St. Patrick Catholic School
Principal's Newsletter
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On behalf of the entire staff at St. Patrick School, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Enjoy your time with family and friends.
December 21, 2023
Dear families,
The Annual Appeal fund helps to bridge the gap between the income we receive from tuition, tuition assistance, and parish subsidies and the actual cost to provide a Catholic Faith based education at St. Patrick Catholic School. Year end giving makes a difference in the lives of our students at St. Patrick Catholic School. Please consider a gift to the Annual Appeal and support the gift of an excellent education in a high performing Catholic school.
When you invest in St. Patrick Catholic School, you make it possible for our students to use their unique gifts and put their faith in action through service learning projects. You are also leaving a legacy of a strong Catholic education in our community along with preparing the future leaders with a foundation in the Catholic Faith.
Donate online at https://cfcatholicschool.revtrak.net/donations/ or mail donations to: St. Patrick Annual Appeal, 615 Washington St. Cedar Falls, IA 50613.
In gratitude,
Mr. Wiebers
Amazon Teacher Wish List
Parents, are you looking to give a gift to your child's teacher? You are in luck! The Amazon Teacher Wish Lists can be found here. This is such an easy way to give your teacher something they would like for their classroom, at any time of the year!
Congratulations to our week 15 Football Bash winners!
Circle of Care not available after school on Thursday, Dec 21
After school Circle of Care will not be available on Thursday, December 21st. Please make sure that you have arrangements in place to pick up your students from school at 3:20 p.m. and preschool by 3:15 p.m. Circle of Care will be closed throughout Christmas break, and will resume normal hours when we return from break on January 3rd.
✝️ Christmas Break Begins Dec 22 - Jan 2
Our dates for Christmas break this year are Friday, December 22nd through Tuesday, January 2nd. We will return to our normal schedule on Wednesday, January 3rd. Please keep in mind that when we are closed for break there is no school, preschool or daycare available. Enjoy your time with family!
K-2nd Christmas Program 🎄
Thank you to all who attended our K-2nd grade Christmas program on Monday evening. It was such a joyous occasion to prepare our hearts for Christmas. We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did. Thank you to Mrs. Luders, Mrs. Schmitz, Mrs. Clements, Ms Krissi and Mrs. Byers for all your hard work putting together such a festive program.
Congratulations 5/6th Girls Basketball 🏀
Congratulations to our 5/6th grade girls basketball team on a great season. Team sports at this age aren't always about the wins and losses, but more about learning to work together and grow as a team. It's been great seeing the growth in our girls this season. Thank you to their coach, Nate Allison, for all his time working with this great group of young ladies.
Volunteer at the Cedar Valley Food Bank night - Jan 9
St. Patrick School has a long standing tradition of family volunteer nights at the Northeast Iowa Food Bank. Our next volunteer night is January 9th, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This is also great way for the 5th-8th graders to complete their required service hours. We have a limited number of spots, so if you are interested, please contact Erin Youngblut at erinyoungblut@gmail.com to register.
Catholic Schools Week!
Catholics Schools Week 2024 will be January 28-February 3. A schedule of all the fun events will be available in early January. Our Catholic Schools Week Committee is asking for parent and student volunteers to help make this a great week! Pull up our Volunteer SignUp to sign up by Friday, January 12. There are a lot of opportunities to help!
Educational Savings Accounts
Education Savings Accounts, ESAs, have given parents a choice in their child's education. Catholic education is becoming more affordable for families. For more than 35% of families, the Our Faith Student Tuition Organization, or STO, is the first piece of financial assistance income qualified families rely on. Even with the ESA's this year, more than 3100 students in the Archdiocese of Dubuque received more than $5.5 million in tuition assistance from the STO. Iowa taxpayers that donate to the STO receive a 75% Iowa tax credit, or 75 cents back for every dollar you contribute on your Iowa tax return. The 75% STO tax credit is the only tax credit of its kind, and it reduces the amount of taxes you pay to the state of Iowa at tax time. If you want to learn more about how to turn your taxes into tuition, watch this video, call the school office or go to OurFaithSTO.org.
Annual Appeal
The kickoff to our Annual Appeal has begun! Appeal letters were sent via the US postal service, and we have had a very generous, immediate response, to our request. Thank you to those early donors! Please know that money donated to our Annual Appeal is allocated into our Student Impact Fund. Donations this year will help us meet our goal of having a safe surface installed for our playground equipment area.
Open House Date Set!
Please mark Sunday, January 21st on your calendar for our preschool and K-8th school Open House. This is the perfect time to tell your friends and neighbors how great we are, and encourage them to come visit! Our preschool and main school building will be open from 8:30 a.m to 11:15 a.m to come tour, and learn more about the wonderful things happening at Clover Patch Preschool and St Patrick Catholic School.
The Main Event! Feb 10, 2024
Our Main Event is on the calendar! Make sure to save the date for our evening celebration. Planning is currently underway, with more details to be coming soon!
❄️Winter Weather Alerts ❄️
St. Patrick School Scrip Program
Stock up on Scrip
Looking for gift ideas for those on your Christmas list? We have gift cards available through our Scrip program. Visit the Order Scrip page on our website for more information. Place your order through your Raise Right account, email scrip@cfcatholicschool.org, or print a paper form.
Fareway Grocery has been added to the RaiseRight line up, but we will still be selling Scrip cards from our local Fareway store. If you would like to continue to support local, and possibly receive your Scrip cards sooner, choose "Fareway Local $__ " when placing your Scrip order on the app. Cards ordered as "Fareway Meat & Grocery" will be coming from Fareway corporate through RaiseRight.
You will find many other local gift card vendors available on our paper order sheet and on the RaiseRight app if you'd like to support our local community!
Columbus Sailor Section ⚓
Sailor Nation Athletics
There are several sports opportunities through Sailor Nation for students as young as Kindergarten age. Click on the graphic to see what's available. Contact information is included. These clinics and clubs through Sailor Nation do involve a fee.
Attention 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade boys: Sailor Nation Baseball Season
March - June, 2024
Phil Nash, 319-883-0277, philnash31@gmail.com
Courtney Donohue, 319-240-1816, Donohue.Courtney@gmail.com
Thank you for your interest in Sailor Baseball! We need to know if your child would like to participate as we begin planning for the 2024 spring/summer season! If you expressed interest when you signed up for the clinic, you won't need to fill this out too.
Our seasons typically start with practices in late March or early April depending on weather and facilities. We will divide into groups based on grade level. I'm hoping this year to have a team per grade but the numbers will dictate that. We have practiced 2x per week, and played in a league with games 2x per week, and during that time will try to practice 1x per week still. There is potential for tournaments if the families and coaches and players are up for it, it depends on the team.
Fill out the form and we will start to communicate for uniform fitting in January, split up teams and get coaches lined up, and be ready to roll in March. Happy to answer any questions if you give me a call. Thanks!
Deadline to register is 2nd week of January.
https://forms.gle/UkzGhWEs6YRfKyr5A
Thank you,
Brian Herbst
IN CASE YOU MISSED THESE...
Fall Volunteer Sign Up upcoming needs are at the top of the list
Monthly Events at St. Patrick
Our next night to volunteer at the NE Iowa Foodbank will be on Nov. 14th from 6-7:30p.m. We no longer are limited to a specific group size but they would still like an estimate for how big our groups will be, so we ask people wanting to sign-up to email erinyoungblut@gmail.com and let her know.
St. Patrick Catholic School
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Location: Cedar Falls, IA, USA
Phone: 319-277-6781