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

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Tom Lenertz of Tracy , MN , this week’s $100 weekly calendar raffle winner.  Thank you for supporting our school!

Thank you!

Thank you for the memorials donated in memory of Omer Eischens.  We are blessed by your thoughtfulness!

Thanksgiving Break!

Keep in mind that our Thanksgiving Break will be next Thursday and Friday, November 26^th and 27^th.  We hope you all have a blessed Thanksgiving with family and friends.

Report Cards

Please make sure to return your child/ren’s report card to school as soon as possible.  If you have already done so, thank you!

Fall Conferences

Thank you to everyone for visiting with us at fall conferences.  We enjoyed speaking with all of you. 

PartyLite Fundraiser

We have had to extend this fundraiser.  Please try very hard to sell these items.  We need to make up the difference of not making our magazine goal.  Don’t forget that 50% of what we sell for PartyLite comes back to the school.  The only other fundraiser that has a higher percentage is our Marathon .  Please turn in everything by Monday, November 30^th.  Thank you for working hard for our school.

 Congratulations!

Congratulations to Hannah Brockway and Victoria Schons who are our 5^th Grade Consistent Academic Achievers this year.  They will be honored at tonight’s American Education Banquet at the Shetek Bend.  Way to go girls!

Meals for Horner’s

Thank you to everyone who has already volunteered to bring a meal to the Horner family.  We have through November 30^th covered.  Please help us keep them supplied with meals up to Christmas Break.  There are about 14 days to take care of in December.  I know that the family really appreciates your efforts.  It’s one more thing that Tammy doesn’t have to worry about while she is in Sioux Falls with Joseph.

Thanksgiving Meal for Food Shelf

Thank you to everyone who has brought in items for our Thanksgiving Meal.  We are still in need of more food items.  We have enough gravy and cheesecake mixes, we are in need of green beans, cream of mushroom soup, fried onions, corn, mashed potatoes, and stuffing.  Please help if you can.  I will need to take everything to the food shelf tomorrow.  Let’s make some families’ Thanksgiving wonderful!

Soup and Pie      

Don’t forget that our Soup and Pie is this Sunday, November 22, 2009.  Please join us for food, fun, and fellowship.  The Soup and Pie will run from 11:30 – 1:00 in the church basement.  Thank you to everyone for helping out.

SCRIP NEWS!!

Remember to use SCRIP for your Holiday shopping!  Bath and Body is at 18% profit through the end of the year ($10 and $25 cards), JCPenney is at 6% profit and Shopko is at 3% profit.

Advent Angels

The children will draw for Advent Angels next week.  This year we are doing something a little different.  Instead of just drawing a name of someone in their classroom, the students will be drawing a name from the entire school.  For example, if you have a student in First Grade, they might end up picking out a 4^th Grader’s name.  Please remember over Advent, your child is to do nice things for their person, draw pictures, and even giving candy canes and such is okay.  Our Christmas party this year will be an all school Christmas party in our gym.  Advent Angels will be revealed then.  More information will come home next week.

  St. Mary’s Basketball

We are getting ready for our Echoes basketball.  However, we are in need of a coach!!  If you or someone you know would be interested please have them contact Joe Vandendriessche or the school office!

 November

            19^th – American Education Week Banquet at Shetek Bend

          20^th – Mass by Grades 1 & 2 at 8:30 a.m.

          20^th – Thanksgiving meals to Tracy Food Shelf

          22^nd – St. Mary’s Soup and Pie from 11:30 to 1:00 in church basement

          24^th – Mission Tuesday

          24^th – Education Committee Meeting at 7:00 p.m.

          25^th – All School Mass at 8:30 a.m.

          26^th & 27^th – Thanksgiving Break