Friday, December 15, 2017

December 2017 Newsletter

Dear Parents/Guardians,

As we gear up for time with friends and family over the Holidays council would like to wish you
all a very Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy New Year!

SKT Council Survey
Thank you to those families and individuals that participated in giving us your feedback by completing our short survey last month. Again, this survey was used to help us understand, grow and learn from our school family and community. As a council we brainstorm, create and execute events and fundraisers with the goal of everyone participating and having fun!

Your (anonymous) feedback was shared with council during our December council meeting and this will help us with our planning for any and all future SKT school events that council initiates.

Gift of Reading-Return to the school no later than December 20th!!
Are you looking for an idea for a Christmas gift for your child (rens) teacher? The gift of reading is a
great option! Paper ornaments have been sent home-check those back packs if you haven’t seen them.
The Gift of Reading donation goes directly to the SKT learning commons and the donation can be made in the name of your child’s teacher. This donation helps Cindy Germain (our SKT Technician) to supplement the learning commons with amazing resources that teachers and students of the school can access.

If you wish to participate, have your child cut out and decorate the paper ornament and label it with
his/her teachers name(s). Place the donation (cash or cheque made out to SKT school council) and
ornament in an envelope and label it Gift of Reading.

Community News
There are many activities happening around Ottawa and Orleans every month.
To keep up with all upcoming events in the area and even local restaurant deals, check out:
Website: ShopStJoseph Twitter: ShopStJoseph Facebook: ShopStJoseph

Good Shepherd Parish - Christmas Mass Times

Christmas Eve December 24th – 4:30pm, 7:00pm, 9:00pm and midnight
Christmas Day December 25th – 10:30am
New Year’s Eve December 31st – 5:00pm
New Year’s Day January 1st – 10:30am

The Lunch Lady
The lunch lady is a great way to brighten a cold winter day-remember to order from the lunch lady for your child (ren). They make warm, healthy food options and we could use a break from making lunches too!!

Mabel’s Labels
If you want to ensure that your child’s belongings will always be returned to you, why not invest in some Mabel’s Labels to label all items that go to school. Please visitcampaigns.mabelslabels.comand search for "St. Kateri Tekakwitha" to place your order.

How YOU Can Support Council!
We understand that all families are quite busy and may not be able to commit to coming out to
all of the council meetings, but there are other opportunities to get involved such as
volunteering for specific events or providing feedback on any of our initiatives.

Our council meetings and all of our committees: social/volunteer, play structure, fundraising,
communications and fun fair are open to any parent/guardian that is interested in helping out.
Please contact us if you have any questions or want to learn more about how you can get
involved!

Help in any form is always welcomed!