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MR. RIDDER’S REMINDERS Oct 27 Fall Book Fair in the Media Center
ROSARY CLUB/CHESS CLUB – There will not be chess club or rosary club this Monday, October 31st due to Halloween. Thanks and happy trick or treating! FALL PARENT / TEACHER CONFERENCES – Below you will find how the various grade levels are implementing Parent/Teacher Conferences. Fall conferences will be held on two different days for kindergarten through 8th grades. KINDERGARTEN – 6th GRADE PARENTS will conference with every student’s homeroom teacher. If you feel you would like to visit with your child’s other core subject teachers, please make an appointment with the homeroom teacher and the additional core subject teachers at the same time. In these cases, the meeting will take place in your child’s homeroom.
FORGOTTEN ITEMS FROM HOME - There have been times this year when we (school and home) have
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR LUNCHROOM DUTY - Each month we need to fill 100 volunteer positions in the lunchroom to help serve and clean up after the students. Whether your child buys their lunch at school or is a cold lunch kiddo - they utilize the lunchroom. Parents (or grandparents) are needed from 10:45 - 12:50 each school day. We need help every day of the week, but specifically we could use additional volunteers on Mondays and Fridays. Please call or email Kris Morrissey if you would like more information or are willing to help: krismorrissey@cox.net or 402-630-8964. CALLING COPY MOMS/DADS/GRANDPARENTS/AUNTS/UNCLES -The St. Patrick’s School Copy Mom Team is searching for volunteers for in the mornings and/or afternoons. If you are interested in this fun and helpful volunteer opportunity please contact Deb Strumberger at dstrumberger@cox.net.
BENE PIZZA & PASTA HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY – Bene Pizza and Pasta is hosting a Halloween Costume Party Sunday, October 30th from 1:00-3:00 (this is earlier than their regularly scheduled hours) Please see the attached flyer for more details!
LINK TO JUMP ROPE FOR HEART INFORMATION ST. PAT’S APPAREL - Get your St. Patrick’s apparel…. order your St. Pat’s sweatshirts, sweatpants, plaid flannel pants for winter or Christmas stockings… see the link for the order form. All orders are due to the school office by Thursday, November 10th. Questions… contact Jane Chapman @ 402-553-6131 or kccjdc@cox.net or Joan Quinn @ 402-658-0120 or jquinn26@cox.net. See the attached order form! LINK TO ST. PATRICK'S APPAREL ORDER FORM
WELLNESS COMMITTEE HEALTH TIP OF THE WEEK: To make sure you are eating a healthy diet, make sure your plate is colorful. If you have foods of lots of different colors on your plate, then you know you are getting all the nutrients your body needs! 2011-2012 HOME & SCHOOL DIRECTORIES CORRECTIONS - If you notice any errors in the directory, please forward your corrections to Jaymie Oehler at jaymie@jaymie.net. A list of modifications will be electronically distributed in the next few weeks, if necessary.
An additional baseball/softball informational meeting will be held Sunday, November 6that 6:00PM in the Parish Center. Please contact Erik Carlson at erik.carlson@hdrinc.com or 402.216.5288 or Rob Else at robelse@gmail.com with any questions.”
Community Day has been expanded to a 2 Day event! It will take place on Friday, November 11 and Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Younker’s. Please contact Tina Jansen tina.jansen@target.com or Kelly Lanphier kelland87@msm.com to get your booklet today!
BOXTOPS = FREE MONEY FOR OUR SCHOOL! Last year we earned approximately $4400 for St. Patrick's. This year our goal is $5300. To achieve this goal, we will be doing a monthly promotion. Each student will receive a sheet on which to attach boxtops. (They may cut slits to slide the boxtops in or place them in an envelope or baggie and staple it to the sheet). For each sheet turned in, the student's name will be placed in a drawing for a $10 scrip card of their choice. All sheets and boxtops should be turned in to me. I will take care of the paperwork. We plan to put a link on the website for extra sheets so that it will be the responsibility of the parents to get those extra sheets. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks for your help in getting our school a little extra money! WINTER BASKETBALL - Registration is now open for the 2012 Winter Basketball Session for parish
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - Our parish has an opening for a part-time Liturgy of the Word for Children/Sunday Morning Preschool Coordinator. This position is a 20 hour per week/40 week position. Applicants must be available Wednesday afternoon/evenings and Sunday Mornings. Remaining hours are flexible and will be agreed upon by the LWC/Sunday Morning Preschool Coordinator and the Director of Religious Formation based on program needs. If interested in this position, please contact Mary McMahon, Director of Religious Formation @ mmcmahon@stpatselkhorn.org or by calling 402-289-4947, extension 1505. Principal's Notes Deadline: Please submit all items/information in final form. Principal's Notes deadline is Tuesday by 8:00am to the school or email to |
INFORMATION ABOUT HALLOWEEN FOR YOUR PLANNING PURPOSES – PreK – 5th Grades will have the opportunity to dress in costume and celebrate Halloween with parties hosted by room parents. Halloween gatherings will run from 2:00- 2:35 pm. The PreK-pm – 5th grade costume parade follows at 2:40pm. All students in PreK – 5th grades, may come to school in their costumes that day. No make-up, colored hairspray, guns, swords, knives or any type of weapon props are allowed. Grades 6th – 8th students and the school staff may wear ORANGE & BLACK and do not have Halloween parties. All students will be dismissed in the same fashion as a normal school day and at the regular time.
TO THE BOOK FAIR AND BEYOND! Mark your calendars and join us in the St. Patrick's Library. Our hours of operation will be: Thursday October 28th 11:30am – 5:00pm
STUCO BAKE SALE - Thursday, October 27th from 4:30-7:30, the Student Council will be having their annual bake sale during parent teacher conferences. There will be a table set up in the school lobby with all sorts of delicious treats! Don't forget to stop by and support your school! 
been enabling the students by allowing forgotten items such as: backpacks, lunches and homework to be delivered to school. One of the most important things we can all teach our students is responsibility and we want to make sure everyone is following the same expectation. Therefore, if your child forgets something at home or in the car, he/she will be accountable for whatever the consequences are. I know that most of you already know and follow this rule. However, if you are new, you may not know this expectation. We would greatly appreciate it if you would please refrain from delivering forgotten items to school. In addition, students and parents are not allowed in the school (classrooms, lockers, or hallways) after 3:45 on Wednesday nights due to RF. Your assistance in teaching your child(ren) the important skill of being responsible is greatly appreciated. Thank you for working in cooperation with the school and your child's teacher to make this happen.
AFTER SCHOOL BOWLING PROGRAM K-5TH GRADERS – Sempeck’s After School Bowling Program is available for all students grade K-5, with bumper bowling for beginners – grades K-2. Bus transportation is provided by Sempeck’s from school to the lanes and then back to school. Registration sheets were sent home with all K-5th graders on Monday. If your child did not bring one home and they would like to participate, please have them stop by the office to pick up a registration form. A portion of each weekly fee raises money for St. Pat’s Home & School.
WELCOME DESK VOLUNTEERS – CALLING ALL PERSPECTIVE WELCOME DESK VOLUNTEERS – We need your help! We are looking for a volunteer for each afternoon while children are still in the building for after school activities from 3:00 – 6:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. You or your friends, parents, grandparents, could volunteer once a week, or once every two weeks, once a month or what works best for your schedule. We are very flexible! Don’t miss out; this could be a lot fun for you. If you have a friend or relative that might be interested, please let us know. If you or someone you know are interested, please email Deanna Timmerman at 
HEART MINISTRY CLOTHING DRIVE - It's time to make a difference!! Student Council is starting our annual coat, gloves, hats, and shoe drive to help support the Heart Ministry! We will be accepting donations from now until November 4th. Coats, gloves, hats, and shoes of all sizes can be dropped off outside the office at any time. Last year, our St. Patrick's Community collected over 1,500 shoes! Within three months, all of those shoes were on the feet of people who depend on the Heart Ministry through our support and donations. The Heart Ministry's shelves are bare and they really need our help! Every little bit counts. Please be as generous as you can during this time!
SCHOOL MUSICAL - We invite you to attend the performance of our 7th & 8th grade fall musical, “Once Upon A Mattress Jr.” The show will be performed on November 3 at 6:30pm in the Parish Center. Come see our talented students act, sing and dance in this hilarious musical!
JUMP ROPE FOR HEART – Our school is proud to partner with the American Heart Association to help kids with special hearts! Mark your family calendars NOW for our upcoming Jump Rope For Heart event taking place on November 7-11, 2011. Please see the attached flyer in regards to the upcoming event!
WALKING CLUB - Congratulations to the following Walking Club members for walking 10 miles this year so far! They are Caden Carlson, Cael Carlson, Henry Diers, George Diers, and Grace Diers. Please contact Christina Diers at 
SCRIP - Halloween is just around the corner! If your candy bowl is still empty, don't worry. You can purchase ScripNow! eCards on 
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 8TH GRADE PAL VOLLEYBALL TEAM - The team capped off their season with a 2nd place finish in the Year End League Tournament. The team also won the Premier Junior High Championship Tournament. Everyone had a key role in the success of the team and the competition was fierce.They ended the season with an overall record of 14-2.
ST. PATRICK’S BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL PROGRAM - As we move forward with the creation of a St. Patrick’s baseball and softball program it has been proposed the Athletic Committee to invest dollars in the St. Patrick’s T-ball field immediately north of the school. The proposal is to expand the infield so boys baseball 1st- 6thgrade and girls softball 1st- 8thgrade can have a home field for games. The Athletic Committee supports the creation of a baseball program; however, demand from parishioners must be quantified for such an investment in the field by November 15th(next Athletic Committee meeting). As such, registration for boys baseball 1st- 8thgrade and girls softball 1st- 8thgrade is now open 
YOUNKERS COMMUNITY DAY BOOKLETS AVAILABLE - Since 1999, Community Day has partnered the Younker’s stores with local, non-profit organizations to raise over $80 Million for charity. Community Day allows you to give back to St. Patrick’s by purchasing coupon booklets, good toward store merchandise. With 100% of booklet sales benefiting ST. Patrick’s, shopping has never felt so good. The coupon books cost $5.00 and is filled with great savings coupons and exclusive offers — valued at more than $200!
HEY ST. PATRICK'S FRIENDS! Donate your Hy-Vee Smart points to St. Patrick's. St. Pat's is currently in 2nd place!Here is how it works: For every $20 of Procter & Gamble products you purchase at Hy-Vee from October 1, 2011– December 30, 2011 you earn 100 SMART Points to donate to the school of your choice. Get 100 additional points when you purchase two (2) or more Sara Lee Fresh Bakery products in the same transaction as your qualifying $20 Procter & Gamble purchase. Find the promotional code printed on your receipt of purchase, and enter it by clicking on the "Donate Points" button. From there, select the school for which you would like to make a donation. More than 200 schools with the most points will win! Win a SMART Board™ for your child's school. Just go to: 
youth grades K-4. The grades will be separated as the following: Kindergarten, 1st/2nd grade boys, 1st/2nd grade girls, 3rd/4th grade boys, 3rd/4th grade girls. The season runs January 7th - February 25th. For any questions regarding this session please contact Scott Kubicek:
SPIRIT - $how your $t. Patrick's $PIRIT...by helping to underwrite our parish's largest fundraising event of the year! Your contribution will be used to cover some of the event expenses, but will mostly be used to build exciting live auction packages like trips. Every little bit helps. We are eagerly collecting any increments $25 and greater. For more information, please see the event website: 
PARISH FOOD DRIVE - Watch those sales and purchase non-perishable grocery items for our 3rd annual parish-wide food drive. Our parish 7th graders and their parents will be coordinating the food drive again this year. Grocery bags will be distributed the weekend of October 29th/30th and food collected and sorted the weekend of November 5th/6th. All items will be delivered to the Western Douglas County Food Bank for distribution in our community. The wish list for the Western Douglas County Food Bank is as follows: canned fruit, muffin mixes, regular size toothpaste, regular size shampoo, canned pasta, pancake mix, regular size bar soap, Kleenex, evaporated milk, pancake syrup, ranch dressing, toilet paper, boxed potatoes, hamburger helper, tuna, canned vegetables, dry spaghetti, spaghetti sauce. COPE (Christian Outreach Program, Elkhorn) diapers, pull-ups, feminine products.
FREE FAMILY FESTIVAL – Lutheran Family Services is sponsoring a free family festival Saturday, October 29th from 10 am to 2 pm at the Village Pointe Roundabout. There will be free pumpkin carving, local celebrity carvers, fun kids’ activities, foster care & adoption information booths. Please see the attached flyer for more information.