Saint Cajetan School
2447 W. 112th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60655
April, 2016
Dear Parents,
Father we thank you for the beauty of the springtime flowers; for the bright colors and green leaves adorning the waysides and meadows.
We thank you for the constant reminders of your love in creation as flower upon flower and leaf upon leaf appear.
Give us grace to appreciate the earth and all the loveliness we see.
Enable us to allow this beauty to fill our hearts and flow out into the lives we live.
Make us into gardeners and artists who color the world around us with brightness and joy to the glory of your name.
Aspire Testing
The Aspire testing will take place next week – April 11 – 15. Please keep our students in grades 3 – 8 in your prayers.
Battle of the Books
Battle of the Books grades 6, 7, 8 was held on March 19, in Memorial Hall.
The winners were: Grade 6-Liam Kelly, Mary Walsh, Jack McCall, Maddie Taff and Aiden Johnson.
Grade 7 – Seamus Kelly, David Tolley and Mary Eileen Burke
Grade 8 – Danny Winstead, Ben Johnson, Rory Dennehy and Jack Morgan
The final round included: 1st Danny Winstead- grade 8, 2nd Seamus Kelly – grade 7 and
3rd Liam Kelly. Congratulations to all of the students!
Comedy Night
Comedy Night will be held on Saturday, April 16. Tickets may be purchased through the school office. ($25.00 per ticket or 10 for $250.00) All checks are made out to St. Cajetan School.
Essay Winners
Congratulations to Jared Stanislawski and Jack Nolan for winning in the Gaelic Park Essay Contest.
Jared won first place and earned a check for $700.00. Jack won third place and a check for $200.00.
Also congratulations go out to Maeve Geraghty and Seamus Kelly for winning the All American Girl and Boy Contest sponsored by Congressman Dan Lipinski. Maeve and Seamus both won 2nd place in this competition. Congratulations to all of you for doing a wonderful job!
First Holy Communion
The second grade students will make their First Holy Communion on Saturday, April 30. Pictures for First Holy Communion will be held in the Parish Center on, April 11 and, April 14. Information was sent home. There will be a Parent meeting on April 7 at 7:00.
Fun Lunch
Our April fun lunch of Jimmy Johns will be held on April 20.
Lenten Project 2016
This year our Lenten Service Project was a Penny Wars. Grades 4 and 2 were the winners of the Penny Wars. The students earned $2726.00.
Lost and Found There are many items in our Lost and Found. If you are missing gloves, hats, scarves, lunch bags or sweatshirts, please have your child check the Lost and Found or parents may come in and check for lost items.
McDonalds Dine Out
The March 2, Dine Out at McDonalds generated $500.00. Thank you to all who participated. Thank you to Mrs. Ann Woulfe for organizing the event. The money will be used to purchase more Ipads.
Mother Daughter Tea
The FSA will sponsor a Mother Daughter Tea on Sunday, April 10. The day will begin with mass at 11:00 in the church followed by the tea in Memorial Hall.
NewsBowl
The students in grades 5 thru 8 had a NewsBowl Game. NewsBowl is a game of current events. The teams included: grade 5 – Eileen McInerney, Claudia Linane, Brendan Durkin, Brendan Wolff and Jonthan Butler; grade 6 – Liam Kelly, Abbey Pochie, Nora Deacy, Ben Weber and Charlie Flynn; grade 7 – Paul Staudacher, Brian Gidney and Marty Doyle; grade 8 – Mary Kenah, Miranda Fehsel, Amy Orona and Maddie Shannon. The winners were the grade 6 team of Liam Kelly, Abbey Pochie and Nora Deacy.
Congratulations to all our contestants. You did a great job!
School Play
Our School Play, Wizard of Oz, is this month on the 21-24. I hope you can join us! Ads for the booklet are due by Friday.
Raffle
Congratulations to the Mr. and Mrs. Tim Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Durkin and
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Costello families! They are Early Bird winners. Raffle tickets and money are due in the office by April 19th. Our final raffle drawing will be held on Friday, April 22.
T.R.I.P.Credits
Parents of kindergarten to grade 8 students the TRIP is a mandatory fundraising amount. The amount is $250. This is the fundraising amount. If it is less than $250, you owe the difference between $250 and the actual amount. If you do owe anything those amounts will be added to your tuition statements as soon as they are completed. If I owe you a credit I will deduct it from your tuition.
Tuition
As we approach the end of the school year, I would like to remind you of the policy regarding tuition. All tuition is to be paid in full by May 10, 2016. Families with an eighth grade student must have all fees and tuition paid in full by May 10 in order to participate in graduation activities. If the entire tuition obligation is not paid in full by the end of the school year, the student will not receive his/her diploma, report card or class assignment for the following year.
Happy April!
Mrs. Reger