Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School "Let Go & Let God" Educating the Mind, Body, and Soul Pelican Express April 4-11, 2019 School Hours: 7:25 am - 2:45 pm with assembly beginning at 7:45 am and carpool ending at 3:10 pm

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Important Dates for April

April 5 - Crazy Dress Day April 9 - PK Field Trip / PK/K Transition Meeting 6:30 pm April 10 - Kindness Club Meeting 7:20am / Sports Pictures after school April 11 - Mass 8:15 am April 12 - Pelican Games April 15 - Pop Top Judging April 16 - Cane's Night / 2nd/3rd Grade Transition Meeting 6:30 pm April 17 - Pop Tops Free Dress / 5th Grade Field Trip / Stations Performance 7:00 pm April 18 - Stations Performance 9:00 am (K-4th) and 10:15 am (5th-7th) / 8th grade early dismissal at 1:00 pm April 19-April 26 - Easter Break April 29 - Back to School / 5th/6th Grade Transition Meeting 6:30 pm

A Message from Mrs. Gioe

This past weekend I went on an all girls glamping trip with my mother and sister to Fontainebleau State Park. What is glamping, you ask? It is camping, but in a very nice motorhome.   Friday afternoon around 3 pm, vans began pulling into the campsite behind ours. By 8 pm there were about 15 vans, 15 family tents and at least 60 people, most of whom were children. My sister and I walked over and introduced ourselves to them. Interestingly, there was a group of families from a small Catholic School in Metairie. One of the mothers remembered camping as a class when she was a child and suggested they do the same and that is what brought them there.       Saturday, the children were up with the sun, riding bikes, scooters, skating, splashing at the splash park, taking treasure hikes, etc. They were having a spectacular time. There were no fights, arguments, disrespect or unkindness. The children even walked around picking up trash. We were so impressed with them and know that they made some wonderful memories as a class and with their families. My mother commented many times how nice it was to see the children outside, spending time with their families. At one point she turned to us and said, “It is so nice to be here with my children spending time with me outside. I wonder how many people are as lucky as I am.” Since I was a very young child, I have memories of enjoying outdoors with my family. Whether fishing, swimming, skiing, hiking, hunting, boating, crabbing, gardening, harvesting fruit and pecans, barbecuing or boiling, we spent a lot of time together outdoors. Imagine if you will five people with fishing poles and a Chihuahua in a bass boat for eight hours or Mom, Dad, my sister and I backpacking the Appalachian Trail for 11 days. So many wonderful, poignant and powerful memories. Memories that many children don’t experience today. If I close my eyes I can hear the laughter of those children at the campsite behind us. I can see my mom, sister and me eating breakfast outside singing in unison to a song on Pandora. I can see five people in a boat with tangled fishing lines and a Chihuahua with a fishing hook through her ear. I can see my brother throwing his toys into the water from his playpen as we were crabbing as a family. I can see my dad catching an alligator and trying to reel it in with a fishing pole. I can see wild ponies descend a mountain in Virginia to eat sugar cubes from my hands…and so many other wonderful memories. My challenge to you this week is to go outside as a family. Louisiana has some magnificent outdoor treasures for you and your family to enjoy. Go outside and make some beautiful memories that will stay with you and your children for a lifetime. In Christ, Cheri Gioe

Upcoming Events

Crazy Day Dress - Friday, April 5 Student Council is hosting Crazy Day on Friday, April 5. Students who bring in a donation on this day will be allowed to dress in his or her craziest outfit. The money collected will go to the MBS Student Council. Outfits must be school appropriate. Acceptable dress includes mismatched clothes, wigs, colored hairspray, hats, tutus, and Nike shorts with leggings. Students may not wear costumes, open-toed shoes such as sandals or flip flops, or face paint. Any student who is dressed inappropriately will be asked to call home.

Last Kindness Club meeting of the year: April 10 at 7:20 am in Mrs. Boudreaux's Room All members, please attend! We will have donuts and a fun "spreading kindness" activity. See you there!

Athletics 4/4/19- 4/11/19 Thursday, April 4:  Girls' Varsity Volleyball Games @ St. George- White. Game times are: 6th @ 5:45PM, 7th @ 6:30PM, 8th @ 7:30PM.  Friday, April 5: Home Girls' Volleyball Games. 5th vs. Catholic Point Coupee @ 6PM and 7th JV vs. St. John @ 6:45PM.  7th Grade Varsity Girls' Volleyball Game @ OLOM @ 6:30PM.  Sunday, April 7: MBS Track Meet @ Dutchtown High School @ 1PM. Monday, April 8: 7th JV Girls' Volleyball Game @ Sacred Heart- White @ 7:30PM Tuesday, April 9: Home girls’ varsity volleyball games vs St. Aloysius. Game times are: 6th @ 5:45PM, 7th @ 6:30 PM and 8th @ 7:30PM. This will also be Rose Ceremony night for 8th grade volleyball and track.  Wednesday, April 10: Track and Girls' Volleyball Pictures after school. Please bring game/ meet uniforms to school. Athletes will not be allowed to call home for forgotten uniforms. Athletes should be picked up be 3:45PM. Girls' Volleyball Home Games. 5th grade vs. St. Jude @ 5:45PM, 7th JV vs. OLOM @ 6:30PM and 7th Varsity vs. St. Jude @ 7:30PM. GO PELICANS!!

Cafeteria

Lunch Menu CLICK HERE for the April Lunch Menu Cafeteria Volunteers Needed CLICK HERE for the April volunteer sign up

News

THANK YOU!! On behalf of the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank we would like to express how grateful we are for your generous donation of  898 pounds of food  which is equivalent to  748 meals !   Here at the Food Bank we are so blessed and humbled by the continued support of the amazing community that we call home. It’s donors like you that make a huge impact in the fight against hunger. Thank you for joining us in that fight!    Danielle T. Whatley Food Acquisition Coordinator Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank

Uniform Updates for 2019-2020 School Year MBS Sweatpants may only be worn on free dress days and spirit shirt days.  PK and Kindergarten boys may wear either elastic waist pants or pants with loops. Pants with loops must have a belt. PK and K girls wear the smocked dress. All uniform pieces should have the new logo - sweatshirts and jackets included.

Pelican Games - Volunteers Needed https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4bada62ca7f85-2019

Art Gallery - Volunteers Needed Mrs. Accardo needs help on Friday, May 3 to transform St. Ursula into an Art Museum. To volunteer, please click on the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4DAAAE2CA3FA7-mbsart

Vacation Bible School 2019 ROAR! Vacation Bible School will be held the week of June 24-28 from 9:00-12:00 noon . All MBS children entering Kindergarten through 5 th grade (2019-20 school year) are eligible to attend. At ROAR! VBS , kids will deepen their faith by discovering that life is wild, but God is good! The week will be filled with Scripture, games, drama, crafts, music, snacks and a lot more! A non-refundable $35 registration fee will include a t-shirt for each child and a music CD for each family. ONLINE REGISTRATION for students will be held May 6th through May 20th . Online instructions are: 1.     Go to the Church website at www.mbsparish.org 2.     Click on “Vacation Bible School”. Enter “ROAR!” website. 3.     Click on “Register Participant” and “Continue”. Follow instructions to fill in child’s name, address, 2019-20 grade level, t-shirt size, etc. 4.     Return to Church website to make your payment using Pay Pal. 5.       Please note: Registration is not complete until the payment has been received. VBS registration will close on May 20th or when a maximum of 100 participants are registered . All fees must be paid by this time so supplies can be ordered. NO late registrations will be accepted. TEEN VOLUNTEERS (students entering 9 th -12 th grade in 2019-20): Teens MUST register in person on Sunday, May 19th after all Masses in the foyer of MBS church , and submit a non-refundable $10 t-shirt fee (cash or check made payable to MBS). TEENS must be able to work the ENTIRE week . Teen spots are limited (35 max). On-line registration will not be accepted for teens. FULL TIME ADULT VOLUNTEERS will receive a discount on one child’s registration fee and a free t-shirt. All volunteers 18 years or older must undergo a background check process . Please contact Mrs. Roslyn Landry , Child Protection Site Coordinator, no later than April 22nd . Her office phone is 753-5526; or email: childprotection@mbsbr.org For any other VBS questions, please contact Mrs. Judy Carr, VBS coordinator, at 335-6563.

Office of Child Protection

According to the Safe Environment Policy mandated by the Diocese of Baton Rouge, all school volunteers/school ministry volunteers/chaperones must complete a mandatory background check and child protection training. Please note that MBS School child protection requirements are not the same as MBS Parish. Therefore if you are compliant for the Parish, you are not automatically compliant for the School, and vice versa. It is important to remember the paperwork is time sensitive. If you began the process and did not complete all the steps in a timely manner, you may have to resubmit the paperwork. Many files have been archived due to inactivity, and/or files not being updated. Call Mrs. Landry at 225-753-5526 or email  childprotection@mbsbr.org   for assistance.

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