HOT  SNACK  SALE

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Nachos and Cheese                        $ 2.00

Pretzels with Cheese                      $ 2.00

Pretzels                                            $ 1.50

Baked Cookies/Cupcakes     .50  – $1.00

Valentine Raffle Basket

Thank you for your continued support.

As a way to send off our Archbishop to become a Cardinal, all the schools in the Archdiocese of New York will attend a mass on Valentine’s Day!  Grades 3 through 8 will be attending the 9:00 Mass at St. Christopher’s Church. We all join together in wishing our soon to be Cardinal Dolan congratulations! Please find attached the spiritual bouquet presented to our future Cardinal!

Spiritual Bouquet for Designate Cardinal Dolan

Monday, February 13th, there is Nutrition for the Taekwondo classes.  Do not forget to bring your Nutrition Journals. Parents, please make sure you have made proper arrangements for pick up and dismissal for the children.  If you need to put them in After-school for a duration of time please make arrangements.  As always refer to the calendar you received from the first class for times and activities for each session.  Thank you, and  it is so wonderful to hear that the students are enjoying this new activity so much!

Please see attached for all the special activities for Catholic School Week!

Catholic School Week – 2012 Itinerary

Enjoy your weekend!

No other referrals for new families for St.Christopher are as appreciated as those from our current school families!

Please note the attachment announcing our Open House for Monday.

Thank you!

SCS Open House 2012

For your convenience, please find posted the information and tear-off. Please return tear-off by Friday, February 3rd.

Father-Daughter-Dance-Feb-11-2012

Parents,

I just spent some time looking at the beautiful pieces of work our students are creating in art with Mrs. Paradiso.  The artists and techniques that our students are learning about is remarkable! 

Maybe you have not had the time to look at the Artsonia website.  It is a museum of our students’ work.  I was impressed and I believe you will be, too.  There is a link on the St. Christopher School website on the left hand side under Parent/Teacher Resources.  Take a look at what our artistically talented students have made in school!

Enjoy your weekend!

Mrs. Falabella

Please help us with the Archdiocesan intiative to collect food for the hungry.  Many food pantries and kitchens are very low on food supplies, so all the Catholic schools and parishes are collecting food this upcoming week.  Please donate any bottled, canned, or boxed food for this worthy cause.  Your assistance in this endeavor is appreciated.

Stay safe in the snow this weekend!

There is no school scheduled for Monday, January 16th enjoy your Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!  

As the school is closed Monday gym will take place on Friday, January 20th.  Please be prepared in your complete school gym uniform.

Thank you to all the families of St. Christopher School for  their generosity to me and the office staff.  We appreciate your thoughtful gifts, and  words of appreciation…from us to you we send back warm words of appreciation, and thank you for all you do for our school, and more importantly our children!

Merry Christmas, and we wish all of you a New Year filled with love, health, and happiness!

Holiday Theme Basket Flyer, please assist us with this fundraiser.Holiday Fair Theme Basket Flyer

Our Lady’s Guild Christmas Party, please join us for this relaxing, fun, holiday gathering! OLG Christmas Party Flyer

Thank you for all you do for our school and our children! We wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends!

On Thursday, Dec. 1st there will be picture retakes.  Please write a note to your child’s teacher indicating that you would like them to have their picture retaken.  Individual pictures will be the only ones to be retaken so your child can wear their uniform or any appropriate outfit.

Grade 8 will be having their cap and gown pictures taken this day, also.

Thursday, November 17th,  there is gym for the school PK -8.  All students should wear their school gym uniforms.

November 3, 2011

Dear Mother/Female Guardian:

Please allow us to introduce ourselves. We are a woman’s organization that began approximately 50 years ago. Our Lady’s Guild is named for the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our goal is to emulate the Blessed Mother by acts of kindness. Mary was blessed with Jesus and had to undergo trials and tribulations from the day Jesus was born. We as woman also have trials and tribulations with our own children.

The Lady’s Guild formed and became the cornerstone of St. Christopher’s School. We do fundraising to benefit the school as well as plan and work many functions for the children to enjoy. Some of you may have gone to the children’s “Bedtime Story Hour” on October 21^st. That is what we call a function and you are given credit for that function if you work or run such events. An Our Lady’s Guild member ran the “Bedtime Story Hour” and has done so for several years now. These events bring the children together and are very exciting for many of our children. The events are also a way for the mother to get involved with the school and to make friends. Studies have shown that parents who are involved with their children’s schooling have children who thrive in school. Children get so excited when they see their mom helping out or in the hallway it makes them happy. We have many more events upcoming for this school year. We also have 3 major fundraisers: the Christmas Fair, the Chinese Auction and the $10,000 Dance.  These fundraisers are needed and consist of much team work and effort from all mothers, and some fathers, too.

We invite you to our next meeting. It will take place at St. Christopher’s School and will be held on November 22^nd at 8:00 p.m. in the school library. Most meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month. (This month it will be held on November 22^nd.) Our December meeting which is a Christmas party and our June meeting which is our Installment Dinner/End of the Year party are held outside of St. Christopher’s School. You do not have to be a member to attend these meetings which generally runs for 30 minutes. However, if you are a member and you attend 7 meetings and work 4 functions, your name will be entered into a drawing at the end of the year. This is a tuition raffle in which one mother will win 5% of the monies raised throughout the year to be applied to the following year’s tuition. Last year’s tuition raffle winner won $1,200 toward this year’s tuition! Should you decide to join, the dues are $20 for the year and can be sent to the office, attention: OLG President.

We need your support and look forward to seeing you at the meetings and our upcoming events. We thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

The Our Lady’s Guild Board

Clare Cranston       Dolores Scelzi        Linda Crowley        Eileen Drivick        Christine Schnur

Just some updates for your information:

The IRIS alert scheduled for Oct. 28th was cancelled, we will let you know when there will be another one.

Tomorrow, Nov.1st, All Saints’ Day, SCHOOL IS OPEN.  Grades 3-8 will be attending the 9:00 a.m. Mass, which grade 6 is preparing.

The November Calendar went home today.  Please note a correction for Wednesday, November 16th there is no school for grades K-8 as there is a Teachers’ Conference.  School is in session, however for UPK and PK 3/4 on this day.  THERE IS NO AFTERCARE AVAILABLE ON WED, NOV. 16th. 

Please enjoy a happy, safe Halloween with your family!

Even though gym has been rescheduled for later in the week, everyone can wear their school gym uniforms on Monday, October 31.