Shout-Outs!

I want to take this opportunity to recognize many

people for their time, efforts, and dedication; especial-

ly, with all the recent back-to-back STA events.

Starting with Mrs. T, Mrs. Kelley, and Mrs. Stevens

for sharing their love of music with our STA parish

school community; the spring concert was an evening

of joy and admiration. Tuesday, May 16th was a

celebration to support the Brewers baseball season

with a tailgate luncheon organized by student council,

Mrs. Ewald, Mrs. Samson, and our grill masters Mr.

Morrical and Mr. Moriva. Thank you for the oppor-

tunity to enjoy an all school fellowship event along

with a variety of games to play. In the spirit of team-

work, I want to recognize our 2016/2017 STA com-

mittees: school committee, finance, athletic associa-

tion, endowment, and home & school. Each group of

volunteers are essential to fulfilling the mission of our

parish school. There are openings in many of the

committees for the 2017/2018 school year; however,

the greatest need is our home & school executive

board. They work so tirelessly to bridge communica-

tion of school events with families and parishioners.

Thank you President Amber Aussem, Vice-president

Laura Kester, Treasurer Ann Lininger, and Secretary

Jenn Miller for your efforts this past year. Team-

work is like an engine, where every single part is im-

portant and cannot function without the others. Stay

tuned for more exciting upcoming events; such as, the

St. Clare Street Fair, Father Gene’s 40th anniversary,

8th grade graduation, field day, and Country Fair

(please sign-up to volunteer). God bless

5/18 –5/19 8th

Grade WI Dells-

Safety Patrol

5/18 5th-7th Mac-

kenzie Center

5/18 4K-4th WUHS

play

5/20&21 Fr. Gene

40th Mass

5/21 St. Clare Street

Fair 8am-4pm

5/22 Last day Li-

brary

5/24 All School

Read 7:30am

5/25 8th Grade

Graduation 8:00 am

Mass 6:00pm cere-

mony

5/26 11:45 Dismis-

sal

5/30 Field Day

5/31 Student Coun-

cil Speeches/ Elec-

tions 2:00pm

(grades 4-7)

6/1 Last day school

PARENT PICKUP

after 8:00 Mass/

Knights of Honor

Awards

6/8-6/11 Country

Fair

“Can’t be 40 years all ready”

Thank you Father Gene for answering God’s

call to serve him and for the many, many,

many lives you have touched. We are grateful

for your service and looking forward to cele-

brating with you this weekend!

~Pray Always, ALL Ways~

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Library Letter

Waterford Day Camp

May 17, 2017 ISSUE 64

www.saintthomaswaterford.org

St. Thomas Aquinas School, serving

the community of Waterford since

1851, develops 21st century learners

as disciples of Jesus Christ through

learning, living, and sharing the

Love of God.

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The STA track team has a lot to be proud of after their perfor-mance at the Holy Apostles's meet last weekend. Adam Boho took 5th place for the 8th grade boys' 200; Adam Boho, Jason Grohs, Cayne Witthuhn, and Jalen Sanfelippo got 5th place in the 8th grade boys' 4X400 relay; Brady Kaul, Evander Craig, Johnny Durand and Niko Munoz took 7th place in the 7th grade boys' 4X400 relay; Angelena Wieczorek took 3rd place in the discus for the 7th grade girls; Adam Burazin, Carter Grohs, Logan Dupont and Niko Munoz took 4th place in the 4X100 relay for the 6th grade boys; Adam Burazin, Dustyn Pintar, Evan Krien and Lisa Busch took 3rd place in the 4X400 relay for 6th grade boys; and Lisa Busch took 7th in the 200, 3rd in the 100, and 1st place in the long jump for the 6th grade girls. Our final meet of the season will be on Saturday at the St. Joseph Carpenter Invite in Fort Atkinson.

Making the Grade

Well Done, STA!

Just a reminder...please pick up medications kept in the school office before the end of the school year (cough drops, Tylenol, etc.) We will be disposing of all medications left after June

1st. Thank you.

With the school year coming to an end, please check

the Lost and Found box in the school hall for any

missing items, as anything not claimed will be donat-

ed after June 1st. Thank you.

The Athletic Association is still in need of a volleyball

coordinator for the 2017-18 school year. Duties include

reporting home game scores and attending initial meet-

ing on 5/31/17. ************************************************************

We had a great trip to the Zoo on Monday, May 15 - we were blessed with beautiful weather and lots of parent chaperones to share the day with us. We loved our class on African Safari animals and learned about the tallest, heaviest, fastest, and slowest animals of the savannah! We are also happy to be able to participate fully in the mass now that we have 2 Sun-days and one school mass under our belts! God Bless all of the St. Thomas First Communicants!

5th Graders have been analyzing our country's national anthem in social studies. They have learned who wrote it (Francis Scott Key) and why he wrote it (after the War of 1812). "The Star Spangled Banner" lyrics weren't officially our national anthem until 1931 when Presi-dent Herbert Hoover signed the act into Law. As a culminating project, students will be writing a poem that represents the sights and sounds here at St. Thomas.

With the year wind-ing down, the sixth graders are wrap-ping up their unit on the Ancient In-cas. They are put-ting together every-thing they know in order to set up their own Inca market-place. The students are working togeth-er to create a store-front and shop fea-turing a product or service important to the Incas. We will set up our village to share with the school on Monday!

Mrs. Samson’s Lunch Line As the end of the school year quickly approaches, STA Hot Lunch is reminding families to log on to e-funds and check student bal-ances. Please note that any negative balance must be paid in full prior to the last day of school, or by May 24th for 8th grade fami-lies. Report cards will be held pending payment. In addition, families with a balance of $5.00 or more, may request a refund on or before June 1, 2017. Balances not refunded will be applied toward the next school year. If you have any questions regarding your account, please feel free to contact Mrs. Samson at msam-son@saintthomaswaterford.org. ****************************************************

The STA Staff would like to thank Home and

School and all the volunteers for EVERY-

THING you did during Staff Appreciation

Week. All the time and volunteering put into

the luncheons, snack and breakfast bars, re-

cess and lunchroom duties, sidewalk mes-

sages and overall planning was amazing and

appreciated! You know how to make the staff

feel special. THANK YOU!

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Waterford Youth Volleyball

Camp

July 24-27, 2017

and

Waterford Youth Volleyball Skill-Specific Clinics

July 31, 2017

at Waterford High School

Both open to incoming 4th-9th Graders

Registration and Brochures available in STA school

office

(Registration Deadline is July 1st to ensure t-shirt)

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Home and School News

Please save your empty 12 pack so-da/beverage rectangular boxes. We are making a giant Jenga game for Field Day.

Robran's Plant/Flower Sale: From May 15th –May 27th, visit

Robran's Greenhouse (kitty korner from the school/parish). When you buy something, please mention St. Thomas and a portion of sales will come back to us to help fund events and wish list items. Beginning in June...board positions open: President, Vice President, and Treasur-er Save the Date: Tuesday May 30th is Field Day for the entire school! We will need lots of help for this FUN ALL DAY event - game stations, bounce houses, snacks, afternoon movie. Stay tuned for a sign up or contact Amber Aussem.

Have you been noticing little to no Labels for Education appearing on your favorite foods? The Labels for Education program, sponsored by the Campbell’s Soup Compa-ny is in its final stages and will soon be dis-continued. With this in mind, please send any labels you have been collecting to ei-ther the school OR deposit in box in The Gathering Space at church.

We are asking for all to be turned in ASAP, with final deadline of the end of May so we can process the remaining and pick our fi-nal prize for the school.

Thank You for your continued support.

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All STA Readers:

This is the last week to collect page totals...we are currently at 246,268. That means only 3732 more pages need to be read. (There will be an all school read on Wednesday, May 24th at 7:30am to help reach this goal.) You’ve done great so far and with everyone participating, this is very obtainable . LET’S GO STA, WE CAN DO THIS!!!

May Crowning

******************************* Country Fair NEEDS help:

Please sign up on the parish website under the Country Fair if you are able to help out anytime Thursday, June 8-Sunday, June 11.

Many slots are available in a variety of ar-eas. Thank you in advance, your help is appreciated!