St. Paul Parish School. Voyager. A Voyage in Faith and Learning. Many, many thanks to everyone that joined us last week at the annual Project

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1 St. Paul Parish School March 22, 2018 St. Paul Parish School 1201 Satre Street Eugene, OR school.org Voyager A Voyage in Faith and Learning Dear St. Paul Parents, PASTOR Fr. David Brown Many, many thanks to everyone that joined us last week at the annual Project Starfish Spaghetti Feed and Art Auction. Your support helped raise over $3,400 PRINCIPAL for Project Starfish. After we return from Kelli Braud kbraud@saintpaul- Spring Break, we will close out our school.org Project Starfish Lenten Outreach. Our hope is that we raise close to $10,000 to ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL help families in need, and I think we are well on our way to achieving this goal. Kelly Hughes khughes@saintpaul- Please join me in congratulating middle school.org school teacher, Mr. Scott Ahrens, for receiving the Excellence in Education ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT award from New Country 93.3 and Anne Krush Northwest Community Credit Union. Mr. akrush@saintpaul- school.org Ahrens is our seventh-grade homeroom and middle school social science, health and art teacher. This award is given to a BUSINESS MANAGER teacher in our community who strives to Lynda Weilbrenner make schools a great place to live and lweilbrenner@saintpaul- learn. Mr. Ahrens was nominated by one school.org of his eighth-grade students, Hayden Shoemaker. Congratulations to Mr. ADVANCEMENT & PR Ahrens, and thank you to Hayden for Autumn Whittaker recognizing Mr. Ahrens and the great awhittaker@saintpaul- impact he has on student learning at St. Paul. school.org When we return in April, the end of the FUNDRAISING & VOLUNTEERS year school schedule will get quite busy. Annie Posen aposen@saintpaul- school.org COMING EVENTS Mar Spring Break April 3 Contracts and ALL Registration fees due to office today. April 4 9:00am Easter Mass April 5 Papa s Pizza Day at Coburg for Project Starfish (bring flyer) rd April 6 End of 3 Quarter April 10 Talent Show Dress Rehearsal, 3:15 April 12 Noon Dismissal / Parent- Teacher Conferences 3:00-8:00pm April 13 Parent- Teacher Conferences 8:30am- 3:00pm April 17 Talent Show Dress Rehearsal, 3:15 April 18 Talent Show, 1:00 in Parish Hall Please remember to mark your calendars for the many coming events including parent teacher conferences in early April and the spring musical in May. Don t forget that next month s calendar is included in this edition of the Voyager. Next week, we bring to a close the season of Lent and move into the most holy time of year known as the Triduum. Tomorrow, our first-grade students will perform the Passion Play. This is a great opportunity for us to prepare our hearts for Holy Week. All are invited to join us in the church at 10:30 to share in this special performance as we are reminded about the importance of these days and the resurrection of our Lord that we look forward to celebrating next Sunday. Included in this edition of the Voyager is a reflection about the fifth week of Lent. Finally, as you all begin your Spring Break I am hopeful that you will have the opportunity to enjoy a slower paced time with your family and enjoy the retreat from school. I also pray that Holy Week be filled with peacefulness, reflection, and continued growth in your spiritual life. Blessings to you all. Kelli Braud

2 ` PAGE 2 OBOB State Finals The 2018 Oregon Battle of the Books State competition will be host to two teams from St. Paul Parish School this year! Both our 3rd-5th grade division, The Curious Furious Four, and our 6th-8th grade division team, The Page Turners, took first place in regionals and will be competing two weeks from now at the state level! The OBOB state finals will be held Saturday, April 7, at Chemeketa Community College. Best of luck to our teams! Sluggo Homerun Reading Challenge Assembly by Eugene Emeralds On Friday, April 6, students will be attending a Sluggo Reading Assembly to introduce students to the Sluggo Reading program. The Eugene Emeralds are strongly committed to providing programs that support students in the Emerald Valley. Sluggo's Home Run Reading Challenge, presented by Wildish, is an incentive-based program for local schools. The program runs through May, and gives students a chance to earn FREE tickets to an Emeralds game. Please Mark Your Calendars! Trike-a-thon for St. Jude Children s Hospital Preschool, Pre K, Kindergarten Thursday, April 26 9:30-11:00am Roller Skate for Mr. Spartan Event Marist High School s Mr. Spartan team invites you to join us for a fun night. Rollin' for Babies When: Monday, April 9 7:00-9:00PM Where: Skate World 3188 Gateway Loop, Springfield Cost: $10 for 2 hours of skating, rental & a t-shirt Mr. Shultz Great Pi Contest Congratulations goes to 6th grader Annie Park who now holds the St. Paul all time record of 226 digits! Does Pi actually have an end or does it go on infinitely? This is the question mathematicians have been trying to answer since Archimedes created the first algorithm for it in 250 BC. March 14 is known as Pi Day and for the last 5 years at St Paul 6th, 7th and 8th grade students have been competing in the Great Pi Contest. Students see who can memorize the most digits of Pi ( ). The winner receives a pie of their choice and bragging rights as the upper wing champion. This year s winner smashed the old record of 153 digits set by previous 8th grade student Nick Clark. Way to go, Annie! KC Free Throw Shoot Out Congratulations to 8th grader Kaitlin Roth who competed in the state free throw competition this past Sunday and won the state championship! She was able to make 21 out of 25 shots to finish 1st in state. She will go on to compete at the national level in the near future. Score, Kaitlin! ENROLLMENT Contracts for families who did not request tuition assistance are due back by April 3. Registration fees for ALL STUDENTS will be due on April 3. All families must sign up at FACTS.com for tuition management by April 3. /3GJXN Papa s Pizza Project Starfish Thursday, April 5 Our final school event to benefit Project Starfish will happen the week we return after spring break. On Thursday, 4/5, Papa s on Coburg Road will support us by donating 50% of all sales back to us for Project Starfish. You will need to bring a flyer with you one is attached below. Please plan to join us! Order Your Yearbook Early bird pricing $20 through March 23, after that the cost will be $25. Order online at YBPay.lifetouch.com with the ID code:

3 St. Paul Parish School Lent 2018, Bringing It Home Family Newsletter Grow in Holy Silence We are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. Isaiah 64:8 5th Sunday of Lent Prayer of Abandonment: Take, O Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. You have given all to me; to you, O Lord, I return it. All is yours, do with it according to your will. Give me your love and your grace, O Lord, for this is enough for me. Amen St. Ignatius of Loyola Creating in Holy Silence Think about the last time you were absorbed in a creative activity. It is amazing how the time flies, isn t it, when we are silently building or designing something beautiful. Our mind and body work together, listening and responding to the creative process. The Biblical image of the potter reminds us of the holiness of silence a quiet space in which we can concentrate and create. God works in this kind of creative silence as well. He knit us together in the silence of our mother s womb. He recreates us in the silence of adoration at Mass and in other times of prayer. He inspires us and gives us confidence as we silently offer our talents, time and treasure to Him. This holy silence helps us discover God s will. This holy silence connects us to God s Holy Spirit, the creative, energizing and life-giving source of our hope. St. Augustine on trusting in God s plans for you: The God who made you also knows what He wants to do with you.

4 5th Sunday of Lent St. Paul Parish School Jesus teaches the crowds in Jerusalem about God s plan to recreate the world by sacrificial love (John 12:20-33) This Gospel for the 5th Sunday of Lent tells of Jesus speaking with the crowds after His entrance into Jerusalem. He tells them the meaning of His death: unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies; it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. His death will bear fruit for all people who believe in Him and follow Him. In the silence of the ground, what first looks like death (burying the seed in the soil) becomes the way for new life: the seed sprouts, grows and changes. In the same way, the silence of the tomb becomes the silence of the womb a place of birth, new life and promise. God the Father will glorify the Son through His offering, bringing all people to new life. Creating in Holy Silence Things to do in your home this week: 1. Find some creative activity to do together preparing for Easter with a simple (or not so simple!) craft. Encourage and support creativity. For Easter projects, look at Search through their fun projects and cooking section for creative activities for your household. 2. Reflect on and pray about the two different kinds of silence: tomb silence and womb silence. Tomb silence is the silence that comes about when people have nothing to say to each other, when discouragement, resentment, despair or anger cause a climate of death. Womb silence is the silence that comes about from growth, abandonment to God, receptivity and an attitude of listening to others. Womb silence brings life and inspiration and growth. Tomb silence separates, destroys and deadens. Cultivate womb silence. Face the tomb silence constructively. 3. We have come to the final week before Holy Week. As we prepare for the great events and Liturgies of Holy Week, you can reflect on your Lenten disciplines. How has your fasting, praying and giving gone? How have you grown in cultivating holy silence? It is not too late to restart and finish Lent with a strong commitment and effort! Encourage your family to continue in your Lenten disciplines. Commit to spending Holy Week as a HOLY week extra prayer time together and attending as many of the Liturgies as possible are two key elements.

5 April 2018 Nam id velit non risus consequat iaculis. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Good Shepherd Sunday Contracts and all registration fees due today MS Track practice begins today 3:30-5:00 9:00am Easter Mass Papa s Pizza Night for Project Starfish, Coburg Rd. 3 rd to Museum of Natural History 10:45-1:45 End of 3 rd Quarter 9:00am Sluggo Assembly Talent Show Dress Rehearsal 3:15 NOON DISMISSAL Parent Teacher Conferences 3-8pm NO SCHOOL Parent- Teacher Conferences rd to Wetlands 9:00- noon Talent Show Dress Rehearsal 3:15 1:00 Talent Show in gym Marist Band Concert 9:30-10:30 Student Ambassador Pizza Lunch 7/8 th grade Dance at O Hara 6:30-9: :10 am MMM Volunteer Breakfast by staff VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK 4/22-4/27 1:15 Family Grps Trike- a- thon for St. Jude s pre,pk,k 9:30-11:00am 5 th overnight to OMSI depart 1:00 OMSI return 2pm May Wizard of OZ Rehearsals WIZARD OF OZ Spring Musical May 2 & 3, 6:30 in Gym Gr 1,3,5,7 attend as chorus Gr 2,4,6,8 attend as chorus

6 ST. PAUL APRIL 2018 MENU MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Bean & Cheese Enchilada Corn Dog Cheese Pizza Pulled Pork Caesar Salad with a WG Roll Spaghetti with Marinara Sauce Chicken Tenders Ham and Cheese Cheeseburger Hamburger Chef Salad With a whole grain roll Macaroni & Cheese Fish Sticks Pepperoni Pizza Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup Noon Dismissal Conferences No School Conferences Bean & Cheese Enchilada 16 Corn Dog 17 Cheese Pizza 18 Pulled Pork Caesar Salad with a WG Roll Spaghetti with Marinara Sauce Chicken Tenders Ham and Cheese 19 Cheeseburger Hamburger Chef Salad With a whole grain roll Macaroni & Cheese Fish Sticks Pepperoni Pizza Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup French Toast Sticks with a Sausage Patty Chicken Tenders Ham and Cheese Cheeseburger Hamburger Chef Salad With a whole grain roll 30 May 1st Bean & Cheese Enchilada Corn Dog Cheese Pizza Pulled Pork Caesar Salad with a WG Roll Spaghetti with Marinara Sauce Chicken Tenders Ham and Cheese Cheeseburger Hamburger Chef Salad With a whole grain roll ~Eugene School District 4J is an equal opportunity provider~ All meals include one entrée, milk, and a selection of fresh fruits and vegetables *Menu is subject to change*

7 Our heartfelt appreciation to the following supporters of our SPAGHETTI DINNER 2018 TO BENEFIT PROJECT STARFISH FAMILIES Francesco Rinaldi N.Y. Spaghetti Sauce Albertson s Foods, Monica Pearson, and Ruthie LaForce Pasta Market of Choice Garlic Herb Butter, Salad Dressing, Parmesan Cheese Roaring Rapids Pizza Co. & Steve and Julie Roth Salad greens Families of St. Paul Grades Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4 Desserts Grades Preschool, Pre K and 8 French Bread A HUGE thank you to the Procurement Team, Monica Pearson and Julie Roth whose efforts to shop for, and obtain many donations, made this event possible as a benefit for our homeless community! Many, many thanks to all the wonderful volunteer parents who helped in ticket sales, decorations, art displays, kitchen and dining room help, set up and clean up.

8 1577 Coburg Road Eugene, OR We are hosting a PIZZA DAY at COBURG RD PAPA S PIZZA for: PROJECT STARFISH Bring this flyer into Papa s Pizza on April 5th and the organization will receive 50% of the value of the food you purchase! You also have the choice of purchasing Fundraiser Bucks that are good for all future purchases. These Bucks will earn 25% of their value for the organization. Please come into Papa s and help us out! With your support on April 5, 2018 we can have a really successful fundraiser! Beverages and delivery orders are excluded. These flyers cannot be distributed at Papa s Pizza. This fundraiser flyer is valid ALL DAY Join us on Facebook! only on specified date. Total Food Order $ All Gift Certificates Purchased 25%$