Our last music program of the school year was performed
with skill and joy by our second grade students on Thursday. They were delightful and entertaining for an
adoring audience. Thanks to Mrs. Haskamp
for her guidance and teaching of these talented youngsters.
The last week of school and the energy is palpable! This week Baccalaureate is on
Wednesday night at 7:00 in the church, and Graduation is on Friday at 1:00 in
the north wing multipurpose room. Please
know that you and your family are welcome to join us for either or both of
these special events that honor our graduates, many of whom have been with us
for twelve years!
The Metropolitan Private School League voted last month
to eliminate fifth grade sports from the middle school athletic program. Several of the schools had discontinued
participation with their fifth graders, leaving only St. Paul’s, Pembroke Hill
and Heritage Christian offering participation to fifth graders. Although the council tried to continue a
program for fifth graders with just three schools, it had become apparent that
there were not enough teams to create a competitive league. This means that our students and all others
in this league will not begin competing in school-sponsored teams until the
sixth grade. We will continue to offer
tennis, which we control individually, and lacrosse, which is part of the KC
Metro Lacrosse Association, to our fifth graders. If you have questions or concerns about this
decision, please contact Randy Kurt, our Athletic Director and our
representative to this league at rkurt@speds.org. We regret this change of events and hope
students will remain active in their YMCA and other sponsored leagues.
SPIN Pizza generously donated a "Design Your Own
Pizza" item to the St. Paul's Auction this year. The Kerrigan
Family won the item, and have worked with SPIN to design a "St. Paul's
Graduation Special" of four pizzas that will be on sale Monday, May 21 through
Sunday, May 27. During the week of graduation, St. Paul's School will
receive 15% of the sales of the four Graduation Pizzas when you show
the special coupon. It's a great way to celebrate the end of school,
eat great pizza, and support St. Paul's – all at the same time!" Here is the link to the coupon: http://www.speds.org/file/download/Graduation_Special.pdf
Back by popular demand, Cristi Williams and Lynnette Rempel will be offering a four-session Love and Logic class just for St. Paul’s parents and guardians. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity as Love and Logic strategies and techniques are proven to help deal with even the most frustrating parenting issues. Please RSVP directly to Mrs. van Thullenar at Lvan@speds.org no later than Friday, June 8th. At this time, please indicate if you will be needing childcare and if so, the ages of your children. Upon registration with Mrs. van Thullenar, we will bill you through your student account for the $55.00 class fee.
Back by popular demand, Cristi Williams and Lynnette Rempel will be offering a four-session Love and Logic class just for St. Paul’s parents and guardians. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity as Love and Logic strategies and techniques are proven to help deal with even the most frustrating parenting issues. Please RSVP directly to Mrs. van Thullenar at Lvan@speds.org no later than Friday, June 8th. At this time, please indicate if you will be needing childcare and if so, the ages of your children. Upon registration with Mrs. van Thullenar, we will bill you through your student account for the $55.00 class fee.
We hope to see you
there!
When: June 11th, 12th, 25th, 26th
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 AM
Where: North Wing MPR at St. Paul’s
Price: $55.00 per family
Childcare will be available!
Unable to take advantage of this class? Check out www.loveandlogic.com to access a
previously recorded webinar addressing bed time battles, morning routines,
tantrums and more. Additional resources
and sign-up for a helpful weekly newsletter can also be found on the website.
Ruth Farkas and Cristi Williams have officially been
accepted to present at the ISACS Annual Conference in November. They will
be presenting on the use of portfolios for documenting learning and development
in the early childhood classroom. They
will join Ted van Thullenar who will also be presenting at this conference!
Girls on the Run, a program to promote
healthy lifestyle choices for girls, will begin this Fall. It will be offered
for 7th and 8th grade students and will be held on
Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30 – 5:00 for nine weeks, beginning the week
after Labor Day. Girls will be active
learners as they pursue good exercise and eating choices, among other important
things for them to know at this age. Click here to watch the video
about this program and contact Melinda Sih at melindasih@gmail.com for more details
and to sign up.
I have written a “Farewell to the School Year and Hello
to Summer” article for the newsletter and will post on the website a recap of
the year that I did for the Board of Trustees. But, just in case you don’t get around to
reading those, I want to tell you again what a pleasure it is to work with your
bright, energetic, loving, entertaining, hardworking, talented children. We hope to see many of them in our summer
program. For those of you who will not
be returning next year -- from our graduates to those who are leaving for other
reasons – we wish you Godspeed and hope you’ll return often to visit. Thank you for entrusting your children to us! Have a very happy summer break!
