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St.
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March 11, 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) |
“Have mercy on me,
O God, in your goodness;
in the
greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.”
Psalm
51: 3
Our Penny War send-off on Ash Wednesday was truly
inspiring. Not only did the students
view part of a DVD on the 4 Paws for Ability training facility in Xenia, Ohio,
they were blessed by a visit from Mr. and Mrs. John O’Brien. They shared some
of the struggles and challenges eight-year-old Josh and his whole family have
had since the onset of his seizures three years ago this month. The O’Brien’s growing excitement over the
September trek to get matched up and involved in the training for Josh’s therapy
dog carried over to the youngsters. We
are proud, as a school, to help make this dream come true. The Penny War battles will be daily from now
through Wednesday, the 23rd.
You certainly are welcome to join us in our all school
praying of the Way of the Cross (the Stations) on Fridays during Lent, usually
at 2:30, in church. On April 8th they
will begin at 2:15 because Fr. Brian will be adding the lovely Eucharistic
service of Benediction at the conclusion of the Stations that week. We wish him and the other pilgrims of St.
Henry and St. Bernard a safe and wonderful trip to the Holy Land coming up soon
this month.
Accompanying this week’s newsletter will be envelopes
for ordering the 2010-2011 school yearbook.
All the information you will need is on them, except the deadline date. In order to have them ready to distribute
before the end of the school year, orders (with payment) have to be into school
by Friday, March 25. The eighth grade
yearbook club has been spending some after-school hours for a number of weeks
now helping with the layout of them. The
books truly are a nice keepsake so we are grateful for the time those students
and Mrs. Smedema, their advisor, put into getting
them ready for the yearbook company.
Last week you received a request for donations to use
as prizes for the HASA Spring Celebration Friday, March 25. Please have them in the office by Monday, the
21st. This should be a fun evening of
games and camaraderie among the 4K through grade 5 families.
Mr. Weisssenborn has an
invitation for the youth and/or parents of the sixth through eighth
graders. “Be a part of the
decision-making for the parish youth activities for Grades 6-12. Come to the meeting Wednesday, March 16. It starts at 5:30, in the Parish Center
Hallway. They tend to last an hour to an
hour and a half. We’d love your input.”
If you haven’t checked out the slide show of over 100
pictures on the school homepage of the parish website sainthenryparish.org,
please take the time to do that. I dare
you not to smile!
Dates to Put on the Calendar
MARCH
Friday 11 Market Day
HASA-sponsored
Open Gym for Grades 5-8, PC, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Sunday 13 Daylight Savings
Time begins! Spring forward.
KC
Breakfast for Josh O’Brien therapy dog cause at St. Bernard’s gym all morning.
Monday 14 Grades 7 & 8
attend 8th of 9 archery classes at Watertown
Archery
Club. Last one March 24.
Home and
School mtg., 6:30 pm, rectory hall.
Tuesday 15 Poison Prevention classes
for 4K and K in the morning
Grades
1-4 attend afternoon Maranatha College Concert
for
Children at Calvary Baptist Church
Wednesday 16 Grade 3 has liturgical
roles during 8:15 Mass
Thursday 17 Student Council “Wear
Green Day”
Weather
permitting, Grades 1-4 walk to view St. Patrick Day Parade
Friday 18 Second set of AR
points should be earned for third quarter by today.
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 14-
18
“Thoroughly wash me from my
guilt, and of my sin cleanse me.”
Continuation of Psalm 51: vs. 4