The St. Columba Shepherd - 10/19/24

The

ST. 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!

DATES TO REMEMBER

10/23 - School Mass - 1st Grade Leading Liturgy - 8:15 10/24 - Teacher Workday - K-8 Early Dismissal - 11:30

10/25 - No School - Preschool-8th - End of 1st Quarter/PD

10/29 - Rescheduled - Kindergarten & 1st Grade Field Trip to Jackalope Acres

10/30 - School Mass - 7th Grade Leading Liturgy - 8:15 10/31 - K-8 Halloween Parade & Trick or Treating - 1:45 10/31 - Early Dismissal - 12:30 - Preschool Only

11/1 - No School - Pre-8 - K-8 P/T Conferences & Pre Workday

11/6 - School Mass - Veterans Mass - 8th Grade Leading Liturgy - 8:15 11/7 - Prayer & Praise Assembly - 8:15 11/11 - No School - Veterans Day

11/13 - School Mass - 6th Grade Leading Liturgy - 8:15 11/14 - Picture Retakes

11/16-11/21 - Capital Campaign Commitment Week 11/18-11/22 - Book Fair

11/20 - School Mass - Kindergarten Leading Liturgy - 8:15 11/20 - Thanksgiving Food Collection

11/20 - Parent Workshop with Ruby Jo Walker - 5:30 - More info to Come 11/21 - Pre - 8th Thanksgiving Lunch

11/22 - Early Dismissal - 12:30 - Preschool Only

11/25-11/29 - No School - Thanksgiving Break

Final Week of Capital Campaign Info Sessions

We invite you to join us for this last week of Capital Campaign events. These are important opportunities to learn about our Campus Improvement Plan and to share your questions and concerns.

Here’s what’s coming up:

Weekend Events to Align with Mass Times:

Saturday, October 19th at 6:15pm, Happy Hour in the Gym (immediately following the 5pm Mass) Sunday, October 20th at 11:15am, Coffee & Pastries in the Gym (immediately following the 10am Mass)

Zoom Information Session

Tuesday, October 22nd, 7:00pm via Zoom (please note the corrected date) Click here to join the Zoom

After Morning Drop Off Thursday, October 24th at 8am, Coffee & Pastries in the Gym

We appreciate your interest and welcome any questions or feedback you may have as we transition from group discernment to individual discernment, especially as we approach Commitment Week, November 1621.

For those unable to attend, a recording of the Zoom will be shared with the community next week.

Thank you for being a part of our community’s journey, and we hope to see you at one of these sessions. Please feel free to reach out if you need any further information.

All peace and blessings, Kevin

*Sign-up for a one-hour capital campaign info session by filling out THIS FORM or feel free to simply attend any of these events at your convenience

Join us for our Halloween

Festivities

Our annual Halloween Costume Parade and Trick or Treat Celebrations will take place on Thursday, October 31st at 1:45. The students will parade and trick or treat around campus and families are encouraged to join us. This is the celebration and there will not be a separate classroom party.

Please click HERE to review the costume letter from Mr. Chick that was sent out this week.

Halloween Candy Needed

We are kindly asking families to contribute a bag of Halloween candy for the trick-or-treat stations. Please deliver the candy to the office by Thursday, October 24th.

Thank you very much as always for your ongoing support–we appreciate you!

End of 1st Quarter

It’s hard to believe that it is already almost the end of the first quarter. The official last day of the quarter is less than a week away on October 25th. Remember that K-8 will have early dismissal on 10/24 @ 11:30 for a teacher workday and Preschool-8th grade will not have school on 10/25 for the end of the quarter professional development.

Veterans MassNovember 6th

We will be having a special Mass to honor our veterans on Wednesday, November 6th, at 8:15. Remember that there will not be school on November 11th for Pre-8th Grade in honor of Veterans Day. If you are a veteran, please email office@stcolumbaschooldur ango.org so we can add you to our list. If you have a special veteran in your life, please also let the office know so we can sent them a personal invitation to honor them.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

We will be holding this year's fall parent/teacher conferences on November 1st. Please remember that school will not be in session that day to give our teacher's a chance to meet with all families. It is an expectation that all families attend fall conferences with their student's homeroom teacher, and a time will be assigned to all of those that don't sign up. We ask that you sign up before October 29th please.