St. James Catholic School Weekly News

Volume 16 November 19, 2015

Living Out The Living Out The Living Out The Living Out The Spiritual Works of Mercy Spiritual Works of Mercy Spiritual Works of Mercy Spiritual Works of Mercy

IMPORTANT DATES:

Friday, November 20th 9:00 AM ~ All School Mass-7B (6B Choir)

8:30 AM ~ 3rd Grade Study Trip to St. Pius X High School

Monday, November 23rd Scholastic Book Fair Preview-Library 3:00 PM ~ Mad Science-CANCELLED

Tuesday, November 24th 7:30 AM-7:30 PM ~ Scholastic Book Fair

NOON DISMISSAL 12:00 PM-6:00 PM ~ Extended Care Submit RSVP Form/Pre-Order Lunch 1:00 PM-8:00 PM ~ Student-led

Conferences

Wednesday, November 25th-27th Thanksgiving Break NO SCHOOL

Monday, November 30th 7:50 AM ~ School Resumes 3:00 PM ~ Mad Science

6:00 PM ~ School Board Meeting

Tuesday, December 1st

3:00 PM ~ Chess Club

Don’t forget NO SCHOOL on

December 7th & 8th

For information on the Lunch Menu

please be sure to check MSP school files.

Half Day Lunch Tuesday, November 24th, will be a noon dismissal. If you have not RSVP’d for the day, please do so today when you pick up your child from extended care. (This allows us to prepare and be adequately staffed.) Thank you.

St. James School Auction Our 26th Annual St. James Auction was a SUCCESS! We hope that all who attended the auction enjoyed the evening. Our auction could not have been such a success without the effort and dedication of many people! A special thanks to our auction chair, Vicki Milano, and co-chair, Nichole Stew-art. A big thank you to the auction committee: Christine Bohr, Stephanie Boryla, Cathy Boteler, Kara & Jim Brown, Lori Burns, Tracy Drinkard, Kelly Francis, Kerrie Kapetanovich, Jennifer Knabe, Bernie McDonald, Stepha-nie MacNeil, Angela Mancuso, Nicole Marshall, Amanda McConnell, Anna Merricks, Traci Murphy, Ginny Nyberg, Michelle Passantino, Samara Pernice, Jenell Quigley, Ann Marie Vanecek, Chris Winders, Mendy Weinzerl and Dana Worboys.

Dinner was so yummy with the brisket provided by Chad Weinzerl and Cosentino’s Price Chopper. The LIVE auc-tion started off with a fantastic Fund-A-Need video created by Nicole Burkhart! The auction catalogs were the best yet, designed by Lori Burns. Doug Stewart kept things alive and moving with our auctioneer, David Schulman, aided by Quinn Knabe at the DJ Table.

Congratulations, Ben Rumsey, as he was the winner of the $1000 HOPE card giveaway and Katherine and Andrew Welzenbach, who won PICK OF THE LIVE and walked away with the Forever Royal Package!

A HUGE thanks to all of our parents who A HUGE thanks to all of our parents who A HUGE thanks to all of our parents who A HUGE thanks to all of our parents who worked their committed time slots, showed up on worked their committed time slots, showed up on worked their committed time slots, showed up on worked their committed time slots, showed up on time, donated items, and made purchases and time, donated items, and made purchases and time, donated items, and made purchases and time, donated items, and made purchases and

donations the night of the auction. donations the night of the auction. donations the night of the auction. donations the night of the auction. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

We can’t wait to begin making plans for next year! We can’t wait to begin making plans for next year! We can’t wait to begin making plans for next year! We can’t wait to begin making plans for next year!

SAVE THE DATE! SAVE THE DATE! SAVE THE DATE! SAVE THE DATE!

27TH Annual St. James Auction27TH Annual St. James Auction27TH Annual St. James Auction27TH Annual St. James Auction Saturday, November 12th, 2016Saturday, November 12th, 2016Saturday, November 12th, 2016Saturday, November 12th, 2016

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ARTIST OF THE WEEK

Isaac Saye: 5th grade student

Project: “Counterchange” Isaac and his classmates reviewed the Element of Design called space. Isaac used positive and negative space to cre-ate a symmetrically balanced face. He used the LIFESKILLS of Effort and Patience to create his artwork. Isaac carefully drew half of his design and cut the small pieces apart. Lastly, he decided which parts to flip and create the counterchange effect. Creative work, Isaac!

STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES The SignUp Genius link was sent out via email the morning of Monday, November 9th. If you did not receive this email, please contact the school office. Conferences will be held on Tuesday, November 24th, from 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM. If you have questions, call the school office at 781-4428.

The SignUp Genius link will NOT be available after Sunday, November 2nd. After that time, any changes need to be made with the teacher.

Reservation forms went to reserve a spot for your child if they plan on attending extended care on conference day. All RSVP forms were to be submitted by today, Thursday, November 19th, to secure a spot for conference day. Thank you.

3rd Annual 3rd Annual 3rd Annual 3rd Annual Drop and ShopDrop and ShopDrop and ShopDrop and Shop

Christmas WorkshopChristmas WorkshopChristmas WorkshopChristmas Workshop Come and drop off your kids at a place where they can create some great Christ-mas crafts to take home and you can have some time to shop! Children will create a Christmas canvas painting, complete a “surprise” wrapped gift and enjoy pizza, too!

Save the date: Friday, December 11th from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

This workshop will be held in the St. James School art room and is for children ages 7 to 13 years old. Cost is $25 for one child and $15 for each additional child (per family).

The workshop will be taught by Ms. Biggs (St. James art teacher) and Mrs. Sobotka (former St. James teacher). This workshop sold out last year and spots will fill quickly! Registration forms can be found attached to this newsletter, outside the school office door, or email karen.biggs@stjames-school.org to regis-ter your child today!

Liberty Christmas Liberty Christmas Liberty Christmas Liberty Christmas Food DriveFood DriveFood DriveFood Drive

STUCO is collecting for the annual Liberty Christmas Food Drive. Please support the food drive by bringing in canned food items. There will be boxes located in the front hallway of the school. The drive be-gins on Monday, November 23rd and ends on Friday, December 4th. The class who brings in the most cans will receive an awesome prize! This year our goal is to fill 28 boxes of food!

Thank you in advance for your support! Together we can all help provide other families a great Christmas!

NCEA Principal Appreciation Day What a wonderful surprise we had this morning with the school’s parade of appreciation in honor of the NCEA Elementary Department’s Principal Apprecia-tion Day! We want to thank all of you for making our day special with high fives, hugs, cards and flowers. It was truly amazing. THANK YOU for your thoughtfulness.

Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Williams

2016/2017 Kindergarten

Enrollment Kindergarten registration for the upcoming school year will begin in January. If you would like to be out in the waiting list or if you know of anyone who may have a kindergarten for the next year, please contact the school office! Please stay tuned for more information about Kindergarten Round-Up & Open House!

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Scholastic Book Fair Monday, November 23rd

(Students preview during the school day) Tuesday, November 24th 7:30 AM to 7:30 PM

(Sale hours) All purchases benefit the school. Scholastic returns 50% of total sales to buy books for our library and classrooms. All items from Scholastic will also be available on our online Book Fair. All orders will be shipped free to the school within two weeks of when you place your order.

We are in need of volunteers to help with the book fair! If you are able to help, please click on the link below to find a time that works best for you! Thank you!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044FAFAE2CA13-stjames

YearbooksYearbooksYearbooksYearbooks Student yearbooks are now on sale! All orders will be taken online again this year. Please see the attached flier with prices and information!

WINTER WEATHERWINTER WEATHERWINTER WEATHERWINTER WEATHER As we approach the winter weather, we would like to share some information regarding our pro-cedures for school cancellations. As part of our school information system, MSP (MyStudentsProgress) offers a notification system, via voice/text, that we can use for schedule changes, such as a weather can-cellation. It is important that your MSP in-formation is correct.

In addition, you can listen or watch for St. James Catholic School-Liberty for posted closings. We do NOT follow the Liberty Public School announcements of school closings. We will provide our own announcement on numerous radio and tele-vision stations. If electricity is not an issue, our website will post our school closing. For your convenience this proce-dure is listed in our handbook (page 37) on MSP.

Once our school day has begun, we will NOT dismiss early due to weather condi-tions. We will finish the remainder of the school day and provide extended care. If you feel the need to pick your student up due to weather conditions please feel free to do so.

Thanksgiving Blood Drive! Thanksgiving Blood Drive! Thanksgiving Blood Drive! Thanksgiving Blood Drive! Before you carve that turkey or bake those pies this Thanksgiving, join us for a Community Blood Center blood drive and help local patients enjoy the holiday with their families too. St. James is hosting a blood drive on Tuesday, November 24th in the social hall from 12:30 PM-7:00 PM. Appointments are highly recommended and can be made at www.savealifenow.org using sponsor code ‘stjames’ or by contacting Nikki Power at kpower@kc.rr.com or 816-407-1208.

Walk-ins are also welcome and free childcare is provided to donors. All donors will receive a commemorative KC Chiefs t-shirt that says Chiefs Nation Cares. Service hours are avail-able to middle school students, but sign up is required. A sign-up sheet can be found in Kara Brown’s room or you can contact Nikki to volunteer. Thank you for supporting the blood drives here at St. James!

Box Tops & Labels for Education Thanksgiving is almost here! Don’t forget when you are shopping to look for Box Top and Labels for Education products. These include such necessities as Land O’ Lakes butter, Campbell’s soup, Gold Medal flour, Green Giant vegetables, Ziploc products and many others that are needed for your holiday. Also, please remember that we are participating in Tyson’s program also. It appears that the Tyson products at Sam’s and Costco do not have the Project A+ labels, but most of the products at the grocery stores do. Have a very happy Thanksgiving!

Extended Care We would like to send out a reminder that all students who are not picked-up at 3:00 PM dismissal will be sent down to Extended Care. There may NOT be any students in the building after 3:00 PM unaccompanied by an adult. This includes siblings of students being tutored or in athletic practices. Thank you.

3rd Annual Drop and Shop …

Christmas Gift WorkshopChristmas Gift WorkshopChristmas Gift WorkshopChristmas Gift Workshop

Enjoy an evening out and get a jump start on your Christmas shopping, while the kids create Christmas crafts to take home forever!

When: Friday, December 11th ~ 5:00 PM-8:00 PM Where: St. James School Art Room Who: Children ages 7 – 13 yrs. old. Cost: $25 for one child $15 for each additional child (per family) Children will create a Christmas canvas painting, complete a “surprise” wrapped gift and enjoy pizza for dinner, too! The workshop will be taught by Ms. Karen Biggs (St. James Art Teacher) and Mrs. Tiffany Sobotka (former St. James Teacher). * Please fill out the form below to reserve your child’s place and return ASAP.

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Christmas Gift Workshop Christmas Gift Workshop Christmas Gift Workshop Christmas Gift Workshop ---- Registration Form Registration Form Registration Form Registration Form Child’s First and Last Name: ________________________________________________ Emergency - Parent/Guardian Name: _________________________________________ Parent/Guardian Email: ____________________________________________________ Relationship: _________________________ Cell Phone: _________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature _________________________________________________ I give permission for photos to be taken of my child during the workshop (circle yes or no). Make checks payable to St. James School (write in the memo – Christmas Workshop). Please return this registration form and the registration fee to the school or parish office in an en-velope marked – Attention: Ms. Karen Biggs – Christmas Workshop. (309 South Stewart Rd. Liberty, MO 64068) Registration fees will not be refunded / class filled on a first come-first serve basis.

St. James Chess Club Chess Club welcomes all students from advance to beginners. The goal of each club meeting is to have fun while learn-ing chess. The chess club will meet on Tuesdays after school. The exact dates are January, 19th and 26th. February 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd. March 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd. April 5th, 12th, and 19th. Chess Club Does Will Not Meet on March

29th.

Elementary Chess Club will meet 3:00 PM-4:00 PM in the Library The Kansas City Chess Club chess curriculum will guide students from Pawn to King level advancement. Progress will be measured by a chess skills test taken at the end of each level. Students may participate as a team against other schools at local chess tournaments.

Ken Fee and his staff of certified chess instructors from The Kansas City Chess Club will be teaching players about important rules, chess etiquette, strategy, openings, endgames, and tactics. Research says chess improves test scores on Math and Reading! Ken Fee is a nationally certified chess coach and tournament director at The Kansas City Chess Club. Ken plays tourna-ment chess and has coached numerous Missouri and Kansas State Chess Champions.

Registration is due in the front office by Tuesday, January 19th

. Semester Chess Club $95 ____ Tournament Chess Set & Board (Optional) $20 ___

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St. James Chess Club Registration Form

Student Name ________________________________________

Parent Cell Phone _____________________________________

Grade _________ After School Care _____________________

Parent E-Mail ________________________________________

Please make checks to The Kansas City Chess Club LLC. Questions: E-mail Ken at kcchess@gmail.com or call cell at 816-

446-3550. Turn registration form in at the front office.