St. Louis School Mission: Through Our Commitment to Catholic Values and Academic Excellence

and will consist of a one-hour presentation by Haz-Matt, "The Science Guy of Baltimore," followed by age-appropriate STEM activities in classrooms. We encourage you to attend and look forward to seeing you there! As a bonus for early birds, the doors will open at 6:30pm when you will be able to see a robotics demonstration from our two FLL Robotics teams.

St. Louis School Mission: Through our Friday, Feb. 3: Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day – commitment to Catholic values and academic 12:45pm Dismissal – NO BUSES AT DISMISSAL – After excellence, St. Louis School exists to educate lifelong care in session learners who transform the world through intellect,  PreK-6th graders: wear school uniform love, justice and peace.  7th graders: wear PE uniforms (shorts under Newsletter for February 1, 2017 sweatpants)  8th graders: dress for teaching first period and Principal’s Notes bring PE shorts, PE sweatpants, Class of 2017 t- Theme and Golden Grace: Our theme for the shirt, and sneakers to change into for the school year is “Keep the Sabbath Wholly,” focusing on basketball game wholeness, mindfulness, and the life-giving  Feast of St. Blaise – Students in PK-8 will have nourishment our whole being receives from the their throats blessed by Mrs. Weiss, Mrs. Eucharist, Scripture, and community. The Golden Grace Ewachiw, and Ms. Kemp for February is “Love someone who is not your friend by  8th grade students teach 1st period (9:15 – praying for them.” 10:00) to grades K-5  St. Louis Classic 7th vs. 8th Grade Basketball Catholic Schools Week (CSW) continues Games: girls at 10:30am; boys at 11:30am tomorrow with Student Appreciation Day and will conclude on Friday with Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day. Lost & Found: Parents, as you are visiting the school The CSW events scheduled for Thursday and Friday are during Catholic Schools Week, please stop by the Lost & listed below. Please plan to join us for as many events Found shelf outside the counselor’s office and see if any as you can. We look forward to celebrating the of your missing items are there! Any items left in the remainder of this week with you and your children! Lost & Found after next Friday will be donated to St. Vincent de Paul. Thursday, Feb. 2: Student Appreciation Day  Show your St. Louis School spirit! This is an Out- Camp SLS and Little Knights Camp 2017: of-Uniform day (no cost). Students come Registration Now Open! Click these links to register dressed in school colors, including Spirit Wear for Camp SLS 2017 and Little Knights Camp 2017 or to or anything white and navy. Face painting and view camp brochures. Both camps will likely fill up hair dying are not permitted. Please follow the quickly, so please register early. The Early-Bird guidelines in the Parent/Student Handbook registration fee of $40/family lasts only through March regarding appropriate attire for out-of-uniform 31; beginning April 1 the registration fee will increase to days. $65/family. Camp dates for this summer are as follows:  Author Visit – Pam Love, author of Brigid and  July 3 – Nature Week (4-day camp week; camp the Butter: A Legend about St. Brigid of Ireland, not in session on July 4) is to come and speak to students in grades K-3  from 9:30 – 10:15am in the school cafeteria. July 17-21 – Creative Arts Week   STEM Family Fun Night – As part of our Catholic July 24-28 – Sports Week Schools Week celebration, parents and students  July 31-August 4 – Wacky Water Week are invited to attend the 5th Annual St. Louis Annual Fund: Thank you to all who have responded School STEM Family Fun Night. Join us in the to our annual appeal and made a gift to the Fund for St. cafeteria on Thursday, February 2 from 7:00- Louis! When making your gift, please remember that 8:30pm. The event is open to all school families you can earmark your gift for one of the following: Louis IX program, tuition assistance, 1:1 Chromebooks in  Saturday, February 4 grades 5-8, or where the funds are most needed. Please  Concert and Symphonic Bands perform spread the word to our young alumni as well. Even a at The Shops at Kenilworth, Towson, small gift can make a huge impact! MD Our annual appeal runs through the end of the school  Monday, February 6 year and gifts can be made online (click here) or by  ACRE (Religion) test for grade 5 during check through the main school office. If you have any the week of February 6 – teacher questions, please contact Mrs. Craig at determines date [email protected]. THANK YOU!  Friday, February 10  Hearing screening for Pre-K, K, 1st, 4th, Lunchtime Help Needed Every Day of the and 8th grades, as well as new students Week: Mrs. Sanagursky is looking for additional help in in grades 2-7 the lunchroom every day of the week, but especially on Mondays. Anyone who is Shield the Vulnerable certified Quick Links and interested in helping to monitor students at lunch SLS Website (password is SLS2016) and/or recess, please contact Mrs. Sanagursky at 301- Register for Camp SLS and Little Knights 466-3079. Those who sign up to volunteer for lunch or Camp recess duty on a regular weekly basis qualify for an Donate to the 2016-2017 Fund for St. Louis automatic fulfillment of their Family Service Program requirement! This is a terrific way to satisfy your Shop with SCRIP volunteer hours while spending time with your student! Shop Amazon Record Your Volunteer Hours Here! 2017-2018 SLS Applications Available for New Students! The admissions process is well underway for Home and School Association (HSA) the 2017/2018 school year, and several grades are already full or very close to full! If you have a St. Louis News knight-in-waiting, please apply online as soon as Night of Knights: A Night at the possible. Please spread the word to family and friends Mardi Gras! Get your tickets this week for as well! No need to re-apply if you have a current SLS our 1st Annual Night of Knights Adult Social student. We automatically hold spaces for our current students for the following school year, and the re- and Auction. Join the fun as our school is registration process for current families will take place transformed into a Carnival atmosphere! Join us at the beginning of March. Saturday, February 25 from 7:00 – 11:00pm for dinner, dancing and gambling. Tickets go on sale this week ($60 Dates to Remember (Please visit the St. Louis per person) – find your order form in your Wednesday School website for the entire SCHOOL CALENDAR.) folder along with Mardi Gras beads to remind you to  Thursday, February 2 order your tickets! Please consider purchasing an  Student Appreciation Day additional ticket for the teacher ticket fund. (Special  Out-of-Uniform Day: wear school colors Note: The school’s Night of Knights Mardi Gras event is (navy and white) or SLS spirit wear – no different than the parish’s Mardi Gras event that will be cost  Family STEM Night, 6:30-8:30pm, in the parish hall the same evening. For complete cafeteria details, please visit the Night of Knights webpage.)  Friday, February 3  Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day Restaurant Nights: Thanks to  Feast of St. Blaise – throats blessed everyone who helped support the school  12:45pm DISMISSAL – NO PM BUSES; during our Subway Restaurant Spirit Day last week. Aftercare will be in session Please mark your calendars to join us for our next Spirit  CYM Middle School Net Night for Grs. 6- Night on Monday, February 13th at Anthony’s NY Pizza 8, 7:00pm-8:30pm, John Evans and Pasta House from 4–10pm. Dine in or carry out! Memorial Gymnasium BoxTop$ Sweepstakes: Please will need to test for strep to be sure your child has it. help us win an extra 5,000 bonus Box Please follow up with the doctor if the rapid strep test results are negative, since many times the actual culture Tops by entering the free Hefty “Clean will be positive after several days. Treatment is Start” Sweepstakes. No purchase is necessary; it's free important as it can prevent more serious complications. and you can enter EVERY DAY until February 19th! You will need to create a Box Top account - don't worry; you People with strep throat can spread the disease to can set your email preferences so you won’t get others until 24 hours after antibiotic treatment or for 10-21 days if untreated. Also, please keep your child spammed. Click here to enter. Please keep sending in home if they cannot tolerate their regular diet. If your your clipped BoxTop$ - every bit helps. Thank you for child is diagnosed with strep, they must be treated for a your support. full 24 hours before returning to school. Please keep your child home if they do not feel well or have fever, Congratulatory News sore throat, or serious cold symptoms. This will help to It's Academic team takes 1st place! We are prevent the spread of disease. proud to announce that our It's Academic team took 1st Hearing screenings will be performed for students in place over the weekend at their annual tournament st th th held at DeMatha High School. Fifteen schools competed Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1 , 4 and 8 grades on February in this competition, but were no match for our SLS 10 by Loyola Clinical Centers. All new students will also team! Congratulations to our four 8th grade students be screened at this time. Permission forms have been comprising the winning team: Donovan Tepe, Michael emailed to parents. Please complete the permission West, Ben Kopec and Hersh Chawla. We are grateful to form and return it to the Health Room as soon as our club moderators, Mrs. Barb Hession and Ms. Debbie possible. Loyola Clinical Centers will not screen your Rosenberg, for their time and dedication. Great job all child unless we have a signed permission form. around! Go Knights! Volunteers are needed to assist with escorting New Little Knights! We have two new additions to students for the hearing screenings. If you have our extended SLS family: Robert West Bothe was born 2.5 hours in the morning or afternoon on Friday, on December 23, and Victoria Rose Metcalf was born on February 10, we would appreciate your help. Please January 27! We are very happy for both families and email the Health Room at [email protected] or extend a warm welcome to these two little SLS knights- call 410-531-7936. in-waiting! Spotlight on Diversity Congratulations to Logan Frank (4B) for placing Our 8th graders are currently studying immigration to 3rd place overall in the 9 year old 50-meter breaststroke the United States in Social Studies. As part of this unit, at the 2017 MD Robert J Hogan Memorial Meet held they researched the dates of arrival and countries of this past weekend. Logan swims for the Columbia origin for all of their ancestors. Although they know the Aquatics Association Clippers. He also qualified for the data is not complete because so much of their family Maryland Junior State Championship Meet to be held at knowledge has been lost over the centuries, they St Mary's College on March 10-12. Congratulations, discovered some very interesting trends! Logan! We are proud of you!  Their ancestors’ dates of arrival to the United States perfectly matches up with immigration From the Health Room history of the United States. Strep Throat: Several students in the primary and  The largest group of immigrants were from middle school grades have been diagnosed with strep 1880-1920, with the second largest group throat. Strep throat is a bacterial infection caused by arriving in the 1830s-1840s. the streptococcal bacterium. On rare occasions it can  The immigrants from the 1600s-1700s were lead to serious problems if not treated. Strep can occur mostly English, Scottish, and French. They even at any age but is most prevalent among school-aged had one ancestor from New Amsterdam in the children. Signs of strep include sore throat, fever, and 1600s. Maybe s/he knew Peter Stuyvesant! tender, swollen glands. (If there is also a skin rash, the  Throughout the 1600s-1800s, many Africans condition is called scarlet fever.) Since many viruses can were brought to the United States on slave cause the same symptoms of strep, your child’s doctor ships. As their history of arrival and countries of origin are lost to their descendants, we 6th, 7th and 8th Graders - Fun Friday is commemorate the individuals who came on coming! CYM’s February Fun Friday is coming on those ships as a vital part of our community’s February 10! Tickets go on sale today, February 1, at ancestry. $10/ticket. Don't delay; buy your tickets early! We will  In the 1830s and 1840s, they have a large arrival have a DJ, moon bounce, service project and a movie! of Irish and Germans. SHIELD-certified chaperones needed! Please call the  In the Civil War period of the 1850s-1860s, they CYM office if you can help: (410)531-6668. See you had almost no one arrive, but their numbers there! picked up again in the 1870s, after the end of the war. CyberSTEM Summer Camps at the University  In the peak years of 1880-1920, most of their of Maryland: Our very own Mrs. Whiteford will be ancestors were from Eastern Europe, but they teaching at these CyberSTEM summer camps at the also had a large number from Italy and Ireland. University of Maryland. Applications are now being  Immigration dropped substantially during the accepted for the 2017 CyberSTEM and Intermediate Great Depression and World War II of the 1930s CyberSTEM camps. Both camps offer a 5-day experience and 1940s. providing hands-on activities focused on STEM and  Their families from Asia, South America, Africa, cybersecurity topics. and the Caribbean started arriving in the 1960s,  CyberSTEM Camp – July 17-21, 2017 for girls and those continents provide most of the entering grades 7-8 in Fall 2017. Find more immigration in the present day. information HERE and register ONLINE HERE.  Intermediate CyberSTEM Camp – July 24-28, Upcoming Events and Opportunities 2017 for girls entering grades 9-10 in Fall 2017. Baltimore Blast – Family Night for the Find more information HERE and register Archdiocese of Baltimore: On Friday, February 17, ONLINE HERE. the Baltimore Blast will be hosting a Family Night for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. All parish and school Basketball Fundraiser communities are invited and encouraged to attend. Super Bowl Squares Fundraiser: Back by popular Game time is 7:35pm, with a special “Meet and Greet” demand, the St. Louis Basketball program is sponsoring with Archbishop Lori and Blast players. Children from all a fun way to raise some money that will give you a parish and school communities are invited to participate chance to win some cash at the same time! Buy a $50 in the Parade of Champions on the field prior to the square in our Super Bowl Pool, and you can have a game. Please see the attached flyer for details and chance to win some cash at the end of each quarter of discounted ticket information. the Super Bowl. $2,400 will be awarded! Simply use this link to register on the website and select a square -- or Howard County Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle several if you like! Art Competition: The Howard County Recycling Division is challenging all Howard County 3rd, 4th, and 5th Pool ID: 135811 Pool Entry Code: w!xj24 graders to draw pictures of how they reduce, reuse and You may also purchase by emailing Becca Salkeld at recycle at home or at school. The top 13 drawings will [email protected]. If you choose email, please be featured in a coloring book, with the “best in show” include the following in your email: your name, the appearing on the cover. The deadline for entries is name you want on the square, your contact info, and if Friday, February 17. Winners will be announced at the you would like your placement to be random or not. 10th Annual Howard County GreenFest on Saturday, April 22 and will be awarded a framed certificate. Please Payment can be made via PayPal by sending to: see the attached entry form for complete details, and [email protected], or by cash or check payable to “St. GET DRAWING! Louis Basketball”. Please send cash or check to the school office marked for St. Louis Basketball. CYM Middle School Net Night returns this Friday evening for students in grade 6-8. This event will be Coming Home Today held in the John Evans Memorial Gymnasium from 7:00- Night of Knights Ticket Order Form (and Mardi Gras 8:30pm. Come join the fun! beads to remind you to order your tickets!) Night of Knights Sponsorship Form Barbara Rockstroh, godmother of Mrs. Bentley (Middle Electronic Attachments School Aide) STEM FAMILY FUN NIGHT flyer Eric Rupp, friend of Mrs. Bentley (Middle School Aide) Camp SLS 2017 brochure Little Knights Camp 2017 brochure Please pray for those who have died Baltimore Blast Family Night flyer Howard County Recycling Division’s Coloring Book Contest entry form Please also pray for all members of Please pray for those who are sick our military Fran Barry, mother of Mrs. Fran Bentley (Middle School If you wish to add someone to our prayer list, please Aide) email Mrs. Lisa McCarthy at Mia Castellan, cousin of James (2B) and Jack (1A) [email protected]. Pettiford Kathy Selle, mother of Sunda Cramer (Archdiocese of Baltimore) Raul Fontana, grandfather of Matthew (3B) and Andrew (2A) Gallagher Paula Huggens, friend of Ms. Fries (4B) Katie Manion, SLS graduate and daughter of Mrs. Sue Manion (3B Aide) Jack Sheeler, grandfather of Megan (5A) and Jack (5B) Sheeler Mrs. Amy Conrad, teacher’s assistant for Mrs. Hession (4A) Heather Hinkle, mother of Abigail Hinkle (3B) Sister Gwynette Proctor, the mentor of our Diversity Appreciation Committee Anne Marie Key, mother of Eric (6B), Kelly and Kevin (SLS graduates) Key Ken Witt, brother-in-law of Mrs. Pam Riggin (5B Teacher) William Kolar, grandfather of Kelly (6B) and Kyle (4B) Karanovich Mia Moreno, friend of the Rocco family Ed Sutton, father-in-law of Mrs. Sutton (3A Teacher) and grandfather of Kevin (6A) and Jack (SLS graduate) Sutton John Gough, father-in-law of Mrs. Gough (SLS Nurse) Christopher Garland, brother of Theron Jones (4A) Johanna Klema, mother of Andrej Klema (8B) Marissa Tufaro, friend of Mrs. Eileen Gough (SLS Nurse) Herbert Sprankle, father of Dr. Patrick Sprankle (Director of Youth Ministry) Rick Miller, brother-in-law of Mrs. Frances Thomas (3A Aide) Diane Gagliardi, friend of many St. Louis parishioners Richard Callahan, father of Mrs. Patricia Nugent (6B Teacher) Mary Mathews, grandmother of Maya Mathai (6A), Grace Mathews (3B), and Sophia Mathews (PKA) Lee McClelland, grandmother of Maria Rew (7A) Mike Leser, uncle of Mary Oliver (8A)