|
St. Thomas School Newsletter - January 7, 2015
|
|
Dear St. Thomas Families,
Happy New Year! I hope that your holidays were filled with the warmth of family and friends. This is the time we typically make New Year's resolutions. I have always looked at the New Year as a time of new beginnings. It is an opportunity to try one new thing for the year. It could be learning to play a guitar, run a marathon, or even venturing into skydiving. Ok that last one I've never attempted - I could never get my head around jumping out of a perfectly good plane!
Trying one new thing is a great way to keep us mentally and physically active and challenge our thinking and view of the world, which can grow stagnant over time.
It is important for institutions to try new things as well. As you know, this year St. Thomas School will be hosting a student delegation from Ecuador. This is part of our new Global Education Initiative. This visiting group of students will be arriving in mid-March and will be here before we know it. We will have a school-wide Welcoming Ceremony when they arrive and a closing Farewell Ceremony on their last day. In between, our students will have the opportunity to learn first hand about the visiting students' country and culture.
Prayer is a powerful vehicle for deepening our relationship with God. New for 2015, we will be placing a book for prayer intentions in the main school lobby. Students are encouraged to write in their own petitions and prayer requests. Teachers are being asked to check the book on a daily basis and incorporate the prayer requests into their classroom prayer.
Our St. Thomas eighth grade students will be receiving the sacrament of Confirmation this week. This is a significant time in these young people's lives as they embrace their faith more fully. On Friday at the basketball tournament, there will be a special 8th grade student recognition ceremony. Please keep these wonderful student leaders in your thoughts and prayers in the coming days!
May this New Year of 2015 provide each of you with new journeys, new goals and the strength to embrace the new challenges that come your way.
Have a blessed week.
Barry Thomas
Principal
|
Crossing Guard Needed
Do you have some free time in the morning and afternoon? Would you like to make some extra money while providing a valuable service for the children of St. Thomas School? We are looking for an individual to serve as a safety crossing guard before and after school. This position pays $9.62 / hour and is funded through the Ft. Thomas Police.
Please prayerfully consider this opportunity or ask those you know.
For more information, please contact the school office at 572-4641.
|
 Scripps Spelling Bee Winner
Congratulations to Emma Browning - this year's winner of the school-level Scripps Spelling Bee.
Emma was awarded a FREE one-year membership to Britannica Online for Kids (a $69.95 value).The FREE membership includes unlimited access to two student-appropriate encyclopedias, atlas, dictionary, and thesaurus, and more.
In addition, Gabriel Powell won the Best Enunciation of Letters Award. Audrey Powell won the Spirit Award.
The Spelling Bee participants by grade level were
4th: Audrey Powell and Annalise Neurohr
5th: Evan Ossege and Annamae Martin
6th: Ryan Calme and Jim Scola
7th: Jenna Guthier and Jacob Frisk
8th: Emma Browning and Gabriel Powell
Congratulations to all of our participants for a job well done!
|
 H.O.W.M.S.- Service Project Update
The Fifth grade class raised enough money to build two homes for widows and orphans in Malawi. The Fifth grade would like to thank the students, faculty, parents, and parishioners for helping to make this possible! |
St. Thomas Basketball Tournament
Following are the themes for the tournament nights:
Wed Jan 7 Backwards/Opposite Night Friday Jan 9 PINK OUT Sat Jan 10 BLACK OUT Sunday Jan 11 NEON Friday Jan 16 Crazy Hat
Please come out and support your Tomcats!
Remember Spirit Club members get into all games free of charge. Just have them check the list at the door.
|
|
First Annual Jr. High Caroling Party
On the evening of Saturday, Dec. 20, a contingent of 20 Jr. High students and parents and a few tag-a-longs met in front of the church to go Christmas caroling.
The group worked its way down Tremont Ave. spreading Christmas cheer. A car even stopped in the street and asked the group to sing a few carols for the little girl in the back seat. The last stop was the St. Thomas rectory where Fr. Johnson and Fr. Ruschman were home and joined in the singing. Fr. Ruschman even accompanied a few tunes on the kazoo!
Afterwards, the two priests, students, and parents relaxed with more singing, hot chocolate, and cookies around a bonfire behind the rectory. What a great evening!
|
|
Mothers' Club Meeting - January 15
The Mothers' Club next meeting will be hold on Thursday, January 15, 2015 in the school cafeteria. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m., doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Come to a meeting, which lasts 45-60 minutes, and then stay,
socialize and meet other moms! Get a chance on a week's worth of school lunches just for attending! Bring someone to the meeting and get a second chance!
Babysitting services are available. Contact Jennifer Ossege
at JenniferOssege@gmail.com or (859) 866-6656 to reserve a spot
Hope to see you there!
We are still trying to update the email list, so if you are not receiving Mothers' Club emails, please email your name and email address to sttmomsclub@gmail.com
|
Market Day News
Here's some important information about Market Day!
Beginning this month, Market Day pick-up will move from Saturday mornings to the third Thursday of the month. You will now be able to pick up your order prior to the Mother's Club Meeting.
The delivery truck will arrive at Saint Thomas at 5:45, and pick-up will be 6:15-7:15 beginning January 15th.
Market Day offers your family's favorites and benefits STS at the same time!
If you are NEW to Market Day, save $5 on your first $25 order. Promocode NEWFIVE
Go to marketday.com. Our school code is 6284.
Return to Top
|
 Spring Soccer Registration
Spring Soccer Registration has begun for 2015! Please see the attached letter from Ted Ossege which will explain how to get your child
enrolled in to soccer.
Ted has listed his contact information at the bottom of the attachment if you have any questions.
Return to Top |
New Beginnings
An eight-week session of New Beginnings, a support group for divorced and separated persons, sponsored by the Diocese of Covington and hosted by the Dept. of Catechesis and Formation, will begin January 8, 2015.
Meetings will be held on Thursday evenings from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. through February 26 and will provide the opportunity for healing and growth. In this faith-based group, participants will find new understanding of themselves and their relationships and gain courage to discover new life.
Registration is required. For more information or to register, call 859-392-1500 ext. 1533.
Return to Top |
NCC Hosts Annual Stag - January 18
The Newport Central Catholic High School Parent, Alumni, Booster Organization will hold their annual STAG on Sunday, January 18, 2015 from 2:00-6:00 pm in the school gymnasium, with the doors opening at 1:00 pm. The proceeds will benefit NCC athletics and extracurricular activities.
The admission price of $25.00 will include beer, soft drinks, dinner, and snacks, and a chance to win a LED HDTV. There will be football on the big screen TV, Split-the Pot, and other raffles.
This is a smoke-free event.
|
 Prayer Corner
If you have someone you would like to add to the prayer corner just let us know.
|
For the families in Connecticut
For the families and students at LaSalle High School
Dave Bricking-Jerry Bricking's brother and uncle of Jeremy, Michele and Jill Bricking
John Caudill, Lauren Caudill's dad
Debbie Eberhart - Kevin, Katilyn and Mackenzie's mother
Tom Edwards - Mrs. Laber's brother-in-law
Mary Ann Howard - Gabriel and Audrey Powell's grandma
Byron and Gloria Mills - Julia & Eileen Bunch's grandparents
Renee Rose Ray Family
Greg Sarakatsannis-serving in Afghanistan
Julie Sarakatsannis-Crohn's disease
Casen Shrock -6 year old - accident
Special Intentions
| |
Cancer Patients
| |
Barb Bredwell - Sydney and Adeline Bredwell's grandma
Bill Burkart - brother of Ginny Burkart
Mark Hasson
Doug Miller - Friend of Todd Murphy family
Sarah Eilerman Weinel - Julia deSylva's sister
|
Return to Top |
|
|
|
|
|
I Can...
* be respectful
* live my faith
* be thankful
* be generous
* be accepting
* love others
* do my best
* be a good steward
* be a role model
| |
Vocation Prayer
Most High, Glorious God, enlighten the darkness of our minds. Give us a right faith, a firm hope, and a perfect charity, so that we may always and in all things act according to Your Holy Will.
Amen.
|
|
|
|
