THIS WEEK AT SPES
October 17th - 21st
THE WEEK AT A GLANCE
THIS WEEK IS "TURN IT IN" WEEK
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17th
SPES Spirit Shop orders delivered to homerooms
2:20-3:45 p.m. Robotics Meeting
2:30-4 p.m. Girls on the Run
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18th
GIRLS get a FREE SPIRIT DRESS DAY as last quarter's "Turn It In Week" Winners
9:15 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 7th Grade Field Study - Chamber Theatre Production
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Mother's Ministry - Rm. 217 upstairs
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19th
2:20 - 3:30 p.m. Science Olympiad Mtg.
2:30 - 4 p.m. Girls on the Run
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20th
NO SCHOOL TODAY - FACULTY IN-SERVICE
Report Cards Sent Home Today
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st
NO A.M. or P.M. BUS SERVICE TODAY
7:30 a.m. 4th - 8th Grade Mass in Church - Parents/Grandparents welcomed!
8:20 a.m. 1st - 3rd Grade Mass in Church - Parents/Grandparents welcomed!
2:20 - 3:30 p.m. 2nd-4th Grade After School Soccer Clinic
NEXT WEEK IS RED RIBBON WEEK!
(See below for Red Ribbon Week Schedule)
Be A Leader, Don’t Stand By: Stand Up, Stand Strong, Stand Together”
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24th - "Don’t Stand By - Stand Out"
Students may wear neon shirts with uniform shorts, skirts, jumpers or pants
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25th - "Stand Up For What Is Good
Students may wear silly socks and their favorite tennis shoes with their uniforms
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26th - "Stand Strong"
Students show their strength and power to make good choices by wearing red shirts with their uniform shorts, skirts, jumpers or pants.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27th - "Stand Together"
Students have a free JEAN SPIRIT DRESS DAY and may wear their blue jeans with SPES-approved spirit shirts.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28th - "With Christ We Can Stand Up, Stand Strong and STand Together"
Students wear their school uniforms to this morning's Mass as we not onlky celebrate the Eucharist but also our strength, power and courage to make good choices! Parents and grandparents, as always, are invited to join us in Celebrating the Eucharist at our Friday Mass in church - 7:30 a.m. for 4th-8th graders and their family members and 8:20 a.m. for 1st - 3rd graders and their family members.
THIS WEEK IS "TURN IT IN WEEK"
1) Gather your Box Tops for Education, Coke Rewards, Community Coffee labels and ink cartridges
2) Bag them and mark the bag with "GIRLS" or "BOYS" - the gender you would like to get credit toward next quarter's free dress day
3) Send the bag(s) to school and have your child drop it in the BOYS' or GIRLS' bin at school
VOILA --- YOU HAVE HELPED EARN "FREE MONEY" FOR OUR CHILDREN!!!
HAVE YOU SUBMITTED YOUR NOMINATION FOR THE LEF OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AWARDS YET?
APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSIONS OPENS AT 8 a.m. MONDAY FOR NEW STUDENTS FOR 2017-2018
SPREAD THE WORD - SPES OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd
REMEMBER: SPES AFTERCARE WILL CLOSE AT 4 p.m. ON NOVEMBER 3rd so that we may clean the classrooms that our Open House attendees will be visiting and so that our faculty/staff may prepare for their Open House presentations.
NOTES AND REMINDERS
*GRANDPARENT DEMOGRAPHIC UPDATES: Many thanks to the 115+ of you who have completed the grandparent demographic survey. If you have not had a chance to update your child's grandparents' contact info yet, please do so as soon as possible. You can do so on your RenWeb account yourself (see tutorial on http://www.stpiuselementary.org/about-us/parent-tutorials.cfm) or click on the Grandparent Demographic link found below on our Hyperlink section. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GP2016UPDATE
*ST. PIUS X CHURCH CHRISTMAS CARD DESIGN CONTEST: St. Pius X Church is still looking for original designs for this year's Christmas Card from parishioners. If your child has not yet submitted his/her design, check out the design specifications on the form on Resource Docs on RenWeb. Deadline for submission of designs is NOVEMBER 7, 2016.
*SPES SPIRIT SHOP AND ATHLETIC CALENDAR LINKS: So that you can always have easy access to both our SPES Online Spirit Shop and our Athletic Calendar of Practices and Games, each week we will provide the hyperlinks to these two sites so you never have to search farther than your most recent "THIS WEEK AT SPES!"
LETTER ABOUT SPES FAMILY DAY AND SIGN-UP LINKS FOR NOVEMBER 12TH FAMILY DAY COMING THIS WEEK
Parents Already Rocking "Ready to Rock Spring Gala" Planning
THIS MONTH'S HABIT - "BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND"
"You are your child’s first and best teacher. You lay the foundation for the education of your children’s mind, heart, body, and spirit. No matter what’s going on in your child’s school, you can help your son or daughter discover the leader within and prepare for a great life of contribution and service."
Stephen R. Covey
The quote from Stephen R. Covey is found in "The Leader In Me Parent's Guide." Each week we will be sharing tidbits from the parents guide which coincide with what your children are learning and the habit on which they are focusing. Have you engaged your child in discussion about this month's "Habit of Highly Effective People?" "Begin with the End In Mind" is our habit and students are focusing on WIGS and ACTION STEPS. Ask your child(ren) about what their WIGS (Wildly Important Goals) for the year are and ask what their Action Steps (Steps to take to accomplish those goals) are. You may be surprised at the lofty goal our school has set for this year! And even more surprised that even though we missed a week of school in August, we are on track to meet our WIGS!