ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE SCHOOL 1331 N. MAIN STREET ELKHART, IN 46514 OFFICE: 574-264-4855 AFTERCARE: 574-361-4848 WEBSITE: STSELKHART.COM October 8, 2014 From the Principal’s Desk……………… Dear St. Thomas Parents, Thank you for your outstanding support of the chicken fundraiser! I am pleased to announce that our profit was $1,328.64. A huge thanks goes to Holly Hickman for organizing everything and to all that helped make it a success. The proceeds will be used for our playground project. We have completed a needs assessment and we are currently developing renderings. Our goal is to have the project completed by the end of the summer (2015). Today, I enjoyed being able to give our remarkable students a small reward for their excellent start to the school year. Because they have shown exemplary behaviors during Mass, while in the classrooms, hallways, cafeteria and playground, I am giving them a “free” jeans day Monday, October 13th. The students may wear non-uniform tops, bottoms and shoes (please be mindful of the standard guidelines p.78 of the student handbook). Included in today’s white envelope is a survey about our website. I would appreciate your honest responses. As St. Thomas moves forward in the development of a new website, it is important for us to understand ways in which we can make our page more user friendly and functional. The survey should only take a few moments of your time and it would be helpful to have them returned by Friday, October 10. As you can see, several large projects are under way. St. Thomas is in the midst of growth and in the coming weeks, more details of revisions, etc. for next year will be shared. Moving forward, I will be continually seeking input from you, your children and the faculty and staff so that St. Thomas continues to thrive. The Peace of Christ, John Wiggans Principal Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. 2 Corinthians8:11 Reminders: Premier Arts: Auditions for The Pied Piper of Hamelin for students in grades 2-8 will be held in Elliot Hall after school until 5:30 on October 14. This is an excellent opportunity for our students to experience a fabulous theatrical production. Book Fair: The Book Fair is sparking so much enthusiasm with our students. Regular hours are 7:45 AM – 3:00 PM and today, it is Family Night, so the hours are extended to 6:00 PM. Your support is greatly appreciated! P r i n c i p a l L e t t e r C o n t i n u e d Page 2 Rosary: Throughout the month of October, teachers are emphasizing the Rosary with the students during religion classes. 4 th and 5th grade students will lead the Living Rosary at 8:15 AM on October 15 th. We would love to have parents, grandparents and parishioners join us. Fall Break: Fall Break is scheduled for October 24th. School will not be in session on that day so that students and staff may enjoy a 3-day fall weekend. SCRIP: Thank you for your continued support of the SCRIP program. As our major fundraiser, SCRIP affords St. Thomas so many wonderful opportunities. Students scheduled to be altar servers this weekend ar e: Saturday, October 11, 2014 5:30 pm: Joseph, Mary, Stephen and Gregory Rice, Freddy Buckingham Sunday, October 12, 2014 7:00 am: 3 volunteers 8:45 am: Bridget and Maura Meyers, Nick Jobin, Aidan Kaczanowski and Matthew DeShone 11:30 am: Veronica and Diego Campos, Tommy Coates, Heather and Logan Curtis 6:00 pm: Andrew and Nick Fullhart and 1 volunteer Please find a replacement if you cannot serve at your designated time. Market Day Thank you to everyone who purchased Market Day this month and especially those who purchased cookie dough. The cookie dough sale was exceptionally successful. We exceeded our goal of selling 100 boxes of cookie dough by collectively selling 155 boxes. Each order increased our profits! The $50.00 SCRIP of Choice winner is the Fackelman family who bought/sold 13 boxes of cookies. The pizza party goes to Mr. Joyce’s class who sold a total of 33 boxes of cookies. The Scrip Team would like to inform you that the Scrip Order form has changed.        We have Martins in $100 denominations. Dunkin Donuts is also available on our form. Completing the Special Order, Scrip of Choice, and payment information has changed at the bottom of the form. For Special Order, write retailer and amount in the space provided. For Scrip of Choice, just write the amount you would like. We do not need to know who is receiving the Scrip of Choice gift certificate any longer. We simplified the payment information section of the form. For payment information, please write whether you are paying with cash, check or a Scrip of choice certicate. Thank you so much for the all the amazing orders. We have such generous families at St. Thomas! THIS WEEK IN STS SPORTS GAME RESULTS SOCCER 5th/6th grade GIRLS St Thomas tied with St Jude 4-4 5th/6th grade BOYS St Thomas lost to St Joseph-gold 0-5 7th/8th grade BOYS St Thomas defeated St PiusX 4-1 STS had a great game beating St. Pius 4-1. Surf Sadowey had a hat trick and Jose Martinez scored one goal. Sam Lucchese had 2 assists. Great defense by Nicholas Jobin, Gabe Guernsey, Xavier Crow, Ian Burns, Diego Aguilar, and Nathan Lindholm. FOOTBALL 5th grade BOYS Mishawaka Catholic defeated St Anthony 20-6 6th grade BOYS Mishawaka Catholic lost to Holy Cross 6-31 7th/8th grade BOYS Mishawaka Catholic lost to Holy Cross 0-25 UPCOMING GAMES SOCCER *TOURNAMENT GAMES 5th/6th grade GIRLS *10/11/14, Saturday @ 1pm St Thomas vs St Jude @ Marian If they win on Saturday, then they play on 10/12/14, Sunday @ 2:30pm vs St Joseph-blue @ Marian 5th/6th grade BOYS *10/11/14, Saturday @1pm St Thomas vs St Joseph-gold @ Marian If they win on Saturday, then they play on 10/12/14, Sunday @ 4pm vs St Joseph-gold @ Marian 7th/8th grade BOYS *10/12/14, Sunday @ 2:30pm St Thomas vs St Pius X @ Marian FOOTBALL **PLAYOFF GAMES 5th grade BOYS **10/12/14, Sunday @2:30pm Mishawaka Catholic vs St Anthony@ St Joseph HS 6th grade BOYS **10/12/14,Sunday @ 4pm Mishawaka Catholic vs Holy Cross @ St Joseph HS 7th/8th grade BOYS **10/12/14, Sunday @ 1pm Mishawaka Catholic vs Holy Cross @ St Joseph HS GO SPARTANS!!! Game locations/times can change so please verify above information @ www.icclsports.org