Holy Spirit Catholic School Newsletter -- May 13th, 2016

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The Mission of Holy Spirit Catholic School is to develop independent, life-long learners who

can and will live for Christ!

Catholic WOW (Word of the Week)

Queen of Heaven

—- A title given to Mary because

she is the Mother of Jesus, who

is King of the Universe.—

“ And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them,

‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’ ” -- John 20:22

Congratulations to the Class of 2016!

Andre B., Michael B., James C., Darby C., Claire C., Mat-

thew C., Brisa D., Alexis F., Justin G., Amy G., Brenna G.,

Warren L., John M., Valerie M., Joseph M., Michael M,

Yafet M., Kelsey M., Connor M., Michael M., Jam N., Lau-

ren N., Alexandra O., Clifford R., Frances R., Joseph R.,

Katherine S., Samantha S., Ann S., Parker S., Kortney T.,

Alexander T., Margaret T., Elizabeth W., and Angelina W.

Kindergarten Buddies say, “Good Bye” to their big 8th grade friends!

Calendar of Events 5-15 Pentecost Sunday—Holy Spirit’s Feast Day—Wear your “red” to Church today!

HSPA Restaurant Day at Arris Pizza— see details on page 7

No hot lunch will be served this week. All students need a sack lunch and a non-carbonated drink

5-16 Field Day K-4th Grades 9:15—11:16 and 5th-7th Grades 1:00—2:30 –OOU permitted—Pray for no rain!

5-17 Randy Nadler —Grades 5—7 at 9am; All other grades 10:15am. Come learn about Italy!

Primary Spelling Bee—2pm in the gym

Skate City Party—4:00 pm Come skate with us!!

5-18 No All School Mass K-7 OOU Day for those without infractions

Talent Show Rehearsal — 3:15p m—5:00 pm

5-19 Last Day of School End of 4th Quarter All School Mass at 8:30 am

Talent Show approx. 10:00 am Noon Dismissal No EDC or Homework Zone

Looking for the

full calendar?

CLICK HERE

Box Tops for Education

Parents, please send in any Box Tops you may have collected at home. Some of them

expire in June, and we don’t want to miss the opportunity to raise more money for

our school. We will be collecting Box Tops through May 16; however, there will not be

a contest this time. Send your Box Tops to school with your child or

drop them in the box by the Parish Offices. Please continue to col-

lect Box Tops during the summer. Thank you, Marsha Delantonas

Check out the school “Lost and Found” before May 20th!

Anything left at that time will be donated to the HS

Garage Sale.

Summer Music Theatre Camp at Rockhurst

Catherine Boone will be music director for Beauty and the Beast, Jr. at the Rockhurst summer

camp for ages 8-18. Mrs. Boone would love to have some Holy Spirit children take part!

https://www.rockhursths.edu/pages/events/summer-school--camps/summer-school-musical-theatre-camp

Lunch Menu

CLICK HERE

Parents: We’ve got a

date for the used

uniform sale!

Put July 22nd from 7am—3pm in the

Martha/Mary room on your calendars.

This sale is too good to miss!

Farewell for Sister Kathleen Condrey, OSU (Holy Spirit’s First Principal)

Sunday, June 19, Noon—2 pm, Nativity Parish Hall

Join parishioners at the Church of the Nativity to say farewell. Sister Kathleen will be leaving for

Kentucky after having served the Archdiocese of Kansas City, KS for 45 years.

To make a reservation or to share a memory photo or note of good wishes for her memory book,

email your item to srkfarewell@kcnativity.org. Please include your full name. The deadline (for

the book) is Sunday, May 15. Questions? Call the Parish Office at 913-491-5017 or info

@kcnativity.org

Seven 7th grade students were honored at the Awards Ceremony last week

for participating in the Duke University Talent Identification Program’s talent

search. This program identifies 7th graders based on standardized test scores and

invites them to take the ACT or the SAT college entrance exam. This then allows

them greater insight into their academic abilities. Ethan, Jimmy and Olivia K. re-

ceived special honors for their high scores on the ACT.

Saint Thomas Aquinas Grade School Summer Camps: During June and July, Saint Thomas Aquinas provides a variety of summer camps for students

entering grades K through 8 to explore. Our summer camps give students the chance to dis-cover their potential in both sports and other activities. Registration and further information is available online, through our website, www.stasaints.net/summercamps. We look forward to

providing a positive camp experience not only for your son or daughter but for their friends and family as well.

Holy Spirit’s Annual Awards Ceremony

Success was recognized for areas of both

the mind and heart.

Congratulations to all who

were honored at the ceremony!

What a wonderful day to be able to celebrate so many student successes of our 2015-2016 school

year. We are so proud of how our students consistently represent our school. We are thankful for

our students!!

(There are too many awards to be able to list them all. Most awards have been documented in past newsletters and/or

website.)

Knights of Columbus Vocation Poster Contest Winners

The annual poster contest theme this year was: Called Before You Were Born. Our parish winners

were: Jam for grades 7/8, Nora 5/6, Lucy 3/4 and Kathryn 1/2.

All four students designed amazing posters which will be hanging in the cafeteria next year!

Nora, grades 5/6 was also a District 8 winner, and Lucy, our parish winner for grades 3/4, was the

District 8 winner, the Archdiocesan winner and the State winner!!!!!

A BIG Way to GO!!!

Upcoming VIRTUS Training Session at Holy Spirit

There will be a VIRTUS training session here at Holy Spirit on Wednesday, May 18th from 6:00-9:30

PM in the Martha/Mary Room.

This training is mandated by the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas for anyone who works with

the youth of our parish. This training is necessary if you are 16 years of age or older and plan to help

with the parish/school children in any capacity- ex. Teaching Vacation Bible School, helping at the

garage sale, helping in a classroom, helping with the parish teen choir, serving in the school cafete-

ria, coaching a sports team, leading a scout troop, teaching a School of Religion class, participating

in a field trip, etc.

This would be a great opportunity to get your training and background check completed so your file

is ready whenever you might be available to help! Please register on-line

at virtusonline.org as a Holy Spirit parishioner. If you have any further

questions, please contact Eileen Colling at ecolling@hscatholic.org or

492-2582.

Breaking School Track Records………….

Joseph H. broke the 6th grade boys 1600 meter school record at

the city meet last Saturday. Awesome Accomplishment!!

Seventh Grade enjoyed a splendid field trip to Topeka and the State Capitol!

15th Annual Holy Spirit Parish Garage Sale

Thursday May 26th-Saturday June 4th

When to Donate: Bring gently used donations during these collection times only – Saturday, May 28th

from 8 am to 6 pm, Sunday, May 29th 11 am to 5 pm, and Monday, May 30th from 8 am to 6 pm.

What to Donate: Furniture, kitchen wares, clothing, baby items, toys, games, holiday items, books, art,

home décor, and more. Please sort clothing into categories (children, men, women, maternity). Appliances

must be in working order. We will NOT accept tube televisions or computer monitors. Hangers are also

needed.

Where to donate: Drop off donations in front of St. Elizabeth’s Hall – lower level of the church.

Please do not park in the loading zone. We will have volunteers unload your car. Donors are invit-

ed back to shop at the Preview Sale on Wednesday, May 27th.

Large item pick up: To schedule a pickup of furniture or big items, please contact Amy Naab at 913-

492-7382 ext. 133

Why Donate: Net proceeds from the sale will benefit Holy Spirit Catholic School and Holy Spirit Youth

Ministry’s conference trip to Steubenville.

Sale is open to the Public on Thursday, June 2nd through Saturday, June 4th . Thursday and Friday hours are

8am to 6pm and Saturday hours are 8am to noon – all items are 50% off on Saturday. Preview Sale is open to

volunteers and donors on Wednesday, June 1st from 5 pm to 8 pm.

How to Volunteer: Please note all volunteers must be VIRTUS trained

Set up Thursday, May 26th – 1 pm – 4 pm. Set up racks.

Set up Friday, May 27th – 5 pm - 7 pm. Set up tables and signs.

Big Item pick-up Saturday, May 28th - 8 am until completion. Load and unload items.

Organize and sort items Saturday, May 28th to Wednesday, June 1st – 8 am to 6 pm daily.

Cashier and helpers Wednesday, June 1st (preview sale) – 4 pm to 8 pm.

Evening stockers Wednesday, June 1st (after Preview Sale) – 7 pm to 9pm.

Cashier and helpers Thursday, June 2nd to Saturday, June 4th – 8 am to 6 pm Thursday – Friday, 8 am to noon Saturday.

Evening stockers Thursday, June 2nd to Friday, June 3rd – 5 pm to 8 pm daily.

Clean up Saturday, June 4th – Noon until completion. Everyone is welcome to help!

Adult Volunteers - you can go sign up at Holy Spirit Catholic Church - 2016 Garage Sale or you

can contact Elizabeth McLenon @ nfpworks@hotmail.com or 913-633-4039

Youth Volunteers – you can go to Youth Volunteers: Garage Sale youth Volunteers or you can contact Lynn Mayer at lmayer@hscatholic.org or 913-492-7382. Youth not signed up through Lynn MUST be with

Parent!!

We appreciate your help in making the Garage Sale a success!

Please Join

Holy Spirit School

on

May 15, 2016

from

11:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Arris Pizza located at 12812 W. 87 St. Parkway will donate 20% of the sales

during this time to our school. Visit their website at arrispizzaandpub.com for

information on menu.

Sydney’s praise ticket prize (4M) is a visit back to

her preschool teacher, Mrs. Young and a chance to

help in the preschool classroom!

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Dear Parents/ Guardians:

Yes, it’s true! We are now down to 3 1/2 school days until SUMMER vacation!! Eighth

graders graduated on May 12th, the school cafeteria is now closed, Field Day is Monday, Randy

Nadler will be here on Tuesday, there is still the Primary Spelling Bee, a Skating party, an OOU

Day, the last school Mass of the year, and a Talent Show before we call an end to what has been

a terrific year. Whew...after all that, we will need a nice, long break.

Please remember that we are still in need of many volunteers in order to pull off a huge

fundraiser for the school…..the GARAGE SALE! My challenge still stands…..10 hours of service

per family (adults only) for the year. Did you meet the challenge? Don’t worry if you didn’t.

There is still time to sign up to help. Check out page 6 for more details.

Yes, I did say it….the school cafeteria is now CLOSED and hot lunches will not be served

again until next school year. Please provide your child with a sack lunch and a non-carbonated

drink each day next week. Let’s have fewer children calling you to bring them a lunch! Save

yourself and your child the worry…..paste a note to your refrigerator or the door from which

you exit your house.

This Sunday, we celebrate Pentecost...the completion of the Easter season. It is also

called the birthday of the Church. On this day, the ascended Jesus sent the promised “Advocate”

by pouring the Holy Spirit on his disciples. The Spirit energized the disciples, showing them the

meaning of the Old Testament and how Jesus’ life and death fulfilled it. Just as important, the

Spirit empowered them for their mission, baptizing them with power to bring this truth to all

the people of the world.

We are so proud to be Holy Spirit Parish/School and to celebrate this special day togeth-

er. Wear your “red” to Mass!

Anyone else ready for the rain to go away?? Here’s hoping we see more sunshine and

beautiful days ahead this weekend.

Peace,

Michele Watson