September 26, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 5

STV School News

John LaRoche, Principal rjjrock@yahoo.com Trish Moore, Administrative Assistant stvoffice@stvschool.org

This Week:
Wednesday 9/26
Grade 6 returns from Loredo Taft Reconciliation & First Communion parent meeting 7:00 pm in Church

Got Trees! School Grounds Beautification

In case you havent noticed, we've got new trees and bushes!! The new trees arrived on September 14! A HUGE thank you to Mr. Matijevic for getting this donation for our school. The trees and bushes look absolutely wonderful. Thank you so much Mike!! Also a big thank you to the families that helped with the school grounds beautification project in late July. We had a many hands helping on Saturday, July 28. Several families who could not help on that particular day, worked very hard in the evening the week prior. Both Saturday and the evenings were very hot weather! The project included removal of the old school sign, removal of dated/dead bushes, weeding, planting of new perennials, removal of a tree, trimming, mulching, etc. It was a lot of work and we realize your time is precious, thank you to all who joined in to help. Hopefully you spotted our volunteers on the website!! Also, thank you to Mr. Regan for power washing and painting railings, what a difference, thanks Dave! Another thank you to Carol Wilson from the parish office for her gardening expertise and all the time she devoted to us. And as always thank you to Kathy Rinella and Kathy McGarvey for their continued help. The Mepham family donated a ton of time and worked on beds near the office entrance...they look great, thanks so much Mephams!! Lastly, thanks to our generous local businesses for their donations: Knuppers Nursery, Ace Hardware, Home Depot and the Village of Palatine for the free mulch (also thanks to M&B Landscaping for bringing the mulch over!) Thank you to the following families who helped on the beautification of our school: Fisher Flis Hake Hardy Jordan Katalinich Loftus Matijevic Mepham McGarvey Murphy Nicholas Pribilski ~Your School Board Quinn Rady Regan Rinella Salcedo Sanchez Sardina Skoczen Soulje Turnbull

Friday 9/28
8:00 am Mass Mid-term

Next Week:
Wednesday 10/3
Reconciliation & First Communion parent meeting 7:00 pm in Church

Thursday 10/4
Track-A-Thon pledge money due

Friday 10/5
8:00 am Mass Reconciliation & First Communion parent meeting 10:00 am in Viking Hall Hershey candy due

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Say Cheese, Vikings!

St. Thomas of Villanova School
That's what you'll see on the Pizza Day t-shirts this year, brought to you by the STV School Board. The t-shirts are to be worn each Pizza Friday during the school year. The students with shirts are welcome to be out of uniform, jeans are ok. Money collected from this fundraiser will go directly into the school board budget. Deadline for ordering is Wednesday, October 3rd. If you've misplaced your order form and want to participate there's still time, please ask Mrs. Moore for a form. Thanks for supporting this fundraiser and thanks to Mrs. Matusiewicz and volunteers for coordinating Pizza Friday again this year!!

1141 East Anderson Drive Palatine, IL 60074 Phone: 847-358-2110 Fax: (847) 7761435 E-mail: stvoffice@stvschool.org

Hershey Candy Fundraiser

Heres another way to increase your sales for the Hershey Candy Fundraiser. Tables have been reserved after all masses the weekend of October 6/7 and October 19/20. Available times are October 7th at 7:30, 9:30 and 11:15, October 19th at 5:00 pm and October 20th at 7:30, 9:30 and 11:15. Please contact Kathy Copley at 612-8047398 or nevrcrabby@msn.com to reserve your table.

Office Hours
7:50 a.m. 2:35 p.m.

Were on the Web!

See us at:
www.stvschool.org on Facebook at facebook.com/stvschool on Twitter @STVSchool

Mass Servers Sept 29-30

SATURDAY 5:00 PM Elizabeth Trauth CeCe Walczynski Paige Kawiecki SUNDAY 7:30 AM Neah Patkunas Zach Gray Josh Danielson SUNDAY 9:30 AM Kayla Howell Maria Howell Colleen Kadowaki SUNDAY 11:15 AM Mary OConnell Caley Soulje Joey Van Meter

Athletics
Cross Country
The Cross Country Team ran at its third meet on September 17th at the Lakewood Forest Preserve in Wauconda. The JV girls finished third out of seven teams. Anne Marie Jordan (2nd place) and Gretchen Fisher (7th place) were the top runners for the JV teams. Unfortunately, the Varsity teams did not run due to lightning. Our next meet is September 24th at Melas Park in Mt. Prospect. We then have Conference Finals on October 1st at Busse Woods. Come and cheer on our runners!