Catholic Schools Week Details, 8th graders with honors, New website, Facebook voting

January 26, 2011

Dear St. Nicholas Academy Community,

Catholic Schools Week is upon us! In order to avoid any confusion I am going to list the various

events here with the corrected times etc. Some things had to change in order facilitate getting various

places set up. Sorry for the confusion. Here is the OFFICIAL LIST AND TIME OF EVENTS:

SUNDAY JANUARY 30 – Open House at SNA 12:00-2:00. A presentation for new families will be

held at 12:30 P.M. in the community Room. Student work will be on displays through out the

building.

MONDAY JANUARY 31 – Students will write THANK YOU NOTES to parishioners of Holy

Trinity, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and St. John which will be distributed at Mass the following

weekend.

TUESDAY February 1 – Out of Uniform Day/No Homework. 8th grade/Faculty Volley ball game at

12:30 in the gym.

WEDNESDAY February 2 – Teacher Appreciation Day. Teacher dress down day and special lunch

provided by the PTO. Parents will cover recess duty today.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3 – ST. NICHOLAS DAY. Students/Faculty wear SNA Spirit Wear.

Bingo for grades k-4 in the cafeteria 1:00 – 2:00 (Big Buddies will assist little Buddies)

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3 – Special Persons Day. Students will meet Special Persons in the Gym for

9:30 A.M. Mass followed by a tour of the school. Our guests will depart at 11:00 A.M.

Bingo for grades 5-8 in the cafeteria 1:00-2:00

Spaghetti Dinner in the gym 5:00-7:00 Sponsored by the PTO. There is NO charge however donations will be accepted to cover some of the costs.

Please don’t forget about the Quilt Raffle and the Silent Auction for the Pottery made by each class going on during Catholic Schools Week. There are prizes for the homeroom turning in the most chances on the quilt raffle. Pottery bids begin on Sunday at Open House and close at 6:30 P.M. on Friday at the Spaghetti Dinner. The quilt is on display in the gym and the pottery in the front all of the school. Proceeds of the quilt raffle will assist the marketing committee. Proceeds from the pottery auction will assist the Seeds of Service project.

Please check out the new web site at stnacademy.org or saintnicholasacademy.com. It really turned out nice and will serve our school well. THANKS for all of the work that has gone into this project.

Registration packets were sent home with students on Monday. Forms are also available on the web site. Please turn in your registration packets as soon as possible so that we can begin making plans for next year. Also, if you know of any family who might be interested in joining us next year please encourage them to contact the school office.

A list of our 8th grade students who have earned academic honors and scholarships at our area Catholic High Schools is also part of the communication today. WE are very proud of our students and their accomplishments. If we have missed anyone on this list PLEASE let the office know so that they too can be recognized.

Voting on Facebook for St. Nicholas Academy continues until February 3rd. We are ahead by about 200 votes which really is not very much so PLEASE VOTE EACH DAY AND ENCOURAGE family and friends to do the same. We anticipate those schools near us in the voting to put on a major

offensive near the end and we don’t want to lose now. Thanks for voting for our school. The web link to vote is facebook.com/mycatholicschool. A link is also on our web page.

Thanks for all that you do to insure that our Catholic School continues to be a vibrant witness to our world of what it means to be a follower of Jesus!

Sincerely,

Mr. Gerry Myers, Principal

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Catholic Schools Week, Facebook Voting, XU Concessions, etc

January 19, 2011

Dear St. Nicholas Academy Community,

It is Wednesday again. The weather is not sounding great for tomorrow and Friday so please be prepared should we have to delay or cancel school. So far we have used one of our calamity days. The State gave us 3 this year and I added 2 additional days to the calendar just in case.

WE ARE STILL IN DESPARATE NEED OF WORKERS for the XU game next Wednesday January 26th. Workers need to be at the Cintas Center no later than 5:15-5:30. This is our last game so PLEASE volunteer to help. You can volunteer by contacting Paul DiMario at paul@peerlessprinting.com 309-9019 or Courtney Booher at ckbooher@yahoo.com 257-5043.

I am awaiting the final vote of our board on tuition for next year and will be sending home the registration information, hopefully by the end of the week. We ask that you return as soon as possible so that we can start to make plans for next year. I also offer my thanks to our parents for the sacrifice they make to insure the success of our Catholic School and for your positive comments about the school to the larger community. I have had several calls this week from perspective families telling me that they have heard that St. Nicholas is a great school!

There are a couple of changes for the Catholic Schools Week Schedule which is attached to the communication this week. The faculty/8th grade volley ball game will be held on Student Appreciation Day, Tuesday February 1st. This is so the gym can be set up for the spaghetti dinner on Friday after the special person Mass. Please refer to the calendar that is attached.

The quilt on display in the gym will be raffled off during Catholic Schools Week. The class selling the most chances for this will receive a jean day and pizza party. ALSO, PLEASE KEEP VOTING ON FACEBOOK FOR ST. NICHOLAS. AS OF TODAY WE ARE STILL IN FIRST PLACE. The winner will be announced during Catholic Schools Week and 1st prize is a school wide dress down day and pizza party provided by the School Office, along with an article in the Catholic Telegraph. You can vote every day so please keep the votes going.

Gerry Myers, Principal





Spaghetti Dinner Flyer