St. Agnes School
Family Newsletter
March 2, 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: Lent is coming. Next Wednesday, March 9th, is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of lent. We will have an all school liturgy at 8:30 next Wednesday. There will be no school mass that Friday. More details about our Lenten project “Walking in His footsteps” will be in the newsletter next Wednesday.

We are going bowling! We have rescheduled the bowling date that was cancelled during Catholic School Week because of the snow. We will go on Tuesday, March 22, same time, same place, same details as before. Hopefully everyone who was planning to help us still can. The PTO moms who worked on Catholic School Week activities with us will be getting in touch with you. Thanks.

Social Networking Talk: Representatives from Cincinnati Bell will be here Friday for the sixth, seventh and eighth graders to speak on social networking and cyber bullying. Some will remember the parent night sponsored by the principals at Villa Madonna in October. That was also from Cincinnati Bell.

Congratulations to Rachel Peavler! Rachel, an eighth grader, won a silver key (second place) for her comic art entry in the Scholastic Art Competition at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center on Friday. Great job, Rachel!

Congratulations! Seventeen St. Agnes seventh and eighth graders participated in the Northern Kentucky University Science Fair (NACKES) this weekend. Nine students received invitations to the State Science Competition at Eastern Kentucky University on April 2nd. There were 17 awards in all including the coveted BEST SCHOOL Award. Congratulations to all who attended!

Parker Duell : 1st Place Animal Sciences , Invitation to State Competition
                        U.S. Army Award
                       NKU Department of Biological Sciences Award
Coire Ayres: 1st Place Chemistry, Invitation to State Competition
Rachel Peavler: 1st Place Mechanical Engineering, Invitation to State Competition
Skyler Koch: 1st Place Earth Sciences, Invitation to State Competition
Andrew Hellmueller: 2nd Place Plant Sciences, Invitation to State Competition
Steven Faris: 3rd Place Mechanical Engineering, Invitation to State Competition
Claire Suetholz: 3rd Place Environmental Management, Invitation to State Competition
                         Richoh Corporation Sustainable Development Special Award
Meleia Michels: 3rd Place Physics, Invitation to State Competition
                        U.S. Metric Association Award
Cassie Collins: NACKES Artistic Merit Award
Hannah Ziegelmeyer: NDA Alumni Inspiring Excellence Award
St. Agnes School: Best School in the Junior Division

Congratulations! Congratulations to the 5th grade academic team who came in 2nd place overall at the Governor’s Cup competition Saturday. The quick recall team and the following students will advance to the regional competition in March because of their scores on the tests:

Sammy Vocke – 3rd place in composition
Kyle Richards – 5th place in social studies
Alex Schoborg – 5th place in math
Emma Hatter – 3rd place in social studies
John Komoromy Hiller – 1st place in composition and in arts and humanities
Cassidy Craig – 2nd place in arts and humanities
Maddie Wilhoite – 5th place in composition

The entire team did a great job on Saturday. Congratulations!

Save the Date for LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! March 24th at 6:30 ~ ALL 4th, 5th & 6th graders, families and friends! We have been rehearsing this music revue during music class. Lights!Camera!Action! features six songs from popular movies and guest appearances from some of today's top movie stars. It is sure to be a hit with ALL generations as you will spot characters as popular as SpongeBob, to ladies as glamorous as Katherine Hepburn and Mae West. All 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students will be expected to be at this performance. THANK YOU! Mrs. Miller

PTO News:

IT'S HERE! The Big Blue Bash - the event we've all been waiting for - is just a short 2 days away! You should have received a flyer with the event's schedule in it as well as a flyer to pre-purchase our class gifts. If you haven't seen them, check out the link on the website - they are AMAZING! Here are the links to all of the exciting things we have to offer - Raffles; Rapid Raffle packages; Silent Auction; and Special Events, Parties, & Classes. Check it out! Thanks in advance to all of you who have had a part in this event - whether it be helping before, during, or supporting us the day of. We sincerely thank you for all of your efforts. If you have any last minute questions, please contact Aimee Dickhaus at ddickhaus@yahoo.com  or Jacquie Bauereis at bauereisj@yahoo.com. We will see you Saturday!!

Big Blue Bash Class Gifts: The 2011 Class gift descriptions and pictures are available online, as is a pre-sale order form to purchase tickets for the raffle. Good luck to all!

March Eat Outs: Mark your calendars now for the following Eat Out Nights this month:
     Skyline - Monday, March 7 from 5:00p to 9:00p. See attached coupons.
     Sub Station II - Wednesday, March 16 from 5:00p to 8:00p. See attached coupons.
     Snappy Tomato - Tuesday, March 29 from 3:00p to 9:00p. See attached flier.

Remke Bigg's Caring Neighbors Program: A Remke Bigg's reloadable gift card is being sent home today to each family. This new program allows St. Agnes School to receive 4% of the amount loaded onto these reloadable cards every time they are loaded. Remke's old program of just having your Remke card scanned before your purchase will no longer benefit St. Agnes. Simple instructions are with the reloadable card. Basically, it works just like the Kroger reloadable cards. If you have any questions or need additional cards, please contact the office at office@saintagnes.com. 

Market Day: It’s not too late!! Order cut off is Thursday the 3rd at midnight. Order forms may be kidmailed through Aidan Mast – 2W. Order online at www.marketday.com.  Pick Up will be on 3/8 at 5:30 in the school cafeteria.

Box Tops Winning Class: The winning classroom for the Box Tops Challenge is 1W with a total of 861 box tops. Congratulations! We will continue to collect box tops for the rest of the school year. Please keep sending them in!

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 the St. Agnes parish family 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, 344-2718, 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.

Attention Parents of 8th Graders-High School Students: The Diocese of Covington Pro-Life Office and St. Elizabeth Healthcare presents national speaker, Chris Stefanick,on March 14 at The Drawbridge Inn, Ft. Mitchell. Chris Stefanick's talk about chastity "No imitations-Why settle for an imitation, when you can have the Real Thing?!" is geared for 8th graders through high school. Chris is a fresh, passionate and talented musician and youth minister. Most importantly, he knows how to share with young people his love of Jesus and God's power to transform their lives. Please encourage your 8th grade class to attend this FREE presentation on March 14th. Click here for more information or check out the article in last week’s Messenger.

Ft. Wright Civic Center Fish Fries and Events: Attached is a calendar of events for the Ft. Wright Civic Club. As you can see NDA and CCH have some groups that will benefit from helping out at the Fish Fries. This year, all organizations will split equally the share of the profits from all of the fish fries together. Therefore, if people cannot make it to a night that a certain organization is hosting it they can still help support that organization by going to the other nights. Please support NDA, CCH and all these other organizations by patronizing the Fish Fries at FWCC. Thank you!

Bullying Talk for Parents: Please see the attached flyer for an upcoming parent night with a best-selling author and expert on emotional bullying and cyberbullying, Trudy Ludwig. This parent night is open to the public and will be held on Tuesday, March 29th from 6:30 - 8 p.m. at Ryle High School in Union, Ky. If you have any questions about this event, please call Barb at 859.384.4477.

Around Our School

Did you know…St. Agnes was featured in an article in Sunday’s paper about twins at school? It included some pictures from St. Agnes kids. There are more pictures online, too. Click on link.
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?NoCache=1&Avis=AB&Dato=20110226&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=102260805&Ref=PH

Did you know…seventh graders are learning all about plants? Ask them to show you a monocotyledon, dicotyledon, angiosperm, or a gymnosperm!

Did you know…in Spanish class, kindergarten students and first graders are learning about animals and making animal masks to play with? In fourth and fifth grade, we are studying about family words and about families in Latin America.