St. Matthew Elementary Jaguar Journal
January 15, 2021
St. Matthew Elementary
Jaguar Journal
This week's to-do list:
- NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY!
- Please make sure your child has the essential snow gear for outside. An extra pair of gloves never hurts!
- Students need a snack and water bottle EVERYDAY!
- Roller skating permission forms will be coming home soon...there is no cost for this PE activity.
Important Upcoming Dates
- Jan 18 - No school, MLK Jr. Day
- January 31-Feb 6: Catholic Schools Week
- February 1-5: Report cards and pre-registration forms are sent home
- Feb 13 - Mardi Gras!
- Feb 22 - No school
PAWSITIVE STUDENTS
Each week we like to recognize students who go above and beyond to show positive interactions while at St. Matthew School.
--Sawyer Tinkham
--Landon Freeman
--Cooper Takes
--Sawyer Pompei
--Evan Thuente
--Hannah Feller
--Jimmer Larson
--Sara Oehler
--Jozie Wade
--Mrs. Adams' Class
--Charlotte Leuck
--Riley Fitzgerald
--Krystian Tyler
--Addison Marraback
--Kamryn Waddell
--Fiona Hartman
--Anthony Tursi
--Hugo Ramirez
Knights of Columbus Christmas Poster
Contest Winners
We are pleased to congratulate the following students who were selected as the winners of the Knights of Columbus 909 Annual Christmas Poster Contest winners:
Ages 5-7
1st Place--Cora Tinkham
2nd Place--Zoey Schrage
3rd Place--Anna Riem
Ages 8-10
1st Place--Evan Thuente
2nd Place--Mason Dietz
3rd Place--Kinley Herman
Ages 11-14
1st Place--Hayden Dietz
Welcome Janessa Huilman
We want to take this opportunity to welcome Janessa Huilman as the new Food Services Director for the St. Matthew lunch program. Janessa will be taking over for Kember Nelson; Kember will be leaving us at the end of January as she will be moving out of state. We are sad to see Kember go and thank her for her many years of service and commitment to St. Matthew School.
Janessa brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the food services industry to the St. Matthew lunch program. We are excited to have her on board and lead us forward for the rest of the year and into a new cafeteria space in the coming years.
Janessa can be reached at jhuilman@stmatthewcr.org starting next Monday, January 19th.
Who Likes to Color?
A Kids Book About (one of Oprah's Favorite Things and one of our favorites) is offering this awesome opportunity. Please see below. Would love to see a St. Matthew coloring on one of our books! Please consider this awesome idea. Read below for additional information and click the attachment below for the coloring page.
Attention All Future Little Jaguars
The St. Matthew Preschool program is now enrolling for the 2021-2022 school year. The offerings at St. Matthew include:
- 3 year old - M,W,F
- 3 year old - T,Th
- 4 year old (this program is free as it is part of the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program)
To receive additional information, please call 319-731-3722 or email hwaddell@stmattthewcr.org. This is an amazing program and offering, right here in our very own building.
NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK 2021
I LOVE MY EDUCATION VIDEO CONTEST
SPONSORED BY IOWA ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION (Iowa ACE)
- I Love my Education Video Contest – Submit a short video on why you love the way you learn and you could win a Lenovo Chromebook! Contest details available here I-love-my-education-NSCW-2021-Video-Contest-1-1 (2)
- NSCW Official Dance Contest – Looking for something to do with your classmates, or with your family/friends during winter break? Learn the NSCW Official Dance and submit a video of your performance to Iowa ACE! You could win a prize party – and launch your dance career! Contest details available here NSCW 2021 Dance Contest Details
Deadline extended to Friday, Jan. 22nd.
Family Looking for Transportation Assistance
There is a family close to the St. Matthew community who is looking for a nanny to help with transportation needs. It is a really odd hours/odd job situation, so we wanted to see if anyone knows of any student teachers or maybe even a high schooler that would be interested.
The person would ideally be available Monday - Thursday to pick up their special needs (autism) son from Garfield - we think the Garfield dismissal is at 3:30, then either take him home (just past XHS), or take him to his therapy appointments at Tanager (I think it is the location near medical district.)
This is a wonderful family who will treat the person like gold. I am sure this could/would lead to summer nanny/driver position as well. They have two boys ages 11 and 10.
Please reach out to Amy Conlon at aconlon@stmatthewcr.org if you know of anyone interested. Thanks for passing on the word.
COVID-19 Information and Updates
Mardi Gras Information
SAVE THE DATE...February 13, 2021 (virtually!)
St. Matthew's is looking for donations of wine as a thank you to our sponsors who support our upcoming Mardi Gras event on February 13th. We are asking for your help in donating a bottle/bottles of wine, or cash donation.
There are three ways to get your donation to us:
- Drop off at school office (please put in a bag to disguise it).
- Drop off cash for donations at the main office and we will buy for you (please let them know it's for Mardi Gras wine).
- Make scrip purchase with and e gift card and we will buy the wine for you. Please email mardigras@stmatthewcr.org
Xavier High School News
Upcoming Birthdays
January 15 -- Connor Grote
January 20 -- Aaron Thiel
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