A FEW NOTES FROM ME
Emergency Comfort Bags
Please send in your child’s emergency bag by Friday, August 24. The list can be found here.
P.E. is on Mondays and Thursdays.
- On Mondays – students should come to school in their regular uniform and change into their P.E. uniform at lunch.
- On Thursdays, students should come to school in their P.E. uniform and change into their regular uniform during recess (full uniform per Sister Kathleen’s request).
- IF YOUR CHILD IS SAFETY PATROL – they may wear their red SP shirt and white pants all day if they are on duty the day of P.E.
Jogathon – October 12th, 2018 – “Americana” —> Online donation
Our school goal for this year is $35,000. Contributions go towards funding our technology, science, art, and music programs. Thank you for helping our school! If you have any questions, please contact the Jog-A-Thon team at svsjogathon@aol.com.
Catch the Americana spirit and show off your business on our St. Vincent’s Jog-a-thon T-shirt this year. You don’t need to own a business to sponsor – your employer can sponsor and your family receives the credit towards your PTG Commitment. Also, your child will receive FREE DRESS and will be entered to win a SONY PS4. Click here for the sponsorship information. Any questions, see Camille Dickinson or Dalece Sardina or email svsjogathon@aol.com.
We have some great prizes this year!
- Bring in a Gold Sponsor or higher earns 3 entries to the raffle for a Sony PS4
- Every student that raises $100 online by Friday 9/21 will receive 1 entry to the raffle for a Sony PS4 and a chance to win a $25 Target gift card (2 gift cards available)
- Student with the most money raised online by Friday 10/5 will have the choice between being Miss Huscher’s music assistant or Mr. Arnas’s mad scientist assistant
- Every student who raises $100 in pledges or brings in a sponsor receives a free dress pass
- Students who raise $500 or more in pledges will earn 5 entries to the PS4 raffle
- Grade Cluster Prizes 6-8: Students who raise the most money in Grades 6-8 will earn (3rd) a $50 gift card of own choosing, (2nd) $100 gift card of own choosing, or (1st) 32″ TCL Roku SmartTV
T-shirt order forms will be sent home with your child on the first day of school – please send back to classroom by 8/31.
Summer Unplugged – Back to School Social
Join St. Vincent School’s Class of 2019 on Friday, September 7th at 5pm on the black top for a night of food and fun to kick off the school year! Catch up with friends in our beer garden while your kids enjoy some cotton candy and have a shot at the Dunk Tank to soak their favorite teacher! Enter our Chili Cook-off or have a taste and judge the best for yourself! Music will energize the night and end with Karaoke that is sure to entertain us all!
Tickets to enter are $12 for adults and $8 for children. Tickets include a visit to food stations for pizza, sliders, hot dogs and kebobs. Purchase additional tickets for $5 beer/wine, $5 dunk tank (2 shots), $3 cotton candy, $1 soft drinks/bottled water. You can purchase tickets here or look for flyers in the school office.
THIS WEEK….
This week, we’ll be settling in to 6th Grade – sorting our supplies, organizing our binders, notebooks, and personal spaces for the new year, and establishing expectations and routines. We’ll be sharing our summer reading projects, starting our first couple writing assignments of the year, and completing a few assessments (helps Ms. C help us more efficiently).
On Wednesday, here’s what’s coming home for parents to look at and sign:
- School Calendar and Handbook (sign and return by Friday, September 7)
- 6th Grade Parent Scoop (sign and return by Friday, August 24)
- 6th Grade Student Lowdown (sign and replace in student Big Binder by Friday, August 24)
- Computer Lab Policy (sign and return by Friday, August 24)
- Laptop Use Agreement (sign and return by Friday, August 24)
- Anti-Bullying Policy (sign and return by Friday, August 24)
- Bishop Flores Media Center Policy (sign and return by Friday, August 24)
- Gradelink Login Information (please sign and return ONE copy by Friday, August 24 – change your Gradelink password ASAP)
- Jog-A-Thon Information and T-Shirt Orders (orders due Friday, August 31)
Phew! My apologies, I know it’s a lot! Thank you in advance – please let me know if you have any questions on the information/policies.
We’re also kicking off our first fundraiser for 6th Grade Camp –> representatives from All American Catalog services will be on campus on Friday to talk to 6th and 8th about the sales. A large percentage of whatever money your child raises is put forth to your family’s individual camp balance (I’ll talk more about this at Back-to-School Night).
UPCOMING EVENTS
Aug. 23: First Day of School! 7:30-8:30a Breakfast & Coffee; 12N dismissal
Aug. 24: 12N Dismissal
Aug. 25: 12N Dismissal
Aug 27: Uniform Day, Ki’s Hot Lunch Begins
Aug. 30: Back to School Night (1st – 6th)
Sept 3: Labor Day – NO SCHOOL
Sept 5: PTG Meeting (6p Social, 6:30p Meeting)
Sept 7: 12N Dismissal; 4p – 8p Back-to-School Social
Sept 10-21: STAR testing
Sept 11: 6th Grade Hot Lunch
Sept 12: School Mass (formal uniform); Progress Reports
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