Weekly Update, August 25, 2017

Weekly Update --August 25, 2017

Dear Parents,

It was nice to see so many families represented at the Home and School Meeting last night. Just a reminder that you are asked to attend at least two of the three meetings. If you were unable to attend you missed an opportunity to hear some great reasons to volunteer. Thank you to Chris Patton and Michelle Kline for sharing their "volunteer stories". Studies really do show that children whose parents volunteer in their school have more success in school than their peers whose parents don't volunteer.

Thank you to Jenny Kramer (your Home and School president) and her board for taking on the responsibility to lead this organization. There are lots of opportunities to help so please reach out to anyone on the board if you have a particular interest.

Enjoy your weekend!!

Blessings,

Mrs. Bogataj

This year's Student Council was installed on Thursday after Mass. They are excited and have already come to me with ideas of what they would like to do this year.

Pictured above are:

President: Nick Armstrong, Vice President: Ryan Finster, Ambassador of Finance: Mia Newsom, Secretary: Ella Wright, Ambassador of School Spirit: Connor Ford, Ambassador of Girls Athletics: Ava Stoller, Ambassador of Boys Athletics: Dylan Kramer, Ambassador of Social Affairs: Jake Margetis and Ambassador of Publicity & Public Relations: Parker Matala

Updates/Reminders

**Mr. Matt Hall stopped by this morning to speak with our 1st - 5th grade boys about joining Scouts. They are having a sign up on Wed. Aug. 30th from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm in the Parish Center. Feel free to stop by and find out more about scouting.

**Our first school spirit night is coming up on Thursday, August 31st, from 5:00 to 8:00 at Chik Fil A . Stop in for dinner and let them know you are with St. Raphael’s and we get a portion back to the school – it’s a win-win!!

** Mrs. Lynn Denson will be providing free speech and language screenings for students in EC4 – 3 ^rd grade on Monday, August 28 ^th and Wednesday, August 30 ^th . If you do NOT want your child screened, please send an email to Mrs. Tawil in the front office ( srsoffice@st-raphaels.com ). If we do not hear from you your child will be screened.

**Our Fall Book Fair will be here before you know it. Mark your calendar for the week of September 18 ^th ! If you are interested in volunteering click into the sign up genius link and pick your shift!!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0849aaac2ca6f49-fall3

Faith Find

**Our prayers go out to Mrs. Ewell whose mother passed away last week. We appreciate your patience as we tried to cover covered the office in her absence.

As part of our accreditation action plan we created nine goals to work on over the next 7 years.

One goal is "The school will assist our parents in their role as the primary educators of their children in the faith". At the Home and School meeting last night Edwina Maxwell shared about her faith journey and Mary Beth Finster shared some of the wonderful groups that are available to our families. As dates and times firm up I will post the information in this column. Also, if you have any ideas for the weekly Faith Find please send me a quick message.

**See flyer below for Faith Circle opportunities

Upcoming Dates

Mon. Aug. 28th and Wed. Aug. 30th - Speech Screenings for students in EC4 - 3rd grade

Fri. Sept. 1st - Early Dismissal - 12:00 - for teacher professional development

Sports Schedule

Mon. Aug. 28th - Football game vs. Holy Family @ Holy Family 5:00 pm and Volleyball practice 3:00 - 4:00

Tues. Aug. 29th - Volleyball game @ home vs. Holy Family

Wed. Aug. 30th - Football game vs St. John @ Blessed Sacrament 5:00 pm

Thurs. Aug. 31st - both teams practice 3:00 - 4:30

Home and School

The Daddy/Daughter Dance is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 8th!! If you wish to volunteer click on this link -

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0849a9ab2fa57-daddydaughter

To purchase tickets click here -

Father/Daughter Dance Tickets

For more information check out the flyer below!

Please email Michelle Kline if you can help with the Festival: michellekline62@gmail.com

Countdown has begun! 63 days to go...

We will need:

crockpots

10x10 tents

propane tanks (preferably full)

Grill/Grills

If you have any of these items that you can donate for a week, put them aside and send them in starting Oct. 20th.

Important Flyers and Links

Faith Circle Opportunities

Daddy Daughter Dance

Northeast Little League Registration