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IMPORTANT DATES
A. Oct.
1-17 Terra Nova testing window
B. Oct.
4 – Market Day Online Orders Due
C. Oct.
5 – Grandparents’ Day
D. Oct.
5 – Spiritwear Room Open After Mass
E. Oct.
6 & 7 – Girls Volleyball Tryouts
F. Oct.
7 & 14 – Boys Basketball Stack Tryouts
G. Oct.
10 – 4th Grade Volleyball Open Gym
H. Oct.
11-12 – No School
I. Oct.
15 – Spiritwear Room Open
J. Oct.
18 – Terra Nova makeups
K. Nov.
7 – Picture Retake Day
L. Apr.
5 – Girl Scout Toy and Clothing Sale
1. SAFE
DRIVERS NEEDED!
For
those of you in the majority who are driving safely through our
parking lots at pick up and drop off times, thank you. For the few who
are driving at excessive speeds, please think about how your family is
going to get along without you if you are in jail for killing another
child just because you were in a hurry. Please slow down.
2.
FIRST
QUARTER INTERIM REPORTS
went home Friday, 9/28, with all second through eighth grade students.
If you did not receive, please check with your student. If there are
any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact your
child’s teacher.
3.
TERRA
NOVA TEST BEGINS
this
week for grades 2, 4, 6, and 8. Please help your child do the best they
can by making sure they have a good breakfast and come to school well
rested. Thank you.
4.
SPIRITWEAR
NEWS.
Please accept my apologizes for confusing everyone when I stated in the
last newsletter "effective the week of September 29, 2007, all fourth
through eighth graders should wear the gym t-shirt to gym class." The
date should have been effective the week of October 1st. Again,
I apologize. Please encourage your children to enter the "Spiritwear
T-shirt Contest." We appreciate everyone's suggestions and ideas to make
our Spiritwear Shop better – keep them coming! The results of the
survey will be submitted for publication in the newsletter for next
week. We are going to continue to experiment with different hours of
operation to determine how to best meet the needs of all our families.
While we're accustomed to having the Spiritwear Room open every Friday
after school, often we only have two or three customers. The
Spiritwear Room will be open on Friday, October 5th after Mass,
while grandparents tour our school, and again on Monday, October 15th
between 7:15 and 8:00 a.m. Our October special discounted item will
be non-uniform sweatshirts! We will be selling gift certificates
for Spiritwear items in the near future. Gym shorts are on the way –
they are being embroidered and hopefully will be shipped next week.
Watch for further details and announcements.
5. BOX
TOPS FOR EDUCATION FALL/WINTER CONTEST !! The
summer contest was a hit, so we are now doing a Fall/Winter contest. We
will announce the winners next week of the summer contest. The
Fall/Winter contest will run from 10/1/07 thru 1/31/08.
Just tape or paste collected Box Tops only (NOT Campbells or Tyson) on
the fall/winter contest form enclosed in this white envelope and then
turn in your completed sheets by 1/31/08 to the school office. Each
completed sheet is worth $2 for St. A PTO. The family turning in the
most money will receive a $30 Kroger Gift Card. There will also be a
random drawing to win a Box Tops basket of groceries worth $25. Get
your kids involved!! The more sheets turned in, the more opportunity to
win the basket and the most collected. If you need more sheets, please
copy the enclosed form, go to the St. A website, or e-mail a request to
staboxtops@yahoo.com or call Cathy Neville. PLEASE SEE BACK OF FORM
FOR A LIST OF PARTICIPATING PRODUCTS!! Thanks for all your help with
this easy PTO fundraiser.
6.
The
PTO VICE-PRESIDENT POSITION IS STILL OPEN. Please consider
this position.
The PTO Board member responsibilities can be found on the St. A
website. Your PTO provides many important programs, services and
fundraisers for our school and parish. Having the Board positions
filled helps to ensure that these will continue for the benefit of our
children. Volunteering for the Vice President position is a wonderful
opportunity to become more involved with your PTO! Contact Joan Berning
(451-2427) sjberning@fuse.net or Maria Allen (922-2493) allenm@fuse.net
ASAP to volunteer
7.
THANK
YOU. To
the parents and faculty who were able to attend the PTO meeting on
September 26. Since this was the first meeting of the school year,
the PTO had many agenda items and chairperson updates. Your ideas and
participation were appreciated!!
8.
CAMPBELLS
LABELS FOR EDUCATION AND TYSON PROJECT A+.
Please continue to clip UPC codes from all Campbell's products and the
red strip from Tyson frozen foods and lunchmeats. The Campbells UPC
codes are redeemed for school supplies, equipment, and other items for
our school. Last year we submitted more than 6,000 UPC codes and
hopefully this year we'll do even better. Each Tyson product strip is
worth 24¢, all of which goes toward educating our children. We earned
approximately $140 from a few people clipping strips and turning them
into school. Let's try to expand participation and earn even more
money. Keep up the good work and thank you for your support of these
two PTO programs!
9.
CRAYONS
TO COMPUTERS THANK YOU.
Thank you to all the
following volunteers for working at the Crayons to Computers store or
the Colerain Staples store this past summer. All teachers who asked for
one were awarded a certificate to shop for free school and classroom
supplies at the store in Bond Hill. If you are willing to work a
three-hour shift next summer, please call or e-mail Karen Hartoin at
451-6386,
hartoinm@aol.com. A round of applause for: Lisa Reiter, Janene
Cappel, Michelle Moore, Leslie Keller, Nancy Fishburn, Mary Hirlinger,
Lori Rolfes, Karen Hartoin, Mary Antone, Gretchen Wrolstad, Ellen Smith,
Julie Ashe, Terri Heinzelman, Jenny Allison, Janet Weber, Mary Beth and
Patrick Nolan, Jane Hamberg, Kristi Bengel, Sharon Rolfes, Lisa Wagner,
Angela Jaeger and Mary Meyer.
10. MARKET
DAY.
Please consider ordering Market Day this month and help us earn $400 in
free books for our school!! Order at
www.marketday.com until Noon on 10/04. Thanks for supporting the
PTO through your Market Day orders. If you have any questions, feel
free to call Jenee Ferguson @ 451-3650.
11. GIRLS
VOLLEYBALL TRYOUTS GRADES 5-8.
Tryouts for the A
and B1 teams will be Saturday, October 6, and Sunday, October 7. Fifth
and sixth graders from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. both days. Seventh and
eighth graders from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. both days. Reminder that
these teams are competitive and players are expected to be at all
practices and games. Please wear a t-shirt that has your last name on
the back. If you do not want to play on the A or B1 teams, you do not
have to come to tryouts. We will put you on a team and a coach will
call. Any questions please call Mary Nie, 451-4490, or Jenny Allison,
251-4940. Coaches are still needed.
12. 4th
GRADE VOLLEYBALL.
Open gym will be
Wednesday, October 10, from 2:30-3:45. Players will be divided up into
teams at this time. WE NEED ONE MORE COACH. Questions? Please call
Mary Nie, 451-4490, or Jenny Allison, 251-4490.
13. BOYS
BASKETBALL STACK TRYOUTS.
Tryout for boys’ basketball stack team will be held October 7th and
14th. For October 7th, the 5th grade tryouts will start at 1:00, the
6th grade tryouts will start at 2:30, and 8th grade tryouts will start
at 4:00. Times for the October 14th sessions will be announced later.
Boys must attend at least one tryout to be considered for a stack team.
There will not be a 7th grade stack team this year.
14. BOYS
VOLLEYBALL COACHES FROM LAST YEAR.
We are missing
volleyballs from last season. If you have not turned your volleyballs
in, please call Mary Nie immediately 451-4490.
15. HEY
KIDS…LET’S ROLL!
The first St. Antoninus Skating Party of this school year is Monday,
October 15, 6:00-8:30 p.m. at the Western Rollarama. The cost is $4.50
and includes skate rental. Everyone in attendance receives a free
freeze pop. FYI – all skating parties are held on the third Monday of
each month through May. Any questions contact Marybeth McIntyre
451-9145.
16. 6th
GRADE GIRL SCOUTS TOY AND CLOTHING SALE.
Mark this date: Saturday, April 5, 2008! Are you cleaning out your
closet? Would you like to make some money selling your gently used
children’s clothes, maternity clothes, toys, children’s books/videos, or
baby equipment? Plan on being a seller at our sale. Sellers can be
individuals (outside or inside of parish) or scout troops/dens. More
information will be forthcoming, or call Mariellen Rechtin 467-1616,
e-mail
trechtin@fuse.net.
17. USE
BIGG'S GIFT CARDS!
Get in the habit of using Bigg's gift cards for all of your Bigg's
grocery shopping to help support our parish. Bigg's generously donates
6% of the value of all $50 Bigg's gift cards we sell. You may purchase
them at all weekend Masses in the elevator lobby, at the Rectory during
regular business hours (M-F, 8am - 3pm), or through the SCRIP program.
Thank you for supporting this important parish fund raiser.
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