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St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School

Newsletter

February 8, 2013 stcharlesfortwayne@yahoo.com www.stcharlesschoolfw.org 260-484-3392 Dear Parents and Students, I hope that you are well. As you know, Bishop D’Arcy passed away last Sunday. The cancer took him very quickly, but at least, according to him, Bishop was not suffering greatly during most of his illness. Bishop D’Arcy did an excellent job as the leader of our Diocese. Being responsible for over 150,000 Catholics was not easy. I know Bishop had many weighty decisions to make over the years. He handled these tough decisions with strength, consideration, and grace. Simply, when God called him to serve, Bishop D’Arcy answered God’s call. He was a good and faithful servant of Christ. May Bishop D’Arcy rest in the peace of Christ. Congratulations to our grade 6 girl’s basketball team. The girls won the CYO Tournament Championship Tuesday evening with a hard-fought win over St. Joe-St. Elizabeth. Nice job lady cardinals! Ash Wednesday, February 13, 2013. Ashes will be distributed on Wednesday at all of the Masses: 6:15 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 7:00 p.m. All are invited to attend Mass as we begin the Lenten Season. Was St. Valentine a real person? http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=159 The link provided leads to the Catholic Online website that extensively discusses St. Valentine. There definitely was a priest named Valentine who was martyred for promoting Christianity around 270 AD. Take a moment and read more about the Saint and how the day has come to be celebrated. In any event, Happy St. Valentine’s Day! Students will be allowed to wear jeans and a red top of some kind on Thursday for St. Valentine’s Day. No need to buy anything new, just look for something in the closet that has some red in it – T-shirt, sweatshirt, sweater, school uniform shirt – all will work. No holes in the jeans. Clean, neat, and modest. Thank you. In closing, please keep one another - students, teachers, parents, staff, parishioners, priests, sisters, and more – in prayer. We get so busy at times and we neglect the need to praise and worship God, and to ask God for help. Simple and sincere thoughts and words directed to God daily: “Lord, thank you for ,” and “Lord, please help/heal/strengthen ,” and “Please be with me today as I .” Stay in touch with God this week. Thank you for your children! Sincerely – Rob S.

SAINT CHARLES SCHOOL CALENDAR 2013-2014 DRAFT First Day of School Grades K-8: August 14 School Ends Grades K-8: May 28 Labor Day (No School): September 2 ICF Day (No School - FW Area Catholic Teacher In-service): September 24 Thanksgiving Vacation: November 28 & 29 Christmas Vacation: December 23 – January 6 MLKing, Jr. Day (We will have school on this day): January 20 President’s Day (We will have school on this day): February 17 Spring Vacation: March 28 - April 4 (Fri., March 28 will be a day off) Good Friday (No School): April 18 Easter Sunday: April 20 Grade 8 Graduation: May 22 tentative (7:00 p.m.)

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CALENDAR UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 Grade 6 visit to B’nai Jacob Synagogue Market Day 13 Ash Wednesday – Lent begins 15 4-14 visits Turnstone Center 18 Presidents’ Day – School IS IN SESSION Reconciliation for grades 3, 4, and 2-23 19 Students set up science fair projects School Board meeting 7:00 pm 20 Science Fair Judging 21 School IS IN SESSION 22 NO SCHOOL – Teachers’ Inservice 23-24 Science Fair is open for viewing following Saturday evening and Sunday morning Masses 25 Reconciliation for grades 5, 6, and 2-25 28 Stations of the Cross 2:15 pm Our Lady of Good Hope pre-school registration at OLGH 9:00 am MARCH 1 Grade 2 celebrates Read Across America and Dr. Seuss’ birthday 4-13 ISTEP assessments grades 3-4-5-6-7-8 OUR LADY OF GOOD HOPE PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION Open registration for the 2013/2014 school year will begin at 9 am on February 28th. Classes are: 3 year old children either M/W or T/TH mornings and 4 year old children either M/W/F or M-F morning or afternoon. Morning classes are 8:30-11:15 am and afternoon classes are 12:00-2:40 pm. Children should be 3 or 4 by August 1st. There is a $40.00 registration fee. For more information please call Mrs. Jane Cavacini at 485-5289. ISTEP+ The Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress-Plus (ISTEP+) measures what students know and are able to do at each grade level. Based on Indiana’s Academic Standards, ISTEP+ provides a learning check-up to make sure students are on track and signal whether they need extra help. The test is divided into two sessions: one in March and one at the end of April, beginning of May. All students in grades 3-8 will be testing. PLEASE DO NOT SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS FOR STUDENTS ON THESE DAYS. All students in the state of Indiana in attendance at accredited schools must participate in these assessments. March 4 - March 13, students in grades 3-8 will take the written assessment. Students who are absent for tests will be pulled from classes as time permits for making up tests by March 13. April 29 – May 8, students in grades 3-8 will take a multiple-choice progress assessment. (Several additional days are allowed for making up tests as time permits.) During both of these testing times, grade 3 students will take Math and Language Arts tests. Grade 4 students will take Math, Language Arts, and Science tests. Grade 5 students will take Math, Language Arts, and Social Studies tests. Grade 6 students will take Math, Language Arts, and Science tests. Grade 7 students will take Math, Language Arts, and Social Studies tests. Grade 8 students will take Math and Language Arts tests. At some grade levels the some assessments will be taken online with computers, otherwise, the assessments are of the paper and pencil format. Additionally, on March 19, all grade 3 students will take the IREAD-3 and on May 15-16, all students who are currently taking Algebra I (in grade 8 or 7) will also take an End-of-Course Assessment (ECA) required for high school graduation. Please make every effort to have students present in school and on time during these testing sessions. Doctor appointments should be avoided during test windows if at all possible. Making up tests is very difficult and students tend to not perform as well as usual. We try to test only in the mornings, however, make-up tests and online assessments may also be in the afternoons. At some grade levels, only two days will be needed for testing, at other grades three or four days are needed. STUDENTS OF THE WEEK Congratulations to our students of the week: Drew Stauffer, Caroline Sell, Avery Ellinger, Max Redman, Jacob Lehrman, Kira Voelker, Gloria Kohrman, Logan Chappell, T J Tippmann, Colton Shutt, Reese Keplinger, Aidan Lipocky, Bruce D’Rosa, Jordan Bauermeister, Haley Harkenrider, Ellie Schreck, Tyler Smith, Joe Gray. SERVER SCHEDULE February 9, 5:00pm: Anna Kuras, Claudia Ream, Alexander Schneider, Isaiah Sordelet February 10, 7:30am: Katie Barrow, Kayla Crosby, Andrew Krieger, Brandon Underwood February 10, 9:00am: Laura Eckrich, Reece Hoffman, Jack Pentenburg, Molly Pentenburg February 10, 11:00am: Isaac Blume, Austin Ly, Lucie Ly, Nicole Schlatter February 10, 5:00pm: Justin Bierbaum, Brian Pearson, Katie Steenport, David Stevens

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SEED ORDERS DUE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Now is the time to order your seeds for Spring! The seed order form was attached to last week’s newsletter. The seeds will be distributed in April 2013. Students in grades K-4 are encouraged to bring their vegetables, flowers, and herbs that are grown from the seeds back to the school plant show in September 2013. On the form will be a description of each seed variety available. Please complete the form and return with payment to the school office no later than Monday, February 11th. Any questions, please contact Mary Ellen Schreck at 485-9278 “THANK YOU” TEACHER APPRECIATION COMMITTEE The teacher appreciation luncheon was held on Wednesday, January 30th in honor of Catholic Schools Week. A big thank you to the following parents for their donation: Sue Forte, Natalie Tippmann, Deb Beck, Janay Pillie, Natalie Jackson, Lisa Groves, Jessica Crismore, Tina McCoy, Monica Sordelet, Heidi Howe, Jodie Ley, Rhonda Burch, Angie Gregg, Rebecca Reidy, Amy Smithey, Andrea Schenkel, Amy Cochran, Mary Ellen Schreck, Kara Straessle, Erin Bulanda, Cheryl Morello, Kelly Tippmann, Deborah Cruz-Beck, Michele Herald, Beth Reiling, Heather Pieper, Jill Harkless, Kim Cater, Christy Jacob, Tina Schneider, Natalie McKenna, Jenny Steigmeyer, Camy Rodenbeck, Lindsay Worrel, Beth Schneider, Emily Walden, Jodi Christle, Angela Bauer, Lisa White, Becky Trimbur, Jennifer Eisaman, Stephanie O'Connell, Katie Firks, Amy Copeland, Angie Logan, Tara Henry, Kristen Gandolfo, Jenny Perkins, Christine Sweigert, Krisi Cavacini, Cathy Gillig, Sarah Cheever, Suzanne Stratton, Gina Horvath, Jennifer Lothamer, and Kari Smith, This luncheon was made possible by their generosity and we thank them! ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES Teachers and students are being diligent trying to stay healthy and to keep each other healthy. A number of classrooms are in need of additional canisters of Chlorox® type wipes or Kleenex or hand sanitizer pump bottles. If you are able to supply one extra item for your student’s homeroom teacher it would be appreciated. These are then being shared with all the non-homeroom teachers in the building. Thank you! BURGER KING You Can Lend a Hand COUPON BOOK Program Burger King coupon books are on sale! For $3, you can have a book of 18 coupons with a value of $100! Coupons are included for Burger King and Chili’s restaurants in the Fort Wayne area that expire September 30. Also included are a Komets’ coupon expiring March 27, a Mad Ants’ coupon expiring March 31, and an ice skating coupon expiring September 30. If anyone would like to purchase a coupon book, please contact an athlete or the school office. The Burger King “You Can Lend a Hand” program at St. Charles is sponsored by the Athletic Association. All student athletes have coupons books for sale at $3.00. Books are also available for purchase at the school office. If the athlete has not already paid their fees, then the funds for selling these coupon books need to be turned into the school office in the blue envelope with the student athlete’s name on it. Students who are only participating in spring sports may contact Scott Burkhardt at scburkhardt16@gmail.com to receive your coupon books to sell at this time. ST. CHARLES ATHLETICS BASKETBALL Saturday, February 9 at St. Vincent, 12:45 St. Vincent 8 vs St. Charles Girls Saturday, February 9 at Decatur, 10:15 Decatur 8 vs St. Charles 8 Boys SOCCER COACH NEEDED The St. Charles 5th grade boys’ soccer team is in need of a coach for the upcoming spring season. If interested, call Pat Welch at 433-7777. JOIN GIRLS ON THE RUN OF ALLEN COUNTY! Girls on the Run of Allen County is one of the newest councils of Girls on the Run, an international non-profit organization. We will start our first season at three schools (including St. Charles!) in Allen County in the spring of 2013. We’re so excited to provide the girls in our community with the opportunity to participate in the amazing Girls on the Run curriculum, and can’t wait to see our first season’s participants finish their first 5K! Girls on the Run's mission is to inspire girls to be healthy and confident. Using a fun, experience-based after-school curriculum which creatively integrates running, the innovative program combines training for a 5k event with interactive lessons that encourage positive emotional, social, mental and physical development. St. Charles Programming Site Information: The St. Charles site of Girls on the Run of Allen County is open to 8-15 girls in 3rd - 5th grade and will last 10 weeks culminating with the girls running in a celebratory 5k race (Frontier Fun Run) on May 18th. The program will be held after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm beginning March 5th. The sessions will be held outside on the St. Charles sports fields and an indoor location will be determined for any bad weather days. Please visit our website girlsontherunofallencounty.org for more information and to register your daughter! The registration fee is $110 and the registration forms will also be available in the school office. We are also looking for parent volunteers for our spring season. For more information on the program, volunteer opportunities, or to answer any questions you may have about the program, please contact Kristina Ledo (site coach) at 260-492-6750.

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JOIN THE ST. CHARLES CARDINALS TENNIS CLUB It is time to start thinking about spring sports! Sign up for the St. Charles Cardinals Tennis Club! Details to follow in the mid February newsletter. This will be the second year for this club. We had a great turnout last year with 22 kids signed up and we expect more this year. This club is open to boys and girls from 5th thru 8th grade. Players of all levels and abilities are welcome. Even if you have never played before, this is a great opportunity to learn the fundamentals of a sport of a lifetime! The entire season will last 6 weeks (April 12th thru May 18thth). Practices will be held on Fridays from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm at the Kreager Park tennis courts. Matches will be played either at Kreager Park, Sweeney Park or other school tennis courts. Most matches take about 2 hours. We will be playing about 5-6 middle schools. Please call Natasha Nuerge at 437-9936 if you have any questions. BISHOP DWENGER SAINTS SPOTLIGHT You’re invited to Saints Alive! 2013 N’awlins Saints – in the French Quarter. Bishop Dwenger's Saints Alive! Preview Night is Thursday, February 28, doors open at 7pm. $10.00 per person at the door to attend and includes Casa's food and drink! Must be 21 or over to attend. The Dinner and Auction, “N’awlins Saints – in the French Quarter”, is Saturday night, March 2, doors open at 6pm. Advanced reservations are required. Call 496-4801 or visit www.bishopdwenger.com to make a reservation. For a chance to win $10,000 in cash, call the Saints Alive! Office to purchase a raffle ticket. The tickets will also be on sale at Preview Night and Auction Night. Tickets are $100.00, and there will be 5 winners drawn on March 3rd! MARKET DAY Market Day pick up is Tuesday, February 12th from 6-7 p.m. in the cafeteria. Thanks for supporting St. Charles Market Day! SCRIP Valentine Gifts – Could be yours! You could win a Valentine gift basket worth over $100 by placing an order of $100 or more this weekend. Any order placed Feb. 8-11 qualifies for this giveaway. The winner will be chosen following sales on Monday, Feb. 11. CONGRATULATIONS! – The winner of the 42” Vizio television was Theresa Leeuw! Theresa has been a long time customer and a volunteer for the SCRIP program. Congratulations Theresa. Schedule Note – Due to a change in the St. Charles School schedule, there will be no SCRIP sales on Friday, Feb. 22. Sales will take place on Thursday, Feb. 21. Please mark your calendar for this change. (Volunteers, please note this change) SCRIP Credit – The SCRIP credit statements have been available since the 2nd week of January. If you have not received yours, please stop by the SCRIP sales table. This is credit that you have earned by purchasing SCRIP and there are many ways that you can use your credit; so, claim yours soon. 2012 Summary – The numbers have been tallied and 2012 is officially in the books. The following is a summary of SCRIP’s sales and profit for 2012.

-­‐ December sales (always the most successful month) - $347,474.83. -­‐ Total SCRIP sales for 2012 - $2,790,211.22. -­‐ Total loaded onto Kroger Cards 11/26-12/22/2012 - $88,305.21. -­‐ Total loaded onto Kroger Cards for 2012 - $1,189,936.36. -­‐ Total SCRIP sales for 2012 - $3,980,147.58. -­‐ Total profit from SCRIP sales for 2012 - $184,760.01 -­‐ Average percentage of parishioners using SCRIP – 22.3% -­‐ Percentage of school families using SCRIP – 67%

The most significant figures are the total profit and the percentage of parishioners using SCRIP. If less than 25% of the parish generates nearly $200,000 in profit, imagine the things our parish could do with the SCRIP profit if more of the parish participated. Remember, this fund-raiser benefits the entire parish, not just the school and unlike other fund-raisers, it really costs you nothing. You purchase the gift cards and use them at face value. It is through the contributions of the merchants that the profit is generated. VOLUNTEERS: Thank you for enduring the cold temperatures during the last few weeks during SCRIP sales. Hopefully, spring will be here soon. Mon., Feb. 11 – Classroom Delivery – Jen Eisaman Fri., Feb. 15 – Monica DeJong, Sue Snyder, Berniece Williams Fri., Feb. 15 – Classroom Delivery – Martina Tippmann Sat., Feb. 16 – Mary Jones, Jill Onion, Jodi Armstrong Sun., Feb. 17 – Arianne Davis, Nancy Hartig, Lisa York Mon., Feb. 18 – Classroom Delivery – Jessica Finley **THU. FEB. 21 - Mary Jo Amorini, Tom Neuhaus, Dorla Rice **THU. FEB. 21 – Classroom Delivery – Cathy Yaggy Sat., Feb. 23 - Becky Trimbur, Cindie Rosswurm, Shelly Kosiarek Sun., Feb. 24 - Leslie Schamberg, Triva Screeton, Nancy Vinson

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CAFETERIA SCHEDULE February 11: Jerry Charles, Beth Reiling Stephanie Eddy, Ann Lovett, Jean Neuhaus February 12: Michelle Hagerman, Lizeth Diaz, Cheryl Morello, Becky Campbell, Jason Linn February 13: Tom Neuhaus, Paul Oberhausen, Theresa Cornewell, Suzanne Tippmann, Jason Linn February 14: Lizeth Diaz, Mary Cahill, Amy Copeland, Nancy Hartig, Nancy Federspiel February 15: Jerry Charles, Stephanie Schubert, Emily Sylvester, Chris Pieper, Becky Filler NEWSLETTER STAPLING SCHEDULE February 15, 21: Jenny Perkins and Kristina Ledo NEWS FROM THE LIBRARIAN At times, as parents, you may wonder if a library book from our school library, from our Allen County Public Library, or even from a local store’s bookshelf, is appropriate for your daughter or son to read. Is the book on a 3rd grade reading level or a 9th grade reading level? Is the content too mature for a child in the 5th grade? Is there any violence or bad language or sexual situations in the book? The following three sites will be able to help you out when choosing, or helping your child to choose, interesting, fun, and age appropriate books to read. AR BookFinder at www.arbookfind.com Kiss the Book at www.kissthebook.blogspot.com Commonsense Media at www.commonsensemedia.org If you have any questions about any of these sites, please ask me! Barb Fisher – Librarian

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Center for Research on Educational Opportunity February 8, 2013 Dear St. Charles Borromeo School Parents of Middle School Students (Grades 6-8): We are writing to ask you and your child to participate in an interview for an ongoing research project through the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity at the University of Notre Dame. In this interview we would like to get the perspectives of you and your child on St. Charles Borromeo School’s participation in the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program. The goal of this research project is to learn more about how the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program (school voucher) is affecting private schools. This is an independent, objective research study. Your child’s school is one of several in the South Bend-Fort Wayne diocese that have been participating in the study. We would like to hear from families who are receiving Choice Scholarships as well as families who are not. We will talk with you first, followed by a conversation with your child. The interview process should take no more than 60-75 minutes. This interview is voluntary, of course, and it is up to you whether or not to participate. Your responses and your child’s responses will be used for research purposes only. This means your identities and your comments will be kept confidential and will not be shared with anyone outside the research team without your permission. If you are willing for you and your child to participate, we ask that you please contact us so that a member of our research team can follow up with you to schedule an interview for you and your child. The interviews will take place at St. Charles School in late-February. Please contact us by Friday, February 15, 2013 by e-mail INSchoolChoiceStudy@nd.edu or phone (574) 631-9486. In your e-mail or phone message, please be sure to include your first and last name, school your child attends, the best phone number or e-mail to reach you, and the best time to reach you. We will follow up with you shortly thereafter. We look forward to your participation and assistance with our research! The insights of you and your child will be valued and greatly appreciated. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any additional questions or concerns. Sincerely,

R. Joseph Waddington, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate Center for Research on Educational Opportunity

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School Lunch Accounting Form

Parents can put money into the student's account through your MealpayPlus online account at www.mealpayplus.com or by calling 866-662-3382 for a small fee. Or, you may send a check with the Lunch Accounting Form below to the school cafeteria. For example, if you have 3 children, send a check for $90 payable to St. Charles Cafeteria and designate $30 to each child's account. Each child who will eat hot lunch needs to have money in their meal account. It is recommended to have a minimum of $10.00 in this account which will pay for five meals. If the student may want additional portions of the main entree, then it is recommended to have a minimum of $6.25 in the general account as well. if you have questions regarding this, you may call the school cafeteria at 969-4028 on school days 8:30-12:30 or the school office at 484-3392.

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Payment

General-Payments to the General account may be used for Meals, Extra entrée ($1.25), milk (40¢), and nutritional snack ($.75) Meal-Payments to the Meal account may only be used to pay for a Meal (regular price $1.95)

Last Name First Name Grade-Room Lunch ID

Payment

General-Payments to the General account may be used for Meals, Extra entrée ($1.25), milk (40¢), and nutritional snack ($.75) Meal-Payments to the Meal account may only be used to pay for a Meal (regular price $1.95)

Last Name First Name Grade-Room Lunch ID

Payment

General-Payments to the General account may be used for Meals, Extra entrée ($1.25), milk (40¢), and nutritional snack ($.75) Meal-Payments to the Meal account may only be used to pay for a Meal (regular price $1.95)

Last Name First Name Grade-Room Lunch ID

Payment

General-Payments to the General account may be used for Meals, Extra entrée ($1.25), milk (40¢), and nutritional snack ($.75) Meal-Payments to the Meal account may only be used to pay for a Meal (regular price $1.95)

Last Name First Name Grade-Room Lunch ID

Payment

General-Payments to the General account may be used for Meals, Extra entrée ($1.25), milk (40¢), and nutritional snack ($.75) Meal-Payments to the Meal account may only be used to pay for a Meal (regular price $1.95)

Last Name First Name Grade-Room Lunch ID

Payment

General-Payments to the General account may be used for Meals, Extra entrée ($1.25), milk (40¢), and nutritional snack ($.75)

Meal-Payments to the Meal account may only be used to pay for a Meal (regular price $1.95)

revised 09/2012 Total Payment Enclosed

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