Monday
Morning Memo
April
29, 2013
What
a busy, exciting week we had last week! Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day brought
in hundreds of visitors who were so eagerly greeted and enjoyed by their
grandchild or special person. Thanks to
Katie Gregg for orchestrating this event.
The Art Fair brought in more
people to enjoy the talented work of our young artists and the amazing amount
of work done by our art teachers, Shirley Laird and Cheryl Crumpecker, to set
up the displays and show the work of their prodigies. The Preschool
Music Demonstration and then the Toddler
Music Demonstration not only showcased the musical program offered our
youngest students but also gave their parents and guests a workout! Thanks to Missy Haskamp and the classroom
teachers for making these happen for us.
Sixth
graders, Colin M., Julia K., and Gage K., participated in the state MCTM
(Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics) contest Saturday at the
University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. The students were among 700 4th-8th graders
from across the state participating.
They represented our school well and we appreciate their talents and
contributions on behalf of our school.
Thanks, too, to Mrs. McMullen who was there with them.
This
week the third graders perform in their showcase on Thursday, May 2nd
at 7:00 in the south wing MPR. Third graders are eager to share their
musical talents with their parents and friends.
Come enjoy this program, directed by Mrs. Everly.
If you will have a preschool or pre-kindergarten child at St.
Paul’s in 2013-2014 and are planning to register for A-Team, please don’t forget
that registration for the 2013-2014 school year is online! Note that, as was the case this year, A-Team
drop-ins are not available -- you must pre-register your child for A-Team
by Tuesday, April 30—tomorrow. More information about A-Team and
the online form can be found here: http://www.speds.org/current-parents-and-students/inside-st-pauls/student-forms/. If you have questions, please contact Linda van Thullenar, lvan@speds.org.
Middle
School Book Fair on Wednesday, May 1 in the third floor commons: The theme of
"Get Hooked on a Good Book" continues this spring with the middle
school book fair. Students in the
5th-8th grades will have the opportunity to purchase books, as well as order
required summer reading for incoming freshmen at the high schools of choice for
our students. Charge slip approval forms are being sent
home.
The
first payment for next year’s tuition for those on the monthly payment plan is
this Wednesday, May 1.
As a reminder: all tuitions are binding after that date,
regardless of your chosen payment plan.
And we look forward to working with each of you next year!
Last Week to Order School Supplies! You may
pre-purchase a school supply pack for next fall. The packets are ordered
through Innisbrook School Supplies and are priced at the school’s cost. Kindergarten – 8th
grade art supplies are included in the packets or you may order them separately
using the order form in option 2. This
opportunity is offered as a convenience for St. Paul’s families. Parents
are free to choose the supply pack or shop on their own. Order
dates: Monday, April 15 – Friday, May 3. There are two ways to place your order:
1) Order online at www.ordermypack.com , select Buy School
Supplies, and enter our school number: 120688. Pay with a credit card at
checkout. A convenience charge of $1.50 per pack will be added to all
online orders.
2) Complete and return an order form to the
school front desk. Charges will be billed to your school account in
August.
Click here to view
lists and order supplies: http://www.speds.org/current-parents-and-students/inside-st-pauls/school-supplies/ If you are unable
to print what you need, please contact Linda van Thullenar and she will send
them to you.
All supply packets will be delivered directly to school
and distributed to students
at Open House on Wednesday, August 14th.
Deadline
ahead for the Chris Cakes Challenge! Friday, May 3rd is the final day
to make a pledge to the 2012-2013 St. Paul’s Annual Fund. We have already
surpassed last year’s current families’ participation rate, but we are still
far from our goal of 100% participation.
Any grade level that reaches 100% participation will be invited to an
all-you-can-eat pancake buffet presented by Chris Cakes KC. If you
haven’t experienced their high flying pancake flipping, it is well worth the
minimum family donation of $25 to see the spectacle and enjoy the buffet. You can find the family participation
percentages in the lower school hallway display case as well as the Annual Fund
bulletin board in the main hall.
8th Grade:
47%
7th Grade: 63%
6th Grade: 62%
5th Grade: 68%
4th Grade: 55%
3rd Grade: 51%
2nd Grade: 56%
1st Grade: 73%
Kindergarten: 53%
Pre-Kindergarten: 54%
Pre-School: 50%
Toddler: 58%
Book
Swap for 1st – 4th graders on May 10: Get ready to
clean out those book shelves! Students
in the 1st-4th grades will have the option of participating in a book swap for
new summer reading material. Boxes for
book donations will be in classrooms beginning Monday, May 5th and will be
available until the book swap on Friday, May 10th. For every book donated, a "new"
book may be chosen. Maximum of 5
books. Please note: The purpose of the
swap is for summer reading material.
Books must be at least at the 1st -2nd grade reading level. Board books
and non-reading material will not be accepted.
Due
to changes in our demographics and demand, we have altered our Toddler program
next year to better meet the needs and requests of parents. In an effort to keep all
of our parents informed, we wanted to outline the toddler class options for
next fall. As we have in the past few years, we will continue our popular
5 full day toddler class (M-F 8:00-3:30pm). In addition, we will now
offer both a 3 half-day class (MWF 8:00-11:45am), AND a 2 half-day class (TTh
8:00-11:45am). This change actually allows us to enroll more students
while having fewer students in the classrooms on any given day, thus giving us
one of the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in the city for children of this
age. Because we can now enroll additional students, we have opened
limited new spots in our toddler program. Please let friends and
neighbors know about these spots, as they will fill quickly. Thank you
for always being amazing Ambassadors for St. Paul’s.
President’s Volunteer Service Award: Thus far, ten St. Paul’s students have offered 50+ hours
of community service and will receive an award next fall. Email confirmations
are being sent to those ten families. If you do not receive an e-mail and
believe your student has earned at least 50 hours, please e-mail the
chaplain. It is not too late to enroll your student and turn in
hours that will apply towards this year’s School of Service. Enrollment
forms are available on our SPEDS website. Remember, all acts of volunteer
service apply, beginning June of 2012 through May of 2013. For example,
students who are participating in fundraising events in honor of our Haiti
project need to keep track of those hours and turn them in. If you have
questions, please e-mail the chaplain: pbauer@speds.org
Below
are the chapter and national results for the FLES and Grand Concours. 100,000 French students
participated in the contest in February and March. There are no chapter
results for the FLES as we are the only school in Kansas City that
participated. For the 7th and 8th graders our
chapter includes Sion, Pembroke, Barstow, St. Teresa’s, and Thomas Jefferson
Independent. Félicitations à tous les élèves. Madame et
Mademoiselle are very proud of all the students!
FLES-
National
Ranking
7th
– Merdedith N, Emily
L, Colin McC, Julia H
8th
- Gage K, Jack M
9th
- Ella A, Alex A, Margaret G, Julia K
10th
- Caroline P, Elsa
P
Grand
Concours – 7th Grade
Chapter
Ranking
National Ranking
1
Carol Ann G
3
3
Jensen P
5
4
Daisy B, Natalie K, Layne S
6
5
Caroline S
7
6
Ella L
8
Zach T
10
Caroline
R
Grand
Concours – 8th Grade
Chapter
Ranking
National Ranking
1
Katia H
4
2
Taylor L
5
3
Lilly H
6
6
Taylor N
9
7
Megan L
10
8
Philip
B
9
Lilly L
10
Josh L
Alumni
that placed nationally are: Lucy S and Emma R - Pembroke
Sophia P and Gillian C – St.
Teresa’s
Congratulations
to eighth graders awarded scholarships to St. Teresa’s Academy:
Claire McC, the Alumnae Scholarship; Caroline McD, the Presidential
Scholarship; and Serena J and Cora M for the Windmoor Scholarships. If others have received scholarships, please
let us know so we can let the community share in your good fortune!
