ST. LOUISE SCHOOL PARENT BULLETIN

October 19, 2017

Dan's Blog
Children in grades K, 2, 4, and 6 have been busy in Mrs. Walker's art classes creating this year's editions of our legendary grade projects. The students have painted, drawn, and fashioned one of a kind art pieces that will not only touch your heart with their personal and sentimental character, but they'll also look right at home in your living room, bedroom, or kitchen. Below you'll see photos of the students at work on these projects. During Auction Preview Week - the days prior to the November 11th event - we'll have the four grade projects on display in the school lobby. Parents will be able to get an up-close look at these finished masterpieces, so you'll be able to determine just how high you'll want to go on Auction night when the auctioneer starts the bidding for these rare works of art by your children. By the way, I have a sneak peek here of what that bidding is going to look like in the Marriott ballroom.
 
For those of you whose children are not in these four grade levels, you'll have to wait 'til next year to bid on the grade projects when your child moves up to one of these grades, as we'll only be creating projects in grades K, 2, 4, and 6 each year for the Auction. The reason behind this decision is because we've found that having every grade level with a grade project in the Auction was "slowing down" the live bidding, with so many attendees not involved since we have 10 grade levels, and we like to have the items up for bid to be available to/enticing to as many people in the ballroom as possible. Plus, the grade projects, as stunning as they've been the past few years under the guidance of Mrs. Walker, haven't been selling for very high bids, to be honest, so we thought making them more rare would increase the value.  
Following are descriptions of the grade projects being created.
 
The kindergarteners came together to create their incredible masterpiece. Each kindergartener traced real leaves on vintage book pages. They painted in the leaf shapes with watercolors using fall colors. The pages were collaged onto a canvas that will be a showpiece for any home!

 
  




















You'll love the stunning piece of art crafted by the second graders. Students created a collage paper house and embellished it with metallic accents. This special piece of artwork, framed in a shadow box will look perfect on any wall.

 

















 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The amazing mirror the fourth graders created - a piece full of texture, beauty and memories of St. Louise - will look perfect on any wall in your home. The fourth graders designed textured pieces of clay from their shoeprints. They then highlighted these pieces with metallic accents that were placed around the mirror's border.
  



















 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
Each sixth grader weaved a small piece of art for their unique project. The canvas was painted with acrylic paint in cool tones and cut apart. The students then weaved the pieces back together. The art was combined to form a truly abstract textured art piece that will be a fantastic addition to your home.
 
 

 





 

 

 

 
 




 

 

 
 
 
There is also an all-school art project that all school parents will want to consider bidding on, as most students had a hand in creating it. This beautiful one-of-a-kind cross was fashioned with the help of all of the St. Louise students who came through the art room on Passport Day. Each student
placed a piece of colored glass to create a unique 20-inch cross that can become a centerpiece for your home.
Besides the grade projects and the all-school project being exciting, something also thrilling are the Sign-Up Opportuniti es that are available to purchase online ! These are so exciting that some have already sold-out since they were first posted online two weeks ago! Whether you can attend the auction on November 11, or not, every family is able to take part in Sign-Up Opportunities. You may sign-up for a week of Free Dress for your kids, sign-up to attend one of many parties for grownups or parties for children, sign-up for cooking classes, sign-up your kids to have a special hamburger and milkshake lunch delivered on a school day, sign-up for your children to play in the famous Mr. Fuerte and Mr. Evans football game, and much, much more!
 
Finally, I recommend you make sure you buy a Live Opportunity Ticket. With only 100 tickets in total available to buy, you have a 1 in 100 chance in winning! The cost for a ticket is only $100, and the winner gets to choose one item from the Live Items up for bid on auction night, automatically winning that item! This could be an item worth at least a few thousand dollars! Now I've been to Las Vegas (...once ...when I drove through on a road trip to Texas with my son ...and promptly lost $50 on blackjack) and so that makes me an expert, and a 1 in 100 chance is officially called a super-duper chance of winning. After all, the chances of you winning the Washington State Lotto is 1 in 6,991,908. And the chances of the Mariners making the World Series is 1 in 7,844,281. Purchase your Live Opportunity Ticket here when you register to attend the Auction.
Thanks for reading, 
Mr. Fitz

p.s.
Last Saturday, Seattle Prep held their annual 8th grade students' math competition, attended by two dozen Catholic schools, and St. Louise brought home two awards. The team of Erin Tylutki, Heather Hess, Mary Ta, and Heide Orleth won the Spirit Award, and the team of Elsa Kammereck, Owen Weber, Joaquin Galindo-Navarro, and Rachel Cunneely finished as one of the Top Three Scoring Teams. Congratulations to our high-achieving St. Louise 8th grade math students pictured below!
 

It's not surprising we came away with math awards. It seems like each year we have junior high math students who impressively perform in competitions and on tests. For example, just looking at the past few years in math competitions, here's how our 8th grade students have fared:
  • 2017 Seattle Prep Math Games - Top Three (Prep doesn't list 1st place, 2nd place, etc.)
  • 2017 Catholic Math League Online Competition - 1st in State; 8th in Nation
  • 2016 Blanchet Math Competition - 1st Place
  • 2016 Seattle Prep Math Games - Top Three
  • 2016 Catholic Math League Competition - 1st in State; 7th in Nation
  • 2015 Blanchet Math Competition - 2nd Place
  • 2015 Seattle Prep Math Games - Top Three
  • 2015 Catholic Math League Competition - 1st in State; 2nd in Nation
  • 2014 Blanchet Math Competition - 2nd Place
  • 2013 Catholic Math League Competition - 1st in State; 2nd in Nation

Credit goes to our bright, hard working students! We also must recognize our math teachers in the lower and intermediate grades who taught these students their math fundamentals, and we give kudos to the kids' math teachers at the time they were preparing for these competitions - Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Bannick.


Congrats to all!

Upcoming Calendar of Events
Tonight
  • Alumni Wine Event, 6:30PM in the school lobby; all alumni and parents of alumni invited
 
Tomorrow
  • Wine Donations due to the Auction for the Premium Wine Contest; win your child's class a donut party! (see the article below)
  • Deadline to reserve a room at the Bellevue Marriott on Auction Night at the special rate (see article below)

Friday, October 27
  • Walk-A-Thon Rewards Assembly at 1:05 in parish hall; questions? contact the W-A-T chairperson at walkathon@stlouiseschool.org
  • StL Hat Day - the black "StL" hat may be worn indoors today
Tuesday, October 31
  • Halloween Costumes may be worn to school; please follow the guidelines as noted in the article below 

Wednesday, November 1
  • All Saints Day Mass, 9:00 AM; parents are asked to meet their children outside the classrooms at 8:45; this is a Holy Day of Obligation
 
Thursday, November 2
  • RSVP deadline for Auction reservations
  • School Commission meeting, 6:30PM in the faculty room; all parents are invited to attend


 Friday, November 3 

  • NO SCHOOL - end of the 1st trimester
  • Kids' Club closed 

 
Register Your 4th-8th Grader for Basketball By Tomorrow and Avoid the Late Fee
 
         
It is basketball sign-up time. Time to register your child to be a part of St. Louise's 2017-18 CYO Basketball season!
 
St. Louise CYO basketball is for children in grades 4-8, and for children of all skill levels - from beginners to experienced. All children on the St. Louise teams will get playing time in all the games that the children attend.
   
All registration is done online HERE. Regular Registration closes on Friday, October 20. The Registration Fees are as follows:
  • $95 for the first child registered within a family;
  • $65 for the second child registered within the same family;
  • $45 for the third child registered within the same family.
Late registration is between October 21, to November 13, and a late registration fee of $15 is added.
 
All regular season CYO basketball games are held on weekends, either Saturday or Sunday, with the first games beginning the weekend of November 18-19, and the regular season ending the weekend of January 27-28.  (FYI: There are no regular season games scheduled over Thanksgiving and Christmas weekends.)  Teams typically play 7 or 8 regular season games.
 
If you have any questions, please contact St. Louise Basketball Coordinator, Rodney Thomas.
 
Go, Chargers!

Auction News
  

 
Mrs. Samson Thinks This Live Auction Item ROCKS!!
We can't wait to share all the items that you will have a chance to bid on in the live auction! To give you a sneak peek, we asked a few members of our St. Louise Staff to look over our exciting Live Auction lineup and tell us which one they think ROCKS.
 
This week Mrs. Samson picked:

Punta Mita, Mexico
Vacation for 8

Take your next vacation in style at this Hacienda de Mita Penthouse located in gated Punta Mita near the Four Seasons and St. Regis resorts. Enjoy a six-night stay for up to eight people in this 3,500 square foot, four bedroom unit with an amazing view.  Take a look at this amazing property at www.penthousepuntamita.com.    A private pool is located right outside the unit, and access to a golf cart is available for getting around the property, which includes private beach clubs, pools, and several bars and restaurants.  Also included are golf privileges at two Nicklaus Signature courses, tennis privileges, fitness classes, daily maid service, a chef who will prepare breakfast and lunch at no charge, a concierge service is available to purchase food and drinks for you in advance of your arrival. WiFi and satellite TV are available in the unit.  
Thank you to generous donor Brian King and parents of STL Alumni.
Value: $10,000

 

Registration for the Auction Is Open Online
You received your auction invitation in a previous red envelope and online registration is now open! Please be sure to RSVP as soon as possible before the November 2nd deadline.
 
If you're not able to attend the auction, you may either give a straight donation to the auction here, or you bid on Live Auction Items through "proxy bidding." Email auction director Sue Richards for details about proxy bidding.
 
And did you know you can sponsor a teacher's registration by paying for a teacher's auction dinner? You'll find the "Sponsor a Teacher's Auction Ticket" option here.

 
 
Tomorrow Is Deadline to Reserve a Room Auction Night at the Marriott
We have a block of rooms available at the hotel for the special rate of $139/night for the night of November 11. To qualify for this special rate, you must make your reservation on or before October 20 - that's tomorrow! Make it an overnight event by reserving a room online .
 
 
Sign-Up Opportunities Online NOW
If you haven't already, please be sure to check out the exciting Sign-Up Opportunities that are available to purchase online  now! Please don't delay - one of the parties has already sold out, and we expect many of them to sell out well ahead of the auction. Whether you can attend the auction or not - EVERY family is able to take part in Sign-Up Opportunities! From a week of free dress for your students, to parties for grownups and kids - you don't want to miss out!
 
 
Premium Wine Contest Ends Tomorrow with Drive-Thru Delivery
Tomorrow, Friday, is the deadline for turning in your wine donations for the Premium Wine Contest! Volunteers will be collecting your wine donations from the comfort of your car as you drive through morning carpool tomorrow. (Donations may also be turned in any time through October 20 in the school office). The class who brings in the most bottles of wine wins a DONUT PARTY! As of Monday the 16th, classroom 8A was in the lead with the most donated wines. Read all about the Premium Wine Contest below. Many thanks for your generous donations of wines valued at $30 or more!ring in a bottle of wine to donate to the auction by tomorrow's deadline to win your child's class a donut party!
 
Thank You to Our Volunteers!
We simply could not put on this auction without our amazing volunteers! Thank you to the following people who have been helping with auction preparations: Alice Shaw, Joni Hoffman, Jen Newton, Laura Leach, Mindy Morgan, Liz DeBord, Peter Newton, Megan Kirk, Kristy Charles, Rebecca Nightingale, Wendy Blank, Christie Allemand, Ingrid Flaat, Joy Tran.
 
We are still looking for volunteers! If you'd like to be involved in the exciting auction preparations - it's a great way to earn some hours and get to know other St. Louise families. Can you help out with one of these two great opportunities?
  1. We need 8-10 volunteers to help with transporting items to/from the Marriott the weekend of the auction. This is a great opportunity to get volunteer hours and preview all the great items that will be up for bid on Nov 11! Here are the details: Friday, November 10, from 5-7pm at St. Louise to load rental truck; Saturday, November 11, from 8-10am at Marriott Bellevue to unload truck/assemble items; Saturday, November 12, from 9pm-12 midnight at Marriott Bellevue to load truck/clean up.
  2. We are looking for volunteers to sell Raffle Tickets after all the St. Louise Parish Masses the weekend of November 4 & 5.
Email  Sue  for details! Thank you in advance!


Please contact me if you have questions or want to know how you can help.
Thank you for all your support! Our School House ROCKS!
~Sue Richards, Auction Director

Thank You to Last Saturday's Volunteers
   
         Last Saturday we had wonderful volunteers at our  Fall Fix-Up. We want to thank our head volunteer, Jeffrey Hummer, along with the following parents who came to help beautify the parish and school grounds by weeding and planting fall flowers: Kelly & Andrea Matt; Pat Cimprich & Natalie Remedios: Dick Hess; Joe Kosiara; Arturo & Imelda Diaz; Esther Stapleton; Ken Kincaid; John Yuen. Special thanks to Father Gary who came for the first hour and weeded before he had to hurry off for 9:00 Mass!
          Although we don't have another scheduled Saturday until March 24, for an entire group to work together on the grounds, if you would like do yard work to earn volunteer hours, you can come on your own time - weekends or evenings. It's a great way to volunteer on your own schedule! We call this our Adopt-A-Garden program, and if you email Megan Kirk, she'll help you find an area on the parish and school grounds to "adopt" as your own, and throughout the year you can come and weed it, rake it, prune it, and keep it looking nice - all the while earning yourself volunteer hours.
Charger Cards for Gas & Monthly Groceries
   

A STANDING ORDER is a way to place an order for Charger Cards that will be automatically filled and paid on a monthly schedule. This a great method to order for stores your use in your regular shopping. Many families use this method for their grocery stores and gas stations. Find the Standing Order Form on our webpage.

School Photos Delivered Next Month
         
          Photos from Photo Day will arrive at the school in a few weeks and be sent home to you in the red Family Envelope. If a family did not order prints (whether online or via a paper order), they will receive a proof sheet with a personalized picture day code to view and order photos online. These images will be available for order up to nine months. 
          If your child(ren) were absent on Photo Day, be sure to note the School Photo Retake day is scheduled for Wednesday, November 15.
          If you have any questions concerning school photos, please contact Cindy Wagner

 
Purchase your full-color, hardback St. Louise School Yearbook from TreeRing in October and you'll save 10% off the cost. You'll have plenty of time to add your own memories from throughout the year if you choose to customize with personal photos. Every student has the option of getting a one-of-a-kind copy containing two free pages to customize with personal photos. Your two free custom pages will be in your book only and are optional. (If you choose not to personalize you'll receive the same book, without the two extra pages.) Yearbooks will be distributed on the last day of the school year. 
 
To purchase and personalize your yearbook, go to www.treering.com/purchase. The St. Louise School passcode is 101439484318388. Regular price is $22.50. For questions email TreeRing at support@treering.com or the yearbook volunteer team at yearbook@stlouiseschool.org.
Thanks to Our Emergency Preppers

       
        Thanks to Andrew Widodo, Jorge Soto, Johanna Posada , and Claudia Tejada for helping to organize the supplies in the emergency prep cargo container last Saturday. If you would like to help our the Emergency Prep Committee at various times throughout the school year, please contact Claudia or James Szrama. Much of the work of the committee is done on your own time with organization and future planning.
          By the way, the all-school Earthquake Drill, originally scheduled for October 17, was postponed due to Tuesday's wet weather. The drill will be rescheduled for next week - weather permitting.
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