St. Mary Cathedral School

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FIRST FRIDAY – Tomorrow is the First Friday of September and we will celebrate a special 8:00 a.m. Liturgy in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Students will meet in the gym at 7:50 a.m. and process into Church in their School Families. Parents are invited to join us for the 8:00 a.m. Mass especially on this day.

2:00 DISMISSAL ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, FOR FACULTY MEETING – This is the first of our monthly 2:00 dismissal days (on the 2^nd Wednesday of every month.) Please make arrangements to have your children picked up on time so all teachers can attend the meeting. Be sure to notify Day Cares, etc., of the early dismissal time. Students who are not picked up on time will be escorted to the After-School Program and can be picked up from there.

FIRST RECONCILIATION PARENT MEETING – Parents of Second Graders who will make their First Reconciliation this year are invited to an informational meeting on Wednesday, September 10, at 7:00 p.m. in the Music Room (upstairs in the main school building.) It is very important that you attend this meeting if your child will make his/her First Reconciliation this year.

SPIRIT SHIRT ORDERS are due on Monday, September 8. Orders received after Monday will be returned to you. Thanks to ALL of you who have ordered the new Spirit shirts this year. Orders will be processed and we will get them to you as soon as they arrive.

**Booster Passes were sent home with students yesterday. It’s not too late to order if you still want them. Just send your form and money to the office and we will get the passes home to you. Passes are good for all HOME games and HOME tournaments for all volleyball and basketball games.

COACHES MEETING – Basketball (School League and Church League) and cheerleading coaches are all invited to a meeting on Wednesday, September 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the School Conference Room. At this meeting, we will schedule the gym for practice times. We need ALL coaches in attendance so we can make the schedule work for everyone.

ITBS TESTING WEEK – October 6 – 10 – All students in Grades 3 through 8 will take the Iowa Test of Basic Skills during the week of Oct. 6 – 10. We ask that you DO NOT SCHEDULE doctor, dentist, or orthodontist appointments at any time during that week. It is very important that ALL students be in attendance every day of testing week.

HOME & SCHOOL MEETING, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, AT 7:00 p.m. IN THE GYM – EVERY St. Mary’s parent is a member of the Home & School Association and is encouraged to join us as we plan activities for the new school year. We send a SPECIAL INVITATION to our new families! Baby-sitting will be provided in the school cafeteria for those who need it. Mark your calendar now to join us on the 22^nd for the first Home & School meeting of the year.

VOLLEYBALL NEWS – The A, B and C Teams host St. Vincent School of Perryville on Saturday morning, September 6, with play beginning at 10:00 a.m. Bring the whole family for great volleyball action.

Concession stand/line judges: Kapp, Landewee, Minor, Janet, Morgan, Kight, Pickett

And on Thursday, September 11, the volleyball girls travel to Cape Christian School with games beginning at 6:00 p.m. We hope you can join us to help cheer our girls to victory!

***NOTICE TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS ATTENDING SPORTS EVENTS: We hope that MANY of you will join us for the Volleyball and Basketball games this year. It means a lot to our student athletes to have a supportive cheering section at their games. We do want to remind you that STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE GYM DURING GAMES. STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING OUTSIDE OR IN THE GYM LOBBY DURING THE GAMES. Parents are asked to help us with this by watching your children and making sure they remain in the gym.

REMINDER – The $160 Registration/Book Fee per child and $5 Home & School dues per family was due by September 1. We thank all of you who have already paid the fees and encourage those of you who have not to send payment as soon as possible so we can pay our beginning-of-year book bills. Fair Share/Tuition and Cafeteria statements will be sent home to families around the 15^th of each month.

BINGO NEWS – Team 3 WORKS TONIGHT – *Doug Essner, Ann Frey, Denise Wiesner, Greg Seesing, Layne Burner, Monica Macke, Debra Skaggs, John/Judy Hoffmeister, Debbie Welker, Ellen Obermiller, Martin/Mary Santana.

Team 4 works on September 11 – *Melody Loveless, Paul/Heather Nelson, Dana Bode, Vanessa Hite, Donna Essner, John Shaw, Todd Knaup, Carla Pope, Ruth Ward, Scott/Colleen Arnzen, Pat/Lynn Young.

Wednesday – chicken nuggets, cheese noodles, mixed vegetables, peaches, bread, milk

Friday – pepperoni and cheese pizza, lettuce salad, fresh fruit, trail mix, milk