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St. Henry
School Newsletter
“The Son of Man did not come to
be served but to serve
and to give his life as a
ransom for many.” Mark
Just
an update on our heating (or lack thereof) situation. We have had people working here all week so
the parish is certainly on the problem.
Please keep sending children dressed in layers. Father promises we will have heat for the
winter! We will try to keep you
updated. But the layers “thing” works,
especially if a solution is found soon and the rooms start really heating
up. Ah . . . just like at home, eh? If it’s not one thing, it’s another. Lest I forget to mention, next week, because
of the short week, we won’t have an official newsletter from this office, but
the weekly envelope will go home on Wednesday, nonetheless.
Mrs.
Harms is hoping that you are keeping up the charts for the Governor’s
Challenge of children participating in a solid hour of physical activity
five days a week for at least six of the weeks during the period from September
10th through Saturday, November 11th. Please recall that all logs must be in school
by Tuesday, November 14th at the latest.
In
your packets today, you will find “SmileSafe Kids”
safety ID cards. Notice that the
suggestion is made that you fill out pertinent information and then both Dad
and Mom keep a card in their wallets in case – God forbid – you would ever have
to contact police because of a missing child situation. It’s a nice “bonus” from the company that
does our school pictures and spring yearbooks.
We
will be sending home information requests fairly soon regarding our annual
November conferences. This year, as has
been the tradition for quite awhile, you will have the choice of a time after
school or evening the Thursday the week before Thanksgiving or the Monday of
Thanksgiving week. That’s
November 16th and 20th.
We don’t do official spring conferences because teachers are in contact
with so many parents throughout the year via weekly envelopes for everyone, as
well as seeing quite a few of you before or after school, or by contact via
emails and/or phone calls. Please know
that you can ALWAYS request a conference if you feeSl
a need. Of course we will say “YES!”
As
you know, we all here really do think it’s important for us adults and for our
children to participate in our parish’s weekend celebrations of the
Eucharist. Main reasons: GOD himself must think it’s important since
he made it one of the Ten Commandments; the CHURCH has made it one of its main
obligations for its members for generations upon generations, and JESUS the
Lord certainly demonstrated faithfulness to the obligation to worship on the
Sabbath. But I think this little excerpt
from a third grade homework assignment of an eight-year-old from Chula
Vista, California, might add another dimension to our motivation to make Mass a
non-negotiable part of our weekend.
Danny Duncan writes in his essay to explain God . . . “ You should always go to church on
Sunday because it makes God happy, and if there’s anybody you want to make
happy, it’s God! Don’t skip church to do
something you think will be more fun, like going to the beach. This is wrong. And besides the sun doesn’t come out at the
beach until
SIXTH GRADERS HAVE BUSY SCHEDULES
The
sixth grade students have done a wonderful job adjusting to their rigorous
schedule this year. It’s exciting for me
to see the ways they’ve grown in the past years.
For
the past two weeks the students have been focused on their ITBS tests. I appreciate all of the effort they put into
doing their best on these important tests.
We’ve been stretching our minds in other ways, as well. Last week the students learned the basics of
playing chess. They learned the names of
the pieces and their moves, and even had the opportunity to watch a classmate
beat me. The students are looking
forward to having more opportunities to learn this fascinating game and to work
on their strategies.
Religion
has opened several interesting discussions.
The students have asked about and discussed such things as creation,
faith, life after death, the existence of God, the miracle of the Eucharist,
and more. I think we’re all looking
forward to seeing where our class discussions will take us in the months to
come!
Miss
Boettcher
PRESCHOOL PAINTS PUMPKINS
Happy
autumn! To help celebrate this beautiful
season, we of course went to the pumpkin farm.
What a wonderful, windy, cold and very short experience it was! In addition to our trip, we painted, cut and
glued our own handmade pumpkins. Our cutting
skills have really improved in just two months.
We
also painted some very cool pumpkins and bats with our fourth grade study
buddies. Besides having a great time
with our buddies, we are also helping Katie Schroeder with the decorations for
the Home and School Halloween Bash on October 25.th
October
is also fire safety month. We have been
learning basic steps to keep us safe from fires. Our favorite is “stop, drop and roll”. To top off our discussions we will be walking
to the firehouse to visit Tony Zinda’s dad who is the
assistant fire chief. How cool is that?
Have
a wonderful weekend and rest of autumn.
Mrs.
Kemp
Dates to Put on Your Calendar
OCTOBER
Saturday 21 HASA
Blood Drive in Parish Center, 8-2
Parish
Youth Group Bonfire and Hayride
Sunday 22 Second grade parents at Reconciliation mtg., 9:30 am,
cafeteria
Monday 23 Red Ribbon Week begins (anti-smoking and anti-drug use
messages)
Mandatory
VIRTUS class for volunteers, St. Jerome School, Columbus,
Wednesday 25 No
Mass – Fr. Bernie gone to Msgr. Swain’s ordination as bishop
Kindergarten
field trip to Ebert’s
Student
Council “Wear RED Day”
HASA Halloween Bash for children through
grade 5; PC,
must be accompanied by an adult
Thur-Fri 26-27 NO
SCHOOL – Public School Teachers Convention Days
Friday 27 Some grades 6-8 students going to FrightFest
with Parish Youth Group
Tuesday 31 Student
Council Halloween Costume Day
NOVEMBER
Wednesday 01 All
Saints Day – Holy Day of Obligation
Grade
8 fills liturgical roles at
Play
Group meets in PC
Friday 03 Second sets of AR points should be earned by today (Grades
4-8)
Sunday 05 Children’s Cantor Choir sings at
Monday
Parenting 911 at Riverside Middle School,
Tuesday 07 Picture
make up day
St.
Bernard/St. Henry subcommittee mtg.,
Wednesday 08 Athletic
Assn. meeting,
Friday 10 All AR points must be earned for first quarter by today
(grades 4-8)
Student
Council Blaze Orange/Camouflage Day
HASA’s
annual Kraemer Cheese fundraiser forms go home today.
Market
Day
Scripture
verse for two weeks of October 23 – November 3 Mark
12: 29-30
“Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart, with all your soul,
with all your mind, and with all your strength.”