for CONGRATULATIONS! Blue & Gold winners: November 6, 2017: Laurie McGuire $500.00

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1 November 10, 2017 Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever. Psalm 106:1 Our Mission Statement It is the mission of St. James Catholic School to educate students in a Christ-centered environment with an emphasis on Catholic teachings and traditions while providing academic excellence for all. November 20th - 24th Thanksgiving Holiday November 27th Return to school Blue & Gold winners: November 6, 2017: Laurie McGuire $ CONGRATULATIONS! December 5th - 8th Santa Shop December 8th SCHOOL MASS Holy Day of Obligation 3rd Grade Featured December 12th & 13th 9 Weeks Tests December 13th & 14th CHRISTMAS PROGRAM for and the BROADUS family St. James Catholic School 603 West Avenue Gulfport, MS (228) Fax: (228) Principal: Jennifer Broadus jbroadus@stjamesgulfport.com Website:

2 Children s Mass Featured Choir and Reading Schedule Any students from other grades that attend this Mass are welcome to join the featured choir. Note: 3rd 6th grade students will sing in the choir and do both readings and responsorial psalm on their featured weeks. 2nd grade students will sing in the choir, and CCD students are Responsible for doing the readings and responsorial psalm. Quarter 2 Sundays - 9:00 A.M. Mass Featured Choir and Readers October 29th November 5th November 12th December 3rd December 10th December 17th 6th Grade 5th Grade 4th Grade 3rd Grade 2nd Grade/CCD 6th Grade

3 Third Grade Service Project for the Month of November The third grade students are collecting canned goods, boxed dinners, cereals, and any other food items to donate to St. Vincent de Paul during the month of November. St. Vincent de Paul is an organization in St. James Church that serves the needy of our parish and the surrounding areas with food and other necessities. Children may place their items on the stage in the cafeteria. We hope to collect enough food to help those in need at Thanksgiving. Thank you! Keep those pictures coming! You can upload pictures using the ReplayIt app, or you may them directly to Tricia Harvey at: When purchasing a yearbook please make checks payable to: St. James St. James Catholic School Sunshine Committee Thank You! The Sunshine Committee at St. James wants to help brighten the days of the members of the school community. If you know of a student who is sick or hurt, or of a family who is going through a hard time, please pass this information along to Julie Bentz at The Sunshine Committee will reach out to them to bring a smile to their faces and make their day better.

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6 Seward Farms 1st Grade Field Trip Mrs. Booth s Class

7 Profiles in Courage The Veterans Day Program on Tuesday afternoon, November 7, was one of the best events ever enjoyed in our library at Saint James Catholic Elementary School. Our guests of honor included Mr. William Milkshake Allen and Mr. Clifford Smith, who represented our neighbor, the Armed Forces Retirement Home. These gentlemen, along with Paul & Isabel Bullard, shared their memories of military service with 29 third grade students and their teachers, Ms. Stacie Barrient and Ms. Carmen Peters. This event is our way to thank veterans for their devotion to duty and for safeguarding our essential American freedoms, in times of war and peace. Mr. William Allen, signed up for the Navy s lighter-than-air duty aboard blimps in Blimps were used to detect German submarines along coastlines, approaching harbors and when escorting ships. Blimps were capable of finding subs in water up to 300 feet deep with highly sophisticated and top secret equipment. Blimps escorted over 89,000 ships and only lost one tanker, the Persephone, to enemy attack. Mr. Allen also explained the origin of his nickname, Milkshake to our audience. Mr. Allen was assigned to escort a famous movie actress, back then known as a hot patootie, who adorned him with this colorful nickname. Mr. Paul Bullard, another Navy man, recounted how he was transferred from San Diego to Gulfport after his basic training and how he met his dream girl, Isabel, at a USO show. Isabel, now his bride of 68 years, emphasized how important music was during wartime and that it only took once dance for her to fall in love. Mr. Clifford Smith served in the Navy for 20 years aboard 4 different submarines. Mr. Smith needed his father s signature to enlist for military duty as he was still in high school at that time, at age 17. He said he would do it all over again if he could. Mr. Smith is a prolific artist and great contributor to our library. Be sure to see the many works of art created by Mr. Smith which are on exhibit and available for purchase. All proceeds from this sale directly benefit our library and you can peruse the set of military books for young readers purchased with the income from last year s Veterans Day Program. Our program concluded with some light refreshments and 1940s music and with the presentation of a specially commissioned cloisonné St. James pin to each of our veterans. We all agreed to do this again next year.

8 Coffee and Donuts Breakfast Honoring our Veterans at St. James Catholic School

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10 St. James Santa Shop December 5th - 8th Donations needed: Wrapping Paper Gift Bags Gift Tags Tape We will also volunteers to help set up the Santa Shop on December 3rd and 4th

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14 If you are interested in purchasing a St. James t-shirt, please fill out this form and return with payment by Friday, November 17th. The cost per shirt is $ See the next pagefor pictures of the various styles. Name: Grade/Teacher: Navy Short Sleeve: # Shirts Gray Baseball Style: # Shirts YOUTH YXS YS YM YL YXL ADULT S M L XL XXL XXXL XXXXL YOUTH YXS YS YM YL YXL ADULT S M L XL XXL XXXL XXXXL White Long Sleeve: # Shirts YOUTH YS YM YL YXL ADULT S M L XL XXL XXXL XXXXL Total shirts ordered: Total due:

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16 If you are interested in having lunch with your child in the cafeteria, please inform Mrs. Whiteside in the office or Ms. Goacher in the cafeteria the day before you d like to visit. Lunch Money - Please specify on your lunch check the amount of money for each child. We will offer ice cream on Fridays. Students must have cash in order to purchase ice cream. All of the ice cream products that we sell are approved by the state office of Child Nutrition and fall within the guidelines of our Wellness Policy. PK-3, PK-4, Kindergarten and 1st Grade Students can bring money in a zip lock bag with their name on it. If you would like to pay in advance, teachers will keep up with the money in the zip lock bag. They will send the bag home when it is empty. 2nd - 6th Grade Students will purchase their own ice cream and will be responsible for keeping up with their money. $1.00 items Ice cream sandwich, low fat, Chocolate wafer Fudge Bar Crumbled Cookie Cone Creamy Cotton Candy Sour Swell - Cherry $0.50 items Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry low fat ice cream-3 oz. cup with spoon Low fat mini ice cream cone Sour Cyclone Strawberry Freeze Blue-Freeze 13 Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Whole Wheat Roll Glazed Carrots Steamed Broccoli Chilled Peach Slices Milk 14 Corn Dogs Baked Beans Criss-Cut Sweet Potatoes Rosy Applesauce Milk 15 BBQ Pork on a Bun Crinkle Cut Fries Creamy Coleslaw Chilled Diced Pears Milk 16 Turkey & Dressing Seasoned Green Beans Yams Yeast Rolls Cranberry Sauce Fresh Oranges Milk 17 Cheese Pizza Crinkle Cut Fries Vegetable Juice Apples in a Bag Milk 11/ 17/2017 ICE CREAM VOLUNTEERS: Donna Machado Ashley Williams Giardina