St. Regis Home Page February 1, 2017 In this issue: Report Cards Back to School Dates Daddy Daughter Dance Messages Dismissal Yearbook Track TAC First Communion Hot Lunch Pizza Otsego Parties 8th Grade Drama Dept. Music Dept. Altar Servers Divorced Catholics Group Lenten Giving Faith Formation Youth Group Report Cards Report cards for the first semester were posted to Whipple Hill on January 26. Dates for 2017-18 We are in the process of creating the calendar for the next school year. While the entire calendar is not complete, we want to give parents the following dates now so that they can make any necessary summer plans. Registration for current students for the 2017-18 school year will open on March 1. Look for an email from Fr. Buersmeyer and Mrs. Brydges in the next few days with more information about registration. 7th/8th Grade Orientation: August 23 (students only) 6th Grade Orientation: August 24 (students and at least one parent) First day of school K-8: August 28 First day of school Young Fives and Preschool: September 5 Daddy Daughter Dance
Parish Survey Important Dates Like us on Facebook: St.Regis School Save the date for the St. Regis Daddy Daughter Dance! Friday, February 24 7:00-9:30 p.m. St. Regis Gym Dressy attire Mardi Gras theme DJ Music $35 for each father and one daughter, plus $5 for each additional daughter Click here to register on Whipple Hill. You must register by February 20. St. Regis Parish Pop, water and dessert will be served. We are looking for families to donate baked goods. Please click here to sign up. Optional photos with photographer will available for an additional charge. Unsubscribe: If you no longer wish to receive newsletters... Click here to unsubscribe Don't miss out on this treasured St. Regis tradition! Messages to Students During the School Day As stated in our handbook, in our effort not to interrupt teaching/learning time, only emergency messages will be delivered to students. Lunch money, required homework assignments, transportation plans, etc. should be finalized before leaving home in the morning. If there is a change in schedule, please try your best to contact the office by 12 noon. We will make every effort to make your child and teacher aware of the change. We cannot guarantee requests made after 2:00 p.m. based on the needs of the day. Afternoon Dismissal As stated in the handbook, students who are car riders must picked up at dismissal at the main entrance via the car line. Students may not walk across our parking lot at dismissal. Keep in mind that our students are observing
behavior in the parking lot and are very aware of adult interactions. Students who live in the neighborhood next to St. Regis and walk to and from school should arrive and leave from the Lincoln Lobby doors. If there is a change in the regular way a child is to go home, please send a note to school. Friends accompanying a child walking home from school must have a note from their parent giving permission to walk to the home of another child. We ask that you be respectful of the neighborhoods surrounding St. Regis. Students who cannot walk all the way home should be picked up in car line or take the bus. Yearbook Messages Would you like to send a yearbook message to your child? Please click here for the form and all the details. Forms should be returned to the attention of Mrs. Lisa Clark. Payment will be on Whipple Hill. Email Mrs. Clark with questions at lisa.clark@stregis.org. All funds go toward financing the printing of the yearbook. Raider Track Distance Training - The coaches will meet any runners who want to train at 6:30 p.m. Monday - Thursday outside the St. Regis gym. Come as many days a week as you can. Please bring reflective gear as the kids run outside in the neighborhood near St. Regis. (We have some extra reflective gear just in case.) Open Gym - The track coaches are also offering open gym for any athletes who want to train over the winter. We train Monday through Thursday at St Regis from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. This conditioning is open to all athletes from everywhere. In addition to our track athletes we encourage participation of alumni,
athletes from other programs, and athletes in other sports who want to get in shape. This is the time to build a base. Spring Track Registration - Registration for spring track is open on the St. Regis Booster Club website at regisraiders.leag1.com. The cost is $115 per athlete. Please remember that every family must pay their booster club dues. Dues must be paid just once per year per family. If you have any children who have already played a fall or winter Raider sport for the 2016-17 school year you do not need to pay the fee again. Contact Assistant Athletic Director Annette Askounis at aaskounis@comcast.net with questions. Teacher Appreciation Committee The TAC is looking for volunteers to donate pop, water, paper plates and cups and plastic utensils to keep our teachers' lounge stocked. If you can donate any of these items, please bring them to the teachers' lounge. Thank you! First Communion All First Communion students and at least one parent must attend the February gathering on Tuesday, Feb. 7 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the church. We will focus on the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Please bring your Praying the Mass sticker book. Please remember that the First Communion retreat is Saturday, March 4. All First Communion students and at least one parent must attend. Hot Lunch The March Hot Lunch menu is ready for ordering. Order from www.orderlunches.com, with the code Raiders150. Any questions can be sent to Mrs. Terzich at karen.terzich@stregis.org.
Pizza Lunch The next pizza lunch date is this Friday, February 3. If you ordered pizza for the semester please remember not to send lunch in with your child on Friday. If you did not order for the semester but would like your childe to have pizza please send him or her in with $5 cash. We are offering another chance to purchase pizza for the semester online on Whipple Hill. Click here or go to the I Love Pizza tile on the Resource page. St. Regis Otsego Ski Weekend Once again Otsego Ski Club is offering a special weekend for St. Regis families. This year it will take place March 3-5. Please click here for all the information. See you on the slopes! Last Day of School Parties It's that time of year again to begin planning the last day of school swim party/gathering for grades 1-8. This tradition has been a great way to end the year and kick off summer with a final gathering for the kids in each grade. These parties are typically very easy and inexpensive with past ideas including pizza and popsicles at a swim club or at Beverly Park. If you get a group to host, it is even that much easier. We will be selling admissions to these parties at our March Madness fundraiser on April 1. Please contact Jennifer Pruce (Jecsimps@gmail.com) if you are interested in hosting/organizing a grade level party. 5th and 8th grade already have hosts! Thank you! 8th Grade News A few reminders from the 8th grade room moms Please submit a baby picture of your 8th grader to lisa.clark@stregis.org by Wednesday, February 15. You must send this by email.
Mardi Gras is February 24. We need many 8th grade parents to volunteer. A SignUp Genius will be sent soon. We need photos for the 8th grade video. Submit to alysonbrown@mac.com by April 15. Contact Molly Lamarche, Annette Askounis and Jen Simpson for more details and with questions. Message from the Drama Department The Drama Department is looking for donations of pool noodles and plastic tablecloths in bright colors for our production of The Little Mermaid, Junior. If you are interested in helping, please bring all donations to the front office to the attention of Ms. Madley. Message from the Music Department Please consider donating your used/unwanted recorders to our music program for students who may forget theirs or for those whose instruments may break during the remainder of the school year. Donations can be brought to the school office to the attention of Ms. Maas. New Altar Server Schedule Anne Khoury has begun working on the March - May schedule. If your child is an altar server please send Anne any conflicts or special requests by March 12. Please note Anne's new email address: anne.khoury@bahrc.com. Divorced Catholics Group We are excited that we have launched a new peer group for divorced Catholics. If you or someone you know is divorced and looking for a way to connect with fellow Catholics this group is a great place to start. Join us for
our next gathering when Deacon Francis will discuss "Is Divorce a Sin" and the celebration of the Sacraments. Date: Friday, February 3 Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m. Location: St. Regis Parish Office RSVP/Contact: Terry Lindner, tmliii@comcast.net Help Needed: Lenten Acts of Charity St. Regis Catholic Parish is looking for a chairperson for our Lenten Acts of Charity Program. If you can help, please contact Deacon Francis at francis.king@stregis.org or 248-646-2686 x4012. This program is very similar to the Christmas Giving Tree Program. Who are we supporting? Americans Thank Our Troops, Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund, Holy Trinity Foundation, Ladies of Charities, and Mother and Unborn Baby Care. What needs to be done? Working with Deacon Francis, Tracee Tewilliager, Sarah Hogan and members of the Christian Service Commission, you will organize putting out the gift tags in the gathering space on the weekends of March 4/5 and 11/12, and then collecting the gifts on the weekend of March 18 and 19. You will also need to work with the charities to arrange for pick-up of the gifts. Deacon Francis can provide more details about what is entailed. Making Moral Choices: Conscience and Its Formation Our next family faith formation opportunity is coming soon! Join us for dinner and a chance to learn about Catholic teaching about the formation of conscience. This is an event for kids and adults. We ll all have dinner together and then the kids will gather for supervised activities while the adults hear a presentation from Fr. David
Buersmeyer. There is no cost to attend. RSVP to Sarah Hogan at 248-646-2686 x4011 or sarah.hogan@stregis.org. Wednesday, February 8 6:00 Dinner 6:30 Presentation 7:45 Closing Prayer Youth Group Service Outing Our teens are helping out Gleaners Food Bank! Join us for our next service outing to Gleaners in Detroit on Saturday, March 4 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Online sign-up is coming soon. In advance of our outing we will collect cans and bottles and donate the proceeds to Gleaners. All parishioners are invited to bring in their cans to any Mass the weekend of February 25 and 26. Just leave them by your car and the teens will collect them during Mass. Parish Survey Over the next few weeks all of our parishioners will be asked to fill out a parish survey. The survey will be used by Fr. Buersmeyer, the staff and the Parish Council and commissions to determine how best to serve your needs. We strongly encourage you to complete the survey. The survey will be completely anonymous and will take only about five minutes. You will have several opportunities to complete the survey. The survey will be inserted in the bulletin the weekend of February 18/19. You can fill it out and mail it in. The survey will be handed out at all Masses the weekend of February 25/26. You can complete it during Mass and hand it in to the ushers. The survey will be mailed to your home after February 17. You can complete it and mail it in.
The survey will be emailed to you the week of February 18 with a link to take the survey online. Thank you in advance for your participation! Marian-Rice SOUPer Bowl Brother Rice and Marian High Schools present the 11th annual Souper Bowl Dinner to benefit St. Leo s and Capuchin Soup Kitchens. Enjoy unlimited soup, salad and bread donated from area restaurants. Join us for this festive event and help the hungry! Tuesday, February 7 5:00-7:00 p.m. Marian Cafeteria. $5 per person Important Dates January 29 - February 4 - Catholic Schools Week February 3 - Pizza Lunch February 7 - First Communion Gathering February 17-20 - Winter Break February 20 - Registration deadline for Daddy Daughter Dance February 23 - No School for Kindergarten and Young Fives (Please note date change from last week!) February 24 - Mardi Gras February 24 - Daddy Daughter Dance February 25/26 - Can and bottle collection at all Masses March 1 - Ash Wednesday
March 4 - First Communion Retreat March 5 - Open House March 8-9 - Parent/Teacher Conferences March 31 - April 1 - School Musical: The Little Mermaid April 1 - March Madness St. Regis Parish 3695 Lincoln Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301-4055 Phone: (248) 646-2686 Fax: (248) 646-4643 Email: info@stregis.org Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to view it in your browser. Privacy Policy Email Preferences 2012 St. Regis Parish