4th Grade Fall Festival Pre-Auction Bowling Party

September 30 at 6:30

6th Grade Fall Festival Pre-Auction Party

September 30

8th and 2nd Grade Fall Festival

Pre-Auction Party October 1

All School Mass Moms in Prayer For 1st graders

National Walk to School Day October 5

Fire Department Visit Grades K-2 at 9:00am

October 6

Spirit Day & Spirit Café Fall Festival October 7

A Message From Mr. Riley

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Sept. 30, 2016

Dear St. Ann Families:

On Wednesday, Fr. Craig Maxim said at our all school mass that he appreciated the warm welcome he has received here at St. Ann in his new role as associate pastor. The opening hymn for the all school mass was “All Are Welcome.”

Let us build a house where love can dwell

And all can safely live,

A place where Saints and Children tell

How hearts learn to forgive.

Built of hopes and dreams and visions,

Rock of Faith and vault of grace;

Here the love of Christ shall end divisions.

All are welcome, all are welcome,

All are welcome in this place.

As I reflected on these messages of welcoming, I felt a great sense of pride in St. Ann. We are a community of families that unites into one St. Ann Family, parish, and school. From time to time, like in any family, there will be differences in opinions, but if we respectfully listen to one another, try to empathize, and practice compassion, mercy and tolerance, we become stronger together. These days the news can make it seem as if all is tumultuous, which is why it is even more important that we make our school is a safe haven. From the beginning of the year, I’ve stressed to our outstanding teachers that as they prepare their excellent academic lessons, they need to be very intentional about cultivating a community of kindness. When students feel safe and cared for, they are more free to learn and excel academically. I might suggest you ask your child today not only what did they learn, but who they were kind to today.

Later in this bulletin, look for various steps we are taking in the classrooms to promote a positive school climate and eliminate bullying in all forms. As our archdiocesan theme reminds us, “Each child is a masterpiece of God created with a specific purpose.” We all bring something special and unique as gifts to the community.

Together, WE ARE…ST. ANN!

All the Best and God Bless!

Mike

Each child is a masterpiece of God, created with precision for a specific purpose. WE ARE….ST. ANN!

Upcoming Events at St. Ann

7241 Mission Road Prairie Village, KS 66208 913-660-1101 www.school.stannpv.org

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“The fruit of

silence is prayer,

the fruit of

prayer is faith,

the fruit of faith

is love, the fruit

of love is service,

the fruit of

service is peace.”

Saint Mother

Teresa

of Calcutta

Please note the change in the Gallagher family email address:

tumbleweedpv@gmail.com

International Walk to School Day is Wednesday, October 5th!

Free Soccer Clinic on Thursday, October 6th from 6:00-7:30pm at Bishop Miege Doll Stadium for all boys and girls, grades K-8th. Please contact Coach Nate Huppe at nhuppe@att.net if you have any questions.

The Geography Bee is being moved to a later date in the first semes-ter. The National Geographic Society will not be releasing any materi-als, including the test questions, until Monday October 3. This would not allow the teachers enough time to determine the classroom winners prior to October 5 (the original scheduled date). As soon as the new date is confirmed, we will notify all families.

Thanks to everyone who has turned in their box tops! Please, keep them coming—we will be doing the first collection of the year in 2 weeks. Just be sure to double check the expiration dates and keeping clipping!

Need trash bags? St. Ann has 3 sizes to fit your needs! Call Megan Schumm for questions!

News Flash

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PUNT, PASS AND KICK RESULTS!

The first place winners move on to the sectional competition in Tonganoxie in

November!

GIRLS BOYS

Age 6/7 1st—Olivia Buck Age 6/ 7 1st—Cruz Garcia

2nd—Lucia Deering 2nd— Miles McCune

3rd—Ava Slocum 3rd—Donnie Evangelidis

Age 8/9 1st—Kate Lucas Age 8/9 1st— Carter Santa

2nd—Maggie Hartman 2nd— Stephen Hlobik

3rd—Cate Zantiny 3rd—Michael Gary

Age 10/11 1st Caroline Hulsing Age 10/11 1st—Peyton Eakin

2nd—Annie Bastien 2nd—Jack Bichelmeyer

3rd—Ashley Zastrow 3rd—Barrett Brewer

Age 12/13 1st—Greta Zinn 1st—Jack Lucas

2nd—Ava McDonald 2nd—Ryan Holland

Dear St. Ann Family,

Predominately, schools are safe and nurturing places for students, and we are dedicated to making our school a safe learning environment for all students. However, bullying is a serious issue that every school faces. Research shows that more than half of all school-aged children will be involved in bullying this year and many more witnessing bullying on a regular basis.

At St. Ann, we believe in working together with parents to combat bullying. We know this problem isn’t confined to school grounds. Bullying at school affects and is affected by what happens at home between siblings, what happens in the neighborhood, and what happens when kids go online. We must work together to take immediate action, whether a child bullies, is a victim of bullying, or is a witness to bullying.

Here are some ways we are addressing bullying at St. Ann:

We have implemented Friendly School Plus, an evidence-based, school wide program, which contains lessons that effectively, reduce bullying and foster a caring culture for students.

We have two key focus virtues that we work on each month through our Virtuous Behavior Program. October’s focus will be loyalty and courtesy.

Our computer teacher Mrs. Micheletto teaches lessons about online safety, cyber-bullying and the student’s digital footprint.

Officer Wolfe takes time to visit with each class and speak about bullying from a personal perspective, cyber safety, and other issues.

In the spring we took a parent driven anti-bullying pledge together as a Parish, and some of our students were involved in developing a short film from Just Like You films.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMNsLwySq3Y

Please know that we at St. Ann want all students to feel welcome and safe and are always working towards this goal. Listed above are only a few of the many ways we are trying to work towards building a positive culture and climate.

http://www.safeteens.com/tips-to-stop-cyberbullying/

http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/no-bullying.html

I encourage you to take a look at a couple of resources that can help in taking an active role in addressing bullying with your child. If you have any ideas or suggestions please let us know, so we may continue to work together against bullying.

Sincerely,

Felicia A. Torres

Assistant Principal

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Faith and Discipleship

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October is Respect Life Month for the Catholic Church in the United States. The dignity of the human person and respect for human life from conception to nat-ural death is a fundamental princi-ple of the social teachings of the Church and informs all of her ministry. In this month we pray especially for the most vulnerable of our society: the unborn, the dis-abled, the elderly, and the termi-nally ill.

What can we do?

Join St Ann, Fr Keith and fellow parishioners in the LIFE CHAIN this Sunday, October 2nd. This public witness to the sacredness of life is vital, especially during this election year. St Ann's will be gathering at the NE corner of 95th and Lee Blvd from 1:30-2:30. Pre-printed signs will be available.

Consider adding a short invoca-tion to your family prayer, during grace before meals or prayers before bedtime:

Holy Mary, Defender of the De-fenseless: pray for us!

Holy Mary, Defender of the Un-born: pray for us!

Support the St Ann BABY SHOW-ER for the Wyandotte Pregnancy Center. Bring in items for the center from October 9-30, to put in the crib in the vestibule of the Church or in the decorated boxes in the entryway to school.

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In Mrs.Schafer’s homeroom, there are examples of Christian behavior all around us!

We know we are not perfect, but one thing we do each day, is try hard to walk along life’s journey more like Jesus.

Room 128 has nominated someone who stands out on a daily basis. Congratulations, Emma Goulding, you have been nominated as this week’s Christian Leader of the Week.

We thank you for reminding us how we should be more Christ-like each and every day.

Emma, you are a great friend who always listens. You are kind, caring, and supportive. You have great ideas that you are always willing to share. You always listen in class and you are always respectful to all the teachers.

Congratulations, Emma!

CHRISTIAN

LEADER

OF THE WEEK

PLEASE JOIN US for Moms In Prayer Wednesday, October 5 after Mass in the Gathering Space outside the sanctuary. We will be praying for our wonderful 1st Graders!

Planning for the 2016 Fall Festival is in full swing!!! Please plan to join us on Friday, October 7th @ 6:00 p.m. for a great evening. We are in the process of collecting silent and live auction items and are looking for additional items to add to our exciting repertoire. If you have tickets to local sporting events, theatre tickets, travel vouch-ers, personal gifts, or services or trades from your business that you would like to donate please contact Kristie Clifft (kristieot@yahoo.com) or Brooke Santa (brookesanta@gmail.com) by email. Thank you in advance for your gener-osity and to the wonderful families and businesses that have already made donations.

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CALLING ALL PARENTS! Fall Festival

is less than 1 week away! Buy your

Fall Festival Tickets at

www.stannpv.org in advance and

help your child’s classroom win a

DRESS DOWN/PIZZA day!! The

classroom with the most tickets sold

by Wednesday, October 5th WINS!

ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT TO HELP ST. ANN RAISE MONEY FOR THE FALL FESTIVAL. There are a ton of shifts left for volunteers. If you have some time next week, please consider signing up for a shift or two or three.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e48a8ac2daaf94-stann

FALL FESTIVAL

Friday, October 7

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Weekly Fall Festival Live

Auction Item Feature

Introducing our sweetest little live auction item.... An 8-week-old, female, black, Cockapoo (Poodle and Cocker Spaniel cross-breed) !! Take her home with you!

Follow the Fall Festival on Social Media!!: Instagram (stannfallfestival2016) and Facebook (St. Ann Fall Festival)

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She can't wait to meet her new family! She is current on her shots and comes with a kennel, kennel pad, bag of food, bag of training treats, collar, leash, book written by Dr. George Gates, the next round of boosters (not complete puppy series) at Prairie Village Animal Hospital.

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TEACHER SNAPSHOT

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Hello St. Ann families!! I am so excited and honored that I am now apart of your community! It

has been such a blessing to be here this school year with my wonderful coworkers and your chil-

dren. I am Nebraskan, born and raised and will always be a Husker fan. I am the oldest of five chil-

dren and the daughter of two West African immigrants.

Kansas became my home when I began attending Benedictine College in 2011. I have a

huge place in my heart for Benedictine and definitely will always be a Raven. I graduated with a de-

gree in Biology and Secondary Education in 2015. I had many experiences in several different

schools and spent my student teaching semester in Winchester, KS at Jefferson County North High

School. I spent my first year teaching at Washington High School in KCK as 9th grade Biology teach-

er and Freshmen advocate. It was a great year, but I knew I was called to work with a Catholic com-

munity and I am very blessed to have found one!

Evan- my fiancé, and I are parishioners at Holy Trinity in Lenexa and will be getting married

there in 29 days! We are so excited to have become part of the Kansas City community and cannot

wait to start our family here.

Elyssa Sitti

We’re very excited as we kick off our Accelerated Reader program. The Accelerated Reader combines children’s literature with an innovative software testing and management system that gives students, teachers and parents excellent, accurate feedback on comprehension and reading performance. Participating in the Accelerated Reader program is as simple as 1,2,3.

1) The student selects a book in his or her reading range (ZPD) derived from the STAR test (Student Test of Ability in Reading) 2) The student reads the chosen book. 3) The student takes a multiple choice comprehension test administered by computer. The number of questions will be 5, 10 or 20 depending on the length and difficulty level of the book.

The Accelerated Readers management program gives students immediate feedback by awarding points based on the difficulty level of the book, the length in words, and the per-centage of questions answered correctly. (A score of 60% or higher is necessary to be awarded any points.) The management program also provides teachers and parents with an accurate measurement of each student’s reading performance and progress. These results may be shared with parents during conferences and may be sent home with each report card and progress report. September 22, 2016

Students met AR goals

2nd grade—Wengert 5th Grade Stone

Miles Attig David Allegri

Donnie Evangelidis Caroline Reiser

Grace Vanice

3rd grade—King

Maeve Riley 6th Grade Smith

Holden Attig

3rd grade—Lickteig Marie Nguyen

Jack McGurren

Christian Shaw Grace Robinson

Lily Stuart Aidan Daly

Avery Guck

4th grade—D’Angelo Jack Lucas

Aidan Riley

Catherine Zantiny 6th Grade Ternus

Maggie Reintjes

4th grade—O’Leary Jill Rice

Clare Buttell Robert Rixson

Anna Holland Grace Robinson

Bennett Jackson Conor Sexton

Benjamin Molen Claire Winklhofer

Peter Zantiny

5th Grade Foster

Payton Cherra

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AR Goals for September 29

2nd—Wengert 6th Ternus

Olivia Buck Annie Bastien

Tucker Hagg Ellie Buttell

Henry Mayor Audrey Condon

Peter Sexton Ryan Forrest

Caroline Gorman

3rd—King Ryan Holland

Reese Hartman Sean Holland

Ashlyn Haverty Ava McDonald

Robby Evangelidis Rosemary Porto

Joseph Staker

3rd Lickte

Cooper Clifft

Stephen Hlobik

Kate Lucas

John Schroeder

4th—O’Leary

Stephen Schoenfeld

5th Foster

Alex Haggerty

Ruse Healy

Zoe McDonald

Carrina Villaneuva

5th Stone

Harry Gittemeier

Francie McCray

Andrew Sprague

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SCRIP SCOOP

ANNOUNCING . . . SCRIP SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE

We have COUPON BOOKS!

Hen House—$5 each

Price Chopper $5 each

Hy-Vee—$5 each

**Each coupon book contains a $5 coupon!

The class with the most coupon book purchases by September 30th wins a free

dress down day on Thursday, October 6th.

If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to call one of us listed below—we

are always happy to help! You can ALWAYS text your order to:

Liz Schroeder—816 674 4930

Meg McDonald 913 485 7137

Ellen Algrim 913 787 5740

Ani Renz 913 481 7367

Please keep in mind that you can order online at : www.shopwithscrip.com

Create a personal account and enter St. Ann enrollment code:

1C2C833A697

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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET RID OF THOSE GENTLY USED HAL-LOWEEN COSTUMES?

Please help the 6th graders with their AoK project! Bring any gently used Halloween costumes to school September 26 through September 30 and place in the AoK bins outside the front office. This costumes will be do-nated to Operation Breakthrough. Thanks so much for supporting this great cause!

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!

The Café is looking for someone

to fill in on super busy days and

on days when Jenene, Cindy or

Patty need to be away from the

kitchen. This would be on an “on-

call” basis and the hours would be

11:00am-1:00pm. Please contact

Jenene at ext. 1107 if you are in-

terested!!!

AOK: BACKPACKS for REFUGEES

4th Grade AOK (acts of kindness) will be collecting gently used backpacks and lunch boxes Monday, October 3- Friday, October 7 for refugee children through Catholic Charities NEW ROOTS FOR REFUGEES program. Please help us by donating any gently used backpacks and lunch boxes in the bins located outside the school office. Thank you!

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AoK (Acts of Kindness) is the St. Ann service program for grades K-6. Twice a year, every grade participates in a different service project benefitting a charitable organization. This helps students learn about the power of giving and exposes them to concerns and issues in our community and the world.

In conjunction with these service projects, St. Ann has several col-lection drives for different items. It is our goal that families will be able to find the items to donate around the house, rather than pur-chasing new items. To help you plan for these events, here is a list of items we will be collecting at designated times throughout the year:

· Used shoes

· Gently used Halloween costumes

· Pop tabs

· Halloween candy

· Used backpacks and lunch boxes

· Cold weather items: hats, gloves, scarves, mittens

· Personal care products (travel sizes)

· Men’s jeans

Look for communication about AOK efforts in the weekly school newsletters for details about how your family can contribute. If you have any questions about AOK, you can contact Jenny Searles @ jennyfsearles@gmail.com, Maria Ianni @ maria.ianni@me.com or Heather Sullivan @ markandheather@bellsouth.net.

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The Alvin Ailey Dance Company performed on

September 27th for the 3rd through 8th graders

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