercy. If you have nothing to donate from your own family this time around, we certainly welcome new bought items as well. Our drive ends November 30th
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Three Kings Gift Shop Donations
Please consider
 r 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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Last week the Club began our recycled race car project, which also introduced 2 of the 6 simple machines to the students: wheel and axle and incline planes.
For the wheel and axle, the club had an
assortment of wheels to choose from, namely, bottle caps, squeezy pouch caps, washers, spools, PVC fittings and CDs, as well as a variety of axles including different diameter wooden dowels and straws. The club members were free to pick and choose, and to try different combinations. We learned that some of the materials, including the stainless steel washers looked like they would be great as wheels, but we had difficulty keeping them from wobbling, even after adding some pipe cleaner "supports" to either side.
Our K-1 members settled on bottle caps and larger diameter dowels, which work very well. The younger club members also had difficulty when they taped their axles directly to their race car body (they don't move!) Once we learned to place the dowels through straws and tape the straws to the race car body, we were off and running! The kids loved testing their race cars down the wooden inclined plane and driving them all around the parish center!
The older club members utilized the CDs and multiple jumbo straws to create their wheel and axles. They choose larger recycled bodies and ran the axles right through so that they would still be free to rotate. There was great creative thinking, innovation and problem solving going on! Next week the older club members will be adding an electronic circuit to their cars to investigate DC motors and switches, changing electrical power into mechanical power! Watch out in the hallways!
Click on the photos to enlarge.
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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!)
Thurs 11/10:
- 11:30am Dismissal (Normal Extended Day)
- Parent/Teacher Conferences in PM
- Book Fair
Fri 11/11:
- NO SCHOOL
- Parent/Teacher Conferences All Day
- Book Fair
Sat 11/12:
- Scouting for Food: Pick Up
Sun 11/13:
- Book Fair
Mon 11/14:
- String Program 3:15pm
- Kolbe Kids 3:30pm
- Pack 115 Meeting 6:30pm
- Book Fair
Tues 11/15:
- Photo Make Up Day
- Choir 3:20pm
- Book Fair
Wed 11/16:
- Garden Club 3:15pm
- STEM Club 3:15pm
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-Think of ways to volunteer at the school?
- Sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences?
- Tell your friends about Catholic Schools Week?
- Look for coats to donate?
- Look for things to donate to the Three Kings Gift Shop?
-Tell a friend about the Amazon Associates Program?
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