The St. Columba Shepherd - 4/27/24

TheST. COLUMBA SHEPHERD

GUIDANCE FOR THE WEEK AHEAD

EACH WEEK THE ST. COLUMBA SHEPHERD provides

all the information you need to know and links to things that you might need to cross off your list. Stay organized by reading it every week and making sure that you add events and deadlines to your calendar! LET'S DO IT!

Middle School Mountain Bike Club

DATES TO REMEMBER

5/1 - Deadline for the Spring Auction Basket Collection

5/2 - Prayer & Praise Assembly - 8:15

5/2 - 6th-8th Grade Adoration

5/3 - May Crowning - 2nd Grade Leading Liturgy - 10:00 (Mass on Friday this week)

5/7 - 5th Grade Retreat at Folsom Park

5/8 - School Mass - 5th Grade Leading Liturgy - 8:15

5/10-5/18 - Spring Online Auction

5/10 - Middle School Theater Presents “Around the World in 80 Days” - 7:00

5/11 - Middle School Theater Presents “Around the World in 80 Days”1:00 & 7:00

5/14 - 4th Grade Families to MS Mayhem - More Details TBA

5/15 - 2nd Grade Field Trip to Animas Museum

5/16 - Candle Service @ School Mass - 7th & 8th Grade Leading Liturgy - 8:15 (Mass on Thursday this week)

5/16 & 5/17 - 8th Grade Retreat

5/17 - 4th Grade Fishing Field Trip

5/17 - Middle School Dance - 6:30

5/21 - End of Year Assembly - 8:15

5/21 - Graduation Mass - 5:00

(Followed by Dinner & Slideshow for 8th Graders & Families)

5/22 - School Mass - 3rd Grade Leading Liturgy - 8:15

5/23 - Last Day of Preschool Program

5/23 - Preschool Graduation - 6:00

5/24 - Last Day of School K-7

Register Now for Preschool - 8th Grade!

K-8 Registration open now!

To re-enroll your student for the 24-25 school year, you will simply need to complete the registration form HERE. As soon as this form is complete, your spot is secure. It's that easy!

We ask you to complete this registration and tuition contract by May 1st if possible. Your registration helps us with our budgeting, planning, resource allocation, and staffing for next year. We also have families on our waitlist that are needing to hear if there is availability in the grade they are hoping for.

Please see the registration email from the office for more details about your 24-25 tuition and registration fees.

If you do not plan on your student returning to St. Columba for the 24-25 school year, please let us know ASAP by emailing Heidi

Preschool registration is also still open!

If you have a child who is at least 2 1/2 and potty trained, there are still a few preschool spots available for the Summer 2024 and School Year 24/25 Sessions. Please complete the form HERE to register them today. Spaces will not last!

Summer option for current Kindergarteners, and 1st graders!

While St. Columba School won’t be hosting a summer camp this year, Ms Sherry, our amazing preschool director, would like to welcome any of our current Kindergarteners and 1st graders to join in for some summer fun. This program will take place at the preschool, but Sherry and her staff plan to take these older kids and keep them engaged with awesome age appropriate activities for them as well as take them on walking field trips to the river, parks, library events, etc

Please sign up HERE for this summer opportunity.

St. Columba Spring Auction

As you know our in-person event has pivoted to an online auction This is exciting because it opens the auction to everyone - even those who had schedule conflicts with the in-person event. Classroom art projects, themed baskets, and experiences will be available at the online auction. Many parents generously gave their time to work with our students to create one of a kind pieces. In addition to the art, there will be unique experience packages like Principal For the Day and a hosted Dinner with the Firefighters at the Fire Station (The firefighters will pick you and your family up at your home in the fire truck and take you to the fire station!). Please watch for an email announcing the auction. Bidding will be open for at least a week and conclude before school is dismissed for the year. This is a critical fundraiser to wrap the year. So bid high and bid often!

Auction Needs:As always, your helping hands would be greatly appreciated in making this a successful event.

Contributions Needed to the School Auction “Basket” Collection by Wednesday, May 1st: There is a single online school-wide collection for basket items. The suggested amount is $5-$10 per student, which will be distributed among the room parents to shop local, support our sponsors, and create beautifully curated baskets to bid on You can donate to the basket fund HERE or drop cash or check (payable to St. Columba School) off to Heidi. The deadline to contribute to the basket fund is extended to Wednesday, May 1st.

Auction Experiences: The Auction Committee is also seeking auction experiences

Some examples of auction items for donation include Sports Tickets, Arts and Entertainment Tickets, Destination and Travel Opportunities, Unique Experiences: (Principal for a Day, Lunch with Your Teacher, Dad's Poker/Casino Night or Whiskey Tasting, Mom’s & Mimosa Day Hike, Family Fourteen-er Experience, Dad's Fly Fishing Experience, host a round of golf for four, wine tasting, etc. We encourage you to team up with another school family to host or provide one of these experiences to make this even more FUN. Please contact parentsassociation@stcolumbaschoolurango.org if you have a unique item or experience to donate The deadline to contribute an experience and provide a description os Thursday, May 9th.

MAY LUNCH

Please click HERE to see our lunch menu for May. You can also always find this on our St. Columba School website and app.

All gluten free options are

Prayer & Praise Assembly

All students will be attending our next Prayer & Praise Assembly this Thursday, May 2nd, at 8:15. Each assembly includes lessons from Fr. John and Mr. Chick, an introduction to our Friendzy theme of the month, and honoring our St. Columba award winners who have gone above and beyond expectations. Families are always welcome to join us!

CHROMEBOOK SALE

St. Columba will be getting new Chromebooks for 4th - 8th grade next school year. We will be selling our old Chromebooks for $20 each. These Chromebooks (Samsung 500c) will be sold as is; please note that these are out of date and can no longer be updated. That being said, they are still in working order and will work for most of your student's academic needs at home.

You may reserve a Chromebook by submitting a $20 check (made out to St. Columba School) or cash to the office or Mrs. Bowman. We have a limited number of Chromebooks, so sales are first come first serve. We will send them home with students on the last day of school.

MAY CROWNING RSVP

K-8 REGISTRATION PRESCHOOL & SUMMER REGISTRATION

MS THEATER TICKETS

MAY LUNCH MENU

SPRING AUCTION BASKET FUND

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

BELOW ARE WEEKLY SCRIPTURE REFLECTION QUESTIONS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS ENRICH THEIR FAITH BY CONTEMPLATING SUNDAY READINGS.

Based on the readings for the 5th Sunday of Easter

Readings: Acts 9:26-31/1 Jn 3:18-24/Jn 15:1-8 (53) Pss I

We continue with reading the Acts of the Apostles and this weekend find Saul’s introduction to the apostles in Jerusalem Saul had been a violent persecutor of Christians until his baffling experience on the way to Damascus Struck blind, Saul heard, “Why are you persecuting me?” I am Jesus whom you are persecuting ” After needing the help of a Christian healer to see again, Saul began preaching about Jesus to the confusion of all he encountered. Understandably, the Jerusalem apostles were confused, afraid This radical conversion (literally ‘turning around’) of Saul, also now known as Paul was shocking Some of us have had experiences like this when everything we thought we knew about Christ was turned upside down. What did this disorientation cost? What have we gained?

“Love is not words or mere talk it must be true love which shows itself in action ” Many of us have experienced falling in love. Do you remember the “high” that came with that initial experience? Were you content to just feel the love or did you have the urgency to demonstrate how much the other meant? How can this experience bring perspective to loving God? Is there any urgency because of our love for God?

Jesus’ reflection on the vine and the branches is part of John’s five chapter Last Supper discourse The image is both intimate and wonder-filled Unfortunately, our modern translation of “abide” into ‘remain’ loses a bit of nuance To abide: to live fully; to be aware of where life comes from; to be in the moment; to be aware that remaining on this vine is essential; to be aware that we are not the source of life, but radically integrated into it; to have a powerful sense of belonging with others to the source of abiding Our source who is Christ This (perhaps archaic) abide provides more depth than simply “to remain.” Building on the nuanced abide, how does this reality affect us when there is a loss, a ‘branch’ that is removed? Do we still abide in Christ? As we see our lives become productive, how does abiding in Christ surge new energy that we have furthered the divine plan? Is there any choice in responding to other’s needs when we all rely on Christ the Vine?

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