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November 11, 2021
Dear St. Louis Families,
Happy Veterans Day! We were fortunate enough to be able to celebrate so many of our servicemembers this morning with a special Mass on this feast day of St Martin of Tours. It was a true joy to see many families present and dressed in uniform—what a visible testimony to service, faith and honor! We remain blessed by our military families.
Parent-teacher conferences are happening virtually this afternoon and tomorrow, November 12th. Please reach out to your child’s teacher if you missed signing up. Conferences are important to us as it is an opportunity for us to actively partner with you about the progress of your child.
November is the month of gratitude---I am especially grateful for the joy our students bring to us each day! May you all enjoy the benefits of extra time as a family this long weekend.
God Bless,
Anne M. Dyke
Principal
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Tag Day to Benefit ArtSpire VA - Wednesday, Nov. 17
The Student Council is sponsoring a $2 comfy clothes tag day on Wednesday, Nov. 17 to benefit ArtSpire VA, a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships for youth to experience the fine and performing arts. Students may wear "colorful" comfy clothes within the dresscode guidelines.
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Sibling Applications for 2022-23
Priority Deadline: December 1st
If you have an incoming sibling for Kindergarten (that doesn’t attend St. Louis Preschool), or if you have an incoming sibling who would be transferring into grades 1-8 from another school, please know that the priority deadline for admissions is December 1st.
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Our school is participating in the annual Scholastic Book Club’s Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive benefiting Pajama Program, a national nonprofit organization that provides new pajamas and storybooks to at-risk children. Pajama Program supports children living in shelters, group homes, and foster care.
If you would like to participate, bring a new pair of pajamas to school between November 8 - December 3. Guidelines and more info can be found HERE.
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From the Counselor's Corner:
When people ask me what the most common issues that I deal with as a School Counselor, even pre-pandemic, my answer was always anxiety. Now more than ever we are seeing anxiety in our schools and in our homes. The StudyPro is putting on a FREE webinar with a well known author on the topic on Thursday November 18th. Please sign up for this wonderful opportunity. Even if you can’t attend live, they will send you the replay. Even if you think anxiety isn’t an issue in your home, please consider signing up. We all worry and feel anxious sometimes. This webinar will be filled with Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) tools to help. CBT is one of the premier evidence based treatments for anxiety. As always, if you have concerns about our child, I am here to partner with you. I can be reached at jcotnoir@stlouisschool.org. Here’s the link for the webinar: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-best-of-cbt-tips-and-tricks-for-anxiety-tickets-205791346457
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Hawk Happenings - Week of November 15, 2021 |
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Saturday, November 13
- Yay Lunch! order before midnight!
Tuesday, November 16
- 2nd Grade Parent Meeting w/ Fr. O'Hare, 7:15pm
Wednesday, November 17
- Tag day for ArtSpire VA
- Lebanese Taverna orders due
Thursday, November 18
- Lebanese Taverna order pick-up
Friday, November 19
- Trivia Night, 6:30-9:30pm
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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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Have you noticed how beautiful our PTO flyers and graphics have been lately? We must thank Kelly Roman for sharing her creative gifts with us!
Thank you to our PTO Board and parents who shared their love of St. Louis School with prospective families at our Open House - Amy Benitez, Abbey Bresett, Cecilia Franceski, Alison Kennedy, Kelli Nienaber, Meghan Roberts, Katie Schubert and Liz Schwieterman.
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Lebanese Taverna Spririt Dinner - November 18th
We're shaking things up a bit for the November Spirit Dinner! The PTO has partnered with Lebanese Taverna to bring family meals to the carpool line! Pre-order your meal(s) using this link by 8 PM on Wednesday, November 17. Your dinner will be ready for pick-up at 2:45 PM in the parking lot at school on Thursday, November 18! It's just that easy! And, the PTO will receive 15% of all of the proceeds for these orders, so feel free to grab dinner for your neighbors too!
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2nd Annual Trivia Night - November 19th
**Get your tickets while they last!!!**
A limited number of tickets are still available for “SNACKS, THINKS and DRINKS,” St. Louis’s 2nd Annual Trivia Night! Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the friendly trivia competition to follow from 7-9:30 p.m.
Visit www.stlouisschool.org/TriviaNight/ to register your team (6 people). Don’t have a full team of 6? Register as a couple or an individual. We’ll pair you up and create a team.
Beer/wine tickets may be purchased online. Personal Cheesetique Charcuterie Boards can be purchased online as well through this evening (Thurs., Nov. 11)
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Get in the holiday spirit with these family events!
St. Louis School and PTO are gearing up for the Christmas holiday season, and we invite you to join us for everything merry and bright! Be sure to mark your calendar for a visit with Santa, holiday lights, cookies and more!
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SIGN UP NOW! Pictures with Santa & Mrs. Claus
November 27, 9-11am
Santa and Mrs. Claus are coming to St. Louis! Join us as we kick of the Christmas season with these very special guests. Sign-up now for a timed entry between 9 and 11 AM. Please note, this is a private event for St. Louis School & Preschool families only. Face masks will be required in the school building but can be removed when taking pictures. Space is limited and is first come, first serve, so sign up today!
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Cookies & Ornaments - Orders Due Dec. 5th
Pre-orders only! Place your order by December 5th. Cookies and ornaments may be picked up from Santa and his helpers on Saturday, Dec. 11, 6:30-8pm at the school entrance. A sweet ending to your Christmas lights tour!
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Cookie Decorating Kit
$30.00
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Holiday Cookie Assortment
$25.00
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St. Louis 2021-22 Ornament
$12.00
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2nd Annual Christmas Lights Tour - Dec. 11
Will your yard be decked out for the holidays?
Do you go all out with lights and displays?
What a great way to share the holiday spirit this season with St. Louis School families! Sign up by Dec. 1st to have your home included on the 2nd Annual Christmas Lights Tour!
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VOLUNTEER
COORDINATORS
Jannette Amedome
Juliette Theroux
Don't forget to log your volunteer hours!
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
NON-VIRTUS:
Trivia Night Volunteers
Need volunteer hours while also having FUN? We could use a few folks to help with set up and clean up (you can still play!) or to judge (while you won’t be able to play, judging is equally satisfying and fun). Sign up HERE.
Trivia Night Donations
Snack and prize donations count toward your volunteer hours! Sign up HERE.
Pictures with Santa Volunteers & Donations
Volunteers and donations are still needed to make this a special event! Volunteers will help decorate before the event, greet families, help at the ornament craft table, assist with pictures, and help clean-up. If you can't help in person, we also have some items needed for donations. Sign up HERE.
VIRTUS REQUIRED:
Cafeteria Helpers - December
Parent volunteers are needed to assist with receiving, sorting and distributing Yay Lunches AND selling ice cream. This is a 2-hour a week commitment from 11:00am-1:00pm. Sign up HERE.
Recess Monitors - December
We are in need of recess monitors during outdoor recess in November and December. 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 Spirit Wear
We are making our second and final offering of CYO Spirit Wear available for order. The t-shirts are sanctioned for wearing on PE days with the rest of the gym uniform, and kids need not be on any CYO team in order to buy and wear one. There are shirts specific to basketball and cheerleading, a generic Hawks shirt not specific to any team, and there is a performance wear t-shirt that track team members should buy, but anyone can purchase any one of these shirts and show your Hawks spirit. There are also hoodies available with all the logos and then can be worn as outerwear going to and from school but CANNOT be worn as part of the school uniform during the day. Spirit wear can be ordered directly from Sew n’ Luv, a local independent business, at this link: https://www.sewnluv.com/st-louis. This site will be open from November 1 through 11:59 pm, Sunday, Nov. 21. The deadline will NOT be extended. We will deliver spirit wear about 2-3 weeks. If you have any questions about your order, please contact Judy Conti at jconti@nelp.org.
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CYO 3rd Grade Basketball Clinic
All third graders are welcome to register for our 3rd Grade Basketball Clinic which will start in early December. No previous basketball experience is needed. The clinic focuses on skill development for our youngest players and the kids will have the opportunity for scrimmages in McClunn Hall on Sunday afternoons in January and February. Please see these instructions for registering your kids for the clinic and if you have any questions, please contact Judy Conti at jconti@nelp.org.
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CYO Cross Country
Last Saturday, the St. Louis CYO cross country team competed in the CYO championship cross country meet at Ft. Hunt Park. While final results were still be calculated at publication time, every St. Louis athlete ran their personal best time for the season in this race, which is an outstanding achievement! Kudos to all the St. Louis cross country athletes who competed so well this season.
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Puffs! Third or Nothing!
Current St. Louis students Katie Dunn, Alison Nienaber, Isaac Nienaber, and Henry Welle along with St. Louis alum J.J. Dunn are performing in Puffs, a farcical play about a certain school of magic and magic. Performances will be over the weekends of November 12 and November 19 at Bryant HS, right next door to St. Louis. You can get more information and buy tickets at mvcct.org.
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