School News 10-13-14

St. Laurence Eagle Eye News

Oct. 13, 2014

THIS WEEK

Tuesday: Music Classes on Tuesday and Thursday with Mrs. Lyford

Wednesday: P.E. all grades and Art 2-6

Thursday: Mass at 8:30 /Adam’s Team 3:10

Friday : Yes there is school. P.E. all grades. Music Lessons for grades 3-6 Bring your instruments and books. Art for K and PreK grades

ST. LAURENCE MAGAZINE SALE

Thanks to all that did your part in making the Fall Magazine/Gift Drive a success. We took in over $4168.00 both online and in house. We are 30 orders short of our goal of 300 orders, but in terms of the amount we exceeded our goal of $5000.00 in gross sales. Any gifts that were purchased will arrive on October 28 and can be picked up in the gym after school. This applies to paper orders only, not the online sales. Online sales go directly to the address supplied. We had over $1500 from online sales. I told the students that their bears need to hibernate for the winter. I will no longer feed the bears so your children may leave them at home.

CHANGE IN PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

Since three of the teachers will be gone on October 16-17 at a conference in Denver, we have decided that it would be in everyone’s best interest to postpone parent teacher conferences by one week. Instead of meeting on the 16-17^th, the conference will start on Thursday night October 23 from 6-8 in the evening and continue on Friday morning October 24 from 8-12. The sign up forms for conferences will go home next Monday. There will not be school on Friday October 24. We will still plan to have the Costume Party/Dance that night from 6-8 in the gym.

TETON SCIENCE SCHOOL

The 4-6 grades will be heading to Jackson Hole for the week starting on Monday January 12.

PRINCIPAL TALK

Now that we are into cooler weather, I just want to remind you that your children need warm outdoor clothes. We could see snow anytime, so check to see if the snow boots still fit. We are hoping that we won’t need them anytime soon, but it is good to be prepared for the possibility. We will again allow students to keep their snow boots and snow pants here at school. On the subject of coats etc., we do seem to have a pretty good collection of coats and jackets and sweatshirts in our lost and found. It is located in the gym on the clothes rack and on the plastic tub below. Please take a few minutes to look at it, if items are missing.

With Halloween around the corner, we want to stress that our kid’s costumes tone down the blood and violence. We are really trying to emphasize more of a fall celebration. The school is downplaying the scary aspects might frighten or upset the younger children.

Finally, thanks to all our drivers and chaperones who took time off last Friday to travel to the Harvest Farm in Wellington. It was a lot wetter down there with lots of mud. The students sure had fun and learned a lot. Thanks for your involvement with the school and your children.

HOME AND SCHOOL MEETING

The Home and School Commission met last Thursday. They are making plans for the Costume Dance happening on Friday October 24^th. The officers will be contacting you regarding ways that you can help with making this event fun for the students.

SCHOOL COMMISSION OPENINGS

If you would be interested in serving on the St. Laurence School Commission, please contact me this week. The Commission serves as the school board for St. Laurence School and is made up of parents, parishioners, and alumni, and former parents of the school. The Commission meets at least once per month to discuss issues involving the school. To learn more about the School Commission, please call the school or stop by to talk to me about the role of commissioner.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Your conference schedule is going home today with your oldest child. We will also send an electronic copy attached to this newsletter that you can print off. Include all your kids on the one form. Come up with 3 time choices. We will fill in the slots on a first come first served basis. So the sooner you return your form, the more likely you are to get your first choice.

MAGAZINE AND GIFTS CAN BE ORDERED ANYTIME

You can order online at any time between now and December using the St. Laurence School Code 3589454. So pass the word (and the number) so your friends and relatives who didn’t get a chance to order during the sale can still help the school.

CANS FOR THE CAUSE

Do you have aluminum cans at your house? Bring them to St. Laurence School where we turn cans into money. The money goes into a fund for a variety of worthy classroom projects from field trips to classroom rewards. Bring in your cans and place them in the barrels on the south side of the building by the art room. The more cans we collect, the more positive ways the teachers can support your kids.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Oct 15-17

Ms. Williams, Mrs. Still, and Mrs. Specht will attend a Reading Conference in Denver

Oct. 17

School as usual No Parent Teacher Conferences till next Friday

Oct. 23

Parent Teacher Conferences from 6-8 then on Friday morning from

8-12

Oct. 24

No School Parent Teacher Conferences

Costume Dance in the Gym 6-8 Invite your friends and their kids

Oct. 28

Picture Retakes / Gift orders can be picked up for delivery from Magazine Sale

Oct. 31

Eve of All Saints Day Carnival 2:00 in the Gymnasium