HORNETS BUZZ St. Athanasius School Co-Workers in Faith, Partners in Education Fostering Community Celebrating Tradition Discovering Giftedness

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1 HORNETS BUZZ November 2, St. Athanasius School Co-Workers in Faith, Partners in Education Fostering Community Celebrating Tradition Discovering Giftedness Embracing Accountability Growing in the Spirit Reece s Piece! A Note from the Principal Nov. 2: (All Souls Day) How well do your children know their deceased relatives? Why not help them remember by praying for each by name today. Go back as far as you can remember and perhaps reminisce about their saintly qualities. Odds and Ends Picture Retake Day is Tuesday, Nov. 6. Students who want to have their picture retaken must bring their original packet of pictures back to school. Students may come out of uniform if they are getting retakes. Order forms are available in the school office. TRIVIA NIGHT Trivia Night is returning Saturday, Nov. 10, from 7 10 pm in the Parish Hall. Doors open at 6 pm. Beer and sodas will be available for purchase. No coolers please. Cost is $20 per person (with eight people per table.) To make reservations, contact Donna Greenwell greenwelld@athanasiusschool.org. Trivia Night benefits the School s Technology Program. Trivia Night is sponsored by DeSales High School. VETERANS LUNCH The students and staff cordially invite all our active and inactive military to join us for lunch on Monday, November 12, 2018 office from 11:00-12:15. Please contact the school at to make your reservation. Mark your Calendar Nov. 3-4 Saints Alive! See end of Buzz for more details Nov. 6 Picture retake day Nov. 6 Flavored ice pops available at recess, $1 Nov. 6 Grandparents lunch, 2G, 12:10 pm, cafe Nov. 6 Drama Club Nov. 8 Drama Club Nov. 7 Choir practice for Sounds of St. A, 6:30 pm Nov. 9 End of 1 st trimester Nov. 10 Trivia Night, St. A. gym, 7 pm Nov. 11 Sounds of St. A concert, 6:00 pm, church Nov. 11 High School Open Houses, times listed below Nov. 12 Veterans Lunch, 11:00-12:15 pm Nov. 15 Last day to bring in blankets for 4 th gr. Nov. 15 PTO Spirit Night, Borromeo s, 5 9 pm BLANKET LOUISVILLE The fourth grade will be collecting blankets for Blanket Louisville again this year. Last year we were able to bless our community with over 200 blankets. This organization donates new and gently used blankets to our local homeless shelters and homeless communities. Please send any new or gently used blankets to Mrs. Reinhart (Room 36) or Mrs. Jackson (Room 37). Collections run now through Thursday, November 15th. Congratulations to these former St. A students on making the Honor Roll for the 1 st Qtr. at St. Xavier High School. Eric Albritton, Alex Cooper, Blain Donlon, Sam Greenwell, Garrett Hart, Anthony Petrosky and Jeremy Schaefer. Way to go Boys! Keep up the hard work!

2 CAFETERIA FEE If you have not paid your cafeteria fee ($25), please do so as soon as possible. If you do not remember if you paid, you can contact the cafeteria at High School Open House High School Date Time St. Xavier H.S. November pm 4:00 pm Trinity H.S. November 11 1 pm 5:00 pm DeSales H.S. November 18 12pm 3:00 pm Presentation Acad. November pm 3:00 pm Holy Cross H.S. November 18 4 pm 6:30pm Assumption H.S. November 29 6:30 pm Mercy Acad. December 1 10 am-1:00 pm Bethlehem H.S. December 5 5 pm 8:00 pm Sacred Heart Acad. December 2 2 pm 4:30 pm Great News! St. A will continue to receive a 40% profit on all on-line purchases made with our group number between now and the end of the year. Visit ecandlefundraising.com> and enter group number HELP WANTED AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM Our SAFE program is looking for after school help, M-F from 2-6pm, or 3-6 pm. These are paid positions. If you are interested, call the school office, or contact Deb McCabe at mccabed@athanasiusschool.org. Cafeteria volunteer/workers. The cafeteria is looking for a few good women/men to work in the cafeteria on a weekly basis, or to sub as needed. Duties include, wiping tables, helping children with lunch, light clean up. Days and times are M-F, from 10:45 am 12:45 pm. If you are interested, please contact the school office at This is a paid position. Nov. 5 Nov. 8 Nov. 12 Embracing Accountability SAFE Workshops for 2018 All Workshops start at 6:30 pm Ascension School, Cafe St. Xavier High School, Callahan Media Center St. John the Baptist, E-Town, Parish Hall Student homework can be requested after two or more days of absences. Homework can be sent home with another student or may be picked up after 2:30 pm in the school office. Cafeteria News Parents When sending in money for your student(s) lunch acct, please put money in an envelope with the student name, and pin #. When a student drops off money with no name or number it may not make it into their acct. Parents: Would you like to know what your child s lunch balance is? Want to know what they have been purchasing extra? Sign up for a myschoolbucks.com account. When you sign up for an account, you can view the buying and payment history of your child s account as well as make payments if you choose. You can also set up alerts letting you know when the lunch account balance is low. Checks and cash may still be sent to the Cafeteria through the students. Please try to keep your child s lunch acct. up-to-date. Students are not allowed to call home to ask for lunch money. Per Archdiocesan policy, students owing more than $15.00 on their lunch acct. must bring a lunch from home until their acct. is up-to-date. The cafeteria is not required to provide them with lunch if a student does not bring one. GROWING IN THE SPIRIT Saints Alive! Come encounter the Saints performed live by our youth on stage! Families are invited to bring their small children as well as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Make this standing room only! This is more than a show this is an encounter with our friends in Heaven who are closest to God and praying for us on our behalf. Shows are Oct 27-30, Nov St. Luke, St. Athanasius, and St. Rita parishes. Go to circleoflifeyouth.com/sap or contact John Sohl, , circleoflifeyouth@gmail.com for more information! Performance dates are as follows: Sat, Nov St. Rita s Fall Festival (5:30pm) Sun, Nov St. Rita, 10:15am (PREP) Tickets are only $5 (suggested donation!) Circle of Life Youth Group - Is open to all middle school students in grades 6 8th. The group meets every other Friday at St. Luke s, from 4:30-7:00 pm. For further information, contact John Sohl at or visit circleoflifeyouth@gmail.com/calendar. Homework Request

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