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UPCOMINGEVENTSSun., Sept. 15

JV Soccer GameHome vs. St. Elizabeth

Mon., Sept. 16Iowa Testing Begins

Varsity Volleyball GameAway vs. St. Joseph (Verona)

Tue., Sept. 17Cross Country Meetat Home

Wed., Sept. 18PTG Meeting

Fri., Sept. 20All-School MassLed by 6th Grade

Sat., Sept. 21Shaler Homecoming Parade

JV Soccer GameAway vs. St. Bede

Mon., Sept. 23Pasquale Night!

JV & Varsity Volleyball GamesAway vs. CDTCA

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Issue #37September 15, 2019

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From the Principal:What an exciting week, despite the heat. Luckily we had opportunities to de-light in cool treats, like the Kona Ice truck and ice-cream at lunch on Wednes-day, which was left over from Back to School Bites. In the classrooms students are working in Google classroom, writing on SMART boards, completing proj-ects, and composing reflective prayerful letters to God.

Thank you, parents, for attending last week’s Meet and Greet. This was an exciting time to connect with teachers and hear about what to look forward to this school year. As I walked the halls, what stood out to me was many smiles on parent faces, curious questions being asked, and engaging student work displayed throughout the school.

This week students will be taking the Iowa tests, which measures a student’s knowledge in subject areas they have learned in school – reading, language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. Please be sure your child(dren) gets a good night’s sleep and eats a healthy breakfast.

Do not forget to bookmark the school calendar to stay on top of and plan to attend our many exciting events!

Kona Ice!

The JV Soccer team (above) and the Varsity Boys and Girl’s track and field teams (below) received their Diocesan Champion Sweatshirts at our all-school mass last week.

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From the Classrooms:Back by popular demand is our Enrichment program. This year all middle school students will have the oppor-tunity to participate in a variety of clubs: GeoChallenge, Fantasy Football, Cooking, Chess/Board Games, and Comic Book Creation. The final offering, the News/Yearbook group will be writing the content in the student section below. Clubs meet once a week on Wednesdays for a 40-minute block. Students are mixed among the four grades. This is a great opportunity for students to explore subjects that interest them.

Student News: The week our News/Yearbook Enrichment Crew went to visit Mrs. Heas-ley’s 2nd Grade Class. They did a special project about different habitats. We had a lot of fun seeing all of the different projects from the amazing 2nd grade. Everyone was so creative. The 2nd graders shared, “We loved sharing our facts and habitats with everyone.”

** Mrs. Heasley beings the year with this project. Students pick an ani-mal, conduct research, and construct a diorama depicting their habitat.

Another thing that happened this week was the Kona Ice truck that came on Wednesday. It turns out some generous donor gave us the opportu-nity to have Kona ices. Whoever that person is, we thank them for that wonderful treat!

A shout out to our new Principal, Mrs. E. She helped make these events possible. This will be a very great year!

UPCOMINGEVENTS

Thu., Sept. 26Cross Country Race for The Cup & 8th Grade Recognition

Fri., Sept. 27All-School MassLed by 5th Grade

JV & Varsity Volleyball GamesAway vs. OLMBS

Sat., Sept. 28BTAAA Back To School Bonfire

Fundraising: A HUGE thank you goes out to all of the families, teachers, and friends who sold our NFL Extravaganza Raffle Tickets! We sold over 2200 tickets and BTA purchased the remaining tickets. We are thrilled with the results for our first year running this fundraiser. The following families are the winners of the tuition incentive:

First Place: Straub Family- 147 tickets soldSecond Place: Fugh Family- 132 tickets soldThird Place: Kandravy Family 118 tickets sold

Designer Purse Lottery Tickets are on sale NOW! We are raffling off a designer purse everyday during the month of November. Tickets are $20 each and offer 2 chances to win on each ticket. ONLY 500 ARE BEING SOLD! Last year this did sell out. To purchase tickets through school, fill out the attached form and submit it to school. Tick-ets will be sent home with your child. Please contact Marina (marina2ph@hotmail.com pr 412-303-3478 with any questions. Thank you to the following purse donors:

Britt Family Lisa Dodson Glass FamilyEllen Kline Kandravy Family Long FamilyMangerie Family Martin Family Mitchell FamilyLisa More’ Pillar Family Shapiro FamilyThiel Family Mrs. Wasielewski

From the PTG: Calling All BTA Families! The first PTG meeting of the year will take place on Wednesday, September 18 at 6:30 pm in the Spanish Room. All parents and teachers are invited to attend. Our PTG has a lot of things planned for the year so come by to learn how you can be a part of it.

All homerooms are in need of 1-2 homeroom parents this year. Homeroom parents are responsible for things like organizing class parties, maintaining communication between the teachers and families for big events, and or-ganizing any donations for major events. Anyone interested in being a homeroom parents should contact Stacy Martin at millerse2@comcast.net.