Wildcat Weekly
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North Texas Giving Day - Thursday, September 22
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News for the Parents of Saint Andrew Catholic School
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Happy Birthday Saint Andrew Catholic School!! Our school opened 62 years ago today with the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur and 270 students.
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Dear Families,
Happy IOWA Testing Week! As I write this, the hallways are completely silent while very focused Wildcats are bubbling in letters. As a reminder, as a Diocese we test in the Fall so that results can be used to drive instruction for the current year. These results help us determine our strengths and areas for improvement. As an entire faculty, we study these results and look for trends that help with curricular decisions and instructional strategies. Thank you for your efforts in getting your students to bed early, providing healthy breakfasts and setting them up for success. We'll get back into our regular routine next week!
Only By His Grace,
Veronica Tucker
Principal
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The SAS Running Club meets Thursday from 3:30pm - 4:10 p.m. starting September 15
(weather permitting). Activities are geared to help build muscular endurance and strength, as well as stretch key muscle groups, but most importantly, to have fun while being active.
We will train for the Cowtown 5k in February and the Wildcat Blast in May. All parents, students and staff are invited to join. A parent must be present with runners PK - 2nd grade (with enough parent volunteers, we can accommodate kids if a parent cannot attend).
There is a $20 fee that will include a tshirt and special tokens throughout the year. Please bring athletic clothes, tennis shoes and your water bottle to our club. We will meet at the gym to change and then walk out to the field. Parents will pick up at the field.
We will need volunteers to dot hands, record laps/times and to be at
stations throughout the field. Please
click here to sign up. All volunteers must have completed Safe Environment Training within the last three years.
Students must turn in a signed permission slip to participate. Please
click here to print the permission slip form.
Either turn it into the office or bring it on the 15th.
Make checks payable to SAS and write Running Club in the memo. Please join us for fun!
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LIVING THE WORD - TRADITION
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What is a brief history of the Catechism?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church originated with a recommendation made at the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in 1985. In 1986 Pope John Paul II appointed a Commission of Cardinals and Bishops to develop a compendium of Catholic doctrine. In 1989 the Commission sent the text to all the Bishops of the world for consultation. In 1990 the Commission examined and evaluated over 24,000 amendments suggested by the world's bishops. The final draft is considerably different from the one that was circulated in 1989. In 1991 the Commission prepared the text for the Holy Father's official approval. On June 25, 1992 Pope John Paul II officially approved the definitive version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. On December 8, 1992 Pope John Paul II promulgated the Catechism with an apostolic constitution. USCCB
In His Service,
Charles Llewellyn
President
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By now all Saint Andrew parents should have received their Annual Fund packets in the mail. The Annual Fund is the gap fund that provides all the extra things in your child`s environment that we could not provide with just your tuition.
We encourage all SAS parents to give from their hearts to benefit all the children at SAS. Extra packets can be picked up in the school office. Thank you for sharing your blessings God has bestowed on your family.
Questions? please call Rose Hall, SAS Development Director, 817-292-4355
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CALLING ALL 8TH GRADE PARENTS
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8th GRADE PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
The Book Fair that will begins on Friday, September 23rd and continues from Monday, September 26th - Friday, September 30th is a fundraiser for the 8th Grade class.
We need every available 8th grade parent to assist with the Book Fair. We have lots of shifts still available. You can help set up, help students make wish lists, work as a cashier, help during BookNic, or assist with packing up the fair.
Saint Andrew Catholic School is a wonderful place to be, and we hope you will participate in as many events as possible. What better way to get to know your extended family at Saint Andrew!
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Sixth Grade students recently visited Catholic Charities to learn about the importance of helping those in need. They are now
sponsoring a drive that will benefit the House of Hope Project and will begin collecting cleaning products that will be distributed by Catholic Charities through this program. The drive will begin tomorrow, Wednesday, September 14th and continue through Friday, September 23rd.
We will have collection boxes for your donations located in the main hallway outside the office. If you would like for your family to participate, please send one of the following supplies with your child:
Toilet Paper (4 pack)
Paper Towels (2 pack)
All Purpose Cleaner
Pack Trash Bags
Liquid Dishwashing Soap (30oz)
Box of Ziplock sandwich bags
Sponges (3 pack)
Disinfectant Wipes
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SAS 4th grade Girl Scout Troop 3006 used proceeds from the sale of Girl Scout Cookies to purchase school supplies and fill backpacks for children in the Catholic Charities House of Hope Project.
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NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY
SAVE THE DATE
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What is North Texas Giving Day?
North Texas Giving Day is an online giving event for people across the nation (and the world!) to come together to raise as much money as possible for North Texas nonprofits on one day: Thursday, September 22, 2016. Saint Andrew Catholic School is one of these nonprofits. Any gift of $25 or more to Saint Andrew Catholic School online at northtexasgivingday.org will be multiplied by bonus funds and eligible for prizes.
When is North Texas Giving Day?
Giving Day 2016 is
Thursday, September 22, from 6:00am - Midnight.
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FLU SHOT CLINIC AT NOLAN CATHOLIC
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Walmart Pharmacy will be hosting a flu shot clinic at Nolan Catholic High School on Friday, September 16, 2016.
Flu shots will be
offered for $25, payable with a check made out to Walmart, due at the time of the immunization. If you are interested, please click here for a consent form
that must be completely filled out with all health-related questions answered, signed and dated, plus all four places for initials filled in near the bottom of the form.
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TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
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Please
click here to print out an order form for Ranger tickets.
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SURVEY RESULTS 2015 - 2016
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As we report the percentage responses on the survey, the majority of the responses were on the positive side of the scale. This would be very satisfied(VS), satisfied(S), and somewhat satisfied(SS). The other side of the scale would be somewhat dissatisfied(SD) and not satisfied(NS) and non-applicable.
COMMUNICATION:
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Adequate communication with teachers
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44.06%
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21.78%
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19.80%
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5.45%
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8.42%
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0.50%
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Easy to contact school personnel
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57.14%
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22.17%
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16.26%
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0.99%
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2.96%
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0.49%
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Responsiveness of school personnel
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53.20%
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22.17%
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16.75%
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2.96%
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4.93%
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0.00%
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Opportunities to communicate with school leadership
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43.35%
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23.65%
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16.26%
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3.45%
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8.37%
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4.93%
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Frequent written communication from the school
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54.19%
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24.63%
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12.81%
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2.46%
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5.91%
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0.00%
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Respondents were able to add comments in each section of the survey. A summary of topics for the comments will be listed. Discussions are taking place administratively as well as with the faculty to address the survey results and comments. We thank you for your responses as we seek to continually improve.
Comments for this section were related to:
*As a new parent, I love the Wildcat Weekly and frequent emails. I also like the Parent Alerts--very helpful and was comforting the day of the bad storms.
*When incidents happen on campus with a student parents must be notified.
*Seems more organized and to the point vs. massive number of paper flyers etc. from the past. technology has helped this tremendously!
*Sometimes I'm not sure about the appropriate person to contact
*I have to say that I am very, very pleased with the strategy, methods, content and frequency of communications. I am involved in communications professionally am amazed at the quality of content coming from SAS, it exceeds what I see in corporate world many times. At times, it can seem like over-communication, but I would much, much rather have that than under-communication and so wouldn't change a thing.
*Teachers should provide monthly (ish) email updates about what is going on and what's to come.
*Bring back the parent teacher conferences
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Please
click here for a look at the latest upcoming events on our school calendar.
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PARISH PICNIC SAVE THE DATE
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What: Parish Picnic
When: October 22
nd from 11:00am - 3:00pm
Where: The Fields
Why: For Fun
Who: You!
Saint Andrew is hosting a Parish Picnic for all of our parishioners!
Come on out and enjoy FREE food, fun, and fellowship with your community.
Kickball, Human Foosball, Scavenger Hunts, Kite Flying
All we need from you is to: BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS!
See you then!
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Saint Andrew Catholic School is a Christ-centered community working in partnership with families to instill our Catholic faith, to nurture a sense of service, and to academically challenge the next generation of leaders in our global society.
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