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Visitation Catholic School Newsletter
October 23, 2014
Volume II, Issue 10
October Virtue of the Month:
“CHEERFULNESS”
being joyful, pleasant, and optimistic
Once a Giant,
ALWAYS a Giant!
Upcoming Events
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10/24 End of First Quarter
10/29 Report Cards go
home.
10/31 Halloween Parties
and Fun Fair
11/5 Bingo (Doors open 4:30 pm)
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11/5 Boys’ BB @Costa
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11/6 Boys’ BB@ St. Mary’s
Kickapoo (5:30 pm)
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St. Francis Team
(5:30
pm)
Enclosures
Market Day
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Orders Due—Nov. 3rd
Pick-Up Date—Nov. 8th
***Pre-Ordered ART League pies
will be delivered that day.
Members are to pick-up and
deliver the pies they have
sold.
***Pre-Orders (with the money)
are due Monday, Nov. 3rd.
Principal’s News:
Grandparents’ Day Winners
Live the Closest—Grandma and Grandpa Massens
Same first name as grandchild—David Gross
Grandpa Most Change in Pocket—Grandpa Berry & Grandpa DeSmit
Grandma with the most holy articles in purse—Grandma Holevoet
First Quarter Report Cards
The end of the First quarter is Friday, October 24th. Report cards will
be sent home with students on Wednesday, October 29th. Please
take time to discuss them with your child. The envelope must be
signed and returned to the homeroom teacher the next morning.
Sack Lunch Only Day
TOMORROW (Friday, October 24th) will be a “sack lunch only” day. Kewanee
School is not in attendance on that day, so no hot lunch will be served. Milk
will still be available to purchase for 25 cents a carton.
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, We will be
sponsoring a “no uniform” PINK-OUT DAY on Wednesday,
Oct. 29th. Students who make a donation are encouraged to
dress in as much pink as they have. However, no dyeing
hair or face-painting is allowed! All proceeds will be going
to the Kewanee OSF St. Luke’s Medical Center
mammography department to help those in need.
Chili Supper
Thank you to all who helped in any way with the Chili & Soup
Supper last night. It was another great success! Special
thanks to Chad and Rosie Jackson and to Miriam Mock who did
all the cooking. Thanks to Nate Nichols for setting up; to
some of the Confirmation students for helping pick up trays;
and to the St. Joseph and St. Francis Teams for serving and
cleaning up.
Reconciliation
Fr. John will be discussing Reconciliation with students when
he visits their classes in upcoming weeks. Students in grades
3-8 will then receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation at some
time during October or November. Starting in January,
students in grades 3-8 will go to Reconciliation monthly.
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Thank-you Volleyball Team
The Visitation volleyball girls, along with their parents and coaches,
. have been working hard to raise money for our new roof. Their “Meat
Raffle,”—which was won by Toni Moraski (Kewanee)—totaled $585.
They also hosted the First Annual Lady Giant Volleyball Tournament
this past Saturday. They had a great showing with a second place
finish behind undefeated Monmouth ICS. The tournament also earned
nearly $1165, so the grand total donated to the roof from the
volleyball team was $1750.
Thank you Coach Julie Yepsen for spearheaded both of those
events and to all others who helped make them such big success!
Halloween Celebrations
Prayer List
 Tom Ahlgren
 Seaso
Johanna Cassidy
 Miss Cromien’s Uncle Leo
 Sandra Dearing
 “Grandma Dee” (Seyller)
 Jimmy Dison
 Marcia Gleeson
 Virginia Grabbe
 Dan Martinkus
 Infant Sean Matson
 Barry Miller
 John Sloan
 Ruth Webber
 Austin Whitmeyer
 For our Seminarian, Danny
McShane
 3 Special Intentions
 For the Future of our School
 For our Silent Prayers
***Please contact the school office if you
would like someone added to our Prayer
List.
Calendar Winners
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
27—Rob Ramsey
28—Kathy Tingleaf
29—Patricia DeNucce
30—Mary Link
31—Betsy Little
Fun Fair Times:
12:30-1:00 Pre-K and Grades 4/5
1:00-1:30 Grades 2 and 7
1:30-1:40 Parade
1:40-2:10 Grades 1 and 3
2:10-2:40 Grades K and 6
2:45- Costume Contest and Pumpkin Winners announced
*** Check with each homeroom teacher about the
starting time for classroom parties.
Hot Lunch Order Forms will NO longer be sent home.
Since Kewanee prepares our lunches and takes daily lunch count,
order forms are no longer necessary. Please refer to the lunch menu
posted on line and send in payments as usual to cover the cost of the
lunches your child eats.
Veteran’ Day Program
The Visitation Veteran’s Day Program will be held Tuesday, Nov. 11th. We will
be inviting veterans to join us for a short program and lunch. Part of last
year’s program included a slide show. We would like to continue that this
year. Please send pictures of relatives that have served or are serving in the
military (in their uniform, if possible). It would be best if the pictures could
be sent electronically to [email protected] If this is not an option,
send the pictures to the school office to be scanned and sent home again.
Pictures must be received by Wednesday, Nov. 5th if they are to be included
as part of the program. Make sure the name of the soldier and who they are
connected with here at Visitation. Example: “John Wilson—Suzy and Fred
Wilson’s grandfather.” The more participation the better the program can be!
***If you sent your veteran’s picture last year, you DO NOT need to resend it.
Mark Your Calendars Now!
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October 24—Sack Lunch Only Day
October 24—End of First Quarter
October 29—Report Cards come home with students
October 31--Fun Fair and Halloween Parties
November 5—Bingo
November 11—Veterans’ Day Program.
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