- February 15, 2012
Dear Parents, The new Saint Thecla logo emphasizes the three important areas that we stress in the education of your children. They are Scholarship, Spirituality, and Service. Scholarship and Spirituality are emphasized throughout our school day. Since the beginning of the school year our school community as a whole and individual classrooms have initiated a variety of service projects to emphasize the importance of reaching out to others. Our most recent project, which involved the entire school, began during Catholic Schools Week. The children decorated Valentine’s Day bags and made cards for the residents at Regency and Norwood Park senior homes. Our Junior High students ran a bake sale to raise money to fill the Valentine bags with treats and gifts. We raised over $600 and were able to fill about 100 bags. On Monday, after school, Sean Jettner, Colin Farmer, and Thomas Dolis delivered the bags to Regency, and Liz Kottl, Kasidy Caldwell, and Olivia O’Hehir distributed th … - February 6, 2012
Dear Parents, Last week the students began a service project in which the primary and middle grade students decorated Valentine gift bags and the junior high students made Valentine cards for residents of The Regency and Norwood Park senior homes. Today, the junior high students held a bakes sale to raise money to purchase items to fill the gift bags for the seniors. On our first day of the bake sale, we raised over $350 and we still have more items to sell on Thursday. Thank you to all of the parents and students who made baked goods for the sale, and also to everyone who purchased items at the sale. We will be able to purchase many special items to fill our gift bags. On Friday, February 8, 2012, we will be taking graduation picture retakes and also the remaining group pictures for the yearbook. All students who are involved in boy or girl scouting may wear their scouting uniforms to school. The students who are in choir, National Honor Society, student council, academic bo … - February 1, 2012
Dear Parents, It was great to see so many of our parents at last Sunday’s open house. If you have a chance, check out the highlights of the day at YouTube. You will be able to see pictures of all of the special projects and especially the 6th. Grade Egyptian Museum. Thank to Mrs. Sadler for putting this presentation together. Thank you to all of the teachers and students who worked so hard on all of their projects. I would also like to thank the members of FSA who provided refreshments for our guests and the school board members who welcomed current and perspective parents and conducted school tours. It was a great day for St. Thecla School. .We have just learned that our school has received a year long subscription for “Britannica For Kids” because of our participation in the Spelling Bee. Ms. Kalble has installed it on all of the computers in the lab and she will be instructing the students on how to do focused research versus Google search. I am happ … - January 25, 2012
Dear Parents, Yesterday, students from grades 1 to 8 participated in the all school spelling bee. Each participant received a medal for being the classroom winner. We are very proud of all of these students and especially the top three winners. Siobhan Collins Gr. 7 First Place Madeline Meade Gr. 6 Second Place Brian Kieca Gr. 6 Third Place Siobhan will represent St. Thecla in the regional spelling bee which will take place on Friday, March 9, 2012 at Saint James Lutheran School in Chicago. Good Luck Siobhan. Beginning this Sunday, January 29 through Saturday, February 4, Superdawg will be sponsoring a donation week for St.Thecla school. During this week, 20% of all orders will be donated to our school. You must present the flyer when you are ordering. Additional flyers are available in the school office. You may also make photocopies of the flyer that you are receiving today. Our Celebration of Catholic Schools Week begins this Sunday at … - January 18, 2012
Dear Parents,Vision and hearing tests will be done on Thursday and Friday of this week. If you would like your child to be tested, they need to havea signed permission slip and a check for $14.00. If you would only like one of the tests, the cost will be $7.00. The permission slip was sent via email on Tuesday.Please take some time to answer the Parent Survey that is on line. The information obtained from this survey will be valuable to theArchdiocese as well as to our school, as we make plans for the future. To fill out the survey, please go to:www.surveymonkey.com/s/schoolSurveyEnglishThe Athletic Council is sponsoring their annual Super Bowl party on Sunday, February 5. We need everyone’s support for this event. Please be sure to read the information that is included in this week’s messages.All of the teachers and students are very busy getting ready for our celebration of Catholic Schools Week. Our celebration will begin with 10:00 Mass on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, followed by our ope … - January 11, 2012
Dear Parents, 2012 is off to a very busy start. The students in grades 1 to 8 participated in the first round of our annual spelling bee. The winners of the classroom bees are: 1st. Grade 2nd. Grade 3rd GradeMaddie Clyde Natalie Alonzo Ryan BroderickSebastian Luberda Rita Joseph Madison KaupColey McDonagh Adam Lenczowski Brett KlaussMaeve Miller Aillis Miller Lilly MorrisTim Valente 4th. Grade 5th. Grade 6th. GradeFiona Collins Abbie Alonzo Brian KiecaMolly Fay Gabrielle Ferguson Kevin KennedyJack Finnegan Morgan McCarthy Madeline MeadePayton O’ … - December 14, 2011
Dear Parents, Thank you to all those who participated in the ACE Hardware Shop and Share day that took place last Sunday. Due to the purchases made by the Saint Thecla parishioners, and school families we received a check for $576. I would also like to thank Ace Hardware in Norwood Park for giving us the opportunity to earn this money. Wednesday, December 14 is pack the gym night. The 8thgrade girls play at 7pm and the 8th grade boys play at 8pm. All are encouraged to come out and cheer for our teams. Those students who attend the game and wear St.Thecla clothing will get into the game free. They will also receive an out of uniform pass which they can use on the first day back to school after Christmas break, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4. On Tuesday, December 20, our 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students will perform in our school Christmas play. The actors, actresses, and singers have been working very hard over the past few weeks, and are excited to perform on Tuesday. There will … - December 7, 2011
Dear Parents, The Department of Stewardship and Development of the Archdiocese is considering a campaign to address specific education priorities of our Catholic Schools, Religious Education Programs and Mundelein Seminary. They are asking us to respond to a short, anonymous survey on line. A direct link to the survey can be found on the front page of the Archdiocese’s website, www.archchicago.org. or go directly to http://www.survey monkey.com/s/HSP8GN7. Be sure to read the Proposed Case Statement before taking the survey. The students in grades 5 to 8 have begun to practice for our annual Christmas play which will take place on Tuesday, December 20. There will be two performances. The afternoon performance will take place at 1:30 pm and the evening performance will take place at 7:00 pm. The students in these grades will be wearing white tops and dark pants or skirts for their choral performances. Costumes will be provided forthe students who are acting in the play. The … - December 1, 2011
Dear Parents, On Monday morning, the students and teachers gathered to light our Advent wreath and to begin our preparation for the birth of our Savior. During Advent we will be emphasizing the importance of giving rather than receiving. Each classroom received a large Christmas stocking. At the beginning of each week, the students will write down something they plan to do to prepare for Christmas and put it in the stocking. By the time we go home for Christmas break, the stockings will be filled. It is our hope that some of these gifts will be things that the children do at home as well as at school. The deadline to order St.Thecla spirit wear has been extended to Friday Dec. 3. Order forms are available on line or in the school office. I recently received the Honor Roll list of our graduates who attend Trinity High School. The following students achieved First Honors with a GPA of 3.75 or higher: Nora Berry ‘14 … - November 16, 2011
Dear Parents, Report cards will be going home on Thursday, Nov. 17. I have reviewed all of the report cards and I am very pleased with the overall progress of the students. Please keep in mind that this report card reflects your child’s academic progress for the first trimester of the school year. A student’s academic progress is greatly influenced by attitude, conduct, and completion of homework assignments. If your child has received a check mark or a needs improvement in a particular area, be sure to discuss this with you child. If you have any particular concerns regarding your child’s academic or social progress, please contact your child’s teacher. Parent/Teacher conferences will take place on Tuesday, November 22, 2011. You may have noticed that some of the conference sheets had November 21 as the conference date. We are sorry for the mistake. The correct date is November 22. Please contact the teacher if you are unable to attend at the assigned time. Our Annual Bre …
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