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February 18, 2022
Dear St. Louis Families,
Happy Friday! In his homily this morning, Fr. O’Hare reminded the students that we are twelve days from Ash Wednesday—the beginning of Lent. It is during Lent that we look to either take up crosses for the goodness of helping others or we look to carry the crosses in our life with a little more joy and peace. His message so fittingly reminds us that everything we do on a daily basis is about being Christ for someone and ties beautifully into our mission to love, learn, and lead others to Christ. Every day during prayers I remind our students to love like Christ, to learn like Christ and to lead like Christ. In doing so, we can help lighten the crosses of one another.
Our week has been filled with random acts of kindness. From smiles, to handing out hearts, to holding doors or helping others, to trying to live out the theme each day with more charity. We have been working hard! A special thanks to our counseling and resource teams for leading us through Random Acts of Kindness Week.
On Thursday evening, 34 of our 7th grade students participated in the Science Fair. Winners in each division will go on to the county science fair later in April—we will announce our winners next week. Thank you to the parents, friends, and parishioners who helped judge these amazing projects—there were so many interesting ones!
This is a long weekend for us—no school on Monday, February 21st in honor of Presidents Day. Wishing you many moments of peace and joy with your loved ones this weekend.
God Bless,
Anne Dyke
Principal
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Much Anticipated Playground Updates Complete! |
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Save the Date! Carpool Chick-fil-A!
March 7 (11:30 dismissal) there will be a Chick-fil-A fundraiser to benefit 8th grade end of year activities. Look for a flyer in upcoming Friday folders for more details soon!
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St. Louis School Parents Rosary Group
Monday, February 28, 8:05am – Meet by the statue of Mary by the front entrance of the school for our first rosary together! Everyone is welcome to come and pray for our students, teachers, staff and priests at St Louis. No prior experience required!
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At St. Louis, we celebrate Literacy Month in March!
Tuesday, March 1st, we kick it off with Characters Come to Life!
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Kindergarten through 5th grade may dress up as their favorite book character! (Costumes must adhere to all dress code policies.)
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Middle School may wear CRAZY socks!
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Hawk Happenings - Week of February 21, 2022 |
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Saturday, February 19
- Yay Lunch! order before midnight!
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Monday, February 21 - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, February 22
Friday, February 25
- PTO Trivia Night, 6:30-9:30pm
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Saturday, February 26
- Yay Lunch! order before midnight!
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We are thankful for the parents who, without much notice, jumped in to help in the classrooms today. You made it possible for our teachers to participate in the “surprise!” professional development activity.
Pam Inners, Natalie Howard, Christina Stout, Faith Slone, Kellie Sansone, Kimberly Cole, Guadalupe Williamson, Lisa Costello, Lindsay Little, Amanda Mathes, Annemarie Silis, Michelle Boling, Erika Bergeron, Tina James, Amanda Miller, Kammy Knox, Michelle Buffaloe and Brian Nienaber
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PTO Meeting - February 22
The PTO will host its winter meeting on Tuesday, February 22 at 7pm in the school cafeteria. Join us to get an update on the year so far, and to hear what the PTO has planned for the rest of the year. This meeting is in-person with masks required. Please let us know that you are attending here so that we know how many will be in attendance.
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Join us for our second Trivia Night of the school year! Doors open in McClunn Hall at 6:30 p.m. with the friendly trivia competition to follow from 7-9:30 p.m. Visit www.stlouisschool.org/TriviaNight2/ to register your team (6 people). Don’t have a full team of 6? Register as a couple or an individual and we’ll pair you up and make a team.
If you’re up for a little extra fun, there will be a prize for the table with the best team spirit (i.e. theme, dress up etc.) Beer/wine tickets may be purchased in advance online or with cash onsite. Water, soft drinks and limited table snacks will be provided complimentary, but you’re welcome to BYO apps.
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LIVE AUCTION!!
A Live Auction has been added to Trivia Night!
Attendees will have the opportunity to bid on three teacher experiences:
- Principal for the Day
- PE Teacher for the Day
- Afternoon of STEM for up to 5 friends.
These and other exciting Teacher Experience opportunities will also be available at our Silent Auction event on May 21, 2022.
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Upcoming Spirit Dinners
Why not take a break from cooking and support our school? Mark your calendar for upcoming Spirit Dinners - a percentage of proceeds from these events will be donated to the PTO.
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Wednesday, March 16 - treat your family to tacos, burritos or bowls from CHIPOTLE. Dine-in or carry-out from 5 pm until 9 pm.
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Tuesday, April 12 and Wednesday, April 13 - from 2 pm until 8 pm meet up with family and friends at MC ALISTER'S (or order for carry-out) for a variety of soups, salads, baked potatoes, sandwiches and more!
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Viva Las Vegas Casino Night & Silent Auction
Join us on Saturday, May 21, 2022 for our silent auction! Purchase your tickets today and join us for charitable gaming, mingling, and supporting our school community. Heavy appetizers, beer, wine and soft drinks all included in the ticket price. We're looking forward to seeing you there.
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VOLUNTEER
COORDINATORS
Jannette Amedome
Juliette Theroux
Don't forget to log your volunteer hours!
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
VIRTUS REQUIRED:
Cafeteria Helpers - March
We have a critical need for parent volunteers in the cafeteria in order to continue with hot lunch options. Parent volunteers are needed to assist with receiving, sorting and distributing Yay Lunches AND selling ice cream (please note, ice cream will only be sold on days we have parent volunteers). This is a 2-hour a week commitment from 11am-1pm. Sign up HERE.
Recess Monitors - March & April
We are in need of recess monitors during outdoor recess in January & February. 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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Register for Scratch Jr. Coding Club HERE
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CYO Girls Volleyball
We have found coaches and can offer volleyball as a sport this spring, but we could really use another adult or two to help out with practices. If you are VIRTUS certified and either know something about volleyball or are willing to learn, please contact Judy Conti at jconti@nelp.org ASAP. The program will be for girls in grades 3 – 8. We are currently working to figure out when practices will be and will share that information as soon as it’s available. Practices will likely begin the second week of March and will likely be once a week. Matches would be on the weekends in April through the end of May If you have a daughter who is interested in playing volleyball, please contact Lauren McCarthy at laurenp317@hotmail.com so she can keep track of who wants to play and share out information as soon as it’s available. Thank you!
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Monthly "Children's Mass" this Sunday!
The 3rd Sunday of the month is the “Children’s Mass” at St. Louis Parish. Children do the readings, the first part of the homily (given by Father O’Hare) is directed to the children, and there is a handout for the children to take home. The 8:45am and 10:30am Masses this Sunday (February 20).
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