Saint Rose of Lima Catholic School

2072 Hamline Avenue North

Roseville, MN 55113 651.646.3832

Fax: 651.647.6437 www.mysaintrose.net

From the Principal’s Desk ~ Mr. Slaikeu

Skol! I know many of you may not be a Vikings fans, but you can’t help but be excited. I hope you just enjoy it, whether you’re a fan or not, something exciting is happening!

Speaking of exciting, we registered our first New Kindergartener for the 2018-19 school year today. Very exciting indeed! We hosted our first open house for Pre-K and Kinder-garten last night. If you missed it, don’t worry! We are going to be hosting a second one in late February. However, I would like to let you know that if you plan on registering a Pre-kindergarten student or Kindergartener for next year, there is a financial incentive for registering by January 31st. Completed registrations received by this date qualify for extension of the current year tuition rates for those grades, should rates go up for the 2018-19 school year. Please contact the school office for an early registration form. In the next couple weeks, we will start our registration process for all grades, so look for more information coming home soon.

If you would humor me for a minute; I recently watched the movie Apollo 13 again after many years (if you haven’t watched it, I suggest it!). Spoiler alert!! During that movie the mission to the moon has major malfunctions. It turns out they can’t land on the moon and have a difficult journey to get back to Earth. During one of the scenes one of the Mission Control members says “this is going to be the biggest disaster in NASA history” and Flight Director (played by Ed Harris) replies “With all due respect, I believe this is going to be our finest hour.” It turns out it truly was their finest hour. I believe this year is going to be one of our finest “hours” at Saint Rose (and hopefully for the Vikings, too!). I am excited for many reasons, but I’m primarily excited that we have done so much in the last year to bring this school to a new level of excellence. Hopefully you have noticed that as well and are just as excited as we are.

Please stay tuned next week for more information about our Catholic Schools Week cele-bration. We have many activities planned and are ready for a wonderful week. I look for-ward to seeing you all on Sunday, January 22th at 10:00 am as we kick off the week with Mass at Saint Rose, followed by our open house and STEM fair. Please join us! Students should be in uniform representing the school at Mass and the open house.

Also, please see the last page of The Redhawk for an announcement from Father Fitzpat-rick. Peace, Mr. Slaikeu

The mission of Saint Rose of Lima Catholic School is to provide a quality academic education, religious education, and faith formation for our students. It is our goal to prepare our children as

lifelong learners who will grow spiritually and intellectually as responsible Christians and citizens of our global community.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, 1/20 & 21 New Parishioner Welcome and Fellowship after all Masses at Saint Rose Wednesday, 1/24 First Reconciliation Family Practice, 6:10 PM in the Church Thursday, 1/25 Talent Show Tryouts, 2:15 PM, Cafeteria Friday, 1/26 NO SCHOOL—Faculty Workshop Saturday, 1/27 First Reconciliation & Reception, 10 AM; Kids Sale Drop Off Day, 1—3 PM, Enter at Door #3 Sunday, 1/28 WELCOME! CSW Mass, 10 AM in the Church, immediately followed by School Open House and STEM Fair until 12:30 PM Monday, 1/29 First Raffle Ticket Turn In Day; K—8 Snow Tubing at Three Rivers Park, Talent Show Rehearsal, 2:15 PM, Cafeteria Tuesday, 1/30 Winter Athletic Photos, 2:15, Gym Wednesday, 1/31 All School Mass, 8 AM in the Church, Grade 4 Preparing; Talent Show Dress Rehearsal, 2:15 PM, Cafeteria Thursday, 2/1 Geography Bee, 8:30 AM, Cafeteria; Home & School Meeting, 6:30 PM, Conference Room Friday, 2/2 Pre-K-Grade 2 Carnival, 8:30 AM; Talent Show, 12:30 PM, Cafeteria

School News

Let us help you get a jump on spring cleaning!

KIDS’ STUFF SALE DROP OFF NEXT WEEKEND!

Drop off your clean, gently used items on Saturday, 1/27, from 1-3 PM. Please enter at Door 3, and you’ll be given directions from there.

IT’S RAFFLE DAY!Help us reach our

$17,000 goal!

Our 2018 Catholic United Financial Raffle started last week! Catholic United Financial works to pro-mote Catholic Schools and spearheads this fundraiser wherein every dollar raised goes back to the participating school. No ad-ministrative funds are taken from your dona-tions. Each family is asked to partner with us and sell only 40 tickets to get us to our school goal of $17,000!

Raffle materials as well as information on the raffle prizes that can be won by schools and students was sent home last Friday. Please check your messenger child’s folder/backpack for your family’s raffle envelope if you have not yet seen it.

Grand Prize: 2018 Chevy Trax or $20,000 in cash

Top SCHOOL FAMILY Seller: WowWee Robot

Top Selling Homeroom: Pizza Party

Whole Saint Rose School Award: DJ Party & Free Dress Day when $17,000 goal is met!

We need YOUR help to make this happen!

COLD WEATHER RECESS ALERT

Parents,

Our students enjoy outside recess daily, as long as the wind chill is not below –10 degrees.

PLEASE make sure your chil-dren (even the big kids!) come to school with warm outerwear (heavy coat, snow pants, boots, hats, gloves, etc.) so they can have play time with their friends.

Thank you!

NEW FINANCIAL AID APPLICATION DEADLINE ALERT

The new deadline to apply for financial aid through Aim Higher is February 15, 2018 (two months earlier than our previous deadlines of April 15!). Please plan accordingly! Apply here.

Winter Athletics Photos

Tuesday, January 30th

Students participating in Saint Rose basketball and hockey teams will have team and individual photos taken after school on January 30th.

Basketball—2:15 PM Hockey—2:30 PM

Order forms will be coming home with your ath-lete next week, or order online for a free digital image!

School News Have a question

about your child’s lunch balance?

Please email Saint Rose’s Nutrition Services Manager, Stacey Gaetz, with your balance inquiry at stacey.gaetz@isd623.org. Thank you for helping us remain in good standing with district-provided lunch program!

‘Tis the season… for colds and flu!

If it is necessary for a student to be absent, please call the school office (651-646-3832) by 7:45 AM on the day of the absence. No student calls will be accepted. If the school has not been contacted about an absence, school will attempt to contact the child’s parent/guardian during the morning hours to verify the reason for the absence.

** Students experiencing a fever, vomiting, or diarrhea may not return to school until they have

been symptom free for at least 24 hours.**

If a student has been absent for more than three consecutive school days, or more than six days in a trimester for a medical reason, the office must be provided with a medical excuse from the healthcare professional (e.g., doctor, physician’s assistant, or dentist).

When the weather outside is frightful, we want you to be

prepared!

In the event of extreme cold or snow, Saint Rose will follow the lead of Roseville Area School District in closing the school. IF ROSEVILLE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CLOSED, SAINT ROSE WILL BE CLOSED.

Ultimately, it’s the parents’ and guardians’ choice whether to send their child to school in inclement weather.

We will continue to notify our school families of our decision to close via the news media (the announcement will come under “Roseville Area School District”), Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, and our school website.

If you are not a parishioner at Saint Rose of Lima Church, or were unable to join us for Mass last weekend, please use this link to view a copy of the Sunday bulletin for January 13 & 14. You can also sign up

to be notified weekly when a new bulletin is available.

Share a Coke and Make Saint Rose Smile! Sign up in the Coca-Cola Give program and you’ll be helping raise funds for Saint Rose! Just en-

ter codes from your favorite Coke products. It’s that simple!

Earning money for Saint Rose while shopping is easy with Amazon! #StartWithaSmile Shop at smile.amazon.com, and Amazon will donate to Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church & School! Just click on the link below, shop as usual, and Amazon will do the rest! https://smile.amazon.com/ch/41-0790158

Put This On Your Fridge!

Save the Date: January 28

Opening Catholic Schools Week Mass: 10 AM ~ Join us! Bring your friends and neighbors! Our students will be leaders of song and participating in the liturgy! Students should be in school uniform, please.

School Open House and STEM Fair: Immediately following Mass until 12:30 PM

Refreshments Catholic Schools Raffle tickets and Valegrams will be on sale Tour classrooms, newly-renovated spaces, and visit with teachers See our 3D printers at work in our STEM Lab A full schedule of events will be sent home early next week.

Saint ROSE HAS TALENT!

Calling all third through eighth grade students!

Have you seen the numerous talent search shows on TV? It’s time to show

what you can do at this year’s Catholic Schools Week Talent Show!

Step into the lights and share the gifts God gave you with the whole school.

Here are the rules:

You must be in third through eighth grade.

You must be a student at our great Saint Rose of Lima Catholic School.

You may audition for up to two acts.

You must bring a signed permission slip to the audition.

Bring a printed copy of your script and/or lyrics to be turned in to the Talent

Show Coordinators.

You may perform alone or with a group.

Bring all props, costumes, instruments, and recorded music that you may need.

Keep your act to three minutes or less in length.

No judges, prizes, or awards.

The show will be Friday, February 2nd at 12:30 PM. Dance, perform magic, juggle,

play piano, sing, beat box, tumble, unicycle, get a band together, play harmonica, double

dutch jump rope, tell an original story, sing an aria, make ‘em laugh, rap, perform a

monologue, play the bagpipes, or do the fandango. Your parents have paid for lessons;

you may as well use the skills!

SAINT ROSE HAS TALENT!

It’s time to show what you can do at this year’s Catholic Schools Week Talent Show!

Here are the dates to know:

Emcee (please bring a few ideas or examples to show what you can do) and

Talent Show Practice, Thursday, January 25th after school in the cafeteria.

Please bring signed permission slip (form below), copies of your script or song

lyrics, and anything else your act may need.

Talent Show rehearsals, Monday, January 29th and Wednesday, January

31st after school in the cafeteria.

Talent Show, Friday, February 2nd at 12:30 PM in the cafeteria. Parents are

encouraged to attend!

Please note, it is important to attend all of the rehearsal dates.

Questions? Contact Tom or Kate Ritzer at 651.484.3133.

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Permission Slip for the Talent Show

Step into the lights and share the gifts God gave you with the whole school.

Name____________________________ Grade__________________ Room_______________

Type of Talent/Act_________________________________________________________________

Title of Talent/Act_________________________________________________________________

My child has permission to participate in the Saint Rose Talent Show. I have approved the attached

lyrics, movements, script, and costumes for the act and they are appropriate for a Catholic

elementary school show. Acts should be kept to a maximum 3 minutes in length.

Parent/Guardian signature______________________________________ Date_______________