St. Teresa Tidbits

Oct. 16, 2023

Parent/Teacher Conferences

All conferences are located at the Ossian site on Oct. 24 & 25. Calmar & Spillville teachers will be set up in the gymnasium and the rest of the conferences will be held in your child's respective classroom.

Electronic sign up will remain open through Friday, October 20th. Please follow the directions below and if you need any assistance please call or email Heather at 563-562-3617 or hbullerman@st-teresa.pvt.k12.ia.us

Click Parent/Teacher Conferences located toward the bottom of the left column.
Click the Event Name.
Use the dropdown to Select a Teacher.
Type the parent email address in the row of the desired date and time slot.
Click Save.
To delete the reservation, refresh the pack and click the red dash.

The screen will also list reservations scheduled for other family members.

PowerSchool

Conference Sign-Up

Conference Bake Sale

Our Disciples in Training student leadership team will be hosting a bake sale during the two days of conferences on October 24th and 25th. Any middle school students who contributes to the bake sale will get a service hour for each item donated. Items will then be plated and bagged to be sold at the Bake Sale. All items will be sold as a free will donation. Be sure to stop by the front entrance to get some yummy goodies for dessert when you pick up your pizza! All proceeds from the Bake sale will go to Damian, the student we help support who is from Columbia. To learn more about Damian, be sure to check out our school website. Our goal is to raise $500 for Damian and his family. The Disciples in Training Thank you for your support!

We have Good News!

Good News Book Fair, that is. The Saint Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School Library is excited to welcome you to our first ever Good News Book Fair beginning October 23rd and ending November 3rd. Good News is a Catholic book fair company that seeks to provide students with resources that will enrich their minds, hearts, and souls. You have the option of purchasing books virtually, semi-virtually, or in-person.

There will be catalogues and flyers sent home with your eldest enrolled student for your family. It is important to wait to order books until Oct 23rd and to use the school code, SAINTTERESA23, at checkout. For more information, please contact our Librarian, Mrs. Teslow, at cteslow@st-teresa.pvt.k12.ia.us

Mabes

Want a quick and easy supper? St. Teresa of Calcutta School will be selling half-baked Mabe's pizzas for pick up on Tuesday, Oct. 24 and Wednesday Oct. 25, during conferences. Choices are large (16"), single-topping pizzas (sausage, pepperoni, Canadian bacon and cheese) for $20. If you would like a regular pizza (sausage & pepperoni), the price would be $22. To order, please respond to the facebook post or call the school offices Penny in Ossian at 532-9353 or Heather in Spillville 563-3617 by the end of the school day on Friday, Oct. 20. This endeavor will support playground improvements.

Student Tuition Organization

Please Help Spread the Word - Our Faith STO is a great value for Iowa Taxpayers and our Schools!

With the establishment of Educational Savings Accounts (ESA), many have asked if this signals the end of Student Tuition Organizations (STO’s) and Iowa’s 75% tax credits?

The answer is “NO”, and in fact, the STO has a huge role to play in the future of Catholic education.

Here are a few important facts to consider:

1) Our Faith STO served more students in the current 2023-24 school year than in any other year, even with the ESA’s.

2) $5.6 million in tuition assistance helped 3133 students attend the school of their choice this year. This represents more than 36% of the enrollment at our Archdiocesan schools and St. Paul’s in Waverly.

3) When we hit our fundraising goal this year, $6.38 million in tuition assistance will be available for the 2024-25 school term.

4) St. Teresa of Calcutta School received $120,000 in tuition assistance for families this school year.

You are invited to the Archdiocesan Parenting Conference!

Register now for the Archdiocesan Couples Event (October 27) and Catholic Parenting Conference (October 28) to receive the early bird registration rate (ends October 15)! You are able to register for each one separately or both for an additional discount. The Couples Event will feature a dinner, a talk by Mike and Alicia Hernon (from The Messy Family Project), and time for socializing with other couples. The Parenting Conference will feature keynote speakers Mike and Alicia Hernon as well as Jonathan and Amanda Teixeira (from Wallet Win), breakout speakers, Mass with newly-installed Archbishop Zinkula, vendors and socializing with other couples. The conference has a virtual option as well. Each event will take place at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. Both events will also have a Kidzone for children ages 1-11 (parents with children under 1 can take their children into the event spaces). For more information or to register, go to https://dbqarch.org/parenting-conference.

Archbishop Zinkula Installation

Our Archdiocesan Church will welcome Archbishop Zinkula as our new archbishop and leader this week! This is an exciting time for our local Church. We invite your family to participate by joining one or both of the activities via livestream. Archbishop Elect Zinkula will lead a vesper service on Tuesday evening, October 17 at 6:30 pm in the Cathedral. It is open to the public and will be live-streamed. The Installation Mass will also be live-streamed on October 18 at 2:00pm. Both are available by clicking here.