XFactORFile Octobe 2011

The Mission of St. Xavier Catholic School, is to educate the whole person: body, mind and spirit, in Christian values, in accordance to our Catholic faith tradi-tion.

CARNIVAL As you know, on Sunday, October 2nd, St. Xavier had their annual

school Carnival. Each class, including STUCO, Yearbook, and National

Honor Society had one or more booths. Also, their were many ven-

dors available. Below are the classes and organizations, their booths ,

and how much they made.

Preschool Fish Pond

Preschool Coffee

Kindergarten Cake Walk

1st Minnow Races

2nd Flip a Frog

3rd Minnow Races

4th Bean Bag Toss

5th Moonwalk

6th Dodge Ball

7th Lollipop/Grab Bag

8th Flip a Chip/Pop Ring Toss/ Nail Art

9th Pie Throw

10th Jail

11th Can Toss/Mini Jumper/Face Point

12th Plinko/Hairspray

NHS K-State/KU Raffle

Yearbook Mini-Golf

STUCO Toilet Paper Toss

Total income: $2,238.78

Total PTO profit: $ 657.80

Our school was recently

informed by the Walmart

Foundation and Facility

#43 that we were se-

lected to receive a grant

through the Local Com-

munity Contribution/

Hunger Outreach Grant

Program in the amount

of $500.00.

Funds will be used to-

wards licensing fees for

our Accelerated Reading

Program implemented

grades K12. Students

read a book and then

take the computer gener-

ated comprehension test.

Books are leveled allow-

ing students to read with

success and with the ap-

propriate amount of chal-

lenge.

St. Xavier School appreci-

ates Walmart’s generosity

and confidence in our

students.

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last year by Mrs. Mohler,

librarian. Accelerated

Reader is a computer-

based reading program

that provides remediation

and academic enrichment

activities designed to raise

student achievement in

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Walmart Grant to Benefit Accelerated Reading Program

Help Bail Mr. Weber Out of Jail

John Weber, St. Xavier Parish Financial Manager, will

be “going to jail” for the Muscular Dystrophy Asso-

ciation on October 27. He would appreciate your

support in bailing him out and benefitting a great

cause. Suggested donations of $25 would be

greatly appreciated although any amount is wel-

come. Donations raised through this event can go a

long way to help the MDA- $300 supports three

group sessions, $500 provides one year of repairs of

durable medical equipment, $800 sends one child to

MDA summer camp and $1200 funds six initial diag-

nostic visits. Checks can be made payable to MDA

and dropped off at the Parish Office across the park-

ing lot from the school anytime before October 27.

Mr. Weber will take them with him to jail. For more

information, contact him at the parish office at 78-

238-2998.

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Lené Nicole Keating

Forrest Ray McCann ll

Yvonne Ann

Engelhardt

Tyler

Joseph Tanguay

Alexis Gaono

Simon Charles Engelhardt

Lets give a great big Happy Birthday to

these students!

Keon DeMarcus Jackson

Chelsie Joy M. Flores

Victoria Elizabeth Laura Fuller

Peter Charles

Paras Jr.

Victoria Isabel Gonzalez

Haruka Akiyama

Jenna Brown

Thomas Scott Whitaker

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October Birthday time! ST. XAVIER SCHOOL

BIRTHDAY BOOK PROGRAM

Dear Parents,

The St. Xavier School Library Birthday Book Program is one in which you can celebrate your

child’s birthday in a special way and help our library collection continue to grow.

For a donation of $5 your child may select a new book from the Birthday Box located in the

library. The inside front cover of the book will have his or her name and birthdate inscribed

on a bookplate. The birthday child also has the honor of being the first to check out the new

book.

Children have a special appreciation for the books they select to add to our library shelves.

They enjoy sharing them with their classmates and teachers. These books will remain

throughout all their years at St. Xavier School. This is a wonderful way to commemorate a

very special occasion and to help our library maintain a high-quality collection.

Students or parents wishing to purchase a book may bring five dollars, cash or check to

Mrs.Mohler, librarian.

Your generosity will benefit all of our students. Thank you for your participation and support

of our school library.

Sincerely,

Rosemary Kane

Administrator of Development & Accreditation

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Father Al Brungardt Celebrates 40 Years in the Priesthood

On Sunday, October 9th, St. Xavier Parish held a special reception at the Knights

of Columbus Hall in Junction City. The purpose of the event was to help Father

Al Brungardt celebrate 40 years in the Priesthood, having been ordained in June

of 1971. Over one hundred Parishioners, family and friends showed up to help

Father Al celebrate and to show him their love and appreciation for his involve-

ment in their lives. As beloved pastor Father Al has touched the lives of countless

individuals. Attendees brought in a wide selection of Father Al’s favorite snack

foods and cakes were made especially for him. It was a wonderful event with a

short program included giving folks an opportunity to stand p and share a spe-

cial memory with Father Al. St. Xavier is truly blessed to have Father Al and we

collectively thank him for everything he does. Thank you, Father Al!

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This year, something new is being brought to

St. Xavier Catholic School—Marching Band! The band

instructor, Mr. Workman, organized marching band for

students in 7-12 grade, along with second year

advanced 6th graders. On September 14, 2011, 47

students in the marching band traveled to the Kansas

State Fair where they received a II rating (1 ratings are

rarely given out) for their overall performance of the

Saint Xavier Fight Song and Armed Forces on Parade.

Four days later, 24 students traveled to Manhattan for

the KSU Band Day, where 2,000 high school band

students attended. At halftime, the band played

with the KSU band playing songs such as Respect

(Aretha Franklin cover), 867-5309/Jenny, God

Bless America, the Wildcat

Victory Song, 1812 Over-

ture, and Sweet Caro-

line. When asked how the

events were, the band stu-

dents’ overall response was

unanimous: “FUUUUN!!”

The band will be performing

in the gym on Oct. 13 at 7

p.m.

Marching Band

“Tiring but

fun. There

were a lot of

stairs we had

to go up and

down [at the

KSU Band

Day]”

—Alex

Daniels

Mr. Workman holding the rosette the band

was awarded at the Kansas State Fair.

This year the Yearbook Staff is going to continue the mystery

person mini game. Like last year it’s a game that can anyone

play as long as you are a student of St. Xavier School.

In this game anyone has an opportunity to “Guess Who’’

the mystery person is. In addition, if anyone can guess the right

answer, he/she will be able to claim a prize. For more informa-

tion just ask Mrs. Fowler.

Place your guesses in the box that is located in the computer

lab. One winner will be selected at the end of every month.

Someone that likes the color

of sky-blue,

is 5’ 0”, and likes to draw.

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“GUESS WHO”

Winner:

Forrest McCann

Last month’s mystery per-

son: Mrs. Breidenstein

High School Volleyball 2011-2012

October 13. 2011

P A G E 1 0 S A I N T X N E W L E T T E R !

Lady Rams!

Our Lady Rams have been having a lot of fun this volleyball season. A lot of the

girls say that “winning isn't everything” The team has not won many games, but that’s

not all that matters. The girls have been practicing everyday to improve their skills and

grow closer together as a team. The Lady Rams appear to be having fun in their high-

light pictures of this season. Every game the ladies come ready to play hard. Each game

may not end in victory , but each game is a lesson to see what went wrong and what

they need to improve on. The lady rams next game will be at Tescott “4:30pm.

Support the Lady Rams —Its going to be a good game

GO LADY RAMS!

High school combined have won 4 great games.

Improving on skill is the key thing for our Lady rams and building great

friendship and learning great qualities such as:

“hardwork, teamwork, leader-

ship, and discipline”.

Lady Rams!

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Volleyball 2011 -2012

JUST IN….

Saint Xavier School has re-

ceived 5 (five) Standards of

Excellence from the Kansas

State Department of Educa-

tion for the school year 2010

-2011! Congratulations to

all students and teachers who participated!

Saint Xavier Book Fair and Parent—Teacher Conferences are Thursday, October 27th. Mrs. Mohler will be selling books in the Library from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. Please come and support the Saint Xavier School Library!

BOOK FAIR AND PARENT CONFERENCES

OCTOBER 27TH

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Club News Update

STUCO- A dance is planned for Friday, November 4th. (Current

students only.) Stucco is starting a petition for “No Shave” No-

vember, which is subject to administrative approval.

National Honor Society – Officers: Kellie Powers, President;

Keonya Jackson, Vice-President; Cayley Reeves, Secretary; Victo-

ria Fuller, Treasurer. NHS is currently performing community

service by helping to maintain the school and grounds.

Scholars Bowl – Mr. Case is the sponsor this year and has already

begun practice with the participants. The first competition will

be on October 31st.

TRASH BAG SALE FUNDRAISER

a success!

About $6000 was raised this year!

THANK you!