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“To Teach as Jesus Did.”
St. Stanislaus School and community are dedicated to academic excellence fostering faith and hope in Jesus
and Eucharistic love in spirit, mind and body of every learner.
December 2, 2015
Mrs. Murphy—Murphy@st-stans.net
Mrs. Fifelski—Fifelski@st-stans.net
Mrs. DeLano—DeLano@st-stans.net
Mrs. Restau—Restau@st-stans.net
Mr. Lieffers—Lieffers@st-stans.net
Miss Newell—Newell@st-stans.net
Miss Dani—Dani@st-stans.net
Mrs. O’Connor—Oconnor @st-stans.net
Thanksgiving Feast
What a great FEAST last Monday!!!!! Thank you so much to Heather Clarey and Marti Newell for their planning and
organizing for this event. We would also like to thank the wonderful team of parent helpers who made this awesome
tradition happen.
Christmas Giving
As part of our ongoing teachings of Catholic Identity, our students will be participating with the CCD students to
support our Parish Giving Tree. Please help your child earn a little money to donate to help others have a wonderful
Christmas.
On Wednesday, December 9, the 7th & 8th grade students are invited to go shopping with all of the money raised to
purchase gifts for some of the Giving Tree families.
We need your help!!!
As part of our mission statement reboot and up and coming marketing campaign, the Mission Statement and Catholic
Identity committee needs your help in choosing a new logo for St. Stanislaus School.
Starting Friday ballots will be available in the hallway for voting, please circle your
favorite and drop this paper in the box. Please only vote once! Students
will have the opportunity to give their input on Friday as well.
Advent Blessings!!
Shannon Saxton-Murphy
Christmas Mail
Our students can send Christmas Cards & Letters to their friends, teachers and staff here at St. Stanislaus School by using
special Christmas stamps. Stamps may be purchased in each classroom or the office. Cost is 25-cents for 5 stamps. The
money collected will for our mission, Father Anthony.
Nativity
Your children are invited to become a part of the 6:00pm Christmas Eve Mass at St. Stanislaus in a very special way.
We need readers & actors (both with and without speaking parts) and liturgical volunteers for this Mass.
Parts: 2 narrators; St. Francis; Mary & Joseph; Innkeeper; Gabriel; Angels; Shepherds; Wise Men.
We will practice during school hours. If your children would like to participate please let us know by Friday, December
11th. Thank you to Mr. Lieffers for coordinating this event.
Color Day
We will be having a color day on Monday, December 7th. We ask each student in grades K—6th to bring in a 25-cent
donation for our mission, Fr. Anthony. 7th & 8th grades are asked to bring in $1 for their sponsor child, Belasan.
Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts will resume this Thursday, December 3rd.
“He will rejoice over you. You will rest in his love; he will sing and be joyful about you.” Zephaniah 3:17
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Christmas Program
Our St. Stanislaus School Christmas Program will be Tuesday, December 15 at 7pm in the Church. Students will need
to be at school in their classrooms by 6:30 pm dressed in their Sunday best. Refreshments will follow in the school
cafeteria.
Refreshments
Please keep St. Stanislaus School in mind while you are preparing Christmas goodies! We ask each family to send in 1
dozen cookies, fudge, doughnuts, etc. for the refreshments after our Christmas program.
Operation Allegan County Jail
It’s time to think of our brothers and sisters in Christ who will be incarcerated during Christmas. As in the past, we are
asking for new Christmas Cards for the inmates so that they can send holiday greetings to their loved ones.
We ask each family to send in one blank card with a postage stamp on the envelope. Please have your card to the office
by Friday, December 11. A big thank you to Deacon Russ, who will be delivering these cards for us. God Bless you
for your efforts!
Christmas Parties
Our classroom Christmas parties will be Wednesday, December 16 at 2pm. Please see your children’s classroom
newsletter for more information.
Recess Volunteers
We are in need of a more emergency back up volunteers. If you would like to sub when one of our volunteers is
unable to make their scheduled day, please let us know. A big thank you to Heather Clarey, Jenelle Graczyk, Kelly
Williams, Angie Burchardt & Jean Farrell for volunteering each week and to Eric Purnell & Ashley Miller for helping
us out when we are in a bind!
Hearing & Vision
The Allegan County Health Department will be here on Wednesday, December 9 to do Hearing & Vision Screening for
Preschool, Hearing Screening for Kindergarten, 2nd & 4th grades & Vision Screening for 1st, 3rd, 5th, & 7th grades.
PS Parents—if your child does not attend school on this day and would like them to be screened please let us know.
School Closings and Delays
With the winter weather approaching—here is a little reminder. We will follow the Hopkins Public Schools for all
school closings and delays. Parents will be notified by our Honeywell Instant Alert System. Be sure to log into your
account and update your information / preferences. This alert is set up for all St. Stanislaus Catholic School families
including Preschool. Information is also available on all local channels.
Milk Invoices
Please send in payment for your child’s milk ASAP. We need to pay for the milk ahead of time so your timely
payments are very helpful! November invoices will come home on December 16th with the tuition statements.
Attachments
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First Reconciliation
HYSO Basketball
Indoor Soccer
Key Card Order form
Santa Shop Fillable Document—return on Monday, December 7th
Field Trips
Please be sure to return all permission forms on time and enclose payment when applicable. Please Do Not Return
permission forms without the money due (if applicable). It’s best for us if both money and forms are turned in at the
same time. Permission forms need to be filled out completely with your child’s name and emergency contact
numbers. These forms accompany your child on the field trip and if an emergency arises we need to have contact
information easily accessible. Thank you for your help!
Upcoming Trips:
December 15—5th thru 8th GR Museum & Fredrick Meijer Gardens
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TRIP News
There will no TRIP orders during the Christmas break. The last order of the year will be Monday, December 14. That
leaves two more orders to stock up until next year!
Lowe’s is now available in Reload Now.
Current limited time bonuses until 12/11: Bed, Bath & Beyond +1%, Bob Evans +2%, CVS +1%, Express +2%,
Journeys +3%, L.L.Bean +2%, Lane Bryant +1%, TGIFriday +3%; until 12/18: Bass Pro Shops +4%, Meijer +1%, Red
Robin +3%, Starbucks +2%.
Upcoming limited time bonuses 12/5-12/11: Hallmark +2%, The Home Depot +1%; 12/5-12/18: American Eagle +2%,
Dell +2%, JCPenney +1%, Payless Shoes +2%, Subway +3%, Ulta +1%.
Holiday gift card wrappers are also available in a pack of 10 for $2 with a 10% rebate. Also available all year long is a
cascading card file, which has 10 slots for $3 with a 25% rebate. It is a great way to store all of your TRIP gift cards
when you are on the go. Both can be found on-line in the “Xtra Stuff” category or you can write it in on the paper order
form.
A limited number of low denomination cards are available to order, perfect for gift giving. Some of the cards being
offered include: Barnes & Noble $5, Panera Bread $5, Starbucks $5, Amazon.com $10 and Target $10. For a complete
list of $10 or less gift cards, go to shopwithscrip.com website or ask us for list!
As always, if you have any questions, or would like to enroll in our TRIP program, contact Anita at kevandta@aol.com
or (616) 681-2658.
Have a safe and blessed Thanksgiving!
Anita and Jennifer
EPIC Toy Drive
Hopkins is hosting a district-wide EPIC Toy Drive in hopes to fill an entire bus full of crafts, toys, books, stuffed
animals, and more for Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. The sponsors of this event, Hopkins NHS, would like to invite
you to join us in collecting crafts, toys, books, and stuffed animals.
Here is a message from Mr. Babiak:
As you all may know Dawson has been the catalyst for many opportunities for our family to give back. Along with that
there are many supporters that follow his journey, and what a family endures with a child diagnosed with cancer.
Slightly over a year ago our family found ourselves in a hospital with the life changing news that Dawson has
Leukemia. We were inpatient over the holidays and we were all miserable. Thankfully donated markers, crafts, books,
stuffed animals, snuggle blankets and toys made our stay at the hospital a little more bearable. Although November and
December of 2014 were months that we would love to forget it was a reality for Dawson and our family that the
celebrations would be different. So we are launching our next challenge to collect as many new toys, crafts, books,
stuffed animals, etc. to be donated to the Helen DeVos Children's hospital for those family's and children that are
inpatient over the holidays and throughout the year. Nobody wants to be in the hospital especially during one of the
most festive times of the year. We want to challenge you to help us fill an entire school bus so that we can drive up to
the front doors of the hospital and show these families and children that we care for those kids that are unable to be with
family and attend school. A craft, activity book, reading book, stuffed animal, toy (remember patients at the children's
hospital are all ages from newborns up to teens) can bring a little bit of happiness and hope to a world of medical
challenges that makes life feel like it is spiraling out of control. Please join us in this effort to give something amazing
to the many kids of the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. The drive will go from Nov 30 - Dec 11. Thank you for all of
your support and help.
Here is also the link to the video that is describing the toy drive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwedS7KTb4U&authuser=0
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Home & School News
Key Card Books
Home and School is selling Key Card books again this year for $25. Please see the attached flyer for more details and
a few of the local vendors. Books will be available for purchase until Christmas break in the office or contact Sarah
Langlois (langloisx5@gmail.com). Thank you!
Santa Shop
Our annual Santa Shop will be December 7 & 8. More information and a gift planner is attached.
If you would like to donate any new items to our Santa Shop, please send them to the office by this Friday. If you
would like to donate wrapping paper, bows, scotch tape, any size boxes, etc. Please send them to school. All items are
greatly appreciated!
100 Club News
Thank you to all who purchased tickets to support our Home & School. A big thank you to Marilyn Dolegowski &
Heather Clarey for selling these tickets for us and to Amy Skrycki for organizing this fundraiser! Congratulation to our
winners! $25 Winners: Harold Johnson, Laura Szczepanek, Kathy Geddes(x2), Marie Davis, Tim Johnson, Jane
Rens, Wilma Pogodzinski, Susie Burchardt, Paul Burchardt, Marlene Edema, Mike Karweik, Sharon TeGrootenhuis,
Marilyn Dolegowski, Janet Kloska, Josh Pogodzinski, Scott Hall, Lori Fifelski, Linda Stoepker. Our $500 winner was
Gary Fordham.
The next opportunity to win will be next spring.
Sub Sale Commitment Sign Up
This is the only fundraiser left to work off commitments for this school year. Parents of students in Y5’s, K—8th are
asked to work 3 commitments each year. Once you have worked a commitment, $100 will be credited to your tuition
account (maximum credit is $300). A commitment consists of working a minimum of 3 hours at an approved
fundraiser. Only the parents of St. Stanislaus School can earn commitment credits for their tuition account.
2016 SUB SALES
DATE: Thursday, January 28, 2016
Chair: Teresa Zalis
New worker times for sub making this year! You can work a 3 hour shift anytime that works for you between 7am &
4pm! There will be a sign in sheet for you to sign in and sign out. The subs will be made at St. Stanislaus School this
year!
Workers: Richard Thomas, Anne Williams, Kelly Vogt, Kathy Sebright, Jean Farrell & Kelly Bockheim
4pm to 7pm workers will be helping with order pick ups. Melanee Dusseau, Tracy Buskirk & Tony Sebright
Lunchroom Donations
We are in need of donations of paper plates, plastic spoons & paper towels for our lunchroom. If you can help us out,
we would appreciate it! A big thank you to those of you who have sent in donations already!
Coming Soon
As a fun Christmas activity we will be having an “Ugly Christmas Sweater Day” on Thursday, December 17. Start
preparing now! FYI: There is no need to purchase a new sweater! You can take any sweater and bling / bedazzle it.
Second hand stores are a good place to find a cheap ugly sweater also.
School Bank
Our next school bank will be Friday, December 4. Please contact Mary Osborn, Customer Service Representative,
Hopkins United Bank Branch at 793-7117 with any questions.