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Our Parent Group met on October 14. The minutes from the October meeting are attached. We had a wonderful meeting and discussed a lot of ideas, but it was a very small group. Please remember that all parents are welcome to attend our Parent Group meetings. This is an opportunity to share ideas about upcoming events and fundraising. St. Anthony’s is a family community and we must work together to make activities and events happen here at school. The faculty and staff cannot do it alone, we need your help. Please consider attending our next meeting on November 18 at 6:30 in the school cafeteria. Door prizes will be given. Congratulations to our Door Prize winners from the October Meeting. Jesi Lenfert won a $25 Amazon Gift Card and Jill Ellis won a $10 Amazon Gift Card.

Grade 8 1st= Which Windmill Is More Effective? by Lincoln Ellorimo 2nd= How Does Music Affect Your Heart Rate? by Emma Holifield 3rd= How Does Using Different Baking Sheets Affect the Temperature of the Cookies? by Baylee Tucker Honorable Mention= Hand Washing VS Hand Sanitizer by Morgan Cooper Grade 7 1st= Light and Color: Making Energy is Fun! by Madeleigh Kochersperger 2nd= Are Energizer Batteries Worth Buying? by Connor Caffee 3rd= Rising To The Test by Carlie Reid Honorable Mention= The Power of Electromagnets by Octavio Munoz Grade 6 1st= Does Color Affect Our Food Choices? Grace Duggins

WOW! The Book Fair was a huge success. Students had so much fun shopping. We sold over $3,700 and earned over $1,700 in Scholastic Dollars. The Scholastic Dollars will be used to purchase books for the library and the classrooms. Thanks to everyone for supporting the Book Fair and our school.

This Friday we will allow students to wear Halloween Costumes. It is important that the costume does not impede the learning process of the student or other students. Please follow costume guidelines: facial masks must be worn (NO costume mask), no face paint or hair coloring, be able to use the restroom on their own, no gore, violence, or weapons. Good rule of thumb, if you have to ask if the costume is appropriate, then pick a different costume. If a student prefers not to wear a costume, then they may wear a Halloween shirt or a black and/or orange shirt with jeans, sweats, or shorts.

Thank you to everyone who visited our Trunk or Treat this past weekend. Even with the rain, the event was a big success. I want to give a special shout out to Jennifer Vizhnay for putting this event together. Thank you to all those who hosted a trunk. Thanks to Mr. Dino for the delicious chili!

We will be having our Secret Santa Shop this year on Wednesday, December 1st. Students will be able to shop for Christmas gifts for the family at this time. We will be looking for volunteers to help with Secret Santa. If you would like to volunteer, please save the date and more information will be coming home soon.

Our 5th - 8th grade students will be performing Fractured Fairy Tales on November 5th and 6th at 7:00 pm in the school gym. Tickets for the play will be sold in advance and will be available at the door. An order form is included in the Bear Facts. Guests will be required to wear a mask and we will do our best to follow social distancing guidelines.

Students are getting ready for Red Ribbon Week® 2021 – this year’s theme is: Drug Free Looks Like Me. At school, students will engage in activities that promote a drug free and healthy lifestyle. DID YOU KNOW? Children of parents who talk to their teens regularly about drugs are 42% less likely to use drugs than those who don’t; yet, only a quarter of teens report having these conversations. Red Ribbon Week®, the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the nation, is your opportunity to get the ongoing conversation started. Please see the Red Ribbon Flyer to see how our SAS Bears will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week beginning on Monday, October 25th. If your child does not want to participate in the theme for the day, they will need to wear the school uniform.

Come visit our Trunk or Treat this Saturday at 6:30. This is a great opportunity for safe trick or treating. Mr. Dino will also be serving up his delicious chili. Thanks to all of our families who have volunteered to host a trunk or donate candy. Thanks also to Jennifer Vizhnay for spearheading this wonderful event.

Our Scholastic Book Fair will be held during the week of October 18. This event is an opportunity for students of all ages to build their home libraries and further their love of reading. As always, all purchases benefit our school. After missing out on many beloved traditions, our Book Fair will be a familiar, welcome, and safe event for our students. Please see the attached letter and visit our Book Fair Homepage for more information. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/stanthonyschool16 Students will be able to purchase books during their library class or may purchase during parent teacher conferences. We will accept cash, credit, and check (payable to St. Anthony School). Families can also set up an eWallet for students.

Teachers and students are loving our new Friendzy Program. Last month, we focused on the idea of “We Need Each Other.” For the month of October, we will focus on the theme, “Love At All Times.”

Picture retakes will be Thursday, October 14. Picture retakes are for any student who was not able to get pictures on picture day or if you are not satisfied with pictures. If you were not satisfied with your child’s pictures, please send them in with your child on the day of retakes. If your child was not present for pictures, please follow the link below to order pictures or an order form will be sent home with your child. https://inter-state.com/order Online Code: 59317ZA

It has been a long time since our school has had a PTO. It is vital that parents are involved in school activities. This year we are starting a parent group for SAS. This group will meet once a month to discuss activities and events that will be held throughout the year. The group will also look at different types of fundraising and ways to help the school community. The next meeting will be Thursday, September 23 at 6:30 in the school cafeteria. We hope to see you there!

Students have done a terrific job of coming to school with a mask. A mask helps prevent a person who is sick from spreading the virus to others. Appropriate and consistent use of masks is most important when students, teachers, and staff are indoors and when social distancing is difficult to implement or maintain. If we can all wear masks consistently and correctly, then we could reduce not only the spread of illness but also reduce the number of individuals who may need to quarantine. Now more than ever, it is important that we reiterate the proper way to wear the mask. Please make sure your child has the proper sized mask; the mask should fit snugly and cover the bridge of the nose and stretch under the chin. The mask should stay in place and not fall off of the nose. Many students are wearing the same mask each day and the mask are stretching out and not fitting properly. We must continue to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 by doing our part and properly wearing a mask.

We would like to extend our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Father Dismas Veeneman. Father Dismas was our Pastor from 1996-2005. It was his vision to see St. Anthony expand and flourish. After many fundraising efforts, construction began on what is now the Social Hall and the Parish Gym. May he find eternal rest in the loving arms of God. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. O Lord, your sorrowing Mother stood by your cross; help us in our sorrows to share your sufferings. Amen.

The first birthday party of the school year is Friday, September 24th. The party will honor the students who have birthdays in June, July, August, and September. For those of you who are new to St. Anthony, the school celebrates the birthdays in groups three times a year. Students who have a birthday during these months may be out of uniform on this day and are recognized at the class party. Room mothers will provide a treat for the class on these special days. Treats will be individually wrapped and teachers will hand them out to the students. Room parents if you are bringing in items please clearly mark them with the room number so that we know who the items belong to.

We will also be bringing back our Scholastic Book Fair this year. The Fair will be held during the week of October 18. This event is an opportunity for students of all ages to build their home libraries and further their love of reading. As always, all purchases benefit our school. After missing out on many beloved traditions, our Book Fair will be a familiar, welcome, and safe event for our students. Students will visit the Fair during Library class and the Fair will be available during our Parent Teacher Conferences.

We are so excited to have our Trunk or Treat again this year. Thank you to Jennifer Vizhnay for hosting this event. The Trunk or Treat will be held in the school parking lot on Saturday, October 23. We would love to have our families participate in the Trunk Or Treat. Families can decorate their trunks or have a table displayed and hand out candy. Prizes will be given for the best decorated trunk. Let’s make this a great event for our school community!

I want to thank everyone for helping pay it forward with The NED Show! We were blessed to be able to have The NED Show for free here at SAS. Our families did a great job of purchasing yoyos to make sure that another school will also be able to have The NED Show. We will continue to share NED’s message of Never Give Up, Encourage Others, and Do Your Best.

You may be aware that Governor Holcomb issued a new Executive Order on September 1, 2021 that references important updates to school quarantine guidance. Based on the Executive Order, those individuals identified as close contacts do not have to quarantine if they are symptom free and the school requires all individuals to wear a mask. These new guidelines are only for the school day and take into account that masks are worn consistently and correctly. Protocols for lunch, extracurricular activities and athletics will remain the same. As a school, we have done a great job of mitigating the spread of COVID within the building. I strongly believe this is because of masks and quarantines. While I understand that the new Executive Order could cut down on the amount of time students are out of the building, I want to ensure that we continue to keep our school community as safe and healthy as possible. With the new Order, we will look at each identified positive case on an individual basis. Any individual considered a close contact will receive a phone call and will be notified if a quarantine is necessary. In the classroom, close contacts will be identified as those individuals that sit within 3 feet of the confirmed case. If we can determine that mask were worn consistently and correctly, then the close contact may not need to quarantine. Because masks are not worn in the cafeteria, a close contact is anyone who sits within 6 feet of the confirmed case and will be required to quarantine. Again, I appreciate your continued support as we navigate through this ever-changing pandemic.