Look Back At 08-09 With Pride The mission of our school is to serve the Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes. Our first goal is to help our parents educate their children in the faith, we do this by creating an environment that is loving and challenging, one with high expectations for all. Thank you students, teachers, parents, and volunteers for always driving us forward. Please look over our website and read about the great progress on the STRATEGIC PLAN describing our accomplishments and plans for the future (on the left menu bar). Read also about our school’s CORE VALUES of Stewardship/Ministry, Education, and Prayer & Praise. And share our successes of this year: Full Day Kindergarten Professional Learning Community faculty development plan begun Christian Stewardship Program begun for 9th-12th Health & Wellness Committee formalized and active Catholic Living Student Surveys & Essays for select classes Website and more effective use of Powerschool Governor’s Academic Award received! Demerit system utilized for 7-12 College courses offered on campus Multi-Tiered System of Support Poverty in Education workshop attended by all teachers Special Services Dept. adopted advanced curricular helps Scholar’s Bowl team formed for high school—tremendous success New Computer Lab and Business Tech Lab in H.S Life Contests winners--Kansans for Life and Diocesan contests Smartboard and 5 ELMOs donated to help teachers Curriculum development work in many areas Elective Classes for Junior High Booster Club: Picnic, concession stands, equipment purchasing, more Home & School: Carnival, room helpers, grandparents day, basket auction, Catholic Schools Week, more Fine Arts Council: Art Fair, plays, orchestra, band, more Veteran’s Day honor and “USO” performance Amazing state and diocesan testing results Debate, Art, Volleyball, Cross Country, Football, Baseball, Softball, Basketball, Track, Tennis, Forensics, Cheer, and Dance great successes during competition Religion Bowl and Eco-Meet successes Make A Difference Day Youth Stewardship Sunday Senior Retreat Graduation of 39 seniors We look forward to an even better 2009-2010! Letter To Parents--School Response to Flu With guidance from the Catholic Schools Office and health professionals our school administration has been working on our response to the recent outbreak of the Swine Flu. We are working to supply all classrooms with alcohol based hand sanitizer. We will be reminding students of the importance of washing their hands, covering their mouths when they sneeze or cough and avoiding unnecessary personal contact. All classrooms will be provided with basic first aid supplies. If your child is sick, do not send him/her to school. Page 27 of the school handbook describes situations where students will be sent home, or where students are not allowed to be at school due to health reasons. I have instructed our school principals to be vigilant in sending home students who demonstrate illness or any flu-like symptoms. The symptoms of Swine Flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human seasonal influenza and include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite and coughing. Some people with Swine Flu also have reported runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. If your child has any of these symptoms, please do not send him/her to school or to school events, such as the Carnival. At the present time, I do not know of any cases of Swine Flu in Pittsburg and only two cases have been reported in Kansas. I am cautiously optimistic that this recent outbreak will not impact our school year adversely. However, please know that our administrators are preparing our response should drastic measures such as closing the school be required. Thank you for helping our school prepare appropriately. The information about Swine Flu which will be used to justify school-wide decisions will come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov/swineflu and from conversations with local and diocesan health professionals. Please contact me via email with any questions,
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. By God’s Graces, John C. Kraus President of Schools/Director of Administration SMC Fundraising Philosophy & Form Please read the following philosphy of fundraising & philanthropic donations to be incorporated into the School-Family Handbook. The official form to use for all fundraising events on campus is below. Philosophy. St. Mary’s Colgan Catholic Schools are well aware of the need to solicit funds for various school-related activities. As a principle of Stewardship, it is important for students to provide assistance to help fund some of these activities. However, there also is a need to balance these fundraising activities/philanthropic donations with the burden these place on our school families, the parish, and community. In order to maintain a balance, plans for activities, whether new initiatives or annual events, must be approved in writing by the administration. In approving these activities, the administration will strive to balance the need for funds with the number of students benefiting in light of the spiritual, educational, and social mission of the school and the parish. Procedure. Forms to request approval of fundraising activities/philanthropic donations are available in the building offices and on the school’s website. These forms must be completed and returned to the office no less than two weeks prior to the proposed start date for the activity. The Fundraising/Philanthropic Request Form must be completed by any student organization, class, sponsor, teacher, coach, parent group or school supporting organization (Booster Club, Fine Arts Committee and Home & School Association) desiring to hold such an activity. Class Accounts. A class account is started when a class reaches 6th grade and the fund stays with the class through graduation. The class account funds are used to cover various school related expenses such as the senior class group photograph, class gift at graduation, hosting prom in junior year, misc. expenses as part of 8th grade, etc. Class account funds are obtained by donations when students serve a funeral Mass in 6th grade, proceeds from concession stand at junior high basketball games and various fundraising events by students in grades 7 – 12 (examples include value card sales, candle sales, etc…) The class account is maintained by the Administrative Assistant at the High School with funds utilized according to the school’s disbursement policy. Pennies Can Add UpYahoo browser, www.goodsearch.com, donates one cent to SMC each time someone searches the internet with the browser. Try using this search engine and if you like it you can raise money for SMC without spending money. If you shop online, shop through www.goodshop.com and a percentage of purchases is paid to SMC by the company—Wal Mart, Amazon, EBay… The homepage for goodshop.com is on the reverse of this insert. Make sure to designate St. Mary’s Colgan Schools as your charity. Other no-cost fundraisers include: Ron's IGA--bring your receipts to the school or church office KTCCU--account holders can pick up Panther Debit Cards. One cent per transaction goes to Booster Club Campbell's Soup Labels--tear them off and turn them into the school or church office General Mills--Box Tops for Education Nestle Pure Life Water Bottles--turn in labels to the office Target Card--designate our school as your charity of choice and use your card Championship PicturesOrdering prints of past athletic championships is easy, simply click on the link below to browse the prints available. To order, click the ADD TO CART button while looking at the photo you like. The prints make great gifts for others or for yoursef, and even just browsing the catalog of prints provides a great history lesson of our school's athletic success. Funds generated from print orders benefit the St. Mary's Colgan Booster Club. http://www.smcboosters.zenfolio.com Substitute Teacher Positions Our Catholic schools’ Substitute Teacher list is open to those who have earned at least 60 college hours, have attended a VIRTUS session, have a love for children, and are professional in their dress, attitude, punctuality, and relationships. Daily rate for substitute teachers begins at $60, hours are 7:40-3:20. Contact either school office for more information. |
