ST. DOMINIC SCHOOL

Blue Ribbon School of Excellence                                                                                                                   February 3, 2012

 

                                                                                                                       

Friday              February 3                   *Kids’ Night Out and Sock Hop, 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.

                                                             

Saturday          February 4                   *Annual Scout Parade, 1:00 p.m. on Harrison Avenue

 

Sunday            February 5                   *Family/School Mass sponsored by the Pre-K and 7th grade classes, 10:30 a.m.

                                                           

Monday            February 6                   *Weekly lunch money $7.50   (Pre-K and K, $6.25)

                                                            *Traffic Parent Helpers of the week –  4S       

                                                            *Practice for Junior Dragons, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.                                                                                                                            

Tuesday           February 7                   *Practice for Little Dragons, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

*Fair Raffle Ticket bundling, 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria    Please lend a hand!

*Mothers’ Club meeting, 7:00 p.m.

                                                                                                                                   

Wednesday      February 8                   *Practice for Mini Dragons, 3:30 to 4:00 p.m.                                                                                                                   

*Girls’ Basketball City Playoff game, 4:00 p.m. at St. Dominic

 

Thursday          February 9                   *Mothers’ Club recites the Rosary, 8:10 a.m.

                                                            *4th – 7th grade Mass, 8:30 a.m.    Please join us!

                                                            *World’s Finest Chocolate orders will be sent home

*Chess Club meeting for beginners, 3:10 to 4:10 p.m.                                          

                                                            *Boys’ Basketball game, 3:40 p.m. at St. Pius X Blue

 

                                               

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LUNCH MENU  (subject to change) Tuesday – Salad Bar, Thursday – Potato Bar will be served (4th – 7th grade) 

Wednesday - sandwich (item in parentheses) will be served.

 

Monday            Red Beans & Sausage, Rice, Carrots, Cornbread, Peaches

Tuesday           Shrimp Archie, Rotini/Cream Sauce, Peas, Roll, Fruit, Chocolate Chip Cookie

Wednesday      Spaghetti & Meatballs, Italian Gravy, Salad, Garlic Roll, Fruit   (Hot Dog on Bun)

Thursday          Roasted Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Salad, French Bread, Brownie

Friday              Crispy Pork Taco, Shredded Cheese, Lettuce & Tomato, Applesauce, King Cake

 

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KIDS NIGHT OUT!  We invite all students to join us for Kids Night Out tonight from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.

in the school yard.  In addition, there will be a sock-hop for students in 6th and 7th grades in the gym.  Children attending Kids Night Out will enjoy scooters, and games in the yard.  Snacks (pizza, popcorn, candy and beverages) will be available for purchase.  All scooters must have a name clearly printed on them.  The fee per child for the evening is $10.00 for the first two children in a family and $5.00 for other children in the family.  All children not moving from After School Care into Kids Night Out at

6:00 p.m. must be signed in by parents.  An adult must sign all children out.  Join the fun!

           

SOCCER CHAMPIONS!  Congratulations to the St. Dominic Middle School Soccer Team:  Aaron Baker, Gene Baker, Calley Blue, Sydney Blue, Madeline Braud, Catie Cabes, Todd Crabtree, Kyler Fisk, Amanda Gerrets, Ava Maraldo, Maddy Murret, Blake Parenton, Colin Parenton, Savanah Rodrigue, Perry Rosenson, William Rosevally, Meghan Rotolo, Noah Tobin and Allison Weinbecker!  The Dragons defeated St. Elizabeth Ann Seton last Friday to become the Metro Middle School Soccer League Champions!  Congratulations, boys and girls!

 

SPELLING BEE NEWS!  Congratulations to eight students chosen to participate in the New Orleans Chapter of LINKS, Inc. and the Times Picayune Spelling Bee in March!  Elizabeth Lorenzo took First Place in the school level competition on Tuesday!  Elizabeth and seven other students, Kate Alexander, Gene Baker, Bella Fendley, Nick Nguyen, Colette Richard, Savanah Rodrigue, and William Rosevally, will represent St. Dominic School in the city wide competition in March.  Congratulations to all of you and good luck!

 

UNDEFEATED DISTRICT CHAMPS!  Congratulations to the Girls’ Basketball Teams!  The White Team played their season undefeated until their loss to our St. Dominic Green Team this week!  Congratulations to the White Team on a great season!   The Green Team also defeated St. Pius X this week to become the undefeated District Champions!  Join us to cheer for the Dragons, Sarah Alfonso, Calley Blue, Sydney Blue, Elise Cresson, Madi Dazet, Erin Easley, Kyler Fisk, Amanda Gerrets, Elizabeth Lorenzo, Adelia Obioha, Maddy Murret, Sarah Nieland, Meghan Rotolo, Rachel Scurria, and Kathleen Templet as they enter City Playoffs on Wednesday!

 

CONGRATULATIONS, BOYS!  Congratulations to the Boys’ Basketball Team that continues on their road to an undefeated season!  The Dragons defeated St. Pius X White this week!  Join us to cheer for the boys next week when they play St. Pius X Blue!  Go, Dragons!

CHESS CLUB NEWS:  St. Dominic had five teams participating in the Louisiana Scholastic Chess League Team Tournament this past weekend.  Each team will play nine matches over the course of three weekends of competition.  Participating on the three fourth-grade teams were Nicholas Anding (4St), Sarah Anselmo (4St), Gabe Barfield (4S), Beau Borden (4R), Kelsey Brouphy (3U), Kaitlin Callahan (3U), Colin Clement (4R), Michael Collins (4S), Paxton Dinwiddie (4St), Murphy Ellis (4St), Anna Hansen (4St), Finn Homes (3M), Brooke Javier (3M), Bryan Lagarde (4R), Patrick Lavie (3U), Mason Murret (4St), Joseph Pacaccio (3K), Winston Smith (4S), and Caden Swain (4St).  Participating on the two second-grade teams were Olivia Cassreino (2N), James Clark (2A), Nicholas Collins (1S), Lily Ellis, (1M), Nicholas Ferina (2N), Nicholas Frischhertz (1D), Samuel Gernhauser (2F), Chris Hansen (1D), Chase Lormand (2A), Collin Lormand (1L), Liam Parenton (2A), Merrick Rotolo (2F), and Annabel Schaeffer (2A). The third round of completion will take place on the weekend of March 3-4.  We wish you good luck, Dragons!

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS POSTER CONTEST:  Congratulations to the winners of the Knights of Columbus Alcohol and Drug Abuse Awareness Poster Contest!  Thad Wilson (6F) and Allison Weinbecker (6S) won the Alcohol Abuse Awareness category and Emily Maheu (6F) and Lilia Wahlder (6S) won the Drug Abuse Awareness category!  These winning entries will progress to the district/regional level of competition.  Congratulations to all of these young artists and good luck on the next level of competition!

 

WONDERFUL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK MASS!  The annual Catholic Schools Week Mass was held at St. Dominic Church yesterday.  Representatives from the Archdiocesan schools participated in a beautiful, inspiring liturgy with Archbishop Gregory Aymond presiding.  We thank the many families who were generous in our request for supplies for Ozanam Inn as part of our Catholic Schools Week celebration.  We were able to take six large tubs of supplies to church to add to donations from other schools.  In addition, we would like to thank the students who represented St. Dominic School at the Mass:   Karen Ehle (2A), Jackson Sevin (2A), Madison Trauth (2F), Parker Anderson (3U), Rylee Landreaux (3K), Jack Wallace (3M), Sophia Chifici (4S), Matthew Gerrets (4S), Ellie Lavie (4St), Annie Alexander (5D), Niko Milonas (5D), Austin Vidal (5C), Lucy Hood (6F), Tia Peck (6S), Thad Wilson (6F), Kate Alexander (7S), Elizabeth Lorenzo (7P), Denny McGinnis (7S), Hannah Nguyen (7S), and Blake Parenton (7G)!  Thank you for your service to St. Dominic School.

 

ST. DOMINIC DAY AT THE HORNETS’ COURT OF DREAMS!  The Men’s Club will host St. Dominic Court of Dreams and Night at the Hive on Wednesday, February 29!  The fun begins with the St. Dominic Basketball Teams playing games on the court in the arena.  Our cheerleaders will cheer on the Dragons and perform during game breaks.  Students, families, and friends can sit courtside for this Court of Dreams experience.  After the Dragons play, everyone exits the Arena for tailgating and regroups for the Hornets game with the arena reopening at 6:00 p.m.  Order forms were sent home with the oldest or only child in each family today.  Don’t miss the fun!

 

SPECIAL SCHEDULE   Please make a note that we will have a special schedule on Wednesday, February 29.  Dismissal will take place at 12:30 p.m. to allow families time to arrive at the arena for the

Court of Dreams fun.  Students who will remain at school will be supervised at no cost by staff until regular dismissal time and children remaining after dismissal time will be checked into After School Care. 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB:  What a great way to celebrate your birthday—having a book donated in your name to the St. Dominic Library!  Happy birthday wishes to Adrian Lagarde (1M), Matthew Lorenz (3K), Mason Mahfouz (3M), Eva Olinde (2A), and Catherine Tifft (2N)!  We look forward to sharing your birthday books!  Happy Birthday to all of you!

 

A WONDERFUL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK!  We are celebrating a wonderful Catholic Schools Week!  Our students celebrated “Faith, Academics, Service” this week by working together as a homeroom to decorate a candle that represents what their class holds as sacred elements of their faith, writing a note to their homeroom teachers and to God telling how they will do their best in all subjects, earning a quarter through providing a service and donating that quarter to the missions, and thanking their parents for sending them to a Catholic school!   What a great week!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   PLEASE VOTE EVERY DAY!  Please vote for St. Dominic School's FIRST LEGO League team!  The team has invented a device called CHESS – Comprehensive Hand washing with Employee hand Scanner System.  The completely automated device has voice prompts with instructions.  It uses an RFID tag and reader.  It washes hands, scrubs fingertips, dries hands, and scans when finished.  All information is recorded and data is available for analysis by employer.  To help make the invention a reality, the team has entered the FLL Global Innovation Award.  The winning team will be offered the opportunity to work with Edison Nation to professionally develop, produce, and take their invention to market (a prize valued at up to $250,000 in product development services.)  The teams with the most votes will have their ideas reviewed by a panel of experts, and the winner will be determined.  Please help make the team’s project a reality by visiting the website and voting for CHESS.   Please go to the web site http://fllinnovationaward.firstlegoleague.org and search for "CHESS, Comprehensive Hand washing with Employee hand Scanner System."  Click on CHESS.  Click on the red VOTE BOX to cast your vote.  You may cast one (1) vote per day, per network IP address. Voting ends March 1, 2012. Please tell your family and friends to vote every day!

 

MOTHERS’ CLUB NEWS:  All moms are invited to attend the Mothers’ Club meeting on Tuesday, February 7, at 7:00 p.m. in the cafeteria!  There will be a special guest speaker and a presentation on nutrition.

Spring Fair Raffle Ticket Bundling:  The Fair committee will be dividing Spring Raffle Tickets into bundles before the Mothers’ Club meeting on Tuesday evening.  If you can lend a hand, please join the bundlers at 6:30 p.m.  Your help will be greatly appreciated!

Mothers’ Club February Service Project:  The Mothers’ Club February Service Project is to supply new or gently used stuffed animals and boy action figures to the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.  Everyone who brings a stuffed animal or toy will get an extra door prize ticket.   

 

WORLD’S FINEST CHOCOLATE SALE!   The Mothers’ Club is sponsoring a World’s Finest Chocolate and Easter Candy Sale beginning today, Friday, February 3.  Information and order forms were sent home today.  Orders will be filled beginning Friday, February 10.  We ask the support of all our families in this program.  Thank you!

 

PROGRAMS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS  The Archdiocese Family Life Apostolate will sponsor programs available to parents and children to share information on human sexuality and enhance future communication on these important issues.  Programs will be available for boys (11 to 14 years) and the girls (10 to 12 years) at the KC Hall on Vicksburg Street.  The Father/Son program will take place on Friday, March 23, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. and the Mother/Daughter program will take place Sunday, March 25, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.  Registration forms are available in the school office.

 

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The Vine                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      February  5, 2012

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Our mission—to live the good news!

 

            Today’s readings invite us to ponder deeply.  Job speaks of human life as akin to slavery, a time of emptiness and misery that passes like a breath.  Yet, despite many trials, Job never lost faith in God.  Does it seem astonishing then that this bleak picture is followed immediately by the psalm that invites us to “Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted?”

            The apostle Paul recognizes his call to preach the gospel and reports that “an obligation has been imposed on me, and woe to me if I do not preach it!”  Why does he do all that he does?  All his efforts, he writes, are “for the sake of the gospel, so that I too may have a share in it.”

            Paul, convinced of the glory of God’s reign, carried the message of a HOPE that is beyond anything for which we could ask or even imagine.

            This is the company to which we are called, to be part of the great crowd looking for Jesus.  St. Leo the Great observed that whatever was visible in Christ has passed over into the sacraments.  What was visible to Christ?  Inclusion for the isolated, health restored to the sick, light for those in darkness, food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, balm for the afflicted, healing for the sick, sight for the blind, and new life for the dead.

            When we begin to understand the great promise to which we are called, even the greatest difficulties of life cannot obscure our vision.  So we continue to come day by day, week by week, year by year, to the twin tables of WORD and EUCHARIST.