2023

As we approach the weekend, and the week of Halloween, we want to remind all to have a safe, fun, spooky and thrilling time. For this reason, I would like to share our approach to Halloween at St. Therese.

Respect for Our Faith: As a Catholic school, our faith is central to our identity. We remind students that dressing up should not promote fear or negativity.

Not every family celebrates Halloween, and that's ok. We look for alternatives in the way of games, and more generally celebrating the fall season.

Students who choose to dress up are asked to do so respectfully. Costumes should be respectful, modest, and free from excessive gore, or inappropriate themes. Costumes should not be a caricature of another culture. Cowboy/cowgirl is fine. Dressing up as a native American (Indian) is not.

Whether you celebrate fright night, or not, all are welcome to join us for our school mass observing All Saints Day, next Wednesday, November 1st, at 8:30 a.m. (That should be a fun morning, eh, parents?)

Have fun. Be safe. Go big. Brush your teeth.

All the best,

Principal Schoning

Halloween Bash Returns to St. Therese Gym...from the dead!

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Check out how you can help, in the Sign-Up Genius. Alternatively, you can show up tomorrow and lend a hand for as long as you are able. Huge thanks to St. Therese mom of Lucas in 8th grade, Kaila Yancey, for bringing the joy and fright of Halloween Bash back!

ATHLETICS COMMITTEE MEETING:

We will be holding our first Athletic Committee meeting for the school year on Wednesday November 1st from 630-8pm. We will meet in the school library, and there will be a Zoom option:

Anyone interested in the program is invited and encouraged to attend. We will have an agenda covering volleyball, basketball, and the overall program health. The goal of the Athletics Department is to be transparent and inclusive, and we are at our strongest when we are supported by the amazing St Therese community.

WINTER BASKETBALL AND HOT SHOTS REGISTRATION OPEN:

The registrations for both hot shots and winter basketball are available on the St Therese website through CYO. You can find the direct links to register below. Please let family and friends who are interested in playing know that they can play here! Let's have a great season!

VOLUNTEERS:

We are hosting games at the gym over the coming weeks as the volleyball season comes to a close. We need volunteer help through the regular season and especially for the tournament! Please volunteer to help us staff some important roles as a site monitor (resources and training available) and concessions. We are working to build the program and need your help! You can sign up through the Sign-Up Genius app here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848ADA82EA1FBC34-45653842-november

If you have any questions contact the Athletics Program at: athletics@stthereseschool.org

• Friday October 27th

1. Free Dress with 2 cans of food or $2.
2. Pumpkin Patch comes to St. T., Pre-K - 2nd grades
3. Assembly: Virtues Awards, Jog-A-Thon Awards @ 1 p.m.
4. Halloween Bash from - 6 p.m. in the Gym

• Tuesday October 31st Halloween Parade, costumes are allowed. Class parties. See communication from homeroom teachers for more detailed information.

• Wednesday November 1st, 8:30 a.m. - All Saints Day, School Mass

"We got to go on a special tour of the church with Father Jeff today! We were able to learn about all of the cool things in church, we got to see things that most students don't get to see, and we also talked about Mass expectations since we will be going to Mass tomorrow. Mrs. Ngan took our class to Mass last week, but tomorrow is the start of us going to Mass regularly, every Wednesday. You are more than welcome to join us for Mass in our school's church tomorrow at 8:30am! Kindergarten sits in the front left row (left when facing the stage), and you are more than welcome to sit with your child in a pew behind our class." -Ms. Silva

Join us tomorrow, for the Virtues Awards Ceremony, which is occurring at 1 p.m. in the gym! We will see which St. Therese students have exemplified charity.

"Back in August I photographed some very cool looking Lego street art outside ‘Bricks & Mini figs’ on Sandy. By the powers of instagram a member of the group and I got talking and he kindly offered to give me a few stencils so I could use them for an art project. We decided on a Halloween theme. First students used ink in a spray bottle to create the stencilled design, then they embellished them with paint and Posca pens. I love what the 5th grade students did with these! I send a copy to the street artists and they loved them too!" -Mrs. Radford

As always, please reach out if you have any questions or concerns. Mrs. Barnett, our registrar and office manager knows all! Call, email, or drop by and just say hello.

barnetta@stthereseschool.org

schoningc@stthereseschool.org