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Growing Saints
Family Newsletter * September 15, 2022
-Attributed to Archbishop Oscar Romeo
From the Principal's Office...
Walk-a-thon News!
As we get closer to the Walk-a-thon, we have a special prize for those students (families) with the highest pledges/donations for that week. Please have your child turn in their donation sheets on Monday mornings. The 3 sheets with the highest number of pledges/donations for that week, will be recognized during lunch. Together, we can reach our goal of raising $5000 for our school!
Please plan to attend Mass with us this coming Sunday at 9 am at Sts. Cyril and Methodius! We will be praying for our teachers during Catechetical Weekend. Please have students wear their uniforms to Mass. This is the first of 3 Masses throughout the school year that we try to attend as a whole school family.
St. Therese, Sts. Cyril and Methodius, pray for us!
Sheryl O'Connor
School Picture Day
Virtue of the Week September 19-25: Obedience
Prayer: Dear Jesus, You are God, and yet You were obedient to Mary and Joseph. Help me to do all that my parents and teachers ask of me—promptly, joyfully, and completely.
You are Invited to a Gala Dinner in honor of Deacon Jeff and Deacon Mark
In honor of the Deacons, Bishop Bradley will celebrate Mass at St. Therese on Sunday, October 2nd, at 10:30 am.
Walk a Thon
This is our major fundraiser for the school this year. Best practice for quality Catholic Schools operation on a 1/3-1/3-1/3 funding formula. 1/3 of our funding comes from tuition payments, 1/3 of our funding comes from parish support, and the final 1/3 comes from donations and giving. This means that when your family and friends support the Walk-a-thon they are helping us to engage in best practices. Maintaining the 1/3-1/3-1/3 balance means that we can continue to keep tuition costs down because we are not solely relying on our families to fund the school.
Help Needed
We need someone to walk with our classes to Henika Library on September 20. A big thank you to Laura Menke and her mom for volunteering for this past week! If you can volunteer, please either fill out the form on Sign Up Genius (Chaperones to walk to Henika Library) or text Sheryl at 616.291.7443.
Conferences are coming on September 28 and 29. Our teachers teach all day and start conferences almost as soon as our students are dismissed. It would be a great service to them to have someone coordinate a simple dinner on the evening of the 28th. A crockpot of soup, some bread, and a little sweet would go a long way to helping our teachers maintain their stamina during conferences. If you would be willing to help round up a few other families to help put together dinner for the teachers, please click on the link and sign up to Coordinate dinner for the teachers. Thank you in advance!
- LCAB Members
- Coordinate dinner for the teachers during evening conferences on September 28
- Santa's Secret Shop (We will help you get started!)
All school volunteers are required to be Virtus trained (available online) and have a current criminal background check. You may complete the Virtus training at www.Virtus.org>>First Time Registrant.
Criminal background check (iChat) forms can be found here and may be turned in at the office.
Upcoming Events
Friday, September 16
Last day for donations for Positive Options Golf Outing
Sunday, September 18
9 am Catechetical Sunday-Mass at Sts. Cyril and Methodius
Students, please, wear uniforms!
Monday, September 19
Picture Day!
Tuesday, September 20
Walk to Henika Library: Kathy Adkins, Chaperone
- 5th and 6th Grades: 9-9:30 am
- 2nd and 3rd Grades: 9:30-10 am
- Kindergarten and First Grades: 10-10:30 am
- Permission Slips are posted on Family Portal>>Web Forms
Adoration 2-3 pm
Wednesday, September 21
1/2 Day-Teacher Professional Development in the afternoon
Thursday, September 22
Novena for the Feast of St. Therese begins
6:30 pm First Communion and Reconciliation Prep-mandatory parent meeting
Friday, September 23
MAP Testing Window Ends
Wednesday, September 28
4-8 pm Conferences
Thursday, September 29
1/2 Day of School
Noon-4 pm Conferences
Friday, September 30
Noon-2:30 pm Walk-a-thon at Hungry Horse Campground
Lunch Menu
St. Therese Catholic School
Email: soconnor@sttccatholicschool.org
Website: https://www.sttcatholicschool.org/
Location: 430 South Main Street, Wayland, MI, USA
Phone: (269) 792-2016
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StThereseCatholicSchoolWaylandMi
Emergency Drill Reporting
Friday, September 9, 1:00 pm
Fire Drill
Wednesday, September 14, 9:30 am