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St.
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February 25, 2011
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Saint Henry Catholic School “Soaring with the Lord!” 300 E. Cady Street · Watertown, WI
53094 920/261-2586 · 920/261-3681 (FAX) |
“Can a mother forget her infant, be
without tenderness for the child of her womb?
Even should she forget you, I
will never forget you.”
Isaiah 49: 15
We discovered last week that we could email most of
you via our Churchwerks SIS system. The system doesn’t allow much versatility,
but it’s better than nothing. So if we
have another situation like we did last Thursday with the public school being
canceled for a non-weather related
reason, and if I find out what’s happening early enough, I will be able to get an
email out to those of you who shared yours with us as soon I hear. That won’t reach everyone, of course, but if
you want to double-check a situation, call a friend who has that or call me! I am in the phone book. The emails we have
are the ones you wrote on the student information sheets. If these have changed, you will want to let
us know. Again, if there is a weather-related school closing, we will do what
the public school does, no matter.
SUMMER
SCHOOL information and some forms will be included in this week’s
envelope. The informational sheet pretty
well explains it all. The deadlines are very important to
note. I did miss putting in the date
when you can begin viewing a listing of the courses (see # 9 on the
sheet). That is supposed to be available
“after March 2.”
NO
SCHOOL next Monday! The
faculty will be attending a number of workshops, organized by the public school
district but to which we are invited because the funding that pays for them
mandates that we be invited. No sense
not taking advantage of that. There are
a number of worthwhile sessions offered.
Educators never stop learning -- nor should we! It’s a win-win for youngsters and teachers
alike.
Next
week we will be presenting the annual,
diocesan-mandated lesson for the children in K-8 Teachers must follow a lesson plan from the
diocesan curriculum called “Valuing God’s Gifts in Ourselves and Others.” It’s part of the “Safe Environment” program
every parish must offer for both their parish school and religious education
students. You will find a letter from each of your children’s teachers –
diocese-composed – explaining the goals and letting you know where you can view
the lesson. You DO have the option of
having your child excused from the presentation. The form for that will be also
included. If that is your choice, we
will need to have that back by Wednesday at the start of the school day since
teachers will be presenting the material some time
between Wednesday and Friday of next week.
Pleased and proud are we to announce the winners of the Knights of Columbus annual
“Math and Spelling” contest. Our
school’s top participants were the following: Alyssa Denault,
grade 5 spelling, Elizabeth Kuckkan, grade 6 math,
Karli Kohls, grade 6 spelling, Brett Caine, grade 7 math, Grace O’Connor, grade
7 spelling, Cole Keller, grade 8 math, and Janelle Hamilton, grade 8
spelling. All of these students are
eligible for the next level of competition to be held in Sauk Prairie on March
5th. You might have noticed
too that Erin Haeger, in grade 6, qualified to
participate to the city-wide spelling
bee sponsored by the Daily Times on March 21st. We also just got word that third grader,
Faith Klein, is one of the top three winners for grade 3 of an American Legion essay contest related
to the topic of how to share pride in being an American. Post 189 is keeping her actual placement a
secret until she comes to a meeting in mid-March for all her fellow recipients.
Congratulations to all these young people.
Dates to Put on the Calendar
FEBRUARY
Saturday 26 Joint
parishes “Chili Cook-Off,” St. Henry Parish Center, 5:00 pm
Monday 28 NO SCHOOL
Youth Group Ski Trip – Have fun!
MARCH
Tuesday 01 New state-mandated medication
administration procedures start today.
APRIL Athletic Assn. mtg., 6:30 pm, computer lab. (Tuesday
is an unusual mtg. day for
this group.)
Friday 15 Service
Hours Sheets for 10-11 due in office along with check for
any un-served hours ($10 per
hour; max of $150.)
This is a contract requirement
for all 5K-grade 8 families.
The 15 hours could have been
earned from April 15, 2010 on.
Memory Verse for March 1- 4
Jesus said to his disciples, “Not
everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but only the one who does the will
of my Father in heaven.”
Matthew 7: 21