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
12/1-12/5 - St. Columba Scholastic Book Fair Before & After School
12/3 - School Mass - Staff Leading Liturgy - 8:15
12/3 - K-5 Christmas Music Program - 5:00 Book Fair Briefly Open After the Program
12/4 - Prayer & Praise Assembly - 8:15
12/5 - St. Nick Visits Classrooms
12/6 - St. Columba Christmas Bazaar in the Gym
12/8 - School Mass - 3 Grade Leading Liturgy - 8:15rd Feast of Immaculate Conception - Mass on Monday
12/9 - Gift Giving for the Elderly - 2:15
12/9 - Parents Association Meeting @ Library - 2:15 12/10 - 8 Grade Christmas Tree Cutting th
12/12 - Preschool Christmas Program - 10:00
12/12 - Cookies with Santa Event - 5:15-7:00 - School Gym Cookie Decorating, Pizza, Photos w/ Santa, Family Fun w/ Friends
12/13 - MS Band & Choir Perform @ Stillwater Winter Wonderbands - Time TBA
12/16 - School Advent Penance Service - 1:20
12/17 - School Mass - 7 Grade Leading Liturgy - 8:15 th 12/19 - Christmas Parties - 11:00 12/19 - Preschool - 8 Grade Early Dismissal - 11:30 th
12/22 - 1/2 - No School - Christmas Break 1/5 - Back to School 1/7 - School Mass - Staff Leading Liturgy - 8:15
Thank you to everyone who made our Thanksgiving feast so special!
St Columba School Fall Drive Thank You
The overwhelming generosity of St Columba School Families for the Thanksgiving Drive this year provided a total of 246 bags of items for the St Columba Food Pantry and Neighbors in Need Alliance (NINA) Housewarming Love for a total value of items for those in need of $6,600. There was a total of $306 financial donations which will be split between the Pantry and Housewarming Love. St Columba Food Pantry received $4,920 value of food and NINA Housewarming Love received $1,680 value of household items. Your gifts will be greatly appreciated by those receiving services.
Some people might not realize that our Food Pantry is totally supported by parishioners and school families. This ministry receives no funding from the Parish budget. It has always received its food items and financial support from donations. 100% support! On average the Food Pantry serves 100 families per month. Each family receives 1-2 bags of food, depending on the number of those living in the home. Each bag costs about $30.
Housewarming Love, a program provided by NINA provides needed household and hygiene items for unhoused families and individuals moving into housing. Often these individuals have only what they can carry with them. These items will be greatly appreciated and make their apartment feel like a home.
You have really made a difference in people's lives!
K-4 Christmas Music Program
Wednesday, December 3rd, 5:00pm
Please join us for a classic night of Christmas carols and community. The kids have worked really hard, and we can't wait to share this special evening with you!
Performers are asked to wear either their school uniform or their Sunday best Doors will open at 4:45 so that the K-4 performers can report to their classrooms and the audience can take their seats in the gym. Please look over the song lyrics with your students in these last few weeks before the show 5th grade Band and Choir students should report to the music room at 4:30 to set up their instruments and warm-up.
K & 1st Lyrics
2nd & 3rd Lyrics
4th Lyrics
K-4 Speaking Parts
Preschool
Christmas Music Program
Friday, December 12th, 10:00am
The Preschool Program will be in the St. Columba gym. The front doors to the school will open at 9:45 for audience seating Students are encouraged to wear dressy clothes for the program, and some of the students will dress in costume as part of the nativity scene Please look over the lyrics for the songs with your child in these last few weeks before our show.
The children are very excited to sing on the stage for you!
Preschool Songs
6th-8th Grade Band & Choir Performance
Saturday, December 13th, Time TBA
The 6-8 Band & Choir students have an exciting performance opportunity coming up! Our students will be performing at Stillwater Music for the Winter WonderBands Showcase alongside fellow student musicians from many area schools and communities All are welcome to attend, and ticketing is free Please come out and support our students and enjoy a wonderful day of music! The entire event runs from 12:00-6:00, and while times are still firming up, our groups will likely be performing between 12:30 and 2:00 A finalized time will be shared as soon as it is made available to us.
BookFairisHere!
December1st-5th
One of the students’ favorites is back!
Get a jump on some of your holiday shopping while supporting St. Columba School at the same time. Stop by our Scholastic book fair before or after school December 1-5 or after the December 3 Program. Lots of great selections for all ages!
Volunteers Still Needed
We are still in need of volunteers this week to work book fair shifts all throughout the event.
Please sign up HERE if you are available to help
December Lunch Menu
In case you missed it, our December lunch menu can be found below All gluten free options are noted While our website and app are still transitioning to the updated version, you can always access the menu in Blackbaud under calendar
December Lunch Menu
Prayer & Praise Assembly
Families are always invited to join us for our monthly Prayer and Praise assemblies Our next one will be this Thursday, December 4 at 8:15 in the gym. Each assembly includes lessons from Fr. John and Mr. Chick and an introduction to our monthly Friendzy theme as well as St. Columba Awards for students who have gone above and beyond expectations t h
COMBS AND BRUSHES, TOOTHPASTE, GRIPPER SOCKS AND REGULAR SOCKS, CHAPSTICK, SWEATERS, ELECTRIC RAZORS,
*NO GLASS (SUCH AS PICTURE FRAMES) OR CANDLES. NO ELECTRIC BLANKETS.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to our St. Columba Lego Robotics Team that were 1st place champions at the regional meet on November 15 !th
Their amazing coaches, Erin Cuthbertson and Mindy Potter, shared this message about the competition, “In past years, we’ve celebrated wins in individual sections of the competition, but this year they truly excelled across every category You would have been incredibly proud of the way they represented our school. They were true team players - encouraging other teams, assisting volunteers, adapting on the fly, and having a blast the entire time. This year’s theme was archaeology, and the students fully embraced it - we rebranded our team as the Relic Raiders!”
Good luck to the team as they head to Denver for the state competion this weekend!
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