In this issue of the Scirbe:
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Dear Parents,
The unexpected long weekend gave me some extra time to catch up on a few things. While tidying several stacks of paper in my office, I came across a collection of feast day cards which some students had made for me a month ago but which I had missed reading. It was a treat to have plenty of time to enjoy the children's very candid messages and creative drawings.
One student shared her favorite scriptural quotes with me:
- "If God is for us who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31)
- "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." (Philippians 4:13)
- "The Lord is greater than the giants you face." (1 John 4:4)
Others gave me some very helpful pieces of advice - here are a few of my favorites:
- "Thank you for being a kind and generous principal. You should take a day off! Not that I don't like you, but just so you could relax."
- "Two wishes for you: wish one is MORE SLEEP, wish two is everyone to be safe"
- "Sometimes times are hard but God will always get you through them."
I share these musings with you because I want to tell you again - as I hope I have been telling you from time to time - what a joy it is to serve your children every day. I suppose, just as parents can be partial to their children, so a principal can be partial to her students: I think we have some very wonderful young people at our school. And, I would like to believe that the goodness of our children reflects a unique blessing that we have here at St. Catherine's, namely, that you, our parents, and our teachers are able to see and treat each child as a child of God, created in the image of our Father in Heaven - a good, good Father who is very much in love with His children.
I pray that as we journey into the second half of this school year, we will continue to treasure our school community and work tirelessly to help our children to be their best.
With grateful prayers,
Sister Mary Jacinta, O.P.
Principal
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Week of 1/3-1/6:
Wednesday, 1/11
Junior Robotics Presentation
All school Mass - 7B
No confessions
No parent coffee
Fun Lunch - Pizza Hut
Science Olympiad Meeting
Last day of Yankee Candle fundraiser
Thursday, 1/12
Math Lab-4pm -6th & 7th grade
Friday, 1/13
Early Dismissal - 12pm
Parent/Teacher Conferences**
NO SNACK N YAK
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Week of 1/16-1/120:
No School - MLK Jr. Holiday
Tuesday, 1/17
2nd Quarter Report Cards home
Wednesday, 1/18
All school Mass - 6A 5A Confessions Geography Bee Fun Lunch - Jason's Deli - Turkey Science Olympiad Meeting
Friday, 1/20
Frozen Friday Family Movie Night
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Please pray for:
- Pope Francis, Archbishop Gregory, Bishop Zarama, Fr. Neil, Fr. Peeter
- The sick among our families and friends
- Those among our families and friends who serve in the military overseas
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For the repose of the soul of Jim Dock, Father of Isabella (5A) and Daniella Dock (8A).
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For the repose of the soul of Brian Kilbane, father of Brady and Kaitlyn Kilbane (former students of SCS).
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Please also pray for those among our families who are ill - we have a number of family members who are very sick and in need of prayers.
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Junior Robotics Program
We are pleased to announce that we are able to continue to offer a Robotics Program to our students in the 2nd through 5th grade. Please see the
Terrific Scientific Atlanta Flyer for more information and registration. Please note that the flyer advertises several programs, but only the "Robotics" program will be offered at St. Catherine's at this time. The flyer includes a link to the website for online registration (under the tab "Locations" - "After School Locations"). Our students in the 2nd through 5th grade will attend a brief presentation on Robotics next Wednesday at 8:00 (2nd and 3rd grade) and 8:30 (4th and 5th grade) - parents are welcome to join us at the presentation to learn more about this Robotics program.
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8th Grade Catholic School Food Drive
We have a special message from our 8th grade students, Gracen Bohling and Macie Sacristan:
"Are you aware that 14.5% of families in America experience food shortage? Last year, when the middle school students wrote on the topic of hunger in America, we learned that this is a widespread problem that is affecting families all over our country. The 8th graders have come up with a food plan, and we hope that our whole school will help! We believe that, instead of sitting back and watching or writing about hunger, we should actually do something about it. In order to make a difference and raise awareness about this issue, we are going to conduct a food drive and we would like the whole SCS community to participate. Starting on January 17, we will begin to collect canned food donations. Our goal is to collect 500 cans of food by January 31. If we meet our goal, we will celebrate with an out-of-uniform day.
Read this flyer for more information. (a copy of the flyer will be sent home next week) Thank you!
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Bring your blanket and lawn chairs and join us and your SCS friends for a fun family movie night in the school gym. Event will be held on Friday, January 20th. Doors will open at 5:30 PM. Disney Pixar Movie "Finding Dory" starts at 6:00 PM sharp. Children are welcome to wear pajamas and bring a pillow and blanket. Free admission, popcorn, lemonade and cookies. We look forward to seeing you at our SCS Family Movie Night! Invitation will follow by Evite.
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Parent-Teacher Conferences
Optional
parent-teacher conferences will take place on Friday, January 13 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. This set of conferences is scheduled by teachers - teachers will contact parents whom they discern will benefit from a conference to discuss their children's progress at this time; not all students are in need of a conference. However, parents who would like to meet with their children's teachers are always welcome to contact the teachers to schedule a conference.
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2nd Quarter Report Cards
Since 2nd quarter report cards (1st through 8th grade) will be issued after the conferences on Tuesday, January 17, we will ensure 2nd quarter grades will remain visible on Plus Portal from now through January 13 so that students and parents will have the most up-to-date information when preparing for the conferences.
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International Night
Our International Night is tentatively scheduled for February 28 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. It is an evening of celebration of the many different cultures which make up our SCS community. Families gather to display various artifacts and share food from their cultural heritage. So far, four families have signed up to host a booth. We would like to have at least ten booths for the event.
Please see the
flyer
and RSVP to Mrs. Cowan at
[email protected]
if you are able to host a booth
- the deadline for signing up to host a booth is Friday, February 3. Thank you!
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St. Catherine of Siena Preschool
Do you have a little one that will be 16 months to 5 years of age in September of 2017? If yes, St. Catherine's Preschool offers a strong Catholic, educational foundation in a highly academic and creative environment.
Our preschool teachers are loving and qualified individuals that will help mold your children. We are housed in Our Lady of Grace building and have been in existence for 25+ years!
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Commitment Raffle For Ticket Purchases Extended
Don't forget to purchase your tickets for the Mardi Gras Gala Auction! The deadline to be eligible for the Early Commitment Raffle has been extended until December 16th.
Purchase Link:
Raffle Prizes:
- 1 Night Stay at the Hilton on the Night of the Event
- SCS Spirit Wear
- HOV Pass (Remainder of the 2016-2017 School Year)
- Free Frozen Friday (2017-2018 School Year)
- Free Month of Fun Lunch
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Amazon Smile
Ever wonder why you need to start at smile.amazon.com and not www.amazon.com to support St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School?
Many customers visit Amazon through ads they see online. Amazon pays for these ads. They hope customers learn about AmazonSmile by word of mouth instead of paid advertising. When you go to
smile.amazon.com
for your shopping, Amazon uses money saved on advertising to help fund donations to charities.
How can you generate donations?
To generate donations when you shop, remember to "start with a smile." It's more than a slogan. We mean it literally. Put the word smile in front of amazon
.com to support St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School.
Worried you'll forget to type smile? Bookmark
smile.amazon.com
to create a shortcut to quickly return to AmazonSmile from your desktop or mobile browser.
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