Congratulations to the 7/8 grade volleyball team as they defeated St. Anthony's on the Lake Tuesday night in Waukesha in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee's Volleyball Tournament. The team advances to the sweet sixteen and will play Thursday night at 5:30 pm in Waukesha. Good luck girls!

To expand access to Christ Child Academy, the Governance Board, the Christ Child Academy Finance Committee, and all three parishes finance councils recommend applying for the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program for the 2019-2020 school year. The Tri-Parish Pastoral Council recently met and have also acknowledged their full support of Christ Child Academy applying for School Choice.

There will be a Wisconsin Parental Choice Program informational meeting on Monday, November 19th from 6:00-7:30 pm in the Immaculate Conception Church. Terry Brown, vice president of School Choice Wisconsin, will be presenting and taking questions.

A final decision on applying for School Choice for the 2019-2020 school year will be made by late November.

Totally Terrific Recipients for the week ending October 25.

Kindergarten – Nicholas Baker 1st Grade – Maejor Douangmala 2nd Grade – Rose Barron

3rd Grade – Rocky Richter 4th Grade – Marco Trimberger 5th Grade – Makenzie Schroeder

On Halloween, we held our annual costume parade through the hallways, it was wonderful to see all the different and creative costumes the students and teachers wore! The middle school students participated in a costume contest and the winners were: (L to R) Funniest - Jenny Hittman (7), Best Homemade - Lilly Reinl (6), Most Creative - Collin Kelly (6) , and Scariest - Brayden Hammond (6) Thank you to all the parents for the time and energy that went into preparing the students for this special day.

Christ Child Academy will once again try to get into the Guinness Book of World Records! We will be participating in Speed Stacking with 635,000 kids all over the world! Speed stacking or cup stacking can be an individual or team sport. This sport is played worldwide that involves stacking plastic cups in a number of sequences as fast as you can. Players can compete against each other or for a time. Those that participate work on their hand-eye coordination and ambidexterity.

The date for is Thursday, November 8th. CCA Student Service Council will be running this event during lunch recess. All students will participate. We will be working on our cup stacking during that week in our physical education classes.

Check out the World Sport Stacking Association web page for more information and to see if we will make our goal of 635,000 participants! http://www.thewssa.com/stackup/2018/?

If you are interested, please contact Mark Ruedinger at mruedinger@christchildacademy.com or at 459-2664.

St. Peter Claver Food Pantry Drive

Jesus said, “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, you do unto me.”

During the week of November 5 we will be collecting boxed items such as cereal, rice, noodles, pancake mix, syrup, peanut butter, jam, boxes of Jell-O, macaroni, pudding, crackers, cookies, and fruit or vegetable juices.

During the week of November 12 we will be collecting personal care items such as shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash, family size bars of soap, boxes of tissue, and toilet tissue.

All donations will be greatly appreciated! There will be collection boxes in each classroom.

One of our main fundraisers each year is the Annual Calendar Raffle. The money raised help to keep our tuition rates as low as possible. The Calendar Raffle is a pocket calendar that features special events throughout the year at Christ Child Academy as well as some advertising. We will draw $30 winners every day of the school year. On special holidays that are listed, the cash payout is $200! The cost per Calendar is just $20.00.

As in past years, each family will receive 20 calendars to sell. This is the minimum number that we would like each family to sell. Our goal is to sell 2500 calendars for a net profit of about $40,000!!

All calendars must be sold and turned in by January 2nd, 2019 (First day back after Christmas break). State law prohibits us from selling calendars past the first drawing. We encourage you to turn the tickets in as they are sold; please do not hold on to them as we want to make sure that none get lost or forgotten.

Make sure to take the raffles with you to family get-togethers. The calendars also make great birthday or Christmas gifts for your friends and family.

Our next incentive is to sell 15+ Calendar Raffles by Monday, November 19th at 3:15 pm. Remember, this is cumulative. If your family meets this incentive, your children will participate in a Pizza party lunch on Thursday, November 29th.

We have sold 421 Calendar Raffles so far - Keep up the great work on selling!!

The Brat Fry scheduled for November has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances and will now be rescheduled in spring with a date to be determined.

Thank you to all the families who helped to make our first bingo of the year a huge success!!

We made a profit of $1,252.19!!

The next Bingo is on Sunday, November 18th – Grades 1 & 2 families are responsible for volunteering. Please take a look at the sign up ASAP and find a time slot to work. There are also opportunities to donate food, cash or gift cards. Many hands make for light work. Thank you for your support!

Always accepting gift cards for Wal-mart, Festival & Miesfeld’s to cover costs.

BINGO SIGN-UP

Roncalli is holding an open house on Wednesday, November 7th from 7:00 – 9:00 pm for families with students in grades 5 -8. There will be tours of the school, demonstrations by different departments, and an opportunity to ask questions regarding our school including transportation, grants, and scholarships. At the end of the evening, there will be two $500 tuition voucher drawings.

This year, we have added a new feature for your convenience. We have partnered with GoFundMe to accept online donations for our Annual Fund Appeal.

If parents or grandparents plan to participate in field trips, work in the lunchroom, coach, or help out at school, you must attend a Safeguarding All God’s Family training through the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. You must register on-line at www.archmil.org and indicate you are associated with Christ Child Academy. If you have not previously been trained, now is a great time to attend a session.

Students are to wear their CCA polo shirts with the logo along with dress or Khaki pants or a skirt for the girls. Polo shirts are to be tucked in for both boys and girls. Any additional items such as sweaters or vests must have the CCA logo and be worn over the polo shirt. These additional items are available on the Land's End website. Yoga pants are not to be worn to Mass except under a skirt and in a solid color.

CCA can earn money from clipping Box Tops found on various products. When you buy items, simply clip the Box Top and bring it to CCA. The Box Tops are submitted, and our school receives a check which is used towards our activity fund. It’s another easy way for you to help the school by purchasing the products you already use! Enlist your family, friends and neighbors to collect the Box Tops, too.

CCA will receive 5¢ (five cents) for each cap or milk bag top they redeem from Nature’s Touch® products. The program will only accept specially marked caps and bag tops that feature the Milk Moola symbol. Thank you to Paula Hilbert, who has been overseeing this program for many years!

1. Newspapers

2. Milk Jugs

3. 2 Liter pop bottles

4. Pringles cans

5. Cardboard tubes (wrapping paper, toilet paper, paper towels)

Welcome to a new school year! Start saving money on your tuition by purchasing Scrip. Our Scrip store is available Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:45-3:10 in the Conference Room of the former IC parish offices (next to Mrs. Lampe's office). The Scrip store is also available after weekend masses at all three of our parishes. Contact Brenda Binversie, binversies@gmail.com with any questions.

School Store Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:45 – 3:10 pm

Purchase after Mass:

SPC – 4:30 pm Saturday, 8:00 & 10:00 am Sunday

IC – 4:00 pm Saturday & 10:30 am Sunday

SSCM – 9:00 am Sunday

A reminder to all parents: DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE; please view the most up-to-date Christ Child Academy calendar on our website at www.christchildacademy.com

November

2 - End of Quarter 1

2 - SPC Fish Fry – 8th Grade Desserts

5 - Quarter 2 Begins

8 - Quarter 1 Report Cards Issued

18 - CCA Bingo, Staskunas Activity Center/Gym

21 - Early Release at 1:00 pm (with bussing)

22 & 23 - No School – Thanksgiving Break

Land’s End is the provider for Mass day and field trip shirts at Christ Child Academy. Pants and skirts may be purchased anywhere, but must comply with the guidelines outlined in our school's dress code. Land's End also carries many other apparel items with the CCA logo. Checkout the spirit wear collection.

Start shopping with your personalized product checklist. Shop now via the direct link:

http://www.landsend.com/pp/SchoolSearch.html?action=landing&selectedSchoolNum=900182692

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The purpose of the Student Referral Program is to reward current Christ Child Academy families for increasing and sustaining enrollment at Christ Child Academy.

A referral award will be paid to a current Christ Child Academy family who successfully recruits and/or refers a new student to Christ Child Academy within the guidelines. Please go the the forms link for more information.