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Inside this Issue: * Principal’s Post, Pg. 2
* President’s Corner , Pg. 2
* Important Dates, Pg. 4
* Assumption News, Pg. 6
* Classroom Happenings, Pg. 7
* Middle School News, Pg. 8
* Scrip, Pg. 9
LOURDES CATHOLIC SCHOOL HOME AND SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
MAY 2015
Ms. Jennifer Alongi, Principal
Ms. Teri Reyhons, Secretary
Mrs. Quinn, Secretary
1453 Mississippi Blvd. Bettendorf, IA 52722
563-359-3466
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Lourdes Catholic @LCS_School
Find us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/LourdesCatholicSchool
Congratulations to our
Lourdes 2nd graders who
made their 1st Communion on
the weekend of April 12th.
President’s Corner By Christa Merritt
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Principal’s Post
Greetings, Families!
May is finally, here and it is one of the busiest times for all of us! Please try to allow yourself a few extra minutes when dropping off and picking up your students. Staff have noticed some impatient driving in the parking lot lately. Chuck Ripley, parent and Faith Formation Board member, is planning to present a plan for how to improve parking lot safety at the next FFB meeting (6:30 PM, May 14th, in the library). We purchased quite a few new large orange cones to assist with safety in the parking lot.
Registrations for the 2015-16 school year are still being accepted. If you are concerned about paying tuition, please remember that the first thing to do is to fill out a Family Tuition Plan application as soon as possible and turn it in to Liz King at Assumption. Email me if you need a copy of the application.
The variety show on Monday was a great success! Students had a lot of fun showing their talent and flair for the dramatic. Come and see more talent at the band concert on Thursday, May 7th at 6:30 PM!
A Lourdes grad recently applied for a teaching position at our school. He said that he loved attending Lourdes and that teaching here would be his dream job. It is wonderful to hear such nice things about our school. Thank you for choosing Lourdes.
May God Bless You,
Ms. Jennifer Alongi, Principal
A note from the Home and School President
In my last message as Home and School President, I would just like to thank everyone for a great year! It is amazing to me how fast a school year can go and how much can get done in that time. We had some great events this year, including the extremely successful Starry Night Fundraiser!
Next year we will have many new faces on the Home and School Board and will be looking forward to planning more fun filled events. Jenny Grobstich will take over as President as I move into the role of Ex-Officio.
I truly hope that you all have a wonderful (and longer than usual) summer and rest up for all the amazing events that we have planned for the 2015-16 school year!
Thank you & God Bless you all, Christa Merritt [email protected]
Starry Night Fundraising Report
http://www.lourdescatholic.org/Page/Faith_Formation_Board.aspx?nt=20
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Yearbooks are now on sale! They may be purchase online only at:
http://www.jostens.com/apps/shop/yrbk_catalog.asp?cid=275907&pfid=2015012404151883054
New this year, students will have their yearbooks delivered to them the last week of school.
Any questions, please contact [email protected].
Financial Results
It is so exci0ng to share the results from our annual fundraiser. There are s0ll a few expenses that s0ll need to be paid but this will give you an idea of how successful the Lourdes Starry Night event was. We will be issuing a payment to the Lourdes Catholic Church Endowment Fund for 10% of the proceeds or approximately $6,285 and we will be replenishing the Field Trip Fund with $5,000. That will leave about $50,000 for the new textbooks and technology upgrades that Ms. Alongi is planning to purchase.
Total Revenue $73,012.00 Total Expenses $10,161.85 Net Revenue $62,850.15
I want to extend a big thank you to the Lourdes Starry Night CommiRee especially Margaret Miller for making this possible through all of their hard work and dedica0on to our school. THANK YOU!!!
PUT THIS ON YOUR CALENDAR
Early Childhood Calendar
Please visit our calendar link.
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May 1 - April Scrip NUT Day May 4 - 6:00-7:15 pm 4th grade Girl Scout meeting, PAC
May 6 - Early Dismissal 1:10pm No 4 YR PreK AM/PM Classes
May 7 - Spring Band/Choir Concert 6:30pm LCS Gym
May 8 - Visiting Artist Blake Ross to LCS, 9:00am-3:00pm H&S Teacher/Staff Luncheon 11:30am-1:00pm gathering space River Bandits Book Buddies Game, 7:00PM, Modern Woodman Park 9:30-10:45 Kindergarten to Davenport Fire Station
May 10 - Mother's Day
May 11 - H&S Meeting 11:30am-1:00pm TBD
May 12 - National Bike Safety Awareness Presentation, Grades K-4 2:30pm-3:10pm
May 13 - Feast Day of our Lady of Fatima Mass 9:00 am Last Day of 3 yr. 3-Day Preschool 11:30-1:30 8th gr. to Village Inn/Memory Books
May 14 - Last Day of 3 yr. 2-Day Preschool and 4 yr. Pre-K Classes 6:30 pm Faith Formation Board meeting, Rectory Conference Room
May 15 - 5:30-8:45 pm Student Council to Comedy Sportz, Rock Island
May 18 - 10:15-1:00 1st gr. to Bettendorf Family Museum May 20 - Mass 9:00 am 8:30-2:50 3rd gr. to Ronald McDonald House, Iowa City 9:45-2:00 4th gr field
trip to the RI Arsenal
May 22 - Band & Choir Adventureland Trip 7:30am-7:30pm
May 23 - All 8th gr. dance at AHS 7-9:30 pm
May 24 - Pentecost
May 25 - No School-Memorial Day
May 26 - Field Day-Camp Abe Lincoln 8th Grade Field Trip, Great America 9:15-1:30 Kindergarten to Niabi Zoo
May 27 - No Mass 8th Grade Graduation Mass and Ceremony 6:00pm
May 28 - 10:00 AM Mass Early Dismissal 11:30am Last Day of School-End of 4th Quarter, 2nd Semester LLL House Closed
Book Giveaway/Exchange In Celebration of Children’s Book Week
May 4th – 8th, 2015
Join us in our book exchange/giveaway in celebration of Children’s Book Week! Tables will be set up in the Lourdes Library during the next couple weeks and students are encouraged to bring a book to trade or just choose one from the many books that have been donated by both parents and teachers. Preschool – 5th graders will have the opportunity during library time to trade/choose a book to keep. Middle school students are welcome to participate as time permits.
GIRL SCOUTS
Some of the girls from Daisy Troop 4309 attended an event at the Figge Museum. They had a short tour, painted a recycled birdhouse, and then made pine cone bird feeders. They had a wonderful time learning about art and making some of their own.
Thank you to all the families that attended Lourdes Family Movie Night. Everyone had a great time watching Despicable Me 2. The 7th and 8th Grade Students worked hard at the concession stand and raised another $200 to go towards their Washington DC trip! We would also like to thank Mrs. Lawrence for setting everything up to make our movie night a huge success.
Home and School Board
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Assumption High School | 1020 West Central Park Avenue | Davenport, IA 52804 | 563.326.5313
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QUAD CITY SYMPHONY: You may have noticed some artistically created cellos gracing private and public spaces in the Quad Cities. This is part of the Quad City Symphony’s celebration of 100 years. We are fortunate to have one of the cellos right here at Assumption. Our generous sponsor, Dick Kleine, allowed two Advanced Art Students, Ellie Vonderhaar and Lauren Dunahugh, the opportunity to create one of the cellos. It will be displayed right here at Assumption until the end of May. Then all cellos will be moved to the Figge Art Museum for all to view the week of May 27. (Free admission to the main floor). Cellos will then be auctioned to make money for youth programs through the Symphony. Also, if you have a chance, Mrs. Secker-Brosman also created a cello. Her cello is made from metal, chandelier glass and it lights up. You can see her’s at Bass Street Chop House, downtown, Moline.
VOLLEYBALL: The Volleyball program will have a meeting for all players and parents on Friday, May 8, at 6:00 PM in the Main Gym at Assumption High School to discuss the summer volleyball schedule. Please contact Head Volleyball Coach Bre Scherler at [email protected] with any questions or concerns. - GIRLS BASKETBALL CAMP: Coach Milliam’s Girls Basketball Camp will be held June 15-18 at Assumption High School. - KKD: Open Gyms will be held throughout the month of May (see attached for dates/times) to
prepare dancers for the team tryout on Sunday, May 31, 2015. All events are held in the Assumption High School Cafeteria.
BASEBALL TRY-OUTS: What: Baseball tryouts for AHS freshman, sophomore, and varsity baseball teams. Where: Assumption HS baseball field (north of the high school) When: Monday May 4th-Wednesday May 6th 8th, 9th, 10th grade 3:15-5:15 PM Juniors and Seniors 5:15-7:15 PM
Classroom 1st Grade
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3rd Grade
2nd Grade
In April, the second graders celebrated their Egyptian unit with the annual Egyptian party. This continues to be great annual tradition that provides great fun and culmination of our biggest theme unit in the second grade. Also, in April, the second graders were blessed to celebrate their first holy communions, both with their families and with their schoolmates, at two separate masses. In May, we will wrap up our school year with lots of fun things, including a theme all about Dogs!
Coming to America!
On April 24th the third grade students used all of their immigration knowledge and headed to Ellis Island. The students took part of “Immigration Day”. During Immigration Day, students moved through stations as if they were immigrating to the United States through Ellis Island. There were Give stations for the students to rotate through. They worked through a Questioning Station, a Passport Station, a Waiting Station, a Physical Examination Station and a Food Station. When asked what their favorite station was, almost everyone said it was the food station. In the food station, the “immigrants” got to taste foods from different ethnic backgrounds. There were tamales, Mexican cake, Swedish meatballs, Irish soda bread and many other things. All of the students had been doing research about how people immigrated to the United States and where their own families had immigrated from. It was a fun morning that only could have been pulled off with all the wonderful volunteers who were able to come in and those who sent in food or materials. I could not have done it without you! Thank you so much!
4th Grade
The Fourth Graders are studying Sound in Science. They are completing their last region in Social Studies, The West! They will present National Park projects from this region in poster or powerpoint form. They are completing the Ten Commandments in Religion. 4th grade had a great time visiting Assumption High School last week. They attended a P.E class, Art, Band, and Music.
Last week First Grade went on a field trip to the Botanical Center to wrap up our Science Unit on the Rain Forest. While we were there we learned about carnivorous plants, went on a sun garden tour, and planted a plant in their green house that we got to take home.
6th Grade Spanish and Religion Right now we are studying classroom objects and have been doing several speaking, writing and hands on activities to learn our new vocabulary. In Religion, students are learning about how prophets shared God's message and people in exile were given hope.
7th Grade Spanish Students are learning party and chore vocabulary, about irregular verbs and affirmative tu commands. They are also exploring the customs and culture of Ecuador.
8th Grade Spanish and Religion Currently in Spanish students are learning vocabulary to shop at a market and how to conjugate irregular verbs in the past tense. The country they are investigating is Puerto Rico. In Religion, 8th graders are studying Christians of the Middle Ages. They are learning about how the Church fought to recover the Holy Land and the Church struggled with corruption.
Middle School News
Alumni NewsYou may have noticed some artistically created cellos gracing private and public spaces in the Quad Cities. This is part of the Quad City Symphony’s celebration of 100 years. We are fortunate to have one of the cellos at Assumption. A generous sponsor, Dick Kleine, allowed two Advanced Art Students, Ellie Vonderhaar and Lauren Dunahugh, the opportunity to create one of the cellos. It will be displayed right here at Assumption until the end of May. Then all cellos will be moved to the Figge Art Museum for all to view the week
Middle School Chicago Trip 2015
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Scrip
Scrip is a major fundraiser for the school! There is no extra cost to you. When you purchase Scrip, you are purchasing a gift certificate to that vendor. The beauty of Scrip is that you put your regular household shopping dollars to work. You earn money for our school without spending a single additional penny. Just spend your regular shopping dollars with Scrip at the stores that participate in the Scrip program! Scrip can be used for just about any household purchase including food, clothing, entertainment, gasoline and even dining out. Scrip is sold after Masses in the Gathering Space as well as in the school on Tuesday and Friday mornings. You can also send your order into school in your child’s backpack, it will be filled, and returned to you through the backpack
Click the links below to print a scrip order form from your me computer!
Buy Scrip at Early Out!
Table will be set up by
Church entrance for your
purchasing convenience!
Scrip Order Form (In Stock)
Scrip Order Form (Need to Order)
K & K Hardware: Located in downtown Bettendorf at 1818 Grant Street, K & K Hardware will geive 5% of your total purchase to Lourdes Catholic School if you mention it to the cashier upon check out. Sales items, net items and tax are not included.
Take Charge of Education®
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Help make great things happen for our school
Our school has joined the My Coke Rewards for Schools program. That means by drinking the Coca-Cola products your family already enjoys, you can get My Coke Rewards points and donate them to help our school.
Your donations will go towards rewards like sports equipment that will help ourstudents learn, play and have fun.
MCR Schools Sell Sheet - COMMUNITY SUPPORT
15903
LM5 6.15, 6.28, 7.1, 7.15,7 .20
8.5” X 11” 5.24.11 DLB
A R T E M I SC R E AT I V E
It’s easy to donate: 1 Purchase your favorite Coca-Cola products to get codes (they’re on hundreds of different packages, in a variety of sizes and flavors).
2 Go to mycokerewards.com/school & sign in (register if you aren’t a member).
3 Enter your codes to collect points – then search for our school to donate points.
4 Enter the amount of points you’d like to give, then click “Donate”.
for more information and start turning My Coke Rewards points into rewards for our school.
Check out
My Coke Rewards is open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. (and D.C.) age 13 and over. Visit mycokerewards.com for full details. © 2011 The Coca-Cola Company.
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Collect your Pop Tabs Now! Turn them in at Unpack the Backpack.
Class with the largest collection will receive a special reward!
BUY your favorite Box Tops products.
CUT out the Box Top from each package.
SEND your Box Tops to school with your child.
YOUR SCHOOL GETS CASH for every Box Top collected to help buy the things it needs most. All those Box Tops really add up!
©General MillsLAND O LAKES is a registered trademark of Land O'Lakes, Inc. NESTLÉ® and JUICY JUICE® are registered trademarks of Société des produits Nestlé S.A.,Vevey, Switzerland.Ziploc® is a registered trademark of S. C. Johnson and Son, Inc. All rights reserved.
AN EASY WAY TO EARN CASH FOR YOUR SCHOOL! Look for the pink Box Top on hundreds of participating products. Each is worth 10¢ for your school!
Go online to www.btfe.com/products for a complete list of participating box tops products.
http://www.boxtops4education.com/Default.aspx
Attention LCS Parents! Online ordering for school supplies for the 2015/2016 school year is available through 1st Day School Supplies through June 15th! Everything arrives in one kit and is delivered to your student(s) classroom at Lourdes. No shopping or delivering for you to worry about!! For every kit you order, $2 will be donated to Lourdes. Go to http://www.1stdayschoolsupplies.com/ and enter zip code 52722, then select Lourdes Catholic School. Reminder! The deadline to make purchases online is June 15th!
Attention Parents! Assumption High School summer camps are now open! Register today! 2015 Summer Camps
Wrestling Camp for grades 4-12 Dates: June 3 - July 26 (Monday and Wednesday Evenings - 16 Sessions) Contact: Pete Bush at: [email protected] Boys Basketball Camp for grades 2-8 Dates: June 8-11 Contact: Matt Fitzpatrick at: [email protected] Camp Brochure
Girls Basketball Camp for grades K-12 Dates: June 15-18 Contact: Rachael Milliman at: [email protected] Camp Brochure Volleyball Camp for grades 4-12 Dates: July 13-17 Contact: Bre Scherler at: [email protected] Camp Brochure Football Camp for grades 3-8 Dates: August 3-6 Contact: Wade King at: [email protected] Camp Brochure
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And Introduction to the Lourdes Little Flower Girls Club
Drinks and table settings will be provided. Please bring a dish to share (and serving utensil): Last name A-H main dish, I-P side dish or salad, Q-Z dessert.
Hear from keynote speaker Lisa Britt about her journey in raising daughters in the Catholic faith.
Create a memento of your time together by painting a flower pot and planting a spring flower.
Learn about the newly forming Lourdes Little Flower Girls Club, based on Catholic saints and virtues.
Drawing for a $50 gift card to Wallace’s Garden Center.
Reservations are requested to know the amount of chairs to set up and supplies to purchase. Please RSVP to the parish office at (563) 359-0345 or [email protected].
Saturday, May 9, 2015 Noon to 2:30 pm
* And grandmothers, aunts, etc. - bring ALL the special women in your life!
All students of Our Lady of Lourdes, please bring your school bags to Mass for a special start-of-the-year blessing from Fr. Jason. Bring food items in your backpack from the list below to donate to our Backpacks With Snacks program, and receive a special backpack tag to begin the school year right!
Started by parishioner Sue Dilley in 2012, the Lourdes Backpack With Snacks program provides healthy snacks every month to school and neighborhood children in need. The program gratefully accepts kid-friendly food donations such as the following:*
Boxes of cereal Peanut butter Jelly Fruit snacks
* No glass jars or bottles, please.
Granola bars Juice boxes Graham crackers Goldfish
Jell-O cups (non-refrigerated) Pudding cups (non-refrigerated) Applesauce/fruit cups Cereal bars
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Keep reading and hang out with your friends by joining the Lourdes Kids Summer Book Club! We will be reading “The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe,” and exploring the author’s Christian meaning and symbols hidden among the pages of this exciting adventure!
The club will be led by Iowa State senior in elementary education and former Lourdes Religious Education catechist Rachel Dolehanty.
The $25 club fee includes the book (to keep) and snacks for each of the five club meetings. Bring a water bottle and blanket for reading time under the Giving Tree!
Questions? Contact Jennifer Lynch in the parish office at (563) 359-0345 or [email protected].
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Join us for
After Trinity Sunday 10:30 Mass on May 31 under the Giving Tree
(or in the Parish Activity Center if the weather is bad)
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John Molyneaux, 6th Grade, Won the Piñata at the Silent Auction
Starry Night Silent Auction PARTY WINNERS
MOVIE PARTY
ICE CREAM SUNDAE PARTY
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2nd Grade Egyptian Partypage 17