Wednesday Herald
October 3, 2018
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Our sixth annual Servathon was a tremendous success! Students at every grade level had a direct impact in making our community a better place through their service. Through Servathon and other opportunities to help others throughout the year, I hope students understand the importance of service to others, and make it a regular part of their lives. I greatly appreciate the numerous volunteers who assisted in classrooms and went out into the community with our students. Additionally, thank you to Megan Reichard and her team of volunteers who work very hard in organizing this large event and the teachers for executing.
Monday, October 8 is the last day to return Servathon donation flyers to be included in the homeroom competition. Any student turning in a flyer is permitted to be out of uniform on Friday, October 19. The homeroom returning the most flyers will also receive a pizza party!
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Yesterday we celebrated the Feast of the Guardian Angel with a beautiful Mass! All first grade students, new students in grades 2-8, as well as new staff members all received their Guardian Angels medal. Pictured to the right are our new 7th grade students with their medals. It was exciting to see students proudly wearing them, and sharing in excitement for the wonderful community we share.
God Bless,
Corey
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Joseph-Beth provides the finest selection of any book fair company. We are proud to be a part of your student’s reading enrichment and a partner in your community.
Dates for the Guardian Angels Joseph-Beth book fair will be
Monday, October 22, 2018- Friday, October 26
. Schedules and book lists will be sent home with students.
Complete book fair schedule can be found here
. Be sure to look for the new family events including Books, Bagels, and Breakfast, Tuesday,
October 23
, before school at 7:15 in the GA Café. Questions?
Contact Mrs. Leach
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Fundraisers for the 8th Grade Trip to Washington DC
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Bagel Sale Friday
Bagels are back! Bring your angel to school a few minutes early on
Friday, October 5th
for breakfast with friends: On the menu: bagels (with or without cream cheese), granola bars, and juice boxes. The sale will run from 7:30-7:55am in the main entrance hallway and each item only costs $1.00! All proceeds go toward the 8th Grade Washington DC trip. Please mark your calendars for our future 2018 sale dates: November 9th & December 7th . Don’t worry - more dates to come in 2019. Thank you for your support!
Yankee Candle Sales
All eighth grade students should have received packets for the Yankee Candle Sale last week with instructions on how to register students to begin selling. This is an individual fundraiser for each student.
Your child receives
approximately 40% of their sales
. If you still need the group number, ours is 990033403. Please use the name Stephanie Smith at the contact or chairperson. Orders placed online will be delivered directly to the buyers. If you are using the catalog and paper order forms, those must be turned into school
by October 15th
. Money for the paper orders are due at the time the order is placed; checks are to be made out to Guardian Angels School.
Orders should be delivered before Thanksgiving.
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Clothing Drive for Missions
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During the Mission Month of October, the GA community is invited to help Glenmary Home Missionaries and Franciscan Missionaries serve our neighbors who live in some of the poorest areas of Appalachia, Missouri and South Dakota, by donating gently used clothing items.
From
October 10-18
, you may drop off your donations in the school's foyer. Infant and child sizes (all seasons) are especially needed, but all items will be gratefully accepted. Please spread the word to family and friends!
"Whatsoever you do for the least of My children, that you do unto Me."
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Enrichment Opportunities for GA Students
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Spooktacular Art!
Gr. 1-5
Create an animal masquerade mask, table top spider, and canvas board painted monster.
Tuesdays
10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30
3:00-4:00pm
HoHoHolidays Art
Gr. 1-5
Get ready for the holidays by creating a mixed media Thanksgiving cornucopia, clay ornament, and paint a giant elf.
Mondays
11/12, 11/26, 12/10, 12/17
3:00-4:00pm
A flyer with more information about both art programs is
attached
.
Kidz Home Alone
Gr. 4-6
Kids need specific information about who to call in certain out of the ordinary situations. Would your child know what to do if they have forgotten their house key? What if they are home alone and they are choking? This course is designed to teach your child about being home alone safely. An informative parent guide is included in the student manual, and provides an avenue for discussion between parent and child. See
attached flyer
for more details and registration information.
Taught by: Enriching Kidz
Classes Meet:
11/5 and 11/12
2:45-4:45pm
Fee: $70
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Save the Date: Monster Mash
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Come join the Halloween fun at the 4th annual Monster Mash . This is a family fun event complete with food, drinks, music, photo booth and treats. There will be a Costume and Carved Pumpkin Contest.
Date:
Saturday,
October 27
Location: GA Undercroft
Time: 6:00-9:00pm
Cost: $15 per person or $50 for family of 4 or more
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets include: food, drinks, photo booth, music, and treats.
All ages welcome.
Please return the
attached ticket form
and money (make checks payable to GA Festival) to the school or parish office by Wednesday, October 24th
.
We are looking for donations of food and drinks plus volunteers to help with the event. If you can help support in any way, please
click here
. We greatly appreciated it.
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We are looking for classroom coordinators to help plan holiday parties and volunteers for many other events to help enrich our students' and teachers’ experiences throughout the school year.
Please see the
attached descriptions
about the various
PTA volunteer opportunities.
You will be contacted by the PTA to confirm your sign up.
Thanks so much for sharing your time, talent, and treasure with GA!
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New PTA/Boosters Fees Website
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We continue to collect organizational dues on our new payment website. Thank you for your support. If you still want to contribute p
lease visit
pay.gaschool.org
to submit payment for your PTA, Athletic Booster, and Music Booster dues. These organizations support our students, teachers, and school throughout the year!
When registering, please use the email address you have on file with the school. It is a quick and easy way to pay your annual dues.
Having trouble completing the process? Send an email to
pay@gaschool.com
and we will get back to you as soon as possible to help solve any issues.
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Lil' Angels Registration for K-2 is Now Open
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Lil’ Angels Athletics is a program offered to boys and girls in grades K-2. The program will expose the children to several sports with basketball and volleyball being the main emphasis of the program. The “season” will be 8 sessions starting after the Thanksgiving Break and ending in February; school calendar/gym availability will determine the exact dates. A small fee of $25 is charged to each participant.
The goal of the program is to offer children in grades K, 1 & 2 the opportunity to interact with their friends in an extracurricular environment while learning fundamental skills in sports that they may want to participate in starting in 3rd grade. It is a non-competitive program and a great way for the children to learn the basic rules of team sports while being with their friends. And most importantly, we have fun!
Registration is through the
Boosters website
. If this is your first time registering for a sport at GA, you will need to register and create a profile for your child.
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Rosary Rally
All are invited to join in a Public Square Rosary Rally on Saturday,
October 13
, at 12:00pm at Guardian Angels Church on the lawn in front of the school next to the main Beechmont Ave entrance.
This Public Square Rosary, sponsored by America Needs Fatima, will be one of over 14,000 rallies that will take place all across the United States on that day. Please join us in offering reparation for the sins and offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary and to fervently pray for the conversion of the United States. Will you join me and other Catholics on this very important day?
More information about the Public Square Rosary Rallies is available at
www.ANF.org
. A flyer for our event is
attached
.
Contact Nick Carpinello 513-289-1743 if you have any questions. Volunteers are needed.
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40 Days for Life
Over the past years Guardian Angels parish has volunteered to cover two of the 40 Days for Life event where we have someone continually praying from 7:00am to 7:00pm at Planned Parenthood’s abortion facility. Many of our working parishioners try to cover our early and late hours and those available during the day fill the hours in between.
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Fall Soup & Speaker Series
Please join us for soup, fellowship, and a fantastic speaker on
October 8th
. All ages welcome. Deacon Christian Cone will share the story of the first Marian apparition, Our Lady of the Pillar, to St. James the Apostle in Zaragoza, Spain. Come hear this incredible story and learn about the beautiful cathedral built around it today.
Soup will be served at 6:00pm.
The Presentation begins at 7:00pm. A flyer is
attached
.
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Students will participate in a Living Rosary led by our 5th grade students on Thursday,
October 11th
at 9:00am.
For a calendar of upcoming Mass times, log into your parent portal in
Rediker
.
Click on the Calendar, the box with the arrow, found on the right side of your home page. School Masses are shown in the light blue color. Or you can make a selection in the filter drop down, to the right above the calendar dates, to just show School Masses.
Parents and other family members are invited to attend any Mass your child will be attending. You are also welcome to bring any younger siblings with you.
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Box Tops Collections
The Guardian Angels PTA is collecting Box Tops from various consumer products. GA students can submit Box Tops to their homeroom teachers and all parishioners can drop off Box Tops in the special collection envelope located on the bulletin board in the Church Gathering Space.
We use the funds earned to purchase indoor recess games and outdoor recess equipment. Please start collecting Box Tops today and help us make this year even more successful!
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Cookie Ministry
Guardian Angels School Cookie Ministry teams up with the Parish Parish Peanut Butter group to feed families in need. The Peanut Butter group makes 1,500 peanut butter and bologna sandwiches. GA students donate cookies. St. Francis Seraph Church in Over-the-Rhine gives the food to families in need. Students are asked to bring in two dozen cookies, brownies, or rice krispie bars on their classroom's designated day. They do need to be bagged, two treats per bag.
All 4th grade classes are responsible for the next donation on Monday, October 8th
. A
complete schedule
for the school year is attached.
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School Calendar
Looking for more information about upcoming events at GA? You can find a calendar in your Rediker Parent Portal. Log into your account, then click on the Calendar on the blue navigation bar. The calendar shows school events, parish events, and much more. Just a reminder, events posted on the school website,
www.gaschool.org
, only include those open to the public or new families who may not have activated a Rediker account yet. All other event information is posted in Rediker, which is password protected.
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Amazon Shopping to Support GA
You can now support Guardian Angels Parish when you shop at Amazon.com! GA is a newly registered participant in the AmazonSmile Program. You can
sign-up
to have a portion of your purchase sales come back to Guardian Angels. When you make purchases through the AmazonSmile page, and have GA selected as your beneficiary, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products back to GA.
You have to be shopping from smile.amazon.com page of the site for us to receive the benefit.
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Kroger Community Rewards
Have you signed up for Kroger Community Rewards and designated GA as your beneficiary? The more families who register, the more money our school receives through the program. Kroger Community Rewards offers a great way for you to support our school's technology fund...and you don't have to spend a penny. Register your rewards card
online
and select Guardian Angels as your beneficiary. You can search for GA or use our NPO number, 80200. The amount Guardian Angels receives depends on the points our supporters rack up while grocery shopping. Enrolling does NOT impact the points you use to redeem for discounts at the pump.c
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Stay up-to-date with all things GA by following us on social media.
Guardian Angels uses our Facebook page to keep families informed about upcoming events, news, and other information regarding our school and parish. If you want to make sure you see information posted through the Guardian Angels page, please make sure you
go to our page
, click Following (just under the cover photo), and then choose See First. This way anything we share will still be seen in your newsfeed.
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Outside Opportunities for GA Families
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McNicholas Bus Tour
The 7th annual Bus Tour to Nashville with be held
April 5-7, 2019. Proceeds of the event benefit the McNicholas High School athletic programs. You can find more information about the event in the
attached flyer.
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St Ursula Academy Events
St Ursula Academy has a variety of recruiting events, informational nights, and grade school sports nights planned.
More information is attached.
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Guardian Angels School
513.624.3141
6539 Beechmont Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45230
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