Honor Roll

Yesterday, was our first Honor Roll assembly held after Mass. We had many parents in attendance. Congratulations to all the honor roll students for all their hard work this past quarter. Special congratulations go to the winners of our prestigious Leadership Awards. Not only were these kids on the honor roll, but they received all 3's in conduct and effort which is hard to do consistently in all subjects. Congratulations to: Nick H., Hutch G., Molly S., Fred S., and McKimmon E. for a job well done.

Magazine Drive

Last Thursday, we had lots of happy kids. They were rewarded for all of their hard work selling magazine subscriptions. We gave away dress down days, money pillows, money, stuffed snakes, Zyclones, jump rockets, walking pigs, water balloon launchers, and Tootsie Roll banks. Anneke N. even won $200 in the postcard drawing! Ian C. deserves special recognition because he sold 70 subscriptions helping to earn his classroom a pizza party. All of the students' hard work paid off. We reached our goal of $50,000, and Msgr. and I are looking forward to spending time on the roof!

Catholic Identity

In the past two days I have seen very faithfilled expressions of our Catholic faith. Yesterday, after researching various Catholic saints, the fourth graders had a Saints Parade throughout the building. Not only did each student write a report of their saint and color a picture, but they dressed in costume as their saint! They went from room to room showing off their creativity and explaining the life of their chosen saint. It was a special reminder for all of us on how important the saints are in our own journey to heaven.

Today, Mrs. Robinson's fifth grade class participated in a prayer service for All Souls Day led by Fr. Randy. The students brought in an object that would remind them of a special "saint" from their own life that had died and who they planned to pray for this month. These names were placed on handprints located on a bulletin board as an extra reminder. Their room mother, Mrs. O'Donnell, then explained the Mexican custom of Day of the Dead and had refreshments that were suitable for this Mexican tradition. It was a wonderful way to experience All Souls Day.