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THE NEXT GENERATION OF BOX TOPS IS HERE
Box Tops is changing to fit today's families. The new and improved Box Tops mobile app uses state-of-the-art technology to scan your store receipt within 14 days of purchase, find participating products and instantly add Box Tops to your school's earnings online.
To download the free app see below links—
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1150038564
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.generalmills.btfe
Traditional Box Tops continue to be found on many products throughout the stores. Please send them to school on or before October 25th, 2019. Thank you in advance and Happy Clipping!!
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parent/teacher conference sign-ups
Don't forget to sign up for a conference spot to meet with your child's teacher(s). Please click the grade title below. Conferences will be held on November 6th, 7th, and 8th.
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ptg news
Did you miss the PTG meeting on Thursday last week? Interested to see what was discussed? Click here for the meeting's minutes and get informed.
Livermore Christmas Parade
A Coordinator and a flatbed trailer, classic car, or...?
The coordinator and their team of decorators decide the theme for the float. Traditionally it has been a flatbed trailer decorated in a religious-themed (nativity/angles) pulled by a truck and driver. However, the coordinator can think outside the box opt for a non-traditional approach. How about a classic car with a select number of SMS Alumni as passengers? Or a rowboat or other marine craft on its trailer pulled by a truck? What about an ATV pulling a smaller wagon with a few walking kids or adults?Participation in this downtown event is contingent on securing a coordinator. Volunteers have already signed up to help. We just need a leader to organize the bunch. If no coordinator or float option is astablished SMS will have to opt-out of participating in the parade.
Click here to view the sign-up page.
Tabletop Luncheon
Two Co-Chairs are needed.
For this event, SMS Parents and Community members volunteer to decorate tables according to a theme of their choice. Typically the decorators get friends and family to purchase a seat at their table, and only a small amount of open seats are available to the general public. A group of decorators and a caterer are already signed up for the event. This is a time-honored event, so much of the logistics have already been established. Vanessa Galo can help with answering any questions the co-chairs may have.Click here to view the sign-up page.
Father/Daughter Dance
Two Co-Chairs are needed.
Help make a few little girls feel like the belle of the ball by organizing our huge team of volunteers. Dads and their daughters deserve a date night out together, don't they? You can help the Fathers show their daughters a good time and how a gentleman should treat them. Light refreshments, sweets, and a teddy bear raffle along with DJ dancing have typically rounded out the evening. Check out last year's theme - Click Here.
The description on the Father-daughter dance coordinator below.This person:
- Creates a flyer for students to register for the dance; see office for sample flyer
- Works with school office to confirm DJ and theme
- Dance should involve a cake walk or teddy bear raffle during the dance as an optional activitiy
- Include a photo opp (create a space where families can take photos; get a student or parent volunteer to take photos and develop one photo per student to receive after dance or use polaroid camera for instant takeaway picture)
- purchase and expense simple decorations
- There is an entire volunteer crew signed up to work and donate refreshments
Click here to view the sign-up page.
Wine Tasting & Auction
A Silent Auction Lead is needed
Big Picture: The auction chairs send out letters for donations and there is no need to go out and get items. The donations come to the office and they get stored in room 16 (across from the 8th-grade class). About 4 weeks out from the event, the silent auction lead starts organizing items and is the person who makes sure all items get set up on the day of the event (Feb. 29, Saturday, at the community center on east ave.). That is essentially the role.Here’s what it would entail:
- Figure out how to combine the donations into “lot items” or “baskets”; we have an excel spreadsheet that already has the items from the previous year so it’s a matter of updating the file by plugging in the descriptions of what we have for the current year. Each item in the file has an assigned lot number and the formula in the spreadsheet automatically populates the list price once you enter the actual value of the donated items.
- Decide if there are any aesthetic items that need to be purchased to make the items or baskets look better (purchase, save the receipt and get reimbursed).
- Purchase shred, baskets, ribbon or wrap if we are low in inventory (purchase, save the receipt and get reimbursed).
- Set a date (about 2 weeks before the event) to wrap and beautify all the baskets (they stay stored at school).
- Help transport baskets to the center on the morning of the event and set the items up at the event.
This task is enjoyable because it’s fun to come up with titles for baskets, think of ways to make the baskets look nice and the job can be done on one’s own time (in the evenings or weekends when it works for the volunteer).
SAVE THE DATE and HELP SPREAD THE WORD!
Know of any families, groups or businesses that might be interested in a scrumptious Italian lunch or dinner? Spread the word about your fundraiser and share our digital flyer (below or click here and forward the pdf). If they can't dine-in Melo's will honor the deal for takeouts as well. This is a great way to surprise staff and co-workers as well as do some good for the school in the process.
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student leadership
This week and next we're focusing on bread mixes and cake mixes, specifically
Banana and pumpkin bread mixes and any cake mixes.
St. Vincent de Paul can always use donations of
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eagles nest news
Eagle’s Nest News
We are Sooooo Excited for Halloween !!!Halloween is a 12:15 dismissal from school and after that we will start our Spooktacular afternoon in Eagle’s Nest with a pizza party! It is only $2 to join our pizza lunch and it must be turned into one of our staff by Thursday morning! Thank you to all who have donated other items to make our party Bootiful !!
We will also be having Monster Mash Bingo, Mask Decorating and a Costume Contest! It’s not too late to join the fun! Eagle’s Nest will remain open until 6pm.
Upcoming reminders:
11/6, 11/7, and 11/8 are all minimum days with a 12:15 dismissal for parent teacher conferences. Eagles Nest will be open from 12:15-6pm those days.
11/11 is Veteran’s Day and a School Holiday
Please continue to check your student’s outerwear to make sure they have not accidentally “traded” with another student.
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parish news
Will you be on the Drive Through Prayer Advent 2019 Team? We need...- Extroverts: To be "boosters" to dance with a big arrow sign to attract drivers.
- Listeners: To be part of a three-person prayer team, praying for people as they drive up.
- Contemplatives: To sit with Jesus in the Adoration Chapel during Drive Through Prayer, interceding for our guests and for our team.
- Organizers: To assist the behind-the-scenes planning.
Got a friend who wants to join the team?
Have them sign up here.
Orientation Day
We will announce soon when Orientation Day will be, to get together, refresh our memories on what to do and to train our new ministry members.Please Click Below To join the Advent 2019 Team!
