In this issue:
Cristo Rey Student Profiles
Buddy Run News
School Lunch News
Spirit Store
St. Paul's Blogs
Musicians featured at Kauffman Center's Opening Weekend
Fifth Grade Field Trip
A New Partnership!
This year we are partnering with Cristo Rey High School to bring some of their students to our campus to help teachers and students, and to learn important skills for the workplace. Cristo Rey students spend five days a month at a worksite in Kansas City and work on a demanding course load the other four days of the week to meet their graduation requirements.
We wanted to highlight our students for you so that, when you see them, you might greet them by name and welcome them to our community. There are five students who come on Friday, all of whom are freshmen, so they are at the earliest stage of their involvement with Cristo Rey and with us.
Kiara Palmero is working in our early childhood program and says that she loves the work she is doing there! She says that she loves working with “the little kids” and that the staff have been great to her. She has an eight-year-old brother and a seven-year-old sister, wants to be a pediatrician, and enjoys playing soccer, swimming, and reading.
Ciara Reyes is helping Mrs. Cowan in fourth grade. She is enjoying both her experience at Cristo Rey, which she chose because of its high (100%!) college acceptance rate, and her work with students here, where she finds the teachers working hard to help the students succeed. She, too, wants to be a pediatrician and her hobby is basketball. Ciara has three sisters, ages three, eight and twenty-two.
Jason Perez is working with Mrs. Zavagnin in admissions and, because of his passion for soccer, that’s a good fit! Jason has a brother (age 7) and sister (age 11) and chose Cristo Rey because he wanted a college prep course. He has been impressed with the school to date because of the great teachers. He wants to play soccer professionally when he grows up. Soccer, hanging with friends, and riding bikes are his hobbies.
Da’Vonna Garrett joins us on Tuesdays because she is a sophomore and that is their work placement day at Cristo Rey. She, too, is working with the early childhood students in the morning and with Senora Meli in the afternoons. She is one of eleven children ranging in age from a newborn to 17. She chose Cristo Rey because she felt like it would prepare her to be more successful in life. She says that she appreciates the respect that teachers and students show her at St. Paul’s. She feels that, because of her experience here, she will consider being a teacher. Da’Vonna’s hobbies include singing, dancing, roller skating, and reading, but she also says she’s got to have her sleep!
These interesting and dedicated young people are bringing much to our school and we hope that we are reciprocating with the guidance and support of our faculty.
The Buddy Run will be held on Friday, October 14th. This wonderful new tradition at St. Paul's celebrates the Buddy Program while emphasizing the importance of fitness and friendship. Last year, school spirit and enthusiasm spread throughout the upper field as students cheered each other on and celebrated new friendships with their buddies.
All students will participate in the Buddy Run and all will receive a t-shirt to wear the day of our fun run! With a $25 donation per child, students will receive a St. Paul’s water bottle and a chance to win a SPEDS Prize Pack full of our new Spirit Wear! We encourage families to consider a donation beyond the suggested $25 per student registration. Aside from the Auction and the Annual Fund, the Buddy Run will be our only fundraiser for the 2011-2012 school year - we will not have greenery or trash bags sales. Register online today. https://stpeds.ejoinme.org/buddyrun2011 or print out an entry form and return it to school.
Our students will also have opportunities to raise money with sponsorships. We will give prizes for students with 5 or more sponsors, a Spirit Award to the buddy classes that show the most spirit at the Buddy Run and a Class Award for the class with the most collective sponsors -- teachers can participate, too! Print out a sponsor sheet for your child.
NEW THIS YEAR - we will have Buddy Run Sponsor Days! Wonderful partners stepped up to help us raise money this year - STUFF, Yogurtini and California Pizza Kitchen! So, when you shop or eat at one of these venues on a designated day, 15-20% of all St. Paul’s purchases will come back to the school! Be sure to mention the St. Paul’s Buddy Run or hand them the attached coupon when you pay!
October 4 - STUFF - mention that you are shopping for St. Paul’s
October 7 - Yogurtini Buddy Run Sponsor Day - mention St. Paul’s at the register
October 11 - California Pizza Kitchen Buddy Run Day - click here for coupon
We look forward to making this year’s Buddy Run/Walk another great experience for the entire St. Paul’s community.
Buddy Run Lunch!
Chartwells Dining Services will be donating food a Buddy Run Lunch on October 14th!
Lunch will take place at the same time and location and the price will remain the same. A portion of the proceeds made that day will go towards the Buddy Run.
Menu:
· Grilled all beef hotdog on a wheat bun
· Baked chips
· Carrots with ranch dip
· Watermelon slice
Other School Lunch News:
The salad bar now includes a sub sandwich bar which will replace the alternative hot entrée. This will enable us to provide higher quality meat, cheeses and breads for everyone to enjoy! Chartwells Dining Services is also pleased to announce its partnership with Good Nature Family Farms for seasonal produce.
**LOOK FOR CHANGES IN THE UPCOMING MONTHLY MENUS STARTING IN OCTOBER**
Spirit Store
Have you seen the new St. Paul’s gear? The Spirit Store takes all major credit cards and has added new SWEATSHIRTS for fall! Come check out St. Paul’s t-shirts, canvas totes, key straps, frames, Under Armour sac packs/backpacks, personalized greeting cards and more. Look for the Spirit Store at upcoming St. Paul’s events.You can also buy spirit items anytime directly from our Spirit Store Chair, Casey Simmons, casey@pursuegoodstuff.com. A webpage is coming soon!
St. Paul’s Blogs:
The St. Paul’s blogs are going full steam ahead! These blogs are full of information about what is happening at school. You can find classroom blogs, special class blogs, Liz’s Head of School blog including the Monday Morning Memo, the newsletter blog, and many more in a variety of different ways. Easy: Find our blogs in the password-protected “Inside St. Paul’s” section of our website.
Easier: You can also get to the blogs directly by following the URLs below.
Easiest: In the right-hand column of each blog, you’ll find the option to “Follow by Email”. This handy function delivers blog information to you via email each time a new blog entry is posted. Sign up on every blog you’d like to follow and look for updates in your inbox.
For your reference, here is a list of all of the St. Paul’s blogs. These web addresses are not searchable on the internet, so you can only get to them through these links or through our website.
Toddlers: http://spedstoddler.blogspot.com/
Preschool: http://spedspreschool.blogspot.com/
Pre-K: http://spedsprekindergarten.blogspot.com/
Kindergarten: http://spedskindergarten.blogspot.com/
First Grade: http://spedsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/
Second Grade: http://spedssecondgrade.blogspot.com/
Third Grade: http://spedsthirdgrade.blogspot.com/
Fourth Grade: http://spedsfourthgrade.blogspot.com/
Fifth Grade: http://spedsfifthgrade.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Abio: http://spedsabio.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Barnes: http://spedshead.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Bottoni: http://spedsbottoni.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Crumpecker: http://spedscrumpecker.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Glass: http://spedsglass.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Haskamp: http://spedshaskamp.blogspot.com/
Mr. Held: http://spedsheld.blogspot.com/
Mr. Kurt: http://spedskurt.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Laird: http://spedslaird.blogspot.com/
Sra. Meli: http://spedsmeli.blogspot.com/
Mrs. McMullen: http://spedsmcmullen.blogspot.com/
Mr. Nerstheimer: http://spedsnerstheimer.blogspot.com/
Chaplain Nolan: http://spedsnolan.blogspot.com/
Mr. Reschke: http://spedsreschke.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Reynolds: http://spedsreynolds.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Shurtleff: http://spedsshurtleff.blogspot.com/
Mr. Stewart: http://spedsstewart.blogspot.com/
Ms. Twyman: http://spedstwyman.blogspot.com/
Mr. Van: http://spedsvan.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Watt: http://spedswatts.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Willets: http://spedswillets.blogspot.com/
SPEDS Musicians Featured at Kauffman Center's Opening Weekend
Several St. Paul's music teachers, as well as a St. Paul's parent, were featured performers at last weekend's Open House at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Guitar teacher Beau Bledsoe and parent Elizabeth Suh Lane were invited to be the featured performers at the major benefactors' dinner after the Itzhak Perlman grand opening of Helzberg Hall concert Saturday night.
Elizabeth and Beau performed at the Grand Opening event Sunday as well, with the Bach Aria Soloists. Beau's group Alaturka also played at the Grand Opening. Also on the line-up this weekend was SPEDS piano teacher Brad Cox performing with the Owen/Cox Dance Group, and SPEDS voice teacher Victoria Botero. In short, we are proud to have some of Kansas City's best artists leading our music program here!
Fifth Grade Field Trip
Written by
Will Bruso
Mrs. Jones, 5th Grade
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