St. Paul Parochial School News
January 4, 2017
WEEKEND ALTAR SERVERS
Saturday, January 7th, 6 PM – Siena Barsuglia
Sunday, January 8th, 8 AM – Allyson & Madelyn Nicklous
10 AM – Logan Connor & Grady Wolf
SLE OF THE WEEK: SPPS students are Active Christians who: Respect, participate in, and understand the sacrament life of the Catholic Church.
FREE DRESS DAY…Tomorrow, Thursday, January 5th. Please refer to the handbook for guidelines.
PARISH BREAKFAST…Too cold to cook?? Please come join us for our upcoming St. Paul Parish Winter Breakfast at the St. Paul Community Hall on Sunday, January 8th from 8:30-11:30 AM. Our menu includes French Toast, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs and Milk, Juice or Coffee. Adults are $6.00, children 6-12 $4.00, under 6 free or the family rate of $24.00. Enjoy a hot breakfast, goodies from the country store and raffle prizes. Hope to see you there!!
AUCTION/DINNER/DANCE…The "Barn Dance" awaits you at our annual St. Paul Parochial School Dinner, Dance and Auction. Make plans to join us February 4, 2017 at the St. Paul Community Hall. Soon, you will be contacted by a SPPS parent to purchase Dinner, Dance & Raffle tickets. Decide now who you would like to invite to join you that day...the more the merrier! Please see the attached for more information.
REMINDER ABOUT JACKETS IN THE CLASSROOM….With the colder weather students are wearing sweatshirts, etc. in the classroom. Keep in mind that they are to be wearing school approved sweatshirts/sweaters in the classrooms and they are to be plain/solid navy, red or white or the Mustang Logo wear. Please see the handbook pgs. 10 & 11.
YEARBOOK COVER CONTEST…Please see the attached for information on the Yearbook Cover Art contest. Entries must be in the office no later than 8 AM, Thursday, January 12th.
PRAESIDIUM ONLINE TRAINING…Every year the Archdiocese requires volunteers that have a current background check and work with students 4 or more times year to do an Child Protection online training. The training this year is: “Social Media Safety-Protecting the Youths in Your Care”. The complete the course go to: www.praesidiuminc.com, click on the “Armatus online training” in the top right hand corner and sign in.
The sign in is: ID: first name initial, last name (ex: asmith); PW: 2 digit birth month, then 2 digit day, then OR (ex: 0116or). You will find the list of courses on the left. Scroll down to find the one you are to take and click on it. Continue through the course until you are done. Once you have completed the course, it will automatically register your completion. If you have any questions or trouble signing in, please contact the office. This needs to be done as soon as possible. Thank you for helping to keep our students safe!
YEARBOOK INFO….This year we are excited to announce again that you will be able to upload pictures directly to our yearbook program, Lifetouch Online Yearbooks. Uploaded pictures will be considered, but not necessarily guaranteed to be used in the yearbook. Thank you for your understanding. Here is the following link: community.lifetouch.com. The access code is EXLECS. Follow the step online to begin the uploading process. Please upload high quality pictures in a JPEG format and select the best pictures from the particular event. For example, rather than uploading 20 pictures from the pumpkin patch, we are asking for 2-3 pictures. Photos need to be at least 300 dpi to ensure acceptable print quality. In other words, some phones and iPad photos will not work for this program. Also, please make sure to upload pictures to the correct online folder and please add a detailed description of the picture(s) being uploaded. Thanks you! If you have any questions, please email Mr. Williams at .
Thank you! Mr. Williams and Miss Benson, Yearbook Advisors.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Thursday, January 5th – Free Dress Day
-Tuesday, January 10th, 7 PM – SAC meeting
-Monday, January 16th – NO School, Martin Luther King Day
-Friday, January 27th – NO School – Accreditation Work Day for teachers
-January 30th – February 2nd – Catholic Schools Week
-Friday, February 3rd – NO School – Archdiocese Teacher Faith Formation Day
-Saturday, February 4th – Auction/Dinner/Dance
-Monday, February 6th – NO School – Conferences as needed
PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING ATTACHMENTS:
- January Hot Lunch Menu
- January Calendar
- Yearbook Cover Art Contest Information