January 20, 2023

Dear Parents,

We are pleased to be joining the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program (WPCP) for the upcoming school year. This is a voucher program that was launched in 2013. The program allows students whose families meet certain income qualifications the ability to attend a participating private or religious school of their choice, tuition free. School Choice Wisconsin is the state’s premier education advocacy organization. The mission is to empower parents by advocating for high- quality options in education. Your child, your choice. This is the best way to truly provide an opportunity for each child to secure an education best tailored to his/her individual needs, strengths, and weaknesses.

Enrollment into the Wisconsin Choice Program starts February 1 and closes April 21, 2023, for the 2023-2024 school year. All current and new students to our school, entering all grades except K3, are eligible to apply for the next two years since we are new to the Choice program. After the initial two years, only students entering K4, K5, and transferring from another school may apply. An informative parent meeting about School Choice will be in the cafeteria on Thursday, February 9th at 6:00 PM, in conjunction with St. Matthew’s Open House from 5:00 – 7:00PM. Please make sure to attend this meeting, as you may qualify to have your child’s tuition paid in full for all of their years here at St. Matthew School. Please let your friends and family members, or anyone you know interested in a Catholic Education, to attend. This is a great opportunity to many who may not have considered this due to ability to pay. If you have any questions about this, please contact myself or the school office and attend the meeting. This is a great opportunity.

Catholic Schools Week is coming soon! Take a look at the daily events as we celebrate our commitment to St. Matthew School!

CRAVE will be catering Cabin Fever this year! The menu is sure to be a hit with stuffed pork chops, and pretzel crusted chicken in a mustard sauce. We will be giving deals on tables so watch for more details. We want to fill the gym so invite your friends and family members to this event, March 18, 2023 from 5:00 – 10 PM. We are starting to BUILD OUR FUTURE! Exciting news will be revealed at Cabin Fever so make sure you attend. We are very excited to go on this journey and are so happy you are on it with us.

Joan Schlaefer

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

All Mass times are 8:30am unless noted.

January 24 - Mass hosted by Grades 2 & 3

January 31 - Mass hosted by Grades K5 & 1

February 7 - Mass hosted by Grades 6 - 8 *NOTE: February 7 Mass will be in the Gym

Mass Schedule

**ATTENTION**

The floors are being refinished in the church beginning after Mass on Sunday, February 5th.

Therefore, the school Mass on Tuesday, February 7th will take place in the gym.

29th - Catholic Schools Week begins

1st - 100th Day of School!

9th -

Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:30 - 5pm
Open House 5-7pm
School Choice Meeting - 6pm

10th - No School

PRACTICE:

Monday's:

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Wednesday's:

6:00pm - 7:30pm

PRACTICE:

Tuesday's:

3:30pm - 5:30pm

Thursday's:

3:30pm - 5:30pm

GAMES:

January 20

HOME vs. Holyland

A/B Girls @ 5:30pm

January 27

AWAY vs. Holy Trinity

B Girls @ 5:30pm

A Girls - BYE

GAMES:

January 20

HOME vs. Holyland

B Boys @ 6:30pm

A Boys @ 7:30pm

January 27

AWAY vs. Holy Trinity

B Boys @ 6:30pm

A Boys @ 7:30pm

CONCESSIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ALL HOME GAMES

Sports Page

CLASSROOM CHATTER

What's happening around the school?

K3 - Dylan was our Star of the Week! His Auntie was our guest reader!
K4 - We learned all about magnets, and set up a new science center.
K5 & G1 - We are doing very well adding 2 digits. We learned about Martin Luther King Jr.
G2 & 3 - Ethan was our Star Student of the Week. The students are using the white lines on the gym floor as a pretend tight rope, and they are walking backwards trying to stay on it...
G4 & 5 - We are beginning a unit on the solar system - planets are fun to learn about! In Social Studies, we will be learning about Declaring our Independence from Britain!
G6 - 8 - The class walked to Blue Door to write letters to friends, family members and other community members.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

On Wednesday, December 21^st, St. Matthew’s CSVM students delivered the items donated during the Advent season for the benefit of the St. Katharine Drexel Homeless Shelter. Because of the generosity of the school families and parish members, we were able to completely fill a van with food items, plus give them $300 in cash to use to purchase perishable food items.

The director of the facility was very thankful for our donations. With the holidays fast approaching, and the weather turning much colder, they were filled to capacity. Our donations helped feed many people.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our collection. We were very proud to represent our school and parish in such a worthwhile cause.

CALENDAR OF CASH WINNERS

1/20 - Tamela Bath

1/19 - Mary Fuller

1/18 - Cindy Hackbarth

1/17 - Kim Mueller

1/16 – Brantley Peters

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!

SAVE THE DATE!

CABIN FEVER - MARCH 18, 2023

Dinner catered by Crave

Doors open at 5pm

Online, Silent and Live auctions,

50/50 raffles and so much more!

WISCONSIN PARENTAL CHOICE PROGRAM

2023 - 2024 SCHOOL YEAR

The Wisconsin Parental Choice Program (WPCP) is a voucher program that was launched in 2013. The program allows students whose families meet certain income qualifications the ability to attend a participating private or religious school of their choice, tuition free. School Choice Wisconsin is the state’s premier education advocacy organization. The mission is to empower parents by advocating for high- quality options in education. Your child, your choice. This is the best way to truly provide an opportunity for each child to secure an education best tailored to his/her individual needs, strengths, and weaknesses.

Thursday, February 9^th at 6:00 PM.

SCRIP ORDERS!

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Please contact the school office to report late arrivals, early outs and absences. YOU CANT TEXT US TOO!
Please return the "Parent Pack" envelopes to school.
Update the office with any changes in contact information.
Smile more, worry less
Sign up to volunteer! We love parents too!

DID YOU KNOW?

You can help St. Matthew School earn money by scanning your grocery receipts. If you don't have time or the app, send them to school and we will scan them for you!

Current earnings: $71.10

(Jul 2022 - Jun 2023)

Learn how here

DON'T HAVE THE APP YET?

Once you download the Box Tops app, you'll be able to scan your store receipts and earn cash for our school! The app automatically finds participating products on your receipts and instantly adds cash to our school's online account.