Weekly
Memo:
1/28/2008
D'Angelos'
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Calendar Reminders:
Jan 27th – Feb. 1st – Catholic Schools Week;
Sunday, Jan 27th,
9AM MASS Upper Church, Come help celebrate the beginning of Catholic Schools
Week and the start of the 50th Anniversary Year of Saint Bridget School. A collation in the
school hall will follow Mass. It would gratifying if the children would come to
Mass dressed in their school uniforms.
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Monday, 28th - Pajama Day
- Tuesday , 29th - Open House, Prospective Parents, 9-10am
- Wednesday, 30th - Open House, Present Parents, 8:30-9:45am; Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
- Thursday, 31st - Snow Date for Prospective Parents
- Friday, Feb 1st - Snow Date for Present Parenets; Enrichment Program 9am, Ice Cream Social
Feb 1st – Penny Drive Begins
Feb 6th – Ash Wednesday: Mass 10:15am
Feb 6th – NO NUGGET LUNCH – PIZZA TO
BE SERVED INSTEAD
Feb 7th – PTO Meeting, 7:30pm
Feb 13th – Papa Gino’s Night
Feb 18th-22nd
– WINTER VACATION
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Friday,
Feb 1st will be “Celebrate the Patriots Day”. Students may wear Patriot’s shirts, hats, etc.
If you don’t have Patriot’s garb, you should wear red/white/blue shirt, hat, etc. GO PATS!!!
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From the Library:
- BOOK CLUB NEWS: The following
students/families have recently donated books to the school's library: Ms. Fannon, Nolan Smith, Caroline Rakip,
Sarah and Kevin Sullivan, the Hermanspan Family, the Generazio
Family, and Stone Harris. Thank you all for the wonderful titles. If you wish to donate a book to the
library and need suggestions, check out the Giving Tree for someinteresting titles.
- BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATION and CAMPBELLS LABELS FOR EDUCATION: So far
this year, we have collected over $577. worth of Big G Boxtops for
Education and 2,600 Campbell’s Labels
for Education. Thank you supporting
these fundraisers. All proceeds
from these are used to purchase new materials for the Library. Keep clipping and sending them in!
"3on3 Basketball Tournament" - Sunday, April 6,2008 @ Woodrow Wilson School from 1-5pm. Registration now available - see attached or
website download. This is a fun recreational activity for our school
community and will include Jr & Middle School Girls' Teams, Jr. &
Middle School Boys' Teams, Women's Teams and a Men's Division. Pools
will be determined based on registrations, so register early.
Registration Fee is $40 per team (made payable to St Bridget PTO) - 3 games
guaranteed (if less than 3 teams are registered for a division, the division
will be cancelled and registration returned). Registration Deadline is Friday, March 14, 2008. Send all registrations in to Aimee Fagan - PE Department. Direct any questions to Aimee Fagan
(508-376-9199).
GIVING TREE UPDATE: Over 75 wishes have
already been purchased off the Giving Tree. Now as spring starts to
blossom around us, our tree as started to sprout new wishes/flowers.
Check out the tree inside the Main Door or go to SBS website and see a current
list of outstanding wishes –sorted by teacher. Thank you for your
continued support of our Giving Tree.
In social studies the sixth graders have been
studying Ancient Greece. Students will work on individual projects; Mr. Robert
Ryan will present a program to them to include a Greek Phalanx in the parking
lot. Each student has created his/her
own shield. They will have a Greek Feast on February 8th from noon till 2:00 in Ms. Fannon's room to culminate their unit on
Ancient Greece. The students will also dress in costume so they look authentic
at the feast.
February
Vacation week is just around the corner and if you are looking to make plans
for your kids, here is the perfect opportunity to have fun and help your
community as well. The Loring Arena
Legacy Foundation is having a Skate-A-Thon on Tuesday February 19th
from 12:30-10:30pm. Raise $50 in pledges and you can skate for
all 10 hours, raise $25 and get 3 hours of skating, raise $10 and you can skate
one hour for free. This event is open to
all ages. There will be exhibition
skating and “themed hours” throughout the day.
You won’t want to miss this fun-filled event. See the attached flyer for pledge sheet and
registration information. For more
information or if you have questions please contact Joyce McCarthy at
508-820-9951 (joycemccarthy@rcn.com) or Jennifer Ryan at 508-872-0331
(superryans@rcn.com)
Quips from the Kitchen- Finally
the winner of "Name the
Kitchen" contest is..... St.
Bridget's
Bistro, submitted by Mary
Ostrowski, and Corinne and Eileen Michaud, all winners of a free week of hot
lunch!! Look for our new banner to be hung soon! Ask your children
about Giggles (grapes), Grins (apple slices), and Smiles (orange slices), all
the new rage in the lunchroom. We have children trading in cookies for
them! Lastly, we are always in need of help. Please consider being
on our "on-call" list. No experience needed, and on the job
training! Contact Erin Walsh - stbarth@rcn.com
Dear St. Bridget Students,
The Student Council’s community service for February will involve helping
the Pathways Family Shelter on Edgell Road. This shelter is always in need. We would like to
invite the students of St. Bridget’s to join us by donating the following
items;
- Toiletries
- Baby items
- Cleaning supplies
- Towels
If you would like to donate any of these items, please drop them in the
box provided in Room 15, Ms. Fannon’s room, located on the second floor. Thank you, The Student Council
February
is Penny Month! The Penny Drive is back in swing for
the early spring!
The Penny Drive begins on
Monday, February 4th, and will be running until February 29th. As
in prior years, your contributions are not limited to just pennies, you may bring
in all denominations of change! (Please do not bring in paper bills) The
class that raises the most from this drive will earn a dress down day for their
class! The top 3 classes will earn a Pizza and Ice cream party in their
class! We
are looking for some volunteers to help pour the coins into the counting
machine that Framingham Co-Op bank has allowed us to use again this year. If
you would like to volunteer, you may contact Jim Paolini at revivalbld@verizon.net or
508-626-0081.
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