 
S.A.C. The Notre Dame SITE ADVISORY COUNCIL is an active leadership group working in collaboration with our parishes and the GRACE System to set the strategic direction for our school. Members of the SAC include: Site Advisory Council Members:
Fr. Richard Getchel Mike Cuene Annie Bongiorno Julie Van Straten Sue Van Gheem Marv Wall Paul Schierl Lisa Urick Kathy Nordeen
John Connelly Jeff Kaftan
Lois Schumacher
Michelle Smits
Alisa Conway Dave Sladek Archived Newsletters |
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December 12, 2012
Students visit the City of Lights in Paris during International Day! After, students tasted crepes and other French foods.
Dear Notre Dame Families:
Thank you to all that attended International Day!! The elementary school students traveled the world learning about and tasting foods from countries around the world! It was a great success! Thank you to Mrs. Pagel, teachers, students, and parent volunteers for organizing this great event!
At the end of the day last Friday we bid farewell in a very touching and poignant ceremony, to Rodrigo and Rafa, our two Guatemalan exchange students. Rodrigo and Rafa have been part of our Notre Dame family for the past eight weeks. Rodrigo stated, "if home is where the heart is, this is my home." Rafa and Rodrigo made a big impact on our school and they will be missed!
Saying Good Bye to Rodrigo and Rafa The annual Christmas concert "Dude, You Hear what I Hear?" will take place this Thursday. There will be two performances: an afternoon show starting at 1:00 P.M. and evening show will begin a 6:30 P.M. Both performances will take place in the middle school gym. Come early to enjoy the Notre Dame Art Exhibit/Bake Sale. The Bake Sale is being sponsored by student council. All proceeds will be used to purchase technology for ND. If you would like to donate baked goods for this event please drop them off at the Middle School office Upcoming reconciliation dates:
December 14th - 7th and 8th grade classes
December 17th - 5th and 6th grade classes December 19th - 3rd and 4th grade classes
Father Getchel is collecting donations for four of our seminarians here in the Green Bay area. If you would like to donate something to the baskets please drop it off at one of the school offices. Some ideas include: snacks, soap, toiletries, shaving cream, hot sticks, peanut butter and jelly or Walmart gift cards. Thank you your help! It is great to have all these seminarians in the Green Bay Diocese.
The Home and School milk cap, soup label, and box top contest concluded last week. The counters were busy all weekend counting the totals for each class. Congratulations to everyone! The winners are: Mrs. Cramer's class for soup labels and milk caps (they won a dress down day for the most soup labels and earned milk and cookies for the most milk caps). Mr. Parementiers seventh grade home room collected the most boxtops (they a pizza lunch for the entire class). Thank you to Kathy Nordeen and Home and School for sponsoring this event!!!!! Have a great week everyone!!
JUMP WITH JOY,
Jeff
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Upcoming Events and Important Dates
Dec. 12th: 6:30 2nd Grade Sacrament of Reconciliation @ St. Mary's
Dec. 13th: 1:00 & 6:30 Christmas Concert/Art Exhibit MS gym
Dec. 14th: Packer Dress Down Day for $1.00 (The money collected will go for the Adopt-a-family and the Seminarian's)
Dec. 18th: 6:00 Preschool Concert in ES gym
Dec. 19th: 2:00 Kindergarten Christmas Program ES gym
Dec. 21st: "J.U.M.P. with Joy" spirit t-shirt dress down day
Dec. 21st: 11:30 Early Release
Dec. 24th-Jan. 1st: Christmas Break
Jan. 2nd: Classes Resume
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SCRIP WINTER/SPRING Volunteer Sign-up:
Scrip is a vital part of the Notre Dame of De Pere Fundraising efforts. The school will need volunteer help to assist in making this program possible. This is a great way to get a jump start on the required school volunteer hours and assist with an important fundraising opportunity for the school. If available to help out for one of the opportunities below, please click on the link to sign up. All the necessary traning will be provided to fulfill any of these positions and they will take place at the Notre Dame Middle School Scrip Office.
Volunteers are needed for the following shifts to Sell Scrip to the school community at the Middle School Scrip Office
Monday mornings (7:45-8:45)
Wednesdays after school (2:30 - 3:30)
Thursday mornings (7:45-8:45)
Thursdays after school (2:30-3:30)
Friday mornings (7:45-8:45)
Fridays after school (2:30 - 3:30)
Please check with Tracy Glover if you have questions about any of these opportunities: momgonecrazy61@hotmail.com
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Lunch & Playground Volunteer
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First and foremost, a HUGE thank you for helping to volunteer for cafeteria and playground duty. We have had great feedback from parents saying they really enjoyed seeing their child(ren) in their element and the teachers are very appreciative to have some down time to prepare for their classes.
This is just a friendly reminder that second trimester is fast approaching. If you have not already, you can go onto Lunch & Playground Sign-up Genius and select your day and slot for volunteering for next trimester. You can also sign up for third trimester if that makes better planning, or wait until that trimester gets closer if that is easier. Notre Dame is asking each family to volunteer for one slot per trimester or more if you wish.
Please keep in mind that your time spent volunteering for this program is worth double towards your required family volunteer hours.
***Cancellations 48 hours before the day of your shift can be directed to the secretaries of the appropriate schools as the teachers/aids will need to fill in.
Thank you for your helping to keep out children well supervised and safe!
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Adopt-A-Family
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Hi Notre Dame families. Our 1st Adopt-A-Family Christmas Program is doing extremely well. Thanks for everyone's generosity. All donations/items should be turned in to the office by this FRIDAY, December 14th. We will be gathering at Sommer May's house on
MONDAY December 17th @ 6:30
to wrap and package all items. We have wrapping paper, tape, and gift boxes, but could definitely use more. Please let Sommer know if you are available to help wrap. The more the merrier!More info on the program is attached below.Thanks much,Sommer May, Jessie Lawton, Laura OechsnerSommermay3@yahoo.comAdopt-A-Family Sign-up Genius
Notre Dame of De Pere's 1st Adopt-A-Family Christmas Program 2012!
This Christmas Season, Notre Dame of De Pere school has the opportunity to share its blessings with local families in need. The Christian Outreach Program has identified two De Pere families that are in need of extra support to make this Christmas Season special.
The first family consists of 5 people ~ boy (3), girl (4), boy (8), boy (10) and mom. The mom recently lost her job and is working on re-employment. The second family consists of 3 people: girl (4), mom and dad. They both have provided a wish list of gift suggestions and household needs. We will also try to provide grocery gift cards to be used to purchase a Christmas meal, as well as gas gift cards, hygiene products and cleaning supplies. Gifts not on the list are welcome as well! Items do not need to be wrapped, but we will be asking for volunteers to help in putting everything together and wrapping the gifts prior to dropping them off. Please click on the Sign Up Genius link below to view the wish list items. Gifts can be sent to school at any point prior to Dec 14th as this will ensure everything is wrapped and delivered to the family on time. It is also an option to participate in this event by sending a monetary donation or any additional gift cards not listed, which would be extremly helpful and greatly appreciated. We would use any monetary donations to purchase wishlist items that are not covered as well as purchase additional cards for the family. Please send all monetary or gift card donations to school in an envelope labeled 'Adopt a Family.'
Please do not feel any pressure to assist with this program as there are many things going on / causes to support during the holiday season. Notre Dame of De Pere is such a giving community and we wanted to provide an opportunity for those that are looking to take part in a program to help those in need this Christmas Season!
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Christmas Gift Certificate
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Parenting Teens Workshop
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GRACE
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GRACE BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS-DECEMBER
GRACE ANNUAL APPEAL
Thank you to the nearly 850 donors who've contributed to the 2012-13 GRACE ANNUAL APPEAL! Over 2,300 children are benefiting from your generosity. This year's goal of $130,000 has not been reached but there are several months to go. A donation receipt will be provided to you so that you can claim your tax deduction. With the current debate over taxes and future deductions in Washington, DC, it may be to your advantage to make your gift before the end of December. Please make your gift to the children of GRACE by mailing in a gift or donate online at www.gracesystem.org
REGISTRATION FOR 2013-14
Registration for the 2013-14 school year will begin during Catholic Schools Week, January 28-February 1, 2013. A new one-step process has been developed online to make registration easy. Brochures to assist parents with the registration process will be available at each GRACE Catholic School. Applications for financial assistance will also begin at the same time. A student will need to be registered before applying for financial assistance. We will also make the registration information available on the GRACE web site at www.gracesystem.org The registration fee is $60 per student. An application fee of $25 per family must accompany a financial aid application.
Weekly preschool story time will be held at the GRACE offices
at 1087 Kellogg Street from 10:00 to 11:00 on the following dates.
This is open to the public, free of charge, and is for children ages 2-5
and their parents.
December 5 - Bears
December 12 - Santa & Reindeer
December 19 - Christmas & Jesus
December 26 - No Story Time
January 2 - No Story Time
January 9 - Mittens
January 16 - Snowmen & Snow
January 23 - Penguins
January 30 - Polar Animals
Please contact Mary McCabe at St. Thomas More School, 432-8242 with
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Prayer at McCormick Home
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DePere Girls Softball Registration
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K-4 Introduction to Softball Clinic
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City of De Pere Health Department
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