ST. BARBARA SCHOOL
THURSDAY TIDBIT
God’s Words Guide Us May 11, 2006
PRINCIPAL NOTES: Best wishes to our 8th graders who received the Sacrament of Confirmation last Friday, May 5th! Thanks to the 7th grade parents who contributed to the Confirmation reception. Many compliments were received because of your help!
Many, many thanks to the wonderful parents of our Family School Association for the delicious lunch that was made for our faculty and staff yesterday. The theme, decorations and flowers (pens) with beautifully decorated vases were awesome! We really felt appreciated and truly appreciate you always thinking about us!
We are in need of blackjack and poker dealers for our upcoming Casino Nights! If you haven’t ever dealt before, don’t let that stop you! We will spend time training anyone who wants to learn! Your volunteering for all of these big events helps to keep our tuition cost down.
The last day our students will wear their school uniforms for this school year will be on Friday, June 2nd. This will allow time for the parents who wish to send their uniforms to and/or shop for uniforms in the uniform closet. The uniform closet is run by Mrs. Janka Fornalsky. You can send your clean, used uniforms to Mrs. Fornalsky through the school office.
The schedule for the last few days of school is as follows:
Monday, June 5th Half-day of school and out of uniform
Tuesday, June 6th Half-day of school and out of uniform
Wednesday, June 7th Dismissal after 9:00 Mass – out of uniform,
Dress up in Sunday best
The first day of school for next school year will be a half-day on Monday, August 23rd.
The date has been set and the players are ready! The Faculty/Staff vs. 8th grade volleyball game will be held on Tuesday, May 23rd at 12:30. Plan on coming to cheer on your favorite team!
CELEBRATE NEW LIFE: Come Celebrate Mother’s Day With Cardinal George! At Holy Name Cathedral, 735 North State Street, Chicago (parking across the street) on May 14. 2006, 12:30 pm. Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Celebrant
The Cardinal will bless all Mothers and give a special blessing to all expectant Mothers and their unborn children. Each expectant Mother will receive a medal of St. Gerard, patron of motherhood, and a silk rose as a memento of the celebration. All are welcome! For more information, call the Respect Life Office at (312) 751-5355.
CALLING ALL DECORATORS! CASINO NIGHTS ’06 !!!!!!! Next Friday morning (5-19) at 8:30 a.m. the Parish Center will begin to turn into a Casino. A reminder for the extra hands that are decorating and/or setting up…please bring scissors. If you haven’t signed up but would like to help, please feel welcome and join us at 8:30 a.m. on May 19th!
FSA/MARKET DAY UPDATE: After review of the Market Day payout program, it has been decided that this program will be discontinued at the July, 2006 Market Day sale. For the past several months, 4% of all Market Day purchases have been applied toward your family's fundraising commitment. This program has not proven beneficial, and the last month for this 4% payout to apply will be at our June, 2006 Market Day sale. Please direct questions or concerns to the school office.
HOME RUN INN PIZZA DAY: Pizza day is tomorrow. Please send your child with a sack lunch if you did not order pizza. No extras were ordered. 60¢ will be needed if you did not pre-pay for soda. Thank you.
HOT LUNCH NEWS: Menus for August and September are included in this tidbit. Food Service Professionals, our lunch provider, has increased prices for next year. The cost of a hot lunch with milk will be $2.25 and milk alone will be 30¢. Those families on the reduced plan will continue to pay 40¢ per day for lunch and milk. Order forms for the beginning of next school year will be due back in the office by May 31, 2006.
BOX TOPS UPDATE: The FINAL COLLECTION for Box Top Olympics is tomorrow, Friday, May 12th. A collection sheet is included in today’s tidbit. Who will be on the medals stand?
MARKET DAY: Orders are due in by May 16th. Pick up will be on Saturday the 27th and Pre 4 and 3rd Graders are our volunteers. Please see the flyer for great bargains this month!
SUMMER CAMPS: Trinity High School will be offering art, drama, sports, science and math camps for grade school girls this summer. If anyone is interested, more information is available in the school office.