Dear Families,
Welcome to the end of the first quarter. The year is flying by. We have a half day this Friday for the teacher to close the book on quarter one, there will be a 12:00 (noon) dismissal.
Today at Mass, we celebrated the Feast of St. Luke. Fr. John shared with us the importance of never being alone. As Jesus sent out his followers, he sent them in pairs. He sent them with friends. As they traveled, they moved with God and the Holy Spirit. It was a wonderful compliment to our focus on being “Friends” in support of our school learning expectations.
Upcoming events and activities:
- Parent-Teacher Conferences – October 26 and 27 – This week teachers sent home a schedule for Parent-Teacher conferences. We are looking forward to seeing you. This week I sent a message about how to prepare for Parent-Teacher Conferences. Click HERE if you would like a chance to review the helpful hints.
- Salt and Light Radio (102.3 FM/1140 AM) is conducting their Fall Pledge Drive. Friday, October 20th, St. Mary’s parish and school will be on the air promoting the parish along with Salt and Light between 12:00 and 2:00. Contributors in Fr. John at 12:00, Gene Fadness at 12:40, Bob McQuade at 1:00, Frank Cassabonne at 1:20, and Kevan Grant at 1:40
- BK Music Department’s Fall Concert – Our very own Mr. Peters is leading the Bishop Kelly High School Band, Choir, and Orchestra ensembles in their first concert of the school year on Monday, October 23 at 7:30pm in the Carley Center at BK (the gym in the building just south of the main school building) Admission is only $5 for adults, $3 for HS students, $2 for younger students and senior citizens, and kids age 5 or younger are free. The award-winning BK ensembles will be performing a wide variety of music sure to entertain and delight! Doors will open to the public at about 7:00 pm. Please contact Mark Peters (mpeters@bk.org) with any questions and we hope to see you there!
- School Learning Expectations – October’s focus is Friends – We will be recognizing our Christian Leaders at Mass on Wednesday, October 25th.
- The Cornhole tournament has been moved to December 2nd. The PTO has been working feverishly with Cornhole Unlimited to create a great event for our community. With so many things happening in October, our best date has been determined to be December 2nd. Please be on the lookout for additional information.
- Trunk or Treat – After careful contemplation, the PTO is going to be hosting Trunk or Treat, October 29th from 3:00-5:00. Please review the link document for more information including a QR code to sign up for a spot
- Dia de Los Muertos – Please review the letter sent home earlier this week from Mrs. Huerta about a special school tradition – Our students and our community will be involved in many more activities at JUMP – Here is a list complete list of events and activities from Gloria Munoz
- MAP Reports were sent home this week – Please take time to review the Family Report. There was a link included in the message to a family toolkit with loads of information about the testing and the reports that follow. The link is NWEA.org/familytoolkit
- Please join us for Prayer Square and Mass. It has been great to see all of the families at Prayer Square and Wednesdays’ Mass. You are always invited to join us.
Thank you again for all your support and encouragement. God bless.
Kevan Grant
St. Mary’s Catholic School- Principal
Other Items of Interest
- Book fair is November 6-10 – We are in need of volunteers to help. Please use the following link if you have time
- Instrument Donation – Do you have slightly used music equipment? Check out this link…
- Nurse Janet will be conducting vision screening on October 26th
- Important information from the School Nurse – Return to School Policy
- Get your Spirit Wear from Educational Outfitters – New Spartan Design
- Calling on all 3rd – 6th grade basketball players – The 3rd annual Catholic School Invitational is planned for March 15th through 17th in Boise
- Mexican Dance Group – Wednesdays at 3:30. No need to sign up, you are welcomed to stop by and try – More details HERE