Halloween is Wednesday (as I’m sure you know!) and the
excitement will be palpable! Please
be sure that children’s costumes are appropriate – ones they can safely wear
all day or out of which they can change early in the day, not so expensive that
school activities can ruin them and cause disaster, no frightfully scary masks
or even plastic weapons – just good, clean, creative fun!
Parent Teacher Conferences are this Thursday and Friday! I hope you’ve made an appointment to visit
with your child’s teacher as there is much to be gained by these face-to-face
meetings. Remember there will be no
classes for students on these days but our extended day program will be
available for all day care or for drop-ins during conferences.
Speaking of extended day, we are making a change in the
coverage of our Early Room program
based on the increased growth of participation during the
morning. For many years we have offered all early room care in the south
MPR. As our numbers have increased this year, we feel it is in the best
interest of all participants to split the groups by age. Beginning Monday,
October 29th, we will have the following age groups report to
the identified locations:
Toddler/Preschool/PreK/Kindergarten
will be reporting to the ECC Commons
First through eighth graders will
be remain in the south MPR
This will allow us to offer developmentally appropriate
choices to everyone. It will also allow us to provide the adequate
supervision and interactions important for a positive start to the school day.
As a reminder, all
Toddler/Preschool/PreK/Kindergarten children must be signed into Early Room by
their parent while the first through eighth graders may sign for themselves.
We are confident that this will be a successful
adjustment for all and if you have any questions, feel free to contact me
directly. Please remember that this
change begins today – Monday, October 29th.
Admissions season for the 2013-14 school year is in full
swing! Siblings of current St. Paul’s students and St. Paul’s church
members receive admissions priority until Friday, December 7th.
Please submit your applications to the admissions office as soon as possible.
Get
Hooked on a Good Book! -
Please mark your calendar for family night at the book fair on Wednesday,
November 7th from 3:30 - 5:30 pm in the gymnasium. Come peruse our
fabulous selection of books, read a few with your child or set books aside for
class visits on Thursday and Friday. We will celebrate and encourage
reading with buddy D.E.A.R. times (drop everything and read) and an all-school
reading time during the week, as well as author visits during each divisional
chapel on Thursday. If you would like to help with the book fair, please
see the schedule at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0B48A9AA292-book If you would like to
bring treats for class visits during the book fair, please sign up at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0B48A9AA292-book1
All School Pencil Collection Project
from October 25th – November 7th, 2012 -- Atem Akuei is a current second grade student at St. Paul’s whose
father is originally from Sudan, Africa. Since Atem was six years old, he has
been collecting pencils and school supplies for the children of South Sudan
when he learned that children there do not have any support for their
education. In fact, they sit under any big tree and write in the dirt with
their fingers. Atem has voluntarily given up a lot of things to
make sure he can make a difference in the lives of the Sudanese children. Last year Atem worked hard to meet his
goal of collecting and sending 10,000 pencils. Atem’s previous school and channel 41 honored
him last school year for collecting 12,334 pencils! This year his goal is
20,000 pencils! Students in St.
Paul’s School and St. Paul’s Church members are invited to donate to this
worthy project in the next two weeks.
We invite
each St. Paul’s student and family to help Atem reach his goal by bringing in
new, unopened boxes or bags of pencils anytime between
Wednesday, October 25th and
Wednesday, November 7th . Pencils can be placed in the large boxes
found on each floor of the Lower School, in the blue tub at the greeting spot
in ECC, and in the receptacle organized by MS on the third floor. We thank you
for supporting the children of South Sudan and Atem Akuei’s honorable mission! Atem and his mother will be delivering the pencils to the children of South Sudan in December of
this year. To learn more about this heartfelt story, go to: http://tinyurl.com/atem-news
Several parents and faculty have
reported cars coming through the carpool lines with children unbelted and hanging out windows, a very unsafe
practice that makes us all nervous.
Please encourage your children to buckle up as soon as they get in the
car and stay buckled until leaving the car.
We would hate to see a child get hurt by not adhering to this
expectation.
