SAINT MARY MAGDALENE NEWSLETTER

Issue 7 -                              October 7, 2009

 

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

A reminder there is no school Thursday and Friday.  Please have a nice long and safe weekend.

 

ST. MARY MAGDALENE 10th ANNUAL COAT DRIVE

 Share the gift of warmth this winter.  The SMM annual coat drive will begin Monday, October 19 and will run through Friday, December 18.  Thanks to your ongoing support, over 1,000 coats have been donated to needy families!  Your assistance is needed again this year.  Please bring clean, “gently used” or new children and adult winter coats, hats and gloves to the drop box located inside the front school doors.  All donations will be distributed through the SMM St. Vincent DePaul Society to our less fortunate brother and sisters.  Please ask family, friends and coworkers for donations.  Thank you!  If you have any questions, please call Sandy Bonneville @ 875-5669.

 

SMM BASKETBALL SIGNUPS

Signups for SMM boys and girls basketball will be conducted between October 12th and October 23rd.  Boys and girls grades 4 thru 8 who attend St. Mary Magdalene School are eligible to participate.  Students who do not attend St. Mary Magdalene School, but are members of St. Stephen, St. Agnes, Holy Family, St. Aloysius or St. Mary Magdalene Parishes are also eligible to play.  Signup forms are available in the school or church office from 8:00AM – 3:00PM weekdays.  For more information call Rene Kreutler, 275-0820, 975-3569 or Bruce Tokar, 272-2014.

 

OFFICIATING CLASSES

If you are interested in becoming a basketball official, classes will be held at St. Mary Magdalene Church beginning Wednesday, October 28th at 6:30PM.  Classes are open to anyone 14 years old (must be attending high school) and older.  After satisfactory completion of the course you will receive an Ohio High School Athletic Association license which enables you to officiate beginning in December, 2009.  Cost for classes is $105.00.  To enroll, or for more information, call Julius Palazzo at 614-276-9373 or email jmpalazzo@juno.com.

 

TRUNK OR TREAT

Halloween “Trunk or Treat” for all parish children, pre-school to grade 6 is Sunday, October 25th, 3:00 pm around the church.  The kids walk around the church on the sidewalks going from parked car to parked car, or thus “trunk or treat” collecting their Halloween goodies. Cars parked around the church are decorated.  See the flyer that was sent home earlier this week for more information.

 

 

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR

 St. Mary Magdalene Church will hold its Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, November 14, from 9:00 am - 6:00 pm, in the church hall.  Come join us and do some shopping and have lunch.  If you would like to be a vendor and rent a table the cost is $20.00, call Mary Gerlach at 274-8935 for details.   If you would like to donate craft items you have made call Mrs. Gerlach.  We have a beautiful quilt made by ladies of the parish to raffle.  A picture of the quilt can be seen in the school office.  Tickets are $1.00 a piece or 6 for $5.00.

 

SAFETY PATROL

The following students are scheduled for Safety Patrol the week of October 12: Evan Gruber, Quentin Handley, Alex Little, (AM), Justine Ferko (PM), Cara Rains, Katie Montgomery, Eddie O’Brien, Nick Pugh, Andrew Duncan (AM), Sean Regan (PM), Alex Eblin, Shawn Robinson and Tayla Rooney.

 

SERVER SCHEDULE

The following students are scheduled to serve 8:15 Mass the week of October 12: Justine Ferko and Maria Frericks

 

LUNCH MENU

 

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

French Toast Sticks

Chicken w/gravy

Cheese  Pizza

Taco Boat

Hot Dog

Sausage Patty

Mashed Potatoes

Salad

Corn

MacNCheese

Tater Tots

Fruit

Fruit

Fruit

Fruit

Orange Juice

Roll

 

Churro

 

Milk

Milk

 

Milk

 

 

IMPORTANT DATES

 

October 7

1st Quarter Interims

October 8 & 9

NO SCHOOL – OCEA Conference

October 10

Market Day Pickup

October 19 – 23

Terra Nova Testing

October 20

Get To Know St. Mary Magdalene Dinner

October 26

All School Reconciliation

October 29

Beggar’s Night

October 30

End of First Quarter