St. Mar y's School
                  Following Christ's command to TEACH, rule and sanctify.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to this week’s $100 calendar raffle winner, Ryan Olsem of Fulda .  Congratulations also go to Eileen Noram of Garvin, the $500 Christmas Program calendar raffle winner.  Thank you for supporting our school!

Memorials

Thank you for the memorial donated in memory of Omer Eischens, John Schleppenbach, Anita Weisbrich, and.  We are blessed by your thoughtfulness.

Advent Wreath Blessing

Everyone is invited to join us each Monday morning at 8:30 a.m. during Advent as we bless our school wreath in the front hallway.  This Monday’s Advent Wreath Blessing will be done by the Kindergarteners.

Christmas Program

Everyone did a phenomenal job on the Christmas program.  Thank you to all of the students for their hard work.  I would like to thank all of the teachers, Mrs. Otto, Mrs. Sanow, Mrs. Wester, and Mrs. Labat for working with their students to memorize play parts and who helped decorate the stage.  Thank you also to Mrs. Wester for playing the piano for our program.  Thank you to Mrs. LaVoy for making all of our fabulous treats.  Also, thank you to the first grade parents who helped set up, serve, and clean up the treats.

Winter Attire

It’s that time of year!  Please send your children with everything they’ll need for winter weather.  This includes snowpants, boots, hats, mittens, and coats.  We go outside every day unless it is 0 or below.  Please make sure that your children have everything they need. 

Advent Angels

Advent Angel gifts can be brought to school anytime next week starting on Monday.  Please remember to only write on the tag who the present is for, DO NOT write who the present is from.  All presents need to be to school by Wednesday morning.

Thank You!

Thank you to Mrs. LaVoy for planning our wonderful gingerbread house decorating day.  Thank you for making them for the students to decorate.  The students had a wonderful day!

Gingerbread Houses

The students had a wonderful time decorating the gingerbread houses.  They are in each student’s classroom.  We don’t want to chance having them break, so we ask that parents that are able to, please pick them up for your child. 

Basketball

The basketball season has started.  The basketball schedule came home on Tuesday night.  Just keep in mind that our tournament this year is a 5^th grade tournament and will take place on February 20^th.  Jim Vandendriessche and Casey Benson are both going to be our coaches this season.  The basketball schedule is on the school website if a paper did not make it home.  The first game for grades 3, 4, & 5 will be January 5^th at 3:30 p.m. against Marshall Area Christian Home Education Association.

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who provided a meal or meals for the Horner family.  Everything you have all done has been greatly appreciated.  Right now, Tammy has told us to wait and not to worry about meals for the moment.  We will wait and see how things go for them in January.  

SCRIP

There will be NO SCRIP orders placed during the week of December 21^st and 28^th.

December

          18^th – Mass at 8:30 a.m. by Grades 3 & 4

          18^th – SCRIP Pick Up

          18^th – All School Prayer at 2:40 p.m.

          21^st – Advent Wreath Blessing 8:30 a.m. by Kindergarten

          22^nd – Mission Tuesday

          23^rd – Mass at 8:30 a.m. by Grades 1 & 2

          23^rd – Caroling at PrairieView and O’Brien Court at 10:00 a.m.

          23^rd – 11:45 a.m. All School Christmas Party

          23^rd – 12:45 Dismissal

          24^th – January 3^rd Christmas Vacation

January

          4^th – School Resumes