Building
Confident Catholic Leaders Through Faith, Community
and Education
Feb. 12, 2013
Academic Decathlon
The decathlon
teams will meet with Mrs. Hunt after school from 3:05 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Feb.
11-14, Feb. 19-21; Feb. 25, 26, and Feb. 28. We will not meet on Wed Feb. 27. Mr. Snyder will continue the lunch time
sessions. Both Mrs. Hunt and Mr. Snyder will continue the Friday 1:35 to
3:00 p.m. meetings. All team
members are expected to attend as many meetings as possible. Arena team members
are required to attend all
meetings.
Center for the Arts
The Center for the Arts is
once again offering an after school art session at St. Dominic School. The ten-week session will begin next
Wed., Feb. 20 and end May 1. The art class will start at 3:00 and end at 4:00
p.m. every Wednesday in the Title I room next to Daycare.
All classes are registered
first come/first serve-class size limit is 24 students. Please make the $30
check payable to Center of the Arts.
Catholic Families
Enclosed is a Sunday Visitor pamphlet
with 10 Things that Make for a Great Catholic Family. Readings on faith builders offer ideas on
spending quality Catholic time with your family.
Valentine Cards
Mr. & Mrs. Duke will continue
to sell Valentine cards and gifts in the school library until Wednesday. Store
hours are from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m.
International Food Day
If you donated food, drinks,
or paper goods for International Food Day and would like service
hour credit, please bring
your receipts to the office.
Ash Wednesday
Students will receive their
ashes at the 9:00 a.m. Mass tomorrow Wednesday, Feb. 13. After the distribution
of ashes the students begin a daylong retreat in their classrooms to prepare
them for the season of Lent.
Preschool Anniversary
We are excited to celebrate the
first year anniversary for St. Dominic Preschool on Wed. Feb. 13. Please join us for coffee during the morning
drop-off on Wed., Feb. 13 to celebrate this happy occasion!
The four-year-olds will be
ready to enter kindergarten in the fall of 2013, and the three-year-olds will
be ready to enter Transitional Kindergarten in the fall of 2013. We pray that
the families in preschool will join as TK and Kinder families in the coming
school year.
No
School
Monday,
February 18
Presidents’
Day
Observed
and
Friday,
February 22
Religious
Education Congress
School wide Learning Expectations
These are the Schoolwide
Learning Expectations students will review this week.
A student of St. Dominic
Parish School will be...
a committed Catholic who:
·
willingly shares
his/her gifts to serve others in the Church and global community.
a responsible and respectful
person who:
·
understands
his/her innate value and the value of others as beloved children of God.
·
is self-confident
and self-motivated and has the inner strength to make moral, compassionate, and
healthy choices.
·
is prepared to
make a positive difference in the world through his/her words and actions.
·
appreciates and
values the diversity of all God’s people.