October 2, 2019
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday, October 2
  • Board Information Night, 6:00 – 7:00 PM

Thursday, October 3
  • Varsity Soccer HOME Game, 5:00 PM (Soccer Field)

Friday, October 4
  • Blessing of the Animals, 8:45 – 9:15 AM (Primary Courtyard)
  • C-Team Soccer HOME Game, 4:30 PM (Soccer Field)

Saturday, October 5
  • Friends of the Garden Community Work Day, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
  • Saturday Soccer, 9:30 – 11:00 AM (Soccer Field)

Monday, October 7
  • C-Team Soccer HOME Game, 4:30 PM (Soccer Field)
  • C-Team Volleyball HOME Game, 4:30 PM (Gym)
  • Varsity Volleyball HOME Game, 5:30 PM (Gym)

Tuesday, October 8
  • Friends of the Library Work Day, after drop-off (Library)
  • Beginning Band and Beginning Orchestra Rehearsal Begins, 3:15 - 4:30 PM
  • Varsity Soccer HOME Game, 5:00 PM (Soccer Field)

Wednesday, October 9
  • Christian Meditation for Parents, 8:05 – 8:20 AM (Atrium)
  • C-Team Volleyball AWAY Game, 4:30 PM (Queen of Peace)
  • Varsity Volleyball AWAY Game, 5:30 PM (Queen of Peace)

Thursday, October 10
  • Varsity Soccer AWAY Game, 4:30 PM (Queen of Peace)

Friday, October 11
  • Friends of the Garden Work Day, after drop-off (Welcome Center)
  • PSO Welcome Committee AM Child Play Date, 11:30 AM (Soccer Field)
  • C-Team Soccer HOME Game, 4:30 PM (Soccer Field)
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Community Garden Day is This Saturday

The PSO Friends of the Garden invite you to join them on Saturday, October 5 for the annual Community Garden Day.

Come out and help prepare the grounds for the PSO Fall Fest. They also need your assistance in clearing the ground, fertilizing, and laying mulch for the fruit trees in the orchard. SCM Naturalist, Blas Espinoza, will also teach the children how to seed the gardens.

Entire families are welcome. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Click this sign-up genius link to volunteer.
October is School Picture Month

Individual Picture Day is on October 17, and class photos will be taken on October 24. Parents will receive a link by mid-November where they may view and purchase their child’s photos. Package pricing can be found here . Once ordered, photos will be shipped directly to parents.

Please note that the prices will increase to include an archival fee if an order is placed more than two weeks after the photo link is sent.

Photos will be shot using a traditional background (no green screen), and children who are absent on October 17 will have their individual picture taken on October 24.
Blessing of the Animals, the annual SCM tradition, is this Friday, October 4. In remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi's love for all creatures, families are invited to bring pets on a leash or in a carrier to be blessed at school.

If you are unable to bring your pet, your child may bring a picture instead. If you arrive with your pet before 8:45 AM, please wait in the Dominican Peace Garden. We want to give Primary children, who may be excited or anxious around animals, space to arrive in their usual manner.

Bags will be available for you to pick up your pet's waste. The ceremony will last about 15 minutes, and pets must be taken home immediately after the event.
Volunteers Still Needed for the PSO Fall Fest

Fall Fest is a PSO sponsored community picnic held on the beautiful grounds of St. Catherine's.

This is a great opportunity to join the SCM community for an afternoon of fun, friends, and good food!

8 volunteers still needed:

2 for Drinks (keep the drinks flowing)
2 for Dinner (keep the tables neat and orderly)
2 for Clean up
2 for Seedling Crew (this position is new — help supervise the planting of seedlings into pots for take home).

Please sign up to volunteer your time to make this a great event.
Reminder: 2020 SCM Steps 4 Students T-shirt Design Contest Entries Due Monday, October 7
St. Catherine’s students can show their school spirit by designing our 2020 Steps 4 Students team t-shirt. The submission deadline is  Monday, October 7 , and students may submit as many designs as they would like. The winning design will be announced at PSO Fall Fest on October 19. Contest rules can be found  here .
ADVANCING THE MISSON
Have You Made Your Gift?

The annual SCM Fund campaign is well underway!

Our board members, faculty/staff and high school parents got us off to a great start in August, and this week total parent participation reached 30%.

Check your classroom’s progress below, and click here to make your gift. To make a pledge, contact Lyndsey Ray at lray@stcathmont.org .

Many thanks to our donors who have made their SCM Fund contribution for the year.
Raindrops to Rainbows: An Active and Artistic Afternoon with Frame Dance Kicked Off the 2019-2020 Sociables Season

On Sunday, September 29, families gathered for a fun afternoon of dance and art!

Thank you to Dana Bayer, Audrey Glickert, and Kerri Neimeyer for this Primary and Lower Elementary Sociable for our community!

Click here to visit a photo gallery of the event.
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
Lower Elementary Goes Food Shopping
One of the responsibilities that elementary students have is to prepare for their class's weekly snack or cooking day.

The children will plan a menu, create a shopping list and budget, arrange for transportation from a Safe Haven-trained SCM parent, and head out to the grocery store to purchase the food items.
A Visit to the Chicken Rescue
When a chicken in your flock falls ill--what should you do? Take that chick to the Chicken Rescue! The Chicken Rescue works mainly on finding forever homes for abandoned or neglected chickens, but they also provide veterinary services. Students in the AC recently returned to campus with a rehabilitated hen, soon she will be ready to rejoin her chicken family.
PSO ACTIVITIES
Message from the PSO Book Club
Thank you to everyone that joined us for our first Book Club discussion of the school year last Friday. Click here to read a short recap of the discussion.

Our next book will be The Awakened Family: How to Raise Empowered, Resilient, and Conscious Children , by Shefali Tsabary. Discussion will take place on December 13 th at 8:30 a.m. in the gym, so mark your calendar—you won’t want to miss this conversation about transformative parenting! 

If you would like to join the Book Club email list, please send an email to pso@stcathmont.org .

Sincerely,

The Book Club chairs
Catherine Barber, Tracey Ledoux, and Misty Matin
Friends of the Atrium Newsletter

Please click here to read the monthly newsletter on St. Therese of Lisieux.

All are welcome to join us on Wednesday mornings at 8:05 AM in the Atrium for Christian meditation.
Join us on Friday, October 18 after the early dismissal for lunch at Betsy’s at Evelyn's Park. 20% of the profits of items sold (dine-in or to-go) to friends and family of St. Catherine’s will directly support our school. Present this flyer to the cashier at check-out (an image on your phone works too!) to let them know you are with St. Catherine’s. Evelyn's Park is perfect for a picnicking!
HIGH SCHOOL CORNER
Welcome back to the High School Corner!

This week, we wanted to highlight an aspect of the high school experience that many families asked about at the High School Open House last week: the college search. In the SCM High School, our students not only visit colleges and interact with representatives outside of school through fairs, emails with professors in areas of interest, and campus tours, but they also have the opportunity to spend their in-school lunchtime with college representatives visiting SCM. Being able to host the representatives at our own school gives them an idea of what our program is like and the chance to get to know each student, and allows us to ask them any questions we might have.  

Fortunately, Mrs. Lewis, our college counselor, has organized SCM visits with many universities this year. Up to this point, we’ve met with representatives from Willamette University, Nottingham Trent University, Trinity University, the University of Houston Engineering Department, and Lycoming College and look forward to many more. Upcoming visits include: 

  • Goucher College
  • Southwestern University 
  • University of Alabama 
  • St. Edward’s University 
  • Juniata College 
  • Spring Hill College

We are grateful for this part of our program! It makes the college search much more manageable and helps us truly connect with schools of interest. Stay tuned for a High School Corner entry on our senior students’ college search and admissions experience. It’s an exciting time!

Thank you for reading; we hope to see you back next week. 
Jacob Blackman and Sophia Devereux
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