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St. Anthony salutes Debbie Miller for creating the St. Anthony Dance Team and then dedicating countless hours through the years developing the program. Debbie's passion and leadership will be missed as she and Angie Thomas "pass the pom pom's off" after this school year. The Dance Team has brought much joy to many people at St. Anthony through the years. Don Freville will be stepping away from Track & Field after many successful years of leadership. St. Anthony's Track & Field program is top notch and Don's dedication and commitment through the years is one of the reasons for the many championships our athletes have earned. A great big St Anthony Bears THANK YOU goes out to Don for his tireless involvement. Special Thanks to Debbie and Don for a great job of helping our athletes and being such great role models for them. Best of luck to both of you.

If you are interested in tutoring (Reading or Math) for your child(ren) in Grades K-5 over the summer months, please contact Mrs. Marlin at 502-905-7980 for more information.

I would like to thank Emily Fisher and Lori Miller for being co-head Room Parents and to the many other room parents who provided snacks, drinks, etc. for the classroom parties. The students enjoyed all the goodies.

The total SCRIP profit for the 2015-2016 school year was $1055.64! Thank you to all the people who supported this program by purchasing gift cards. The next order will be placed in August and information will be on the website and in the Bear Facts when school resumes.

I would like to thank the many people who donated the scrap paper, envelopes, office supplies, furniture, etc. It provides a huge savings for the school. Please, continue to think about us when you have good clean scrap paper and other office items. Someone will be in the office most days over the summer, so give us a call and we will make arrangements to get the items from you or you can drop it off at the Parish Center. We also ask that you continue to save Coke caps and point codes from the Coke products cardboard container, Campbell Soup labels, Betty Crocker Box tops, ink cartridges, aluminum can pull tops, etc. over the summer. These items really are valuable to us.

This year we have several faculty and staff members who will not be returning in the fall. Thank you for the service to our school and for the great job each one of you have done. We are going to miss you and we want to wish you the best of luck in your new adventures. Mrs. Cheryl Freund, fourth grade teacher, will be retiring this year. Mrs. Glenda Minnick, Resource Aid, will also be retiring. Mr. Manuel Nieto, Spanish teacher; Mrs. Diane Bingham, Third grade teacher; Mrs. Lindsey Howlett, PE Teacher; Mrs. Sarah Turner, Resource Teacher; and Ms. Kara Garcia will not be returning next year.

St. Anthony School would like to congratulate our 8th graders on their Graduation, and we want to wish them the best of luck in high school. This year’s graduates are: Brandon Barron Michael Morra Sydney Barron Rionna Nevins Bailey Basham Angela Quintero-Mora Sean Cocke Claire Reyes Elizabeth Dixon Sabrina Schmidt Emily Dodd Augusta Schonard Bishop Edwards Helena Stoner Nicholas Freville Christian Tate Dalton Howard Gabriel tucker David Kidwell

On Thursday, May 12th, students in grades 3-7 were able to vote on student council officers for the upcoming 2016-2017 school year. Several candidates ran and campaigned to fill these positions by writing speeches and placing posters throughout the school. After a very close race, we are excited to announce our new student council officers: President – Rosie Kempf Vice President – Miranda Harley Treasurer – Aaron Burke Secretary – Any Lopez School Spirit Commissioner – Kendall Stackhouse Religious Affairs – Andrew Singleton Historian – Kira Short

St. Anthony parish has been very blessed to benefit from the outstanding leadership and incredible passion that Brian Miller showed during his many years as Athletic Director. Brian worked tirelessly and deserves some much needed rest. However, while Brian will no longer be the Athletic Chair, he will continue to serve as Football Rep in the fall. St. Anthony Athletics has benefited greatly with Brian's leadership, and we wish him and his family much success going forward. Micky Stoner has served as Assistant Athletic Director, and he will also be missed. We thank Micky for all of his tireless service through the years. Micky will stay active and serve as the Uniform Coordinator. Again, thanks so much for Brian's and Micky's dedication. Billy Hoyland will now serve as the Athletic Director and Tom Bettler will be the Assistant Athletic Director. We wish both much success in their roles. Thanks so much to Jennifer Kelly and Debbie Miller for all of their time to make the Athletic Banquet such a success.

Mrs. Cheryl Freund will be retiring at the end of this school year after 37 years of teaching with 24 of those years working as a teacher at St. Anthony School. Mrs. Freund has taught fifth, second, and fourth grade at St. Anthony School. Mrs. Glenda Minnick will also be retiring after 10 years at St. Anthony School as a Resource Aid. We are very sad to see them go, but we would like to wish them the best in their retirement. We will honor Mrs. Freund and Mrs. Minnick at the Mass on May 25th when we celebrate the last Mass of the school year. We would love for you to join us at Mass and to offer your best wishes to these special ladies after the Mass.

Congratulations to Kara Beth Merchant, Tessa Holifield, Aidan Singleton, Emma Holifield, Claire Reyes, Kieran Kelly, Jack Kaiser, Mara Holified, Jackson Bettler, Gracie Koesters, and Maisie Skeens for an outstanding performance this weekend. We are proud of you and all your hard work with this play. Special thanks to Ellen Holifield, the director, for undertaking this new project. It was a huge success!

I would like to thank Melissa Hoyland for overseeing the Box Tops for Education program. We received a check for $680.90. Thanks to the many volunteers who helped to cut and to Melissa and her volunteers for counting and sending in the labels. Please continue to send these Box Tops to the school office. Our earnings for the 2015-2016 school year is $1,764.30

At the Kinder Derby we collected $522.38 for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. In 4 years we have earned over $2,400. St. Anthony School has truly made a difference in the efforts to research pediatric cancer. In the Bible it says: How can I repay the LORD for all the good done for me? Psalm 116:12

SAS continued our winning tradition yesterday at the Deanery Track & Field Championships. The 4/5/6 boys, 7/8 girls, and 7/8 boys all finished first and the 4/5/6 girls came in third! We are very proud of all participants for their hard work and dedication this year! Thanks to our coaches and parent volunteers for all of their support!

On Tuesday, May 24th, there will be mandatory sign-ups for all summer and fall sports (Volleyball (3rd-8th grade), Football (1st - 8th grade), Cheer (1st - 8th grade), Dance (5th-8th grade), Boys Tennis (6th-8th grade)). It is very important that everyone show up so we can make sure we have enough coaches and equipment on hand when practices start in the summer. If your child is playing football, they must come so they can be sized for equipment. We are still looking for coaches, team parents and anyone else willing to help. There will also be Representatives and Coaches from the Deanery present to register players (for the 7th-8th SIC Football Team, 7th-8th SIC Cheer Team and 6th-8th SIC Boys Tennis Team). Please come to the St. Anthony Social Hall (between the gym and sanctuary) from 6-7:30. We will be accepting athletic fees, football fees, uniform deposits and physicals. If you have any questions, please contact Brian Miller at 812-207-1127.

The results are in and we are pleased to announce: 5-6th grade 2D Art Jessica Ayers placed first with her Marilyn Monroe Mosaic 5-6th grade 3D Art Noah Gettelfinger won 2nd place with The Origami Zoo 5-6th grade 3D Art Kara Beth Merchant received an Honorable Mention for her clay dog, So Fancy 7-8th Photography Sabrina Schmidt won 2nd place with photograph Blue Skies Congratulations to all the winners. And to all those who weren’t chosen, please don’t give up. Your work was outstanding in my eyes. I just wish you all could have been recognized for your talent. Awards will be presented to the winners at the Deanery Musical, Annie Jr. on Friday, May 13 at 7:30 PM. Each winner will receive 3 complimentary tickets to the show. The tickets will be waiting at the Box Office the night of the performance. ~Mrs. Roehm

We will have a May altar in the first floor hallway through the month of May to honor Mary. In order to keep the altar adorned with fresh flowers, we ask that you send flowers in throughout the month.