Principal's Update March 24, 2009

Principal's Update March 24, 2009

Principal's Update

Tuesday, March 24, 2009               

Talent Show Thank You
A special thank you to Amy Stacke, Lyn Healy, Terry Sopira, Joe Dore, Jeff Newton, Ms. Navarro, and Ms. O’Connell for all of your effort and hardwork in making the Talent Show a success.  Also, thank you to all of the staff and students who helped with the program.  Finally, a big congratulations to all of the children who exhibited their fantastic talents!  We have a lot of talent at St. Simon.

Walk-A-Thon Meeting
There will be a walkathon meeting on Wednesday, March 25th at 8:00 a.m. in the Conference Room next to Ms. Bordeleau's office.  We still need some people to chair a few committees.  Interested?  We would love to see you at our next meeting.

Spring Extracurricular Activities
The Spring session for St. Simon Extracurricular Activities will begin the week of April 20th.  We will be offering:
•       Art:  Draw, Paint, and Sculpt (grades 2-4)
•       Computer Explorers:  GPS Treasure Hunting Hikes (grades 2-8)
•       Computer Explorers:  Alternative Energy Projects (grades 2-8)
•       Saints for Justice (grades 5-8, new students are welcome)
Class descriptions and registration information is available online at
http://school.stsimon.org/spring <http://school.stsimon.org/extra-curriculars> .  

Pennies For Peace
Pennies for Peace - FINAL WEEK FOR COLLECTION
The 2nd grade Brownies would like your help. This year the girls are collecting pennies to donate to "Pennies for Peace," a nonprofit which raises money to help build schools in the poorest regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pennies for Peace was born out of the bestselling novel Three Cups of Tea and is a way for school age children to make a difference by saving up and donating their pennies.  This is our final week collecting pennies, so clear out those piggy banks and send in your pennies on Wednesday! For questions or if you'd like to donate pennies after this week, contact Kelly Walsh (Ghashghai).

Girl Talk
Last week's Girl Talk has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 31 from 7:00-8:30.

Girls Basketball News
Congratulations to both JVA SS#1 and SS#2 girls basketball teams for a first and second place finish in the league tournament.  Thank to Coach Vermeer and Coach Demuth for SS#1 and to Coach Allen and Coach Scholz for SS#2.  Great season girls !!!!!!!

St. Simon March and April Yard Duty Sign Up
We are needing help with March Yard Duty.
http://school.stsimon.org/yard-duties

Summer School Program
Please go to http://school.stsimon.org/summer to register.

Co-Coordinators Needed
We are looking for two people to help coordinate our annual St. Simon Fall Magazine Drive.  If you are interested please contact Mr. Clossick at sclossick@stsimon.org .

Wednesday Mass
Grade 4, Room 7 is planning the Mass for this Wednesday.

Prayer Corner 
Eileen Denzel, beloved Grandmother to Bridget, Colin, Brennan, Rachael, and Molly (Class of 2007) Denzel, passed away at the age of 84 on Wednesday, March 11th.  Please keep the Denzel family in your prayers.

Please keep Natalie Bostrom’s brother(uncle of Erin and Sarah), John Franco, in your prayers. He underwent brain surgery in September to remove a tumor and after his follow up appointment 4 months after surgery, had to undergo a biopsy on a new tumor that developed.