St. Agnes School
Family Newsletter
March 16, 2011

Mission Statement of Saint Agnes School
Saint Agnes Elementary School strives for excellence in providing a Catholic education that inspires and empowers our students to embrace the Gospel Message of Jesus Christ as compassionate and faithful Christians, who continue to pursue their spiritual journey, their highest academic potential, and stewardship to others.

Lent: We are in the first full week of Lent. Are we keeping the Lenten promises we made on Ash Wednesday? Have you picked out a pair of good used shoes, boots, slippers or footwear for those who need them and started thinking of a story that could go with them for our project, “Unless You Have Walked in my Shoes…”?

Friday – Make-Up Snow Day: Remember, we will have school this Friday. It is a snow make-up day!

Testing Week: Students in the kindergarten classes and in grades three through seven are taking the IOWA Test of Basic Skills this week and next week. Please make sure students are getting enough sleep and a healthy breakfast each day. We want them to do the best on the test!

Healthy Challenge Week: Remind your children to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables each day this week, and to complete the chart and send in the charts at the end of seven days. Prizes are given from the Health Department for the school with the biggest percentage of students participating.

Kids on the Block: The program will be given to students in grades K through 4 on Thursday.

Wildcat Rewards: This Thursday will be wildcat rewards for students for the third quarter. If students have had no uniform marks on their card in the third quarter, they may be out of uniform on Thursday.

St. Patrick’s Day: The color of the day is green. Students may wear green accessories with their uniforms (unless they are out of uniform for the wildcat reward.)

Fifth Grade Regional Governor’s Cup Competition: On Saturday, St. Agnes will host the Fifth Grade Regional Governor’s Cup Competition. Thanks, PTO, for helping us sponsor this! Good luck to our fifth grade team!!

Bowling: Tuesday, March 22, we are going bowling! This was rescheduled from the snowy day in January during Catholic School Week. We have the permissions from January. The schedule is the same. If you can help chaperone, call Brandy Franxman. Come join us if you can.

Spring Musical: Mark your calendars for March 24th . The students in grades four, five and six will have their spring musical, and I hear we are in for a real treat. You won’t want to miss it.

Yearbooks for 2010-2011. Now is the time to purchase your St. Agnes School yearbooks! Cost is $21.00. Please make checks payable to St. Agnes School. Thank you. The Yearbook Committee.

PTO News:

Bowling Volunteers Needed: Our Superbowl bowling event for the students has been rescheduled for next Tuesday, March 22. We need volunteers to help throughout the day. All volunteers need to be up-to-date with Virtus. Please contact Brandy Franxman at franxman4@fuse.net  to sign up for a session. Session One: 9-10:30 (K-am, 3, 6, 8); Session Two: 10:45-12:15 (1, 4, 7); Session Three: 12:30-2 (K-pm, 2, 5). We will appreciate all that you can do to help! Thanks ~ CSW Committee

Volunteers Needed for the Product Survey April 12th: Please e-mail rene.cooper@hotmail.com  if you would be available for 15 to 30 minutes on Tuesday, April 12th to take a product survey. Last year we earned almost $3000 for our school and all it will take is 15 to 30 minutes of your time on TUESDAY, APRIL 12th to try a snack or some cleaning products. This is during spring break, so if you will be in town I am hoping you decide to participate since we will need your help more than ever! If you have questions, feel free to call me at 859.816.0929 or e-mail rene.cooper@hotmail.com.  We missed the fall session, so PLEASE help our school earn the maximum amount of money for the product survey. The survey will be held in half hour increments from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. When you commit, please let me know what time you will be coming on the half hour. Thanks in advance for your help. Our school will benefit!!

Boosters News:

Soccer Uniform Sale: Soccer uniforms will be sold on Thursday, March 24 at the shelter on Malloy Drive from 6:00-8:00 p.m. (Malloy Drive runs parallel to the soccer fields and back of school) If your child attends St. Agnes, you may also go to the school website and print out an order form to be sent through kid mail. A complete uniform consists of a red jersey, blue jersey, black shorts, and black socks for $35.00. Checks should be made out to St. Agnes Boosters. Please contact Michelle Kreutzjans with any questions, at 344-1421 or gregkreutzjans@zoomtown.com,  or to make other arrangements for uniform pickup.

St. Patrick’s Day Party: "May your troubles be less and your blessings be more and nothing but happiness come through your door." With this Irish blessing comes an invitation to St. Agnes Parish for an evening of fun and fellowship. Join us in Murphy Hall and wear your green for our annual St. Patrick's Day party on Friday, March 18th from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. Enjoy Irish music, dancing, and good food. Please bring your favorite appetizer or dessert to share. There will be children's activities, door prizes, and split the pot. Admission is $4.00 for adults, children and teenagers are free. Make your reservations by contacting Mary Jo McFadden at, 341-2718, mjmcfadden599@yahoo.com  or Janna Collins at 341-7766, janna.collins@insightbb.com.  Volunteers are also needed for the party. This is a great way to get those last few family service hours done for the year.

Junior High Play: St. Agnes Junior High presents the Musical Comedy "Mirror Image" April 1st and 2nd at the Notre Dame Academy Theatre at 7 pm each evening. If you would like to purchase a business ad, please click here for information. We also offer the opportunity for friends and family to buy “Footlights,” which are messages to the actors, actresses and crew members and published in the play program. Ticket information is attached or you can contact Annie Talkers at artalkers@yahoo.com.

Cov Cath Colonels Middle School Football Signups: Signups for Cov Cath 7th/8th grade football will be Sunday, April 3 at 5 pm in the Cov Cath school cafeteria. Boys who attend any grade school of the Diocese of Covington and who will be in the 7th and 8th grade in the fall are eligible to play. A Q&A session will be held, along with sign ups. We run the varsity plays and play our games on the high school turf field. We are the only school with two teams. The 8th graders play in the Large School division and were the Division Champions for the second straight year. The 7th graders play in the Small School division. Come join Colonels football! Any questions, contact Head Coach Ted Edgington at coachedgington@yahoo.com.  (P.S. 5th/6th grade signups will be at a later date.)

NDA Athletic Opportunities:
• NDA Volleyball Clinics: The Notre Dame Volleyball Coaching staff is offering a unique opportunity for your students to learn fundamental (and advanced) skills of volleyball on Sunday nights at 6:00pm at the Notre Dame gymnasium. We began the clinics as of March 6th and they will run through the end of May. Click here for the information/registration form.
• NDA Summer Camps: Click here for information.
• Middle School Activities: Click here for information.

Bunches of Bows: You are invited to join Bunches of Bows for their First Communion Open House on Sunday, March 13, 2011 from 12:00pm until 4:00pm at 3420 Valley Plaza Parkway Fort Wright, KY. Come see our huge selection of Dresses, Veils, Jewelry, Gloves, Invitations, Cake, Thank You Notes, Rosaries and many, many gift ideas. Cake and catering tasting provided.

Around Our School

Congratulations to the seventh and eighth Governor’s Cup team for placing 23rd out of 250 teams at the state competition in Lexington last Sunday!

The Quick Recall team placed 18th out of 48 teams! The team members are Rachel Peavler, Hannah Ziegelmeyer, Kelsey Sucher, Hannah Good, Ali Maier and Stuart Green.
In Math… Kelsey Sucher placed 35th out of 120!
In Language Arts… Kelsey Sucher placed 30th out of 120; Rachel Peavler placed
38th out of 120!
In Arts and Humanities…Rachel Peavler placed 4th out of 120; Hannah Good placed
70th out of 120!
We are all so very proud of all of the team members and their coach!

Did you know…the eighth graders are learning about Nuclear Power Plants and following closely the events of Japan?

Did you know…the seventh and eighth grade music classes studied classical music? Each student learned a classical music piece in the third quarter grading period. They held a recital for the students in the younger grades last Friday. It was an excellent performance!

Did you know…the sixth graders participated in World Math Day and World Spelling Day? They competed against students from 218 different countries!