January 22, 2021 ST. AMBROSE CATHOLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Friday, January 22nd

St. Ambrose Lanyards Positive Case and Quarantine Our St. Ambrose lanyards Notification arrived back in November at the Please remember to notify the time we broke for virtual school of any active student learning and we were unable to quarantines or positive student distribute them. We will begin cases of the virus. These selling St. Ambrose lanyards notifications are essential for us from the school office next to understand the extent of the week. The lanyards cost $4 and v i r u s w i t h i n o u r Calendar a portion of the money will go school community and all to our Saints Helping Heroes quarantines and positive cases program. Next week a link will must be communicated. January 25-27 be made available that allows MAP Testing Grades 3-8 for online ordering off the Sacramental Parent Meetings January 29 school website. When you (3rd Grade Parents) “Mirror the March” complete your information you Tuesday Feb. 2 6:30 p.m. – March for Life will ask to indicate whether you Parent meeting for 3rd grade would like to the money to parents in preparation for Holy January 31 come from your child’s lunch Eucharist. We will send out a Catholic Schools Week Begins account or if you would like to Google Meet invite prior to the send it in. If you choose to send meeting. February 12 in the funds, the lanyards will Dress Down $1.50 not be distributed until they Saints Helping Heroes for arrive in the office. January February 15th For the month of January, our No School Report Cards Saints Helping Heroes program Presidents Day Report cards open today. If you is collecting items to be donated February 16 have an outstanding balance on to residents of a local nursing Fat Tuesday your lunch, tuition or aftercare home, Integrity of Alton, located accounts, you will be unable to off Milton Road. The items we February 17 view your child’s report cars. are asking for are to help Ash Wednesday Please contact the office if you entertain the residents and to have any questions. brighten their spirits. Potential donations could include;

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-gently used board games with These days may result in Juniors all the pieces amended schedules. Olivia Ellebracht -decks of cards Elizabeth Gross -UNO decks January MAP Testing Noah Spencer -DVDs For our students in grades 3-8, -handheld games we will conduct our rescheduled Sophomores second MAP test on Monday Nathan Bennett “Mirror the March” Friday Jan. 25, Tuesday Jan. 26 and Max Cogan Jan. 29 Wednesday Jan. 27. The test Dre Davis To coincide with the annual assesses students in Reading, Olivia Kratschmer “March for Life Rally in Math and Science. Results will Myles Paniagua Washington D.C., on Friday Jan. be made available promptly and Jack Spain 29, Catholic schools and will be sent home digitally in a parishes are encouraged to host PDF format. To ensure your Freshmen their own “Mirror the March” child performs at his/her best Emma Baggio event. During our march please make sure they obtain a Meghan Elliott (weather permitting) students good night’s sleep the night Justin Fears will recite the Rosary as well as before, they eat a good breakfast Paige Rister some of the mysteries of the before coming to school, have a Marissa Statos Rosary in recognition of the snack to eat before the test, and Alex Warren sacredness of life and the lastly please remind them that importance to respect life in all these tests do not make or break SCRIP ways. We will live stream the them in anyway, but merely Please remember to purchase event and a link will be posted show us their academic your gift cards through our St. on the parish and school strengths and weaknesses. Ambrose SCRIP program. Gift websites. Please feel free to cards may be actual cards or attend the event and if you want St. Ambrose Graduates at they may be e-gift cards. to park in the lower lot, we ask Marquette Catholic High School Proceeds from each sale benefit that you arrive by 1:40 and park We would like to congratulate o u r p a r i s h a n d s c h o o l . all the way at the back near the the following St. Ambrose Information is available on the basketball goals. graduates for achieving High school website. Honor Roll at MCHS; Snow Days/Inclement Weather 7th Grade Discount Card Days Seniors Sales With the implementation of Reece Buss Our 7th graders are selling technology and our ability to Grant Heinz discount cards that may be used continue in virtual learning, any Rachel Heinz at many local businesses. snow days or inclement weather Isaac Hendrickson Proceeds from the sale support days will now become virtual Kristine Lauritzen the class for next year’s trip to learning days. On these days Jacob Roth Space Camp. To purchase the teacher will post the Marc Tassinari cards, please contact Jennifer schedule for the day on their Peyton Watsek Weiner at classroom page by 8:00 a.m. [email protected]

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SLSO's Express the Music Chess Club Update contest. Students listened to Due to the high number of "Made in America," and wrote COVID cases in the area Chess short stories and poems to Club is temporarily on hold. I express what they heard. The hope to resume the activity in following students' works have t h e u p c o m i n g w e e k s . been selected to represent St. Announcements will be made Ambrose in this year's contest: when we are ready to resume 7th Grade activity. Ashlynn Bennett Caroline Cain Middle School Choir Samantha Carter Our St. Ambrose Middle School Rudy Dixon Choir will meet on Wednesdays Keller Jacobs after school from 3-3:30. Any Elisabeth Preston returning members and any Stevie Zirkelbach interested students are invited to attend. 8th Grade Julia Craig Express The Music Payton Crane This year, students in grades Cassidy Eccles K-6 participated in the Picture Max Gorsage the Music program sponsored Addie Groshans b y t h e S t . L o u i s Sophie Moore Symphony Orchestra. Student's Karson Morrissey listened to a selected piece of music, "Juba Dance," and Congratulations to all of our created artwork expressing the finalists! We wish them the very music. Seven students' artworks best as they progress to the next were selected to represent St. stages of the contests and hope Ambrose in the contest. Winners to hear good news soon! include: Chrisley Bechtold, KG Barrett Kohl, 1st Grade Charlotte Hendrickson, 2nd Grade Grayson Sidwell, 3rd Grade Addie Estes, 4th Grade Kynlee Adams, 5th Grade Madelyn Hudanick, 6th Grade

In addition, students in 7th and 8th grade participated in the

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St. Ambrose Parents and Staff,

Hello again! I just wanted fill you in on Saints Helping Heroes for January. I wasn't really sure at first how I was going to select a nursing home out of the several in our area, so I started with Mr. Baird. When I spoke with Mr. Baird, he asked if we were affiliated with any in the area. I wasn’t sure of that either, so I had to check in to that first. This led me to Deacon Jay and Deacon Bill. They informed me that we are affiliated with most if not all of the nursing homes in the area, however there is one in particular that would need our help the most. Long story short, I called Integrity of Alton.

They are very excited to be chosen. After talking to them, we think items such as art supplies (crayons, colored pencils, paper), board games, decks of cards, uno, yahtzee, jumbo crossword puzzles and word finds, adult coloring books, DVDs, beach balls, etc. If you have any of these items and would like to donate them, board games will need to have all the pieces, things will need to be gently used. DVDs will need to be like new and working.

If you would like to donate new art supplies or new word finds and such, those would be greatly appreciated. I will be using money out of our fund to purchase items to make baskets to present to the nursing home along with cards the students will make in connection with Catholic Schools Week. We will also be purchasing items for little goody bags for each resident.

If you would like to help out in any way, or if you have any suggestions about this month’s recipient or future, please don’t hesitate to share. I am open for suggestions.

If choosing to donate, please send items to the office. Thank you so much for all you do,

Saints Helping Heroes c/o Mrs. Jacobs

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