St. Katharine Drexel School

Advent has begun! Advent is a season of waiting and preparation. In Advent, we prepare for the birth of Jesus. Advent is a uniquely joyous and hopeful season in the Church. We light candles amidst the darkness. We find warmth in the cold, dark winter season. And we come together as friends and family to celebrate the coming of our Savior. Advent is also the beginning of a new liturgical year. This Advent season marks the start of Year C. We begin the year anew, renewed by His birth.

12/5 Tonight: Cookie Decoration sponsored by Home and School / 5:30-6:30 / Cafeteria

12/7 "Follow the Star" Nativity Display / Chili or Potato Soup / 4:30 p.m. / Mission Hall

12/7 Holiday Parade / 5:00 p.m.

12/9 All School Mass celebrating the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception / 8:20 a.m.

12/11 3K & 4K Christmas Program / 9:30 a.m. / Gym

12/12 Christmas Program / 1:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. / Gym

12/17 Good Old A cappella from BDHS / 8:15-8:45 a.m. / Church

12/21 Christmas Break Begins

1/2/25 Classes Resume

1/20 Teacher In-Service / No Classes

1/21 Parade of Bands

1/25 Chili/Taco Supper after 4:30 p.m. Mass to Kick-Off Catholic Schools’ Week

1/30 The 8th-Grade Students visit the BDHS

1/30 Festival of the Educational Arts

2/1 An Evening of Glitz

2/7 Teacher In-Service / No Classes

2/17 3K & 5K Round Up

2/27 End of Trimester 2

Second trimester milk money was due on Wednesday, November 20.

If your child is taking milk, and you have not already paid,

please send $25.00 for grades K-8. Thank you.

The parish Children’s Choir JOYFUL NOISE is still accepting students in grades 1-8 to join in the fun! Rehearsals will be most Thursday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:30 PM in St. Cecilia’s Room just off the church narthex. We will sing for approximately one 10:00 Mass per month including Christmas Eve and Easter.

We will meet in the school cafeteria immediately after school and walk over to the St. Cecilia room for rehearsal. I will hand out a permission slip and other materials. It is very important that parents fill out and return the permission slip, as there will be no separate parents’ meeting. Students who have sports or other activities on some Thursdays are welcome as often as they are able to attend.

Any questions, please contact Paul Kennedy

920-887-2082 ext. 310

kennedyp@stkds.com

Christmas is Coming

...it’s just weeks away!

We’ll help with the shopping for the

SKDS Teachers/Staff on your list with SCRIPMAS!

Indicate on the order forms how much and to whom you would like to give.

Send the order form and money to school in an envelope marked “SCRIPMAS.”

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Please write a separate check for your Scripmas order to SKDS Scrip.
Any questions contact Kristy Piotrowski 262-689-5584.

Teachers and staff will receive their certificate on the last day before Christmas vacation.
All teacher certificates must be included on the “Teachers/Staff” order form.
No individual teacher certificates will be printed.

The teacher or staff member can use this certificate to purchase
whatever Scrip certificates they’d like!

The program is so simple!

*You send in whatever dollar amount you’d like, for whomever you’d like.

*You have fewer gifts to think about.

*The teacher/staff can choose the Scrip gift card he/she chooses.

*Our school benefits with a percentage of the dollar amount purchased.

• SCRIP will be sold on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in the SCRIP Office.

• SCRIP will be sold after the 8:20 a.m. Mass on Fridays.

Christmas is right around the corner! SCRIP cards are a wonderful Christmas gift for anyone! Would you like to order a large amount of SCRIP cards? Are you looking for something special? Please email the SCRIP office at scrip@stkatharinedrexelbd.org, stop in on Wednesday nights from 6:30pm – 8:00pm, or click on the button below for a list of the SCRIP Participating Retailers.

Our 3K Students will be making an igloo out of gallon-sized plastic milk jugs. They will need 150 milk jugs to complete this project. Please send to school your rinsed-out milk jugs and help our youngest SKDS students build an igloo. Thank you!

Save the date for the St. Katharine Drexel School Evening of Glitz on Saturday, February 1, 2025! The event will take place at the Beaver Dam Country Club from 4:30 p.m.-Midnight. This event is one of our primary fundraising events for St. Katharine Drexel School. Please consider joining us for an elegant dinner and an evening full of entertaining raffles, silent and live auctions. Mike Throndsen will be our master of ceremonies along with Donnie Bleich as the auctioneer. Registration will be opening soon!

Before School Program hours are 6:45 - 7:45 a.m.

After School Program hours are 3:15 - 6:00 p.m. The Before and After School Program is available on FULL school days.
Click on the picture to access Before School Care and After School Care registration information.