2/9/2021 -"The Morning Star" Weekly Newsletter Volume 5, Edition 24

The Morning Star Weekly Newsletter Vol 5, Edition 24 2/9/2021

REMINDERS

No School on Monday

Monday, February 15th school will be out for Presidents Day

Ash Wednesday Mass

Wednesday, February 17th, 10:00 am our school's Ash Wednesday Mass will be held at Christ the King Church.

Mass will be live streamed and distance learning students are required to attend virtually. Attendance will be counted towards their religion grade. Parents and families are also welcome to view virtually.

CLICK HERE to access our Mass Link at 10:00 am.

Help Our School While Shopping for your Valentine

Shop for your valentine using AmazonSmile and donate to Morning Star School!

1. Visit AmazonSmile

2. Select Morning Star School of Jacksonville as your charity of choice and start shopping!

3. Bookmark the AmazonSmile link and use it each time you shop with Amazon! (Proceeds will only be donated if you are logged into AmazonSmile).

ON CAMPUS

Thanks to all of the faculty and staff for their contributions that made Catholic Schools Week such a success. We would especially like to thank Coach Bryan for all of her time and effort put towards coordinating another wonderful Catholic Schools Week full of fun events celebrating Catholic schools and teaching our students about faith, excellence, and service.

Our students had a blast with all events such as pajama day, crazy hair/hat/socks day, a Living Rosary ceremony, a virtual Alligator Farm tour, mismatch clothes day, musical performances, virtual tour of world cathedrals, art and writing activities, hula hoop contests, and a virtual drumline performance from Bishop Snyder High School.

To view all photos of Catholic Schools Week, click HERE.

PRIMARY NEWS

Students celebrated their 100th day of school by creating pictures of themselves at 100 years old. They also decorated T-shirts with 100 items and counted out 100 small trinkets.

Students had fund learning about Groundhog Day and America's most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil.

JUNIOR HIGH NEWS

Junior High 2 students each chose a Bible verse and wrote it on their footprint. Showing that they are following the path of Jesus. They also created mosaic American flags out of old magazines in celebration of Catholic Schools Week's “Patriotic Day”.

HELP US RAISE MONEY IN 2021!

WHEN SHOPPING ON AMAZON SUPPORT MORNING STAR SCHOOL BY SHOPPING ON AMAZONSMILE INSTEAD!

If you shop on Amazon, make sure you shop on AmazonSmile. It's exactly the same Amazon you love but a portion of your purchase price will be donated to our school each time you shop!

1. Visit AmazonSmile

2. Select Morning Star School of Jacksonville as your charity of choice and start shopping!

3. Bookmark the AmazonSmile link and use it each time you shop with Amazon! (Proceeds will only be donated if you are logged into AmazonSmile).

Download the NEW Box Tops App Today!

Box Tops is a great way to earn fundraising dollars! And now there is a new phone app which makes it easier to earn points for our school! Shop as you normally would, then simply scan your store receipts to find participating products. The app will automatically credit your school's Box Tops earnings online. It's a much easier way to help us earn dollars.

Download the new Box Tops App HERE.

Watch a video about the new process HERE

You may still clip Box Tops and send them to school. Physical Box Tops clips are being phased out of production but may continue to be found on many products throughout the store.

A FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER...

Turn in your box tops weekly. They do expire.
Be sure to NOT cut the code off. We cannot use it if the code is missing even one of the digits.
Place them in a zip lock bag and send them in with your student.

Thank you for supporting our fundraising efforts! Questions? Please reach out to Jackie Rodriguez, our Home & School Box Tops Coordinator at jaco_rodriguez@yahoo.com

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Our School Mission Statement

Rooted in the Gospel and strengthened by the sacraments, the mission of Morning Star School is to provide a unique, inspiring education empowering students with learning differences to achieve their full potential.