St. Paul News
St. Paul School- Kevin Brever, Principal-September 2, 2016
Inspirational Quote
"At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents."
~Jane D. Hull (b. August 8, 1935) is an American politician who served as the 20th Governor of Arizona from 1997 to 2003. She was the second woman to serve as Governor of Arizona , Hull graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in education.
School Pictures will be on October 5th
Library Wish List
We Want Your LEGOs!
From the Classrooms
3-Year Old Fun Learning
Kindergarten
First Grade News
More News
First Annual Foot-Golf Scramble - 9/3
Cross Country Team First Meeting at Holy Cross
Middle School Mixer - 9/10
Sycamore Education
-----Download the Sycamore Mobile App
Online Forms for Internet & Technology Use Due Next Friday
- -----Acceptable Use Policies and Agreements - All parents & Students
- -----St. Paul Catholic School Photo/Video/Website Release Form 2016-17 - All parents
- -----The 1:1 Laptop Computer Program Agreement Form - Middle school parents and students only
- Saint Paul Music Ministry
-----Saint Paul Youth Choir
-----Hand Chime/Bell Ministry
Dismissal Procedures 2016-17
Catholic Conference of Kentucky is working with EdChoice KY
Calendars
---St. Paul Parish School Calendar Link
---SCHOOL CALENDAR DATES 2016-17
---2016-2017 High School Calendar
From the PTO
- PTO Committee Members
SPORTS
St. Paul Sports Calendar Link
STUDENT INFORMATION & SIGN-UP FORM Link
Catholic Sports Athletic Association Basketball Website Link
Community Happenings
- Community Arts Organizations Kick Off Citywide Celebration of William Shakespeare
Special Links
Bookworm of the Month
Lunch Menu
St. Paul Catholic School Facebook Link
- Sacrament Information
- Inclement Weather Policy
- Stay Connected with Sycamore Education
- Last Week's Newsletter Link
Saint Paul Catholic Community App
From the Desk of the Principal
Library Wish List
Donors can either select from a list of current and popular titles (listed alphabetically), or opt to donate a sum of money to help us purchase titles from our wishlist. The books from this site are virtually indestructible, and each book donated comes with a donor plate on the inside cover to recognize the donor's generosity. Please help our Raiders read!
~Jen Burba
We Want Your Legos!
Parents, if you have any Legos in your home that you no longer use, please donate them to St. Paul's Creative Learning Center!!! We are working to acquire enough Lego supplies to build a Lego wall for our older students, and we also need the bigger Lego blocks for our littles (PS, PK, and Kindergarten) to utilize. Wondering why Legos are so valuable in school? Here are a few reasons:
- Legos provide tools that develop lateral thinking in a fun environment
- Legos teach kids to think in three dimensions
- Legos improve literacy as kids work with instructions
- Legos develop problem-solving, organization, and planning by construction
- Legos improve creativity
- Legos enhance communication and critical thinking
- Legos boost kids' motor development
~Jen Burba
From the Classrooms
3-Year Old Fun Learning!
Kindergarten
Kindergarten has had a great start the school year! We are making new friends and learning the rules at school.
We also met our prayer partners this week! We went in the park to play together and attended mass together.
Reading/Writing: We learned the word can this week, and have also been putting simple sentences together! We learned about what a sentence is and how to use a period at the end of a sentence. We learned about rhyme and about the parts of a book.
Math: We have been working on sorting in math. We have focused on alike, same and different using colors and shapes.
Social Studies: We focused on family and who belongs to our families.
Science: We learned what a plant needs to grow.
~Beth Trusty
First Grade News
First Grade has had a wonderful start to the year. We have been learning about each other and making friends. We have also been working hard to show what we remember from Kindergarten. We have been playing hard too. We love gonoodle!! We can't wait to see what else this year holds for us.
~Heather Byers
More News
First Annual Foot-Golf Scramble - 9/3
Kids from pre-k through 8th grade are invited and encouraged to participate! (ages 8 & under will "tee" off from a closer location to the pin, and with a best ball scramble, their kicks are very likely to be used!)
You don't need to understand golf because it's just kicking a soccer ball!!!! (you can provide your own, or rent one there)
Contact Dave at WordandLifeYM@gmail.com for more details and to register your team!!!
- THIS Saturday at Bobby Nichols Golf Course with registration starting at 3:30pm.
- Shotgun start at 4pm
- FREE catered Chick-Fil-A dinner right after the round (roughly at 6:30pm)
- Prizes for the 1st, 2nd, and Last Place teams!!!
- *hole prizes for specific holes (longest 'drive', longest 'putt', etc...)
Please help us fill up all our teams! We cannot do this without your support!
Thanks so much!
Cross Country Team First Meeting at Holy Cross
Middle School Mixer - 9/10
Sycamore Education
Get Connected - Stay Connected
Sycamore Education is a secure, online community used by schools around the world. Using Sycamore Education will allow you to access school information you need, when you need it. An internet connection is all you need to access your school’s news, calendar events, classroom web pages and more, but Sycamore Education is so much more than an information portal. Sycamore Education provides streamlined real-time communication between educators and parents. Your family and student information is available to you 24 hours a day
Information - Anytime!
St. Paul has provided you with the School ID, your personal username and password. To login simply visit your saintpaulschool.net and click the "Sycamore> Login" Button.
(If you have not received, or have misplaced your username and password, please contact Jessica in the office at 935-5511, or email her at jessica.votaw@saintpaulschool.net.)
Note the drop-down menu with some helpful guides to getting started with Sycamore. Sycamore Education is web-based and works in all modern web browsers including Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Mobile apps are also available for iOS and Android users. Visit your mobile webstore to download the latest version.
Using Sycamore Education
- My Students - View your child’s grades for each class. Access the classroom web pages to see calendar events, assignment due dates, and photos and documents, schedule Parent/Teacher Conferences.
- My School - View your family, contact and student information. View and enter service hours and
- Front Desk - View the Employee Directory and pass them a note or email.
Download the Sycamore Mobile App
Sycamore School: Family and Sycamore School: Student are both available for download from Google and Apple mobile marketplaces. Users will have access to many of the same great tools that they've enjoyed in the previous versions with a few changes:
1) Interface: Users will notice 'School' and 'Personal' tabs for their convenience and we've brought in more of an emphasis on quickly and easily access student grades, which now pop up when visiting the 'Personal' tab.
2) All Features are Free: Sycamore has always tried to be a one line item company and we weren't able to do that with the last app. We're happy to offer every feature in this version as part of the free package. Features from the premium version will arrive in the free version shortly.
Users trying to login with the old version may experience difficulty so please remove the old version from your phones and use the appropriate app that features the images above. A staff app will be released shortly.
If you have any questions please let me know.
Thanks,
Jessica (jessica.votaw@saintpaulschool.net)
* Online Forms for Internet & Technology Use Due Next Friday
The Archdiocese of Louisville requires us to have on file the following forms for all of our students and their parents/guardians. Without these signed documents we will not be able to allow your child the privilege of using the internet, computers and tablets at school.
Parents and students must complete and submit these forms:
- "Acceptable Use Policies and Agreements", please go to http://goo.gl/p84drz [* Separate Documents must be submitted by parents AND by students.]
- "St. Paul Catholic School Photo/Video/Website Release Form 2016-17", at http://goo.gl/MBIqgK [In order for us to use photos or videos of students, it is necessary to have parental permission to do so.],
- "The 1:1 Laptop Computer Program Agreement Form" - [Middle school parents and students only] at http://goo.gl/0PIl8W
Tim Dooley, Technology Director (tim.dooley@saintpaulschool.net)
Forms must be submitted by September 9th.
Saint Paul Music Ministry
Saint Paul Youth Choir
- Saint Paul Youth Choir began rehearsals on Monday, August 29 from 3:00-4:00 pm.
- Rehearsal will continue every Monday from 3-4 pm for one hour following school.
I will pick the students up from the school at 3:00, and the rehearsals will be in the church. Please be sure to attend every rehearsal, as there will be more new material presented that evening.
Choir performances will begin Sunday, September 25th, at the 9:30 am Mass. Students should arrive no later than 9:00 am, as we will rehearse in the chapel before Mass. If, for whatever reason, your child is not able to make rehearsal on any given Monday or Mass on any given Sunday, please let me know at least a day in advance so the choir and I can plan accordingly.
If you have any questions, please email me at anthony.ransom@saintpaulschool.net . I look forward to being your child’s director for this exciting Season!
Sincerely,
Mr. Anthony Ransom
Saint Paul Catholic Church Music Minister
Hand Chime/Bell Ministry
Dear Friends,
Ring in the new season as Saint Paul Music Ministry Announces the exploration of a new
Hand Chime /Bell ministry to our parish. St. Lawrence Catholic Church graciously loaned their hand chimes to explore beginning a Hand Chime / Bell program.
- What are Hand chimes? Hand chimes ring a rich, mellow tone when played. It is our hope that once the program is established, we would invest in Hand Bells, which ring a bright, brilliant tone.
- Rehearsals for Hand Chime / Bell choir will begin Thursday, September, 22nd at 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Blessings!
Mr. Anthony Ransom
Saint Paul Catholic Church Music Minister
Calendars
From the PTO
PTO Committee Members
Vice President -- Michelle Huber ----- 502-671-3851
Secretary -------- Bobbi Osborn ----- 502-645-5326
Treasurer -------- Becky Baird ----- 502-418-6343
Sports
Community Happenings
Community Arts Organizations
“...to be, or not to be...”
Celebration of William Shakespeare's 400th Anniversary
Kick Off City-wide Celebration of William Shakespeare's 400th Anniversary
- Accompanied by representatives from Louisville’s arts and cultural institutions, Mayor Greg Fischer officially announced an eight-month-long, city-wide celebration of William Shakespeare called Will in the Ville. This collaborative initiative—spearheaded by the Frazier History Museum, University of Louisville, and the Louisville Free Public Library—involves more than 45 arts, cultural, and educational organizations throughout Louisville and Southern Indiana. As part of the international commemoration of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, it aims to make Louisville a “city of Shakespeare.”
- Shakespeare events begin this month and continue throughout 2016.
- “Shakespeare’s writing is timeless – beautiful and poetic – and the city is honored to host this important celebration of all things from the Bard of Avon,” Fischer said.
- The First Folio, published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death, is the first collected edition of his plays, many of which were not published during his lifetime.
- When the First Folio arrives in Louisville, its pages will be opened to the most quoted line from Shakespeare and one of the most quoted lines in the world, “To be, or not to be,” from Hamlet. Accompanying the rare book will be a multi-panel exhibition exploring the significance of Shakespeare, then and now, with additional digital content and interactive activities. "...this will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to come within inches of one of the most influential books in history,” said Penelope Peavler, President & CEO of the Frazier History Museum.
- First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare premieres in Louisville at the Frazier History Museum on November 10 and will be free and open to the public. A schedule of programs, activities, and performances is available online at LFPL.org/WillintheVille. And you can follow the conversation on Twitter and Instagram using #WillintheVille.
Events at Local Branches of the Louisville Public Library
Southwest Branch
Shively Branch
Fairdale Branch
10616 West Manslick Rd.
Louisville, KY USA 40118
Phone: 502-375-2051
Click to Visit Branch Website
Special Links
Bookworm of the Month
Lunch Menu
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Sacrament Info
Click here to see important Sacrament Information and link to some very user-friendly family resources at the "St. Paul Catholic Community Faith Formation".
Inclement Weather
Click here to see the Inclement Weather Policy.
Stay Connected
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