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Congratulations to all of our students celebrating their First Communion this weekend! We are so proud of you. Welcome to the supper of the Lord! This Wednesday, May 4th, our school Mass will celebrate all of our students who made their First Communion over the weekend. Students will be able to wear their First Communion attire to the school Mass in their honor this week. What a blessing to share in the Eucharist together!
Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week! Wednesday is bring your teacher a note and/or flower day. Let’s show our staff how much we appreciate the amazing work they do with our students! Our middle school students were blessed to enjoy two days of Outdoor School learning this week. The sixth and seventh grade students traveled to Camp Namanu. Students enjoyed hiking and activities with high school leaders learning about stormwater run-off, erosion, pollution, decomposition, and plant nutrients. The students scouted the pond for newts and studied a few along with learning how dissolved oxygen can purify pond water. The students enjoyed some recreation time with field games too! Our eighth graders traveled to Camp Howard and with the help of amazing parents and talented staff, they had their own Outdoor School experience learning about native plants, stewardship, and animal populations. The eighth graders played field games along with hikes and team building activities. We were blessed by a grant from the Gray Family Foundation allowing all of our middle school students to have an Outdoor School experience. What a blessing for our students to have this wonderful opportunity! Dismissal reminders: 1) If you are parking to pick up your middle schooler, and you are across the street, please get out of your car and cross to the school side of the street. We are seeing some of our middle school students further down the sidewalk not paying close attention to traffic when crossing the street. 2) If you are socializing for a short time after dismissal on the church side, please supervise your students and keep them in sight. Please remind them to refrain from playing on the parish office steps and porch and stay out of the landscaping bushes. Thank you for your assistance with these matters. Fundraising Events: On Monday, May 2nd from 4:00-8:00 PM at the Chipotle on Powell we will have our first dine out. Order online with a code or show the flyer at the door. St. Ignatius School receives 33% of the event sales with a minimum of $150 in sales. On Thursday, May 19th, we will host an in-person, outdoor, whole school 80’s themed Jog-a-Thon! Jog-a-thon packets will go home with students on Monday, May 2nd for students to begin getting sponsors for the big day. Rally your relatives and friends to finish the year strong in our fundraising efforts! Fundraising allows our school to provide a top-notch Catholic values-based Jesuit education. Volunteer Opportunities: We welcome parents back as volunteers! We need Art Literacy volunteers for kindergarten through fifth grade classes. Please let Mrs. Frangipani know if you are interested in Art Litera- cy volunteering. We will need jog-a-thon volunteers for May 19th, and we will ask for those soon. And we can always use more outdoor recess monitors. Volunteers must be up-to-date with C.A.S.E. training and show proof of vaccination. Please consider sharing your time and talents with us! SAVE the DATE: We will host a virtual Behavioral Health Parent Night on Monday, May 9th from 6:00- 7:00 PM through Google Meet. All parents are welcome, however the virtual presentation is geared toward families with students in 5th-8th grade. May we marvel in the joy of the Easter season as we enter May, the month of Mary. “Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea and what fills it resound; let the plains be joyful and all that is in them. Then let all the trees of the forest rejoice.” Psalm 96 11:12. Carol Pausz Principal As we prepare to celebrate Easter this weekend, may we enjoy faith-filled traditions with our families. May our hearts be filled with joy throughout the entire Easter season as we proclaim the “The Lord is Risen!” Next week, our 1st grade class will lead us in an Easter Mass. Half of our school will attend in person and the other half will watch the Mass through Zoom.
Service Opportunities: Over this week, our school raised funds for the Jesuit Relief Services to help the people of Ukraine. Stay tuned next week for the total amount raised by our amazing community! Another fun way to support Ukraine as a family is to dine at the St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Sellwood on Saturdays from 10:00 AM- 2:00 PM. In the church’s basement on Saturdays, they sell pierogies, vegan cabbage rolls, meat cabbage rolls, and Ukrainian garlic sausages. All proceeds directly benefit the Ukrainian relief effort. We are in need of more families to sign-up to volunteer to make sandwiches for Transition Projects. Arrival & Dismissal: Please remember to stay with your students in the morning until 8:15 AM when our school doors open. We ask students to refrain from playing tag or playing on the playground before school starts. As we continue to relax some of the stringent COVID protocols of this year, we are finding we can move out to our dismissal areas more efficiently. Therefore, dismissal will begin at 3:10 on most days, 2:10 on Wednesdays. As we head further into the spring, many of our PE classes will move outdoors. Therefore, please don’t open the school gates before 3:00 most days or 2:00 on Wednesdays. SAC Recruitment: We are in need of new members for the School Advisory Council next year. Please consider volunteering for this important committee. If you have any questions or would like to nominate someone for SAC, please contact our SAC Co-Chairs, Mike Moore or Steven O’Neill. Enrollment: The best way to welcome other wonderful families into our community is through ‘word of mouth’. Please spread the word by following our school on social media including FaceBook and LinkedIn. Please consider writing a Google review for our school. We have room for additional students in nearly all classes from preschool through 5th grade. Tell your friends! Volunteer Opportunities: We’d love to welcome parents back as volunteers! Currently we are seeking Art Literacy volunteers for kindergarten through fifth grade classes. Please let Mrs. Frangipani know if you are interested in Art Literacy volunteering. We will need jog-a-thon volunteers for May 19th and will ask for those in the coming weeks. And we can always use more outdoor recess monitors. Volunteers must be up-to-date with C.A.S.E. training and show proof of vaccination. Please consider sharing your time and talents with us! Playground Update: We are in the process of finalizing the contracts and schedule for the play- ground project. This summer, we will be able to put in the new surfacing which will consist of green turf and blue and tan poured in place materials. Preschool play equipment including a climbing gator will be installed outside of the preschool classroom. A new concrete walkway and curving bench with planter behind will extend from the school doors by the current playground to the tree next to the front doors. We hope to host another Giving Tuesday event next November to raise the remaining $36,000 for a new piece of playground climbing equipment in the bark chips to replace the oldest climbing bars and glider plus adding a couple of shade trees at the corners of the current playground. Summer Camps: Summer camp flyers are now available for St. Mary’s Academy, Central Catholic, LaSalle , M.U.S.E. Band, and Camp Howard. If you have teenagers 15-16 looking for a summer job, consider encouraging them to apply to be a camp counselor this summer! For the first time, Camp Howard is also looking for Camp Parent volunteers. Summer jobs allow our youth to become involved in their community and possibly inspired into future career possibilities. Uniform: Please take a moment to assist your wonderfully growing children in wearing long enough skirts and shorts. Our next themed dress class color day is on Thursday, April 21st. For class color day, we ask that students wear school appropriate t-shirts or sweatshirts with jeans or joggers predominately showing their class color. We ask students please refrain from wearing costume clothing or leggings as pants for class color day. May the joy and blessings of the Easter season shine brightly. Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6. Carol Pausz Principal As we enter Holy Week, may we recall the words of Pope Francis, “Holy Week is a privileged time when we are called to draw near to Jesus: friendship with him is shown in times of difficulty.” On Good Friday, our kindergarten through 8th grade students will participate in Stations of the Cross led by our 7th grade students. During this turbulent time, may we stop and be still so we may move closer to God our Father through Jesus. For more information on Holy Week services, check the parish website.
Service Opportunities: Our hearts and minds are with the people of the Ukraine. We pray for peace in our world and for those harmed by war. We will have a one week service project to benefit the Jesuit Relief Services for Ukraine. Students may bring in coins, bills, or checks payable to Jesuit Relief Services, Monday through Friday of next week’s Holy Week. Participating in this service during Holy Week helps us to build a just and compassionate world as a school community. Each student that participates in this service project will receive a sunflower sticker. The sunflower is the national flower for Ukraine and has become a symbol of resistance, unity, and hope. Ukraine is the world’s largest producer of sunflower oil. Another fun way to support Ukraine as a family is to dine at the St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Sellwood on Saturdays from 10:00 AM- 2:00 PM. In the church’s basement on Saturdays, they sell pierogies, vegan cabbage rolls, meat cabbage rolls, and Ukrainian garlic sausages. You can enjoy them there or take them home. They only take cash for sales, but proceeds directly benefit the Ukrainian relief effort. We are in need of more families to sign-up to volunteer to make sandwiches for Transition Projects. Afterschool Programs: There’s still room in our Saturday Academy spring session of Digital Photography for students in grades 5-8. A minimum of six students per class is required to host the class for the spring term. If you are interested in this opportunity for your student, please sign up by Monday, April 11th! Safety Drills: In addition to monthly fire drills, it is important to practice drills for earthquakes or other emergencies impacting the safety of our students. In April we anticipate practicing an earthquake drill and a ‘shelter in place’ drill. Today we had a ‘shelter in place’ drill. Shelter in place is when a police activity is happening close to the school or there is someone suspicious outside on the school campus. For ‘shelter in place’ students may not go outside and remain in their classrooms. Students are allowed to use the restroom. Support staff help monitor the hallways and larger groups of students that may have moved to the gym or cafeteria. STAR Testing: Students are taking Renaissance Star Testing for the spring testing window this week and into next week. Please send your students to school with a good breakfast and encour- age good sleep habits. Star tests are unique in that they are adaptive tests. An adaptive test means the questions increase in difficulty until the student begins to answer incorrectly, at which point, the questions become easier. As a result, your student takes a test specifically created for his or her learning level. The test is designed to find the student’s academic level in reading and math. We will examine whole school Star testing results to guide teachers in planning for the re- mainder of the year. Star testing results are one data point our school uses to determine eligibility for Title I tutoring services and for placement in advanced math in middle school. Some students participate in progress monitoring Star testing between the official testing windows to gain more information on their progress. Star tests are standardized tests given in many school districts nationwide and are periodically nationally normed. SAC Recruitment: We are in need of new members for the School Advisory Council next year. Please consider volunteering for this important committee. We are accepting applications until April 22nd. If you have any questions or would like to nominate someone for SAC, please contact our SAC Co-Chair, Mike Moore. Enrollment: The best way to welcome other wonderful families into our community is through ‘word of mouth’. Please spread the word by following our school on social media including LinkedIn and writing Google reviews for our school. We have room for additional students in nearly all classes from preschool through 5th grade. Tell your friends! Volunteer Opportunities: We’d love to welcome parents back as volunteers! Currently we are seeking Art Literacy volunteers for kindergarten through fifth grade classes. Please let Mrs. Frangi- pani know if you are interested in Art Literacy volunteering. We will need jog-a-thon volunteers for May 19th and will ask for those in the coming weeks. And we can always use more outdoor recess monitors. Volunteers must be up-to-date with C.A.S.E. training and show proof of vaccination. Please consider sharing your time and talents with us! Summer Camps: Summer camp flyers are now available for St. Mary’s Academy, Central Catho- lic, LaSalle and Camp Howard. If you have teenagers 15-16 looking for a summer job, consider encouraging them to apply to be a camp counselor this summer! For the first time, Camp Howard is also looking for Camp Parent volunteers. Summer jobs allow our youth to become involved in their community and possibly inspired into future career possibilities. Uniform: Land’s End is having a uniform sale beginning on April 14. We are working as a school to be in uniform every day, so we may celebrate with themed dress days. Some of the uniform challenges across grade levels right now are skirts and shorts being long enough and not wearing hoop earrings. Please help your student to be in uniform each day. Our next themed dress day will be a class color day on Thursday, April 21st. For class color day, we ask that students wear school appropriate t-shirts or sweatshirts showing their class color with jeans or joggers. We ask students please refrain from wearing costume clothing or leggings for class color day. As we prepare to celebrate Palm Sunday this weekend and enter Holy Week, may we remember “For God so loved the world that he gave* his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to con- demn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.” John 3:16-17 Carol Pausz Principal |
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