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| Thu May 10 @ 2:45PM - 03:00PM Muffins w/Mom |
| Fri May 11 Popcorn Day |
| Sat May 12 KofC Blood Drive |
| Sun May 13 Mother's Day |
| Mon May 14 Recycle Week |
| Mon May 14 @ 8:30AM - 09:00AM SCRIP Submission |
| Tue May 15 Gleaners Food Bank |
| Tue May 15 Hot Dog Lunch |
| Wed May 16 @ 7:00PM - 09:00PM 7/8 Musical |
| Tue May 22 @ 7:00PM - 09:00PM K-6 Concert |
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Welcome to Holy Spirit School!
Solid Catholic instruction and formation
Excellent student/teacher ratio
Pre-K through 8th Grade
Fully equipped computer lab
Vibrant, nurturing environment
Morning mass for the students
Uniforms from Land's End
Happy children and staff!
Celebrate St Philomena with a Votive Mass
Join us Thursday, May 24th at 7:00pm for
A Mass celebrating the Opening/Finding
Of St Philomena’s tomb in the Roman catacombs of St Priscilla
210 years ago – 1802
Dear Little Philomena, pray for us!
Scroll above - "About Our School" - for Calendar, Mission Statement & School Song
Fundraising and Current Events
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DAYS TO REMEMBER
May 18th - 20th Brighton Art Show May 20th ~ Raffle Drawing 10:30 May 22nd ~ K-Gd 6 Concert 7:00pm May 24th ~ St Philomena Mass 7pm May 29th ~ SCRIP Order May 29th - 30 7/8 Gd Finals May 31st ~ Last day of PreSchool June 1st ~ Gd 7/8 Class Trip June 4th ~ Field Day June 5th ~ 8th Gd Graduation All welcome to the Ceremony/Mass June 7th ~ Last Day of School 1/2
SOMEONE HAS STOLEN - BORROWED? - OUR PITCHING MACHINE!
We've discovered our pitching machine is missing! If you know of anyone who's "borrowed" it - we sure would appreciate its return! Bill Spencer from Channel 7 came out to the school A news story will run Friday evening at 5pm
YOU ARE INVITED TO AN ART SHOW!
The art work of several Holy Spirit students will be on display in the Brighton Area Schools Spring Art Show to be held in the Brighton High School Gymnasium from May 17-20. Families of students with work in the show have been invited to Thursday’s opening night festivities (an invitation only event) but the show is open to the public on Friday from 8am-2pm and on Saturday and Sunday from 1-4pm. Hope to see you there. “You Gotta Have Art” Sincerely, Mrs. Ciolek
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 OUR "DOLLARS AND SENSE" RAFFLE !
THIS SUNDAY
Tickets are: $10/each 3/$25 12/$100
Deadline for entry is May 16th
Drawing May 20th between 9am and 11am Masses.
ALTAR SERVER TRAINING
Coming Soon!
If you've received First Communion, you're eligible to train!
We'll keep you posted...if you're interested, contact the church office.
PTO Project Folders If you were a chairperson for a PTO project this past year, please return the yellow PTO Project Folder to the office. It is needed to plan for the 2012-13 school year. FRENCH CUISINE (La Cuisine Française)
French classes for grades 3 – 8 will be celebrating the end of the school year by participating in a cooking class. Students will prepare a French dessert on Wednesday, May 30. Each student will create his/her own Napoleon, as well as feast on fruit with a chocolate fondue. Madame McLane is requesting a $2.00 donation per student to help offset the costs. Please submit your donations by Wednesday, May 23. Thank you for your support and generosity. Merci beaucoup!
KROGER REWARDS RE-ENROLLMENT TIME! All Kroger Community Rewards Program participants must re-enroll for the program in April in order to earn funds during the coming year 05/2012 to 5/2013. click on “Michigan” and click on “Enroll” to register for the first time and “Re-enroll” to re-register. All participants must have a valid online account at Kroger.com and must sign up online to participate. Once you have successfully enrolled in the program, a line indicating a donation to Holy Spirit School will be near the bottom of your receipt.
FEELIN’GOOD MILEAGE CLUB It’s not too late to register your grade 1 – 6 student for the Mileage Club. The program takes place during recess and PE class as the students run or walk a designated course with the opportunity to earn incentives for every 5 miles they log as well as a water bottle for 20 miles and a certificate for 35 miles. Visit www.sparrowmilesclub.com to register.
INK CARTRIDGE & TONER RECYCLING Bring your empty ink cartridges or toners to Holy Spirit School for recycling. Our school gets a $2 rebate for every cartridge/toner recycled through our suppliers. Drop them off at the school office or in the labeled box at the entrance to the Activity Center.
FRIDAY MORNING COFFEE HOUR Calling all Moms! Join us to share conversation & coffee in the
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From the Principal's Desk: Mrs. Anna Piccirillo Loewe
"O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Chris t present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended. By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary I beg the conversion of poor sinners." Angel’s Prayer at Fatima, 1917
Dear Parents and families, Thank you for your many prayers for my daughter, Kirsten and her family. She gave birth on Tuesday, May 8 to a beautiful healthy boy, Asher James, who weighed in at 7 lbs. 2 oz. Praise God for his infinite mercy and love! Annually, the Satisfaction Survey is sent to families and returned to me for my review. We are seeking information about how we are serving students and families. Names are not associated with the data. Surveys can be returned anonymously under my door if you do not want me to know the source. The information is important for future improvements. Please return your survey soon. We invite students and families and friends to our first Holy Spirit Catholic School MUSICAL, “Dig It” directed and produced by Mrs. Muszynski and performed by the grade 7th and 8th grade students this Wednesday evening, May 16 at 7 PM in the Activity Center. They are excited to perform this for all of you. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the Spring Concert next Tuesday, May 22 at 7pm. The concert will highlight the musical talents of our kindergarten through grade 6 students. Our eighth grade students will be graduating on June 5, 2012. There will be a Graduation Mass followed by a graduation ceremony and light snacks and treats in the Activity Center to which all school families are invited. Please pay close attention to students’ finals schedules on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday the week before graduation. We pray for each of them to be successful in these endeavors. Field Day is coming up very soon on our calendar on June 4. There will be fun activities for all the students. Pre-kindergarteners are invited back with an adult. Eighth Graders are invited back to cheer on others or help with some of the younger students doing activities. More parent and student information is enclosed.
At Mass this weekend, Fr. John announced a wonderful opportunity for students entering grades 5-8 to win a $200 financial aid scholarship! Families have requested more hot lunch options. Salsarita’s will be providing a test opportunity for a hot lunch possibility for next year. God bless you. In Christ through Mary, Mrs. Anna Loewe
Prayer For Reversal of the HHS Mandate Lord God, You are the Author of Life and Freedom. In Your Spirit, we have the freedom of the children of God, and in Your Name, we promote the freedom of all to seek, embrace, and live the truth of Your Word.
In that freedom, Lord, we your people stand with Life and reject whatever destroys life or distorts the meaning of human sexuality.
In that freedom, Lord, we Your people live our lives in a way that advances Your Kingdom of Life, and we refuse to cooperate in what is evil.
At this moment, therefore, when our government has decided to force us to cooperate in evil, we pray for the grace to be faithful to You and to oppose the unjust laws and mandates that have been imposed upon us and our institutions.
We pray for the conversion of those in civil authority who fail to appreciate the demands of conscience. We pray for the complete reversal of all policies that permit the destruction of life or coerce the cooperation of Your people in practices that are wrong. Bring us to a Culture of Life. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen
SCHOOL POLICY FOR TREATMENT OF LICE
We are employing a proactive, preventive measure and request our students bring in an extra-large Ziploc bag to store their coats and backpacks when they are not wearing them. These are transparent and students can easily see which bag is theirs. These are available at local Meijer, Target and other stores. Lice don't jump from head to head, they crawl. If they are on a coat, and that coat is touching another coat, they can crawl and infect another child. Students should bring their bags and keep their coats in the bags whenever they are not wearing them i.e., in the Church, Activity Center or classroom. Regarding stuffed animals and bean bags or other such soft items: these may not come to school – they should be put in a sealed trash bag for 2 weeks to kill any lice that may be on them. Thank you for your cooperation. MISC. NOTES TO BE ADDRESSED Please note and regard deadline dates. We set deadlines so that paperwork, checks, money can be processed. School begins at 8:00 am. 7:50am Arrival is for removal of snow-clothes and gathering books. Pre-kindergarten starts at 12:30pm. Please do not drop off your children earlier than 12:30pm. Thank you.
SCHOOL POLICY FOR DISPENSING MEDICINE
As we enter the winter season the following excerpt from the family handbook is a reminder of our policy for handling medications at school: 1. Medications must be delivered to the school office in person by the parent and are kept in the office. 2. Medication must be accompanied by a dated authorization form, which has been signed by the parent and physician. 3. Medication must be in original container, stating student name, medication name, physician name, and directions. 4. Over-the-counter medication follows the same guidelines with a parent’s signature, and a call home before dispensed. 5. Parents may request permission for a student to carry and self-administer a prescription asthma inhaler if written permission is presented from the physician and parent, and notification is provided to principal and classroom teacher. 6. Individual records are kept of medications administered.
OUTDOOR RECESS AND CLOTHING During the winter months we will use the following parameters for outdoor recess: 1) When the temperature is 10 degrees and above, students will be expected to participate in outdoor recess; 2) When the temperature is 9 degrees and below, indoor activities will be provided for the students. Wind chill is considered. Students go out for recess each day. With
Saint Philomena, behold us kneeling in spirit before the throne on which it has pleased the Most Holy Trinity to place thee. Full of confidence in thy protection, we beseech thee to intercede for us with God. From the height of thy heavenly country, deign to cast a look upon thy humble servant! Spouse of Jesus Christ, console us in our troubles, strengthen us in temptations, protect us in the dangers which surround us on every side; obtain all the graces necessary for us, especially And above all, assist us at the our death. Saint Philomena, powerful with God, pray for us. Amen
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