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Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School
Educating the Mind, Body, and Soul
Pelican Express
December 8-15, 2016
School Hours: 7:25 am - 2:45 pm with a
ssembly beginning at
7:45 am and c
arpool ending at 3:10 pm
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A Message from Cheri Gioe:
I don’t know about you, but I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas trees. Each year I dread picking out the "perfect" tree and loading it in my car. I loathe putting the tree in the stand. I often feel like a contortionist trying to make sure it is secure and straight. Lastly, I detest putting the lights on the tree...bulbs don’t work, light strands are tangled, they are not spaced evenly on the tree or they get twisted around the wrong branches.
However, once the tree is purchased, placed in the stand and strung with lights, then, I love my Christmas tree. One of my favorite things to do during Christmas is reminisce as I put our family’s ornaments on the tree. Each ornament evokes a special memory, feeling or emotion. Ornaments that have been passed down in our family allow me to longingly think of loved ones in heaven. Those given to me to commemorate the birth of my children, help me to remember the specialness of their birth. Handmade ornaments help me to recall special moments and activities. There are ornaments that were purchased as souvenirs of special events places or trips. Lastly there are ornaments that have been given as gifts. These ornaments stir up memories of friends near and far. Each ornament, no matter how big or small, expensive or cheap, old or new, has a special meaning all of its very own. Yet, collectively, they create a snapshot of my life lived.
Now when I look at my Christmas tree, I am often filled with a sense of peace recognizing how truly blessed I have been. As we await the birth of our Savior, take some time to visit your Christmas tree and look back at the life He prepared for you.
In Christ,
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Important Dates for December
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December 5 - 12 Los Ninos Collection
December 9 - Spirit Shirt Day with Uniform Bottoms / Pop-Top Winners Free Dress
December 13 - A/R Free Dress
December 14-16 - Middle School Exams
December 15 - Mass K-5
December 16 - St. Francis and the Nativity K-5 / 11:15am Dismissal (No afternoon buses & No afternoon extended care)
December 19 - January 1 - Christmas Holidays
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Los Ninos Mission Project - December 5-12
Our second graders sponsor a mission collection for Cristo Sana a Los Ninos in Nicaragua. We are requesting a $2.00 donation from each student to help provide a monetary gift for the mission staff to use for the general support of the children in the shelter. The collection will run from
Monday, December 5 to Monday, December 12.
We encourage families to allow their children to earn this money so it may truly be a gift from them, as they give joy to a child this Christmas season. Your generosity is appreciated!
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Middle School Exams
Wednesday, December 14 - Math and Literature (11:15 carpool dismissal)
Thursday, December 15 - Science and English (11:15 carpool dismissal)
Friday, December 16 - Social Studies and Religion (11:15 gym dismissal)
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Saint Francis and the Nativity - December 16
We close our Advent school time together looking at the story of St. Francis and the creation of the first Nativity. Mrs. Schiebe and K-5 students will present a costumed storytelling and caroling service on
Friday, December 16
at 9:15am in St. Ursula Hall.
We invite our families to join us as we give thanks for Jesus in word and song.
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Stu
dent Council
Congratulations to the following classes with the most pop-tops:
2B, 4A, 6A
They wi
ll have free dress on Friday, December 9.
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Beta
Beta students made fifty trees for the Carpenter House, a local hospice facility.
Thank you students for being a Light of Christ this Christmas!
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Cafeteria
Click
here for the December Menu.
Click here to pay your fees online.
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No Buses
Please mark your calendar...
EBR buses will not run on:
Friday, December 16
Monday, January 2
Tuesday, January 3
Wednesday, January 4
We will have 2:45pm dismissal from the gym on these days.
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From the Office of Child Protection
Parent notices have been going out for the past year concerning the Diocesan requirement of volunteers/employees to update their training and/or code of ethics. In January the Diocese is going to do a system sweep of all volunteers/employees who have not completed the required updates. When this is done, if you are one of the volunteers/employees who have not completed the required updates, you will be non-compliant to volunteer/work at our School or Parish.
Please note that this requirement of updating the training and code of ethics is mandated by Louisiana law.
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Registration Information
Registration for the 2017-2018 school year will be held January 9 and
10, 2017 for new families and January 9-13, 2017 for currently enrolled famlies. Information regarding tuition and fees will be sent home before the Christmas
holidays.
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Fall Sports Photos
We are in need of fall sports photos for our MBS yearbook. If you have photos from any fall sport, Mrs. Accardo asks that you email them to her at
baccardo@mbsbr.org.
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St. Joseph's Academy
Holiday Volleyball Camp
SJA will be hosting a holiday volleyball camp for girls
in grades 4th-8th.
Two sessions are available.
Session I will be December 21-22 and
Session II will be December 28-29.
Click here for more information.
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Save the Date: January 21 - Father Daughter Dance
Our First Annual Father-Daughter Dance will be held on January 21, 2017 from 7-9pm.
Click here for flyer with more information.
If you are a mom of an MBS boy and are available to volunteer, please sign up here.
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8th Grade Drama Play
The Wizard of Oz
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Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School * 751-0273
8033 Baringer Rd. Baton Rouge, LA 70817
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