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St. Louis Catholic School Newsletter
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October 13, 2017
A Message from the Principal...
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Dear St. Louis Families,
Today is the 100th anniversary of the final apparition at Fatima, and thus we ask our Blessed Mother to be with us in a special way today! We have been busy this week with Confirmation, Student Council elections, various projects and tests throughout the hallways, and the beginning of the PALS (phonological awareness literacy screening) assessments in grades PreK-2. We also installed two new ActivPanels in the music room and room 1-13, adding to the pair we installed over the summer in the science lab and room 5-7. This is the newest technology in interactive boards, adding the ability to utilize apps and mirror images from mobile technology in the classroom. It's amazing to think of the amazing things we can do in the classroom to connect us globally and provide the most current information possible to our students! If you are interested in seeing one in action, check out the information through the Promethean website
https://www.prometheanworld.com/products/interactive-flat-panels/activpanel.
This coming week we have our annual
Walk for the Homeless on Thursday, Oct. 19
th at 9:00am. We walk and pray the rosary as an entire school community, praying for those who don't have homes in our community and throughout the world. If you would like to make a donation to United Community Ministries to help those in need, you may send in a check anytime next week and we will deliver the donations. Please know that you are welcome to walk with us that morning, and your children are allowed to wear sneakers to school that day, even if they don't have P.E.!
I hope that your calendar is booked on Oct. 21st with the Hawks 5K and Hawks Day celebration! I am grateful to the PTO for its tremendous support and wonderful volunteers who work to make this event and so many others a great success. Now we pray for good weather...
Peace,
Kathleen McNutt
Principal
Carpools reminder:
We ask drivers to remember to remain in your cars during drop off and pick up. If you need to get out of your car for your child to help with supplies or hooks, consider parking. Cell phone handsets should be off once cars are in motion on parish property. We want to keep everyone safe!
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Weekly Prayer Intentions
Each day our school community prays for the intentions of our families. This week the following families were included in our prayers: Day, DeAngel, Deeds, DeLorenzo, Dennison, Derr, Dibella, Dietrich, Dorman, Dsouza, Dunn and Dutzman.
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Coffee with the Principal: "Getting Ready for High School" Process
TUESDAY, OCT. 17 - 8:15am in the school cafeteria
Looking for answers to questions on the high school process? Mrs. McNutt will be holding a session on "Getting Ready for High School". She will discuss the following topics:
- Private schools / public schools
- Timetable during the 8th grade year
- HSPT - what is it?
- What is the responsibility of the parent?
- What is the responsibility of St. Louis?
- Will my child be ready?
No RSVP necessary, just come to the school cafeteria!
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Military Families Honor Wall
Please help us decorate our military wall banner with a photo of your military loved one, past or present. Please see the attached
flyer for more information.
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Help the Homeless Mini-Walk
The Help the Homeless Mini-Walk will be held on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 9am. The walk is a fundraiser as well as a prayer exercise. Funds raised are for United Community Ministries. UCM works in the local area helping those that are vulnerable, as Pope Francis would say. They help the homeless, but also have a food bank, job training service, help with bill payment and have a thrift shop.
All donations are tax deductible. Please make checks payable to United Community Ministries. For additional information, please see the attached
flyer.
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Positive Discipline Parenting Workshop
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St. Louis Spirit Wear is Back!
We are ready for a second and expanded round of ordering for St. Louis Spirit Wear, including t-shirts, hoodies, sweatpants, hats and duffle bags. The deadline for ordering is November 8th and this will be the
FINAL order for this year. We will distribute all orders before the end of the November. Please note that there are logos for
cheerleading, basketball and track, but anyone can order the items with the
track logo.
ONLY royal blue shirts with
NO names on the back may be worn for gym days in place of the uniform light blue
t-shirt and the spirit wear hoodies may be worn to and from school in place of a jacket but may
NOT be worn in school and in place of the approved fleeces from Lands End.
Please use this website,
http://www.sewnluv.com/st-louis-spirit-wear.html, for all orders. Please note that our vendor accepts payment through PayPal only. You may easily set up an account and link it to either your bank account or a credit card at
www.paypal.com. If you have any questions, please contact Judy Conti at jconti@nelp.org. Thank you!
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Last Chance to Pre-Register for the
Hawks 5K & Fun Run
The last day to pre-register for the race is Oct. 19. Families can save up to $60 for 4 runners. Don't miss this day of health, wellness, fellowship and fun. If you have never run or walked in a race before, this is your chance to enjoy an official course in a welcoming setting. Both the 1.5 Mile walk and the 5K start and end at the school.
- 8:00am - Hawks 1.5 Mile Fun Run/Walk (registration required)
- 8:30am - Hawks 5K Run/Walk (registration required)
Stay for the Hawks Day Celebration! Whether or not you participate in the Walk or Run, join us at St. Louis School from 9am-1pm with games, crafts, a cake walk, community responder demonstrations, bounce houses, great food, fellowship and FUN!
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Calling All Barefoot BBQ Fans!
Barefoot BBQ by Randy Davis will be featured this year at Hawks Day. The Davis family donates all supplies for the BBQ and donates 100% of the receipts for the day to St. Louis PTO. Enjoy delicious BBQ while supporting St. Louis at Hawks Day.
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Hawks Day Volunteers Badly Needed!!!!
The annual Hawks Day fun run, 5K and festivities are fast approaching (October 21), and we still need parent volunteers to make sure that all our activities are fully staffed. If we don't have enough volunteers, we will need to cancel some slots, and we'd hate to disappoint the kids by doing so.This is particularly the case for face painting, which is VERY popular with the kids. We don't need Picassos - just people willing to do the best they can! Please take a moment and look at the Sign-Up Genius:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090545a5ae2da20-stlouis1.
No VIRTUS training is needed and it's a great way to get in some of your volunteer hours early in the year! We need you to make this day a success, so we thank you in advance for giving a bit of your time and talent to help out!
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PTO Used Uniform Sale - Oct. 14 & 15
The PTO Used Uniform Sale will be held after the 5:30pm Mass on Saturday, Oct. 14 and 8am-12pm on Sunday, Oct. 15 in the school cafeteria. See the attached
flyer for details and review the
uniform guidelines on the school website.
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Parents are responsible for tracking their volunteer hours. Volunteer hours may be input
online. Please contact the volunteer coordinator, Vanessa Milewski, with any questions.
Keep in mind, the following opportunities count toward volunteer hours:
- Classroom party/celebration donations = 1 hour/donation
- PTO Meeting attendance = 1 hour/meeting
- Silent Auction purchase/donation = 1 hour/$20
- Bake Sale items = 1 hour/donated item
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Register Today for the BI Cheer Clinic!
Calling all 1st-8th grade girls! The 2016 and 2017 CCA National Grand Champion Bishop Ireton Cheerleading Team is holding its annual cheer clinic on Saturday, October 28. This is a fun-filled day, with the girls learning cheers and dances which they will perform with the BI Cheerleading Team during halftime at the varsity football game! It is also the Team's biggest fundraiser - help send them to National's again this year to defend their title! Please see the attached flyer for
more more information on the clinic. If you have any questions, feel free to email Marianne Olson at
siddda@cox.net
. Please send in your completed forms and payment via kidmail to Justine Olson, Room 4-3. Go Cardinals!
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Youth Ministry Registration
If you haven't had the chance to register for youth ministry, please take a minute to fill out a
St. Louis Youth Ministry Registration Form (one per family) and a
St. Louis Youth Ministry Permission Form (one per youth). This will help us stay in touch with you about upcoming opportunities and gives us emergency contacts, medical information, and other important things. On the back of the registration form you may see that we have introduced a fee. This helps cover the cost of onsite programs, but if this presents a significant burden, please just let me know when you turn the form in as we do not want this keeping teens from participating. Tiffany Lambert, Director of Youth Ministry --
youth@saintlouisparish.org
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UPCOMING CALENDAR EVENTS
Please refer to the
school calendar on the website for additional information. Subscribe to the calendar to automatically receive all of the latest updates.
Oct. 14-15 - PTO Used Uniform & Bake Sales after all Masses, Cafeteria
Oct. 17 - Coffee with the Principal, 8:15am, Cafeteria
Oct. 20 - Alumni "Welcome Back" Mass & Social, 8:45am
Oct. 21 - Hawks 5K & Hawks Day
Oct. 21 - Fall Book Fair, 9am-1pm, Library
Oct. 23-26 - Fall Book Fair, 8:30am-5:45pm daily, Library
Oct. 26 - End of 1st Quarter
Oct. 27 - No School, Professional Development Day
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St. Louis Catholic School
2901 Popkins Lane, Alexandria, VA 22306
Principal: Kathleen McNutt
Phone: 703-768-7732
www.stlouisschool.org
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Copyright 2017-2018. All Rights Reserved.
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