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St. Henry School Newsletter

May 29, 2009

Our Vision:

Responsible and Resourceful Graduates Rooted in Faith and Alive in Christ.

We are proud (and sad) to wish our Eighth Graders, “Congratulations on your Graduation!” They have been a delightful class to work and pray and laugh with, and we wish all of God’s best blessings to them through all the days and years ahead. They will receive diocesan “diplomas” during a special 7 pm Mass this coming Thursday evening and enjoy a lovely reception sponsored by the Seventh Grade in the Parish Center following the Eucharist. Will the High School be pleased to have them among their freshmen class! John Brebeck, Megan Heiden, Juliena Herritz, Jacob Lynch, Yolanda Narvaez, Brendan O’Connor, John Tesensky, Jerry Tracy, Jordan Turner, Ben Uecker, and John Wagner –- Go with God and continue to “Soar with the Lord!”

Parents of Kindergarteners and Students in Grades 1-7, we will need the help of some of you this coming Friday, the last day of school. Please fill out and return a form accompanying this newsletter. However, we need information from EVERYONE, even if you personally cannot attend our joint picnic and afternoon activities with St. Bernard School at Lincoln Park, weather permitting. (By the way, if weather makes this impossible, we will of course stay at school; teachers will have some fun activities in the building and youngsters will be dismissed at 2:55 from here as usual.) If it’s a go to the park on Friday, all parents need to realize that we will dismiss from the Park at 2:55. Please be there! Lincoln Park is about 10 blocks west and north of St. Henry. One way to get there from here is to go west on Cady Street to Church Street. Turn right (north) onto Church, go three blocks north and then turn west again on Elm Street (where the curve is). A few more blocks and the south end of the park will be on your right. The bus company will be picking up their usual passengers there as well. Here’s hoping we are blessed with a lovely day. Should be a delightful time with St. Bernard’s!

At the end of the day on Thursday, your children will be bringing home most of their own materials from their desk and lockers. You might want to give them an extra bag to carry things that day, especially if they are pack rats. Please take the time yourself next week to peruse the Lost and Found tables that will be put up Tuesday in the Parish Center lobby. They’ll be there a few days but we’ll have to take them down after school on Thursday before Graduation that evening. All unclaimed items will be taken to St. Vincent DePaul or disposed of or given away. Thanks for taking the time to do that.

Instead of having our All School Mass on Wednesday, we will put a Eucharist stamp on this 2008-09 school year by celebrating and thanking God for it at the 8:15 on Friday. Following Mass and a short break, we will begin our annual awards ceremony in the Parish Center. You are certainly welcome to join us for that around. It should begin between 9:15 and 9:30ish. As you will see from the accompanying permission slip, we will begin walking to the park – again, weather permitting – around 11:00 am. Teachers will be bringing with them the weekly envelopes that will contain not only the last newsletter and reminders but report cards and any awards the students might have acquired. So please be sure your youngsters go home with those. (Astounds me that I am talking about these things. Didn’t we just get back from Christmas vacation a few weeks ago?)

This is a creative and adventuresome faculty that is constantly seeking improved ways to do good things. For the 2009-2010 they decided they want to combine our open houses, back-to-school picnic, teacher information parent meeting, and back-to-school envelope retrieval all on one day. And that day will be Saturday, August 22nd. All of the classrooms (4k through grade 8) will be open by 3:00 pm for parents and youngsters to view and bring in early any supplies that they would like to leave ahead of time. In the oldest child’s classroom will be the very important envelope that contains many of the forms that need to be filled out and returned on the first day of school, along with much other information. (The envelope you used to pick up in the back of church.). At 3:15 individual teachers will address the parents about their goals and expectations for the year. Moms and Dads may need to split up for these. Obviously, if the number of teachers children have outnumber a family’s parents, the choice should be to hear the teacher(s) and/or grade that will be new to you, the parents. All discussion and sharing will cease at 4:25 so we can all attend the 4:00 Mass as a School-Parish community. After Mass, HASA will provide a picnic supper and time to visit with each other. By 6:30 pm, we can all go home and thank God for a great start to a brand new year. School will begin in earnest then, ten days later on Tuesday, September first.

Last night was a good night indeed for our fifth graders. They participated in a city-wide DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) graduation at the High School. Our own Brett Caine, was chosen to read his essay on the importance of staying drug free to the entire audience. Our prayers for all our fifth graders that they have the strength and courage to be faithful to their DARE pledges. Three cheers for Megan Bacchi, Sarah Bradow, Jenny Brebeck, Brett Caine, Alex Denault, Kirstin Evans, Rochelle Gray, John Hertel, Trey Jahnke, Jesse Jones, Chris Justmann, Calloway Kemp, Holly Krueger, Mara Lapp, Natalie Lemminger, Gabriel Linskens, Collin McCloskey, Lacey Mehltretter, Stephanie Narvaez, Grace O’Connor, Josh Schroeder, Stephanie Torres and Becca Vandersommen. And thank you, Officer Dave Gilbert, for being such a great role model!

Dates to Mark on Your Calendar

MAY

Saturday 30 Last day for getting any registrations done for public school’s summer school.

Madison’s Diocesan Choir here for 4:30 Mass and concert in church at 7 pm.

JUNE

Tuesday 02 Grades 1 and 2 visit the public library in the afternoon.

Wednesday 03 St. Henry/St. Bernard’s Play Group meets in the PC from 9:30 – 11:00 am

4K families have a picnic at Riverside Park from 5-7 pm.

Athletic Association mtg. at 6:30 pm in the computer lab.

Thursday 04 Eighth Grade Graduation, 7 pm, St. Henry Church followed by

reception hosted by Grade Seven in the Parish Center

Friday 05 Last school day of the 2008-2009 school year for St. Henry and St. Bernard Schools

Grade Six will fill liturgical roles at the 8:15 All School Mass.

School awards assembly to follow shortly after in the PC.

Joint St.Henry/St. Bernard cook out lunch (weather permitting) at Lincoln Park

followed with games for K-7. Dismissal from the park at 2:55! School bus will pick up there.

Sunday 14 Obligatory for any school or parish volunteer: “Protecting God’s Children” workshop, at Christ United

Methodist Church, 7 pm. (Usually lasts about 2 hours.) Please sign up at Virtus.org. Look for Diocese

of Madison. It’s at the Methodist Church this year because of the ecumenical Vacation Bible School.

Mon-Thur 15-18 Sports Life Camp (Vacation Bible School); contact Mr. Weissenborn at 261-7273.

Tuesday 30 All 2008-09 tuition obligations need to be fulfilled by this date, including un-served service hours

tuition. (See contracts.)

JULY

All month For those who pay the 2009-2010 tuition in full – it is due into the school office by the end of this

AUGUST month. The first SMART payment will be due this month for those who chose the monthly plan.

Saturday 22 BACK to SCHOOL Day for St. Henry School Families. Open House begins at 3:00. Teacher

SEPTEMBER Informational meetings at 3:15; Mass at 4:00; HASA School Families picnic after Mass.

Tuesday 01 First day of school year 2009-2010!