St. Volodymyr School 302 Kellough Road SASKATOON SK S7N 3K6 Phone: 659-7470 Fax: 659-2146 http://www.scs.sk.ca Principal: Mr. B. Harper Vice Principal: Mrs. J. Doepker Superintendent: Mr. D. Bazylak Trustee Liaison: D. Berscheid/T. Fortosky/A. Risling/F.Wesolowski October 21, 2015 GREETINGS FROM YOUR ADMIN TEAM: We hope all of our families had a wonderful Thanksgiving, blessed with time with family and friends. We are very proud of our Cross Country Team for an outstanding performance at the City Championship. Thank you to our coaching staff, Miss Fedak, Mrs. Durette and Mrs. Malinoski, and our parents/guardians for their support and cheering. Our girls’ and boys’ volleyball teams are in full swing, competing at different schools on Thursdays after school. Special thanks to Mr. Lang, Mr. Leuschen, Mrs. Dziendzielowski, and Miss Hydomako who have been coaching our teams. Good luck boys and girls! Our Schools Win Twice Campaign is wrapping up this week as all ticket books, sold or unsold are to be returned to the office by Friday, October 23rd. Thank you to all of our families for your participation in this great GSCS fundraiser. Special thanks goes out to our CSCC for co-ordinating this opportunity. Our Catholic Community School Council has also been very busy planning, organizing and preparing for our “Spook-tacular” Halloween Carnival which will take place on Friday, October 30th. It will prove to be an exciting, fun-filled evening for the entire family. Come out and join the staff and community in some Halloween fun. B. Harper J. Doepker Principal Vice Principal IMPORTANT DATES: Wednesday, October 21st – Picture Retakes Wednesday, October 21st – St. Volodymyr School had a school-wide liturgy today in honour of a “Day of Prayer for Reconciliation and Healing” and St. Kateri Tekakwitha’s feast day. Special thanks goes out to Mr. Bubnick, his class and the Bandguards for leading this event for our school. Thursday, October 22nd (after school) and Friday, October 23rd (all day) – Student Leadership Conference Tuesday, October 27th – Grade 3 /4 Durette – Saskatoon Zoo – PM Tuesday, October 27th – All Grade 8 Students Wanuskewin Wednesday, October 28th – Grade 4 Gabruch – Saskatoon Zoo – PM. Friday, October 30th – HOT LUNCH - Pizza Friday, October 30th – School Carnival School Hours This is just a friendly reminder that students should not arrive at school before 8:30AM unless they are attending the Before/After School Program or at the request of staff for school-related activities. Students will remain in the boot rooms until this time. At 8:30AM the boot room doors will be opened. STUDENT ATTENDANCE/ABSENCE: Please notify the office (659-7470) if your child is away from school. Please leave their name, their grade, their teacher’s name and a reason for the absence. Thank you. Milk Sold At School We will again be offering white and chocolate milk for sale to students at the beginning of each lunch hour. Milk is sold for 80¢ each or milk cards are available from the office for $8.00 (10 milk). GSCS Parent Portal: You may have received an e-mail regarding access to the Parent Portal which will be utilized to book 3-Way Conferences in the future. Please note for this fall we will continue to book conferences as we have in the past. Thank you for your cooperation. Community Council News.... St.Volodymyr Halloween Family Carnival Mark your calendars! The St. Volodymyr Catholic School Community Council is excited to announce that the Halloween Family Carnival will be held on Friday, October 30th from 6-9 pm. It’s an evening of family fun you will not want to miss. Activities include the Toilet Toss, Car Race, Balloon Pop, Hockey Shoot, as well as the very popular Teacher Dunk Tank! Warren from Balloon Funn and the Picture Perfect Photo Booth will also return. Punch cards will go on sale mid-October. The organizing committee is seeking prizes for the raffle and game room prizes. If your family or business would like to sponsor one of these , please contact one of the committee members. Raffle prizes can be dropped off at the school office and don’t forget to label your donation. For more information about prizes, please contact either Sandi Salyn at (306)202-6830/ssalyn@shaw.ca or Patty Fenske at (306)292-1660/patty.fenske@gmail.com. Join us at Parent and Tot St. Volodymyr School Wednesday 9:30-11:30 This free, drop in program is for families and their children aged 0 - 5 years. Come for free play, stories, songs, craft and a snack in the first hour. Second hour has childcare for the kids so the parents can enjoy a warm coffee and support. Everyone Welcome! For more information contact: Kristina Bykowy at 306-717-8727 or krbykowy@gscs.sk.ca News from the Cathedral of the Holy Family: If you would be interested in volunteering, please contact either Kelly Adams at (306)9552378/patkellytanner@shaw.ca or Tara Wasyluk at (306)653-3412/twasyluk@sasktel.net. Registration for our preparation programs for Reconciliation (Confession), Confirmation, and First Communion is now available online: www.bit.ly/hf-sacraments. If you have any questions, please contact andy@holyfamilycathedral.ca (or call 306659-5803) School Wins Twice Ticket Books due by this Friday October 23rd. The Greater The Cat.Chat Family has been touring Saskatoon Catholic Schools Foundation’s major fundraiser “Schools Win Twice” is now underway. The 1st Prize to be won is a Disneyworld Florida Vacation for four, 2nd Prize a Victoria, B.C. Vacation for two, 3rd Prize a Puerta Vallarta, Mexico Vacation for two along with 23 additional draws for fantastic prizes. Once tickets are sold, the booklet and money should be placed in a sealed baggie or envelope and deposited in the raffle box at the school office. Our school benefits as we get to keep approximately half of the money we raise by these ticket sales. extensively across the USA and Canada since 2005 and now have a TV Series on EWTN. Experience them LIVE CONCERT @ Cathedral of the Holy Family 123 Nelson Road, Saskatoon, SK Tues. Nov. 10th – 6:30pm Advanced ticket prices: $7/person or $25/family At the door: $10/person or $35/family Contact: Patrick Clarke at 306-659-5805