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February NEWSLETTER

STUDENT OF THE MONTH

Megan Schwartzhoff

Megan is a very responsible and dependable seventh grade student. She has a positive, friendly attitude and a terrific smile! Megan works well with classmates and is a friend to everyone. She willingly contributes to classroom discussions and show initiative to apply what she has learned outside of the classroom.

PARENT CARE -

The next Parents Care meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 21^st, 2012, 6:30-7:30 pm. All parents of children attending St Mary’s School are encouraged to attend.

Parents Care meetings are scheduled for the following dates:

· Wednesday, May 16^th, 2012

FISH FRY NEWS

The first fish fry is on Friday, February 24^th. If you have signed up to help out at either the first one or the second one Friday, March 30^th, you will be notified when your help will be needed. This is a great fund raiser for St. Mary’s School, and everyone’s time and talents are greatly appreciated.

St. Mary’s School TEACHER FEATURE

This month we are featuring

Mrs. Ellenz is assigned to teach fourth grade at St. Mary’s School. Mrs. Ellenz uses a straight forward approach to teach her students. She instills a sense of self-confidence in each child she teaches. Students learn to work together and on their own when they are in her classroom. Mrs. Ellenz is well known throughout the community as a helpful, hard working person.

Some facts about Mrs. Ellenz:

· Proud mother of seven awesome children

· Graduate of St. Mary’s School

· Graduate of St. Mary’s College

· Hard working farm mom, in the classroom and in the barn she gets it done

RECYCLING/Can Collection

St. Mary's School aluminum can drop-off site is right next to Kwik Trip in Dr. Schoeberl's parking lot. The parents of 5^th grade students are responsible

for maintaining the site. The side of the gate at the site opens. There is no lock to worry about. The following are scheduled to pick up the cans for the 2011/2012 school year:

Justin Morrow Family Jan. 29^th – Feb. 18^th

Volunteer Feb. 19^th – Mar. 10^th

(Call the school office to let us know if you can

collect cans on these days. Thank you.)

Sam Roble Family Mar. 11^th – Mar. 31^st

Brady Rosendahl Family Apr. 1^st – Apr. 21^st

Abby Schwartzhoff Family Apr. 22^nd – May 12^th

Katie Tornstrom Family May 13^th – June 2^nd

Ryan Wagner Family June 3^rd – June 23^rd

Jack Beardmore Family June 24^th – July 14^th

Kaitlin Conniff Family July 15^th – July 21^st

Gabrielle Hoscheit Family July 22^nd – July 28^th

Emily Loging Family July 29^th – Aug. 4^th

Colby Mann Family Aug. 5^th – Aug. 11^th

Anna Mauss Family Aug. 12^th – Aug. 18^th

Cameron Melde Family Aug. 19^th – Aug. 25^th

Justin Morrow Family Aug. 26^th – Sept. 1^st

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK

Catholic Schools Week is January 29 through February 4^th. There will be something “special” planned for each day. You should have received an email from Mr. Reichenbacher regarding the daily events.

If you didn’t get an email this is the schedule for the week.

Sunday, Jan. 29

School sponsored Parish Mass at 9:30 am

Monday, Jan. 30 (celebrate friendship)

Crazy hair day

Fieldtrip to High Rollers 8:30 am-12:15 pm

Lunch will start at 12:30 pm

Tuesday, Jan. 31 (celebrate community)

Summer fun day (shorts, fun summer shirts, flip flops etc.) Make sure to bring winter clothes along for outside recess.

Wednesday, Feb. 1 (celebrate students)

Class color day-

Preschool-Purple

Kindergarten-Green

1^st Grade-Orange

2^nd Grade-Red

3^rd Grade-Blue

4^th Grade-Camouflage

5^th Grade-Black

6^th Grade-Pink

7^th Grade-Animal Print

8^th Grade-White

Mass led by the teachers

Guest Reader day

St. Mary’s Olympics at 1:00 pm

Thursday, Feb. 2 (celebrate staff)

School shirts/blue shirts

Rosary at 8:30 am

Early release day (12:30 pm)-parent-teacher conferences 1:00-7:30 pm

Friday, Feb. 3 (celebrate parents)

Pajama day

Mass led by the 4^th grade at 8:30 am

Marathon bingo at 1:00 pm

Parents or special adult friend invited to lunch (There is a $4.00 charge for parents/friend to have lunch). Call the school office (725-3355) with your reservation. Thank you.

There is NO KC’s pancake breakfast on Sunday, February 5^th as listed on your February calendar. This was a misprint. Sorry!

Reminder: Please remember to call the school office when your child will be absent. We are still getting absent students with no calls or notes being sent to school. We need this information for their report cards/student file. Thank you.