Weekly Rundown for September 26

MISSION STATEMENT: St. Charles Parish School in Hartland, Wisconsin nourishes and grows a vibrant Catholic community committed to innovation, responsiveness and compassion as it prepares and challenges students in their intellectual, spiritual and moral lives.
 

Parents and Students, 

A quick message and thank you to all of our lunchroom volunteers =E2=80=94

I just want to express my deepest gratitude for all of the volunteers who have helped in the lunchroom so far this year. It truly makes a huge difference in behavior in the kids, and things run much more smoothly now that we have a few more adults in there along with myself. You guys are incredibly awesome and very much appreciated! Thanks so much for all you do!

God Bless, 
Megan Duncan
Lunch Room Coordinator

NEWS & NOTES

Dress Down Pass Sale: The sale ends tomorrow, September 27! Purchase five dress down passes for $10 and let your kids have days off from wearing their uniform. New this year for first semester: Each child can purchase 2 packs of 5 dress down passes ($10/pack). Print the form here and turn it in to the school office. The fee will be applied to your TADS account. Students must use all of their 1st semester passes by February 1, 2020. Dress down passes cannot be used on Mass days. Passes purchased during this sale will be distributed to families the week of October 7.

Fall MAP Test Results/Dress Down: The results from our Fall MAP test will be coming home with your child next week Wednesday, October 2. Students will be allowed to wear dress down bottoms with their spirit wear tops to celebrate their achievement.

Traveling Rosary: The Traveling Rosary Shrine will return this year starting in October. It travels from home to home on Wednesdays weekly. As a host family, you can place this blessed shrine in a special place in your home for the week and pray the Rosary together daily or as often as you can for your week. At week's end, you will need to contact the next host family to arrange the transfer. Click here to sign up to have the Traveling Rosary in your home. 

Yearbook Photos: If a family decides they do not want to order school photos, they should still send the proof page back with the pose they would like used for their child's yearbook photo. Otherwise, the first pose will automatically be used in the yearbook.

Parenting and Mental Health Education Programs: This is just a reminder to complete this brief survey for Mrs. Delmore, our School Counselor, if you are interested in additional parenting and/or mental health education programs being offered at St. Charles.

Online Homework and Test Calendar: Our middle school staff created an online homework and test calendar to provide our students and families with an additional planning tool. Each grade level has a calendar that can be accessed through St. Charles' website. Click on each grade to see their calendar: 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade. Tests, quizzes, and homework are listed on each day. Students will still be responsible for writing down assignments in their assignment notebooks. We hope you find this tool helpful! Please contact Principal Garvey with any questions. 

Auction Update: Last year we had an amazing Mardi Gras-themed auction! As you saw in the weekly rundown, the school was able to purchase and install six new security cameras, 44 new Chromebooks, 2 charging carts, and 4 new Smart Board projectors as a result of the Crusader Challenge during the auction. We are so grateful to Wendy Crisci and Lisa Andekian for pouring their time and talent into this fantastic event. We are extremely grateful to all of our amazing parents and parishioners that made this possible. Our next auction is our 20th anniversary, and the planning has begun! Please plan to join us for our Great Gatsby Gala on February 22, 2020 at The Golden Mast. We'd love to have you join our planning committee! If you are interested in assisting with planning, please contact Kristin Walsh, come to our first auction meeting on October 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Tabi's, or sign up here. Please contact Kristin Walsh with any questions. 

MKE Code Club at St. Charles: Students in grades 3-8 are invited to join the MKE Code Club! The club will run on Mondays from 3:30-4:30 p.m. starting on October 14. This club is intended for students with little to no coding experience. Click here for more information!

Birthday Book Club: You are invited to donate a book to honor your child's birthday and support our library! Click here for more information about our Birthday Book Club. Regardless of your child's birthday month, please join the Birthday Club by the end of September by returning the form to Mrs. Acker in the library.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Picture Make-up Day: School Photo Makeup (or Retake) Day will be tomorrow, September 27. If your child would like to retake his or her photo, please bring the proofs and give them to the photographer. If your child hasn't taken a school photo yet, please take the photo on this day. Students are welcome to wear whatever they want for the photos, but they will have to change into their uniform after the photos unless they have a Dress Down pass.

Fall Spirit Wear Sale: Our Fall Spirit Wear Sale will run from tomorrow, September 27 through October 7. Our try-on weekend is this weekend (September 28-29). All apparel will be available to try on for accurate sizing following all Masses. All items will be delivered in November. Read more about the sale here. Please note that this is the only sale prior to Christmas. If you want to purchase gifts, this is your chance!

Pumpkin Patch Outing: The October Jesus and Me get-together is a trip to Ebert's Greenhouse Village Pumpkin Farm in Ixonia. All preschoolers are invited to this event on Wednesday, October 2 from 1-2 p.m. Learn more here.

Father/Daughter Dance: Save the date for our first annual event on October 5 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.! We are excited to bring this special event to St. Charles this year. The cost is $30 per family, and money raised will go toward new technology devices for the STEM lab. Please RSVP by completing this form and turning it in to the school office with your payment. 

Penny Wars: We will be hosting our Penny Wars again this Fall! It will run from October 4-10, and all money raised will stay at the school. Start saving your pennies!

Culver's Night Out: St. Charles Night at Culver's in Hartland will be on Monday, October 14. Stop in for dinner or dessert between 5-8 p.m. Mention you're with St. Charles, and 10% of the sales from the evening will be donated by Culver's to the parish and school. Offer good for dine in or carry out!

Endter's Night: St. Charles Night at Endter's in Hartland will be on Sunday, October 20 from 4-10 p.m. Endter's will donate $5 for every large pizza and $3 for every small pizza to St. Charles Parish School. Dine in or carry out. To make the most of this dining night out, buy SCRIP for Endter's in the Parish Office and then spend it on your dinner! Endter's has the highest profit rate of all our SCRIP vendors with 20% profit given back to St. Charles. Thank you, Endter's! Here is a link to the SCRIP form. Drop it off at the Parish Office and pick up your SCRIP. 

Soles for Catholic Education: The walk will be held on Saturday, October 19 at 8:30 a.m. Please register for the two-mile walk and make a donation. If you haven't already registered, the fee will be $10/person. Anyone who registers before October 9 will receive a t-shirt. All donations raised will stay here at St. Charles! Find out more information and register at www.catholicschoolswalk.org. 

To register, select Register to Join Your School's Team and then either Join As a New Participant or enter your login information if you are a Returning User. Locate St. Charles - Hartland under the School Selection dropdown menu and click Search for a Team. Select St. Charles - Hartland Crusaders and click Join. You will then be able to register for the event. 

New! Dining Night Out at Dairy Queen: Please take the night off from the kitchen to support St. Charles at Dairy Queen in Delafield on Thursday, October 24 from 6-9 p.m. Dairy Queen will be donating 10% of the night's sales to the school!