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Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School
Educating the Mind, Body, and Soul
Pelican Express
September 22-29, 2016
School Hours: 7:25 am - 2:45 pm with a
ssembly beginning at
7:45 am and c
arpool ending at 3:10 pm
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A Message from Cheri Gioe
Every morning I begin my day with prayer. Several years ago a special friend gave me a devotional that became very important to me. One of the devotions was about waiting, and I want to share it with you. “A man brought home a little white box from the pet store. In the box was a talking centipede. The following Sunday, the man asked the centipede if he’d like to go to church, but received no answer. A few minutes later, the man repeated his question but was still met with silence. Three additional minutes passed and the man tried again. This time he pressed his face against the centipede’s habitat and shouted the question again. This time the centipede responded, “I heard you the first time, I am putting on my shoes.”
We are all waiting for something. A couple waits for their first child, parents wait for their child’s first day of school, baseball players wait for that home run, football players wait for the big tackle, elementary students wait for high school, high school students for college and college graduates for work. We all wait for our trust to deepen, for danger to pass, for God to answer, or for an opportunity to develop.
Most of us don’t like to wait, but the patient waiter does not become jittery, constantly asking God when. Instead, he or she joyfully acknowledges the earth as God’s waiting room.
We must always remember that we are on HIS timeline. God know what we need and when. "Be ready!”
I share this with you because, as parents, we need to foster a sense of waiting in our children. This is easily done by practicing waiting ourselves. Consider this, if we give in to all desires, what is there to look forward to? Are you ready…to wait?
In Christ,
Cheri Gioe
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Important Dates for September
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September 21-29 ACT Aspire Interim Testing
September 26-October 4 - Closet Clean-Out Collection
September 27 - MBS Family Night
September 29 - Feast Day Celebration/Mass 8:10am
September 30 - Spirit Shirt Day with Uniform Bottoms
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ACT Aspire Testing Schedule - September 21-29
3rd Grade: Monday (September 26) and Tuesday (September 27)
4th Grade: Wednesday (September 21) and Friday (September 23)
5th Grade: Wednesday (September 21) and Wednesday (September 28)
6th-8th Grade: Monday (September 26) and Tuesday (September 27)
What can you do to help your child do their best on the ACT Aspire?
- Ensure your child gets plenty of rest the night before their assigned assessment dates.
- Feed your child a healthy breakfast on the days of their assessments.
- Get to school on time - Make-ups will only be given for the summative assessment and to students with excused absences if time allows.
- Talk with students about listening and following directions closely.
- Talk with your child about pacing themselves.
- Special accommodations for students with educational evaluations will be provided for the full assessment only.
If you have any questions about Aspire, please contact Cheri Gioe at
[email protected]
or
[email protected]
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Closet Clean-Out
September 26-October 4
The Fifth Graders are sponsoring their annual
Closet Clean-Out
project to help the St. Vincent de Paul store clothe the needy in our community.
Due to the recent flooding, the need is greater than ever for good, clean and usable clothing items.
During the week of Sept. 26th, students may bring in items in small
PLASTIC
(not paper) bags, or small cardboard boxes for transporting to school. If you have too many items for students to carry to school, you can drop them off at the
front gates ONLY on the mornings of the scheduled pick-up dates: Wednesday, September 28th and Tuesday, October 4th.
The last truck pickup will be Tuesday morning, so
NO ITEMS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 8:00am on the MORNING OF TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4th.
All of us have something to share with God’s family in need.
Thank you for your generosity!
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Family Night - September 27
Each year Most Blessed Sacrament School supports Family Night. This semester’s Family Night will be Tuesday, September 27. On this night, there will be no homework, and there will be no tests to study for on Wednesday.
We encourage you to take advantage of this time and spend it together as a family. Make every effort to sit down and eat dinner together. If possible, add a fun activity to your evening, like a board game or a walk around the block. Avoid electronics which will take the attention away from each other on this Family Night.
Research consistently finds that the more quality time kids spend with their family, the less likely they are to engage in delinquent behavior or abuse drugs and alcohol. Time together is time well-spent. We hope you enjoy this evening!
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Feast Day Celebration - September 29
All Catholic Schools have been asked to celebrate their FEAST DAY. For MBS School, the feast that is most closely aligned with our naming of Most Blessed Sacrament is the
Feast of Corpus Christi,
which occurs each year during our summer break. We have set aside the last Thursday of September each year as a transfer date upon which we will celebrate our Feast and spend some prayer time with the Blessed Sacrament.
This year, we will celebrate our
Feast Day Mass at 8:10 am on Thursday, September 29th in MBS Church,
and we want to invite our parents and family members to join us for this celebration. At the end of Mass, following Communion, we will offer a short time of prayer before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. During this time of quiet music and prayer, we invite our parents to come pray for their individual family needs, for the success of our year as a Catholic School, and for the needs of all Parish and School families, especially during this time of rebuilding in our community.
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Drama Performance, "After Hours" - October 3
The drama performance, "After Hours", will be held
Monday, October 3, at 12:10
for K-4th grades in St. Ursula and that evening at
6:30pm
for parents.
5th-8th graders are invited to the performance on
Wednesday, October 5, at 12:10
in St. Ursula.
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First Reconciliation Parent & Child Meeting - October 9
Reminders for 2nd Grade Families of MBS:
Pizza lunch starts at 12:20 on the patio of St. Ursula Hall. The family and child sacramental books and other materials can be picked up as you enter St. Ursula after the meal.
Prayer and opening will start at 1:00pm in St. Ursula Hall.
Click
here
for more information.
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Meet the Warriors Information Night - October 11
What:
Meet the Warriors Night; An opportunity to learn more about St. Michael High School. Representatives of the faculty, staff, coaches, student body, parents and alumni will be present to answer questions regarding the day-to-day life of a Warrior and admission to St. Michael High School.
When: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 / 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Where: MBS Church
Who is Invited? Most Blessed Sacrament 6th, 7th, 8th grade students and their parents
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Beta Club
Beta Club held its first meeting on September 13 and we are ready to kick-off our 2016-17 year. This year's National Beta Club theme is "Beta: Above and Beyond".
Students who would like to participate in District Rally on Saturday, November 12, will need to sign up on the sheets located on our club bulletin board. Additionally, if you are running for a Beta officer, please be prepared to give your speech at our next meeting, October 4 at 7:10am in St. Ursula.
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Student Council
Pop Tops Judging - September 28
Every nine weeks, Student Council members will gather the pop tops that have been collected by each homeroom. These pop tops are then recycled, with the money earned going to support the Ronald McDonald House.
The first pop top judging will be on
Wednesday, September 28
. The class with the most pop tops in Levels K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 will receive a free dress day on
Monday, October 3.
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Carpool
Carpool has been taking longer than usual. We encourage all eligible
families to use the EBR bus service. For those who are not eligible
bus riders, we will begin opening doors a few minutes earlier in an
effort to end carpool on time. For the purposes of safety, please do
not allow your child to exit your vehicle until a safety patrol
student or teacher opens your car door.
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If your child is in need of book covers, we still have some available.
These book covers are stretchable, washable, and student-coverable!!
They may be purchased in the school office for $3.75 each.
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Click here to pay fees online.
Click here for the September menu.
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From the Office of Child Protection:
All MBS School volunteers are required by the Diocese of Baton Rouge to complete the child protection process which includes a fingerprint background check. If you have any questions concerning your compliance status with child protection as a MBS School volunteer, please contact me at
225-753-5526
or
[email protected]
. Please notice the
new
email address. My old parish email no longer exists due to flooding of the server.
Thank you.
Beverly Peterson, Child Protection Site Coordinator for MBS School and Parish
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Open House Follow-up
A big "THANK YOU" to Home and School, Father Phil, Geoff Smarada and
Michael deGraauw for presenting at our 2016-17 Open House!!
Congratulations to the following raffle winners:
Carpool-
Paige Comeaux
Carpool- Jennifer Cox
3 month tuition- Danielle Kowakzuk
1 month lunch- Paige Comeaux
1 month lunch- Kerri Kelly
$50 Inkas- Carly Fuller
$50 Inkas- Tiffani Littlefield
$180 Young Rembrandts- Phillip Ehlers
$50 Mason's Grill- Stephen and Amy Laudun
$50 Mason's Grill- Michele Felsman
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Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School * 751-0273
8033 Baringer Rd. Baton Rouge, LA 70817
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