ST. MARY S NEWSLETTER September 19, 2018 Upcoming EVENTS September 18 - October 5 3rd-8th grade Iowa & CogAT Testing Wednesday, September 19 8:00am - All School Mass: 4th Grade 3:00pm - Chess Club Friday, September 21 Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive 5:30pm CCHS Junior High Tailgate Party Saturday, September 22 9:00am - CC Meet: Olympia Invitational Tuesday, September 25 11:30am - CCHS Ambassador Visit Wednesday, September 26 8:00am - All School Mass: 3rd Grade 2:00pm - Early Release of Students 4:30pm - Cheerleading - Parent Meeting Friday, September 28 10:00am - Grandparents Day Saturday, September 29 9:00am - CC Meet: Delavan Tuesday, October 2 8:45am - Field Trip: 8th Evergreen Cemetery Walk Wednesday, October 3 8:00am - All School Mass: 2nd Grade Thursday, October 4 12:10pm - Student Council Meeting Saturday, October 6 CC Meet: Sectionals Monday, October 8 No School: Columbus Day Family Fundraiser Night: Monical's Thank you!! Thank you!! A huge thank you to all the individuals who helped with adding rubber mulch to our swingset area and upper playground area. It is so awesome to know that this material will not need to be replaced for many years!! Thank you to Amie and Bob Crawford for heading this adventure and for all the hard work too! A special thank you to Victor Alvarez, Jimmy Alvarez, David Alvarez, and Amie and Bob Crawford you all picked one of the hottest days for digging out, adding a border and adding mulch to the swingset area. Another huge THANK YOU to the Mary Men - Chad Clover, Steve Hill, Mike Bowen, Lael Salinas and an extra special thank you to Amie Crawford for helping add the rubber mulch to the upper playground. You worked hard on a very hot day too! Brought together by faith, St. Mary s School is a Franciscan family welcoming and inspiring all to love, live, learn and serve as Christ taught us! 2018-2019 Kulia I Ka Nu u ~ Strive to the highest summit 1
5K Chili Crusade The St. Mary s School / Parish 9 Th Annual 5K Chili Crusade will be on Sunday October 28 th, 2018. The 5K Run starts at 1:00pm and the 1 mile Fun Walk will start 1:15pm. For more race information, registration forms can be found at the Church entrances or you can register online at LINK Questions about the race you can contact Billy Adelman 309-275-0674 If you are interested in being a race sponsor or for more information about the different levels of race sponsorship that we offer, please contact Billy Adelman at 309-275-0674 or bill@redbirdapts.com. Race Sponsorship deadline is September 30 th so we are able to print your name/logo on the back of the shirt. Athletics St. Mary s Athletics is happy to announce that the Family Pass is available for $50.00 add grandparents for an additional $20.00! Plus, the Family Pass is good at the other Catholic Schools regular season games too: Epiphany and Corpus Christi! Plus, you can purchase a Concessions Punch Card for $10.00 so you don t always have to have cash at the ball games! St. Mary s Cheerleading Who : All 5-8 th grade girls and parents What : Cheerleading meeting Where : 6th grade classroom When: September 26 at 4:30 pm ***If you cannot attend please email Mrs. Kostogiannes at valerie.kostogiannes@stmarysschool.net Why: To get more information about being a SMS Cheerleader! Hope to see you all there! Mrs. Kostogiannes 2018-2019 Kulia I Ka Nu u ~ Strive to the highest summit 2
10th ANNUAL - Chili Cook-Off Fundraiser Hello St. Mary's School Parents, Parishioners, Friends, Staff, and Alumni! Our biggest fundraiser of the year, the Chili Cook-Off, is right around the corner ( Saturday, October 27 ). This is our 10th Annual Chili Cook-Off and we are SO EXCITED to make this the best one yet, but we need your help! Please use this link to sign-up for volunteer positions. LINK https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d48aaab2ba6f58-10th Feel free to sign-up for more than one spot! And... please share this link with anyone who might be willing to lend us a hand. Volunteer hours can count towards SMS service hours. If outside of SMS, please check with your institution to see how these volunteer hours may apply (Central Catholic HS, SMS Confirmation hours, National Honors Society, State Farm, etc.). We ask that student volunteers are at least in 6th grade and above. If you cannot make it to the Chili Cook-Off, consider helping with set-up the night before or make some goodies to raise money at the Bake Sale. Think you can help in some other way? Let us know! We truly appreciate your Crusader talents and time. If you provide your e-mail/phone #, the Sign Up Genius will send you a reminder e-mail or text a few days before the event. Questions? Please direct e-mails to your Chili Cook-OffVolunteer Coordinator, Amy O'Donoghue, at amy.odonoghue@stmarysschool.net. Early Release @ 2:00 for Teacher Professional Development Wednesday, September 26th is our 2nd Early Release Day for teachers to work on professional development or collaborate together. Students will be dismissed at 2:00 - if you are able to pick up your child please do so at their normal dismissal door! If you can't make the 2:00 release time, don't worry. We have supervision for students for free until 3:00. Students who are not picked up at 2:00 will go to the Gym/cafeteria. They will have time to work on homework and have some playtime either in the gym or outside. Parents can pick-up their child at the Cafeteria door off of Taylor street (N1) and you can ring the doorbell to let someone know you are there. If you have your child in AfterCare, you don't have to worry about anything! Nothing changes for you at all! Please contact Jamie Hartrich if you have any questions. 2018-2019 Kulia I Ka Nu u ~ Strive to the highest summit 3
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Basketball News Basketball is just around the corner!! Coach Csanda and Coach Nelson have scheduled a few open gym times if you are interested in dusting off your basketball shoes. Tuesday, Sept 25th - 3:00-5:00 Tuesday, Oct 2nd - 3:00-5:00 Tuesday, Oct 9th - 3:00-5:00 Parent meeting is set for Tuesday, Oct 2nd at 5:00! Each athlete needs an updated physical and sign the concussion and permission forms! 2018-2019 Kulia I Ka Nu u ~ Strive to the highest summit 5