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"Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, His love endures forever."

             1 Chronicles 16:34

 

November 20,  2015 

With the holidays upon us, we are reminded of all the things that we should be thankful for and bring awareness of how the Holy Spirit is present in our school. The administration at Saint Andrew Catholic School would like to express our sincere gratitude to the faculty/staff, parents and students for all the many examples of faith in action that we have seen this year already. 

First and foremost, we are thankful to Jesus who is at the heart of everything we do at Saint Andrew. We are thankful for the many blessings in our lives and the ability to wake up each morning and be His hands and feet on earth. We are thankful to our parish priests for taking care of us in our spiritual growth as well as helping us to maintain the school facilities to provide the safest environment to enhance learning.

We are thankful to our faculty and staff for all they do to help children grow academically and how they nurture the sense of service in our students. We are thankful to our students who are open to learning and show respect and a desire to excel and meet the expectations of the school. 

Our covenant with each other is very important to us and we want to live up to the agreement we make at the beginning of each school year. We are thankful that the covenant is being fulfilled and that we have all been an integral part of the success at Saint Andrew Catholic School. 

Enjoy a well-deserved Thanksgiving break. Please be careful if you travel and enjoy your families!

Holiday Outreach
The Saint Andrew Catholic School faculty/staff, students, and parents worked together for three weeks to fill boxes of food for the Holiday Outreach Program. This program benefits Saint Andrew Catholic Parish Food Pantry Outreach.
 
Each homeroom is asked to fill two "Big Boxes" and two "Small Boxes" with food that will be ready to deliver to the families.  Complete food lists are attached to the boxes to provide a guide to the school community to know what to purchase.
 
This year, the school filled approximately 169 boxes (82 big boxes and 87 small boxes) which will help 82 families have a more enjoyable holiday season! The students carried the boxes to the food pantry after our Thanksgiving Mass on November 12th.  "I am constantly humbled by the generosity and dedication of the Parish and the School to ministering to those who do not have enough in our community," Thomas Stumpf, Director of Food Pantry Outreach.
 
The Holiday Outreach boxes will be distributed prior to Thanksgiving and Christmas to those in need in our church and school family, so that they may enjoy a nice meal during the holidays.  

 
Christmas Cards for Homebound Parishioners
Our students will be spreading more joy this Christmas season. This week, all grades made cards for our homebound parishioners.

 
Colonial Day
First grade students participated in Colonial Day today. The children dressed as Indians and Pilgrims and looked very authentic. They made butter, Native American musical instruments and bowled with pumpkins. They were able to make pumpkin pies, cornbread and shuck corn in preparation for their big Thanksgiving Feast.