Tiger News

High Schools are now contacting St. Teresa School to see where 8th grade students will be attending next year. Please fill out the form below if you have an 8th grader!

https://forms.gle/iWXyuxLZGgvUeTiG6

Tiger Families,

Next week 2nd grade to 8th grade will be taking the IOWA Assessments.

Let's work together to make your child's experience a positive and successful one!

Here are some suggestions you can do to help everyday:

~ Attendance on TEST DAYS are important!

~ Ensure your child arrives at school on time.

~Have your child eat a healthy breakfast at home before coming to school.

~ Ensure your child gets a good night's sleep.

~ Wake up in in plenty of time so your child doesn't feel rushed.

~ Gently encourage your child to do their best!

~ Make up tests are difficult to schedule and often do not provide students with an optimal testing environment.

We have been working hard at school and can't wait to see how much your students have grown!

Have a great weekend and as always we thank you for sharing your student with us. We appreciate your trust, support, and partnership.

Sincerely,

Nicole Green

Principal

Want to stay up-to-date on what is happening at St. Teresa but not sure how.
Check out the St. Teresa School Parent Calendar. Click on the link below to check it out!

St. Teresa School Parent Calendar LINK

September 25th ~ RESCHEDULED Grizzly Stadium Game at 5:00pm

September 26th - October 6th ~ IOWA Testing

September 28th ~ Global Week of Students Prayer - meet at the flagpole by 7:30 am

October 4th~ Pet Blessing

October 4th ~ Teacher Chick-fil-a Night

October 7th ~ NO SCHOOL Teacher Institute Day

October 10th ~ NO SCHOOL

October 14th ~ Early Dismissal 11:30 NO Extended Care

October 16th ~ Children's Mass 11:00

October 17th ~ Picture Retake

October 17th - 18th ~ SVDP WALK

October 21st ~ End of 1st Quarter

October 21st ~ Pumpkin Patch

October 28th ~ Report Cards

October 19th ~ Trunk or Treat https://fb.me/e/2QnYll3rM

October 31st ~ Halloween Parties 2pm

Important Upcoming Dates:

November 1st ~ NO SCHOOL Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 2nd ~ Parent/Teacher Conferences 4pm

November 4th ~ Early Dismissal 11:30am

November 10th ~ Veteran's Assembly

November 11th ~ No School

November 23rd - 25th ~ NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Break

First meeting, for all members, will be held on Tuesday, September 27 3:00-3:45 in the Parish Center. We will also dismiss from the Parish Center door.

Any student who wishes to participate in the Global Week of Student Prayer and would like to meet at the flagpole on September 28th must be at the flag pole by 7:30 am. Prayer will last from 7:30am - 7:45am. Upon completion students will be dismissed to go to their classes.

Come strut your stuff at Student Councils FALL DANCE Friday, September 30th in the Parish Center from 7 pm - 9 pm.

Wear your favorite jeans, flannel, or any fall colors you have. Snacks and water will be provided by Student Council.

Tickets are $5 and must be purchased during your students lunch period.

The Community Interfaith Food Pantry is in great need of food donations. Father Joseph is asking for a unified effort to provide these much needed items from the families at St. Teresa Church, St. Luke's Church, and St. Teresa School. Students are asked to bring nonperishable food items to Mass on Wednesday, October 5th, St. Teresa's Parish Feast Day. Students will be placing the food that they brought with them on the altar during Mass. Please help support the Community Interfaith Food Pantry by bringing items to Mass.

Community Interfaith Food Pantry NEEDS LINK

The St. Vincent DePaul Friends of the Poor Walk donation collection is officially underway! Each student has been challenged to bring in just $5.00, which would provide breakfast for a person in need from our community. All students have also been encouraged to do a "good deed" in order to earn that money! Donations should be sent in by 10/18. Last year, we raised nearly $2,500 for Cosgrove's Kitchen!! Additionally, if you'd like to order a Walk t-shirt to be worn on the day of the Walk, please send in that portion of the Walk form by 9/28. There are additional t-shirt order forms/Walk donation forms in the office. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Duncan at barbie.duncan@stteresatigers.org. Thank you for your support!

One of our very own 2nd Graders got to be Principal for the Day at St. Teresa School. Principal Gus did a fabulous job, from deciding if music should be played at drop off, greeting students as they came to school, doing the morning announcements, ensuring students made it safely to church, visiting every classroom, opening all of the gates at the end of the day, and working in the office.

When interviewed Principal Gus said, "Yeah, I would be principal again. It's hard to choose my favorite part of the day, but the brownies I had for lunch were good!"

ARRIVAL:

Doors will open at 7:30am in the front. If you need to drop off earlier please sign up for Extended Care. Drop off for Extended Care is at the side doors of the gym closest to the playground.

DISMISSAL:

Students are dismissed from school at 3:00pm. Students who are not picked up by 3:10 will be walked down to Extended Care. Extended Care costs $10 per day, per child from 3:10 pm to 6 pm.

Extended Care Handbook 2022-2023

LUNCH:

For the 2022 – 2023 school year, schools are required to return to charging for school meals. The program flexibility provided by the federal government has expired; therefore, meals are no longer free. St. Teresa School is accepting payment through FACTS. Parents can deposit money for meals in their FACTS Management Account.

Lunch Costs: School lunches will cost $3.35 per lunch this year with milk costing $0.70. This year students from Kindergarten to 8th grade will have four lunch choices; two rotating choices, a salad, or a sandwich.

Snacks will be available for on the spot cash purchase for 5th - 8th grade.

PreK will have three lunch choices; two rotating choices, or a sandwich.

****MENU CORRECTION all PBJ sandwiches will be switched to Deli Sandwiches****

SEPTEMBER LUNCH MENU 9/19-9/30.pdf

St. Teresa School does not permit food deliveries from vendors such as DoorDash, UberEats, restaurant delivery, etc. If a fast food item is dropped off for your student to eat at school, they will be asked to eat it in the office.

CHROMEBOOKS: 5th - 8th Grade

Please ensure your student is bringing their Chromebook back to school each day charged.

Students are allowed to wear ANY COLOR spirit wear on Fridays. All spirit wear must be in good taste and say St. Teresa School on it.

Ensure you are following the Student Handbook for Dress Code

This is a reminder that students should be wearing a white polo on Wednesday for Mass.

All volunteers must complete the forms and training listed below by October 1st in order to be allowed to volunteer in classrooms, class parties, field trips, etc.

Complete the proper forms and Child Protection Training. These forms and training are as follows:

• Application for volunteer service

• Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System (CANTS) form

• Initial Child Protection Training or Refresher

• Background check for those who have resided in Illinois less than 5 years.

cants_authorization_for_background_check.pdf

application_for_volunteer_service.pdf

If your child has a field trip before Oct. 1st all forms must be completed and turned in three weeks before the field trip.

Children & Youth Mass Ministry Sign Up

Once a month at 11am Mass at St. Teresa Church, we have our "Children and Youth Mass" where our children/youth serve in the different ministries during Mass (altar server, greeter, usher, readers, gift bearers, choir). Please mark your calendars as the dates for the next Children and Youth Masses are as follows: October 16, November 6, December 11.

The auction committee is asking for any empty or used baskets you may have for the auction in February.

We will be collecting these gently used baskets

next week Sept. 26th-30th.

You can send them into the office in the morning with your student.

Thank you so much for your help!!

St. Teresa PTO Happenings LINK

Contact us:

PTO Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StTeresaPTO

Email: PTO@StTeresaTigers.org

Lunch / Recess Volunteers Needed – Must be current on ALL child protection requirements. If any questions, please contact Jackie Tewell at jackie.tewell@stteresatigers.org.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4DAAA82BA1FFC34-lunch

Joe & Onie’s Fundraiser – Thank YOU to everyone who supported our fundraiser! It was very successful!

Chick-fil-A Fundraiser – Tuesday, October 4th at 5-8pm – Chick-fil-A (Green Mount Commons, Belleville, IL) will be donating 15% of sales back to our school! All are invited – please share with family and friends!

https://fb.me/e/2NNO2CHwr

Trunk-or-Treat – Saturday, October 29th at 3:30-4:45pm – Deck out your car trunks, don your costumes & celebrate Halloween with your St. Teresa friends and families! More information to come! Note: Event is open to St. Teresa Catholic School families only.

https://fb.me/e/2QnYll3rM

Chicken Salad Chick Fundraiser – Wednesday, November 2nd at 10:30am-8pm – Chicken Salad Chick (O’Fallon, IL) will be donating 20% of sales back to our school! All are invited – please share with family and friends!

https://fb.me/e/3rf3fZijQ

Sugar High Fundraiser – Saturday, December 3rd at 9am-1pm – Sugar High (Belleville, IL) will be donating 15% of sales back to our school! All are invited – please share with family and friends! https://fb.me/e/2z2jrJLtG

BoxTops for Education – Did you know our school has earned over $23,000 from BoxTops?!?!

Whether you're ordering groceries for delivery or pickup–or if you requested an email receipt at checkout–you can still submit any digital receipt containing participating products and earn Box Tops for your school.

https://youtu.be/ZfUGb_3JzZg

AmazonSmile – Add St. Teresa as your AmazonSmile Charity and our school will receive a %-age of all of your Amazon purchases.

https://smile.amazon.com/ch/37-0673539

Stock the Teacher Lounge – We are excited to share an Amazon Wish List with our school families that will give us the opportunity to keep our Teachers Lounge stocked with snacks, drinks, supplies, etc. for the 2022-2023 school year. We hope to have it fully stocked by the start of the school year and then keep it stocked throughout the year. The Amazon Wish List can be located at the link below and will continually be updated with new items as the year continues. Any items purchased from the list will be shipped directly to school.

https://tinyurl.com/teachersloungewishlist

Teacher Classroom Wish Lists – Please visit the PTO Facebook page if you’d like to support our teachers via purchasing from their Amazon wish lists.

Upcoming Meetings

- PTO: Tuesday, October 11th at 6:30pm – St. Teresa Parish Center (https://fb.me/e/2wlVpwhgi)

- Auction: Sunday, October 16th at 6:30pm – Bouse Properties Office

Saturday, February 11, 2023 is the SCHOOL AUCTION!

Upcoming events, more information at https://www.althoffcatholic.org/admissions/visit.cfm

- October 1- Application will open for incoming freshman

- October 16- Fall Open House for grades 6-8

- December 4- Placement Test

Interested in Lacrosse? STYX Lacrosse is offering a Fall Mini Camp from October 15 - 16. Want more information, then click on the link below.

fallminicamp.pdf

2022 Golf Tournament Flyer (1).docx

The St. Teresa Athletic Association is hosting their

2022 Golf Scramble.

Where: Tamarack Golf Course

When: Saturday, October 15

What Time: 12:00 Check-In/Lunch 1:00 Shotgun Start

Dinner and Awards will follow

Cost: $125 per player

$80 per player – Under 21

For Registration and Hole Sponsorships, please contact Andy Robinson at arobgolf19@gmail.com or (618) 960-1189

One of St. Teresa's own making headlines! Way to go Eris!

Althoff's Nelson continues path back with win at Forest Park

Website: https://www.stteresatigers.org/
Location: 1108 Lebanon Avenue, Belleville, IL, USA
Phone: (618) 235-4066
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stteresacatholicschoolbelleville