HOLY CHILDHOOD CATHOLIC SCHOOL

SWEET TOOTH REMINDER:

~Desserts are needed for the HCS Dinner Auction “Sweet Tooth” Booth

~Donations will be accepted in the HCS Cafeteria TONIGHT (4:00-6:00 pm) & Saturday, Oct 19th (8:00 am to 11:00 am)

Any sweet treat donation will be greatly appreciated!!

Homemade Pies, Cookies, Candies, Buckeyes, Cakes, Pastries, and Brownies are always popular (No refrigerated items please)

POCs: Amy Uptergrove (314) 482-5565 or Jody Cozzi (618) 509-0027 if you have questions.

We do plan on having classroom Halloween parties on Thursday, October 31. Either your classroom teachers or room parent will be in contact with you concerning details.

Sign-up Genius for Grades 1 - 5

Holy Childhood Catholic School: Parent Teacher Conferences (1st-5th) (signupgenius.com)

Sign-up Genius for Grades 6 - 8

Holy Childhood Catholic School: Parent Teacher Conferences (6th-8th) (signupgenius.com)

**Please note we will close the SignUp Genius on Wednesday, October 23 at 12:00 PM. If you need to make changes after that, please contact the teachers directly.

PreK classes will be conducting their conferences the week of Nov. 18

Kindergarten conferences will be Wednesday, November 20 & Thursday, November 21

~We will send out information for those conferences as we get closer.

As a reminder, report cards have been posted in your child's FACTs account. If you need any technical support, please contact the office. Again, we will have hard copies available for you at your Parent/Teacher Conferences.

I know I speak so much about executive functioning, but it is VERY important to the development of your child. This video is excellent as it discusses time-management and planning.

This past week, an HCS student and family suffered a fire in their kitchen. With their permission, we asked if we could help out in some way. Therefore, next Wednesday, October 23 (with a free-will donation), we will have a Dress Down Day to support our family.

Thank you, everyone!

Saturday, October 19: Dinner Auction

Wednesday, October 23: Free-Will Donation, Parent/Teacher Conferences

Thursday, October 24: Parent/Teacher Conferences

Friday, October 25: NO SCHOOL

Saturday, October 26: Trunk-or-Treat

Monday, October 28: Beginning of Red-Ribbon Week (see below)

The red ribbon is an awareness symbol that is used for a variety of causes, including: Drug prevention, Drunk driving prevention, Multiple sclerosis, and HIV/AIDS.

Red Ribbon Week will be the week of October 28. We have activities and dress themes planned for that week. Pay attention to next week's newsletter!

Holy Childhood School will be participating in the Box of Joy ministry, a Christmas gift outreach organized by local Catholic schools, parishes and groups nationwide. By packing Boxes of Joy with toys and other gifts, our students and parish members will bless children suffering from extreme suffering by sharing the joy of Christmas and planting seeds of hope through the Gospel. Children in Guatemala, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Grenada, and Honduras will receive the Boxes of Joy.

We will be collecting boxes now until Nov. 10. Please pick up an empty box and brochure at any of the entries at church. You may also stop by the school and pick up a box. A list of ideas will be included in the brochure. Also please include a minimum of $9 for shipping. This can be paid by using the QR Code on the brochure, online at BoxofJoy.com, cash or check. Drop off filled boxes at church or school.

Coordinator Jody Cozzi

Phone 618-509-0027

Our goal is 100 boxes!

Additionally, for your information, we raised almost $100 dollars for the United States Humane Society last week!

Thank you to Mike Graul for sanding and repainting our school's flag pole. It was starting to look rough after so many years.