Weekly Newsletter LAST CHANCE to Purchase Auction Tickets! The auction is fast approaching! We are so excited to host in our new facilities this year! Please

join us and purchase your tickets by TOMORROW- Tuesday, October 30! You can purchase your auction and raffle tickets in many easy ways: Bill My Account form- Make 2-3 monthly payments or pay in full (attached)

Purchase tickets online: http://saint-johns.maestroweb.com/ Purchase via PushPay by texting “stjohncc” to 77977 or using your PushPay account (just select

Auction 2018 or Auction Raffle Tickets under funds)

Bid by Proxy or Text2bid

If you can’t attend the auction but still want to join in on the fun, bid on live auction items by proxy or bid on silent auction items from home with text2bid for only $20. Start shopping now, auction items are available to view at saint-johns.maestroweb.com. To sign up for bid by proxy or text2bid, contact the auction office at auction@saint-johns.net. Auction Volunteer Sign up

We are still in need of volunteers for Friday, Saturday and Sunday! If you are unable to attend the auction, please consider volunteering! Follow this link to sign up: http://signup.com/go/OwRBTTE.

Family Fun Night returns Friday, November 2! 5:30-7:45

Bring your family and join the school community for a FREE night of FUN, space adventure style! Family Fun Night will include kids games, crafts and shopping at the Friday night auction! Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase.

Live Auction Preview

We will have many exciting items available at the auction! You can view all auction items at saint-johns.maestroweb.com.

We look forward to seeing you at the St. John School Benefit Auction on November 3!

Sincerely,

The St. John Auction Committee, Julie Colvin, Rochelle Marsh, Kelly Prier, and Ashley Urban,

Cherry Jordon, Family Fun Night Coordinator

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3:30 Last Marathon Club

3:45-5:00 auditions for Middle School Play

8:30 Scary Stories presentation

7th graders to LINK

2:50 Halloween parties

Spirit Day

1:20 Theatre

Elective production

8:30 All Saints Day Mass/6th grade

No School

Family Fun Night 5:30-7:45

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11 3:45-4:45 Middle School Play rehearsal

Election Day 3:45-4:45 Middle School Play rehearsal

8:30 Mass/3rd Yellow Class/7th gr. Trip presentation

3:45-4:45 Middle School Play rehearsal

6:30 PTO /Grinders 733 New Hampshire

2:50 Cookie Sales

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18 3:45-4:45 Middle School Play rehearsal

3:45-4:45 Middle School Play rehearsal

8:30 Mass/7B

3:45-4:45 Middle School Play rehearsal

Calendar:

Looking Ahead

Oct. 31: Halloween class parties Nov. 1: All Saints school Mass/planned by 6 Nov. 2: No School/Auction prep Nov. 2: SJ Auction Family Fun Night

Nov. 3: St. John Benefit Auction Nov. 21-23: No School Thanksgiving Dec. 6: St. Nicholas classroom parties Dec. 13: 2:00 7:00 Band/Orchestra/Alleluia Singer Concert Dec. 20: 2:00&7:00 Christmas Program Dec. 24-Jan 4: Christmas break Jan. 7: Classes resume Jan. 9: Future City Competition Jan 21: No School MLK Jan. 25: 5:15pm Bingo Night Jan. 28: Grandparents’ Day Jan. 31: Science Fair Feb. 14: Valentines Class parties Feb 20-22: No School Parent Conferences Feb 23-Mar 1: 8th to Washington, D.C. Mar. 6: Ash Wednesday Mar 7: All School Art Show Mar. 11-15: No School-Spring Break Mar. 21 7:00pm First Communion and Reconciliation Parent Meeting Apr 1: Confirmation May 4: 6:30 First Communion May 20: 6:30 Eighth Grade Graduation May 21: Last day of school/noon dismissal

(Día de los Muertos) November 1and 2

Thank you to Laura Fernández (Andrés, María and Fernando’s mom) for setting up an ofrenda in the Sra. Olea’s classroom. The Ofrenda includes pictures of our beloved teachers Mrs. McDonald and Sr. Susan Yerkich. The following link provides information about how the Day of the Dead became part of Catholic celebrations in Mexico and other parts of Latin America. http://thecatholicspirit.com/featured/day-of-the-dead/

Students are invited to participate in Spirit Day on October 31. In lieu of uniforms, they may wear costumes or orange and black colors.

No makeup, no wigs, no masks, no toy weapons, no gory costumes. Costumes must be comfortable enough to be worn all day, including recess. Participation is optional.

Halloween Class parties will be held on Wednesday, October 31 at 2:50 pm (T/R Pre-school on Oct 30). We still need a few more parents to sign up for party treats.

Box Tops Clip the Box Tops and send to school. Each one is worth 10 cents, so they add up fast!

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If you have not received your 2019 Financial Pledge Renewal Form and Ministry Form ,please contact Samantha Romero at sromero@saint-johns.net or 785.843.0109. Please remember all parishioner school families are required to have this pledge form on file as part of the enrollment process. Thank you for your generosity and support of St. John!

Please pray for the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburg, PA.

Elliott Shaffer Nathan Peltier

Ashley Morstorf Leigham Alexander

Ceci Bennett Caleb Carver

Emery Lacle’ Rachel Berndt

Sorcha Keating Mary Ramirez

Maria Mosconi Jaina Harleman

Odelia Colvin Mara Smith

Julian Griffith Jack Pfeifer

Adrian Dickey Jack Doyle

Kyle Duncan Gus Ketchell

Adrian Dickey-Winner of the SJ Spelling Bee. Adrian will represent St. John in the Douglas County Spelling Bee.

Auction week has arrived! Thank you to everyone for your contributions in creating this magical

evening for our school. We are so excited to see those attending fill our new gym with enthusiasm on

Saturday night.

I love the auction! It is a lot of fun and we make a lot of money for our school. My favorite part during the auc-

tion is when the auctioneer asks participants to raise their bidding numbers to donate to “The School Improve-

ment item”.

This year, the School Improvement Item will fund security cameras for the school, the finishing

touches for the theatre program including stage curtains, wireless microphones and equipment

for our music program. We need LOTS of generous donors. This represents the largest single

item in the auction, and we need everyone’s help.

If you cannot come to the auction, please consider making a donation to the School Improvement Item.

We need everyone’s help. This is an amazing school, but it takes money to keep the doors open and the magic to

happen.

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