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April 29, 2022
Dear St. Louis Families,
Alleluia! Happy Easter! Despite the colder weather this week, our hallways and classrooms are hard at work and filled with joy--we have been busy with learning about our Earth, our community, our world and how to be better stewards. It is so hard to believe that we are already finishing the month of April. Students in K-8 had a special visit from Mr. Peace who helped boost our positivity. Mr. Peace spoke with our students about being their best self. He offered some great inspiration from scripture, from real life, from literature and from personal stories. He challenged the students to give their absolute best with each breath and encouraged them to never give up. He provided some great examples of why it matters to “Keep Your head Up.” A special thank you to the PTO for making Mr. Peace’s visit possible.
This is the mid-week point of 3rd trimester, and interims for students who are not achieving 80% or above in subject areas are coming home today in Friday folders. Please remember to check Power School for continued updates on your child’s progress. Just a reminder that parents are supposed to sign the folder as acknowledgment that you have seen the graded work that comes home weekly in those folders.
As we look to next week and the month of May, students will be crowning Mary Queen of Heaven and Earth on Friday, May 6th at the 8:45am Mass. We will also crown Mary in the grotto outside of the school office after that Mass. Second grade students will make their First Holy Communion May 14th; they had a beautiful day of retreat this week to help get them ready with a visit to the Church where Fr. O’Hare met with them and talked about the sacrament. May 21st is PTO’s biggest fundraiser of the year; parents are encouraged to join us for Casino Night—have some fun and maybe bid on some great prizes. As the spring is always busier than usual for families, I hope you will be able to join us for some of these events coming up.
Enjoy your weekend!
Peace,
Anne M. Dyke
Principal
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ALLERGY SEASON
The clinic is in need of boxes of tissues to help get through allergy season. I know a lot of the students are dealing with seasonal allergies, so here are a few tips that may help. Student may bring in sunglasses to help keep pollen out of his or her eyes and remind your child to wash his or her hands and face when coming in from recess. It is very important that the students go outside for recess, and I currently do not have the space to keep children in the clinic or anywhere else in the building. Any questions or concerns, I can always be reached at nurse@stlouisschool.org.
TROPICAL SMOOTHIE
Tropical Smoothie is a popular Yay Lunch option with our students. We have noticed an marked increase in the number of students who simply have a smoothie (or 2!) and cookie or bag of chips for lunch. Although a nice, cool refreshing treat as the days get warmer, please know that the smoothies on the Yay Lunch menu have very little nutritional value with high sugar content. They should not be considered a replacement for a healthy balanced lunch.
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Yearbooks! Yearbooks! Orders Due May 2nd!!
Get your yearbooks! Don't miss out on the memories, order yours today! Last day to purchase yearbooks is May 2nd. Click on the link: commpe.pictavo.com Find your school, St. Louis School, Alexandria, ID# 703503
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Order Class Pics
Classroom Groups are a time honored tradition where each class is photographed together in a group.
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Visit - https://vando.imagequix.com/s1661193245
- Choose your child’s class or club.
- Place your order.
All orders will be shipped directly to your homes.
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Spring Book Fair
The Spring Book Fair is just around the corner. The Book Fair will be held May 23rd -27th. More information to come including a volunteer signup and information highlighting some of the books that will be available.
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Beyond Deep Breathing: Supporting Anxious Children and Adolescents: For many students, facing challenging circumstances leads to stress and anxiety, and the strategies we use to try to support them aren't always effective. In this workshop, you'll learn how to respond effectively to your child in the moment when they are feeling overwhelmed. You'll also learn how to foster children's resilience (beyond suggesting they take deep breaths!) so that they don't experience as much anxiety and stress to begin with.
Zoom - May 11 @7pm; link will be provided.
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Hawk Tree House
Through the Hawk Tree House, St. Louis School allows all students in grades 5 through 8* an opportunity to manage, organize, and run a school store for St. Louis School Students. The collaborative team will be given an opportunity to work together, develop student leadership skills, and support one another with varying learning levels in a cross-curricular project - the Hawks Soar Project. Our last session for this school year will be May 6-June 3, 2022.
Students will be required to maintain their grades, keep up with homework and classwork, and conduct themselves with proper behavior to be a part of the team. All students are encouraged to participate and work on a collaborative team.
To be considered for the project, students must complete the attached Google Form before April 29, 2022. Students will be notified May 2 if they are selected.
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May’s theme is “Our Blessed Mother Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth”! Classes will be celebrating the joy of our risen Lord, and we will honor His beautiful mother.
We are also bringing back our Spring class trips with a visit to Huntley Meadows Park.These Family Fun Days are opportunities for our families to come together, enjoy a bit of nature in our backyard and learn about snakes, turtles and frogs with their teachers and classes.
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Hawk Happenings - Week of May 2, 2022 |
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Saturday, April 30
- Yay Lunch! order before midnight!
- End of Annual Fund Participation Challenge
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Monday, May 2
- Parent Rosary Group, 8:05am, Bell Tower
Friday, May 6
- May Crowning, 8:45am Mass
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Did you know you can subscribe to our school calendar for real-time updates, convenient links to SUGs and flyers, and more? Subscribe to auto-populate your iCal, Outlook 2007+ or Google calendar
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Thank you to ALL of the families who have contributed to the class auction baskets. We CANNOT wait for you to see all the goodies at the Auction on 5/21. |
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PTO Meeting - May 10
The PTO will host its final meeting of the school year on Tuesday, May 10th at 7pm in the school cafeteria. Join us in recognizing our volunteers (YOU!), awarding a volunteer of the year, and highlighting our final events (Silent Auction!) of the school year. You will get 1 volunteer hour AND a comfy clothes day on May 19 for attending (be sure to sign in that night - this is how we will know you were there). Please let us know that you are attending here so that we know how many to expect.
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Get your Silent Auction tickets today (purchase online or via check)!
Join us Saturday, May 21 a night of fun, friends, food, charitable gaming and support for our school and teachers. This year’s theme is Viva Las Vegas – come decked out for the swinging ‘60s, Vegas Style. We have lots of wonderful items to bid on, including student pottery, vacation getaways, teacher experiences, theme park tickets, camps, photography sessions and more!
We still have limited sponsorships available – all sponsorships come with tickets, additional gaming chips, and some come with reserved parking for the event! Contact Katie Schubert at hawktion.chair@gmail.com for more information Have something you’d like to donate for the Auction? Let us know here - Auction Item Donation.
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Last Call for Volunteer of the Year Nominations!
Please consider nominating a member of our St. Louis community for the 2021-2022 Volunteer of the Year. We would like to recognize an individual who has gone above and beyond this year, resulting in a positive impact on our St. Louis School Community. Please provide us with a brief description and some examples of why you feel your nominee best deserves this award not later than May 1st, 2022. All nominees and the winner will be announced at our Spring PTO Meeting on May 10, 2022. Submit your nomination HERE.
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Spirit Dinner Delivered - May 19
We are excited to partner with The Italian Place (a local Family-Owned Business) for Carpool Dinner Delivery on Thursday, May 19! Treat your family to a scrumptious Italian dinner. All you have to do is click, drive up and heat up! See the attached flyer for details or click here to order online.
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PTO Volunteer Hours - 2021/2022 School Year (FULFILLED)
Thank you to the families who have FULFILLED their volunteer hour requirement for the current school year. Parents are required to fulfill the requirements for volunteer hours through the PTO (18 hours for two-parent families, and 9 hours for one-parent families). Please continue to submit your volunteer hours to our volunteer coordinators, Jannette Wills at jeawills2@gmail.com or Juliette Theroux at jmarchioli@yahoo.com. This list will be updated weekly.
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VOLUNTEER
COORDINATORS
Jannette Amedome
Juliette Theroux
Don't forget to log your volunteer hours!
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Still need to complete your volunteer hours? Check out these opportunities:
NON-VIRTUS:
Silent Auction
The Silent Auction is coming up May 21st and there are many hands needed to help make this event a success. Please consider signing up to volunteer! Contact Katie Schubert at hawktion.chair@gmail.com for more information.
VIRTUS REQUIRED:
Cafeteria Helpers - May & June
We have a critical need for parent volunteers for the final weeks of school. Parent volunteers are needed to assist with receiving, sorting and distributing Yay Lunches and selling ice cream on select days. Ideally, parents are able to commit to a day on a weekly basis each month, but we would be happy to have parents help out even if it's just once or twice a month. Please indicate the date(s) you can help in the comments section. Sign up HERE.
Recess Monitors - May & June
We are in need of recess monitors during outdoor recess in May and June. It includes supervising all grades from K-8 between 11:30am and 1:40pm daily. Fill out and send in the interest form.
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CYO 2022-23 Track and Field Coaches Needed
If anyone is interested in coaching our track and field team next year, please contact Judy Conti at jconti@nelp.org. We usually have upward of 80 kids participate in track and field in the fall and spring semesters, so we need a team of coaches to make sure they’re adequately trained and supervised. This is an extremely popular program and we’d hate to see it have to shrink because we don’t have enough coaches. Please do consider offering up your time. We’ll be happy to answer any questions you have as well. Thank you.
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CYO Year-End Celebration
We hope that our CYO athletes and their families will join us THIS SUNDAY, May 1, for a special Mass at 8:45 am and then breakfast and celebration of a great year in McClunn hall directly after Mass. This is always a special way to close out the year, thank our coaches, and celebrate our athletes. We will specially honor our 8th graders, our retiring coaches, and our Coach of the Year. Hope to see you there!
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Knights of Columbus Richmond Hwy. Litter Clean-up Event
The Mount Vernon Council of the Knights of Columbus has adopted a stretch of Richmond Highway (between Jeff Todd Way and Skyline/Forest/Jiffy Lube) through VDOT's Adopt-A-Highway Program and will be hosting a litter clean-up event on Saturday, May 7. Please see flyer for details.
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Upcoming Events at St. John Paul the Great HS
Practice High School Placement Test
Saturday, May 14, 2022
John Paul is hosting the Pre-High School Placement Test (Pre-HSPT) for current 7th graders. The Pre-HSPT is intended to help students become more familiar with the different sections of the HSPT under timed conditions. The Pre-HSPT is a practice test. The practice test is an option to give the student an idea of how the exam will be administered and what to expect on the actual day of testing in the fall. For registration and more details, please visit: https://forms.gle/yJNKbJ5mwj765jWH7
Boys Football Clinic
Saturday, May 14, 2022
John Paul the Great Summer Camps
June-August 2022
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