A MESSAGE FROM MRS. STALLMANN
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Hello St. Alphonsus Families,
As we get ready to start the season of Advent, there is an excitement in the air. Advent is a time of waiting and that can be hard for our students to do. Learning to wait is such an important skill to learn, especially in today’s world where everything happens immediately.
The Parish and School have combined their Facebook pages into one page. If you can, go onto St. Alphonsus Parish and School - Greendale Facebook page, Like and Share it. Sharing our page is a great way to get us out and more visible in the community. I have started posting items such as the 8th graders’ 3D cell models and our Teacher’s service project day.
We have some important dates coming up that I want you to be aware of:
December 3-4: Reconciliation for our 3rd -8th graders 12:30-2:30
December 8-9: Cookie Walk
December 13: Christmas Program K5 - 2nd grades 10am and 6pm (band/orchestra as well)
December 14: Ugly Christmas Sweater Day for $1 to help purchase Christmas hams for the St. Al’s Food Pantry
December 21: Las Posadas 8am Early dismissal (12:00pm) This is not on the calendar so please be aware of this. Cougar Club will be available in the afternoon. It is also a dress up day. No jeans, sweats or track pants.
December 24 - January 2: Christmas Vacation
January 3: School resumes
Enjoy your weekend,
Mary 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.
December 3-7
Mrs. Boyle, Room 412
Nathan O.
Michael P.
Mackenzie P.
Madison P.
Jacob R.
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CALENDAR NOTES
12/02/18 St. Nick Breakfast
12/03/18 Prayer Service: Blessing of Advent Wreaths 8:00 AM
12/04/18 First Stage - 3rd Grade - The Best Christmas Pageant 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM
12/04/18 Report Cards Available on Educate 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
12/05/18 Cousin's Subs -7700 S. Lovers Ln., Franklin 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
12/05/18 Unity T-shirt Day
12/05/18 Mass 8:00 AM
12/05/18 Rosary Club - Community Room 11:30 AM
12/08/18 Home and School Cookie Walk - Community Room
12/09/18 Home and School Cookie Walk - Community Room
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Dear St. Alphonsus School Community,
Thank you to all who have joined in on our Perpetual Rosary to lift up the needs of our teachers Mrs. Radish and Mrs. Sokup. We still have a few days in December as well as January. Please consider signing up for a day (or more if you wish) to say the Rosary on their behalf, ideally with your family members. If you need guidance regarding how to say the Rosary, please click the link below. We can’t underestimate the power of prayer. Thank you for your kindness. If you would like to sign up, please click on SignUp Genius link to select a date.
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THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR IS COMING!
Home and School is once again excited to offer the Scholastic Book Fair this coming Catholic Schools’ Week! The event will be held the week of January 21st-25th for the children during school hours, and then it will be open to the Parish community before and after masses on January 26th and 27th. Home and School is once again offering a pre-sale of $5 Gift Certificates that can be used during the Fair. These certificates make great stocking stuffers for Christmas for both kiddos AND teachers!
To keep the process simple this year, certificates can be ordered via email with payment due through backpack mail. Orders and payment will be due by December 12th, with certificates sent home with students the week of December 17th so that they will be able to be given for Christmas.
Please contact Jennifer Nencka at drjennypt@gmail.com with any questions. You can also use the same email for orders. Please indicate the number of $5 certificates that you would like to order, along with the NAME, ROOM NUMBER, and TEACHER of the child who will receive the certificates in backpack mail. Please designate one child per family to bring the certificates home. Payments can be made via cash or check (made out to St. Alphonsus Home and School) and should be sent to Jen Nencka, c/o Ella Nencka, Mrs. Ladenthin, Room 303.
Happy Reading!
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SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 2019 FUN FAIR SUPERBOWL PARTY
The 2019 Fun Fair Superbowl Party will be on Friday, February 1st, 2019 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM in the school gymnasium and community room
. There will be fun, games, raffles and prizes! This is one of the school's biggest fund raisers! Come and join the fun and support a great cause! Watch for more information to follow in the upcoming months. Questions can be directed to Nancy Violette or Kelly Zierden (contact info in flyers).
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ST. AL'S ANNUAL COOKIE WALK
Cookie Walk is Next Weekend, December 8-9th.
There is one week left until the St. Alphonsus Cookie Walk! Thank you to everyone who has signed up to bake or help at our annual holiday cookie sale. Even if you haven't signed up, please consider baking 4 dozen or more homemade holiday cookies. Cookie drop off is Friday, December 7th in the morning car line. Please include a slip with the type of cookie and quantity when you drop them off. A sample slip is attached. We also still need volunteers to help sell cookies after 4:30 Mass on Saturday, December 8th. Please contact Amy Shambarger, 414-322-5102, or
law4amy@hotmail.com
, if you are able to help!
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UPDATES FROM THE DESK OF MRS. THIELE
Our second set of
STAR
testing is underway. Teachers are looking over results to inform their teaching moving forward. These are so helpful as we are working to meet the individual needs of all of our students. Results will be coming home with students today in a sealed envelope addressed to parents.
Our trimester closed on November 28th. Teachers will have an opportunity to finalize grades and
report cards
will be released on
December 5th
.
Thank you to the class of 2018 Girl Scouts
As the new trimester begins, we are looking forward to some activities created by last year’s eighth grade Girl Scout Troop. They decided to give back to the St. Alphonsus community for their
Silver Award
. They created monthly activities for all grade levels along with some take home items. We were also given clings for walls and doors with inspirational sayings on kindness. All of this was presented to the teachers on Tuesday November 13th. This was an enormous amount of work to strengthen our community that will have lasting impact here at St. Al’s. We are so excited to roll this out in December. Thank you to Abby K., Julianna T., Maggie, Isabella, Julianna B., and Abby G.
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8
th
GRADE OUT-OF-UNIFORM SALE****SALE EXTENDED
The sale of the 8
th
Grade Out-of-Uniform passes has been extended. If you have not yet purchased passes, simply complete the attached form and return it to school with payment at any time.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 5TH GRADE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAMS!
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5th Grade Blue Team –
Took 1st Place
Team members include: Kelsey, Aubree, Emily, Hailey, Reese, Clara, Teagan, Julia, Aida, Kennedy, Hanna (Not Pictured: Izabella)
Coach Greenberg, Coach Killoran
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5th Grade Gold Team –
Took 2nd Place
Team members include: Tabitha, Leksi, Madison, Luise, Kaitlyn, Isabella, Kyleigh, Katie, Grace, Lizzie (
Not Pictured:
Giselle)
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Grow your Scrip voucher during the holidays!
Take an extra order form or two to share with family and friends. Let them know how Scrip can help with all their holiday gift card needs! We are a convenient one-stop gift card shop!
Does your business give a holiday gift to employees or clients? Why run around from store-to-store when you can send in your order and have it available to pick it up the following Friday. It is super convenient and makes your gift-giving even more generous by helping our school! Please order early in the month to ensure availability.
Don’t forget, St. Nick comes the evening of Dec. 5
th
. Give him a hand by picking up a gift card or two to use as stocking stuffers!
When and where is Scrip available this week?
- Sat. Dec. 1st 4:00 - 4:30pm in the Community Room
- Sun. Dec. 2nd 8:30 - 11:00am in the Community Room
- Thurs. Dec. 6th Backpack mail (Please send orders in by Wednesday)
- Fri. Dec. 7th 7:30-8:30 am in the School Lobby
- Sat. Dec. 8th 4:00 - 4:30pm in the Community Room
- Sun. Dec. 9th 8:30 - 11:00am in the Community Room
Stay up to date with Scrip. Follow us on Facebook for the latest news. Find us at:
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Congratulations to Mrs. Ladenthin
and her class for winning the 1st Trimester Box Top contest. They won a treat and will get the traveling trophy to display in their classroom!
1st Trimester Contest:
· Mrs. Ladenthin 1st place (34 sheets)
· Mrs. Maccoux 2nd place (30 sheets)
· Mrs. Patterson 3rd place (26 sheets)
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