The Odyssey

MQSCA Families-

This last week of school, MQSCA has faced a lot of illness. We would like to reiterate some basic norms around illnesses. If a student goes home on a Wednesday with a fever, that students should not return to school until they are fever free for 24 hours without any medicine. That would mean, the next day is not outside of the 24 hours, Friday would be the earliest the student can return. Fever reducers such as Tylenol, Ibuprofen etc, masks the illness by reducing the fever only, not getting rid of the sickness. This last week, our average attendance is at around 66%, meaning 35-41 students have been absent for much of the week. This shows that sending your child to school while they are still ill aides the spreading sickness. If your child without medicine, has a fever of 100.7 or higher, we recommend that you keep them home. In addition, we know that wearing a mask helps reduce the spread of germs. If your child has a cough, but no other symptoms, and they can attend school, please encourage them to wear a mask. We want all students to come to school, however, if they are sick, please allow their little bodies the rest they deserve.

This next week of school is packed full!

• Monday is Pajama Day Christmas edition. Don't worry if you don't have Christmas Pajamas, any will do!
• Tuesday we have mass at 8:00am. After mass, the Knights of Columbus will be announcing the winners of the 1st-4th grade Christmas Coloring Contest. The first place winner from each grade will receive a $40 check and 2nd place will receive a $25 check. Again, we would like to thank the Knights of Columbus of West Allis for supporting our school.
• Wednesday is Ugly Sweater Dress down day. We cannot wait to see the ugliest of sweaters. There may be a prize for the ugliest.
• Thursday, December 22, is the first day of Christmas break. School resumes for 1st-8th Grade on January 3, 2023.
• K3, K4, and K5 resume school on January 5, 2023.

The next edition of the Odyssey will come out on December 30.

In Christ-

Mr. Lee

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We are looking for as many MQSCA families as we can to attend mass at 9am mass at St. Rita's or 10:30am mass at MPH this Sunday December 18th. Any student who attends will get three out of uniform passes and a donut.

A Christmas post card was sent out to many families in the West Allis/West Milwaukee School District to begin promoting our school; inviting them to these masses. This will also serve as an opportunity for the to join me, and you, in fellowship to learn more about our great school. Please join me in fellowship with potential new future families to MQSCA.

"Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock" Luke 2:8

The Fourth Candle of Advent represents Love, the ultimate love of God that He might send His only Son for us. Called the "Angel's Candle", the fourth candle of Advent is lit the Sunday before Christmas, and it is the color purple, leading us eagerly to await the new Kingdom of God on earth.

We had over 60 pajamas donated for the pajama drive. Again, thank you to our families for being so generous. We will have a "wear your pajamas" to school on dress-down day, December 19th. Cannot wait to see all the pajamas!

Mark your calendars! MQSCA will host its first Beer and Wine Tasting Event on March 11th. Click on the picture to see more information on the event.

Seton Value: Social Justice

Saint of the Week: St. John Kanty

Virtue of the Week: Welcoming

Feast Day:

Scripture of the Week:

Then the King will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; or I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.

Matthew 25: 34-35

Prayer of the Week:

THE WELCOMING PRAYER
BY FATHER THOMAS KEATING

Welcome, welcome, welcome.
I welcome everything that comes to me today
because I know it's for my healing.
I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions, persons,
situations, and conditions.
I let go of my desire for power and control.
I let go of my desire for affection, esteem,
approval and pleasure.
I let go of my desire for survival and security.
I let go of my desire to change any situation,
condition, person or myself.
I open to the love and presence of God and
God's action within. Amen.

Breakfast

Lunch

In order to be involved in any school activities, including chaperoning a field trip, coaching a sport, or volunteering in a classroom, you have to be safe environment trained. Below is the link to register for a training. No exceptions will be made, it is an archdiocesan mandate. If you plan to volunteer now, or in the future in any way, you MUST have attended a safe environment training. Please reach out to Bryanna Hill if you have questions about safe environment training, if you need to be trained, or if a new background check needs to be conducted. If you think you have been in safe environment training in the past, but are unsure, please double check.

Safe Environment Training

Here is the volunteer form. Please take a moment to fill it out if you have not yet. We still have many spaces available to help volunteer at different event in our school through out the year.

I have some community members that have already showed interest in supporting the school for a beer and wine tasting fundraising effort. We have an opportunity to make this one night be an opportunity to raise money for our school for a playground and much needed fencing. Please consider volunteering for this event so we can start the planning process.

Please make sure that you follow the MQSCA parking lot rules. We have a 5 mph speed limit in the parking lot.

Here are a couple of things to consider:

• You never know when a child will step out from a car, and our littlest friends often are hid by the car.
• Your time is not more valuable than anyone else's and we all run late, however that cannot be a reason to speed through the parking lot.
• Please follow the morning drop off and afternoon pick up procedures.
• Morning drop off procedure is here.
• Afternoon pick up is here.
• Park in a designated parking spot when picking up. Lining up in the aisles, or along building blocking traffic flow and preventing cars to exit in a timely fashion.

The Christmas Concert will be on Wednesday December 14th not December 15th. Please mark your calendars. The concert will be in the church at the school site at 6:00 PM.

Christmas break for K3, K4, and K5 will be extended until January 4th with K3, K4, and K5 returning to school on January 5th. This is due to the All Seton Schools mass at the Al McGuire Center on January 4th. Please mark your Calendars accordingly.

Here is an updated Calendar.