St. Patrick’s Blog
Week of September 30th , 2013
For
our parents and guardians who have asked about the schedules of the various activities
that are offered to students at St. Patrick’s, I have created a link to our
school community calendar that will always display at the bottom of the blog
entries on this page. Not sure when the
Cross Country running practice is? Not sure which afternoon we are offering
homework help? Scroll down to the bottom
of the weekly blog to check our calendar.
We have also added our Twitter feed to the side of the newsletter
blog.
Fr.
Greg Murray will be joining us for our opening/Thanksgiving Mass on Thursday
(Oct. 3rd) morning at approximately 10:00am. Parents/Guardians are welcome to join us for
this occasion.
Our
St. Patrick’s School Council will be holding its first meeting this Wednesday,
October 2nd at 7:00pm in our Learning Commons (2nd floor
in our main building). We are anxious to
invite any parent/guardian who is interested in contributing to the community
building within our school family. As Clif
Brown, our council chair, pointed out at our Meet the Teacher evening, there is
less emphasis on fundraising, and more focus on raising the awareness of our student
experience.
We
have tentatively scheduled our after school literacy/numeracy class to begin Wednesday,
October 16th. The course
emphasizes skill development in literacy and mathematical skill
development. The course is free of charge, and will run twice a week until the
end of November. Please contact the
school if you would like an application form for your son/daughter.
I
would like to thank the students for their support of our dress down day last
Friday that raised over $600 for our Terry Fox fundraising efforts. Students will be encouraged to bring in
additional funds to support this very worthy cause. Students who are able to bring in $25 will
earn the opportunity to “pie a staff member” on Friday this week. A free pie to throw for every $25 donation!
We
continue to encourage our community to sponsor St. Patrick’s Intermediate
through our “Adopt a School” partnership with the Chapters/Indigo store on
Rideau St. at the Rideau Centre downtown.
You can adopt the school at: http://adoptaschool.indigo.ca/eng/schools/314. In addition, any donations made at the store
until October 5th go directly to our school to support the purchase
of resources for our students.
Have a great week.
Sean Kelly
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