ST. PAUL SCHOOL April 12, 2018 Volume 8, Issue 1

Inside this issue:

Popcorn Friday 2

Themed Thursday 2

School Spirit 2

Easter Egg Hunt 2

Items Needed 2

Pictures 2-4

Cub Scouts 5

Dear Families of St. Paul School, Welcome back from Easter Break! We hope you had a fun and relaxing time spent with your family and loved ones. These last two months of school are packed with learning and fun events! Principal Search The Principal Search Committee is currently interviewing candidates for the principal job next year. The committee will inform us when a decision has been made. Yearbook Yearbook orders are due soon! All ordering must be completed online this year. Orders need to be submitted by Sunday, April 15. Use this link to access the online order form: https://sportpicsschoolpics.simplephoto.com/prepay/35089629?code=100219YB Report Cards Teachers will be sending home report cards for students in K3 and K5 - 6th grade (K4 report cards follow the Mukwonago and Kettle Moraine grading periods). Please note that due to Mr. G’s sudden illness and absence this quarter, Gym grades were not in-cluded on the report cards. Students will receive a Gym grade for the fourth quarter. Gym Teacher We are happy to welcome Ms. Medina back to the St. Paul staff as the substitute Gym teacher for the rest of the year! Ms. Medina was our substitute Spanish teacher while Mrs. Dejewski was on maternity leave. The students and staff are delighted to have her back! Please continue to keep Mr. G in your prayers. He will be having surgery next week on Wednesday. We are praying for your complete and quick recovery, Mr. G! Zoo Field Trip We will be taking an all-school field trip to the Milwaukee County Zoo on Friday, May 25! Permission slips for the event are being sent home today. The cost is $5.00 for students and $8.00 for chaperones. Checks should be made payable to “St. Paul School.” Every-one joining us for the field trip is asked to bring a disposable lunch and drink since we will be out of school from 8:35 AM - 2:00 PM. More information regarding the trip, includ-ing how to sign up to chaperone, will be sent out by your classroom teacher. All students should wear their “I <3 St. Paul School” shirts to show our school spirit! Food Drive Results Thank you for making our Food Drive a HUGE success! We collected a total of 1,069 non-perishable food items to benefit our local food pantry!! The students embodied a true spirit of service this Lenten season. Since they surpassed their goal of 1,000 items of food, the students will receive the following rewards: Hawaiian Dress Up Day on Wednesday, April 18 Popsicle Treat and Extra Recess on Tuesday, May 1 Glow Dance Party on Friday, May 4 During the Food Drive, our Cub Scouts took the time to visit the food pantry and lend a helping hand. Check out the story and pictures from their visit in this newsletter. Thank you to all of the students and families who donated food to help those in need! I LOVE St. Paul School! Ally Blonien Proud Principal St. Paul School

Catholic Community Foundation: The Catholic Community Foun-dation has as its mission to pro-mote, sustain and enhance the mission of the Catholic Church, especially in southeastern Wis-consin. Through the generosity of this foundation, St. Paul Cath-olic Church & School has re-ceived a grant of $8,000 to be used for 2019-19 Tuition Assis-tance for those students unable to afford the full tuition for attending St. Paul Parish School. We would like to thank the Catholic Community Founda-tion for this grant and will use these funds to help them in their goal of promoting the mission of the Catholic Church. You can find out more information on the Catholic Community Foundation by going on their website. http://thecatholiccommunityfounda-tion.org/

Casual Day Tomorrow, Friday, April 13.Casual Day Tomorrow, Friday, April 13.Casual Day Tomorrow, Friday, April 13.

Popcorn Friday: The next Popcorn Friday sponsored by Student Council is April 20. Bags will sell for fifty cents or one dollar. Each order will receive free Jelly Belly Jelly Beans. Popcorn will be ready for K3 morning snack time, by 11:20 for half day students and by lunch time for all others. The last Popcorn Friday for this school year will be on May 10.

Themed Thursday: The next Themed Thursday will be on April 26. Students may wear "Crazy Mismatched" clothing, shoes, socks, etc. Students in K5 through grade 6 not wearing the themed clothing must wear their school uniforms.

Showing School Spirit: Remember, students wearing their school shirts in the community and sending a photo including loca-tion where taken to the school office can receive a St. Paul School water bottle or a prize. Their photo is also posted on the school Facebook page, in the school newsletter and names are included in morn-ing announcements. Each student can do this once each week. Check out the school Facebook page for all the participants so far and other activities that are taking place.

Easter Egg Hunt: Thank you to all those families that donated either candy or monetary donations to the Student Council Easter Egg Hunt. It is greatly appreciated. See some of the photos from the day here and go to the school Facebook page to see many more.

Items NEEDED: One of our Parish members is looking for the following items: Two high chairs, two pack and plays, 2 car seats (not expired please) and any other children's items that could help a family in need. Please

contact Mary Kay if you have items to donate or any questions.

262-392-9586

FEDERAL TAX ID: 39-0913322

St Paul Parish and School Cub Scout Pack 135 Completes 2018

"Scouting for Food" Service Project

Over three days in March, our dedicated cub scouts and their families worked together to complete our annu-al "Scouting for Food" service project. Under the leadership of Packmaster Jeff Bajczyk, Pack 135, which in-cludes children from both the parish and school, we collected and donated over 400 non-perishable food and toiletry items to the Kettle Moraine Food Pantry. In all, nine children, 10 adults and one teenage boy scout completed the project. THANK YOU for your service!

The project had three components:

Part 1: After Mass on Sunday, March 11th, the Pack broke up into three crews to place collection bags on the mail boxes of houses in the residential area surrounding St Paul's. The Potawatomi Area Council for scouts designates the neighborhood for each Pack.

Part 2: On Saturday morning, March 17th, we gathered once again, split into three crews, and collected the bags from the houses we had visited the previous week. The response was very good! A number of people left extra bags of non-perishable foods and toiletries for us to collect. THANK YOU to our generous neighbors for their support!

Part 3: On Monday, March 19th, after school, we delivered the collected items to the Kettle Moraine Food Pantry. This year, the food drop-off portion of our service project was extra special. The cub scouts and their families met with Mrs. Vera Switalski, a Food Pantry volunteer and former teacher at St. Paul School. Mrs. Switalski gave a brief talk about the purpose of the food pantry, who can use it, and how it operates. After the talk, the group toured the facility and were put to work! The children were asked to take individual items from the donations, check the expiration dates, and place things on the shelves of the food pantry.

The project was a great success both in terms of the large amount of donated items, and thanks to the spe-cial visit at the food pantry. All those involved gained a deeper understanding of the needs of people in our community, and how we can all help make things a little bit easier for our fellow citizens.