ST. PHILIP SCHOOLSchool Name

Graduation Day

As we prepare for the graduation ceremony this evening, I wanted to take this quiet moment to congratulate our Eighth Grade Students, and our Parents.

This evening we will be graduating a class of 19 energetic and academically sound young men and women ready to meet the challenges of high school.

Congratulations to Trinity Anselm, Gianni Messner, Josephine Bochicchio, Victoria Pendzich, Lenci Boehme, Grace Ravenstahl,

Aidan Carey, Evan Seitz, Emily Coll, Paige Smith, Leyton Cypher, Branden Sniadach, Ava Gaitens, Rocco Spadafora,

Katarina Komoroski, Loghan Strohm, Mannix Lemmon, Garrett Zug, Matthew McDevitt.

I would also like to recognize the 11 families that this evening will celebrate the eighth-grade

graduation for the final time as their youngest receives their diploma:

Mr. & Mrs. Carmen Bochicchio, Mr. & Mrs. Jamie Boehme, Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Coll, Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Carey,

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Cypher, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Gaitens, Mr. & Mrs. Jason Messner,

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Seitz, Ms. Jamie Spadafora, Mr. & Mrs. Barry Zug.

As the school year nears the end, our school office will be operating without

the services of Miss Blake. We wish Miss Blake well. 

DAY 6 Re-Registration Drawing Grand Prize

Prize ... Four tickets to the Pitares Game July 7th

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller

Parents of Katelyn MIller

That completes our re-registration drive.

Thank you all

DAY 5 Re-Registration Drawing

Prize ... $25.00 gift certificate to Sarafino's Restaurant and a bottle of wine.

Winner Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Morrison

Parents of Owen Morrison

The Wednesday drawing will be for

four tickets to the Pirates game July 7th 

DAY 4 Re-Registration Drawing

Prize ... $25.00 gift certificate to Giant Eagle

Winner Mr. Charles Kelly and Sara Stamos

Parents of Katelyn Kelly

The Tuesday drawing will be for a gift certificate to

Sarafino's Restaurant and a bottle of wine.

DAY 3 Re-Registration Drawing

Prize ... $25.00 gift certificate to Dicks Sporting Goods

Winner Mr. and Mrs. Kirsch

Parents of Natalie Grade 6

Mondays  drawing will be for a $25.00

Giant Eagle gift certificate.

DAY 2 Re-Registration Drawing

Prize ... $20.00 gift certificate to Pizza Hut

Winner Mr. and Mrs. Leithauser-Mihalega

Parents of MAria and Walter grade 3

Fridays drawing will be for a $25.00

Dicks Sporting goods gift certificate.

DAY 1 Re-Registration Drawing

Prize ... $20.00 gift certificate to Pizza Hut

Winner Teresa and David Fuchs 

Parents of Julia Fuchs in Kindergarten A

Important                Attention      ALL FAMILIES

Let’s celebrate our re-registration process.

Going in to the final six days we will hold one drawing per day, families

that have re-registered for the 2019-20 school year, will be entered to win the following:

Wednesday        $20.00 Pizza Hut gift certificate.

Thursday           $20.00 Pizza Hut gift certificate.

Friday                $25.00 Giant Eagle gift certificate.

Monday              $25.00 Dick’s gift certificate.

Tuesday              $25.00 Sarafino’s gift certificate

Wednesday        Four (4) Pirate Tickets, great seats.  More info coming as we get close to April 17

NOTE: In order to win:

1. You must have completed the re-registration process.
2. If you win a daily prize you will be re-entered and eligible for the remaining drawings.
3. Daily drawing held at 2:00 PM and winner will be posted at the principal page at SPS web site.

We will be recognizing those students that recieved a 4.0 GPA in the third

quarter during the Wednesday School Liturgy. Any and all families are

welcome to join us. 

In preparation for the “Day of Giving” we recently sent home a packet for each family.

You may recall from an earlier announcement, that we are asking families to please help in our efforts. Enclosed in the packet are the directions, the letters, address sheet, and the envelops. Each family has been asked to identify 10 persons they feel comfortable sending the letters to in hope that they will donate. Please sign each letter or feel free to add a note as well.

In short, we are doing the very best to and trying several routes to build a successful capital improvement plan, and a tuition assistance fund and we need you to be a part of this campaign. Now we rank 6^th out of the 16 schools in the South region and that is good, but frankly we want to grow and without the necessary capital it will be a strain on all of us.

Our goal remains to become self-sufficient and self-sustaining. This is part of the process. We have established and funded a tuition endowment plan and we are making progress. But we begin this next phase, our “SPS Day of Giving” to move us in a direction that allows for greater long range planning. 

Thank you

Dr. Brian M. Dougherty

Announcement

There were a few errors in the reporting of attendance yesterday on the

report cards. If your is one of them please be advised that the issue is being

addressed by your son/daughters teacher. 

SPS Parents and Guardians

It is very easy to get caught up in the day-to-day operation of a school,

dealing with raccoons and wild turkeys let alone fundraisers and of course providing a quality Faith Based education

and sometimes we simply forget to say thank you.

We would like to change that.  

To show our appreciation St. Philip School will host an adult picnic for SPS parents in the school courtyard. We will provide more details as the end of the school year nears, however please plan to join us for a fun evening in the courtyard.

Thank you for helping to meet our re-enrollment goal and Friday April 5 will be  a jeans day for students. 

Good afternoon

This is a reminder regarding re-registration. Tomorrow is the deadline for the re-registration challenge. Our goal is to have 85% complete by 12:00 tomorrow and students will recieve a jeans day,

as well as a special parents announcement. I will say this we are very close to the goal and a good push Friday should push us over the top.

On another note our new enrollments are continuing and are very encouraging. Our goal is still to have a class assignments and new school year information to parents prior to the end of the school year.

Let's all pull together and hit the mark... I am very excited to make the parent announcment when this is complete.

Dr. Brian M. Dougherty

Please be advised that we were recently made aware of a typo in the registration form for Kindergarten through eighth grades. The paperwork you may have received mistakenly says 1-8 that should read K-8.

We apologize for the confusion.

To be clear In registering one student or multiple students in the Kindergarten through 8^th grades the registration fee is $50.00 for the entire registration and the multiple child discount is Kindergarten through eighth grades.

When registering a student for Pre-K or Pre-school the fee is $50.00. If you have a student in the K-8 program AND the Pre-school or Pre-K they are separate registrations requiring separate registration fees.

Pre-K and Pre-school students are not included in the multiple child discount.

Again, we apologize for the typo

If you have additional questions, please contact the school office at 412 928 2742.

Good afternoon,

I recently addressed the issue of enrollment at the recent PTG meeting. During that meeting I stated that we had about 25% of the re-registrations collected.

As of today, we have hit the 50% mark and we have 12 new families joining us. In fact, one family of two students enrolled today and will start Monday.

Considering the Catholic School closings that are taking place around us, we have received a number of calls from parents scheduling tours and we have additional tours scheduled over the next few weeks. It is heartening that our school was not considered in the changes/mergers and our 104-year presence will continue. LET me be clear, we are among the top six Catholic Schools in the South Region of the Diocese of Pittsburgh.

Therefore, we can turn our attention to several important items:

1. We need to complete the re-registration process.
2. It is our goal to provide all parents with class assignments and information packets for the 2019-2020 school year at the end of this school year.
3. We would also like to hold an Orientation Night for new parents and would like to pair each new family with a current SPS family.

So I need and am offering the following.

1. If we can hit the 85% mark in re-registration by March 29^th I will schedule a JEANS DAY.
2. If you are interested in being a SPS parent connection for new families, please email your interest asap.

Thank you

Hats off and a big HURRAY for 

Natalie Kirsch

Natalie was crowned the State Grade Level Champion in the  

Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest

Way to go Natalie

Reminder

We are preparing for the 

St. Philip School

Day of Giving

May 3, 2019 

WE NEED YOUR HELP

More information to follow

March 12, 2019

Dear Parents/Guardians

This letter is to inform you of a recent diagnosis of Viral Meningitis which has occurred

within the St. Philip School community.  

The school office was notified today that a parent of two students currently attending SPS was recently diagnosis with Viral Meningitis. Viral meningitis can occur when an enterovirus such as the flu, coxsackievirus, etc. infect the central nervous system. 

Viral meningitis is usually mild and often clears on its own. Only a small number of people infected with this virus ever get meningitis according to the CDC. Cases of viral meningitis usually go away on their own within 7 to 10 days.  This appears to be the expectation in this instance.

As always, frequent hand washing is recommended to avoid any illness.  Children with a sudden high fever, severe headache, or flu-like symptoms lasting longer than 7 days should consult their pediatrician.

We have advised the family involved that a medical release from their Doctor in 10 days will be required upon return to school.

Together in youth,

Dr. Brian M. Dougherty

Principal

SPS Endowment for Catholic Edcuation

Please review the announcment below

Purpose:          Established as long term funding source that will aid families with tuition hardship.

Description:     The SPS Endowment for Catholic Education was established to aid those families of students enrolled at St. Philip Roman Catholic Elementary experiencing economic hardship, to help meet their tuition obligation.  

Funding

Sources:         The SPS Endowment collects funding through several revenue streams, such as the Gala, Bequests, weekly Mass envelopes, and various fundraisers and donations as directed by the fundraising committee or the donor.

Recipients:      Families identified with the greatest need seeking assistance will be served first.

Application:    Families may request consideration at any time during the school year for tuition assistance for that specific school year. Requests can be made in writing to the Principal of the school or directly to the Business Office for the Parish.

Process:           1. Families seeking assistance at the beginning of the school year must have applied for the Bishop Education Fund Report from the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Through that process all families from SPS that complete their application for the Bishop Assistance                            Fund are then identified according to need compared to the entire Diocese. From that identification, St. Philip receives a yearly list of all families that have applied for the Bishop Education Fund and they are identified from the most to the least needy.

                      (It is important to note that St. Philip receives no specific financial information from the Diocese regarding the families that apply. We do receive a list that identifies those in most need in a descending order to the least needy based on the information given                           to the Diocese).

                       2. Families that experience hardship during the school year, that did not apply for the Bishops Education Fund, will be required to provide a statement in writing of the circumstances causing the hardship and may be required to provide proof of income.

                       3. Endowment forms may be picked up from the Parish Office.

Selection of

Recipients:      1. Families that apply prior to the start of the school year will be reviewed according to the descending order of St. Philip parents as provided by the Bishops Education Fund

                      2. Families that apply during the school year will be reviewed according to relevant financial circumstances.

                      3. Determination of Endowment allocations will be made by the Pastor in conjunction with the Business Manager and Principal.

Assistance

Guidelines:      In order to preserve the long-term intent of the fund and with the purpose of growing the fund the following will apply:

                      1. Expenditures of the fund will not exceed 35 percent of the total per year for the first three (3) years of the fund administration.

                      The specific time period 2019 through the 2022 school year. For instance, in the 2019-20 school year the amount available would be $9,100 based on a $26, 000 Fund balance.

                      2. Beginning with the 2022 school year, fund expenditures will not exceed 40% of the available total. This would remain in place as the balance grows.

Dr. Brian M. Dougherty

Principal

All I can say is

WOW

When I picked up the tally sheets from Pizza Hut today

the manager said that was one of the largest fundraisers they have had.

What a great school community we have.

Thank You Thank You Thank You

Grades 8 and 4 won the Pizza Hut Pizza Party

and...... we hit the mark

so next week is

OFFICALLY SPS JEANS WEEK

NEVER BEFORE HAS THIS BEEN OFFERED

I owe a Jeans Day’s  for the following fundraisers

Box Tops Drive  - We collected  3960  Box Tops exceeding our goal of 3000.   OUTSTANDING

Night at the Races – Highly successful Thanks to all that bought a horse.

I am issuing a challenge

Here is how it works:

TONIGHT, at the PIZZA HUT at 7 Poplar Street, 

We have FAT TUESDAY Pizza

This contest will be broken down as follows and it is all based on PARTICIPATION:

Grade level competition

Group 1 will be ----Grades Kindergarten – Grade 3  One Jeans Day and a Pizza Party  for the winning class.

Group 2 will be ----Grades 5-8 One Jeans Day and a Pizza Party  for the winning class.

School-Wide competition

If we reach 50 percent school wide participation, one jeans day will be added,

                  OR

IF the school reaches 75 percent participation THREE JEANS DAYS will be added for the entire school

THAT IS A TOTAL OF FIVE JEANS DAYS … ONE FULL WEEK

The following RULES will apply

1.You must use the coupon below or printout the coupon found here https://4.files.edl.io/0620/02/26/19/214526-6db4a377-c613-4ea8-acec-37238ab715ee.pdf

2. Make sure to fill out the coupon including your Homeroom number
3. Order a pizza or any other menu item for pick up or delivery

I will combine Box Tops the Night at the races and the Pizza Hut jeans day and will make it a JEANS WEEK.

March 4, 2019

Dear Parent/Guardian,

This is a reminder for those of you that have not yet completed and returned your son/daughter’s registration forms for the 2019-2020 school year. It is imperative

that we receive the re-registration as soon as possible so that we may move forward with our classroom assignments for next school year. In the previous years it has

been the practice that the “homeroom listing” would be sent sometime in the summer however, this year we would like to get as much of the information out to

families at the beginning of the summer vacation.

Thank you for your assistance,

 ___________________________

Dr. Brian M. Dougherty

CONGRATULATIONS 

Varsity and JV Girls Basketball on their hard fought

victories last night

Both Girls teams advnace to the 

Diocesan Semifinals.

GIRLS BASKETBALL DIOCESAN SEMIFINAL Games

 JV Girls 1:00pm SUNDAY, 2/24

Oakland Catholic

(address is 144 N Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213)

Varsity Girls 6:30pm WEDNESDAY, 2/27

Oakland Catholic

(address is 144 N Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213) 

Wear your SPS Green and come show your SPS Spirit to support our teams!

This evening marks the Re-Start of the Catholic Schools Activities

We will begin with the GRACE Program at 7PM in the Church.

We will recognize Second Quarter Honors Students.

At 7:30 we will hold our Open House.

Please join us. 

  PENNY WARS          

It’s that time of year again!

The time to see whom can bring in the most pennies to help support many local charities

and our diocesan mission in Chimbote, Peru.

The contest will start Monday, 2/25/19 and end on Friday, 3/1/19.

Students in grades K-4 will bring in pennies to earn points.

Students in grades 5-8 can bring in silver to reduce the total penny count of their competition.

The winning classroom in grades K-4 and 5-8 will win a pizza party. 

Thank you in advance for your support to help those in need!

Respectfully Yours,

SPS Student Council

Parents, Guardians and Friends lend me your ear…

Way too much effort went in to the planning and preparation for Catholic Schools Week,

by the faculty and students,

to let any of our events and our opportunity to gather as a community be stopped by a little cold weather.

Introducing Catholic Schools Week – TAKE TWO

Please review the updated schedule for Catholic Schools Week. 

PLEASE STOP BY AND BRING A FRIEND

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Snow make up days

At the present time the school calendar includes the following days as “STUDENT NOT IN ATTENDANCE” days February 15 and 18 and March 29. Because of the three snow days we will be using February 15 and 18 and March 29 as snow make up days and school will be in session and these three days are attendance days for students.

Catholic Schools Week - Take Two

 The Catholic Schools Week events are being rescheduled. I will send an updated calendar tomorrow. However, be advised that all events from last Tuesday night through Friday will be moved to Tuesday February 12 through Friday February 15.

Parent FYI

On Wednesday February 6, 2019 St. Philip School will host the Pittsburgh’s Action Weather and Carnegie Science Center school visit. Our day will include lunch with the student government, PTG Board members, Fr. Murhammer, and Fr. Scheib, and of course the WTAE meteorologist from 12:30-1:00.in Kelty Hall.

After lunch at 1:00 PM there will be a presentation from WTAE for the entire school in Kelty Hall. Following the presentation by WTAE St. Philip Student Government President and members will present WTAE representatives with the “traditional cake of appreciation.” 

Re-registration Process

Last week packets went home for re-registration of students. The packet is the same that we are using for new enrollees, however you will only need to complete the following:

1. St. Philip Registration Form. Two pages
2. Emergency Communication Form (This must be update yearly)
3. The Catholic School Parents Memorandum of Understanding
4. Tuition and Fees worksheet
5. Publicity and Website release form
6. State Law ACT 195 form
7. Technology Policy
8. State Law ACT 89 Form
9. Please include your check for $50.00 and return completed items to the school Office.

Catholic Schools Week is underway

This past weekend we entertained a number of parents during our open houe days on Saturday and Sunday. 

Today our students were entertained by the Pittsburgh CLO Academy of Musical Theater. Below is a photo of the stage and the actors in action.

On Tuesday we will begin our two days of "Discover St. Philip School days. There are a great neumber of events planned for students and guest. PLEASE stop by and bring a friend. 

Welcome Back and Happy New Year 

This is going to be a very busy month. As Catholic Schools Week approaches I wanted to give you an oppertunity to take a look at the schedule so you can plan to visit during the week and participate in some of the events. 

Good News, Glad Tidings and Happy New Year!

The Advent/Christmas Program entitled "Generations" has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 3, 2019.

7:00 PM in St. Philip Church

Students report to Father Kelty Hall at 6:45

Wear your costumes.

All Families and friends are invited  to experience this inspirational program.

We will have a dress down day this Thursday, December 20^th.

Minimum $1 donation

As part of our school GRACE Program Christmas Novena, we have been praying for the three

priests who give much in service to our school and parish community. 

In addition to this gift of prayer, we respectfully request your help in presenting

the priests with a monetary gift.  We are asking for a donation

from each family.  Please be as generous as you can.  Thank you in advance.

News Flash from the the Office

As you may be aware our student Council and the entire student body did a fantastic job this year in meeting our goals for Toys for Tots

Therefore, on Monday December 10, 2018

We will have a "Relaxed Dress" Day or "Dress Down" Day.

Students may wear clothing other than their school uniform. 

THE PRINCIPALS DESK

Don't forget the Santa Breakfast will be held tomorrow morning in the school cafeteria from 9AM - 11AM  SANTA WILL BE ON SITE 

Information went home this week regarding the Invention Convention Program. Our school convention will be held January 24th.

Also information on CAMP INENTION went home this week, please look that over, it's a great summer program for our students. 

There is a Middle School Dance this evening hosted by Student Council beginning at 7PM

Have a good Weekend

The Principals Desk

Good afternoon and Happy Friday 

There are several announcements.

1. Next week we will hold our GRACE program immediately after School Mass on Wednesday.
2. Thanksgiving vacation will begin on November22 and we will resume classes on Tuesday November 27. Enjoy
3. Santa Shoppe will be held on Thursday November 28^th and 29th from 9AM – 2PM
4. We have begun making plans for Catholic Schools Week. Our focus this year will be to “connect with the Community.” If you have any ideas or thoughts, please feel free to email me. If you would like to volunteer, please let me know.
5. I would like to thank all parents for their participation in the Parent/Teacher conferences. We had a 98% attendance rate. I hope everyone found the Signup Genius program to be convenient and I think we will be using the program more in the future.  

Have a Great Thanksgiving

Parents please dont forget the school photo make up date is this Thursday, November 15, 2018. 

PARENT CONFERENCES

The site is now live. Please signup according to the schedule below. Those parents with three or more children to schedule recieved their email link (althoug an hour and a half late... bug in the first attempt) and have begun signing up. Tomorrow those parents with two children to schedule will recivev thier link. Friday the entire school will be live to schedule confrences.  

Re-Cap:  In the coming days you will receive an email inviting you to access the St. Philip Conference Schedular. The process does not require you to join the site. Once in you will see our logo and the teachers listed and you can toggle to find additional teachers. When you find your son or daughters teacher you can scroll down and review the 28 time slots available. When you find a time that fits, please click on it, go to the bottom of the list and click submit, and you are done. Teachers will receive an email, generated by the service, showing that you have selected a conference time as a confirmation.

In the event that you need to change the time you picked, you can re-enter the site and click off the time you had scheduled and pick a new time.

In the interest of fairness, the following release of invitations will be followed:

1. Wednesday at 8 AM the site will go live and emails inviting those parents with three or more children to access the site and pick their times.
2. Thursday at 8 AM the site will go live and emails inviting those parents with two children to access the site and pick their times.
3. Friday at 8 AM the site will go live and emails inviting all remaining parents to access the site and pick their times.

In the event you experience difficulty in scheduling your time, or if you do not receive an email invitation please contact the school office.

IMPORTANT: If you are not sure that we have your email or if you want another email address associated with your account, PLEASE CONTACT THE SCHOOL OFFICE too update. If you go into the OptionC program and you update your email GREAT however please let the School Office know that you have done that.

Halloween Candy Collection- Nov. 1 & 5

As a part of our Respect Life Program, we are encouraging the children to share some of their Halloween goodies with the clients of Meals on Wheels, Citizen Care, and Allegheny Valley School. Children can bring their sharings of Trick or Treat goodies to school on November 1^st  & 5th and deposit them in the boxes in the main hallway. Thank you for your help.

Parent Conference Information

On November 9^th we will host our annual Parent/Teacher Conferences. In the past a notice would go home asking parents to identify the best times for them to attend and then the school would review and schedule parents accordingly. As you can imagine this is an extremely time-consuming process, as well over 300 conferences are scheduled. 

In an effort to make the process more convenient for all involved we have created a SignUp Genius account.  In the coming days you will receive an email inviting you to access the St. Philip Conference Schedular. The process does not require you to join the site. Once in you will see our logo and the teachers listed and you can toggle to find additional teachers. When you find your son or daughters teacher you can scroll down and review the 28 time slots available. When you find a time that fits, please click on it, go to the bottom of the list and click submit, and you are done. Teachers will receive an email, generated by the service, showing that you have selected a conference time as a confirmation.

In the event that you need to change the time you picked, you can re-enter the site and click off the time you had scheduled and pick a new time.

In the interest of fairness, the following release of invitations will be followed:

1. Wednesday at 8 AM the site will go live and emails inviting those parents with three or more children to access the site and pick their times.
2. Thursday at 8 AM the site will go live and emails inviting those parents with two children to access the site and pick their times.
3. Friday at 8 AM the site will go live and emails inviting all remaining parents to access the site and pick their times.

In the event you experience difficulty in scheduling your time, or if you do not receive an email invitation please contact the school office.

IMPORTANT: If you are not sure that we have your email or if you want another email address associated with your account, PLEASE CONTACT THE SCHOOL OFFICE too update. If you go into the OptionC program and you update your email GREAT however please let the School Office know that you have done that.

FROM THE PRINCIPALS DESK

As parent teacher conferences near... PLEASE be advised that we are going to use a new program for parent signups. While I will be sending additional information regarding the process I think you will find this to be an easy process and the program is called Signup Genius. Please watch for more information. 

Recently, St. Philip sent four teams to compete in the 2018 History Bowl competition at the Senator John Heinz History Center. Teams of 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders visited exhibits and answered questions based on the artifacts in each section. The students were asked to interview an artist, identify famous people from a set of clues, compete in a sports scavenger hunt, and write a script for a talking exhibit.

The 5th grade team of Jake Johnson, Caroline Hall, Katelyn Miller, and Leo Shorthouse won 1st place in their category.

In the middle school category, the 7th grade team, Sean Kelsch, Charlie Colantonio, Gianna Marino, and Lilliana Peterson, took 2nd place.

And our 6th grade team of Addison Hazuda, Natalie Kirsch, Everett Sargent, and Tavon Lane tying for 1st place.

Rounding out our teams, the 8th grade team came in 4th place, one point shy of tying for 3rd.

SPS Cross Country had a fantastic showing at the Diocesan Championships recently. 

As a team, our JV girls team of Addy Batts, Ava Lenigan, Katelyn Miller, Macie Trombetta, Shae Trombetta, Anna Stickman, and Nancy Rose Delien placed 11^th overall. OUTSTANDING.

Our JV boys team of Conor Duplaga, Jacob Kaltz, Dashiell Sargent, Everett Sargent, Colin Ziolkowski, and Crosby Ziolkowski placed 9.

Two of our JV boys medaled, with Jacob Kaltz placing 11^th, and Everett Sargent placing 17^th.

Our varsity boys team of Charlie Colantonio, Max Gillen, and Will Stickman also had a great day, and ran personal best times.

On Friday the Capital Improvements projects continued with the sealing of the courtyard. This will help to perserve the new concrete. As you have seen the work to perserve the Stainglass windows in the Church is still underway, please use caution. 

THE PRINCIPALS DESK

The students were informed of a Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest. This is open to Kindergarten through 8^th grade. Teachers have additional information

Vocations Poster Contest. Students in grades 4-8 may enter. The theme is “Illustrate a time when a Priest, Brother or Religious Sister made a difference in your life. Teachers have additional information.

There is a second grade parent meeting for First Holy Communion Students Wednesday at 7 pm at Ascension. Also Thursday for those unable to attend the Wednesday meeting.

The Shoebox Santa Project is underway. The student council will accept donations of toiletries to be used to fill Santa boxes through St Vincent DePaul.

Our Instrumental Music teacher Alex Light  started and lessons are underway. If you are interested in having you 4^th – 8^th grade child take lessons please contact the school.

A big HATS OFF to Mrs. Janet Bartlett for an outstanding Art show. I hope you all had a chance to visit the show.

A new student handbook has been developed and is being printed. This will be coming home soon.

Just a reminder that you can signup to receive email BLASTS from the school by signing up at the blackboard site and joining the principal page.

There was an “in-house” fundraising contest during the Spirit Walk drive, the Eighth grade students raised the highest amount as a class and will receive a pizza party for their efforts.

Speaking of the Spirit Walk, I would offer a HUGE HATS OFF to the Mrs. Sharon Gaiten,                   Mrs. Terri Messner and Ms. Darci Lynn Reilly  for all their efforts as well as the entire committee. All I can say is WOW.  PLEASE NOTE: The "principals Desk copy that went home on Friday did not include Terri Messner, this was my error.

AND  don’t forget the Fall Masquerade OCTOBER 26, 2018

Peace

St. Vincent De Paul Christmas Shoe Box Item Collection

St. Philip School will be participating in the St. Vincent De Paul Shoe Box collection again. In order to participate, we request that each grade bring in the item that we have assigned to your homeroom. The items will then be used to fill shoeboxes that we will donate to the Appalachian Outreach. We are asking that all items be at St. Philip School no later than November 5^th.

    KA……………………………………………. Band-Aids

                       KB……………………………………………. Cotton Balls

                       1A…………………………………………….. Deodorant

                       1B…………………………………………….. Gloves

                       2A…………………………………………….. Hats

                       2B…………………………………………….. Shaving Cream                          

     3A…………………………………………….. Bar Soap

                       3B…………………………………………….. Comb/Hairbrush

                       4A…………………………………………….. Notepads

                       5A…………………………………………….. Toothbrush/Toothpaste

                       6A…………………………………………….. Disposable Razors

                       7A…………………………………………….. Pencils/Pens

                       7B…………………………………………….. Wash Cloths

                       8A…………………………………………….. Paper

Thank you for your donation!

Dear St. Philip School Families,

 My name is Alexander Light, and it is a pleasure to announce that I will be teaching your children in band here! I have been the Director of Music at Bishop Canevin High School for a year and am excited to start as the Band Director here at St. Philip School.

I will be coming down to St. Philip on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays during the school day to provide pull-out lessons and full band. Below is the schedule for classes:

• Tuesday
  • 5th Period (10:45 – 11:25): Beginning Brass (Trumpet, Trombone)
  • Recess (11:50 – 12:25): 5th – 8th Grade Saxophones and Trumpets
• Wednesday
  • 5th Period (10:45 – 11:25): Beginning Woodwinds (Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone)
  • Recess (11:50 – 11:25): 5th – 8th Grade Flutes and Clarinets
• Thursday
  • 5th Period (10:45 – 11:25): Beginning Percussion
  • Recess (11:50 – 12:25): Advanced Band (All Students Grades 5-8)

5th through 8th grade students will have band starting next week on Tuesday, October 16th.

We will have lessons in small groups with full band on Thursdays during recess.

Beginning Band students will not start next week. However, the students will have the opportunity to try out the various instruments during 5th period next week. More information about renting instruments will be sent home with the students next week. Even if your child already has an idea of what instrument he/she would like to play they still need to come down to see me during 5th period. I will be visiting the 4th grade class on Tuesday to demonstrate the instruments for them so they have an idea of what each instrument is.

For renting instruments, I recommend Volkwein’s Music out in Robinson. They are a very reliable company that do instrument rentals for many different schools. They have supplies and books that are needed for the students. To learn more about their rental program, visit their website: https://www.volkweinsmusic.com/pages/rentals.

If there are any questions, please contact me at lighta@bishopcanevin.org. More details about grading etc. will be sent home next week with the students when they come down for lesson. I look forward to working with your children, and thank you for encouraging their participation in the arts!

Sincerely, Alexander Light Director of Music

Bishop Canevin High School Band Director

St. Philip School

Instrumental Band Announcement

Over the past few weeks we have been seeking a new avenue to provide instrumental music lessons for our students. Recently we formed a partnership with Bishop Canevin High School and I am happy to announce that Mr. Alex Light, Band Director at Bishop Canevin, will be working with our students here on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of the week to provide music lessons.  Lessons will begin Wednesday October 10^th  The monthly fee schedule will be:

1. One student $30.00
2. Two students $55.00
3. Three students $80.00

Families will be billed at the end of the month. The fee for the lessons will cover the cost of the instructor and is separate from tuition or any other school fees.

A form will be coming home with your son/daughter. If you are interested, please complete the form and send back asap as we would like to begin lessons next week.

Thank you

Dr. Brian M. Dougherty

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