Thank you to H.O.P.E. for providing a little ice cream treat / award after a long week of IOWA testing!

Last spring, Mr. Patriquin wrote for a small grant award. The objective of this grant is to fund bus trips within Mascoutah to enable more visits and strengthen the bond between the students and teachers of Holy Childhood of Jesus School and the elderly members of Mascoutah who otherwise might not get the chance to socialize with our students.

This week, we were informed we had been selected! This grant will take care of transportation costs to get our students to the retirement homes.

In addition, one of the items in Fund-A-Need this year at our Dinner Auction (cheap plug there; information below) will be an awesome classroom technological tool that can be used both here and with the elderly in the community. It is called the Beam Mobile. Check out the 2 links here. And, again, great job to Mr. Patriquin!

HCS readers are “diving” into our book contest this month. There are treasures to be found as each level is reached. Students can access Accelerated Reader (AR) through the Clever portal on the Chrome books or through the school website. “DIVE INTO READING!”

MASS SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK:

Mass will be held on MONDAY, September 30 & FRIDAY, October 4

*There will be no Mass on Tuesday or Thursday that week.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3:

~Picture Day

~Reading Night

*With Picture Day: Please note that the desire to Dress Up or Stay in Uniform on that day IS COMPLETELY UP TO YOU. We will be taking individual and class pictures that day. If you want to get individual pictures of your child in more casual clothing, we have picture retakes on November 6. That will be a Dress Down day.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4

~Blessing of the Pets at the Flag Pole beginning at 8:00 AM.

~Mass will begin immediately following the Blessing.

*Mass will be held outside on the north side of the parish / church. The alter will be on the driveway facing north with the congregation having the ability to sit in the driveway, Green street, and extend into the parking lot of HCS. Green street will be closed that day except for our handicapped parishioners. If weather doesn't permit, we will cancel the Blessing of the Pets (and move it to another day) and hold Mass indoors.

AS ALWAYS...CALL US IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS! Again, I put some information below.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9

~National "Walk to School" Day; nothing special planned, just an FYI!

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10

~NO MASS THURSDAY (see Friday)

~Kindergarten walking to Fire House in Mascoutah for tour

~Mascoutah FD will be here with a truck; kids get to spray from the hose!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11

~Bishop McGovern will visiting HCS and celebrating Mass with us in the morning.

Below is information about Althoff's opportunities with your families and students.

• Shadow visit dates are now available for 7th and 8th graders. Info & Sign up can be found at: https://www.althoffcatholic.org/admissions/visit.cfm. More future shadow dates are added weekly.
• Fall Open House is being held on October 20th at 1 p.m. The event has a structured schedule so families should expect to be here until about 3:15 p.m. Families can sign up at: https://www.althoffcatholic.org/admissions/visit.cfm