Newsletter October 21 - Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools

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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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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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
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