Mission
St. Dominic, a Catholic faith-filled community, is a parish school that provides quality education which fosters the development of the whole child in a safe, caring, and academically stimulating environment.

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October 5, 2010                       
 


PTO
Our cookie dough fundraiser ends Friday, October 8. Please write all checks payable to St. Dominic PTO. Order forms are to be given to the teacher or brought to the school office.

PTO Apparel Update
Attn: Parents! For those that have ordered Gray sweatshirts and P.E. shirts, your orders are currently being processed. The apparel items are expected to arrive Oct. 9, 2010. Thank you for your continued support!
Prepaid order forms are still available at the school office. Cash and checks accepted.

Halloween Carnival Meeting
If you signed-up for the Halloween committee or would like to join the committee, please join your PTO board on Wednesday, October 6th at 6:30 p.m. for a meeting. The meeting will be held in the school library. Come and find out how you can help!

Good-Touch Bad-Touch
Our Good-Touch Bad-Touch program will begin on Monday, October 11. Any student without permission to participate in the program will be kept in the school office during their religion period. Your parent good-touch bad-touch booklet is enclosed in the Family Envelope.

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Progress Reports
Student progress reports go out Monday, October 11. This is the perfect take time to discuss with your child and communicate with the teacher. Your child has 30 days before the end of the trimester. The first trimester ends November 24.

ITBS Testing
ITBS testing will continue until Friday, October 8. ITBS make-up testing will begin at 8:45 a.m. on Thursday and Friday.
Our priority is to have student’s make-up reading comprehension, math, and CogAt. Please help us by bringing students to school by 8:00 a.m.


Living Rosary
October is the month of Mary and the Rosary. On October 7th, our student council will lead us in praying the Living Rosary. Student council will act out scenes from the Joyful Mysteries. You are invited to join us in this beautiful tribute to our Blessed Virgin Mary. The rosary will be held in the parish hall at 2:00 p.m.

Discovering Our Faith
Join Fr. Michael Carey for the second lecture on the series of Discovering Our Faith. The series is next Tuesday, October 12 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the parish hall.
The lecture covers God the Father and Creator. Bring your Catholic Catechism. Review God: One and Three, CCC 198-278,
Creator of Angels, Heaven, and Earth, CCC 325-354 and The Creation and Fall of Man, CCC 355-421.


Art and Dance After School Classes
Center of the Arts will offer art and dance
classes here on Tuesday and Wednesday from 3-4 p.m. pay $25 for each 10 week session. Classes begin October 11.
We only have 2 families signed up for these classes. No one will be turned away, scholarships available!


Virtus
All adults in direct contact with our students at school must have Virtus training. Parents that help with lunch program, lunch playground supervision, classroom help, fieldtrips, and coaching need this training.  Protecting God’s Children Adult Awareness Session is a three-hour training that helps parents to understand the facts and myths about child sexual abuse; how perpetrators operate; and how caring adults can take five important steps to keep children safe.
Go online to www.virtus.org to register for October 30, November 27, or February 5 from 9 a.m. to noon. All classes will be held in the lower hall of the Community Hall.