School News 2-23-15

THIS WEEK

Tuesday: Basketball After School

Wednesday: 6:00 Enchilada Set up Potatoes and Peas / Meat Prep

Thursday: MASS 8:30/ NO Basketball / Enchilada Making Meat Cooking

Friday: Stations of the Cross 8:30 /Library/ Spanish in Afternoon / Bring Instruments upper grades / Enchilada Making

ENCHILADA SALE

We made it! At last count there were about 1180 dozen orders turned in and processed. Great job of making that last minute push everyone.

Now comes the work. As a reminder, wear ( or bring ) old clothes including shoes. This is messy work for the most part. We will start Wednesday night prepping the kitchen and getting the potatoes to size and the peas ready. Thursday starts the ground beef cooking and cooling and if time permits we will start rolling enchiladas. Friday all day is a rolling and packaging day. Saturday is pick up and clean up in the morning.

LENTEN JOURNEYS

We have a few Lenten projects for the students and families for the 40 days of Lent. This is the season for alms giving, prayer, and fasting. As always we sent home the Rice Bowls for Catholic Relief Services in support of poor nations across the world. Some families combine fasting and almsgiving by not going out to eat one day a week and putting the savings in the Rice Bowl.

The school will also be teaming up with the Knights of Columbus project of 40 cans for 40 days for Interfaith Good Samaritan. You will see a shopping cart in the entry to the school where you can drop off canned goods, other non-perishable items and personal care products. A complete list of items will be attached to the shopping cart and will be sent home to put on your refrigerator as a reminder to give.

We are encouraging more reading and family time during Lent. As an incentive for more reading, we will be sending home Reading Logs during Lent. We will attempt to “travel” to Australia via the other 4 continents during Lent. Details will be going home from your teacher about the contest to read your way from Laramie to Sydney. We will move our airplanes down the hall a meter (1 meter = 1000 miles ) towards Australia for every 20 minutes we read.

Finally, there will be Stations of the Cross for grades 3-6 on Fridays at 8:30 during Lent. That will start this Friday at the church.

CLASSROOM NEWS

Dr. Suess’s birthday is March 2, which is also Read Across America Day. Some the classes are planning special reading events. 1^st and 2^nd graders have invited guests from the community to come in and read to and with the students. Don’t forget to spend some time reading with your kids every night.

SINGING AT 5:30 MASS

Thanks to the St. Laurence School Singers at Mass yesterday. Thanks to Winter, MaKayla, Donavin, Audra, MacKinzie, Brandalynn, Rita, John Paul, Melody, and Harmony (altar server).

FIESTA DATE

There is a last minute change to the date of our Spring Fiesta. Our Auctioneer Zane Burns cannot make it on May 2. Since he is a big part of the success of previous Fiestas, we are changing the date by one week to Saturday May 9.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

February 25-28

Enchilada Makin’ and Distribution

February 28

End of the trimester

March 4

2^nd Trimester grade reports will be sent home

March 16-20

Spring/Winter Break No School

March 23-April 3

PAWS Testing grades 3-6

May 9^th Fiesta! (Please note the change in the date.)