A MESSAGE FROM MRS. STALLMANN
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Dear St. Alphonsus Families,
Catholic Schools Week will be starting January 28
th
. We have lots of fun activities and dress days planned. Our Open House will be January 29
th
from 5-7 pm. During Open House we will have a hot dog dinner, time to talk to teachers, see the different classrooms, and register for next school year. Also, if you get a new family to come to our Open House, your children will get a free dress pass. I hope to see all of you at school on Tuesday night.
Catholic Schools Week
- Monday, 01/28: Career Day (dress as what you want to be when you grow up) and Grade Game Day
- Tuesday, 01/29: Timber Tuesday (wear flannel shirts/pants), Grade Game Day and Open House 5-7
- Wednesday, 01/30: Unity Shirts/Uniforms and Living Rosary Day
- Thursday, 01/31: Crazy Socks/Hat Day Winter Picnic
- Friday, 02/01: Sportswear Day All School Field Trip: Small Foot
All fun dress days are non-uniform days except for Wednesday when we attend Mass and a Living Rosary. Throughout the week we will have a guessing jar contest. Every student will get 3 ballots to guess the amount of items in various jars. Closest answer will win the contents of the jar. If there is a tie, the items will be divided. We will also have a fun game called Hidden Symbol during the week. There will be a symbol hidden in the school and every day I will give a clue to its location during my morning announcements. The first person to identify where the symbol is will win a small prize. Grade games will be fun games played within the classroom or against another class/grade. On Friday we will have an All School (4k-8
th
) Field Trip to the movies where we will watch Small Foot.
Finally, the School Committee is excited to announce our new Tuition Referral Program. If an existing family in the school gets a new family to register to our school (4k-8
th
grades), the existing family will get $1,000 off their tuition for the next school year. The tuition referral credit can only be used one time a school year and the new family must tell us who referred them at the time of registration. The tuition referral credit cannot be transferred to another family. Any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Stallmann
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SAFETY PATROL
Cadets should report at 7:20 a.m. each scheduled day. Please come in through the Cougar Club entrance on Churchway. They will have the privileged responsibility of assisting our parents and students during morning drop off. They are supervised by a staff member.
January 21-25
Mrs. Ligocki, Room 414
Alex B.
Adriana B.
Jackson D.
Ava D.
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CALENDAR NOTES
1/21/19 Scholastic Book Fair
01/22/19 Scholastic Book Fair
01/23/19 Unity T-Shirt Day
01/23/19 Mass 8:00 AM
01/23/19 Portillos - 8705 W. Sura Lane, Greenfield 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
01/23/19 Scholastic Book Fair
01/24/19 Scholastic Book Fair
01/25/19 Non-Uniform Day with a donation
01/25/19 Scholastic Book Fair
01/26/19 Scholastic Book Fair 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
01/27/19 Scholastic Book Fair 8:30 AM - 12:15 PM
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PRAYERS FOR MRS. RADISH
Thank you to all the wonderful St. Alphonsus Families who helped us pray the first round of the Perpetual Rosary for Mrs. Radish and Mrs. Sokup. We have set up another Sign Up Genius for ALL OF US us to continue to lift the needs of Mrs. Radish in prayer. Please click on the link below to sign up for a date to pray the Rosary with your family. The Rosary Guide is attached below.
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SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR NEXT WEEK!
This year our Scholastic Book Fair will be held Monday, January 21
st
through Sunday, January 27
th
in the Community Room. Grades 4K through 8 will preview books on Monday and Tuesday and will have the opportunity to purchase books on Wednesday and Thursday. 3K families will have an opportunity to shop during the school day on Thursday, January 24
th
, from 11 -11:30am. The Book Fair will also be open on Saturday, January 26
th
, from 5:15-6:15pm and on Sunday, January 27
th
, from 8:30am-1:00pm.
Here are a few details:
- Books may be purchased with cash or check made out to Scholastic. Charge cards will ONLY be accepted on Saturday and Sunday. Do not add sales tax to payments.
- On Wednesday and Thursday, any child who spends $20 or more may fill out a raffle slip for a chance to receive a free book or poster.
- We will have the One for Books slips. Your donation to this program helps to buy books for Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. See look for the book fair letter and donation slip in this week's backpack mail. Donations can be returned attention Book Fair to the school office.
- The Online Book Fair will be open January 16th – 29th. Any books purchased online will benefit the school. See the below link to access our book fair electronically: http://www.scholastic.com/bf/stalphonsusschool2
Volunteer at the Scholastic Book Fair
If you have any questions, contact your Book Fair Co-Coordinators Lindsay Rugg (
lindsay.rugg@gmail.com
) or Jen Nencka (
drjennypt@gmail.com
) and thank you for supporting your child's reading! You are invited to please help us out at our upcoming Scholastic Book Fair! Help is needed on both weekdays (Jan. 21 - 24) and the weekend of January 26
th
and 27
th
. We're using SignUpGenius to organize our sign-ups. Please click this link to sign up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4FA4A92CABF94-volunteer
Thank you for your help in making this year's Scholastic Book Fair a success!
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DINE OUR WITH ST. AL'S
The next Dine Out with St. Al’s night is scheduled for Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at Portillos (8705 W. Sura Lane, Greenfield, WI ) from 5-8pm. When you present the
attached flyer
either in hard copy or on your smart phone, Portillos will donate 20% of proceeds to St. Al’s Home & School to support our school’s fundraising efforts. Students who bring in their Portillos receipt to school on Thursday, January 24, 2019 are eligible to be out of uniform that day. See you all there!
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STUDENT ILLNESS OR INJURY
It's that time of the year when things start going around. We'd like to remind you of our current policy, which may be found on page 24 of the Family Handbook, when a student is out due to an illness or is injured.
"Sick children may not be kept in school. When a child becomes ill or is injured at school, the parent or guardian will be contacted to provide transportation home and to insure that someone is at home to care for the sick child. A child must always be picked up if he/she vomits or has a temperature/fever of 100 or above. In the event of a fever, the child may not return to school until they are fever free for a 24 hr. period, un-medicated. A parent, or someone designated by the parent, must be available for emergencies. Unless you inform us otherwise, we phone emergency contacts in this order: Mother, Father, and then emergency contacts listed by you."
If you have any questions please contact the School Office.
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AN UPDATE FROM THE SCHOOL OFFICE REGARDING
THE HEALTH ROOM
The Office Staff would like to provide information regarding the use of the school’s Health Room.
We have a Health Room at school; however, it is not staffed on a full-time basis. We are fortunate to have awesome volunteers who staff the Health Room some days during the lunch/recess hour.
Despite the fact that the room is not staffed full-time, the School Secretaries do their best to meet the needs of each student. When there is not a volunteer present in the Health Room and a student feels ill or suffers an injury, the student may sit at the table in the school office until feeling better or a parent arrives to take him/her child home.
On occasion, a parent requests that a child nap in the Health Room. This request cannot be accommodated because we cannot leave students unattended in the room and there is only one secretary in the school office in the morning and one secretary in afternoon.
If you would like to volunteer to staff the Health Room it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact the office.
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FUN FAIR 2019
“Make plans to join your friends at the
FUN FAIR
on Friday, February 1 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM. This Super Bowl Party is sure to be fun for the whole family with games, raffles, food and fellowship!
ADVANCE TICKETS
: An advance ticket order form was sent home last week or can be found below. Tickets are 4 for $1 and can be used for the carnival-style games, face painting and the ever-popular “bake walk”, as well as the general raffle baskets.
Ordering tickets early gives you time to write your name on the raffle tickets and saves time waiting in lines
. Grand prize, Blue & Gold, and 50/50 raffle tickets are available only the night of the Super Bowl Party. Any questions regarding advance tickets can be directed to Mara Vogelwede at
wiscwedes@gmail.com
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PRIZES:
There is still time to donate prizes or a cash donation to be used to purchase items for the Prize Room! More information can be found below. Any questions regarding prizes, including cash donations, can be directed to Laura McCravens at
lauragroppi@hotmail.com
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RAFFLE BASKETS:
There is also still time to donate a raffle basket! More information on donating a basket can be found below.
Looking forward to seeing all of you there!”
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DON'T FORGET TO RSVP FOR THE FATHER/DAUGHTER DANCE
February 8
th,
2019 is the
Father/Daughter Dance from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. Girls, put on your fanciest dresses! Dads, get your jackets & tie. It will be a night to remember! Please return the attached RSVP form by January 25, 2019. Questions:
Kris0324@hotmail.com
or 262-364-9144.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE FATHER/DAUGHTER DANCE
Hello Parents and 8th Grade Students,
We are looking for help to make the 4th Father Daughter Dance a great success. We are looking for set-up, assistance during dance, and clean-up. Please consider signing up for this special event.
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FINANCIAL AID FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR
We are again working with TADS to process Financial Aid applications. The Financial Aid
application can be accessed by clicking on “TADS” located at the bottom of the St. Alphonsus School website at www.st-alphonsus.org/school. The deadline to submit Applications is April 5, 2019. Financial Aid decisions will be made and communicated via email on June 1, 2019, for all applications received by April 5, 2019. Please do not delay your application. If you know you will be in financial need for the 2019-2020 school year, please apply now. The financial aid resources are very limited.
In order to qualify for Financial Aid you must be a parish member, your 2018-2019 TADS
account must be in good standing, and your child must be enrolled full-time at St. Alphonsus. Financial Aid in not available to students in 3K, part-day 4K, or part-day 5K.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM HOME & SCHOOL
***Mark your calendar for the next Home & School meeting.
March 5th @ 6:30pm ***
Home & School is a great opportunity to learn more about the school, upcoming events and how you can get involved. Everyone is welcome!
We hope to see you there.
Any questions, please feel free to contact
***FISH FRY***
This year's annual fish fry begins Friday, March 8th and runs through Friday, April 19th. The fish fry requires everyone's help to be successful.
Mark your calendars now to help out and attend this year's fish fry. Below are this year's grade assignments.
Date and Grade
- March 8 - 6th
- March 15 - 1st & 2nd
- March 22 - K3, K4 & 3rd
- March 29 - 8th
- April 5 - 7th
- April 12 - 4th
- April 19 - K5 & 5th
Some critical areas we're always looking for help are
- Friday Fryers
- Thursday night prep
- Friday night clean up
Everything is really easy to learn. Never helped in the kitchen before or came early to help set up? Try a new something new this year.
Any questions, please feel free to contact
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Turn Everyday Expenses into Everyday Earning!
When and where is Scrip available in the coming weeks?
- Sat. Jan. 19th 4:00 - 4:30pm in the Community Room
- Sun. Jan. 20th 8:30 - 11:00am in the Community Room
- Thurs. Jan. 24th Backpack mail (Please send orders in by Wednesday)
- Fri. Jan. 25th 7:30-8:30 am in the School Lobby
- Sat. Jan. 26th 4:00 - 4:30pm in the Community Room
- Sun. Jan. 27h 8:30 - 11:00am in the Community Room
- Thurs. Jan. 31st Backpack mail (Please send orders in by Wednesday)
- Fri. Feb. 1st 7:30-8:30 am in the School Lobby
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SHADOW DAYS AT PIUS XI CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
Pius XI Catholic High School would like to encourage families to continue their child’s Catholic education in high school. Please click on the link below to view a flyer about spring shadow days at Pius XI Catholic High School.
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