School News 12-1-14

THIS WEEK

Monday: Please make plans to pay your Dec. tuition.

Tuesday: Music classes with Mrs. Lyford preparing for Christmas

Wednesday: Art and PE Classes

Thursday: Mass at 8:30 / Home and School Meeting 3:10

Friday: Bring Instruments and books grades 3-6 / Choir rehearsal 3:10-4:45 with caroling to follow downtown.

THANKSGIVING FEAST

Thanks to all who came to attend our Thanksgiving Feast last week. We had a great turnout and it means so much to your children that you take the time to attend school function. It was nice to see so many of you. Thanks to our cook, Letiticia Millan and her right hand man, Chris, for the delicious food. Thanks to Ms. Anita for organizing the whole thing from start to finish. Thanks to all who donated turkeys for the meal. Thanks to Mrs. Lyford and the choir for entertaining us. One final thanks goes to Ms. James’ class for being our set up crew and wait staff. We certainly have a lot to be thankful for. We now turn our attention to the Christmas Pageant that will be held in the church on the evening of December 18^th at 6:30.

SINGING AT 5:30 MASS

Thanks to the families who attended and brought their children to sing at the 5:30 Mass Sunday. Thanks to Tai, Mindoe, Winter, Mackinzie, Makayla, Donavin, Melody, Audra, and Jas for singing. Thanks to our altar servers: Mateusz, Antoni, and Harmony.

TETON SCIENCE SCHOOL

The 50-50 Raffle tickets sale is underway. The older students are selling the tickets to help pay for their January trip to Jackson. If any other parents want to buy a chance or two, stop by the offices when you’re at school, and we will find a student who would love to sell you some tickets.

They will also be selling World’s Finest Chocolate Bars for a dollar a piece starting Thursday and continuing through the holidays. Please support the students as they work to pay their way to go to the Teton Science Camp next month.

BOOK FAIR IS COMING

Just in time for your Christmas shopping! It’s the St. Laurence School Book Fair. We will be holding the Book Fair in Room 2 this year. We will start Wednesday and it will run all through next week. So come down to the room and browse before school at 7:30 till 8:00 and after school from 3:00 to 3:30 in Room 2. We will have a special Partner’s in Print night next Tuesday, December 9 with special giveaways.

PARTNERS IN PRINT NIGHT

Next Tuesday the school is holding a Partner’s in Print Night in the school. We will open the Book Fair at 5:30 that evening and keep it open the rest of the evening. At 6:30 there will be Pizza and Juice in the gym. After that there will be a couple of presentations. For the parents of younger students we will hear a short talk on Story Champs followed by a short talk for the older students’ parents on Independent Reading. I know this is a busy time for all of us, but please come if at all possible.

HOME AND SCHOOL MEETING

The Home and School meets this Thursday at 3:10 in the Art Room off the gym. Please make plans now to attend. We will be discussing the upcoming Christmas activities as well as Catholic School’s Week in January.

CANS FOR THE CAUSE

Do you have aluminum cans at your house? Bring them to St. Laurence School where we turn cans into cash. 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.

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 or a $100 gift 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%.

DON’T FORGET YOUR DOLLARS FOR TAHIANA

We are a little short for this month’s installment for Tahiana from Madagascar. If you will recall we have to come up with $30 each month for our little boy from Madagascar. We did well in September and October but we are little light for November. If every family just puts in $1 per month we can meet our goal. Thanks for your help on this project. There is a letter posted on the bulletin board from Tahiana’s mom. Check it out.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

December 5

Grades 3-6 singing at the 1st and Grand Plaza for the Downtown Christmas Parade 5:15 (Younger students are welcome to join in as well.)

December 6

Happy Holidays, Laramie! Joint St. Laurence/Snowy Range Academy Choirs Sing at the UW Art Museum. Meet in the basement at 12:00 for warmup. Sing at 12:30

December 8

The Immaculate Conception of Mary Mass at 8:30

December 9

Partners in Print Night 6:00 at School

Book Fair

December 12

Nutcracker Performance 10:00

December 18

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

December 20 – January 4 Christmas Break