April 13, 2016

Note From the Principal Mass Servers St. Nicholas School; what a wonderful place to be! Fr. Whittington’s homilies Sunday, April 17, 7 am — John & Jacob Rohrig, daily lead us on a path following in the early footsteps of the apostles. I love Rebecca Kilby when Saint Stephen was about to be stoned, he looked heavenward and shared Sunday, April 17, 10:30 am — Greg & Tony Kline, with his accusers, I see the Son of Man. So many of the teachers’ daily lessons

Ben & Henry Kraus remind us to look for the Son of Man, Jesus Christ our Lord. Tuesday, April 19 — Rebecca Kilby & Anna Hudepohl On Monday, we will begin our online ISTEP+ testing for the week. Please insure Wednesday, April 20 — Luke Moorman & Nathan that your children get ample rest and eat a healthy breakfast. We want them to Schuman have an optimum performance of this important test. Thursday, April 21 — Nathan Smith & Owen Hudepohl At the Athletic Banquet that was held last Monday, it was announced that the Friday, April 22 — Matthew Riehle & Gabe Hudepohl abandoned Athletic Committee needed to be reinstated. Many thanks to Debbie Saturday, April 23 — Tony & Greg Kline Gregg (volunteer Athletic Director), Lisa Riehle (Education Commission Repre- sentative), Eric Riehle (coach and representative of Feasibility Study), and David Hoff (coach) for meeting last night to begin addressing some dire needs.

We looked at the By-Laws and took note of the importance of the following: Youth Choir : create an athletic program which is in concert with the St. Nicholas The Youth Choir will sing at the 10:30 am Mass this School mission Sunday, April 17th. : report to the Education Commission and support strategic planning efforts In 2009, when the committee was established, 10 members were voted in by the parish. In order to vote on items in the decision-making process, a quorum (8 members) was needed to initiate policy and procedure. Of the five people who attended last night, three are Ex-Officio members (Principal, Athletic Director, Lunchroom Helpers Education Commission Representative) and are not allowed to vote; therefore, the group that gathered brought a consensus in some decisions that needed to Please check online for volunteer schedule and sign up be made in order to be fair to our student athletes and their families. Fr. on our school webpage! Whittington is aware of this decision-making group and supports our efforts as we work towards attaining sufficient membership as stated in the By-Laws.

th th We looked at the 7 and 8 grade female athlete pre-enrollment numbers. There are not sufficient numbers to support a volleyball program. We do not have a volleyball coach. St. Nicholas will not offer volleyball, nor girl’s basketball Library Helpers for 2016-17. Interested athletes and their parents can communicate with their Please sign up online on our school website! perspective public school teams to inquire about tryouts. We began re- organizing and modifying the existing St. Nicholas School Athletic Policy and plan on submitting it to the Education Commission for including in the Parent/Student Handbook. The meeting was scheduled to last an hour and did conclude at the end of that hour.

St. Nicholas 5k Run/Walk Trot On Monday, May 16, from 7:00-8:00 PM, we will meet again in the 8th Grade The Turtle Trot will be held the morning of our “St. Room. An agenda will be developed to review enrollment numbers, identify if we have coaches plus a volunteer coordinator for each grade level, discuss establish- Nicholas Church Turtle Supper”, Saturday, April ing open gym opportunities for volleyball, and check on the status of the St. 23rd at 9 am. On-site registration fee is $25 with a t-shirt, Nicholas School Athletic Policy. We encourage all parents, especially potential while supplies last and $45 fee for household of 5 plus. coaches, to attend this meeting. It is important that we achieve By-Laws mem- Visit www.stnicholas-sunman.org for all the information bership and promote the non-voting status of Ex-officio members in order to and to download the registration form. insure sound and well-founded decision-making. WE NEED YOU THERE!

Mark Your Calendar April 22—Turtle Soup Supper setup—no Boys Club School Photo Gallery April 23—Turtle Trot 5K /Turtle Soup Supper If you have photos from a school event or sport which you May 1— First Holy Communion, 1 pm would like to include in the school webpage Photo Gallery, May 4 — School May Crowing Ceremony please email them to Lisa at [email protected]. To view recently added photos, visit our school website: school.stnicholas-sunman.org under News/Events tab and you will find the newly added - Kroger Rewards to Gallery featuring constantly updated photos of school This is a reminder that is time to re-enroll or enroll for events as they happen! your Kroger Cards. Visit KrogerCommuni- tyRewards.com , sign in to your online account or create an account, find and select St. Nicholas School, Sunman IN and click “Enroll”. Organizational number is NPO#80133.

Conquerors Boys Club Each Friday night that we are in school (except April 22nd—set up for Turtle Soup Supper) in gym from 7—9 pm. Turtle Soup Supper Dads are always welcomed and encouraged to come! $1.00 The St. Nicholas Turtle Soup Supper will be held on dues per child helps buy snacks, drinks, and sports equipment. Saturday, April 23rd, with serving from 3-8 pm. The menu will include mock turtle soup, chicken , fish, pulled pork sandwiches.

250 Club Congratulations to the February 250 Club Winners: $25— Turtle Trot 5K/Run Walk Bill Abernathy, $50—Stewart & Donna Sims, $75 — Mary The 5K Run/Walk is in great need of volunteers to help Ann Bosse, $100 — Marvin Hartman with this event as committee members and as volunteers for the day of the race. If you can help, please call or text Katie Kathman at 513-258-7751. Thank you for your sup- port.

Breakfast The Steubenville Breakfast will be Sunday, May 15th. Serving will be from 7:30 am until noon. Freewill donation. Athletic Banquet Thank you to all who attended the Athletic Banquet and made it a success!

Aluminum Can Drive St. Nicholas collected $221.80 from our can drive. Thank you for your help! The next collection will be in the fall, so please keep collecting the cans!