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St.
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March 4, 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) |
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
EARLY Dismissal (11:30) this coming Thursday, March
10!
For Lent, we will be memorizing some of the verses of
Psalm 51, one of the great penitential psalms in the Bible. Many of the verses will ring in your ears
since you’ve heard them in the Mass numerous times; for a number of the children some of them
will actually be a review rather than brand new. They can be prayed in sorrow for sin
whether we use them as an eight-year-old
or an eighty-year old. The tradition
about this psalm is that King David himself composed it after being horrified
by his own sinfulness – he dreadfully abused his power by having a good man
killed in order to take the man’s wife (Bethsheba)
for himself. It’s a powerful piece of
Biblical history. You can find the full
story in the Old Testament (Jewish Scriptures), Second Book of Samuel, Chapters
11 and 12.
You do know that the teachers make their tests
on the “memory work” very simple and easy to score well on with the
barest minimum of effort. That week
those verses, on prominent display in the classroom, are recited as part of the
daily prayer. Lower grade teachers always
have permission to shorten them to what they think the younger children can
handle. If you want to help,
incorporating them into your children’s night prayer would be an excellent
idea. The upcoming ones can always be found on the bottom of this newsletter,
after the calendar items.
Reminder of an important SUMMER SCHOOL deadline:
registration (and health information form, if needed) must be in by next
Friday, March 11. You should be able to
go online and see the offerings now.
Every Lent we have a tradition of having a Penny War
for a worthy cause. It lasts for two
weeks and during that time about 7-10 minutes is given every day for youngsters
to contribute pennies to their homeroom container and to go to other classrooms
to add NON-pennies (coin or paper money) to offset the penny totals of other
homerooms. The proceeds this year will
help with the expenses of a obtaining a special therapy dog from 4 Paws for
Ability in Xenia, Ohio, for Josh O’Brien.
Josh is a former student who has been afflicted with literally thousands
of seizures since he was in kindergarten here. We will begin this year’s
battles next week Wednesday, on Ash Wednesday, after a special assembly to help
the children understand the touching value of their giving.
HASA is sending home order blanks today for a spring
fund-raising effort. The very popular
one for PJ
coupons is part of it.
The other is new – for Berres Brothers
coffee. I have been impressed that the
HASA Board has tried hard to support local businesses with good products --
while keeping the cost for most products surprisingly reasonable. So if you can help, wonderful. Thank you!
Orders with payment should be in the office by Monday, March 21, our
first full spring day in school. Come
on, Spring! We all eagerly await your
arrival.
Dates to Put on the Calendar
MARCH
Monday 07 Enrollment
Management mtg., computer lab, 6:30 pm
Tuesday 08 Education
Commission mtg., rectory hall, 6:30 pm
Wednesday 09 Ash
Wednesday; Grade 8 assists with liturgical roles
during 8:15 Mass; Penny War begins today.
Thursday 10 11:30
Early Dismissal Today!
Website cmte.
mtg., computer lab, 6:30 pm
Friday 11 Summer
school registration forms MUST be in the S
t. Henry School office by today. (See information
sheet.)
Student Council Beach/Hawaiian
Day
HASA-sponsored Open Gym for
Grades 5-8, PC, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
APRIL
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 7- 11
“Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.”