School News 3-23-15

THIS WEEK

Tuesday: Basketball After School / PAWS Testing resumes

Wednesday: MASS The Annunciation of the Lord

Thursday: Class Pictures / Basketball Game with Harmony 1:30 Here

Friday: Stations of the Cross 8:30 /Library/ Bring Instruments upper grades

ENCHILADA SALE

Thanks to all who worked to make the 2015 Enchilada Sale a success! We have cleared about $19,300 so far. I say so far because we still have some extras that we would like to sell. If you would like some more, please contact the school this week. They are selling for $20.

SIGN UP NEXT YEAR

Today we are sending home a simple application for enrollment for next year. Please fill out the form and return it to school. Even if you have other plans that do not include St. Laurence, could you write that on the form and return it. The form will help in planning for next year. We will send out the Tuition Contracts in mid April.

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 or having a simple meal 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. Thanks to everyone who has given so far. Let’s fill the cart again!

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. They continue this commemoration this Friday at the church.

SURVEY OPPORTUNITY

If you haven’t turned in your survey for Chris Grissom’s class project, please return it ASAP. Remember you need to sign the consent form and turn it in for your answers to count. It would really help him out, and it will help you to explore your own parenting style. The survey is completely confidential. We will detach the consent page with your signature before turning the forms over to Chris. Thanks for your help.

CLASSROOM NEWS

We are grateful to our terrific volunteers who are helping Mrs. Van Heule with her class. Annie Nelson has been coming in for an hour every morning to work with the reading groups and Mary O’Flannigan comes in to help by teaching a math group. They are a real blessing to the school and to Mrs. Van Heule’s Ones and Twos. The upper grades will continue the PAWS testing this week. Parents, please see that the children get plenty of rest and a good breakfast. Ms. James’s class has been having regular visits from UW’s Science Posse.

BASKETBALL GAME

We won our game against Harmony on that Friday before the break 33-12. This Thursday there will be a rematch at our gym starting at 1:30. All are invited to attend. Go Eagles!

CLASS PICTURES

Also this Thursday we will be taking class pictures and the opportunity to get individual packets as well. All the information is going home today.

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

March 26

Class Pictures

March 24-April 1

PAWS Testing grades 3-6

April 3

No School Good Friday

April 5

EASTER

April 6

No School Easter Monday

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