COMING EVENTS Feb 14 – Red & White OR Green & White Day, Spirit Week Feb 14 – Class Valentine Parties: PS/PK- 10:30am; K through 5th- 1:00pm; Middle School- 1:15pm Feb 14 – Pep Rally, 2pm Feb 14-16 – St. Paul Basketball Tournament, Marist High School Feb 15 – Tournament Mass at St. Paul, 7:00pm Feb 15 – Tournament Dance following Mass, St. Paul School Feb 17 – President’s Day, No School Feb 18 – Teacher In-Service, No School

St. Paul Parish School Voyager

February 13, 2020 St. Paul Parish School

1201 Satre Street Eugene, OR 97401

541-344-1401 www.saintpaul-school.org

A Voyage in Faith and Learning Dear St. Paul Families, St. Paul Spirit Week is always an extra fun time at our school. It has been a treat to see the students’ enthusiasm in celebrating the week. Tomorrow, the festivities will conclude with St. Paul green and white day and/or St. Valentine’s red, white and pink day. The day will end with our annual pep assembly at 2:00 to celebrate and wish our boys and girls basketball team the best of luck as they head into tournament play beginning Friday night. It will be a fun and busy weekend as we host our annual St. Paul Tournament of Excellence. We welcome six other Catholic schools from throughout our state for the weekend to participate in games, free-throw and three-point contests, Mass, a special breakfast for all players and coaches, and a dance on Saturday night. It is a great weekend to build camaraderie amongst our Catholic schools and I’m delighted that we are able to host this event for the students. On multiple occasions, I have heard from parents and principals of participating schools letting me know how much of a highlight this weekend is for their students. Many thanks to everyone who is pitching in to help us with this year’s tournament, especially Tournament Director, Marty Hopkins. Included in this edition of the Voyager are the brackets with game times. St. Paul students are admitted for free. I encourage you to journey to Marist Catholic High School this weekend to come cheer on our teams and see first-hand the excitement of the tournament.

PASTOR Fr. David Brown 541-686-2345

PRINCIPAL Kelli Braud kbraud@saintpaul-school.org

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Kelly Hughes khughes@saintpaul-school.org

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Julie Phillips jphillips@saintpaul-school.org

BUSINESS MANAGER Lynda Weilbrenner lweilbrenner@saintpaul-school.org 541-342-2776 ADVANCEMENT & PR Autumn Whittaker awhittaker@saintpaul-school.org

FUNDRAISING & VOLUNTEERS Annie Posen aposen@saintpaul-school.org

Yesterday, students attended the annual St. Paul Parish School Talent Show. It was a wonderful afternoon! Many of our students participated by sharing their musical talents, performing magic, dancing, gymnastics, and hula dancing. I am always so impressed with the gifts of the performers. Thank you to all of the students who shared their talents with us. Also, a big thank you to our Student Ambassadors Brenna Loboy, Ava Konrady, Esha Reddy, and Ben Rohman, who organized and hosted the event. They did a fabulous job and I appreciate their leadership.

We have many things to celebrate in our Middle School this week! First, a big congratulations to seventh grade student, Owen Schramm, for being named the champion in the National Geographic GeoBee at St. Paul. Owen has taken a qualifying test for the state competition and we are hopeful he will qualify. Great job to all of the students who participated.

The final battle of our Middle School Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) competition took place today. It came down to a winner-take-all battle in which the 6th grade team, “Chicken Fingers”, beat the “Book Bosses” from our 7th grade class. Congrats to all students that participated and some special congratulations to team members of the Chicken Fingers: Emily Meigs, Jacoby Braunger, Kellan Fitzpatrick, and Cooper Kempf. In the coming weeks, these students will represent St. Paul at the city regional competition. Way to go team!!

In Christ’s Peace, Kelli Braud

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ENROLLMENT 2020-2021

FACTS Tuition Assistance Families who wish to be considered for tuition assistance for grades K-8 in the 2020-2021 school year may now register online at https://online.factsmgt.com/signin/3GJXN . The deadline for tuition assistance submittal is January 31st. Parish Subsidy Parish subsidy request forms are now available for download from the school website. The appropriate form needs to be dropped off at your church and not the school. The deadline to pastors is March 3rd. SIBLING ENROLLMENT Applications for siblings of currently enrolled students must be submitted to the office by February 14, 2020.

Health Reminder Please be reminded that during the winter months we see an increase in sore throats, Strep, RSV, nausea, fevers and flu-like symptoms among the students in classrooms. If your child has a fever or has vomited, please keep him or her home until the symptoms have been absent for 24 hours without the aid of medication. And remember also that all medications, including cough drops, MUST have an accompanying medical release and be kept in the office for distribution by trained school staff. Thank you.

CCS Eugene Community Service Center Open House, Feb 13th, 4:30-6:00pm Come and tour the remodeled Eugene Service Center of Catholic Community Services. For information and/or questions, please call 541-345-3628 ext 317. Internet Safety Presentation Feb 18th, O’Hara Catholic School Library, 7-8pm O’Hara will be hosting a parents-only presentation by David Grice of the Springfield Police Department regarding cyber safety for children. If interested please visit https://docs.google.com/document/d/10GmXPrBvhPF20xC8r-UaBOGrlgVICRXnJyoDGnrj3XY/edit?usp=sharing to RSVP.

Laudato Si’ Presentation March 6th, 7:00pm, St. Paul Room, Parish Center Matt Cato from the Archdiocese Office of Life, Peace, and Justice will make a presentation on Pope Francis' important encyclical, "LAUDATO SI', PRAISE BE TO YOU, ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME", on March 6, 7:00pm at St. Paul Church. The presentation will focus on Pope Francis’ words about the protection and conservation of our Earth. An informational flyer is included in this edition of the Voyager.

March 14th – St. Patrick’s Dinner and Sing-a-Long, Project Starfish The Irish Echo has been surfacing around St. Patrick’s Day for over thirty years, raising money for charity. CCS has been the beneficiary of their love of song and fun for many years. The event is held at Marist Catholic H.S. and features Billy Mac’s corned beef and cabbage, salad, soup, rolls, and dessert. It never fails to be a fun evening of Irish and non-Irish music,

singing along, and dancing. (Tickets must be purchased before March 10th and are available at www.ccslc.org)

Moana Jr. Musical Announcements! *Auditions will be held in the SPPS Music Room next Wednesday and Thursday evening. Sign-ups can be found at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GZxEaUMKvCvUlKHqSIDa_ETYKtyK30kgChZvstquFQU/edit?usp=sharing. * Saturday February 29th we will hold DRUM AUDITIONS for Moana Jr. at 5:30pm in the SPPS gym. Signups are available at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g88Q-yPFno_HrOD0oIFS97cApm1ENgCVP43y2nSjsxM/edit?usp=sharing *The Creative Team is wondering if anybody in our community has any black lights that they would lend to the Spring Musical for the week of April 26-April 30. Please contact Mrs. B at cbreitenstein@saintpaul-school.org.

Marist Applications Admissions applications are being accepted for freshmen and transfer students for the 2020-21 school year. For more information, visit marisths.org/admissions-process1.html. Each year, Marist distributes $1M in tuition assistance and scholarships, including the Vicariate Scholarship for practicing Catholic families. More information is available at marisths.org/tuition-and-fees.html. Order 2019-2020 Yearbooks Now Parents wanting to get a jump-start on ordering yearbooks for this school year may do so at YBpay.lifetouch.com. St. Paul’s ID Code is 11132620. Early bird pricing of $20 will be available until the end of the month. After that, the price will increase to $25. Order now to save money and take one thing off of your checklist!

ENROLLMENT 2020-2021 FACTS Tuition Assistance Thank you to the families who have applied for financial assistance. Applications will be reviewed in coordination with the Archdiocese over the next few weeks. We are hoping to notify qualifying families of aid in April. The FACTS Tuition Assistance website is: https://online.factsmgt.com/signin/3GJXN. PARISH SUBSIDY Parish subsidy request forms are now available for download from the school website. The appropriate form needs to be dropped off at your church and not the school. The deadline to pastors is March 3rd.

SIBLING ENROLLMENT Applications for siblings of currently enrolled students must be submitted to the office by February 14, 2020.

DIRECTORY UPDATES The following families have updates/corrections to be made to their addresses in the directory: Fletchall, Patrick & Nicole 2995 Longfellow Place #632 Eugene, OR 97408 Jack PK Gardner, James & Jennifer 541 Walnut Place Springfield, OR 97477 Ava 5 Lillie 3 Hollembaek, Nathan & Suzanna 36547 McGowan Creek Road Springfield, OR 97478 Madison 1 Spicer, George & Christina 1306 Luella Street Eugene, OR 97401 Elaine PS

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F ebru a ry 13, 2020

Brought to you by the School Climate Committee

For Younger Kids:

{Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson

{Gratitude Soup by Olivia Rosewood

{The Thankful Book by Todd Parr

For Older Kids:

{A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

Check out some books about GRATITUDE:

This year, as we focus on the Fruit of the Spirit, we are also

going to help St. Paul students work on their

GOOD MANNERS. Each month, we will work on a different

area of manners that connects with the monthly

Fruit of the Spirit.

THIS WEEK AT HOME:

FEBRUARY: Polite Responses

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M ARCH 1 45 :0 0 PM CASH BAR

6 :2 5 PM BUFFET D I N N ER

7 :3 0 PM M USI C AN D D AN CI N G

Cor ned beef , cabbage, pot at oes, soda br ead, sal ad, & soup

by Chef Bi l l y M cCal l um of Bi l l y M ac' s

$ 3 0 PER PERSO N

M ar i st H i gh Schoo l A ct i v i t y Cen t er

1 9 0 0 K i ngsl ey Rd , Eugene, O R 9 7 4 0 1

A Project Starfish Event to benefit Catholic Community Services

Last Day to Purchase Tickets: March 10, 2020

Tickets available online at

www.ccslc.org/stpatricksdinner

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