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February 14, 2018Happy Saint Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday! Lent begins today.
Today, each child was given a pink rubber bracelet with #HoosierSpark printed on it. These were a free gift from Chartwells, our food service company.
Our Girls’ Basketball team will play their first tournament game tomorrow afternoon at Longfellow (opponent will be Grissom). Our game begins at 4:30PM. Girls may wear their basketball uniforms during the school day tomorrow.
This Friday is a Casual Dress Day. We ask that each student bring at least one box of crackers to donate to the Saint Lawrence Church Emergency Food Pantry.
Confessions with Father Dave will be this Friday.
All students should pack a lunch on Monday, February 19. We will have Grade 3 after-school tutoring on February 19.
SLCS is excited to welcome Mr. Hurley C. Goodall to our school as we celebrate Black History Month. Mr. Goodall will visit our school gym on Monday, 8:00-9:00AM. Families and friends are welcome to attend this free event. Since Inspire Academy is not in session that day, you may park on the east side of the building, near the gymnasium doors.
Parts of our school Spelling Bee will air on WIPB on Saturday, March 10, @ 9:00AM.
Congratulations to Alison, one of our grade 4 students, for being one of six winners in the 2018 Altrusa International Essay Contest. Overall, 369 students from 12 schools in Delaware County entered the competition.
SLCS welcomed a new student on Monday! Andrew is in Mrs. McKinley’s class.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Walk a Mile in My Shoes on Saturday. We had 24 walkers and donated $258.78 to the Muncie Mission.
Each family has received 18 tickets for our upcoming Dan’s Fish Fry. This is a crucial fundraiser for us, and advanced ticket sales help a lot! Tickets and money should be turned in by this Friday. If you do not turn in unsold tickets or money, we will bill you for the value of the missing tickets.
If you can volunteer to help out before, during or after the Fish Fry, please contact Bryan Fortreide at bjfortriede@bsu.edu or 765.729.2396 . We need people to bread the fish, wait tables, and clean up the Knights of Columbus Hall after the dinner.
There will be a Saint Lawrence Catholic School All-Class Reunion on Saturday, February 24, at the Selma American Legion beginning at 7:00PM. Fried Chicken will be provided, as well as water and iced tea. Soda and adult beverages can be purchased. Please bring a covered dish and RSVP by February 17 on Facebook at: “St Lawrence All Class Reunion” or call Jim Leach 765.760.3841. Children are welcome. Bring your yearbooks, photo albums, and other memorabilia.
Mr. Robbins’ class will do a SMART Tour ( School Museum Art Readiness Tour) at the Owsley Museum of Art at Ball State University (2021 West Riverside Avenue) on Monday, February 26. We’ll take the MITS bus from SLCS to the museum at 1:00PM. If you would like to drive your own child, arrive at SLCS by 12:45PM to pick them up. All of Mr. Robbins’ students will be dismissed from the Owsley Museum at 3:00PM. This program is offered at no charge.
We’re having a Box Tops contest starting now! The team that submits the most Box Tops by February 23 will watch a movie and have popcorn in their room. Teams will be: Team Brinson, Team Robbins, and Team McKinley/Smith. Just 50 Box Tops =$5 for our school. Every Box Top helps!
For this year’s yearbook, each family will be allowed to enter one “Shout-Out” to be printed in the yearbook at no charge. “Shout-Outs” might be something like: “Great Job this year, Billy and Stephanie! We’re so proud of you!” All families can submit a “Shout-Out”, you do not necessarily have to purchase a yearbook. “Shout-Outs” must be submitted by March 1. Limit 100 characters. I sent an email to all families on January 23 with a link than can be used to type your message.