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F.Y.I. For Your Information
St. Croix Catholic School Educating the Whole Child — Mind, Body
and Spirit
February 7, 2013
Catholic Schools Week: A Great Success! Thank you so much to all
who participated in the many Catholic Schools
Week events, especially our Faith Rally. It was a beautiful day
to focus
on the reason for our school’s existence: to bring Christ to
children and
children to Christ. As with so much that we do here, we could
not have
had such a beautiful week-long celebration of our faith without
our
volunteers at the Open House and Pancake Breakfast, at the Book
Fair,
and at the Faith Rally. It was all made possible because of
you.
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Kindergarten and Preschool Family Fun Movie Night
“The Tigger Movie”
Friday, February 8th 6:00 – 8:00 PM
St. Michael’s Social Hall
Please enter at the Third Street door to the school or through
the St. Michael’s Atrium
doors off the parking lot and follow the footprints!
We’ll provide the entertainment and snacks, you provide the
family!
A parent must be in attendance. Older and younger siblings are
welcome as well.
Come in your comfy clothes, bring your blankets and special
stuffed animals to cozy up with during the movie.
Please RSVP with number of children and number of adults to:
Diane Polley @ 651 439-5581, [email protected] or Cheryl Olsen @
651 379-1269 [email protected]
Artist of the Week
by Mrs. Fioritto
This week's awesome artist is Nicole Ochs
in 7th grade! The 7th graders' weekly
sketchbook assignment was to illustrate a
scene from a favorite book, in honor of "I
Love to Read Month". Many students
chose books that they loved as younger
children, or that their parents read to
them. Nicole did a great job of illustrating
a heartwarming story of a mother's love
for her son being returned to her in old
age. Her use of color, detail, and expres-
sion makes for an eye-catching drawing
that makes us want to read the whole
story again! Beautiful work, Nicole! And,
check out some other examples decorat-
ing the art room door during the month of
February!
Math Counts for SCCS Math Team Member
Nicholas Johnson recently participated in the MathCounts Re-
gional Middle School Math Competition, Of 103 students,
Nicholas placed 3rd! What an amazing accomplishment He
will now advance to the state competition on March 16.
Best of Luck to you, Nick!
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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Seventh Grade Science Fair by Ms. Anderson, Middle School
Science
The Value of a St. Croix Catholic School Education
With the celebration of our Catholic faith and our Catholic
school last week, many families and SCCS staff members
shared their thoughts on the value of our mission at St. Croix
Catholic School. In the past weeks, we have heard from
many SCCS parents with testimonials about their experience at
SCCS. These have been so powerful and moving that
we wanted to share some of them over the upcoming weeks:
by Patrick and Luba Thueson, Parents of Sam (2010), Nina (8th
grade), and Bobby (5th grade)
Our family’s experience at SCCS has given us confidence that
keeping our kids at SCCS through 8th grade graduation
was the best possible decision for our children. Kids today get
bombarded with millions of sometimes disturbing imag-
es, encouraging them to lower their standards both spiritually
and intellectually. These influences really ramp-up in the
middle school age group.
While parents are most directly responsible for their child
reaching their God-given potential, it has been a great com-
fort to have a community of allies to even-out the influences a
bit. The teachers, other parents, and classmates at
SCCS middle school have given our children a deep appreciation
for excellence, a joyful attitude, and a spiritual
grounding that positions them to thrive at future schools and
beyond. In middle school, SCCS students go from being
great kids, to being great kids and great leaders. We would
invite parents who are considering SCCS middle school to
check out the facts and talk to parents of graduates. There’s a
quantifiable history of SCCS graduates taking the confi-
dence of being 8th grade school leaders into their next school
and achieving amazing things. SCCS 8th grade gradu-
ates are disproportionately represented on honor rolls, special
honor rolls, high school sports teams, fine arts groups,
and as valedictorians of their next school. There are good
education options in Stillwater. But our experiences both in
the middle school years and the subsequent years have given us
great peace of mind in our decision. It’s been a won-
derful investment in our kids’ futures, for which we are
grateful.
Traditionally, SCCS 7th grade students have created a
Science Fair project during the 2nd trimester of the
school year. The Science Fair was different this year
in many ways – mainly, my hope was that having
judges come would raise the standard a bit and help
students understand the universality of science, in that
the scientific method is the language that all scientists
speak. Students had to DESIGN their own projects
according to the constraints of their materials and
their question, and many had to utilize technology
they had never used before – like an air compressor!
I’m sure everybody noticed the process of creating a
project was different this year. The purpose of that
was for students to take more ownership of their pro-
jects. My hope for the coming years is that our stu-
dents will be able to participate in the regional and
state science fair. Thank you to all the parents who
helped make our fair a success!
Science Fair distinguished participants: left to right
Jack Still - Best Effort; Nicole Ochs - Most Creative;
Isabella
LaFavor - Honorable Mention; Nick Gag - Third Place; Noah
Schraut - Second Place; Matthew Gozum - First Place
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Get Kids Powered Up
Kids Health Fair
Sponsored by St. Michael’s Wellness Committee
Saturday, February, 23rd 9:00 - 11:30 AM St. Michael’s Social
Hall
In conjunction with the PowerUp School Challenge at St. Croix
Catholic
School, the Wellness Committee is hosting a health fair for
elementary
kids. It will be a fun morning for kids and parents to learn
ways to ener-
gize their family by eating more fruits and veggies and staying
active
even during these cold days of winter. Lakeview Hospital, the
Red Cross,
Police and Fire, Public Health, Parks and Recreation, and Cub
Foods will be some of the organizations here to share
some great information related to kids. 45 Degrees will provide
kids with an opportunity to try out snowshoeing on
the front lawn. Chef Paul Mahoney will demo some kid friendly
cooking ideas. It should be a great morning and we
hope you will stop in.
The Power-Up Challenge Tip Sheet for Week 2 can be found:
http://www.powerup4kids.org/upload/docs/PowerUp/School%20Challenge/FamilyWk2.pdf
Box Tops for Education
by BoxTops Coordinator, Anne Tomek
SCCS received a check for $1,454.30 last month from
our first submission of the school year of Box Tops for
Education! Our top classroom earners were: Mrs. Gag
- $169.00, Middle School - $160.50, Sr. Perpetua -
$139.70, and Mrs. Berry - $138.40. This money goes
directly to your child's classroom (or the whole middle
school) to be used by their teacher in any way to
enrich their classroom!
As you can see, these Box Tops add up quickly. The
2nd submission of Box Tops for this school year is due
at the end of this month and I will be collecting them
at the end of next week so please gather any you
have on hand and send them in with your children as
soon as possible so they can be included in this last
submission for the school year. Once again I thank
you for participating in this easy, painless fundraiser,
and for being a Box Top Supporter!
Catholic Book Fair
A huge thank you to all the parents and staff who
have helped make our first annual Catholic Book Fair a
success. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
We are very pleased with the amount of sales but
more importantly, our children and families seemed to
really enjoy the selection of books and gifts. The
whole experience was very honoring to our faith and
this made it very special. We look forward to this be-
ing the first of many to come.
Watch for Your SCRIP Rebate Update to
Come Home This Week
If you are buying SCRIP to meet your $225 family
SCRIP commitment for the 2012-2013 school year,
watch for your quarterly statement to come home with
your youngest child at SCCS this week. Each family is
expected to either earn $225 in SCRIP rebates by buy-
ing SCRIP gift cards or to pay an additional $225 of
tuition per family. You have until April 30 to reach
$225 in rebates.
If you are not able to reach the $225 in rebates, you
will be billed for the difference after May 1. Many fami-
lies have already reached or far exceeded the $225
SCRIP expectation. Your $225 will be credited and we
greatly appreciate your continued support of SCCS. If
you have questions about your SCRIP rebate amount,
please contact Diane Polley at [email protected].
http://www.powerup4kids.org/upload/docs/PowerUp/School%20Challenge/FamilyWk2.pdfmailto:[email protected]
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Knights Sports News
This Past Week:
7th Grade Girls remained undefeated with a win over St. Jude
and wrapped up the regular season title with two games to
play.
The 6th Grade Boys team took 1st place in the Ray Brown Me-
morial Tournament in North St. Paul. Congratulations to Nick
Purdie, Peter Markert, Jack Harrington, Jack Faust, Jack
Schoe-
necker, Yonas O’Malley, Tony O’Keefe, and Ryan Colburn.
Both 5th Grade Boys basketball teams continued their winning
ways last Monday.
5th Grade Boys - Gold - beat St. Peter on the road 46-27
5th Grade Boys - Green - beat St. Ambrose at home 36-14
Upcoming Events:
Home Games Away Games
Monday February 11th Monday February 11th
4:30 6th Girls vs. St. Odilia 4:30 6th Boys at St. Pascal
5:45 5th Boys Gold vs. 5th Boys Green 4:30 7th Girls at St. Mary
of the Lake
Thursday February 14th
4:30 7th Boys vs. Trinity
I Love to Read - Reading Is Our Thing!
We’re celebrating I Love to Read Month with Dr. Suess and his
friends this month! Throughout the month, SCCS has
various activities planned to promote and celebrate reading.
Already this week many students have been caught reading by
Mystery Callers. On Monday, Mrs. Binford caught
these students reading: Jack Batterton; Morgan Delaney; Taylor,
Myla and Parker Harris; Claire and Valerie Lozano;
Noah, Sam and Amanda Schraut; Karsten Schmitt; Annika Woodward;
Thomas, Ben and Kate Watry; Isabella and
Sophia Scanlan, Elizabeth Voss, and Mrs. Bowen.
On Tuesday, Ms Millie caught these students reading: Marie
Tschoepe; Sophia Spencer; Dominic and Joseph Krenz;
and Clare Burchill.
Watch next week’s FYI to see who is caught reading on Wednesday
and Thursday this week. And be sure to be read-
ing the week of February 25 - 28 when the Mystery Callers will
be busy again.
Other activities:
This Friday, February 8, is Crazy Hat and Sock Day. Wear your
crazy hat and/or socks either with your uniform
or use a no uniform pass and be sure to accessorize with hats
and socks!
Students should have brought home their Reading Bingo Game this
week if they want to participate.
Another optional activity is the Dr. Seuss “Character Creation
Contest” Students should bring in a Dr. Seuss char-
acter creation by February 19.
GO KNIGHTS !
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Upcoming Events
Wednesday, February 6 and Thursday, February 7
7:00 - 7:30 pm Get Caught Reading by a Mystery Caller
Thursday, February 7
6:30 pm Light Their Way Dinner - benefiting Tuition Assistance
for SCCS students
St. Michael’s Social Hall
Friday, February 8 - Crazy Hat and Sock Day
6:00 pm Kindergarten and Preschool Family Movie Night - The
Tigger Movie
St. Michael’s Social Hall
Monday, February 11 through Friday, February 15
8th graders to Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center
Tuesday, February 12
3:40 - 4:40 pm Chess Lessons - students meet in the
Cafeteria
Wednesday, February 13 - Ash Wednesday
9:15 am School Mass - grades K—5 attending
12:15 pm Parish Mass - grades 6 and 7 attending
Thursday, February 14 - Valentine’s Day
No Uniforms - Wear Red and White
Friday, February 15 (REMINDER - No Uniform Passes CANNOT be used
on Fridays during Lent.)
2nd half tuition payments due
Men’s Club Fish Fry
Stations of the Cross
Sunday, February 17
First Sunday of Lent
Monday, February 18
Presidents Day - No School - Staff Development Day
Tuesday, February 19
Dr. Suess Character Creations due by today
3:40 - 4:40 pm Chess Lessons - students meet in the
Cafeteria
Wednesday, February 20 (updated schedule - No Mass Today)
1:45 pm Grade 6 plays performed for grades K—4
Thursday, February 21
1:45 pm Grade 6 plays performed for grades 5—8
Friday, February 22 (updated schedule - Mass today)
(REMINDER - No Uniform Passes CANNOT be used on Fridays during
Lent.)
NO BUSES TODAY - PARENTS DRIVE AM and PM
9:15 am - All School Mass (schedule change)
