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February 25, 2016
Hello Notre Dame Families!
Are you spiritually healthy? A friend gave me a book entitle THE FOUR SIGNS OF A DYNAMIC CATHOLIC. Having time to read books during my "hiatus," I found this book very uplifting. The spiritually healthy person exhibits gratitude, is joyful during both good and bad times and being prayerful in a structured and timely way. I find being spiritually healthy something all of us can work to become.
Grandparent and Grand-friend Day is Wednesday, March 2. The day begins with Mass at 8:35 am with the first graders leading the congregation. After Mass please join us at our elementary and middle school buildings for classroom tours and projects. Please enter through our main doors at either building and the school hosts will lead you in the right direction. The morning will finish at 10:30 am. in order to continue our day of learning. We will make arrangements at the elementary school for adults who need assistance walking. If you are interested in helping we could use some volunteers to help guide and direct our visitors. Please see below for a sign up genius. A special thank you goes to Mrs. Kukiela and the Home/School Spirituality Team for organizing this special day. Grandparent/Grand-friend day is one of my favorite days of the school year. My 25 year old still talks about his experiences at Grandparent/Grand-friend day.
Parent Teacher Conferences will be Thursday, March 11 from 3:30-6:30 pm. and Friday, March 12 from 12:30-3:30 pm. Although these conferences are optional, I encourage all of you to see teachers in order to discuss your child's academic and behavioral progress. There is a Sign Up Genius that will facilitate you signing up for your conferences. I will be at the middle school Thursday evening, March 11 and the elementary school Friday afternoon March 12.
Mrs. Nance and Mrs. Lamers are calling parents who are "pending" on the TADS Enrollment Software. We cannot count any student as enrolled until all of the work is done on TADS. If you need any assistance in filling out materials, please contact either Mrs. Nance or Mrs. Lamers. Enrolling in a timely manner is so important as this impacts personnel and budget for the 2016-2017 school year.
I know that many of you have been trained in VIRTUS and have taken the eAPPS Background Check that is required by the Green Bay Diocese if you wish to chaperon field trips, coach sports, assist a teacher and other activities in which there is direct contact with children. The next De Pere VIRTUS training is March 2 at St. Norbert College. We have attached the link in which you can sign up for VIRTUS Sessions in various locations throughout the Green Bay Diocese.
Below you will see that there are some great meetings that Notre Dame Academy is sponsoring about mental health with children and how parents and educators can help students when events in school happen that can affect their emotional health. I strongly encourage you to attend these meetings as APPP2 is a practical extension of what the middle school does with the current APPP program.
I have been very pleased with the initiative the teachers have taken to further their education through outside Staff Development Opportunities. Teachers have attended workshops in the following curriculum/subject areas:
- Technology and Technology Integration
- Literacy and Writing
- Emotional Intelligence
- Science Curriculum
- Teachers Teaching Teachers Materials and Education
- Kindergarten Workshops
- Love and Logic Workshops
The key to any good educator is to take advantage of opportunities afforded them to improve their practice. As in any profession, education changes constantly.
In closing, I just want to give you my building schedule for the next few weeks.
M,W,- All Day, F afternoon - ES
T,Th,- All Day, F morning - MS
I am not "married" to this schedule, but this will be the most practical based on my physical health.
Have a great rest of the week!
God Bless,
James A. (Jim) Clark, Principal
"I CAN DO EVERYTHING THROUGH HIM WHO GIVES ME STRENGTH."
Philippians 4:13
Parent Education
Mr. Clark has set up a Education Post at the top of our webpage. This week he added the topic Love and Logic one Liners. This site is updated constantly. There are many valuable tools in which parents can educate themselves in different aspects of their children's education. Very helpful information. Check it out here.
Grandparent and Grand-friend Day
Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Mass at St. Francis Xavier begins at 8:35 am with our first grade classes leading us in prayer. After Mass please join us at our elementary and middle schools for classroom tours and projects. Please enter through our main doors at either building and the school hosts will lead you in the right direction. Our morning with you will finish up at 10:30 am in the order to continue our day. Flyers will be going home today with the youngest child or click here
We are also in need of a few volunteers to help guide and direct our grandparents and grand-friends around the elementary and middle school campus' on the morning of March 2nd. Your help would be much appreciated!! Click here to volunteer: Grandparent guidesNotre Dame Raider Wear
This is the last chance of this school year to purchase Raider Wear... Specially designed clothing for Notre Dame of DePere..and the proceeds benefit our athletic programs.
NEW!!!!
In addition to shirts, sweatshirts and fleece--- now offering a knit hat and baseball cap. Just in time for spring.
Sale ends March 4th with delivery of items by the end of March...
ABCC - March Madness Event Join in the fun of March Madness. When: Saturday March 19th (evening game start times tbd)
Where:The Starry's on Broadway
Food, Drinks and Basketball Watching with Friends to support all of our Kids Athletic Programs at Notre Dame of De Pere. Tickets sales started this week!! Look for a flyer today with your youngest child or click here
Track and Tennis News
Notre Dame Track Team:
We are currently looking for someone to help coach our Notre Dame Middle School Track Team.
Notre Dame Middle School provides track for our 6-8th graders. These athletes are able to run and do various field events at the 8-10 track meets that we compete in. The season is very short. We will start early in April and will be done by mid May. WE generally practice every day the first couple of weeks then depending on our meet schedule 3-4 days per week. We have several parents and teachers that help our at practices and meets. If you are interested in learning more about this please contact Lynn Wolfram at 920-660-7603 or lwolfram00@yahoo.com
Notre Dame Tennis Team:
If you have a student in 5-8th grade and they would like to try tennis this spring, please contact Lynn Wolfram at 920-660-7603 or lwolfram00@yahoo.com . John Steckart will be coaching again this year and we are looking to get our numbers in line for the team. Middle school students who already took pictures for this team do not need to contact me, we have your name of file already.
Please HELP!!!!
We are in DESPERATE need for volunteers for lunch time. We need volunteers for the lunch room to help serve and also we need volunteers to help walk the middle school students over to the elementary school for lunch. Please Help!! We need you!! Please click here to sign up: Lunch Volunteer Help!!
Magazine Sale
We are in the middle of our magazine and cookie dough fundraiser. The sale is running from Friday, February 19th through Friday, March 4th. Your child can turn in their orders anytime during the sale period.
Did you notice in the magazine that this year there are many more items for sale other than the delicious cookie dough? Here a just a few:
bakery items, pretzels, soup mixes, pizzas, beef sticks, salami, soup, breads, desserts and some really great kitchen gadgets! Check out the egg separator on page 16 and the sandwich cutters on page 17. There is a lot to choose from this year! Our school goal is to raise $10,000 which is only 5 orders per family. Don't forget you can renew your current magazine subscriptions and our school will get credit.
If you did not receive a magazine packet please contact one of the school offices. We have extra.
Project Play 60
The Green Bay Packers will be hosting our annual Project Play 60 event on Saturday March 5th 2016! As with the rest of our community events, it will be FREE to the public. For more information please click here
Bellin Kids 4 Running
Any Parent willing to help coordinate/coach the
Bellin Kids 4 Running program after school please contact Michelle Gregory at mish_gregory@yahoo.com . This program is for grades 3-8 and it helps prepare the children to participate in the Bellin Run in June. The programs meets 2-3 times a week. For more details please contact Michelle.
How to Manage Stress, Anxiety and Depression
This is a panel discussion for all of GRACE parents. Tuesday March 8th 7:00pm-8:30pm for more information please click here
SCRIP News
Are you still in need of some VOLUNTEER HOURS for the current school year?
The SCRIP office is looking for a few more volunteers to help sell SCRIP during the remainder of the year! There are morning and afternoon shifts available as well as opportunities in both the Middle and Elementary buildings... Choose whatever fits best with your schedule.
If you have never sold SCRIP before ~ training will be available!
Brown County Tennis Association - Rally Day
The BCTA invites you to Rally Day, an event to kick-off the 2016 Green Bay middle school tennis league. For more information and to sign up please click here
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