11/18/15

Dear Parents,

My how time has flown!  I cannot believe Thanksgiving is next week.  We have had so many wonderful learning and service opportunities happen this fall.  I cannot wait to experience all the joy the Advent and Christmas season will bring to St. Malachy.  
We have lots of things coming up very soon.  Please take a minute to review events and important dates. I will be praying for your families over the Thanksgiving break.  I hope that you are able to enjoy spending quality time with the ones you hold so dear to your hearts.

A few things to note:

Wednesday - November 25 - 1:10 Dismissal

SCRIP HOLIDAY SCHEDULE - Monday, November 16th will be a normal scrip day.  We will be adding an additional day Friday, November 20th and you will receive your cards by Wednesday, November 25th.  We will not have a scrip order on Monday, November 23rd and back to normal schedule on Monday, November 30th.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20th = RED, WHITE AND/OR BLUE DAY - We are wearing these colors to show our support for Paris, France with the recent events, but also as a hopeful sign of peace for all countries.  We will be having a short prayer service for peace at 2:40 that afternoon.

UPDATING OUR TEXTING SERVICE - Do you like to receive text messages from the school?  Well we are going to run an update on our service.  Because this update, families need to agree to receive text messages again.  Please take a moment to accept our request to continue to be part of our text messaging service.  If you are not receiving text messages please email Sarah Lane slane@crestonstmalachy.org or Jennifer Simmons jsimmons@crestonstmalachy.org

THIS BLOG SHOULD BE IN YOUR EMAIL - Please take a minute and add your email to the upper right hand corner of this blog.  Once this is completed you will receive all the updates St. Malachy adds to the blog right to your inbox.

SPIRIT OF ST. NICHOLAS - St. Nicholas is known as the patron saint of children and for doing many kind and generous deeds in secret.  Let’s  celebrate this wonderful spirit of giving by donating an item to Catholic Charities.  We will be collecting for one week beginning Monday, November 30th until Friday, December 4th.  In order to ensure a variety of items, we are asking grade bands to contribute certain goods.

K-2 - shampoo & conditioner

3-5 - bar soap & toilet paper

6-8 faculty and staff - diapers (size 4, 5,6) & laundry detergent (25 loads and larger, no PODS)

LIGHTED CHRISTMAS PARADE - DECEMBER 3rd - We are in need of students who would like to ride along on our float.  Please contact Mrs. Simmons if you are interested.

Calendar

November 18th - 4th Grade Mass & Donuts and Coffee reception to follow

2:10 Dismissal

November 19th - Muffins with Mom 7:30am - 8:00am

November 20th - Additional Scrip Order day, order in by 9 am with delivery on 25th

Red/White and/or Blue Day!

November 23rd - No Scrip orders this week

November 24th - Spirit Day $1

November 25th - 3rd Grade Mass

1:10 Dismissal

November 26th & 27th - Thanksgiving Vacation

A look ahead - December 13th - St. Malachy Christmas Program - 2:00pm

YOU are invited to…

Thursday, November 19  7:30-8:00 AM

St. Malachy Lunchroom

Mom, grandma, aunt or special person may attend with the student and enjoy a muffin and time of socialization.  If you plan to attend, please sign your name below and send this back to school soon so we can plan accordingly.  THANK YOU, and see you soon!

Please contact the school if you plan to attend.

Thank you for all you do in making St. Malachy School great!

Have a Blessed weekend,

Mrs. Jennifer Simmons ~ Principal

Lord, thank you for walking with us through the seasons of our lives.

For the winter, when we are held safe in your arms through the darkness.

For the hope of spring, as we are filled with new promise and life.

For summer time, full of warmth and color

And for autumn days as leaves fall to seed new growth.

You are always with us.

Amen.