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Dear God
As if with a blink of an eye, our school year is coming to an end. We give Thanks and Praise to you for our many celebrations and for guiding us through our challenges. We give thanks to You for Your gift of placing Fr. Keith Walder among us. Fr. Keith will be in our hearts and thoughts as we continue to pray for him as he walks the path You have placed before him. We ask, too, for Your Grace to be with all of us as we continue our mission to Live, Love, and Serve as Christ. Amen
Your St. Thomas School Family
Thank You – Jonathan and Nolan Decker would like to thank everyone for their generous donations during the cookie sale. Jonathan and Nolan presented a check for $357.26 to the American Heart Association Childhood Research Fund. Thanks again for your support.
Registration at
St. Thomas School for 2008-09 School Year is now in process. Stop by to Register or call Mrs. Crain at 684-2309 at your earliest opportunity.
A Big Thank You goes out to Mrs. Linda Kahler (Macie Dodd’s grandmother). She did an “awesome” presentation on Spain with a mosaic activity. The 4th & 5th grade Social Studies learned a lot and look forward to her returning to the class next year. Thanks again!
Vacation Bible School – Call 684-2571 (Church Office) to sign up your 4 year old through 5th Grader for this summer’s Vacation Bible School. It will take place at St. Thomas School and will be a Catholic Based Program. It is guaranteed to be a blast for all children attending. Also, call if you would like to help make snacks and food for this year’s event.
Remember, invite a friend from your neighborhood to join you. All are welcome!
50/50 Raffle Results
April May
Todd Cler $400 Ed Bosch
Kathy Thorson $100 Mike Godsell
Julie Daly $100 Tony Juodis
Mike Bosch $100 Don Hewing
Mark Bierbom $50 Julie Gay
Plan Now to Attend
Fr. Keith’s Going Away Parties!!!
All (3) parish families, school families, friends & neighbors are invited to bring the entire family & spend time with Fr. Keith at a variety of events!!!
Sunday, June 1st
11:00 a.m. - Potluck Luncheon in the
St. Thomas School Gym. All you need to bring is your family and a side dish to share. Meat, drinks, and table service will be provided!
Then Return –
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. for Music, Dancing, and Socializing. Come and enjoy DJ music at St. Thomas School Gym. If you are interested in helping with the food for this event, please contact Debbi Koeberlein at 369-2641 for details. Feel free to bring a cooler for your family’s beverages (BYOB)
Summer Camps
The High School of Saint Thomas More Camps
Football Camp, non-padded, June 16-19 9:30am-11:30am Boys & Girls 5th – 8th Grade
Volleyball Camp June 30-July 3 9:00 am-11am – Girls entering 7th & 8th Grade
11:30am-1pm – Girls entering 5th & 6th Grade
Boys Basketball Camp June 25-27 8:00 am – 10:00 am - Boys entering 5th & 6th Grade 10:00am – Noon – Boys entering 7th & 8th Grade
Baseball Hitting Camp June 9 9:30am to 11:30am 5th - 8th Grade
Baseball Pitching Camp June 10 9:30am to 11:30am 5th - 8th Grade
Visit www.hs-stm.org for the complete details and registration forms.
St. Mary’s Ice Cream Social
Rural Pesotum
Sunday, June 8th
4pm-7pm
All Are Welcome
BBQ Sandwiches, Hotdogs, Desserts & Homemade Ice Cream
Games-Raffles-Bingo-Fun Activities for the Kids
Scrapbookers – Julie Gay has 12 leftover Cardinals Day (unused) game tickets for scrapbookers. If you are interested in having these memory markers for your scrapbook, please call Julie (684-2304).
2nd Graders – Remember Bishop Jenky will be celebrating Mass on Saturday, May 31st at 4:00 p.m. in Peoria for this years First Communicants. Hopefully, your family will be able to attend this special Mass in your honor.
Math Tutoring – will be available during the summer at St. Thomas School. If interested, please call Diane Deters at 840-5416 or email ddeters@hotmail.com.
Yearbooks – Do you have more than one student at St. Thomas School? Does each of your students want their own yearbook for years later? If so, extra copies are available in the School Office for $12/each. Stop by to get yours today.
Lost Ring – Do you know someone that lost a gold band ring? If so, please contact Mary Schumacher in the school office to claim it.
Call for Fundraiser Suggestions
For the 2008-2009 school year, St. Thomas School will move in a new direction with fundraisers, planning only four (4) major fundraisers per year--one each for fall, winter, spring, and summer. We have three
scheduled: Magazine Sale (fall), Pancake & Sausage Breakfast (winter), Golf Outing (summer). We are needing to schedule one for spring 2009; one that could run any time during the period from March 1 through the
end of school. At this time, we are asking
for suggestions that will net the school $10,000+ profit. If you
have suggestions for a single fundraiser of this nature, please contact Lainey Hewing (485-5244) before July 15th to explain to her in detail your suggestion.
All four major fundraisers contribute to our being able to keep tuition down (we remain in the bottom 25% of tuition costs of private schools in Champaign County). These are fundraisers we will ask families to participate in by selling tickets, magazines, etc., as their part in this effort to keep tuition low. We will maintain other popular
"passive" fundraisers (where families are not asked to participate at a certain level) because they are popular and convenient, and over the school year, they do provide a steady stream of income for the school.
These include: box tops, Campbell's Soup labels, Market Day, old cell phones and printer cartridges, Scrip, Fannie May, and
grocery store/department store cash-back promotions.
We appreciate your continued participation in these profitable enterprises and look forward to hearing your suggestions.
Sports News:
We will be replacing the score board in the Gym at the school. Our current score board worked for over 20 years and during our past Volleyball season, the board broke. Due to the age of the score board and the new technology that is available now, parts for the current board are not made any longer so we have to replace it. The new board will cost approximately $1800. Currently, half of the cost has already been donated. If you would like to help the Athletic Committee in covering the remaining cost of $900 of the board, please contact the rectory at 684-2571 or you can send in the amount you wish to donate to the school office and place a note on the envelope: Attention Athletic Dept./ Score Board. Thank you!
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MAY11:00 am - Graduation 17
FINN 19
Hot Lunch – Monicals
MARTIN 20
BRYANT 21
Leave at 6:30 am – 7/8th Class Trip to Six Flags
8:25am – All School Rosary
Fun Day @ 10:45am – 2:15pm 22
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8:30am – Mass (7th )
5-7th Gr Honors at Mass
Dismissal at 10:30am
Last Day of School
HONOR ROLL – 4th Quarter
5th Grade
High Honors
Christy Lannon & Aileen Tierney
Honors
Zoey Bryant, Anna Happ, Doug Hughes
6th Grade
High Honors
Chandler Bollman, Megan James, Regan Kelley McKenzie Martin
Honors
Jack Bolger, Justin Deters, Dalton Grimm, Randa Harshbarger, Zack Thorson
7th Grade
High Honors
Sean Kelley
Honors
Nick Decker, Kolson McFall, Joel Ping
8th Grade
High Honors
Nick Gallivan & Shannon Siuts
Honors
Madison Herbert & Alex Thorson
Congratulations to Each of You!!!
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