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Flash The September 16, 2016

KC Classroom Blessing

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Teacher Feature– Miss Winter 6B

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Viking Voice

Meeting St. Teresa in 2A

Most teachers look forward to new school supplies at the begin-ning of the year, but getting a whole new classroom is quite a gift! After a great deal of time and talent was spent on the construc-tion of the new KC, our pastor, Fr. Jarrod, came to bless the new space for some of our littlest Vikings. Sr. Mary Guadalupe and her kindergar-teners now have a beautiful room in which to grow and learn. Many thanks to all who assisted in the completion of this work– what a great example of Stewardship in action!

Pep Assembly– 9/23!

The Viking Cheerleaders will be hosting our first pep assembly of

the year. The Olympic-themed event will take place on Friday,

September 23rd at 2:40p.m.! Stu-dents will be allowed to support team USA and add patriotic flair to their spirit wear. This includes

hats, and red, white, and blue accessories. Students can also

don sportswear, including appropriate jerseys and sweat-

bands. Although there will be no lighting of the torch, we are sure

that the assembly will set the school on fire with

Viking spirit! If your child is participating in Fall sports, please remind them to wear their Sports

Spirit Shirt for the day!

KC Classroom Blessing

The second graders were invited by the SFA Legion of Mary members to help cele-brate the birthday of our Blessed Mother on September 9. The students walked into Stewardship Hall to find brightly colored tablecloths, which held a rosary made by Legion of Mary member, Phyllis Bluml, for each student. Fr. Josh was also in attendance and began the party with a prayer and then blessed the rosaries for the children. The adults and students all prayed the ro-sary. What’s a party without cake and ice cream? So of course we en-

joyed cupcakes and ice cream afterwards, provided by the Legion of Mary members. This event is a wonderful tradition we hope will continue for years to come.

Mark Your Calendar!

Sept. 14– Mid-Term Reports issued

Sept. 23– SFA Pep Assembly

Sept. 30– Teacher Workday NO SCHOOL

Oct. 2– Generations of Faith at SFA Church. Register by 9/18

Oct. 11 & 13– Parent/Teacher Conferences

PowerSchool Patience

Thanks so much for your patience as PowerSchool

works out further issues. This is a great tool for our teachers, and parents. An-

other ‘fix’ date is set for 9/20.

Lunch Room Notes

Parents are welcome to join their students for lunch, but

please note: NO Fast food items or soft drinks are permit-

ted in the lunch room. This goes for all adults, parents,

& students at all times. Thanks for keeping our

Vikings healthy!

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Parent/Teacher Conferences

You will soon be receiving a Sign-Up Genius Email invit-ing you to set a time to meet with your child(ren)’s teach-

ers. This is a great way to ensure your child is equipped to succeed!

The week before St. Teresa of Calcut-ta was Canonized, the second grad-

ers were very involved in learning about who she was, but more im-portantly, what her central message was, is, and always will be…treating everyone how you want to be treated. In second grade, one of our goals is to be able to recite the Greatest Commandment. Reciting the Greatest Commandment is one thing, but to be able to connect that with a hero such as St. Mother Teresa lends a much deeper understanding. Through-out the week, we learned many things about this great saint! We watched a short clip about her and learned how she reminded herself to use the short little message- “you-did-it-to-me”, to always be thinking about how Jesus wants us to treat others. We read a short script of her life in Calcutta, completed a timeline of her life, and on Friday, we had an early celebra-tion for her Canonization by having cupcakes! Studying Saint Teresa al-lowed the second graders to understand a real-life hero, Stewardship, and gave them a deeper understanding of the Greatest Commandment.

Name: Miss Winter

Favorite Saint: either St. Anne

or St. Bernadette

Can’t Leave Home Without:

my water bottle!

Favorite Retreat: SEEK 2014

(hosted by FOCUS)

Nothing Beats: Grandma’s homemade

coconut crème pie!!

Currently Reading: My Sisters the Saints

Favorite Movie: The Sound of Music

The most important thing I have learned

is: to just be yourself

A meal you’d always come home for: Grandma’s bbq meatballs and cheesy

potatoes

Hobbies: playing the piano, tennis, attend-

ing K-State football games, reading, being

outside

Favorite Restaurant in Town: Felipe’s

Just once I would like to: go zip lining

in Central America

I’m inspired by: the lives of the Saints

Favorite Quote: “Be who God meant

you to be and you will set the world on

fire.” – St. Catherine of Sienna

The 7th and 8th grade celebrated Mary’s birthday on Thursday, Sep-

tember 8th with food, singing “Happy Birthday”, and creating a collage to honor the canonization of Mother Teresa. Students looked up quotes from Mother Teresa that encouraged them to grow in their faith. Lauren Giroux and Claire Light volunteered to use their talents to draw a big picture of St. Mother Teresa. It was a great opportunity to unite two great events that can motivate us to accept where God has placed us and to do great acts of love in little ways.

“It was really cool to get to do my favor-ite hobby (painting) for a class project at school.”-Lauren Giroux

“It was interesting to see everyone’s fa-vorite quotes and research all of Mother Teresa’s quotes. Also, it was awesome to celebrate Mary’s birthday in such a mod-ern way and apply our faith life in a more personal way.” –Erin Walden and Khloe Schuckman

Striving To Become Saints

Meeting St. Teresa in 2A