NOVEMBER 2020

520 West Church Street Albion, Nebraska 68620 402.395.2926 www.stmichael.esu7.org

The mission of St. Michael’s School is to provide a challenging academic education integrated with Catholic values and morals, which will promote self-discipline, social responsibility, and a life-long enthusiasm for learning.

A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD; Cry out to the rock of our salvation. Psalm 95:1

Psalm 95 is a call to SING to the Lord in COMMUNITY. A call to join together in worship of our Lord, our Rock, our salvation. God is our abiding, ever-present, mighty rock! In Him we find deliverance and safety. Therefore, we should praise him with heart and voice every day. Let us, TOGETHER, worship and sing to God with JOY in our hearts. We can experience Psalm 95:1 ourselves when we gather for Mass! Come together with us and worship our mighty Lord! Sing out His praises!

As we approach Thanksgiving, now is the time to be thankful for all that the Lord has given us. Rejoice in your many gifts. We are so grateful for our St. Michael’s School community! Thank you for your support, for listening, for sharing, for being mem- bers of our community. You are all very special to us and we are so thankful that you share your family with our St. Michael’s School family!

Happy Thanksgiving! Mrs. Schumacher

St. Michael’s Calendar Lottery Calendar Lottery tickets sales are now underway. The oldest child COVID- in each family has brought home a packet of tickets. Each ticket is “Stay the course, Wear a mask. Stay in school” sold for $50. Cash prizes will be awarded to each family based on These are the words of NE Commissioner of Education, the number of tickets sold. More tickets are available in the school office. Dr. Blomstedt. Commissioner Blomstedt and the Gover- nor have all seen the evidence. Places that are not fol- Sales will end on December 3rd. Purchase your chance to win cash everyday during the 2021 Calendar year! They make great Christ- lowing protocols are spreading COVID. mas or birthday gifts! In Boone County our risk dial is currently a high “orange”, but it is anticipated to reach the “red” level very soon. In Advent is just around the corner . . . school we have not had a positive COVID case amongst November 29th marks the beginning of the Advent season. our students or staff and so we remain in the “yellow” as Make plans now to do something special for someone else during a school. We are fortunate and thankful! these preparation days for the coming of Christ. Give Jesus a mo- As we move into the coming holidays of Thanksgiving and ment to touch your heart and to help you see how to touch some- Christmas, please be mindful of COVID protocols. Now is one else’s life with a little bit of Jesus’ love. not the time to disregard mask use, hand washing, or social distancing. Help us stay in school for the entire Advent Project –Operation Christmas Child school year by following COVID protocols. For Advent this year St. Michael’s School will again be participating WE have worked hard to get to this point! in an international relief program called Operation Christmas Child. Stay The Course - Wear A Mask - Stay In School! We will pack shoeboxes with fun small items to send overseas to children in need. Donations will be collected November 16th – 18th. More information is attached to this newsletter. NOTES FROM THE OFFICE Friday, October 30: -7/8 WAIT Class -Classroom Halloween parties 11/5 Kaitlyn Dodds Monday, November 2: -JH Girls Basketball practice begins 11/7 Gavin Osantowski Tuesday, November 3: 11/8 Josie Rother -8:10 am Mass, K-4 grades -Board of Education meeting, 7 pm 11/12 Emersyn Dozler -Election day! 11/14 Jarrett Rother Wednesday, November 4: 11/15 Mrs. Christo -8:10 am Mass, 5-8 grades -Club’s Choice pick-up, 3:00-5:30 pm, KC Hall 11/16 Melany Preister Thursday, November 5: 11/17 Mrs. Roberts Regular classes Friday, November 6: 11/19 Abby Addison -Regular classes Eli Porter 11/20 Madeline Kuta 11/21 Mrs. Waterbury Website & Facebook Harper Nelson Website – we have updated our site! Please tour the site 11/23 Mrs. Schumacher & let us know what you think!

Facebook - Please LIKE and FOLLOW us on Facebook! We also encourage you to SHARE some of the things we post. When you do, you are helping to spread the word about our St. Michael’s K-8 Christmas program wonderful school and all the special things we do! is in the works! Our tentative date is Wednesday, December 16th. Cool Weather & Dress Code! Look for more details in the next week-ish! Please remember to dress your children appropriately for the weather. Windy days on the playground can be quite chilly. Heavy coats, hats, and gloves are needed for recess and PE classes. Hood- ies are not warm enough on most cold winter days! Weather Announcements **SPECIAL NOTE for girls: Our first snow day is likely just around the corner! Weather related announcements will come to you Leggings are NOT allowed at school at any time (even on comfy through the Boone Central phone system. days and dress-up days) unless a dress, skirt or shorts are worn IMPORTANT: When Boone Central has a weather- over them! related dismissal, St. Michael’s also has one! November 1 marks the beginning of dress code changes for fall/ You can also confirm any announcements at the fol- winter weather! lowing locations:  Shorts and capris are no longer allowed.  St. Michael’s web page:  Girls may continue to wear leggings under skirts. http://www.stmichael.esu7.org  Pants must be UNIFORM style! No skinny style pants. Boot  Radio: WJAG/KEXL, KJSK/KLIR, and US92/KNEN - cut, flare, or straight leg styles are allowed Boone Central posts radio cancellations for St.  Undershirts worn under dress code shirts may be long or short Michael’s sleeved, but must be white, navy, red, blue or black – no de-  Television: Channels 13, 5 and 8 – Mrs. Schu- signs or lettering on undershirts should be visible. macher posts TV cancellations for St. Michael’s  Tennis shoes are encouraged for regular school wear. *PE days require tennis shoes.

 On Dress Up/Team Days, tights or leggings may be worn under skirts, dresses or jumpers of proper length (no shorter than 3 You shop, Amazon gives! in. above the knee). Dress shoes, sandals or boots are allowed When you shop at smile.amazon.com, Amazon do- on Dress Up/Team days nates 0.5% to St. Michael’s. Log in as usual & select St. Michael’s Church/School as your organization. Each time you shop, St. Michael’s will receive .05%! Heart of Child Ministries Elizabeth Weidner Scholarship Recipients On Friday, December 4 we will welcome the Heart of a Child Ministry team to St. Michael’s School. Their goal is to build a culture of love and life through dynamic, celebration of life, live ultrasounds! Students will be grouped by age for these presentations. We will be using the church basement so we can social distance and mask (as will our guest presenters). The best way to understand what will happen that day is to view their presentation trailers on their website. Go to the link below and then select “presentations” from the menu bar to learn more. https://www.heartofachildministries.org/

IMPORTANT: Your children will come home with QUESTIONS! So be prepared! *Special thanks to our expectant mother, Sheila Meyer, who has volunteered to give her time to help St. Michaels School The Dave and Kristi Weidner family have developed a scholar- bring this program to our school! ship in memory of their daughter, Elizabeth, a member of St. There is a fee to bring this group to our school - $500. They Michael’s class of 2003. The Elizabeth Weidner Memorial encourage us to conduct an awareness fundraiser to help Scholarship is given out each school year to one St. Michael’s benefit Pro-Life organizations such as themselves. Be on the School family. This year’s recipients are Bode & Molly Harris. lookout over the coming weeks for a few fun ways for the Bode is in first grade and Molly is a sixth grader. They are the kids to participate and donate to Pro-Life. children of Ron & Betsy Harris.

Handbook Review . . . Medications! 1. Never send your child to school unless they are FEVER FREE for 24 hours (without the aid of medication). 2. Over the counter medication for colds, etc. must be sent Need a birthday or Christmas gift? in the ORIGINAL CONTAINER accompanied by a note, signed by a parent, with specific instruction as to the dos- Save on gas and do your shopping at St. Michael's age, time and duration the medication is to be adminis- tered. Medications are administered in the office. SCRIP is a great way to spend money where you would nor- 3. Cough drops may be given to the classroom teacher with mally spend! You purchase a gift card/certificate at face val- a parent note indicating need and duration of use. ue and you get to spend the entire face value! Through the 4. Short term prescription medications must also be sent in Scrip program, St. Michael’s receives a percentage profit the original container accompanied by a note, signed by a from each card used. Scrip gift cards can be ordered anytime. parent, with specific instruction as to the dosage, time You can e-mail your order to St. Michael’s SOCKS team at and duration the medication is to be administered. [email protected]. 5. Long term/emergency prescription medications are se- Scrip cards available for purchase at St. Michael’s School cured in the school office and administered after consent office or after Mass every other weekend. The following forms regarding administration of the meds are signed. cards are in stock: Amazon, Applebees, Arby’s, Bath & Body 6. Parents of students with a history of asthma or allergic Works, Buckle, Buffalo Wild Wings, Burger King, Cheesecake reactions must notify the school and complete an emer- Factory, Claire’s, Dairy Queen, Dick’s, Express, Fazoli’s, gency treatment plan. iTunes, Kohls, Lowes, Macy’s, Maurices, Menards, Old Navy, Olive Garden, Outback, Panera Bread, Papa Murphy’s, Pizza AWARENESS WEEK Hut, Red Robin, Starbucks, Subway, Taco Bell, Target, Texas

Roadhouse, TGI Fridays, Wendy’s, Under Armour, & Bully Free & Drug Free WalMart. For a full listing of available stores go to shop- St. Michael’s School withscrip.com. Contact us and we can order for you! GRO- students and staff rec- CERY CERTIFICATES for Albion Thriftyway & Gragert’s ognized national drug- ShurSave are also available! free and bully-free awareness on October 26-30. Mrs. Waterbury and some of her fourth graders wear hats to “Put a Cap on Drugs & Bullying.”