Saint Paul School 250 James Street Burlington, NJ Education for Tomorrow, Faith for a Lifetime. November 16, 2016

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1 From the Principal Dear St. Paul School Families, The students and staff of St. Paul School would like to wish you an early Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving. We have so much for which to be thankful. In particular, we would like to thank all of our families for your constant support of our school. We couldn t do what we do without your on-going contributions and prayers. We truly appreciate your help! Our event-filled school year has been moving along with great tributes for the students. Please let me share with you some of our successes: 1. On November 9, during the Camden Catholic High School Academic Competition, seventh grade student, Emma Tomczynski scored in the top fifteen overall. Congratulations to Emma and to all competing students! 2. On November 10 our eighth grade students participated in the Trenton Catholic Academy Academic Competition. They competed against six other Catholic elementary schools in the Diocese in the areas of Art, English, History, Mathematics, Religion, Science, and Spelling. Congratulations! 3. Members of our Eighth grade Class completed service hours by donating their time at the Masonic Home of Burlington. We are very proud of our students for the contributions they make to the community with their many service projects. 4. The STREAM Program has been initiated in the 6-8 th grades. This after school program brings together aspects of science, technology, religion, engineering, art, and math as the students work on prescribed challenges. 5. The students completed their Walk-a-Thon on October 31, raising over $6, to help keep St. Paul School Strong. Thank you PTA for organizing this event. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND OUR UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS: Sunday, November 20 (9:00 am to 1:00 pm in the cafeteria) Breakfast with Santa and Christmas Bazaar (with Christmas Crafters and Marketplace) Please join us as we celebrate the start of the Christmas Season! NOTE: There are two seating times for breakfast (9:00 10:30 am and 10:30 am -12:00 noon). Thursday, December 15 (7:00 pm in the gymnasium) St. Paul School s Christmas program - Christmas Everywhere. This is our yearly all school Christmas extravaganza in which every student, Pre-K through 8 th grade, participates. PLEASE JOIN US! Again -we wish you all A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Help keep St. Paul School Strong! Many Blessings, William J. Robbins Principal 1

2 student to register. Please see the information in today s weekly news to register. Emergency Contact Cards A big thank you to our 8th graders who have volunteered to help transport wheelchair residents at the Masonic Home to and from their monthly mass! National Junior Honor Society will have tutoring today from 3:00-4:00pm in Mrs. Murray s room. Pink emergency contact cards were sent home and asked to be filled out and returned to school. If you have not filled out the cards and returned them, please do so immediately. It is very important that emergency contact information is kept up to date in the main office, the principal s office and the nurse s office. NJHS has their next monthly meeting on November 30th from 3:00-4:15 pm. Breakfast with Santa St. Paul School is chartering a STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) chapter. We would like to invite any 6-8 grade students to join this group to meet and plan STEM projects with Mr. Fee on Thursday afternoons, 3:00-4:15pm. The benefits of being part of STEM are: compete in challenging STEM competitions, career and skill development, teamwork and presentation skills and service project opportunities. We are very excited to offer STEM to our students. The first meeting will be Thursday, November 3 at 3:00-4:15pm. We invite parents to also meet at this time to find out more. There is a fee of $13 per Our annual Breakfast with Santa and Christmas Bazaar will be held on Sunday, November 20. This event is usually a sell-out, so get your ticket order in early. There are seats still available for the 10:30am seatin. Bring the family to have a picture taken with Santa (for an additional fee), enjoy breakfast and start some Christmas shopping at the bazaar (open from 9:00am-1:00pm). Please see the order form in today s weekly news to order tickets. The Bazaar will take place in the school gym, 9:00am 1:00pm. There will be a variety of crafters and vendors here with great gift items to start your holiday shopping! 2

3 SPS STUDENT/ALUMNI CRAFTING OPPORTUNITY Saint Paul School Do you know an enthusiastic student/alumni crafter or entrepreneur with a skill they want to showcase? This year at our Annual Christmas Crafters and Marketplace on November 20th we would like to open up a few crafting tables for our current students and recent high school/college aged alumni for an opportunity to display their entrepreneurial skills. There are only 3-6 slots available depending on whether you want a table to yourself for $20 (discount from the general crafter's fee) or you can split the table with a fellow student crafter and split the cost (just $10 each for one table). We are encouraging students to pursue their dreams of showcasing their skills and maybe making a little money at the same time. A parent or guardian MUST commit to supervising the student crafter to provide support, guidance and safety throughout the Marketplace. Please see the application in this week's "weekly news" tab for more information or contact Joann Ruczynski at sable0071@verizon.net (Examples of acceptable crafts or skill: loom bracelets, bows, beaded bracelets, cupcakes, chocolates, pom poms, hair accessories, etc.) Tag Tree Help is needed with donations for the tag tree at our annual Christmas Marketplace and Breakfast with Santa. If you have any unopened toys, coloring books, puzzles, even dollar store items that you are able to donate we would GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. Please send in any items to the main office marked tag tree. As always, THANK YOU for your support!! Please see the flyer in today s weekly news for more information. Christmas Wreath Sale Our 8 th grade class will be selling Christmas wreaths to help offset the cost of their graduation trip in May. There are 2 wreath styles available: plain with a red bow ($20.00) or decorated with pine cones and a red bow ($25.00). Orders must be received by December 3 rd. Pick-up will be on Saturday, December 10 at St. Paul School cafeteria, 10:00-11:30am. Please see the order form in today s brown envelope to place an order. 3

4 Scrip Update Black Friday is fast approaching and this is the last week to purchase Scrip and be entered into our contest! Spend $1,000 by 11/18 and you will be entered into a drawing for a free $25 gift card of your choice! Scrip has some incredible deals coming up in their "Scriping Day" on Tuesday, November 22nd. You must buy ScripNow, Reload, and ReloadNow online to get the bonuses - actual cards are not eligible. Sign up ASAP if you haven't already so you can receive your ScripNow ecards and add funds using ReloadNow in minutes, or use Reload to add funds overnight! With PrestoPay you can place your Thank-Scrip-ing Day order with MyScripWallet, the mobile scrip experience. You can still participate and receive bonuses if you pay by check, as long as you place your orders within the 24 hours, you just won't receive your scrip until your coordinator releases the order is released in our normal course. We will not have Scrip pick up on Friday, November 25th but we will have pick up the Wednesday before, November 23rd at the house of Sue Turpin from 6-8pm. Sue's address is 15 Canidae St., Burlington Township, NJ We are in desperate need of another helper at the Scrip table from 4:30-6pm. If you can help every other Friday, please contact Sue Turpin at smcturpin@comcast.net. Santa s Secret Workshop PTA is preparing to set up Santa s Shop which will be open from November 28 th December 1 st. However, we need your help to make it happen! Please consider volunteering a few hours to help our students with their shopping and gift wrapping. This is a fun and heartwarming way to achieve your required additional 3 service hours, so why not volunteer and get in the holiday spirit?! Please see the volunteer sign-up form in today s weekly news. Give a Christmas Our Give-A-Christmas tree will placed in the lobby for our Christmas Bazaar. We invite you to take an angel from the tree that has an item listed on it for someone in need. At this time of year, it is important for us to remember those in need. After all, it is in giving that we receive. (We ask that all donations be returned to school by Friday, December 16 th.) As always, we are grateful for your generosity. 4

5 PTA News Everyone Loves a Parade Come Join Us! St. Paul School will be represented at the Burlington City Parade alongside the Knights of Columbus on December 3 rd (meeting at All Saints Church at 4:30p). All are welcome to attend and be a part of the parade. We ask that the students wear their Green SPS Sweatshirt and jeans (layered for warmth) and we ll provide the rest! Our Bell Choir and students will parade down High Street showing the importance of Keeping Christ in Christmas. If you and your child(ren) are interested in participating in the parade please Lucy Tomczynski at lucyctrs@me.com We look forward to our annual Breakfast with Santa and Christmas Bazaar this Sunday, November 20, 9:00am-1:00pm). This event is a great family tradition of St. Paul School families and our community. We hope everyone will have a chance to come by! Sponsorship Opportunities! Do you own a business or know someone who owns a business? Contact Lucy Tomczynski at spsburlinfo@gmail.com to explore sponsorship opportunities with St. Paul School. There are various options and levels available (banner spots, t- shirts, social media & more!) Your business will be seen from October September Advertise your business with us Support OUR children, YOUR future! Crafty Kids club will meet this Friday, November 18, 3:00-4:00pm in the cafeteria. Please remember to bring the $3.00 craft fee! St. Paul School Spirit-wear! Show your support in keeping St. Paul School Strong by purchasing St. Paul School Spirit-wear. Visit to make a purchase and support our student council. 5

6 Westampton Car Wash & Quick Lube is generously supporting St. Paul Strong with an extraordinary offer: for each full service oil change ($29.99 or more) $10 will be donated to St. Paul School. Please see the flyer in today s weekly news. Also, available from Westampton Car Wash & Quick Lube are St. Paul School car wash certificates. Purchase your Car Wash gift certificates for face value at $7 and 100% of the proceeds will go to St. Paul School. Contact Heather Bartram at hbartram@comcast.net to get your car wash certificates today - great stocking stuffer, teacher gift ideas, and that hard to buy for friend! Blood Drive St. Paul School will host a Blood Drive with the American Cross to honor alum TJ Drahuschak on Tuesday, November 22 (4:00-9:00pm) in the gym. Visit hlist.jsp?zipsponsor=tjd or contact Sue Turpin at smcturpin@comcast.net to register for an appointment. Baseball Blingo! There are some exciting new games for you to come and try! Grab a friend and come see what s new at Bingo! If you or someone you know would like to sponsor our weekly Bingo, please contact Matt at The Burlington Township Travel Baseball organization is hosting a Designer Bag Blingo on Saturday, November 26, 7:00pm. Doors will open at 6:00pm. Tickets are $35 per person. All proceeds will benefit Burlington Township Travel Baseball teams. For tickets please contact Mike Bartram at michaelbartram98@comcast.net. For more information, please see the flyer in today s weekly news. 6

7 Sunday, Nov 20: Annual Breakfast with Santa and Christmas Bazaar. Tuesday, Nov 22: Faculty Meeting, 3:20pm in the library. Blood Drive, 4:00-9:00pm in the gymnasium Burlington County Historical Society Turkey Tales The Burlington County Historical Society invites children ($5.00 per child, children under 2 are free) to experience a colonial Thanksgiving on Saturday, November 19, 2:00-4:00pm. The program is held at 457 High Street. Call to RSVP. Please see the flyer in today s weekly news for more information. Wednesday, Nov 23: 12:15pm dismissal 8:00am Thanksgiving Prayer service in the cafeteria Thursday, Nov 24: No School Happy Thanksgiving! Friday, Nov 25: No School Thanksgiving Holiday. Wednesday, Nov 30: 5A class mass in the Chapel, 8:15am Friday, Dec 2: End of the 1 st trimester Tuesday, Dec 6: Saint Nicholas Day Faculty Meeting, 3:20 in the library Looking Ahead Wednesday, Nov 16: Thanksgiving Food Drive ends. Student Council meets to sort food drive items, 3:00-4:30pm. Yearbook Club meeting, 3:15-4:30pm. Friday, Nov 18: You & Me Playgroup meets, 9:00am Crafty Kids club will meet, 3:00-4:00pm Thursday, Dec 8: NO SCHOOL Feast of the Immaculate Conception Student Council CHOP Christmas party Friday, Dec 9: Ugly Sweater Dance-a-Thon Saturday, Dec 10: Jersey Sound Chorus Christmas concert in the gymnasium. Thursday, Dec 15: Christmas Program all students PK-8 will participate. Friday, Dec 16: You & Me Playgroup meets, 9:00am 7