News and Events St. Mary School 2510 Middle Road, Glenshaw, PA 15116 www.stmaryglenshaw.org/school/ 412-486-7611 St. Mary Sports Jersey Day Wednesday, October 14 th is Volleyball Jersey Day. The members of the Volleyball team may wear their jersey. This is not a dress down day. Thursday, October 15 th is Cross Country Jersey. The members of the cross country team may wear their jersey on this day. This is not a dress down day. Upcoming Events October 13 Pink Shirt for Cancer Day October 14 Volleyball Jersey Day October 15 Cross Country Jersey Day October 15 Internet Safety/Cyberbullying Assemblies October 19 One for the Books Dress Down New Online School Directory The St. Mary School directory will be going live next week. If you have not registered, please do so as soon as possible. An email and flyer has been sent home with the link for you to register, and your information and customize your settings. Only St. Mary School parents, faculty, and staff will have the ability to access the directory. The company hosting the directory, Fourleaf, is highly committed to safety and security. October Fundraiser Days Tuesday, October 13 th is Pink Shirt Day for Breast Cancer $1.00 donation. Wear a pink shirt to show your support for cancer research. In this issue: Scrip Corner Page 3 PTG News - Page 5 Book Fair Page 8 St. Mary School Apparel Form Page 10 October 29 th Pizza Lunch Fundraiser - p. 13 Applebee s Fundraiser p. 15 Monday, October 19 th is One for the Books Dress Down Day. Bring a dollar donation to the book fair. October 2, 2015 Page 1 of 20
Our Students In Action The Kindergarten Class celebrates Apple Day! PreK-4 takes a nature walk! October 2, 2015 Page 2 of 20
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Scrip Corner SCRIP CORNER There are less than three months until Christmas and the Star Wars toys have already taken over the stores!! We carry Toys R Us, Target, and Walmart for your favorite toy buys! Start buying gift cards now and put them away for gifts a little at a time. We are going to start to discontinue some gift cards from the daily inventory that have not been big sellers and list them on the weekly order form. Each week we will highlight one of these items and sell until our inventory is gone. We currently have 4 Papa John s $10 gift cards available. So if you love their pizza send in an order. We inadvertently took that off the order form already so just write it in somewhere on the form and we will fill it! ENJOY BOOKS Enjoy Books are just another way for you to earn assessment credit. They make great Christmas gifts especially for those people on your list who have everything. The cost is $30 and you get $8 credit per book sold. There are plenty of coupons to save such as The Clubhouse, Rocky s, RompNRoll, Funfest, Wildwood Highlands, Fox s Pizza. Domino s, McDonald s, Subway, Donut Connection, Pirate Tickets bogo, and much more. The order form is attached below. SUPER BINGO The second Super Bingo of the year will be held next Friday,October 16, 2015. The cost is $35 in advance or $40 at the door. Advance tickets may be purchased at the Scrip Office, the Rectory or call Coleen Sarosi at 412-486-6622. Tickets include 12 cards for each of the 30 regular games and the 4 included specials and 1 card for each of the two jackpots. Come and enjoy a fun evening and support the school! BASKETBALL REGISTRATION is OPEN: The start of the season is just around the corner and practices will begin at the end of the October/early November. It should be another exciting year for our Condors! The Registration form is attached on page 14. Completed paperwork can be turned in to the school office to the "ATTN: of Tommy Iurlano - Grade 7" Party Invitations Parents: If you are not inviting all of the students in the class to the party, please extend invitations through the mail. This will avoid children having hurt feelings. Thank you for your consideration. October 2, 2015 Page 4 of 20
PTG Newsletter October 9, 2015 Thanks to everyone who attended our monthly meeting on Wednesday. We got a lot accomplished and are continuing to have a great year. If you were unable to attend, please take a look at the meeting minutes and email us with any questions, comments or ideas. Don t forget the Fall Scholastic Book Fair is this week. The Family Preview is Tuesday, October 13 th from 2:30pm until 6:00pm. It will also run during school hours on Wednesday, October 14 th and Thursday, October 15 th. Please note that the times during which the preschool classes will attend the fair have changed. See attached flyer for all up to date times. Also remember to donate $1 to the All for the Books campaign on the 15 th. Any students who donates will receive a dress down day on Monday, October 19 th. A Night with the Oldies will be this Saturday, October 17 th from 7pm to 10pm in Marian Hall. Although we would prefer that tickets be purchased in advance, there will be tickets available at the door. Tickets are $25 and include dinner, dancing, and 2 drink tickets. There will be raffles and lots of fun. Also, if you have not had a chance to donate a bottle of spirits for our Baskets of Cheer please do that ASAP. Donations can be dropped off at the office. Looking for something to do for dinner on Thursday, October 15. Applebee s on Rt. 8 in Gibsonia will be hosting a restaurant fundraiser and 15% of your dine in order will be donated back to the school. See attached flyer for the coupon that must be presented at the time of dining. Also, next week starts our Tea Collection School Days Fundraiser. The fundraiser will run from October 13-20 th. During that time you will receive 15% off plus free shipping on anything you order from Tea School Days. Then Tea School Days will donate 15% of your total back to us. All you need to do is go to TeaSchoolDays.com, do your shopping and make sure you select our school from the dropbox at the checkout. It is super simple and there is no promo code necessary. (See attached flyer) Important Dates: October 13-15 th Fall Scholastic Book Fair, Marian Hall October 15 th - Applebee s Restaurant Night October 17 th - A Night with the Oldies 7pm-10pm, Marian Hall October 13-20 th - Tea Collection School Days Fundraiser November 4 th - PTG meeting, 6:30pm, Providence Hall December 5 th - Breakfast With Santa, 10am-1pm, Marian Hall October 2, 2015 Page 5 of 20
PTG Meeting St Mary's School October 7, 2015 I. Welcome Prayer II. Old Business a. Oldies Night- Everything is ready to go. We need everyone's help promoting this event to make it a success. The food is being catered at a great price. There will be 10 really nice raffle baskets as well as a 50/50. Suggestion to get 8th graders to volunteer Contact the Faith Formation office about having high school volunteers Advertise on Craigslist, in other church bulletins, local Facebook pages Ask permission to sell tickets at the church breakfast this Sunday after mass. b. KidStuff Books 69 books were sold. The profit is currently $862.50. We still need a few books returned. c. Santa's Workshop December 16, 17, 18. Times will be announced in November. Parents can sign up to volunteer by using sign up genius. More info will be coming soon. d. Fitness Fundraiser The gym is hard to secure. A suggestion was made by Cari Katz to use Providence Hall. Marina is ready to go for holding Zumba classes. Yoga is being put on hold for now. e. Shoparoo We collected 17,000 points in just 5 weeks. Please sign up and add your receipts. The more people we have using it, the more points we earn. f. Wrapping Paper Fundraiser We will be doing a Inisbrook Catalog fundraiser. Marina suggested doing a Pie sale before Thanksgiving Joe Corbi Fundraiser will be this winter g. Drive For Kids Applications need to be submitted before January 2016. We're hoping to have this for Family Night in May. h. Smencills - Smencills are "scented pencils" and they a huge hit with students. We will be selling them at different events through the year including the Santa Breakfast. i. Replacement for St. Mary's Rocks Cash Bash? Laurie Exler brought some information about how tickets are sold at a cash bash. October 2, 2015 Page 6 of 20
Marina Mangerie is going to several fundraising events this fall. She is going to see how they run and we can possibly have a similar event in the spring. Can we get a corporate sponsor for an Auction? If we have an auction one suggestion would be to use bidpal. III. New Business a. Tea Fundraiser October 13-20 Shop Tea online, you get 15% off, we get 15% and free shipping b. Amazon Fundraiser This is an easy way to make some extra money. Families would shop from our specific referral link and we would get a percentage back. It will take a while for families to get use to shopping on Amazon from our referral link, but once it catches on we can make a great profit. c. Restaurant Nights Lisa Genton has planned these. Pasquale's Pizza night was a success even though the weather was bad. Applebees is coming up on October 15th. d. Candy Grams Nikki Blackburn has offered to coordinate these for certain holidays. Mrs. Riegelnegg said we can only do it if the candy is sent home so that students who aren't participating do not feel left out. e. Sarris Chocolate covered pretzel rods. We will not be doing this because SMAA does a similar fundraiser in the spring. f. Shop N' Save S.E.E.D. program This program allows our school to have free assemblies from the Pittsburgh Zoo, Carnegie Science Museum and more. St. Mary's earns points from purchases made at Shop N' Save. In order for St. Mary's to receive points from your purchases you must enroll your Shop N' Save Perks Plus card online or at customer service. Our school number is 312. More information will be in the newsletter. IV. Any other comments or suggestions? Lisa Genton would like to do a Jamberry Nail and Mary Kay fundraiser. The Mary Kay fundraiser would earn our school 40%. Lisa Genton found a Lowe's Grant for fixing something in a local school. Mrs. Riegelnegg said keep your eyes open for any grants and resources like that. Many companies and businesses run similar programs throughout the year. If you hear of any please let her know. Meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm October 2, 2015 Page 7 of 20
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Apples For The Students 1. Register your Giant Eagle Advantage Card at GiantEagle.com/AFTS. 2. Enter Our School ID# 1131. 3. Shop with your Giant Eagle Advantage Card. The only registered supporters who need to re-register are those who wish to support a different school. Each time your Giant Eagle Advantage Card is scanned through March 18, 2016, your purchases automatically earn funds used to obtain our overall educational needs. SHOP 'n SAVE has a program called "Students Extra Educational Development (S.E.E.D.)" that brings assemblies from The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Carnegie Science Center and Carnegie Museum to schools. Our school can earn points from the purchases you make at Shop N' Save. Instead of collecting receipts, you can link your Perks Card with St. Mary's School. You need to enroll your Perks Plus card with our school number, 312. You can do this online or at customer service. http://shopnsavefood.com/education/seedprogram/seedlogin.aspx After you link your Perks Card to our school, just swipe your Perks Card anytime you shop at SHOP 'n SAVE and your purchases will be automatically added to our school's total. October 2, 2015 Page 9 of 20
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PIZZA LUNCH SALE On Thursday, October 29 th, the cafeteria will not be serving a hot lunch. The 8th grade will be offering the opportunity to purchase pizza, fruit, a drink and a cookie for your child. The lunch will be served in the cafeteria by the 8 th graders. If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please complete the order form on the next page and send it back along with payment through school by Monday, October 26th. There will be other pizza lunches during Lent. Order forms for those pizza lunches will be sent out in January. These Pizza Lunch Sales are a fundraiser for the 8 th grade end-of-theyear trips. Thank you for your support! October 2, 2015 Page 12 of 20
PIZZA LUNCH SALE PLEASE RETURN ORDER FORM TO THE SCHOOL OFFICE BY Monday, Oct 26 th CHILD S NAME/GRADE/HOMEROOM Number of slices of cheese pizza @ $1.00 each Number of slices of pepperoni pizza @ $1.50 each Juice Pouch @ $.50 OR Bottled Water @ $1.00 Chocolate Chunk Cookie @ $1.00 Apple/Banana (circle one) @ $.75 CHILD S NAME/GRADE/HOMEROOM Number of slices of cheese pizza @ $1.00 each Number of slices of pepperoni pizza @ $1.50 each Juice Pouch @ $.50 OR Bottled Water @ $1.00 Chocolate Chunk Cookie @ $1.00 Apple/Banana (circle one) @ $.75 CHILD S NAME/GRADE/HOMEROOM Number of slices of cheese pizza @ $1.00 each Number of slices of pepperoni pizza @ $1.50 each Juice Pouch @ $.50 OR Bottled Water @ $1.00 Chocolate Chunk Cookie @ $1.00 Apple/Banana (circle one) @ $.75 CHILD S NAME/GRADE/HOMEROOM Number of slices of cheese pizza @ $1.00 each Number of slices of pepperoni pizza @ $1.50 each Juice Pouch @ $.50 OR Bottled Water @ $1.00 Chocolate Chunk Cookie @ $1.00 Apple/Banana (circle one) @ $.75 CASH or CHECK (payable to St. Mary School) TOTAL _ October 2, 2015 Page 13 of 20
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St. Mary School St. Mary School Applebee s Applebee s 525 Grandview Crossing Drive 525 Grandview Crossing Drive Gibsonia, PA 15044 Gibsonia, PA 15044 October 15, 2015 October 15, 2015 October 2, 2015 Page 16 of 20
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2016 ENJOY BOOKS ARE HERE!! COST is $30.00 Earn $8 Assessment Credit for each book you sell! Date: NAME: # of books@$30 each Total cost Cash: Check# Family to receive credit Books available in the scrip office or at the scrip table at church. Orders can be sent in through school. Send in your order to the attention of the Scrip Office. October 2, 2015 Page 20 of 20