September 21, 2022

• September 7-28: K-8 MAP testing
• September 16-22: 2:30-4:30 Scholastic Book Fair
• September 23: No School - Teacher In-Service
• October 4: 3:00 Pet Blessing on the playground
• October 5: 8:30 All School Living Rosary in the gym
• October 11: PK3 picture day and PK4-8 picture retake day 
• October 12: Grandparents Day/Grand-Friend Day (8:30 Mass in gym; open house until 10:30)
• October 14: 11:30 Early Release - Teacher In-Service
• October 21: 5:00-7:00 Fall Fest
• October 25: 4:00-8:00 P/T conferences 
• October 27: 11:30 Early Release - 1:00-6:00 P/T conferences 
• October 28: No School

Dear Notre Dame Families,

As the school year begins, so do the opportunities to get involved at the school! We have many wonderful activities throughout the year. Some are fund-raisers to meet our Third-Source Funding Goal of $135,000, some are FUN-raisers to bring our families together, some are in support of our Athletics Department, teachers and staff, and some to support Home and School. ALL are to support Notre Dame of De Pere! We would not be such a fantastic school without the volunteer support of our school families!

As a reminder at Notre Dame of De Pere, all K-8 two-parent families are expected to fulfill 20 school service hours. Single parent families are expected to fulfill 10 school service hours unless you opted to “buy out” your service hours during the enrollment process. It is requested that half of the service hours (10 hours for two parent families, 5 hours for single parent families) will be dedicated to one of the Priority Activities.

 All hours are to be tracked electronically. The Google form can be found on the Notre Dame website under the Family Involvement Tab: Service Hours Tracking

In addition to service hours, all K-8 Notre Dame of De Pere families are expected to purchase scrip annually to earn a minimum of $250 in profit/rebate unless you also opted to “buy out” your scrip requirement during the enrollment process.

For more detailed information on both Service Hour requirements and Scrip Requirements, please check out the 2022-2023 Fundraising Handbook - NDFundHand2022-2023.docx

For more information on volunteer and fundraising opportunities, please visit the Fundraising page of our school website: .

The Events/Volunteers page of the Notre Dame website will give you links to all of the volunteer events: Volunteer Events

For any questions concerning Fundraising Activities or Volunteer opportunities, please contact Jill Murphy – [email protected] 

There has been a growing interest in getting a Chess Club going at Notre Dame of De Pere in the near future! Do you have knowledge of the game or would like to learn the game while helping organize and manage students in a club setting? Please reach out to Steve Serio if you are interested in helping get our Chess Club started.  [email protected]

ND STAFF MEETING SNACKS

Hello ND Families! One of the Home & School Committee activities is to provide our teachers with snacks at their monthly staff meetings. This is yet another way to earn .5 hours of volunteer time for each food donation. All snacks should be dropped off in the school office the morning of the meeting dates listed in the sign up form. Reserve your spot today - slots are limited. Staff Meeting Snack sign-up 

SCHOOL WORKER CELEBRATION DAYS

Each year, the Home & School Committee coordinates small tokens of appreciation for those key people at our school who keep things running. Click the link below to sign up.

School Worker Celebration Days sign-up 

TEACHER BIRTHDAY CARDS

Home & School loves to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the teachers and educators who spend five days a week with our kids! Each teacher receives a card and a small gift. Sign up here and find further instructions. 

ND FALL FEST OCT. 21ST

• Fall Fest is right around the corner, and we are looking for some amazing parent volunteers! Middle school students have lots of options for clocking service hours. Check it out! Click here for volunteer opportunities

HOME & SCHOOL OPENINGS

• Home and School has THREE openings to be filled on it's committee! These are flexible positions focused on administration, people management, and good communication. Volunteer hours will be clocked hourly. Openings are for the Secretary, Communications Coordinator, and Volunteer Coordinator. For questions and job descriptions, please email the Home and School president -  [email protected].

**Today two Rise Up Raider Raffle tickets will be going home with the youngest in each family.  Please turn your raider raffle tickets into the school office for you chance to win $10,000, $5,000 or $1,000! Only 500 will be sold!**

The Scholastic Book Ends this Thursday!!!

It is Book Fair Week! The Book Fair will run through Thursday, September 22nd. The Book Fair is located on the second-floor landing at the top of the learning stairs. We would love to see you before we send all of these wonderful books back to Scholastic!

Student eWallets:

eWallet is Scholastic Book Fairs' digital payment option! eWallet is a safe, convenient alternative to cash, offered with most of our flexible Book Fair options. It's easy to create an eWallet for your student. Simply add funds or invite family and friends to contribute. Then, shop in-person at the Book Fair or online through the Virtual Book Fair where you'll discover over 5,000 products including Book Fair exclusives, new releases, and value packs. After the Fair, remaining eWallet funds are not returned to a credit card but instead, become a gift card balance and can be used online with Scholastic or used to fund an eWallet for a future Book Fair. (Be sure to sign in with the same email used to create the eWallet.)

Use the school's Book Fair Homepage to set up your student's eWallet!

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/notredameofdepere

Teacher eWallets:

eWallets has already been BIG success this year for both the students and the teachers! Teachers' eWallets received $1425 in donations last spring. This year they have received just under $1000. There is still time to donate to your teachers eWallet so they can stock the classroom with great books! The Teacher eWallet replaces the classroom wishlist that was used in the past. The eWallets create a great way to keep the classrooms filled with new and exciting books! The link below will bring you to a document that lists the eWallet links for all of the teachers at NDDP! Don't forget to support the library!!!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K5e78aEKyhG_URO1CA7Km0wvMnJiZ7vSPmjomqPPlDg/edit?usp=sharing

Hours:

Here is when we will have the fair open.

Wednesday (9/21) - 3:00-4:30 pm

Thursday (9/22) - 11:00-1:00 pm; 3:00-4:30 pm

Mid-day shopping is a great time for half-day preschoolers, bussers, and after-school students to come and shop at the book fair if their parents send money to school with them OR if they use the eWallet feature. 

For more information on all things Book Fair, please visit the Notre Dame of De Pere Scholastic Book Fair homepage:

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/notredameofdepere

Thanks so much for supporting the Book Fair!

Alisa and Jessica

ND Family Directory

The family directory is optional to participate in and is updated yearly. It is accessed through a password protected portion of our website and allows families who choose to share contact information to access contact information for other families as well. The purpose of this directory is to help form strong family connections and ease of setting up playdates, birthday party invites, etc. Families who choose to participate in the directory agree to only use the information shared for these purposes.

If you would like your child(ren) to be included in the directory, please fill out this form for each child you would like included. Information to access the directory will be shared in about two weeks after families have had the opportunity to join and the website has been updated. If you would like to participate, please complete the form even if you have completed it in previous years. We want to ensure the directory is as up to date as possible.

If you are still interested in purchasing the 2022-2023 ND School Spirit t-shirt, please place your order by Sept. 23.

Would your company be willing to provide a corporate sponsorship for our Rise Up Raiders Event on November 4th, 2022? 

Every year, Notre Dame of De Pere seeks out corporate sponsorships to assist with our annual fundraising efforts. In exchange, your company is promoted on all of our event materials for Rise Up Raiders, and additionally, on our social media pages leading up to the event. It is the support of organizations like yours that will make the Rise Up Raiders Night a success. Your generosity truly makes a positive difference in our children’s learning and lives. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please complete the attached request form. Our sponsorship deadline is October 3rd, 2022. We greatly appreciate your consideration to support Notre Dame of De Pere. If you have any questions, please contact Katie McCarty at [email protected]. Please click the links below for more information.

ND 2022 RURN Request

ND 2022 RURN Corporate Donation Letter

ND 2022 RURN Corporate Sponsorship Tiers

NATIVITY PEG DOLL EXCHANGE

Welcome NDDP moms! You’re invited to participate in a Nativity Peg Doll Exchange taking place in the Fall of 2022! 

WHAT ARE NATIVITY PEG DOLLS? 

Nativity Peg Dolls are wooden peg people designed and painted to represent a specific person who was at the Nativity of Our Lord. Nativity Peg Dolls can be used for children’s play, as liturgical decorations in the home, in an Advent calendar as gifts, etc.

WHAT IS A PEG DOLL EXCHANGE?

It could be extremely time consuming to design and paint an individual peg doll for each Nativity Peg doll you may like to have for yourself or your family. Rather than painting 20 or more different individual Nativity pieces all by yourself, each person in the exchange chooses one historical figure and paints 20 of that one specific Nativity peg doll. Then, on the day of the exchange, you trade with fellow participants and end up having 20 different Nativity peg dolls! It really is a genius idea. It is much less time consuming to paint one peg doll assembly-line style than it is to do that many different peg doll all by yourself.

HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?

It’s easy! A list of figures who were at the Nativity for this exchange can be found in this Sign-Up Genius. Simply choose which peg doll you would like to paint and sign-up with your preferred email address! Design & paint your peg doll then bring them to the exchange, where you will enjoy fun and fellowship with the other participants. 

Please click here for the NDA - September News

Food service volunteers and staff members have flexible hours that allow parents to be home with their children. If you're interested in helping bring smiles to kids at lunch, please visit https://gracesystem.org/contact-us/employment/. If you are willing to volunteer when we need help, please contact your school principal.

Knights of Columbus Punt, Pass & Kick Contest Sept. 24

DP Diggers Tryouts Oct. 2

DP Volleyball Youth Night Sept. 27

Girl Scouts DIY Fidget Party