Sunday Mass Next Weekend

Join us for one of our Sunday Masses at St. Wenceslaus Church at 8:30 or 10:30 AM on January 29.

The school is planning, singing, reading, etc.  We WANT and NEED as many school families/students as possible. 

Parents wear your SWS spirit wear.
Students please wear a uniform – or your black “Souls on Fire” t-shirt.

Pancake Breakfast after Mass! This is a free will offering with 100% of the profit coming to the school financial assistance fund.

HELP WANTED AT THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST

Adults to help serve and bus tables – women and men.
Students in grades 5-8 can get service hours.
(Assisting the Knights of Columbus)

Shift 1 – 7:25am-10:00am
Shift 2 – 10:00am-12:15pm

Join in the kitchen to make this breakfast a success.

Reply to kim.doyle@swsaints.org

Grades 6-8 students are wanted at Mass on Sunday

It is important to have a nice choir to help us worship.

All students in grades 6-8 should show up to sing at the 10:30 Mass.

Confirm with Mrs. Gorr

Family Posters are due!

We are hanging them up now!
Send yours to school tomorrow if you forgot!

Catholic Schools Week 

Special Guest Mass and Bingo– PreK-8, February 1
Guests can attend Mass with the K-8 students, then head to the gym for bingo and donuts. Preschool guests can arrive at 9:00 and join for bingo and donuts.

Parent Breakfast for K-8, February 2
Come to the gym between 7:00-7:45 for some oatmeal to start your day.

Rollerskating at Skateville K-8, February 3
All Students ride the bus. Hot dog, chips, and drink for lunch included. Students may bring money for extra food or treats.
Parents are welcome but will need to drive separately and pay upon arrival at the skating rink.

See the detailed flyer for all activities!

Book Fair starts this week

Scholastic Book Fair will be set up at SWS from January 26 to February 1. All students can bring money to school to purchase books. You may also buy them on Sunday after the Mass.

Fish Fry Tickets are coming home with students

The Fish Fry will take place on February 24. The tickets are being sent home now. Check the backpacks. Each preschool family has 5 tickets and each k-8 family has 10 tickets. The school normally serves 1200-1400 dinners so hopefully you can find.

School Enrollment
Our enrollment numbers are key to sustaining and growing our school programs. Gaining a few new students each year benefits all families and staff members.

Having our kindergarten and preschool classes filled are critical to sustaining our numbers. 

The best resource to recruit additional students is the testimony and the invitation from you, a current school family or supporter.

Please reach out to your friends, relatives, and neighbors. Invite them to consider our school in 2023.

Only one week until the Sweepstakes drawing!

$300 worth ($100 for preschool) of tickets to sell.
Drawing on February 1.
More tickets are available in the school office.

Drawing takes place at the Guest Bingo on Feb. 1.

Pot-o-Gold is a raffle for our $20,000 prize.
Each family was given one $100 ticket
Drawing on June 9.
We have 650 to sell in total. We need people to try selling more to meet our goal.
Call or stop in at the school office.

NWEA Testing – This Week

Tuesday and Wednesday will be winter testing for K-8. Tests will show growth from fall until now. These tests are tools for teachers to gauge their teaching.

Report Cards are in the Mail

We sent are sending the first semester grades in the mail. You can also see report cards using our parent portal, Sycamore, by following the instructions that were sent out by Mrs. May, our technologist.

K-4 parents – please look on the school website or on your child’s teacher site for the rubric to the report card standards for their grade level. (goto swsaints.org, then to current parents, then to standards rubric)

School Accreditation from MNSAA
(Minnesota Nonpublic School Accrediting Association)

School accreditation is a continuous process that helps our school focus on improvement. The school sets a seven-year improvement plan. During the 6th and 7th year of the plan the school does a full comprehensive study and sets future goals. The accreditation process also requires a review by the accreditation association to give an outside view and review to support the school’s future plans. Our association is called MNSAA. You will be hearing more about this during the entire 2023 as we are now in the 6th year of the process. Our visit by MNSAA will take place in spring of 2024. Watch for more about this throughout the year.

 From the School Advisory Council
We know that families are busy and sometimes it helps to have new ideas to incorporate more of the faith into your family life. 

For the Love of Family
This week’s challenge:

Give family members each 10 pieces of yarn, 4 inches in length. Ask them to spend the next week thinking of the many ways God has provided for them. Challenge them to find 10 things they can tie a piece of yarn to (zipper pulls, rearview mirrors…) as a reminder of how God has provided. Encourage them to say a brief prayer of thanks whenever they see the yarn tied to something—whether it’s theirs or another family member’s.

Toddler Tuesdays
Every Tuesday (On days when school is in session)

8:00 AM -10:00 AM – For Toddlers and their parents