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MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Nov 8th                              2:00 Dismissal – Teacher In-Service

Nov 9th                              SCRIP Challenge Dress Down Day for all students

Nov 10th                            Musical/Play at 6:30pm in Parish Center

Nov 11th                            Dinner Theater Musical/Play at PC - 5:30pm

Nov 16th                            Dress Down Day for 5th – 8th Grade

Nov 20th                            3rd-8th Grade Progress Reports

Nov 21st                             NO SCHOOL - Teacher In-service

Nov. 22nd  & 23rd              NO SCHOOL - Happy Thanksgiving!

DID YOU KNOW … St. Patrick’s School Library has over 10,000 titles in its collection and subscribes to magazines such as Sports Illustrated for Kids, NICK, and Scientific American? 

…..11 dedicated women volunteer their time each month in the library- checking in and out books, covering books, cataloguing/processing books, and most importantly helping students find a book to read

…. Due to tremendous support for our Book Fair, over $3,000 was raised for the school library this Fall and over $8,000 total in the past 13 months 

….12 sixth and seventh grade students joined our first ever book club, reading and talking about books purchased through a special grant 

….Each and every student and staff member has home and school access to Grolier Online, which contains updated articles for student research

….St. Patrick’s School Library wouldn’t reach the needs of our students without all of our parent support.  Thank you so much. – Anne Kalkowski, St. Patrick’s Media Specialist

INFORMATION ON THE NEW BUILDING PROGRESS – WOW! What a wonderful week of work at the construction site.  Over 75% of the bottom floor is laid, the steel frames for the 2nd floor are up and they are getting prepared to pour cement.  The progress is a proud site!

We all need to continue for favorable weather so F & B Contractors can continue to work at this productive pace.  Remember to take a look on our web site   www.stpatselkhorn.org  for updated pictures of the progress.

CORRECTIONS TO THE 2007/2008 DIRECTORY – Please submit any corrections to Stef Grewe by November 13th via email at sgrewe@stpatselkhorn.org.  These will be published in the Principal’s Notes November 15th for families to update in their directories.

SCRIP – Don’t forget that tomorrow, Friday, November 9th is DRESS DOWN DAY (follow the guidelines in the school handbook)!  SPOOKY SCRIP did $20,725.95 in total sales!  During the month of October the SCRIP profits were $1606.22!!!  This is all free money for our school!  Thanks again to all who participated!!!  Enjoy the DRESS DOWN DAY tomorrow!

HO HO HO SCRIP - forms will be coming home the week of November 26th!  Check your child’s backpack!  Our HO HO HO SCRIP promotion will run until December 14th!!!  This will be a great opportunity for you to do your Christmas shopping!  SCRIP can get gift cards to hundreds of different stores!!!!  Christmas shopping can get done quickly by simply ordering gift cards for family, friends, or for you to shop with!!!

As always, if you have any questions or need some special order items, please contact Jane Chapman @ 553-6131 or KCCJDC@cox.net.

BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB NEWS - A special thanks to the following students for participating in the Birthday Book Club in October:

Elizabeth S., Claire S., Katie K., Meggie A., Isabelle B., Connor K., Maggie M., Brayden D., Aubrey O., MacKenzie S., Cole L., Cole M., Blaine K., Jacob Z., Riley H., Chloe S., Maria R., Emily S., Joe G., Emily E., and Madock B.

Thanks to their generosity, our library media center has 21 brand new books for St. Patrick’s students to check out and enjoy!  If you would like to know more about the Birthday Book Club, check out the library media center web page on Edline or e-mail akalkowski@stpatselkhorn.org

A HEAD COACH FOR 7TH/8TH GRADE TACKLE FOOTBALL FOR ST. PATRICK’S PARISH IS NEEDED - Must have some experience in football, both as a player and as a coach.  The head coach will be expected to lead a staff of volunteer assistant coaches to teach the fundamental skills of football. The successful candidate will also display a keen interest in the development of young student athletes with a focus on instilling qualities of good sportsmanship.  Interested applicants should send a brief resume and application letter to Joe Wingerter at joe.wingerter@kiewit.com or call him at 916-9204, or at 303-981-4854 for additional information.

ST. PATRICK'S APPAREL SALE!  Now through Nov. 12th order your St. Pat's apparel.  Many new items with the NEW LOGO (see the attached flier for pictures and descriptions). We will also have available hoodie sweatshirts in gray or forest green, flannel pants; long and short sleeve t-shirts and much more! Samples of the items will be available outside the office for the next 2 weeks.  Please note, at this time the new logo is only on the fleece items and wind shirts.  If you would like it on a t-shirt or other item let us know!!  Please make checks out to Home and School and turn you order in to your child's teacher.   Any questions, contact Joan Quinn at 658-0120 or jquinn26@cox.net. The link for seeing the styles and ordering the apparel are below.

APPAREL ITEMS AVAILABLE

APPAREL ORDER FORM

OH CHRISTMAS TREE, OH CHRISTMAS TREE – We are in need of Pre-Lit Trees for decorating this Advent Season – Please contact Nicki Lanzante at 679-5749 if you would be interested in helping.

“ROCK AROUND THE BLOCK” MUSICAL - Are you looking for a fun night out? Do you miss those rockin’ 50’s? Do you get excited about students sharing their talents? Then we have a great opportunity for you!! The 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students will be presenting the musical Rock Around the Block on Saturday, November 10th and Sunday, November 11th. Come join us as we rock and roll and remember those great 50’s tunes! Saturday night’s show is in the PC at 7:00 pm. It is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served.  This is a great family event! Sunday night’s show includes a dinner theater in the PC at 5:00 pm , show to follow at 6:30 The dinner is professionally catered and features chicken fried steak, salad, rolls, baked potatoes and gelato. Tickets are $20 per person, and seating is reserved. If you would like tickets, print out the order form, and send it to school addressed to Mrs. Rehn. You will receive an order confirmation by email.

DINNER THEATER RESERVATION FORM

ST. PATRICK’S ATHLETIC REGISTRATION IS HERE - We are currently registering for the following sports:

YMCA Basketball (Winter Session)

CYSL Soccer (Spring 2008)

Micro Soccer (Spring 2008)

T-Ball (Spring 2008)

Avoid the late charges and sign up now!

You will be able access the online registration from the St. Patrick’s Athletic Page

via the following link:

http://stpatselkhorn.org/athletics/Athleticsindex.cfm

If you have any questions regarding online registration, please contact Lynette Davis – Cell Phone – 496-0764

BOX TOPS - Box tops for Education continue to roll in. The first submission date was October 31, 2007. We submitted 10,100 individual Box Tops for Education. A check will be issued for  St. Patrick’s for $1010 at the beginning of December. Our next submission date is in February, so keep sending in those Box Tops for Education and let’s see if we can submit another 10,000 in February.

HY VEE - Our dates to collect Hy Vee receipts is from September 10, 2007 until December 31, 2007. For each cumulative grouping of $200 worth of receipts we receive $1 to date we have collected $28,152 in receipts. Keep sending those receipts in.

TYSON PROJECT A+ - We submitted 608 Tyson + Chicken labels on October 25, 2007. We should be receiving a check for $145.92 in the next few weeks. Remember that each Tyson Project A+ label is worth 24cents. We must have the entire Project A+ label in order to receive credit for it. The new Tyson Appeteasers have these labels on them as well as the other boxed and frozen Tyson Chicken products.

HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSES -

Saturday, November 10th –

St. Peter Claver Cristo Ray High School, from 11am to 3pm.

Sunday, November 11th –

Roncalli Catholic High School, from 10am to 1pm

Gross Catholic High School, from 11am to 2pm

Skutt Catholic High School, from 12pm to 3pm

Mt. Michael Benedictine High School, from 1pm to 4pm

Sunday, November 18th –

Duchesne Academy, from 10:30am to 2pm

Creighton Preparatory School, from 11:30am to 2pm

Marian High School, from 12pm to 3pm

CONFIRMATION CANDIDATE/SPONSOR REFLECTION…

Don’t forget to invite your sponsor to the reflection on the gifts of the Holy Spirit.  The reflection will be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Parents, if your child’s sponsor is not able to attend, please plan to attend this evening of reflection with your child.

Quilt Cutting Party…

Did you miss out on helping us cut the muslin squares at our last cutting party?  Or, were you able to make it and had so much fun you can’t wait until the next one?  Well guess what, we have another quilt cutting party planned for Saturday morning, November 10th, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.  We will be cutting the strips for the quilt and need experienced cutters who have mats and rotary cutters.  We will also need volunteers to assist with folding the material and bagging the material once it has been cut.  Please email Sue Bart @ susan.bart@interpublic.com if you will be able to join us.

Volunteers needed to assist with the 1st Reconciliation Retreat and Celebrations…

Volunteers are needed to assist with the 1st Reconciliation Parent/Child Retreat on Monday, November 26, 2007, from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. We are also in need of several volunteers to assist with the 1st Reconciliation celebrations to be held at 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 1, 2007.  Please call the RF Office at 289-4947 or email mmcmahon@stpatselkhorn.org to share your time with this group of children and their families.

 PARISH STEWARDSHIP INTENTION CARDS - St. Patrick’s Parish and the Archdiocese of Omaha have been conducting our annual stewardship renewal.  Each family in St. Patrick’s Parish was mailed a green parish intention card and an archdiocesan Feed My Sheep card.  In addition both were inserted in last week’s church bulletin.  Every parish family is asked to consider how they are sharing their time, talent and treasure this next year and complete the parish intention card.  Please remember that each school family that receives parishioner tuition rate is expected to have a completed Parish Stewardship Intention Card on file. 

DON’T MISS OUT ON TASTE! - Space is still available for St. Patrick’s TASTE! Saturday Nov. 17th Don't miss out on the fun!  There are only a few more days left to register.  Registration ends Monday, November 12th.

Babysitting will be available through St. Patrick’s Youth (SPY)

Full details and forms available at: http://www.stpatselkhorn.org/development/TASTE.cfm   

NEED A BABYSITTER FOR TASTE? -  Register your kids for the SPY Pajama Party Babysitting Fundraiser during the TASTE event.  Children 2-11 years can be watched from 7-10 pm in Boland Hall for $10 per child.  Registrations due by Wednesday, Nov. 14th.  Forms available on the parish website front page, on the TASTE webpage and in the school or Church lobbies. Funds being raised for the summer ’08 YNIA Mission trip.

MIDDLE SCHOOL SPY NIGHT - Next Sunday, Nov. 18th from 6-7:30 pm in the Youth Room is the youth group night for 6th-8th graders.  Topic: Are You Smarter Than a Turkey? 

Contact Info: Jenni Vankat, 359-1950 or jvankat@stpatselkhorn.org.

“FIELD OF DREAMS” DINNER AUCTION- There is still time to turn in items for the silent auction!  We have collected nearly 200 items so far and have room for many more.  You can help make “Field of Dreams” a fantastic event. Please consider donating goods or services such as child care, lawn mowing, photography, legal services, cooking, decorating, consulting, coaching, time shares, RVs, boats, scrapbooks, hair products, sports memorabilia, music, wine, food, quilts, even your own home or backyard for a BBQ!  Acquisition forms are available in the school office or from John Dunn.  If you have questions about donating please contact Chirsten Broz at cjbroz@cox.net or 315-9530.

There are also several opportunities to still be a part of the excitement and help at the event. Contact Shannon Watkins at 431-1624 or shannonwatkins@cox.net to see how you can get in the game!

A LETTER FROM THE FIELD OF DREAMS RAFFLE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN –

Dear St. Patrick’s Parents and Students-

This February, St. Patrick’s will raffle a brand new Harley Davidson Sportster Motorcycle (or $10,000 cash).  The parish will have 90 days before the drawing under Nebraska state law to sell tickets for a chance to win the motorcycle or other cash prizes.  Tickets will be $20 each or six tickets for $100, a savings of $20.

We, at St. Patrick’s, are very excited about this opportunity to conduct such a significant fundraiser this year, but need your participation to ensure its success.  During the week of November 12th, we will hand out a packet of 6 tickets to each Religious Formation and 5 day School family. 

That week, each family will receive a sales packet containing the following:

-Frequently Asked Questions that addresses basic information about the motorcycle -raffle

-Prize flyer

-Six numbered ticket

-Return envelope

Please consider selling the book of tickets.  We are striving for 100% participation by our school and Religious Formation students.  Each family/child will have an opportunity to receive great prizes during the raffle as well as awesome prizes for both the Religious Formation classes and 5 day school.  If you are uncomfortable selling tickets, please feel free to return them in the envelope unsold at your earliest convenience.  

I hope that you will join others and me in our parish by taking part in the raffle.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by email at DQH@COX.NET.

Sincerely,

Dan Hanus, Raffle Committee

                                                                       St. Patrick’s Motorcycle Raffle

Student-School Additional Ticket Request Form

First Name:                                                                                                                                

Last Name:                                                                                                                                

Phone Number:                                                                                                                           

Child’s First Name:                                                                                                                     

Student’s Last Name (if different than adult):                                                                                  

Student’s Teacher’s Name/Grade:                                                                                                

I would like _______ additional tickets send home with my child on Monday, November 19, 2007. 

St. Patrick’s will track tickets issued and returned.  Every seller will be responsible for returning any sold tickets and money to St. Patrick’s in the return envelope ASAP.  Additional information about the raffle will be provided in the sales packet that will go home with your child.

Principal's Notes Deadline

Please submit all items/information in final form for Principal's Notes

by Tuesday, 8:00am to the school or email to:

ridderd@stpatselkhorn.org or kmoritz@stpatselkhorn.org

Archived Principal's Notes