Wildcat Power!
The symbol of the wildcat is a cute way to talk about our school. We are not changing our mascot . We are still the St. Wenceslaus Saints. We will have fun wildcat activities this year. Maybe next year we will be the woodpeckers or skunks?

New Prague Trojan Homecoming!
We celebrate homecoming week with the New Prague Trojans this week.

Friday all students can wear Trojan gear or Red/Black clothing. We will also go out to watch the Homecoming Parade at 1:00 PM.

Marathon is a big deal at our school so we will wear our marathon shirts on Thursday instead.

We are excited that 6 out of 12 homecoming royalty are graduates of SWS – 4 boys and 2 girls.  (Evan Anderson, Luke Shepard, Aidan King, Nick Geis, Emma Gullickson, and Lindsey Simon)

Best of Luck to the Trojans.

New Prague Trojan Hall of Fame

Congratualtions to all of the Trojans who will be inducted to the Hall of Fame at 6:30 on Thursday evening. Of the ten individuals who are receiving this honor, six of them are SWS graduates.

We are proud of our SWS gradutes who are now
Trojan Hometown  Heros!
Keith Barta          Tom Kajer         Ron Schoenecker
Arnie Ambroz     Chuck Kajer      Brad Von Bank
Tim Neeser (attended in his elementary years)

Also the Duck Cup Memorial Group is receiving the honor and 4 members of their board are Graduates of SWS

Nick Deutsch      Eric Ceplecha                                         Dave Hruby         Bryan Connelly

That’s alot of SWS graduates getting this honor!

Dozinky Parade Thank You
Thanks to so many school parents and kids who participated in the the parade on Saturday. We really appreciate your involvement, especially in showing your support in such a public way!

Thanks to those who donated candy. The kids once again “generously” tossed it out to the crowd.

A huge thanks to George Tupy for the donation of the float and tractor and for driving us through the parade. George graduated from SWS many years ago! We love our Alumni.

Thanks to our School Advisory Council for helping to organize.

Feast of St. Wenceslaus – Tuesday, September 28
Celebrate our Patron Saint
School Mass 8:00 AM (Gr. 5 plans)
Adoration in the morning in church – open to all.
Fr. Eugene will do a procession with the Blessed Sacrament around the campus at Noon – Blessing north, south, east and west sides of the campus.

Masks on busses – this is a federal regulation
If your student rides the bus – please send a mask or have them keep one in their backpack. We are giving too many masks out each day for bus riders!

Also we notice the minute 99% of the kids sit down on the bus they remove their mask. We have no control over this behavior as we see the bus drive away so we ask you to please talk to your own child about this expectation.

Birthday treats
Birthday treats must be individually sealed and each individually sealed item is further sealed inside of a larger box or bag. – Example box of fruit snacks that is sealed and inside the box are 12 sealed packets. This is so teachers can easily handle treats and serve with sanitized hands. Students may not distribute snacks.

No boxes of bakery donuts, cookies, or cupcakes, please.

What is the difference for instruction and homework?

Covid illness or forced quarantine: The school will follow one of the plans outlined in our safety plan for instructions and homework.

Child ill with other aliment: Homework given upon return to school due one day late for each day ill.

Vacation: No work given ahead of time unless the teacher initiates. Work is given upon return and due one day for each school day gone, no distance learning provided. Parents – please do not ask or expect a teacher to provide work to your child for vacation periods. This is excessive work for the teacher in most cases.

SWS Parent Association 

All parents are welcome to be a part of the School Parent Association!

We meet monthly. This is a great way to meet new people and to become an involved member of our school community. We would LOVE to have you join us.

The next meeting in on Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 6:00 PM.

Contact
lisa.langfield@swsaints.org
kim.doyle@swsaints.org

Wanted:  Fleece cutting Moms or Dads!
The school was given a room full of fleece as a donation. We want to turn this fleece into blankets to give to the elderly and poor this winter. 

Kim is organizing parents who are able to spend time cutting fleece so the children can tie it. We want each child to make a blanket so we will be cutting 200 plus fleece blankets getting them ready for the next step.

Ideally parents can work in pairs or teams to lay out the fleece and cut it.  You can choose the best time to work each week – but we know that on Friday AM the gym will be open and we can set up working tables.

Contact Kim if you are able to cut fleece. State the best time or day for you to come in and she will set up teams of fleeece cutters! All you need to bring is a sharp sissors to cut fabric.

kim.doyle@swsaints.org

Saintly Service
This year St. Wenceslaus School staff members are excited to incorporate the example of seven saints into the ways we interact with students, parents, and each other – through Saintly Service: Wisdom for Growing Catholic Community. This is philosophy that our school already embraces, but one that we want to be especially intentional about welcoming and embracing others.  We are looking for a great year of building community!

Thanks to the Catholic School Center of Excellence, we’re uniting with other Catholic schools and putting words and faces to our traditions and practices by using the following saints and their charisms as guiding examples in our relationship-building:

St. Benedict – Offer incredible hospitality

St. Teresa of Calcutta – Be assertively friendly

St. Ignatius – Assume positive intent

St. Therese of Lisieux – Pay attention to the little things

St. John XXIII – Foster a culture of joy

St. Joan of Arc – Take action and initiative

St. Francis – Be the change you wish to see