Friday Feed - February 11
“One Family One Hope in Christ”
Parent Memo for the upcoming week of February 14-18, 2022
Next Week’s Events:
Monday. February 14- CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
Valentine’s Colours Day- Dress in red, white, pink. purple
3:15pm- Grade 5/6 boys home game vs St. Catherine’s
3:15pm- Grade 5 girls boys basketball home game vs St. Ctherine’s
Tuesday, February 15
Grade 2 First Reconciliation
2:30pm- Catholic Schools Week assembly led by Student Leadership team
3:15pm- Grade 5/6 boys basketball home game vs Star of the Sea
Wednesday, February 16
HOT LUNCH
2:30 pm- Dismissal
6:30pm- Grade 2 parents sacramental zoom meeting
Thursday, February 17
NO SCHOOL: Catholic Educators Conference, Day 1
Friday, February 18
NO SCHOOL: Catholic Educators Conference, Day 2
*Please note sports practices will not be put on the Friday Feed as there are often changes made by coaches that may
not be reflected in the Friday Feed. Please go by your coaches information. All games, first and last practices of the season
will be on the Friday Feed as well as on the google calendar.
Important Information
School tax receipts
If you have not picked up your tax receipt from the school office, and your child did not hand you an envelope yesterday, please check their backpack this weekend. If you did not find an envelope with your tax receipt, email the school office.Catholic Schools Week
Next week we celebrate Catholic Schools Week in our archdiocese. Students will take part in activities with their teachers, and we will also celebrate our wonderful school as a community. I have a small treat for all the students. Photo with ingredients attached to this Feed.Spirit Wear
As you are aware, the fundraising group has been working hard to promote our Spirit Wear to give our students and families a chance to showcase our awesome school and build school spirit. At our last PEC meeting this week, we decided that we will dedicate the first Monday of the month as a Spirit Wear Day. This will eb a day where students who have purchased spirit wear will be allowed to wear it to school. Please note that it is still uniform bottoms, but hoodies and t-shirts are allowed on top. We certainly don’t want to exclude any students, as not everyone has the means to purchase Spirit Wear. Any students who don’t own Spirit Wear are allowed to wear red, blue or white tops with their uniform bottoms.“Two’s Day”: On February 22, it will be the 2nd day of the 2nd day of the week, of the 2nd month, of the year 2022, we we are celebrating! Students and are invited to dress down with a “2”s theme- it is open ended and we are looking for creative ways that students come up with! For example, come dressed with #2s all over you, find a friend who you can twin with, you get the idea! We are asking for Donations of Twoonies to help pay for our Chalice sponsor child’s annual sponsorship cost. Thank you for your generosity!
“Kindness Day” is on February 23. National Pink Shirt Day is celebrated around the country on this day. The intent behind this movement is to stand up to bullying. While we certainly agree with the need to stand up to bullying, we also recognize that this should not only be specific to one day in the year. We work with our students everyday to teach them kindness, empathy, cooperation… and as such we are calling this day Kindness day.” Students are invited to wear their pink shirts or any bright top with their uniform bottoms. No collection this day.
Métis dance event- Please see the attached poster for an upcoming cultural opportunity to learn more about Métis dance called" “Jigging.” One of our students in Grade 2 would love to share some of her Métis heritage with our CCS school community.
Parent Participation Update: We are now more than half-way through the year. Please check to make sure your family is on track to complete your Parent Participation hours, and that you have entered all unscheduled tasks you have done into OnVolunteers. Here are a few of the available tasks right now:
*Fundraising class contacts - we still need volunteers for Grade 1, Grade 3, Grade 6/7P, and Grade 7G - this job is mainly emailing, so can be done outside of school hours.
There are still a number of families who have not yet entered any hours into OnVolunteers, or who have only completed a few hours so far. Please be reminded of the non-completion fee of $30/hr and $60/maintenance hour for any hours you are missing by the deadline of May 31. Don't leave it to the last minute to complete your Parent Participation hours!
Parent Fundraising Group
PLEASE SEE NEW VIDEO BELOW RE: SPIRIT WEAR
Parent Fundraising Group’s Weekly Memo2021-2022 ANNUAL GOAL: $60,000
HALFWAY MARK: $26,589.15
Money from all fundraisers go directly to the school into new program curriculum and sports & music equipment.
CURRENT FUNDRAISERS – ON NOW!
CCS Spirit Wear Clothing – ORDERS DUE TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY
NO LATES ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED
Watch video below for more info
Spirit wear will be allowed to be worn at school the first Monday of every month
T- shirts and sweatshirts available in different colours and youth/adult sizes
ORDER FORMS have already been sent home with the eldest CCS students in each family at the school.
Pay by cash or cheque only
Order Deadline: February 14 - return to the school
Order Pickup: 1st week of March (items will go home with kids)
West Coast Seeds – OPENS March 15
Plan your gardens or do a fun science project with the kids. A wide selection of plants, flowers, herbs, vegetables, and fruit to choose from.
40% of all sales comes back to the school
Order Options: Online or by paper forms
Orders Close: March 11
Order Pickup: Week of April 3 (items will go home with kids)
Click on the link to order: https://fundraising.westcoastseeds.com
If you order online, at check out, you will be prompted to select an organization- please select “Cloverdale Catholic School”
Purdy’s Chocolates EASTER
Due to items selling out early last year, we are starting early!
Orders Close: March 28
Order Pickup: April 9
Click on the link to order: https://fundraising.purdys.com/join.aspx/875168-93179
FUNDRAISERS COMING SOON!
APRIL
Spring Gift Catalogue 3 Different Vendors
FIRST COMMUNION, CONFIRMATION, GRANDUATION, WEDDINGS, MOTHERS DAY, FATHERS DAY, TEACHERS/COACHES, TEAMS/CLUBS GIFTS
MAY
Neufeld Farms Food Catalogue
Bottle Drive at the school -100% Return to School- After May long weekend
JUNE
ONLINE - Silent Auction -100% Return to School
PRIME PARKING SPOTS, PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY, FRONT ROW CHRISTMAS CONCERT SEATING, OTHER PRIZES TO BE DETERMINDED- June
All CCS parents are welcome to take part in the PGF’s monthly meetings; All time counts towards school volunteer hours.
NEXT PFG MEETING MONDAY: March 7 @ 7:30-9:00 via Zoom.
From the parish
Thank you for your continued support!
God Bless,
C. Heah
Principal
*Please remember to perform daily health screenings prior to sending your child(ren) to school. Any students coming to school with any symptoms will be sent home immediately.
**All students are expected to be in Top Marks uniform items unless a request for exemption due to medical or financial reasons has been submitted to and approved by PEC.
