MARK YOUR CALENDARS -

JULY         20th        Tuition Assistance Applications Due

AUGUST   1st            All Full and Half Tuition payments are due  

                 5th           Kindergarten Social 4-6pm in the preschool parking lot

                 8th           Back to School Social for the entire school, 6-8 pm in

                                 the parking lot  Class lists will be posted

                 10th         Parish Golf Outing @ Tiburon

                 15th         SCHOOL STARTS!  Holy Day Mass 1st-8th @8:30

                 15th-17th 1/2 Days for Kindergarten

                 16th         PreS State of School Address 9:00am & 12:30pm

                 17th         PreK State of School Address 9:00am & 12:30pm

                 20th         First full day of kindergarten, PreK starts

                 21st         PreS starts  

SCHOOL SUPPLY CHANGE- St. Patrick’s had the chance to pick up 1 GB flash drives at a great price.  Since it is requested in the school supply list for 4th – 8th grades, we will provide them for each student and then include the $14 in the Activity/Field Trip fees each student pays in September.

TUITION ASSISTANCE - Every year we have several families who have financial struggles regarding their ability to send their children to our school. Fortunately, due to the generosity of the St. Patrick’s Men's Club, the Knight of Columbus and a other individual donors who give to the tuition assistance program, these families can continue to send their children to St. Patrick's.  If you are a family who has been blessed and would like to contribute to allow another student to attend our school, please contact us by emailing Don Ridder at ridderd@stpatselkhorn.org.

TUITION ASSISTANCE TIMELINE - If you are family who needs to apply for tuition assistance, please contact Don Ridder at ridderd@stpatselkhorn.org ASAP.  The deadline for submissions of applications to the school office is Friday, July 20, 2007.  Please contact us if you need an application.

EXTENDED CARE ASSISTANT POSITION OPEN – our wonderful Extended Care Director, Dana Gerten, is seeking an assistant that loves to care for children in her program before and/or after school for a few hours Monday through Friday when school is in session.  The hours are Monday through Friday from 6:30am – 7:45am and/or 3:15pm – 6:00pm.  If you are interested send your letter of application and resume to Mr. Ridder at ridderd@stpatselkhorn.org.

SUMMER TECHNOLOGY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - The Technology Department at St. Patrick’s is looking for a few good volunteers to help with data entry this summer.  Data needs to be entered into Accelerated Reader, Edline, Grade Quick, Keyboarding for Kids, and a few more programs.    Good typing skills and attention to detail are a must.  The hours are flexible and can be worked to fit your schedule.  If you are interested, please contact Don Ridder at ridderd@stpatselkhorn.org .

EXTENDED CARE APPLICATIONS – Please make sure you have completed and submitted the family application and the $20 registration fee for those planning to use the Extended Care Program this school year. All forms and are due to Mrs. Gerten by July 31st.

BOOKSHELVES & FILE CABINETS — With the growth of our students and staff, we are in need of the following items for our classrooms:  book shelves, file cabinets, dorm size refrigerators, If you or someone you know would like to donate these items please contact Don Ridder at 289-5407 or ridderd@stpatselkhorn.org.

COOK ASSISTANT SUBSTITUTE-If you are interested in filling in for the kitchen when one of the assistants is unavailable, give Mr. Ridder a call at 289-5407 and we will add your name to our list.  This is a great opportunity to help out in the school once in a while as well as interacting with the students.

SCRIP NEWS - Our tuition reimbursement program was a HUGE success!  Over $2600 of SCRIP profit was returned to school parent’s tuition accounts!!!!  Thank YOU!!!

I apologize that the SCRIP box has been running low or has been out of many items during the yearend close.  Like everyone…the SCRIP program’s account is now low having paid all the year end bills – tuition reimbursement, the school and the Archdiocese.  Having turned over our profit - we will be running on a tight budget for the next few months.  Thank you ahead of time for your patience!

School starts in 5 weeks!  SCRIP will be fully stocked & ready for the new school year.  We will have our traditional Spooky SCRIP in October, HO-HO-HO SCRIP after Thanksgiving, and our HOP-INTO-SPRING before Easter!  Look forward to some new promotions as well!

If you have any questions or special orders - please contact Jane Chapman via email

KCCJDC@cox.net or 553-6131.  Also Betsy Ramm is available to assist you and can be contacted at betsyramm@cox.net or by phone 359-1324.

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION -To all of you with “kiddos” in diapers: Did you know that selected boxes of Huggies brand diapers have Box Tops for Education on them? Each one of these Box Tops for Education is worth 10 cents for our school.

Last year we received over $2500 from Box Tops for Education that was deposited into our Home and School account. That is a lot of FREE money. We are currently ranked number 7 in the state of Nebraska for submitting Box Tops for Education.

Be sure to watch your Hy-Vee grocery ads. They usually run a summer special. In this special, if you buy the products that are listed you receive a printed receipt, at the check out stand, for a certain number of bonus Box Tops. Simply send that receipt into school and it will be submitted for FREE cash for our school.

Any questions? Contact Diane Anielak at danielak@stpatselkhorn.org or at 238-2622. Thank you in advance for helping our school.

COME JOIN THE FUN! - It’s the 7th Annual St. Patrick’s Golf Outing benefiting the St. Patrick’s Building Fund.  Get a foursome together or join in yourself and meet some new people.  Join us on Friday, August 10th at Tiburon Golf Course from noon until?  The cost to play is $100 per person or $400 per team.  This registration fee includes golf, cart, prizes and dinner following the tournament.  Click on the link for the entry form or call John Dunn at 289-1890 with questions.

ST. PATRICK’S GOLF OUTING REGISTRATION FORM

Principal’s Notes Deadline

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

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

ridderd@stpatselkhorn.org or kmoritz@stpatselkhorn.org

Archived Principal Notes