Saint Jude Catholic Schoolwww.stjudefw.org

December 1, 2013

DECEMBER REVERENCE, RESPECT,RESPONSIBILITYReverence-Genuflect correctlyRespect-Be helpful to the less fortunate outside of schoolResponsibility-Proper uniform

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT FROM“EXPLORING THE SUNDAY READINGS”You know the time; it is the hour now to awake fromsleep. Advent is a wake-up call. It arrives at the close ofevery year and opens for us a new Church year at thesame time. Advent is an invitation to awaken to theurgency of life in all of its beauty, potential, and grace.We literally don’t have an hour to lose! None of usknows how far the night is advanced for us nor howmany days will be given to us. If you knew you had oneday left to you, wouldn’t you choose to love more, laughmore, appreciate more, give more thanks? Seriously,“the works of darkness” that lie buried in our hearts areso last year’s news; why carry that burden into thisglorious new season of hope? Let’s put on that “armorof light” Saint Paul encourages us to do. Practice thehealing art of forgiveness daily. Say it and pray it untilyou mean it.

THANK YOU – SR’S OF NOTRE DAMEFrom Ann Ruch-Shoes and Purses for Guatemala

A HUGE THANK YOU TO Sr. Frances MariePenwell and the Sisters of Notre Dame who put in anenormous effort for a fundraiser for SewHope. Andthank you to so many of you who donated shoes andpurses! They collected 24, 258 pairs of shoes and 9,254handbags!! This fundraiser will enable SewHope topurchase hundreds of water filters to allow the poorest inGuatemala to have clean drinking water. On Thanksgiving, I give great thanks to so many ofyou who have contributed to our work. It would not bepossible without you all. THANK YOU SND!!!

VISION STATEMENT

Our vision for St. Jude CatholicSchool is to create a faith-filled

academic community composed ofstudents, parents, faculty, and staff

which offers a Christ-centerededucation and embraces the

uniqueness of all students to belife-long learners.

St. Jude School MissionStatement

St. Jude Catholic Schoolcommunity, a vital part of the

St. Jude Catholic parish, isdedicated to educating each

child spiritually, intellectually,emotionally culturally, and

physically.

St. Jude Catholic SchoolSchool Improvement Goal

Goal: All students willimprove readingcomprehension acrossthe curriculum.

Intervention: All studentswill participate in a SixTraits of an Effective Readerprogram for instruction inreading comprehension.

These Six Traits are:Decoding ConventionsBuilding ContextComprehendingInterpretationSynthesizingEvaluating

BAND NEWSOur year is off to a fantastic start with 26 enthusiastic5th grade beginners. We barely have room for them, butthat’s a problem it’s very nice to have!!

The 6th Grade Band and the Junior High Band are hard atwork preparing for our December Christmas concert,which will be on Monday, December 16th,at 7:00pm. Please mark your calendar. I know you willbe pleased to hear the results of their efforts.

Should you ever need to contact me with questions orcomments, the best way is via my homeemail, johnandnancymorse@frontier.com See you inDecember, John Morse

HASA'S FAMILY DANCEFri., Jan. 31, 2014 * 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.Dancing, Singing, Pizza & MAJOR FUN!Cost is $5.00/family $2.00/studentInterested in helping please call - Diann Sollowayat 403-7538

DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS-A POSSIBLESUGGESTIONBesides using the TV or Radio for weather related delaysand cancellations, one can contact the TV and Radiostations online to get an automatic email or text.

HELP! HELP! HELP! – LUNCHROOMWe are desperately in need of more help in thelunchroom on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday andFriday. If you are able to donate some time to thisendeavor we would appreciate it. Please contact KariWoitalla or email her at kwoitalla@stjudefw.org Thankyou so much!

SERVER’S SCHEDULEStudents in Grades 6, 7, and 8 received their server’sschedule for Dec., Jan., and Feb. Please ask your childabout the schedule and be sure he/she is responsible forcoming on the assigned date and time.

St. Jude Schoolfollows BishopDwenger delaysand cancellations.

Pemberton Drive willbe open for parkingDecember 2nd- 6th,December 13th, andDecember 16th -20th

because of classholiday parties.

Don’t forget to letMrs. Terra Ward in

the lunchroom know ofany Christmas Parties

that will involvelunches ASAP

Science FairThe Science Fair is Coming!The Science Fair for students K-8is in February. Entry forms will be

The Science Fair is Coming!

The Science Fair for students K-8is in February. Entry forms will beincluded in upcoming newslettersand should be returned to the MainOffice. Check out the Science Fairwebsitewww.stjudefw.org/sciencefair orcontact Ted Nitza at 471-0879 orted.nitza@thesecantgroup.com withany questions or comments.

HOMELESS MINISTRY REFLECTION“Embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity,especially the poorest, the weakest, the leastimportant…” Pope Francis

“Our St. Jude’s homeless ministry is something weencourage all to join. Doing this doesn’t only earn youmore service hours, it gives a sense of satisfaction. Yougive a few hours of your time to make somebody’swhole week better than it would have been without you.In addition to that, it helps us see firsthand the povertyof some of our fellow children of God. We are constantly encouraged through God’s Word tohelp everyone who needs it. We are obligated to helpthese people. Did you know that the average age of ahomeless person is 9? For almost all of you reading this,that’s younger than you. It is truly heartbreaking and eyeopening. These people need our help and through St.Jude’s we can do just that.”Maggie S., Claire S., Becca S., Caroline O. and Riley N.

Additional Planned Dates for collection:Dec. 9-12Jan. 20-23Feb.24-27Mar. 24-27May 19-22Apr. 21-24

KINDERGARTEN (2014-2015)

DRESS DOWN DAYDress Down Day for

December is Monday,December 9th

Great Opportunity for Parents

Parent's Day Out!Saturday Dec 14, 10am -4pm

St Jude Church BasementAges 18 mos- grade5

Take a day to finish shopping, wrappresents, or just relax while Junior

High Youth Ministry entertains yourchildren.

Lunch provided.

Junior high students and their parentsare needed to help with this event!

Please get a permission slip from yourreligion teacher or the youth ministry

website,www.stjudefw.org/youthministry

Parents, if you can help pleasecontact Susan Byers atsbyers@stjudefw.org

Don't forget to like St Jude YouthMinistry on Facebook to get our mostcurrent announcements about events.

Items Needed for Homeless Ministry

Bottled waterIndividual size snack-chips, pretzels, crackersVienna sausagesFruit bars/snacksApples/orangesPeanut butter and crackers or cheese and crackersRaisonsGumTravel size personal hygiene (no toothbrushes- we alreadyhave a large box of those)Chap stick Hand sanitizerSmall purse size packs of tissuesIcy hot patchesBaby wipes (small packs)Gloves

Giving our Kindergarten children a firm foundation isvery important to us. And so, after consultation with theteachers, pastor, policy committee, and school board wehave decided to offer only All Day Kindergartenbeginning with 2014-2015 school year. The followingthoughts are from our kindergarten teachers:“All of our specials are now in the morning, which takesaway from our academic time. This is making it verydifficult to get all of the important academics in during themorning hours. All of our centers, math work stations,recess, and fun activities occur in the afternoon. Themorning kids are always missing these activities. Themorning children are also missing out on lots of importantsocial interactions because they are missing recess,centers, and the fun group activities. The other twoclasses both have the gift of time. They can do math oranother subject in the afternoon if they run out of time inthe morning. All of our field trips and parties have had tobe scheduled for the morning. Mornings are very difficultto schedule for field trips. It also makes for a very woundup afternoon when they have had a morning party. Again,this is just because there are so few half day students incomparison to the number of full day students.”Kindergarten Teachers

St. Jude AdventReconciliation ServiceThursday, December 19,7:00 p.m.Join us for this beautifulpreparation for Christmas."Confession is an act ofhonesty and courage - an actof entrusting ourselves,beyond sin, to the mercy of aloving and forgiving God."

--Pope John Paul 2"In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You frommyself, not myself from You."--Saint Augustine"Our Lord Himself I saw in this venerable Sacrament . . . I feltas if my chains fell, as those of St. Peter at the touch of theDivine messenger. My God, what new scenes for my soul!"

--St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

ATTACHMENTS-December Calendar-SCRIP Express

God Bless You and Happy Advent!Sr. Kathleen Knueven, SND

December 2013Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Mass 110 3 Mass 203 4 Mass 208 5 Mass 211 6 71st Sundayof Advent

ChristmasVillage(Dec. 2-5)

Grade 5Biz Town

6:30pm1st Reconciliation

8:15amAll SchoolMass

Grade 4GingerbreadHouseFeast of St.Nick

8 9 Mass 106 10 Mass 210 11 Mass 113 12 Mass 107 13 142nd Sundayof Advent

HASALuncheon forteachers andstaffD.D.D.(Dress Down Day)

HomelessMinistry Project(Dec. 9-12)

Brother JimMungovan(Church)Grades 3,6,7, & 8

12:30pmPenance Serv. forGr. 7 & 8

12:30pmPenance Serv. forGr. 4 & 6

8:15amAll SchoolMass930amKind. ChristmasProgram

12:30pmPenance Serv.for Gr. 3 & 5

6:00pmGrade 4Pasada Party

10-4:40Parents DayOut

ChurchCleaning

15 16 Mass 108 17 Mass 204 18 Mass 114 19 Mass 109 20 213rd Sundayof Advent

7:00pmBand & ChoirProgram

9:30amPre-KChristmasProgram

7;00pmPenanceReconciliationService

8:15amAll SchoolMassLast day ofclasses beforeChristmas Break(Back on Jan.6th)

Grade 6Ice Skating

22 23 24 25 26 27 284th Sundayof Advent

ChristmasBreak→

ChristmasBreak→

5pm Mass10pm Mass

ChristmasBreak→Christmas10:00am Mass

ChristmasBreak→

ChristmasBreak→

29 30 31ChristmasBreak→

ChristmasBreak→

New Year'sEve

St. Jude Catholic SchoolSCRIP EXPRESS

Volume 14 Issue 7December 1, 2013It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go! With only 24 shoppingdays left,St. Jude SCRIP-For-Tuition is the place to go for all your holiday shopping needs!!Guess you could say that we’re your one stop holiday shop!!!

To help make your holiday shopping easier, we are currently selling SCRIP everyweekend after Saturday 5:00pm Mass and after Sunday 7am, 9am and 11am Massesuntil Christmas. You can still purchase SCRIP on Tuesdays via Kidmail, in the ParishCenter on Wednesday evenings (5:30-6:30pm) and Thursday mornings (8-10am).Please note: we will NOT be selling SCRIP during Christmas break---yourlast opportunity to purchase SCRIP in person in 2013 will beDecember 21st and 22nd after Masses and Wednesday night (December18th)/Thursday morning (December 19th). SCRIP sales will resume with Kidmailon Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Mark your calendars!

One quick reminder: For those of you new to SCRIP and wish to use Kidmail, yourSCRIP Responsible Child Permission Form must be completed and returned to usbefore we can send your SCRIP home with your child.

SCRIP Reminders/Updates*Your check needs to be enclosed with your Kidmail order form. We will be unable tofill or send your SCRIP home without your check. SCRIP checks are deposited theday of the SCRIP sale. We cannot accept post dated checks nor can we hold yourcheck. We cannot exchange your SCRIP once you have purchased it.

*We strongly suggest that you plan ahead when purchasing your SCRIP forthe holidays. Our national SCRIP broker is recommending that any special orders beplaced no later than this week (the week of December 1st) to ensure delivery in timefor Christmas. The very last possible date to place a Special Order/Prepay isDecember 12. Also, please give us a heads-up if you need a large quantity of SCRIPfrom any one merchant to ensure we have the amount you require. We are stockinga limited number of Christmas vendors until demand increases. When placing aSpecial order/Prepay order, please look up the vendor information and be as specificas possible…ie…vendor name, if it’s listed under a different vendor, denomination, ect.We would hate to order you Champps America when you wanted Champs Sports.

Holiday Percentage IncreasesOur SCRIP broker has informed us of these temporary percentage increases: Bass Pro has increased to 10% thru 12/20, Cheesecake Factory has increased to 5% thru 12/13, Chili’s has increased to 11% thru 12/13, Staples has increased to 6% thru 12/13, Spafinder has increased to 12% thru 12/13, L.L.Bean has increased to 16% thru 12/13.

Volume14 Issue 7 SCRIP EXPRESSDecember 1, 2013

SCRIP Ideas Did you take a medallion off the Giving Tree? The presents are due next

weekend(12/7 & 12/8).

Don’t forget teacher gifts! We have plenty of United Art & Education SCRIP instock. Don’t know your child’s teacher’s favorite restaurant? The room parentshould have that info…we know that certain teachers love Casa’s, Cebolla’sMexican Grill, Cracker Barrel, and Dicky’s Wild Hare… we also know that certainteachers love their morning coffee…Firefly and Starbuck’s are both in stock!

Start thinking about stocking stuffers! Think about your mail carrier,newspaper carrier, the neighbor who watched your house while you were onvacation! The following are available for $10 or less: Bath & Body Works,Barnes & Noble, Mike’s Carwash, Family Video, Firefly Coffee House,Starbuck’s, Cinema Grill, DeBrand Chocolates, and Cookie Cottage.

Are your Christmas lights all tangled up? Does only half the strand work? Hasyour tree seen better days? Get new decorations or better yet, get the prelittree with Lowe’s, Macy’s, Kohl’s, or Menard’s SCRIP.

SCRIP-For-Tuition HoursPlease note: St. Jude School Kidmail is on Tuesdays, when school is in session.Wednesday evenings 5:30-6:30pm in the Parish CenterThursday mornings 8-10am in the Parish Center

Special Holiday Schedule (all sales in the Parish Center)After Saturday evening Mass---------------------now through December 21After Sunday 7am, 9am, and 11am Masses-----now through December 22

Kidmail----every Tuesday now through December 17

ReminderAny checks returned for insufficient funds are your responsibility. A $20.00 fee will becharged for each check returned. You will be unable to purchase SCRIP until thematter is resolved.

If you have any questions regarding the St. Jude SCRIP-For-Tuition program, pleasefeel free to contact Carol Laisure (483-2015) or Jodi Deiser (420-8999), SCRIPCoordinators.

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