Upcoming Events

Nov. 10—8:35 mass

planned by Mrs. Fa-

ber’s 2nd grade; Veter-

ans’ reception following

mass; Mock Trial teams

compete; End of 1st

trimester

Nov. 13—7pm Market-

ing meeting

Nov. 14—Optimist

Luncheon; 8:30-9:15—

DCHS meets with 5th

grade; 6:30—1st Rec-

onciliation

Nov. 15—6:30—1st Rec-

onciliation

Nov. 17—8:35 mass

planned by Miss Hug’s

3rd grade; 9-10:30/1-

2:30 –PreK to DSM

Playhouse; Drake foot-

ball players read to 3rd

grade; 2:30—All School

Rosary

Nov. 21—8:35 mass

planned by Mrs. Duff’s

2nd grade;

Nov. 22—24—no school

STCS Weekly Update November 9, 2017

CELEBRATING 65 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN FAITH FORMATION AND ACADEMICS

St. Theresa Catholic School

Dear Parents,

The end of the first trimester is Friday, November 10. Progress Reports will be available

on November 16. Please contact your child’s teacher with any questions.

Tonight we have the Opioid Presentation in the Parish Hall from 7-8pm with Polk County

Medical Examiner Dr. Gregory Schmunk and Bob Kock. This meeting will provide some

much needed information for families. This is for high school students and adults only.

We are in the process of scheduling a presentation for 7th grade and one for 8th grade.

Parents of those students will be invited to attend those presentations too.

Our School Board continues their work developing a steering committee that will lead our

Strategic Planning set to begin later this fall. We will be using the National Standards and

Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Schools and School Strategic Planning Initiatives. We

are going to take a deep look at our parish school and chart our future direction. This will

take input from many and will include parish involvement too. Look for more news to

come soon!

Our Mock Trial teams compete tomorrow at the Polk County Courthouse beginning at

8:30. They have worked very hard with Coaches Rachael Seymour and Jules Ofenbakh to

be prepared for competition. Good luck to all! Competition will continue on Monday for

those teams who advance. We hope to be two of those teams!

Thank you to everyone for making PTC Harvest Night so successful! It was a great night

and continues the Harvest Night tradition of community and fun!

Tomorrow we will honor veterans at 8:35 mass. The Boy Scouts will honor the flag.

There will be a reception for the veterans in the Media Center following mass. Several

veterans will speak in classrooms following the reception. Thank you, Megan Willard, for

planning this special day to honor our very own veterans!

Please keep our 2nd graders, their parents and their teachers in your prayers as they con-

tinue their faith journey to 1st Reconciliation next week.

Congratulations to Ronda McCarthy who has been named to the Governor’s STEM Adviso-

ry Council! Congratulations 8th graders Ella Spanovic and Mason Tran who will be hon-

ored at the annual Optimist Luncheon on November 14 for their service and leadership!

Congratulations to Chloe Burrows, Annamaria Dimon, Ethan Rosendahl and Tre Salazar

for making the SCIBA Honor Band! It was a great concert at Centennial on Tuesday!

With prayers,

Ellen Stemler

November 9, 2017

CELEBRATING 65 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN FAITH FORMATION AND ACADEMICS

St. Theresa Catholic School