St. Louis Catholic School Newsletter |
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Dear St. Louis Families,
Alleluia! God is good all the time! It has been an amazing week with our students filled with learning, outside time, lots of movement to keep our brains ready for learning, chicken watching, retreats and spiritual growth time for 2nd grade, homemade kite flying for preschool and 4th grade, planting seeds (literally), and so much more Springtime fun. Our hallways are bursting with high energy, enthusiasm, and a love of all things!
We are grateful for the continued support of you, our families. Throughout this week we have seen an incredible increase in that support---prayer is good, it is enough! Our Annual Fund Participation Challenge has seen such a jump in participation. For the first time since its inception, every grade is above 50% participation. It is not about the money, but more about the gift of prayer, and we are incredibly blessed to have the strong support of our community.
Some highlights from this week alone:
- $98,000 raised to date;
- 5th grade had the biggest jump in participation just in this week—up 28%!;
- 7th grade set a new class and school record with 92% participation;
- 62% overall family participation -- that's up significantly from last year's 46%.
Your pledge, whether it is time, services, prayer, or financial, means that we will be able to provide more tuition assistance to families in need, replace outdated technology devices as well improve the digital tools we have to enhance instruction, and purchase much needed wish items on our teachers/classroom lists that we were not able to do last summer. It truly takes a village or in this case a community---but we are blown away by the commitment and dedication as well as true partnership you extend to our school. Thank you!
Next week, we begin May! Hard to believe! With that, we have the beginning of our spring assessments: PALs and HMH for K-2; Scantron for 3-7. We will also crown Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth on Friday, May 7th during the 8:45am Mass. Please consider joining us, the Mass will be livestreamed for students in grade K-7 as our 8th graders will be participating in the Mass and crowning Mary. Specific information regarding May Crowning was sent home to 8th grade families previously.
Enjoy your weekend!
God Bless,
Anne M. Dyke
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Here's the Scoop on the Annual Fund Challenge! |
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The shaded pink portions illustrate the increase in participation just in the last week! |
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Countdown to 8th Grade Graduation
Eighth Grade families are reminded to submit their Graduate Information Forms no later than Friday, May 7th. Gown orders must be placed to insure delivery before June 9th. Thank you!
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The Annual Fund Participation Challenge is heading into the final week! |
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The Annual Fund and PTO have truly been #BetterTogether and are so grateful for the outpouring of support and prayers toward all of our fundraising efforts in this extraordinary year! Check out the latest Honor Roll HERE.
Don't get stuck in the back of the carpool line! Remember, next year everyone will be back full-time making the carpool lines that much longer! Enter for a chance to win the front of the line spot for Carpool A or B for the 2021-22 school year. Entries for the drawings close on Wed., May 5th.
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DATE CHANGE: Career Day - May 24th
Career Day for Grades 4-8 has been rescheduled for Monday, May 24th. If you are interested in sharing what you do for work…..if you’re passionate about your job…….if you like to talk with people, read on. We will be hosting a virtual career day. You can SIGN UP for a time slot between 9am and noon and give some information about yourself and what you do. All sessions will be via zoom. Thank you in advance for volunteering.
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Yearbook Orders
Yearbooks may be ordered online ($25) or by check ($28). To order a yearbook online, visit Pictavo Community at commpe.pictavo.com. Use Google Chrome for best results. Please see the attached ORDER FORM for more information.
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Hawk Happenings - Week of May 3, 2021 |
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Saturday, May 1
- Yay Lunch! order by midnight!
Monday, May 3 - 1:00 DISMISSAL
Tuesday, May 4
Wednesday, May 5
- WHITE
- Entries for Annual Fund Drawing due
Thursday, May 6
Friday, May 7
Saturday, May 8
- Yay Lunch! order by midnight!
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VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS
Jannette Wills
Juliette Theroux
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Recess Monitors
We are in need of recess monitors during outdoor recess. You MUST be VIRTUS TRAINED to sign up. It includes supervising all grades from K-8 between 11:15 am and 1:30 pm during outdoor recess.
You can sign up for one or multiple days during the week or month, based on your availability. This will allow our teachers a well-deserved break during the school day.
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Spirit Dinner @ Panera - May 12 |
Treat the family to dinner from Panera at 6670 Richmond Highway (near Lowe's and Home Goods) on Wednesday, May 12 from 4-8 PM. Lots of delicious and healthy choices, including salads, soups, sandwiches, bowls, flatbread pizzas, and mac n' cheese as well as bakery items for breakfast the next day! Panera makes dinner easy with in-store dining, curbside or in-store pick-up as well as options to order family meals! Be sure to show the attached flyer or enter online & the PTO will receive 20% of the sales.
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The PTO is excited to host a Boosterthon fun run for our Spring Fundraiser. Boosterthon specializes in integrating leadership, fitness and character while raising funds in a fun, school-wide event. Students will experience character presentations by the Boosterthon team and win prizes for their pledge progress. There will be plenty of incentives and challenge ideas for all classrooms and virtual students to take part in.
Family and friends from anywhere in the world can participate and support the St. Louis PTO by giving pledges toward the number of laps your child runs or walks during the fun run on the last day of the program.
COMING SOON! Every student can participate in the fun run in-person and virtually. Please keep a lookout for more information on how to sign up!
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CYO Spring Track (6th-8th Grades) |
Great news! The CYO is going to have a smaller track meet for the spring, similar to the one that was held in the fall. Here are the details:
- Only 6th, 7th, 8th graders may compete
- Meet is on Sunday May 9th at Bishop O'Connell HS
- Three running events are confirmed -- 100M, 400M, 1600M. Long jump may be added.
- Athletes can run in one, two, or three of the running events.
- We are just going to have one practice on May 2 on the upper field behind St. Louis School from 2-3pm.
All grade 6-8 athletes are welcome. The great thing about these events is that you can easily train on your own at a standard track. On a standard track, 100M is one straightaway; 400M is one lap; and 1600M is four laps.
If your athlete wants to compete in the meet, please contact Brian Nienaber ([email protected]).
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Georgetown Visitation Virtual Family Info Night & Spring Tours |
Georgetown Visitation is hosting a Virtual Family Information Night on May 5th at 6:30pm and on-campus 7th Grade Spring Tours on May 15th starting at 11am. Spots are limited for the tours and reservations are required (www.visi.org).
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Bishop Ireton Summer Camps |
Bishop Ireton High School will be hosting summer camps in the following areas: Baseball, Basketball, Football, Lacrosse, Soccer, Volleyball, Art, Computer, STEM and Theater. These half day camps are led by Bishop Ireton Coaches and Faculty. Camps are for students in rising 4th - 12th grades. Prices increase after May 1. Click HERE for camp descriptions, dates, costs and to register.
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Boyle School of Irish Dance Summer Camps |
Please see the attached flyer for information on summer camps offered by Boyle School of Irish Dance.
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