THIS WEEK
Tuesday: Picture Retakes / Keeping Kids Safe Talk by Mr. Wilhelm
Wednesday: PE & Art
Thursday: Mass at 8:30 /Adam’s Team 3:10
Friday : Carnival at 2:00 in the gym (See details below)
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
Thanks to those who took time out from your busy schedules to attend conferences. If you missed last week, please try to schedule a conference with the teacher in the coming weeks.
SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR KIDS
This week I will be conducting a short program for grades K-6 about keeping kids safe from sexual predators and protecting their bodies. The talk is about 15 minutes. If you wish to see the lesson plan I will be using, please stop by my office. There are also forms (on the table in the entryway) that you can sign if you prefer to decline the Safe Environment program for your child.
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, jackets and sweatshirts in our Lost and Found tub. Items are located in the gym so please take a few minutes to look if you are missing items.
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 which might frighten or upset the younger children.
GERMAN REALITY SHOW COMES TO SCHOOL
Tomorrow afternoon around 1:30 a film crew from the German Reality Show Goodbye Deutschland will be coming to school to film the arrival of the Polumbo family. The Polumbo family is being featured in this TV show that will air in Germany. The son Benny will be registering at St. Laurence School. It is my understanding that we will take the family on a tour of the school and into the classroom where Benny will be a student. Please contact the school if you don’t want you child to be filmed. They may also be interviewing a couple of students about the school.
GIFTS ARRIVE THIS TUESDAY
For any families who sold gift items last month in the Magazine/Gift Sale, the items are set to arrive tomorrow and can be picked up in the school gym after school. We will have the items sacked together with the seller’s name. The item will have the purchasers name on it. I am pretty sure that any items purchased online have been sent out separately. These are just items ordered by people from a student and paid to the school with a check or cash. Please get them delivered promptly.
SCHOOL DANCE
Thanks to all who attended the Costume Dance last Friday. While there was not much dancing, the students did have a good time. There were lots of good treats and some nice decorations. Thanks to the parents and grandparents who helped in those areas. Thanks to sixth grader Anabel Coca for doing the music.
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. Please place cans in the barrels on the south side back porch by the art room. The more cans we collect, the more positive ways the teachers can support your kids. Please, no steel cans though. They do check for those when we take them for recycling and they don’t like them.
EVE OF ALL SAINTS DAY CARNIVAL
Friday we will have a small carnival from 2:00 till 3:00. The older students will set up games and activities for the younger kids to participate in. We will have a cake walk, the pillow fight, a fishing game, a sponge toss, bean bag toss, and pumpkin prance, just to name a few. We are asking for a donation of $3 per family with the money being split between the Laramie Soup Kitchen and the Teton Science Trip in January. You can send the money any time this week. Just place the donation in an envelope with your family name included and make checks payable to St. Laurence School.
MORE ON HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES
Costumes are worn in the afternoon only, so pack them up and send them to school with the children. We usually make an exception for Pre-Kindergarten, so that they can wear their costumes all day. (It’s easier for the teacher that way.)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Oct. 28
Picture Retakes / Gift orders can be picked up from Magazine Sale
Oct. 30
Mass
Oct. 31
Eve of All Saints Day Carnival 2:00 in the Gymnasium
Nov. 1
All Saints Day
Nov. 2
All Soul’s Day
Nov. 6
Last Adams Team till spring
Nov. 14
End of the Trimester. Feast Day of St. Laurence O’Toole
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