NAN-O-GRAM
Hope to see all of you at the Jack and the Beanstalk production tomorrow night and Saturday afternoon. It is absolutely amazing what the producers from the Missoula Children’s Theater, this year Liz and Erin, can do with the kids in such a short time. Yesterday’s rehearsal gave me goose bumps! The troupe is singing and dancing like pros, and having such a great time. If you have not been to one of these plays, you are in for a real treat.
I can’t thank enough the PTC board and all the volunteers for their dedication to making this event such a wonderful experience for the children. This is what memories are made of…
Keep reading to your kids!
Mrs.
Corgiat
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
November
9 is the last day of the first trimester of school. Parent Teacher conferences will be held the
following Thursday afternoon and Friday, Nov. 15 and 16. IF YOU
NEED A SPECIFIC TIME FOR THESE DAYS PLEASE CONTACT MISS POLLY AT 232-5763 TO
ARRANGE A TIME. Once these schedules
are set it’s difficult to rearrange them.
Thanks for your cooperation.
PICTURE RE-TAKES
Lifetouch
will be here on Oct. 23 to re-take pictures for those students who didn’t like
their pictures or who were absent. Students
will need to bring their picture packets with them on that day if they want to
have them retaken.
Smith’s Earn & Learn
Thank you to the parents and friends of
Holy Spirit Catholic School who shop at Smith’s. We recently received a check for $2,134.34 for shopping done last year. That’s four times more than the previous year.
Wow!
Last
year’s participation membership for Smith’s Earn & Learn is expired. Be sure to take in the Smith’s paper that was
sent home and have the bar code scanned with your Fresh Values Rewards Card
next time you shop. Extra Smith’s Earn
and Learn forms are available in the front hallway of the school.
HEADPHONES FOR COMPUTERS
Now
that we have a functional computer lab, the students in grades K-6 need to have
a set of headphones for their use. The
health department advises that each child have their own set for sanitary
reasons. These headphones can be either
digital or analogue. Please send them
into school in a plastic bag with their name on it. Thank you.
GIFT WRAP/COOKIE DOUGH
FUNDRAISERS
Don’t forget that all orders for gift wrap/cookie dough
orders are due tomorrow!! Please send
them into your child’s teacher.
SCHOOL
DIRECTORY
Free advertising! Yes,
we would love to list your business in our school directory! If you would like to be included please send
in a note with the name of your business, your name, business address and/or
call Miss Polly.
TRUCKLOAD
OF FOOD
The truckload of food that was to arrive on Thursday, Oct. 19 (??????????) arrived
this morning – obviously I wasn’t the only one confused! So, no need to come tomorrow!
COME ONE – COME ALL!
Please
make plans to attend Jack and the
Beanstalk presented by the students from Holy Spirit with the help of
Missoula Theater. Performances are scheduled
for
The students have been working
so hard, and would love to have a
full house at both shows! In the past
these shows have really been very entertaining, so grab the kids and head on
over. Performances will be held in the
school gym. If
you are unable to afford a ticket for your family, please notify the office and
the PTC will provide a ticket for you.
NEW
THIS WEEK
Enclosed this
week is a copy of Partners in Faith, a
monthly publication purchased for our families
by the school. We hope that this can
assist you in helping your child grow in their Catholic faith. We encourage you to take the time to read it
and share it with your child. We would
love to hear from you on how you like it, so let us know!
Here are a
few highlights:
- Children first learn
about God’s love from their parents.
The lead article on page 1 gives parents 11 ways parents can show
love for their children in ways similar to those God uses to show us love.
- One of Jesus’
strictest instructions to us involves forgiveness. The lead article on page 2 gives parents
ideas for helping children see the “benefits” of forgiving as Jesus asked.
- In ParentTalk, a
parent gives ideas for curing the habit of lying.
OCTOBER PAY-OFF/HALLOWEEN
This
year we are going to combine Halloween fun with pay-off, by having Gross Grub
and Halloween activities all on the same day – HALLOWEEN! But, in order to
pull it off we need lots of help for the day and into the evening of Halloween.
During
the afternoon of Halloween, the students in grades K-6 will travel from
classroom to classroom doing different activities from looking for worms
(gummy) in whip cream, eating “Gross Grub”, to watching a great science experiment.
Two volunteers from each class will be
needed to assist the teacher. If you
would like to help, please let your child’s teacher know. Plus, if you have a great “Gross Grub” recipe
and would like to share, please feel free to do so. Students will be allowed to wear their
Halloween costume from lunchtime on.
Come
night time, the PTC is also hosting a Halloween dinner in the cafeteria as well
as Trunk or Treat on the playground.
They will need help with the food part, so once again please let your
teacher know if you can help, or sign up on the sheet in the school
hallway.
Some
of you may be wondering just what is Trunk
or Treat? Well, instead of kids
going from house-to-house collecting candy – they go from trunk-to-trunk. Parents park their cars on the school
playground and the kids go from car-to-car collecting candy. Decorated trunks are always welcome but not a
must. This has been extremely popular
with the kids, so please join us for the fun.
Sign up sheets are in the school hallway or you can let your child’s
teacher know.
HALLOWEEN
COSTUMES
Our
school values and principles will not sanction any costume that promotes any
kind of violence, blood and guts, or demonic theme. No accessories will be permitted that include
knives, swords, guns or any weapon-type items.
Also, please be attentive to
masks that impair vision and costumes that might be flammable or that prohibit
ease of movement.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Oct.
19 – Last day for cookie dough/gift wrap sales
Oct.
19 – Jack and the Beanstalk @
Oct.
20 – Jack and the Beanstalk @
Oct.
23 – Picture re-takes
Oct.
31 – Gross Grub and Halloween Party
Praise
the Lord!
Happy
are those who fear the Lord.
Yes,
happy are those who delight in doing
What
he commands. Their children will be
Successful
everywhere; an entire generation
Of
godly people will be blessed.
Psalm 112:1-2 NLT