St. Simon the Apostle Catholic School Open Our Hearts, Lord, to Your Community 11019 Mueller Road St. Louis, MO 63123 314-842-3848 FAX 314-849-6355 April 7, 2017 Newsletter St. Simon s School Website Twitter: @stsimonbulldogs FastDirect Calendar Saturday, April 8 Simon Says Easter Egg Hunt 9 am on fields Sunday, April 9 Palm Sunday Monday, April 10 Homework Helpers 3-4 pm Tuesday, April 11 8:15 Liturgy (2-2) Modde May Lunch Menu due in office Choir Practice 3-3:30 pm Madonna Guild Meeting 7 pm LCH Wednesday, April 12 Gr. 5 Science Fair 9-11 am in the Gym School Foot Washing 2:15 pm in church Thursday, April 13 - Friday, April 21 NO SCHOO L - Spring Break Monday, April 24 Classes Resume First Communion practice 6:30 pm in church Homework Helpers 3-4 pm School Family Team activity (brown bag lunch) Prayer service in gym at 8 am Chick-Fil-A orders/money due in office 8th grade Holy Name Scholarship applications are due in the office by noon Tuesday, April 25 8:15 Liturgy (Faculty) Modde 5th Grade leaves for Camp Lakewood 8:30 Choir practice 3-3:30 pm Wednesday, April 26 5th Grade at Camp Lakewood Grade 2 Bread Baking Day LCH Backpack $ 5/family donation/dress down Class of 2021 Parent Bingo Team Principal s News Open Our Hearts, Lord, to Your Community Dear Parents, This week we had our Special Person Mass for first grade. Thank you to all of those that joined us. We appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend time with our first graders and celebrate Mass with our school community. Looking forward into next week, we will have our Foot Washing prayer service at 2:15 on Wednesday in Church. This is led by our seventh graders. Please join us if you are able. On Wednesday, our fifth grade will also be presenting their Science Fair projects from 9-11 AM in the gym. They have been working very hard on their experiments. Thursday, April 13 begins Spring Break. School will resume on Monday, April 24. I hope that each of you have a Blessed Easter and a safe, relaxing spring break. During this Easter season, please keep our second graders in your prayers as they prepare to make their First Holy Communion on Saturday April 29. Open our Hearts, Lord, to your Community, Mrs. Hiatt Important Attachments & Links (NEW) Immigration Flyer Good Friday Fish Fry Communion Chalices DARE Baseball Tickets Order Form Easter Egg Hunt Pancake Breakfast Camp Gonzaga Registration Simon Says Adult Volleyball School Tools Newsletter Food Allergy Panel Flyer Boxtops for Education Chick-Fil-A Flyer Shrek Ad Raffle Basket Booth
Catches of the Week!!! Alex Aubuchon, Jacob Bader, Eli Baldwin, A.J. Esker, Tommy Favazza, Nick Hof, August Kriegshauser, Nikola Kurtuma, Izzy Larkin, Mia Lato, Annabelle Liebrock, Maria Nicoletti, Sophia Randazzo, Eloise Schlotte, Lillian Schlotte, Olivia Sedlak,Brennan Thomas, Kendal Toretta, Brendan Vehlewald, Logan White, Hayden Yorty CRE News What is your Catholic IQ Mary appeared monthly for six months to three shepherd children in Fatima in 1917. True/False Students take part in Holy Week A Good Friday Fish Fry Friday, April 14, 2017 4:00-7:00 pm The Good Friday Fish Fry is right around the corner. Please see the attached flyer and the link for the sign up genius page to volunteer. We begin Holy Week with the celebration of Palm Sunday. On Holy Thursday, we will have a 7th grader carry up the sacred Chrism which will be used at Confirmation and there will be a 7th grade boy and a 2nd grade boy and girl participate in the foot washing.the foot washing recalls Christ washing the feet of his apostles. He told them to serve others as He served. How do we serve one another? Our 2nd graders will participate in the solemn process of the Eucharist during the Holy Thursday Liturgy. On this night, we recall the Last Supper when Christ gave us the Eucharist. Do we recognize that the Eucharist is our SPIRITUAL food. Each time we receive the Eucharist, we receive the body and blood of Christ. He strengthens us and helps us build a relationship with God. As we need food, for our physical bodies, so do we need spiritual food to walk this life in His peace. If only, we all could see the gift of the Eucharist and receive it often There will be a dessert collection at drop off on Wednesday, April 12th. Desserts will also be accepted at the school office throughout the day on Wednesday. Those students that bring a dessert donation will be able to dress down on Spirit Dress on Wednesday, April 26th. I appreciate your commitment to St. Simon! This is the sign-up genius link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20foc4badad23af85-help WE ARE ST. SIMON! Thank you, Erin Lawrence Fish Fry Chair Good food strengthens. How has the Eucharist strengthened you? Our 7th graders will celebrate the Foot Washing in a prayer service at 2:15 on Wednesday, April 12 in church. You are welcome to join us. Bread of Life, nourish us with your love so that we may live it faithfully on our way Enjoy eachday! Mary Jo Ponder
8th Grade Play Friday, May 5th & Saturday, May 6th The Class of 2017 s Eighth Grade Play is Shrek, the Musical, Jr. Mark your calendars to save the date. Ticket order forms will be included in the next newsletter and ticket sales will start immediately following Spring Break. Orders will be filled daily so send in early to get better assigned seating Please note there will not be an all school performance on Friday this year. Looking for a spiritual Boost? Simon Says Preschool and St. Simon School are looking for volunteers to help in the new Religion class called the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. The class is every Thursday from 9 am - 2 pm. We need help guiding the children through the different centers that are set up for them to explore. Helping them with a craft, reading scripture or stories are some of the jobs that we need help with! Any time you can offer would be helpful. The program is run by Beth Bartolotta and has taken off in an amazing direction. You will be thrilled to be a part of this experience. It is such a blessing to witness the power God has to build a relationship with our youngest members. You too will be filled with joy as you see their faith and love for God grow. Come once a month or come weekly! We need your help! Please contact Michele Snyder at 314-842-3848 ext. 300 or simonsays@stsimonchurch.org to sign up or to answer any other questions you might have! All volunteers must meet the child safety requirements- attend a Protecting God s children class (archstl.org to view classes) complete paperwork for a background check, and agree to the Code of Ethical Conduct. Need help with these requirements: contact Maggie Moore 314-842-3848 ext. 132 or pgc@stsimonchurch.org. Thank you in advance for considering this opportunity! Field Day - Friday, May 19, 2017 Spring is here!!! Field Day is right around the corner and Ms. Kaiser is looking for volunteers again. Field Day is on Friday, May 19, 2017 from 8:30 am - 2:50 pm. Students may wear their assigned colored t-shirt. This t-shirt is not their class t-shirt. T-shirts may not have numbers on them. Catholic school appropriate shorts (NO short shorts), socks and tennis shoes. If the student does not have the color assigned, then wear a color somewhat close to the color assigned. Students may accessorize their outfit (headbands, ribbon, bow, hat, socks). Please view Ms. Kaiser s bulletin board on Fast Direct to find out your child s t-shirt color assigned and other important information. In case of rain, Field Day will be moved indoors. Please see today s attachments for volunteer form and additional information. Please consider donating a case of bottled water for the students on Field Day. We would greatly appreciate it. 2016-2017 Yearbook The 2016-2017 yearbook order form envelope was sent home with the oldest child in the family. We ask that you please indicate on the envelope the following information: student name, teacher name for the current year, grade, which of your children will receive a yearbook, total amount enclosed with one check made payable to St. Simon School or cash, and the number of books ordering. If you are NOT ordering a book please indicate family name, mark NO on the returning envelope and return to the school office. The due date for returning the yearbook order form is Friday, May 5, 2017. The yearbook contains colored pictures of events throughout the school year including the parish picnic/parade, First Communion and Confirmation. For those who order a yearbook, they will be in the 2017-2018 Family Packet that will be available for pickup at Sneak-A-Peek on Sunday, August 13, 2017. The Class of 2017 can pick up their yearbooks in the Library on Sneak-A-Peek day unless they have a sibling at St. Simon and their copy will be put in the Family Packet. This will be the ONLY time to purchase a 2016-2017 yearbook. There will not be any extra yearbooks available to purchase later. The cost of the yearbook is $ 15. If you have any questions please call Mrs. Finn at 314-842-3848, ext. 201.
Wednesday, May 3 Wednesday, May 3, we will be having a Purple Dress Down for Cancer Day. For $2 students can dress down in support of finding a cure for cancer. Students must have something on that is purple. NO HATS. Whatever we raise, Madonna Guild will match. Parish Picnic Booth Sponsorship If you are interested in sponsoring a booth at the St, Simon Parish Picnic, please let me know. We are sold out of our $1,000 and our $500 sponsor levels. We currently have four $250 booth sponsors left and forty $100 left. Private message me or email jonbock1818@yahoo.com if you d like to help support this cause to make this picnic a success. You can do your business or your family name, which we will have a sign made up at one of the picnic booths, I offered sponsorship levels to the Picnic Committee first and the response has been incredible, I will also be sending more info out very soon about the picnic, parade, and raffle, plus some great incentives for the kids and parents who sell their tickets. If you have any ideas, please don t hesitate to call or email me. Thank you in advance! Jon Bock D. A.R. E. DAY with the Cardinals Tuesday, May 30, 2017 CARDS vs. Los Angeles DODGERS Game time 6:10 pm Tickets are available for $ 18 (normally priced at $ 46 - $All orders due in school office by May 1st See attachments for order form and details Attention Latchkey Parents IMPORTANT DATES SIMON SAYS WILL BE CLOSED Simon Says will be CLOSED on Good Friday, April 14 and Easter Monday, April 17, 2017. Latchkey will also be CLOSED on Monday, May 29 (Memorial Day), CLOSED on Thursday, May 25 and Friday, May 26 is the last day of school as is a NOON DISMISSAL, due to camp set-up. The week of May 22, 23, 24 will be pro-rated. PANCAKE BREAKFAST - All You Can Eat - Sun, April 23rd Please join St. Simon s Cub Scout Pack 161 for our ALL YOU CAN EAT Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, April 23, 2017 in the lower church hall after all the Masses. Sausage, biscuits & gravy will also be available. This is our annual fundraiser that helps to support our activities throughout the year. Thank you in advance for your support! School Board Nominations & Election We are in the process of filling four, three year positions, on School Board beginning with the 2017-2018 school year. Any registered parishioner, twenty-one years of age or older, shall be eligible to be selected to the board. No member should be an employee of St. Simon the Apostle School. Nominations, yourself or someone else, are given to the parish secretary, Nancy Caciano, at stsimon@stsimonchurch.org or 314-842-3848, ext. 100. All nominations are due in the parish office by noon on Friday, May 5, 2017. The names of the new School Board members will be randomly selected by Fr. Brad at the 9:00 am Mass on Sunday, May 7. All newly selected School Board members will be invited to the final School Board meeting of the school year on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Joe Wokurka, School Board President, at 314-401-4835 or at jcorky924@gmail.com. We would like to THANK Molly DeClue, Mary Ann Liebrock, Janis Milsark, and Amy Roessler, for their time and input they shared during their time on School Board.
Camp Gonzaga Tues, May 30 through Thurs, August 10 Simon Says Summer Camp: Camp Gonzaga Simon Says would like to invite you to share in our summer fun. Let us entertain your child all summer Our camp offers care for children all summer. Our camp offers care for children ages 6-12. Our hours are 6:30 am - 6:00 pm. We will serve breakfast, AM snack and PM snack. Children should bring a sack lunch & drink from home for lunch. Parish Picnic Theme The children will participate in exciting sport camps, create with crafts, cook from different cultures, work on writing skills in small groups, explore on field trips, and enjoy free swim. In doing this we hope to instill in your child the ability to work with others, share their thoughts and ideas, and create new and lasting friendships. Our highly trained staff looks forward to entertaining your child, keeping them busy, and most of all, making sure they are having fun in a safe home like atmosphere. We are now accepting enrollment forms until Friday, April 21. Please drop off your form in the Simon Says Early Childhood office or mail your form to 11015 Mueller Road, St. Louis, MO 63123. Mark your envelope Camp Gonzaga. We will be taking children on a full-time or part-time basis (2 days a week minimum) from Tuesday, May 30 - Thursday, August 10, 2017. Enrollment forms can be found on our website stsimonchurch,org or see our flyer and enrollment form in today s attachments, Please contact Michele Snyder, Director of Simon Says at 314-842-3848, ext. 300 or Erin Lawrence, Assistant Director of Simon Says at 314-842-3848, ext. 301 or by emailing asstdirector@stsimonchurch.org. This year for the picnic we are going to have our theme as "Hometown Heroes". We wanted to let the kiddos start to think about ideas for this theme. We would like for the classrooms to participate in making posters, decorating floats and or dressing up if they would like. More information on this to follow. If you have any questions you can contact: Jon Bock jonbock1818@yahoo.com 314-650-1712 Erin Lawrence asstdirector@stsimonchurch.org 314-565-7101 Jeff Lawrence jeffery.lawrence77@gmail.com 314-393-9364 Mike Chambers bigmikez123@yahoo.com 314-630-9721 WE ARE ST. SIMON! Thank you, Picnic committee ENROLL NOW!!! LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE Camp Gonzaga A caring and sharing environment Answer True. In 1930 the Church recognized the children s visions of Mary in Fatima to be authentic and worthy of pious devotion..