Your Two-Week Update 
March 7: Parent Mtg @ City Limits - CANCELLED
March 8: Yearbook Orders Due
**First Yearbook is Free
March 11: SnoBall Throw 2:30 Assembly
March 15: Quarter Three Ends
March 16: Family Event at Stern Center
**St. Patrick's Day Parade (Flyer below)
**RSVP Due March 15th (required for admission)
March 18: Report Cards Emailed
March 18-24: No School/Spring Break
March 25: Registration for 2019-20
**Re-Enrollment Paperwork will be sent home
March 30: Parent Event: Trivia Night
**Doors open at 5:30 / Game starts at 6:30
**RSVP Form below

Due March 15th

Due March 27th
Deadline for completion: April 15, 2019
If you have any questions, contact Mrs. Todd
at 309-793-7350 x202 or
wtodd@jordanschool.com
Going on Now.......
* Catholic Care Pack Donations
Thank you to all who have donated to this cause. Our Catholic Care Pack Box is located in front of Mr. Smither's office. Please help if you are able.
Needed:
socks / personal hygiene items / hats / gloves
hand warmers / bottled water / blankets
sleeping bags / prayer cards / back packs


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 School Collecting........
Art Department: Plastic See-Through Containers

PreK Classroom Art Projects:
Wine Corks, Plastic Water Bottles & Milk Caps,
Buttons, Thread Spools, Colored Yarn,
Metal Jar Lids (salsa, S
napple, etc.)

School Collections: Box Tops, Pop Tabs,
Used Ink Cartridges and items for Catholic
Care Packs
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* Snoball Throw March 11th at 2:30
$1 Raffle Tickets are being sold for a chance to throw Hostess Snoballs at Mr. Smithers!

One winner will be chosen from each grade level.
Winners will have 3 chances to toss Hostess Snoballs dipped in whipped cream at Mr. Smithers to say goodbye to winter and HELLO to Spring!

Grade Level selling the most chances will receive a Pajama Day!!! (Grade Three is in the lead as of now!)
Administrative News
CHESS CLUB HAD THEIR FINAL MEETING FEBRUARY 25TH
Parents of students in Chess Club this school year should have received an email notifying you that Monday, February 25th was the last meeting for this school year. Chess Club will resume in the fall of 2019! Thank you Aaron and Courtney Ziegler for all you have done for our students!

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GRANDPARENT DAY - MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Mark your calendars for Grandparent Day to be held on Friday, May 10th.
Three-day PreK programs will hold their Grandparent Day on Thursday, May 9th.
More news will follow as the time gets closer.
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STUDENT NEWS
ANDREW TORRES TO WRESTLE AT STATE TOURNAMENT
Congratulations to Andrew Torres who qualified to wrestle this weekend at the Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation State Tournament. Wrestlers must finish in the top six at their regional tournament and top three at their sectional tournament to qualify. Andrew and his team will be traveling to Rockford and wrestling at the BMO Harris Bank Center March 7th-9th. Please join us in wishing Andrew the best of luck!

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FIRST RECONCILIATION DATES/TIMES ANNOUNCED
St. Pius Parishioners: 6:00 pm Thursday, March 7 @ St. Pius X Church
St. Mary’s/Sacred Heart Parishioners: 5:30 Friday, March 8 @ St. Mary’s -(Be there at 5:15; Stations of the Cross follows at 6:30)
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SWIMMING DATES FOR GRADES ONE AND THREE
Mark your calendars and make sure your third and first graders are ready for the upcoming PE Gym Classes:
3rd grade - April 1st - 12
1st grade - April 29 - May 10

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TRACK SIGN-UP GOING ON NOW
Track sign ups will be going on in the gym for any 7th and 8th grade boy or girl who wants to participate.
Please sign up by the end of next week. 

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PARENT ORGANIZATIONS
PARENT MEETING FOR MARCH 7TH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
The March 7th Parent Meeting at City Limits has been cancelled.
A LENTEN MESSAGE
The Great Season of Lent is upon us. Here are some reflections and a good explanation from the U.S. Bishop’s website:
During Lent, we are asked to devote ourselves to seeking the Lord in prayer and reading Scripture, to service by  giving alms , and to sacrifice self-control through  fasting . Many know of the tradition of abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent, but we are also called to practice self-discipline and fast in other ways throughout the season. Contemplate the meaning and origins of the Lenten fasting tradition in this  reflection . In addition, the giving of alms is one way to share God's gifts—not only through the distribution of money, but through the sharing of our time and talents. 

In Lent, the baptized are called to renew their baptismal commitment as others prepare to be baptized through the  Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults , a period of learning and discernment for individuals who have declared their desire to become Catholics.

The key to fruitful observance of these practices is to recognize their link to baptismal renewal. We are called not just to abstain from sin during Lent, but to true conversion of our hearts and minds as followers of Christ. We recall those waters in which we were baptized into Christ's death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ. May this Lenten Season be one of renewal, grace and conversion to Jesus our Savior.
OUR COMMUNITY NEWS

NATIONAL CATHOLIC SISTERS WEEK OPEN HOUSE MARCH 9, 2019
Listen Up With Your Heart! Area Catholic Sisters invite you to an Open House on March 9th from 2-4pm at the Humility of Mary Center in Davenport. A 2:00pm Prayer and Presentation, visit with the Sisters, tour the center, meet the Azuibuke crew and more.
Click on the flyer below to view schedule of events during this two hour time frame.