School News 11-10-14

St. Laurence Eagle Eye News

Tuesday: Veterans Day / Spirit Day

Wednesday: PE & Art

Thursday: Mass at 8:30 / Funeral Luncheon in Gym / 4-6 Teton Science School Meeting 6:30 (note time change from calendar)

Friday : Bring your instruments for group practice. Spanish Classes in the morning. Game night and Sleepover

Sunday: Feast of St. Laurence O’Toole after 10:30 Mass.

THANKSGIVING FEAST

Every year the school holds a Thanksgiving Feast on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving Break. Make plans now to attend. It will take place this year on November 25, at noon. The invitation for the event is being sent as a separate attachment. If you would like to donate a turkey for the feast, please contact Anita.

TETON SCIENCE SCHOOL MEETING

Don’t forget about the meeting for Grade 3-6 parents of students attending the Teton Science Camp in January. The meeting will start at 6:30 this Thursday evening. We want a chance to discuss the trip and talk about fundraising.

GIFTS

You should have received the gifts that were ordered last month during the Magazine/Gift Sale. Please distribute them, if you haven’t done so already. If friends or relatives ask if they can still order to help the school, tell them that they can. They just need to go online to www.gaschool.com Use the school code for St. Laurence School 3589454.

ALTAR FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED

I’m putting together an altar in the gym to honor those members of our family who have died. This is a tradition in Latin countries as part of the Day of the Dead Celebration. You can bring small mementos and pictures of a loved one to place on the altar. There will also be a book near the altar where you can add names for our prayer list. You can bring in those items this week.

GAME NIGHT

The students in grades 3-6 are invited to spend the night in the school on Friday, November 14 (the Feast of St. Laurence O’Toole). We will have lots of board games and activities for the kids from 6:30 till 10:00. At that time we will have lights out. Breakfast will be served in the morning and the kids will go home at 9:00 A.M. Permission slips that went home last week are due by Wednesday.

DRESS THEM WARM

It seems that our winter is here. Please send students dressed for some cold days on the playground. Snow pants or an over layer for the legs would be nice. Send some warm gloves and a hat as well as a coat that will keep them warm. Snow gear can stay at school if it makes it easier for you.

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.

HELP THE SCHOOL WITH SAFEWAY CARDS

We have for sale Reloadable Safeway Gift Cards as well as $100 Gift Cards. The reloadable cards come with $10 pre-loaded on them so we sell them for $10. Then you can reload them as many times as you wish at the checkout and use them to buy groceries, gas, or prescriptions. The great thing is that you are giving 5% to the school every time you reload. If you’re a Safeway shopper, stop by and purchase your reloadable card. It costs you nothing extra. The card will work at any Safeway throughout the West. Send one to Grandma and Grandpa who shop at Safeway in other towns and the school will still get the 5%.

JACKET & SWEATSHIRT ORDERS

The deadline for ordering school jackets or sweatshirts is this Friday.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

November 13

Funeral luncheon for Vicki Ahrenholtz in the gym (School lunch will be served to students)

November 14

End of the Trimester. Feast Day of St. Laurence O’Toole

November 16

Feast of St. Laurence O’Toole Celebration 12:00 in the school gym. Details in the Parish Bulletin.

November 19

Grade reports go home with students after school

November 25

Thanksgiving Feast at 12:00 Noon in the School Gym. Dismissal after the meal. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving break

November 25 at 1:00 till November 30

Thanksgiving Break

School back in session on Monday, December 1

November 30

Sing at the 5:30 Mass at St. Laurence O’Toole Church

December 18

All School Christmas Program 6:30 at St. Laurence Church