Reminder…Safety in the Circle Drive

Please remember that there is NO parking or stopping on the flag pole side of the circle drive to pick up or drop children off.

Also, please no parking on the right side of the circle. If you have business inside the school, please park on the street or Lewis Street parking lot.

Thanks so much for helping to keep our children safe!!

Calendar

Minutes from Meeting with Fr. John, Fr. Lope, and Mr. Hood

The minutes were taken at the recent meeting on August 17th with our priests and new principal, Mr. Hood.

Please feel free to stop by the school office to see a copy if interested.

Thanks, Home and School Association

Home and School Fall Parent Meeting- Wed. Sept. 8th

FALL PARENT MEETING

Wednesday, September 8th at 7:00pm

in the School Library 

Click Here for a flyer/form for dues and info about the meeting

All parents are encouraged to participate in our Fall Parent Meeting.  Please plan to be an important part of your child’s education by having your voice heard in the following areas:

  • Input on what to spend Home & School Association funds on; hear about our current financial status; get updates on SCRIP and hear about the success of this program
  • Input on the Wish List we receive from our teachers and staff each year – you will be able to sign up for things you would like to donate towards for our staff!
  • Sign-up sheets will be available for upcoming events and fundraisers as well as Homeroom Parent for each grade and other volunteer needs of our teachers, custodians, and all of our staff.
  •  T-shirt order forms will be available

St. Mary’s School, faculty, staff, parents and children are all people we are very proud of, so please consider giving whatever time or talent you can to make this school year a tremendous success!  Any new agenda items you would like added to be discussed at our first meeting, please forward them to Kelly Shea, President of the Home and School Association, at thesheas@centurytel.net. We look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting!!

SCRIP News!!!

Scrip sales for June were $24,789 and profits totaled $1,110.20.  7/1/09 – 6/30/10 total annual sales were a record $367,165 earning us a profit of $14,151.88 for the year.  Tuition credits earned during the period of 4/1/10 – 6/30/10 will be posted to your accounts soon and will be found on Option C.  A total of $2,231.31 was reimbursed to our school families during the 7/1/09 – 6/30/10 period through the tuition credit program for their usage of scrip.  Scrip is available weekdays during the summer at Heartland Credit Union.  Scrip is also sold after all weekend masses.  Thank you for using scrip and for patronizing the retailers that support our scrip program!  Please contact Dianne Jentz at 348-3288 with any questions about the program.

Scrip sales for July were $28,097 and profits totaled $955.15.  Scrip will continue to be available weekdays at Heartland Credit Union until August 31st.  It will again be available at St. Mary School during the week beginning September 1.  Scrip is also sold after all weekend masses.

Click  Here to visit the SCRIP page.

Notes from Meeting with Msgr. Charles- May 28th

Click here to view the notes taken at the meeting with Monsignor Charles on Wednesday, May 28th.  The meeting was 1 hour long and Father answered questions and shared information related to the changes with principal Jean Lange leaving and also the arrival of the new priests to the parish.

Home and School Meeting – Wed., May 12th!

Dear St Mary’s Families,

This is a friendly reminder that our spring Home & School meeting will be held tomorrow evening, May 12th,  in the school library.  The meeting will start promptly at 7:00 p.m.  We encourage and request at least 1 representative from each family to attend.  We will be discussing important items including the allocation of auction monies, SCRIP tax charitable deductions for your family, garage sale profits and other important topics.  We will also be voting and announcing the new Home & School 2010-11 officers.  Your attendance is very important.  Without the school families input and participation, the school’s success would not be as great as it is.  

We “Thank You” in advance for your attendance and look forward to seeing you tomorrow evening. 

Thank you for your time and all you do for St Mary’s School!

SCRIP April News

Scrip sales for April were $23,545.  Profits totaled $1,057.75 for the month.  New merchants include Chicago’s Best, Lange Farm Meats and Jumpin’ Jane’s

Check out our SCRIP page to review our most current Sales and Profit Form.

Put your regular household shopping dollars to work by supporting our Scrip program! 

March SCRIP News!!!!

Exciting News from SCRIP!!

Click Here for the newest SCRIP Order Form

Scrip sales for March were $27,256.  Profits totaled $956.90 for the month. 

Tuition credits earned for the period of 1/1/10 – 3/31/10 will be posted to your accounts very soon.  Watch Option C for your individual family’s credits.  A total of $518.37 has been paid out for this quarter in the form of tuition credits.  Beginning 1/1/10, the credits are being paid slightly differently.  Instead of receiving a tuition credit of 1% of your total gross purchases (which we had done until 12/31/09), you are now earning/paid credits that equal 25% of the profits earned from your purchases.  This change is necessary because of a new software program we are utilizing to track family purchases and Scrip sales so that we can add enhancements to our program.  After some research and experimenting, we’ve found that this amount as a whole averages out very close to the 1% of family gross purchases we previously tracked.  However, if you typically purchase scrip that earns higher profits for our organization, your credits will be even greater than the 1% gross amount you received in the past.  Either way, regular purchases and usage of the program will reap you the greatest credits.

 Also, COMING SOON, watch for information on how you may be entitled to a charitable tax deduction / tax benefit for participating in our scrip program.  Everyone’s Scrip purchases have been tracked for this new enhancement to our Scrip program since 1/1/10 and participants may be able to claim a charitable contribution deduction on your itemized 1040 tax return.   If you haven’t been purchasing Scrip in the past, this would be a great time to start.  Everybody wins!

 Lastly, CHICAGO’S BEST in Platteville has recently been added as a new merchant participating in our Scrip program.  Randy and Judy Grimes are excited to work with us and are participating at a 10% profit rate to our program.  Their certificates are available in $10 increments (larger increments are available via special order).  Please show your support and thanks to Chicago’s Best and all of our merchants by purchasing scrip/gift cards to be used at their establishments.

 Please contact Dianne Jentz at 348-3288 with any questions regarding our Scrip program.

Kinders Quilt

I hope to see everyone there tomorrow night.

2nd grade quilt

Come bid on this quilt made by the 2nd grade.

St. Mary’s Auction Book Now Available

Click Here to see a copy of the 2010 St. Mary’s Auction Book.

Enclosed in this book is a listing of all Live and Silent auction items that will be available for bid on Saturday, March 27th at the Governor Dodge Convention Center!!

Dinner Tickets will be sold after all Masses up until the event and at the door- click here to print a copy of the form.

We hope to see you there!!