SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK 10.20.21

IT’S TIME TO REGISTER FOR STEPS FOR STUDENTS!

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

Register online now for Steps for Students and wear a Halloween shirt onOctober 28th! Our annual 5K Run/Walk at the Co-Cathedral is scheduled forSaturday, February 12th and we are back for an in-person event. Register yourstudent and your family online HERE and wear a Halloween t-shirt to school nextThursday, October 28th. The first 1,000 registrants have a discountedregistration fee of $15 each!!

Steps for Students is the largest PTO fundraiser and we need your support!Click HERE for incentives!

IMPORTANT DATES10/20 Spirit Day - Blue jeans or uniform bottoms with spirit shirt

Football Bowl Game at The Woodlands Christian School 5:30 pmCross Country Spirit Day!!!

10/21 Fall Sports Picture Day / Individual Retake DayCross Country at GHCAA District MeetSoccer AWAY at St. John Paul II, JV at 4:30 p.m. and Varsity at 5:30 p.m.

10/22 Elementary School Mass led by 3A10/25 Golf Tournament for Tuition Assistance - Sugar Creek Country Club- come out and support us!

RED RIBBON WEEK BEGINS-See flyer for detailsGHCAA Playoffs for Volleyball begin TBA

10/26 Fall Book Fair in SLCS Library10/27 Fall Book Fair in SLCS Library

Spirit Day - Blue jeans or uniform bottoms with spirit shirtECC Carnival

10/28 Fall Book Fair in SLCS Library10/29 Fall Conference Day - No School. Please schedule a conference via SignUp Genius.

Fall Book Fair in SLCS Library11/1 All Saints Day11/2 All Souls Day11/3 Spirit Day - Blue jeans or uniform bottoms with spirit shirt11/5 All Saints Mass led by 5A

Dear Saints Families,

We are overjoyed at the tremendous support you have shown for our Annual Fund and upcoming Golf Tournament.Thank you for your constant generosity when we reach out or have a need. Today, we received the amazing newsthat a former SLCS family approved our grant request to purchase 50 air purifiers for the classrooms! That is an$18K gift to keep our students and faculty healthy. We are so blessed by all the wonderful volunteers that help usout each day and by those generous donations. We also realize that we ask a lot from our families who are busyand give so much. Since many of you have asked, there are other ways to help the school that are both easy anddon’t involve money or time away from work/home. You just shop as you normally do and use social media as younormally would. See below for some awesome ways that you can help us out. We benefit greatly from programssuch as box tops for education (which used to bring in $3K for PTO), Amazon Smile and giving us a good reviewonline or “liking” us on social media. Those simple things really help us raise funds and bring in great families likethe ones we currently have. Here is some information on how you can give in a different way. Again, we cannotthank you enough for walking with us during this tough year. Many of you have been on this journey for 18 monthsof COVID! We love our Saints families and we look forward to a great year ahead. Feel free to pass this informationon to any relatives or friends of SLCS!

Easy and FREE ways to support our school:Shopping Programs! Support SLCS while you shop! It is easy! Learn more HERE!Share your Saints love! Please take a minute to share on social media why you chose a Catholic schoolfor your child and why you love St. Laurence. Help us review Review, Like, Share, and Follow SLCS!

○ Google: Google St. Laurence Catholic School, info will show in the right side, click Review○ Niche: HERE

○ Facebook: HERE. Make sure your review settings are public, to count for our rating!○ Instagram: HERE

○ Twitter: HERE

○ Linkedin: HERE

○ Yelp: HERE

Have a very blessed rest of the week!

Suzanne BartoPrincipal

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Red Ribbon Week

Activities and Information

GRATITUDE IS MINDFUL THANKFULNESS

You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.”– Corinthians 9:11

FAMILY TIME IDEAS:● Write a note to someone for whom you are grateful. Let them know how special they are to you!

FALL SPORTS PICTURE DAY / INDIVIDUAL RETAKE DAY

Thursday, October 21, is Fall Sports Picture and Retake Day. Fall Sports teams have received an email indicatingtheir designated picture time. Please be on time as our photographer must be done by 8am so that students are notcounted tardy to class. Retakes for those who were absent on Individual picture day will begin at 8am. If youpurchased a picture package and would like retakes, please have your student return their original picture order totheir teacher so that we may have their photo retaken.

BOOK FAIR

St. Laurence is hosting a Follett Book Fair, October 26-29. The on-site fair will be available tostudents Oct. 26-28 during school hours. Parents will have the opportunity to visit on ParentConference Day, Friday, Oct. 29. An E-fair has been set up for those wishing to shop online.This site is currently open and will close at the end of the day, Oct. 29. Visit the Book E-FairHERE. School Code: 4E88E. More details to come.

ATTENTION 8TH GRADE PARENTS!

Can you believe it is time to think about high school? Every high school admissions process is different so weencourage you to check their websites regularly. One thing for certain is January 15th is the common due date fortranscripts and recommendations. Please check your red folders and the newsletter next week for a helpful guide tomake the process as easy as possible for your 8th grader.

SHARE YOUR SLCS MOMENTS

Please join the fun! Add all your SLCS photos for October. Any theme! You couldsee your pictures in our yearbook, publications, and they will be part of SLCSmemories.

Link to the October album HERE**The album will be removed on November 1st!

LOVE AND PRAYERS FOR SLCS!

Please join as praying parents each Thursday morning around the St. Laurence statue (in front of the schoolentrance) to pray a Rosary for our wonderful school, amazing faculty and staff, and our precious children. It's agreat way to start your day! Just drop off those kids, park and PRAY!

ALSO, join us on the 3rd THURSDAY of each month in the Ave Maria Center, St. Joseph room at 8:25 a.mm as wepray from a beautiful scripture book and then we will pray a Rosary. (We meet at the AMC instead of the front of theschool on these 3rd Thursdays.)

PTO Prayer Group meeting dates at the AMC are 10/21, 11/18, 12/16, 1/20, 2/17, 3/10, 4/21, 5/19. Any questions?

Call or text Tammy Luster, PTO Prayer Liaison at 713-254-7040

Do you have a special prayer request? Need prayers? Send your request to prayers@stlaurence.org.

FAMILY ROSARY AND DINNER WAS BEAUTIFUL!

A big thank you to our PTO for this wonderful tradition and delicious dinner to-go catered by La Escondida! Thankyou to our coordinators Priscilla Hill and Mary Wade for organizing! It is another tradition that makes SLCSsuch a special place! We are truly blessed to have an amazing school family!

POINSETTIAS - ON SALE NOW!

Poinsettias are available to purchase NOW through October 29th! We will havered, white, and pink poinsettias available to purchase for just $15 each.Pre-order your poinsettias now and pick-up curbside during the first week ofDecember. The poinsettia sale benefits our SPICE Program for students withspecial learning needs. Purchase online HERE.

VOLUNTEER NEXT MONDAY AT THE TOURNAMENT!

Sign up for your spot HERE

DONATE TODAY

Make a donation of any kind (monetary, sponsorship, raffle item, etc.) and your child’sname will be placed on the PE bulletin board! They will also automatically be entered intoa putting contest during PE and if they make a Hole in One they will be given a specialtrophy! Please contact Kelly Goff at kgoff@stlaurence.org for further information.

Please help us stock our drink basket to raffle off at the golf tournament! Wine, Liquor orgift cards to purchase items for the basket are welcome! Please drop off your donation

to the front office at your convenience before October 21th. Thank you!

FOOTBALL

The varsity football team lost a tough game last week against Cypress Christian at Strake. The team played hardbut came up short. JV won 33-6 over Cypress Christian. A strong defensive performance led the Saints to victory.

Interceptions by Lawson, Grayson, Ryan, and Harrison stopped the opponents passing attack. Jack B. connectedwith Ryan, Harrison and Lawson for touchdowns.-The Varsity will play their final game at The Woodlands Christian School today at 5:30 p.m.

CROSS COUNTRY

The Cross Country team had a great performance at the Westlake Prep Meet last Saturday. The team has beenpreparing all season to compete in the GHCAA Championship this week.-The GHCAA Cross Country Championship meet is on Thursday, October 21st at Spring Creek Park in Tomball.Races start at 9:00 AM.

SOCCER

The soccer Spirit Game was well attended on Tuesday. The JV team beat St. Francis de Sales 4-0. Varsity played agreat second half but wasn’t able to come back. The 8th graders were honored in their final home game andthanked for their contribution to the program.-Saints soccer has their final game at St. John Paul II on Thursday, JV at 4:30 PM and Varsity at 5:30 PM. GOSAINTS!

TENNIS

The tennis team played some great matches on Saturday at Sweetwater Country Club. Many players had strongperformances to lead the Saints!-Tennis will compete in their End of Season Tournament on Saturday, October 30th at Sweetwater Country Club.

VOLLEYBALL

The JV and C Team volleyball girls ended their seasons with wins this week over St. Francis de Sales and St. JohnPaul II. Both teams had excellent seasons. The Varsity team defeated St. Francis on Monday. They lost a closematch to St. John Paul II on Tuesday but finished the regular season 11-1. The Saints are in first place in theirdivision and head to the playoffs as a #1 Seed.-The GHCAA playoffs begin on Monday, October 25th. Dates and times for the games will be announced soon.

The final spirit game for fall sports was last night celebrating the Varsity Soccerteam. It was a beautiful night and a lot of fun! Today, we cheer on the Cross Countryteam as they head to the GHCAA tournament tomorrow. The school will be rootingfor you!

The Booster Club Board would like to give a HUGE shout out to the SLCSCheerleaders, Coach Ann Thompson and Suzanne Byrne. They have brought the"SPIRIT" to each and every game! We appreciate your part in making spirit gamesa huge success by making banners, posters, attending games & opening car doorsin the morning carpool.

We hope you find the online Booster Club Store a more convenient way to orderyour favorite spirit items. We fill orders every Thursday and send them home in yourchild's backpack. Fundraising Powered by OneCause. Our next Booster Clubpop-up store & Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night will be in November. Watch the calendar forthose dates.

We want to know what our Saints have been doing. We would like to invite you to be included in our nextedition of the Saints’ Scoop and upcoming newsletters. Please share any information you might have on anyalum HERE. Please be sure to include the graduation year in your description. Please send your questions or

pictures to Adriana Gutierrez at agutierrez@stlaurence.org.

JOIN OUR ALUMNI FACEBOOK GROUP HERE

PLAY THE GAME OF LIFE

RSVP TODAY for Family Gather Night this Friday, October 22, 6:30-8:00 pm. Maincourse is provided; just bring a side or dessert to share and play the Game of Life.Afterwards, please stay for the Family Rosary.

MISSIONARY TO THE FAMILIES

Fr.

Truong Son Forming Intentional Families Weekly Challenge

This week - Tenet 9

Teach /Model Responsibility and Accountability

Click HERE for Forming Intentional Families Booklet

INCARNATE WORD ACADEMYIncarnate Word Academy invites you to various admissions events, including the first live choir concert in nearly twoyears! Click HERE to register and for more information!

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