Your weekly Nota Bene.  Important information about your kids!
April 11, 2016
YOUR VERITAS WEEK AT A GLANCE
  
MONDAY:
7:15 Concert Choir (FH)
8:30 Hymn of the Month (FH)
8:45-9:15 Parent Prayer (A/S Lab)
3-3:25 Guitar Lessons (K-2nd)
3:30-4 Guitar Lessons (3rd-up)
3-4:30 Art Lessons (Art Rm)

TUESDAY:
7:30 Chamber Choir (FH)
7:30 Treble Choir (Music)

WEDNESDAY:
7:15 Concert Choir (FH)
3-4 Debate (5C)
3-4 Garden Club


THURSDAY:
7:30 Chamber Choir (FH)
8:30 Parent 'Coffee Break' (Library)
2:45-3:30 Latin on Demand (4A)
FRIDAY:
7:15 Concert Choir (FH)
7:30 Treble Choir (Music)r
2:45-3:30 Latin on Demand (4A)

SATURDAY - SATURDAY:
Washington D.C. Trip (8th & 9th grades)
School Office Hours: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM 
Monday - Friday on school days
Nota Bene
For more information, or if you have a 
Nota Bene
announcement of your own, please contact
directly by Thursday
of the week prior. Thank you!
PARENT RESOURCE

Better Sleep May Boost Young Students' Grades
  Click here to read this article.

~PARENTS~
YEARBOOK PHOTOS NEEDED PLEASE!

In order to have a good sized Liber Anni this year our Yearbook Club will need to get a LOT MORE PHOTOS!  We need your help! Classroom activities, field trips, anything that has to do with our school would be appreciated.. All are invited to contribute by uploading photos of school events to our new community image upload website. See flyer to learn how to upload photos or go to our website or more information. Contact yearbook adviser, Lucinda Brown or 503-476-2131 with questions.
TEACHER APPRECIATION 
DAY

Teacher Appreciation Day is Wednesday, May 4th. Envelopes for donations for teacher gifts are available in the office. Contact your classroom coordinator/room parent if you have any questions.

Part-time Employment Opportunities at Veritas 
for 2016-2017 

Elementary PE teacher
Recess and lunch aide(s)
Substitute Coordinator
Librarian
 The duties of these positions can be easily combined. For questions about these positions please contact Todd Harris

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Registrar
For questions about this position please contact Marsha Ackerlund

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Drama director
Secondary PE teacher
Apologetics (12th Grade Theology)
For questions about these positions please contact Bryan Lynch


Veritas Drama Presents
ARABIAN NIGHTS
by Dominic Cooke

Join us for a night of adventure, love, betrayal, and redemption as Princess Shahrazad weaves stories into the night. Will she be able to save the kingdom and win the heart of the King with the stories she tells? Listen....

April 21, 22, 28, and 30
7:30 PM
Grace Baptist Church
1619 East 2nd Street
Newberg

$8 for Adults & $6 for students
Tickets available at the door
or in the school office
Click here for flyer


FIRST FEDERAL COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM

First Federal customers are eligible to participate in this program to earn money for Veritas. For every hour you volunteer at Veritas, First Federal will contribute $2 to our school. For more information and to print a volunteer time card, go to the First Federal Community Rewards website.


MEALS FOR THE CORNELL FAMILY

Thank you all for your love, prayers, and support of this special family over the past few months. Dawn continues to fight, and her cancer markers have improved after the first few weeks of chemo.
If you'd like to provide a meal, please click on the meal train calendar below to see the opportunities available in the rest of April and May. Please feel free to forward this to others whom you think would be interested in providing a meal.
Thank you again for the many ways you've loved and supported the Cornells as they pass through this season.
Click here to view the Meal Train website 


SAT 10'S

April 19th-22nd
Please remember not to make outside appointments during standardized testing. Grades 2nd-6th will be testing during these days.

HYMN OF THE MONTH 

 Please join us in the Fellowship Hall every Monday  morning at 8:32 a.m. to sing the hymn of the month.  This is an all-school event and you're invited!

NEW PRAYER BOX


We are praying for a fourth person to join our team. We meet on Monday from 8:45 -9:15 in the Art/Science room. If you have a special burden for the Veritas Community, we ask you to join us in praying whether this person might be you! If you would like to join us, please contact Amy Natzke.

Prayer requests are always kept in strict confidence!

GARDEN CLUB

The Garden Club is partnering with the Chehalem Garden Club to raise funds for our school garden.

We are selling summer blooming bulbs. 
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We earn half of the proceeds for our garden!  Check out the lovely flowers you can order for your home! You can combine an order with a friend or neighbor to save on shipping. If you have any questions, please contact Kami McNeill or call 541-261-7627.

Click here to order.

SCRIP

Hello Veritas Families!

A limited number of Columbia Employee Store passes are available with each $50 Columbia gift card purchase through scrip! These passes are good through 12/31/16!!!! These would make great gifts for moms, dads or grads!!! I would recommend getting this order in ASAP as there are only 400 passes for the whole Scrip Program which serves the whole metro area! Orders are due each Monday by the end of the school day and you can pick your order up in the office that same Friday!

Check out all the other great gift card options for your needs or for the perfect gift option!!! The school gets a portion from each card purchased!!!
Click here for order form.
JEM 100 HAMBURGERS

Order due date is Friday, April 22nd
Click here for order form

In This Issue
SCHOOL CALENDAR

Below are some key dates to make sure you have on your calendar!

APRIL

9-16
Washington D.C. Trip

19-22
Standardized Testing (3rd-6th)

21, 22 and 28, 30
Veritas Drama Presents
1001 Arabian Nights 

23
Benefit Dinner

29
Protocol Dinner & Danceead More

MAY

 2
Progress Reports Sent Home

2-3
Poiesis Presentations

4
Teacher Appreciation

13
Volunteer Appreciation

18
Spring Concert

TBA
Finals Week

27
Senior Breakfast

27
Graduation

30
Memorial Day - No Schoolad More

JUNE

1
Last Day of Classes

2
Field Day & Academic Achievement

3
Teachers Last Day

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