From the Principal Dear St. Paul School Families, The students and staff of St. Paul School would like to wish each and every one of you a very Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving. We have so very much for which to be thankful. 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 12 during the Trenton Catholic Academy Academic Competition, eighth grade student Isabella Ochalik took second place in Religion and Heather Storz took third place in math. Congratulations! 2. On November 11, during the Camden Catholic High School Academic Competition, seventh grade student Carolyn Arnista and eighth grade student Ally Turpin scored overall in the top nine. St. Paul School came in top three overall. Congratulations to the students and to our teachers! 3. Our Junior National Honor Society completed its soup drive for the St. Vincent DePaul Society. We are very proud of our students for the work they do for many community service projects. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND OUR UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE SCHOOL: Sunday, November 22 (9:00 am to 1:00 pm in the cafeteria) Breakfast with Santa Saturday, December 12 (3:00 pm) The Jersey Sound Chorus of Sweet Adelines International Winter Concert Holiday Dreams ( Jersey Sound Chorus is an adult female barbershop quartet style singing group. Many of our student chorus members will be joining Jersey Sound Chorus singing in this concert.) Tickets can be purchased at the school ahead of time or at the door: Adults - $10.00. Students - $5.00 and Children under 5 years old free. Jersey Sound Chorus has been a dependable support for St. Paul School. Thursday, December 17 (7:00 pm in the gymnasium) St. Paul School Christmas Show. This is our yearly all school Christmas extravaganza in which every student, Pre-K through 8 th grade, participates. PLEASE JOIN US! Again PLEASE HAVE A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Many blessings, Bill Robbins The motto of St. Paul School is: Education for Tomorrow and Faith for a Lifetime Congratulations to Carolyn Arnista and Allison Turpin who placed in the top 9 at Camden Catholic s Academic Olympics! I d also like to congratulate Heather Storz who placed 3rd in math and Isabella Ochalik who placed 2nd in religion at Trenton Catholic Academy s Scholastic Olympics! Great job to everyone who participated! 1
There will be no tutoring this week. The next date for tutoring is December 2nd. NJHS monthly meeting will be today, Wednesday, November 18th from 3:00-4:45 pm. Good luck to all our 8th grade students who may be taking High School Placement Tests over the next several weeks. Breakfast with Santa/Christmas Bazaar Ticket Order There are still tickets available for the 10:30 seating of our annual Breakfast with Santaon Sunday, November 22. Send ticket orders into the main office by tomorrow. Any late orders will be held at the door. Please see the ticket order form in today s brown envelope to order your tickets. St. Paul School will be hosting a Blood Drive in honor of TJ Drahuschak on Tuesday, November 24, 4:00-9:00pm in the school gym. TJ is a graduate of St. Paul School and is currently a junior at Notre Dame High School. He was involved in a very serious car accident on October 29, 2015. TJ's condition remains serious but continues to improve. The family thanks the community for its ongoing support and requests donations to the Blood Drive in TJ's honor. Please contact Sue Turpin at smcturpin@comcast.net with any questions.please see the flyer in today s brown envelope for more information or visit http://www.redcrossblood.org/give/drive/drivese archlist.jsp?zipsponsor=tjd to schedule an appointment. 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! Calling All Pancake Flippers It's that time of year already. Our annual Breakfast with Santa is approaching on Sunday, November 22nd. Please consider joining us either Friday November 20th for set up or Sunday November 22nd for the event. If you need to fulfill your 3 hour service duty, this is the perfect event for you. If interested in volunteering on Sunday, please see the link below. If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at Melissa. DeFulvio@comcast.net http://vols.pt/fhacrt 2
Student Crafters Saint Paul School 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 bazaar. Please see the application in this week's "weekly news" tab for more information or contact Joann Ruzynski at sable0071@verizon.net. (Examples of acceptable crafts or skill: loom bracelets, bows, beaded bracelets, cupcakes, chocolates, pom poms, hair accessories, etc.) Please see the special letter is in today s brown envelope for student vendors. Santa s Secret Workshop PTA will be running the Santa s Secret Workshop again this year. This is an opportunity for students to shop for family members, friends or pets here at school. Each class will be scheduled to shop during the week of Monday, November 30 Thursday, December 3. Please see the letter in today s brown envelope for more information. Tag Tree Donations are still needed for this popular event at the Bazaar. If you have any new toys, books, crafts (for all ages) that you are able to donate, please send them in to the office marked Tag Tree donation and include your name. Volunteers Needed! Santa s Secret Workshop is in need of helpers to assist the students shopping for gifts and to wrap the purchases. Please see the flyer in today s brown envelope for more information. All items, even dollar store items are greatly appreciated. Any questions, please contact Melissa De Fulvio at melissa.defulvio@comcast.net 3
Cookie Dough Delivery Cookie dough from the Cookie Dough Sale will be available for pick-up on Thursday, November 19 from 3 to 4pm in the school cafeteria. If someone cannot make that time please contact Penni Smith at pennipat@gmail.com or 609-387-2540) to arrange pick-up. Food Drive The Thanksgiving Food Drive will end tomorrow, November 19th. Please give thought to helping the people in the community for the Thanksgiving holiday. The food items that are donated in school are given to the Society of St. Vincent depaul at the parish of St. Katharine Drexel. Many families from our very neighborhoods are helped with the donations collected at school. We ask everyone to help to the best of their ability. 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 5 th (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 email Lucy Tomczynski at lucyctrs@me.com Ugly Sweater Dance-a-Thon Break out those ugly sweaters and put on your dancing shoes! St. Paul School will be hosting their 2 nd annual Ugly Sweater Dance A Thon on Friday, December 11 th, 6:00-10:00pm. There will be a contest for ugliest sweater and a Christmas Cookie sale, too! Please see the flyer and pledge form in today s brown envelope for more information and to register. 4
Scrip Update With the success of our Fall Scrip drive - we will be having another contest for the Holidays. Any family that purchases $1,000 in Scrip between Black Friday (11/27) and Christmas Eve will be entered into a drawing for a $25 scrip card of their choice. You will get an entry for each $1,000 you buy! Christmas is a GREAT time to buy gift cards as gifts or to pay off purchases so you don't have to face the credit card charges in January!! Look for the following bonus rebates: Restaurant.com 15% 10/31 11/20 Sheetz 1% 10/31 11/27 Albertson s 1% 11/7-11/20 Bath & Bodyworks 5% 11/7-11/20 Boston Market 2% 11/7-11/20 Cabela s 2% 11/7-11/20 Domino s 2% 11/7-11/20 SuperValu 1% 11/7-11/20 Shutterfly 2% 11/14-12/4 American Express 1% 11/14-11/20 Shopwithscrip.com also has a limited number of special small denomination gift cards available, perfect for stocking stuffers and holiday gift-giving! These cards will only be available while supplies last, so don't wait to place your orders. The following cards will be available: Albertsons $10 Amazon.com Gift Cards $10 AMC Theatres $10 Applebee's $10 Barnes & Noble $5 CVS/pharmacy $10 Groupon $10 IHOP $10 Meijer $10 Outback $10 Panera Bread $5 Regal Entertainment Group $10 Starbucks $5 Target $10 Supervalu $10 Walmart $10 These low denomination gift cards make great gifts for the special people in your life. Also, get ready for a GREAT day of rebates. Thank-Scrip-ing Day is BACK on November 26! Don't miss 24 hours of awesome ScripNow, Reload, and ReloadNow bonuses from dozens of your favorite retailers. As always, the list of retailers is TOP SECRET - you'll have to wait until the promotion begins to find out who's participating. To participate, you just need a ShopWithScrip account, and you must be able to login to place online orders. 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!* Plus, with PrestoPay you can place your Thank-Scrip-ing Day 5
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 the order is released on the weekend. The Scrip table is open Fridays from 8-9:30am and 3-6pm in the cafeteria, so please stop by and help us reach our goal! If you have any questions, please reach out to Sue Turpin at smcturpin@comcast.net or609-638-8877. Christmas Wreath Sale The 8 th grade students are having a Christmas Wreath Sale to help offset the expense of their graduation trip. Wreaths are available in 2 different styles plain with red bow ($20) or decorated with pinecones and a red bow ($25). The wreaths are on sale until November 27 th. Please send orders to the attention of Lisa Honnig. Orders can be placed after masses on November 21-22, at the Christmas bazaar or through the school. The pick up date will be Saturday, December 5, 10:00-11:30am. Please see the order form in today s brown envelope. Crafty Kids Club Crafty Kids Club will meet for the students that have signed up on Friday, November 20 th from 3:00-4:00pm. Students are reminded to bring their $3.00 fee with them to the meeting. Mrs. Ochalik is giving of her talents and gifts to provide this club to our very young children. The $3.00 helps to cover the cost of snack and toward the project that will be made. Thank you for your cooperation with this matter. Do you Shoparoo? Shoparoo is a fundraising app that pays St. Paul School for your store receipts! Simply download the app onto your cell phone and take pictures of your receipts. The school receives points and sweepstakes entries depending on the type of receipt it is. Now is the perfect time to sign up and help St. Paul School raise funds by doing what we do every week, SHOP. Last year we received over $1500. When signing up use code wenk5794. 6
PTA News We look forward to our annual Breakfast with Santa and Christmas Bazaar this coming Sunday. If you re able to come help set-up for this event, we could use some helping hands on Friday evening, 6:30pm setting up the cafeteria and the gymnasium. The Breakfast with Santa and Christmas Bazaar is a family favorite tradition. We hope all our St. Paul families can attend! Important Notice for Indoor Soccer Grades K & 1: There will be indoor practice in St. Paul s gym on the following Monday afternoons. Students should wear their PE uniform and sneakers. November 23 and 30 December 7 and 14 Turkey Tales The Burlington County Children s Historical Center invites you to experience a colonial Thanksgiving! Tickets for Turkey Tales on Saturday, November 21 are $5.00 per child, children under 2 are free. RSVP to 609-386-4773 or burlcohistsocprograms@verizon.net. Please see the flyer in today s brown envelope for more information. Looking Ahead Tuesday, Nov 17: 1 st Penance and 1 st Communion Parent meeting, held in the cafeteria Thursday, Nov 19: Food Drive ends. All food donations will be counted and collected by Student Council. Friday, Nov 20: You & Me Playgroup, 9:00-10:00am Crafty Kids Club will meet, 3:00-4:00pm in the cafeteria Sunday, Nov 22: Christmas Bazaar and Breakfast with Santa, 9:00am 1:00pm Monday, Nov 23: Faculty meeting in the library, 3:20pm Tuesday, Nov 24: Yearbook club will meet after school, 3:15-4:30pm. Wednesday, Nov 25: 12:15pm dismissal Thursday, Nov 26: No School - Happy Thanksgiving! Friday, Nov 27: No School Thanksgiving Holiday Monday, Nov 30 Thursday, Dec 3: Santa Secret Workshop Thursday, Dec 3: End of the 1 st trimester 7
Student Council CHOP Christmas party Friday, Dec 4: First Friday Mass, 9:00am Saturday, Dec 5: Burlington City Holiday Parade, all invited to participate Tuesday, Dec 8: Faculty Meeting, 3:20pm Wednesday, Dec 9: Mass in Chapel for 3A, 8:15am Friday, Dec 11: Ugly Sweater Dance-A-Thon, 6:00-10:00pm 1 st Trimester Report Cards distributed Saturday, Dec 12: Jersey Sounds Chorus and St. Paul School performance, 12:00-3:00pm Tuesday, Dec 15: Student Council Christmas Party, 3:00-4:30pm Wednesday, Dec 16: NJHS meeting, 3:15-4:15pm Thursday, Dec 17: Christmas Program, 7:00pm Friday, Dec 18: You & Me Playgroup, 9:00-10:00am Tuesday, Dec 22: Christmas parties, 1:15-2:30pm Faculty Meeting, 3:20pm Wednesday, Dec 23-Friday, Dec. 1: No School Christmas Vacation Monday, Jan 4 Classes resume 8