Orders due by February 16th

Royal Blue with Athletic Gold print
T-shirts: $10.00
Hooded Sweatshirt: $25.00
Hooded Sweatshirt with last name on back: $30.00

For questions e-mail mrittman08@gmail.com. These items do not meet dress code and should not be purchased to wear as part of the uniform. They are simply to enhance school spirit and pride!

Catholic Schools Week begins this Sunday with our Family Mass at 10:30!
We invite all school families to kick off this weeklong celebration by worshipping together as one parish school community. We especially encourage those of you who worship at different parishes or churches to come to St. George this Sunday and be apart of the national celebration. Students are asked to proudly wear their school uniforms to Mass. The Children's Choir will be singing, students will be readers and greeters and the intermediate classes will be hosting a bake sale. Let's gather together and thank the Lord for all the blessings he has bestowed on our St. George community. Here is the schedule for the rest of the week's events. As always, students who do not wish to participate in the dress up activities are to wear their regular uniforms.

• Monday is WACKY TACKY Day. Students can come to school in their craziest mixed up outfit ever. We celebrate our parents.
• Tuesday is Sports Day. Dress up in jerseys and t-shirts honoring your favorite sports teams.
• Wednesday is Ethnic Dress Day. Show us the beauty of your cultural heritage by dressing in traditional clothes of your families' native country. Join us for our first annual Scripps School Spelling Bee at 10:15 am. Two students from each grade 1-8 compete. The top speller from grades 6-8 will continue on to the next level at Seattle City Hall. We also celebrate our teachers with a special lunch
• Thursday is the all time favorite Student Appreciation Day with the wearing of the PAJAMAS! Be sure to bring your favorite pillow, stuffed animal or blanket for your class READ IN. This is also the day we will be watching a movie celebrating our magazine sale success. K-4 will be watching Toy Story (G) and Grades 5-8 will be watching Akeelah and the Bee (PG). If you have any objection to your child watching a movie, let us know and we can make other arrangements for them.
• Friday is Sue Byrd School Spirit Day. We honor the senior members of our parish with a breakfast after the 9:15 Mass. Students come dressed in blue and yellow. Parents are invited to attend our zany spirit assembly at 11:00 and watch the 8th graders try to take down the teachers in a game of volleyball!

Dear Parents,

We are in need of Volleyball coaches for the 8th grade boys team. If you have knowledge of the game of volleyball and would like to share this knowledge as a coach, please contact Diana Marsh at jamesemmi@msn.com or Michael Rittman, mrittman08@gmail.com. League games start on February 25, 2012.

Coaching counts as volunteer hours!

A big THANK YOU to our traffic dads Mr. Serquinia and Mr. Juguilon who are outside every morning, rain or shine, at drop off. Their purpose is to ensure the children's safety and your smooth flow for your exodus to work. Please do your part and FOLLOW our traffic FLOW. Drive SOUTHBOUND on 13th and WESTBOUND on Dawson. If you are going against traffic, you are interrupting flow and endangering students.

We at Villa Academy would like to invite you to the attached Parent Education event on February 2nd from 7-9p. Please join us and invite your friends. If you would please post this in your public spaces as this is free and open to all we would appreciate that love to see everyone.

Thanks!
Wendy Newsom

Parent Education Flyer

In case of inclement weather, St George School will announce any delays or cancellations on the school website via twitter by 6:30 a.m. This will be our primary and only official vehicle for communication.

We will also communicate this information to KOMO, KIRO and KING media outlets. However, because of changes in their reporting policies, we cannot ensure whether, or when, announcements will appear. In cases of delay where we have a 10:00am opening, there will be NO Morning Care Program. Students may arrive at 9:45 am, no earlier. King5.com has a section where you can sign up for text alerts in the event our school is closed or delayed.

Ultimately, our highest priority is the safety of our students and families. Regardless of the official start status of the school, we always defer to parents in the use of their own best judgment with regard to whether, and when, it is safe for their children to come to school. When weather conditions dictate that families cannot accommodate the regular school schedule, there will of course not be any negative consequences for individuals making alternate decisions in the interest of their children's safety.

Monday Math Club

Every wanted to make a fabulous scarf for your family member?

Well here's your chance to learn how to make a warm and cozy gift for someone or even yourself!

Who: grades 5-8
When: 8 weeks starts 1/23 Mondays 3:15-4:15
Where: 3rd grade classroom
Materials: one pair of knitting needles (size US 8-10), any color or style of yarn
Cost: $10 per student
Sign up in grade 3 with Miss Fredette by 1/13

For more info, download below flyer.

Monday Math Club Flyer

Thanks for respecting our No Parking Yellow Zones. In the interest of safety and smooth traffic flow, we ask parents to drive southbound on 13th Ave. during drop – off and pick up and westbound along Dawson Street on the south end of the school. Even though this pattern may force you to drive a block or two out of your way, it helps protect everyone's child and gets you where you need to go more smoothly. Having traffic both ways with cars parked everywhere is a recipe for trouble when transitioning 223 students. Children’s safety comes before convenience every time!

Open Registration Period: January 3rd – January 25th. Games begin the weekend of February 25th. Any late registrations after the open registration period will be accepted on a space availability basis.

CYO Player Fees: $55 per player

Coaches Needed: Please consider offering your skills, experience, and leadership in service to coaching one of our teams. We plan to hold our coaches' meeting in early February. The goal of the coaches in CYO Sports is to assist every player on his or her team to utilize their God given talents to the best of their ability in the hope that each child will leave the season with a feeling of individual accomplishment and an increased sense of worth.

If you have any questions, please contact the school office.

Next week ALL of our new after school clubs begin. Be sure to check the FCE for the various fliers. Fill them out and send them in ASAP. We have Monday Math Club for students in graders 6-8 taught by Mr. Rinker, a high school math teacher. Ms. Fredette is also teaching a math club on Mondays in the form of knitting! Ms. Lana has offered another Monday Art Club. Study Hall continues on Tuesdays and Thursdays with an additional day on Mondays for student in grades 3-6 with Ms. Hanley. Be sure to purchase your $24 trimester Study Hall pass from Mrs. Fontaine. Lastly, on Friday’s, Mr. Virdell continues with Scrabble Club. Thanks to all the teachers and parents who are volunteering their personal time for the benefit of all St. George's kids! We welcome new club ideas and volunteers to run them at any time! Do you have a talent to share?

Don't forget Valentine's Day is February 14th

Romantic Dinner? Olive Garden, Red Robin, California Pizza Kitchen

Valentines and Candy? Walgreens, WalMart, Safeway

Check out www.glscrip.com for the entire list of retailers

Due to the February holiday, the shopping card order will go out February. 27th.

Hello St. George parents,

Art Club was such a success last semester that we will be starting another eight week session in January. This session we will be exploring painting, printmaking and ceramics.

• Classes will be Mondays, January 9th – February 27th at 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm.
• Cost is $90 for eight weeks.
• Please make checks payable to St. George School
• Contact Lana Sundberg at 206-568-3047 or lanasundberg@gmail.com

Download Art Club flyer for details.

Art Club Flyer

The Fil-Am Society will be hosting their annual Valentine Dinner Dance on Saturday, February 10th in the school hall. Come for a night of spirited entertainment, delicious food and festive dancing. Parents' Club has tickets available. Contact Erika Irwin for yours today.

THANK YOU to the many parent volunteers and following businesses, performers and families who generously contributed to our Annual Holiday Bazaar.

The Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)provides grants to students in K-12th grades attending Catholic schools. The application for the 2012-2013 school year is now available.

Download TAP Application

Download TAP Application Instructions

Congratulations to all the students and families who helped TURN IT UP for St. George and our Magazine Sale. 124 students out of 223 sold magazines which put us at 55% participation. Our final sales number as of last Friday was $14, 824.92 which surpassed our goal by $5,000! Way to go team! 50% of your family’s total sales will be credited to your fundraising account by Mrs. Ebreo.

The top three sellers were Kylee T, Aliyana H and Kaleb G respectively. The fourth graders had the highest sales average with the first graders in second place. The kindergarten and fifth graders tied for third. The class with the highest participation rate was the first grade. Class prizes will be awarded the first week of January.

Way to go St. George! The Jog-a-Thon was a super duper success! We raised $26,845.55! Congratulations to Mrs. Lenihan and our Jog-a-Thon volunteers for a successful event.

Class Winners:
Highest Participation: 1st Grade (85%)
Close second was 4th Grade (84%)

Most Money Raised:
1st Grade ($4,279)
Again, in for a very close second place was 4th Grade ($3,937.05)

Student Winners:
Most Money Raised: Kylee T - Grade 4 ($1,120)
Caitlin D - Grade 8 ($637)

Most Donors:
RJ L - Grade 1 (59 Donors)

Continental Breakfast (Pastry, fruit, juice, tea or coffee) $3.00
Ivar's Clam Chowder & Pancit
Fabulous classroom gift basket raffle
Shopping cards
Cookie decorating
Poinsettia Sale (Donated by Rosso Gardens)

SUPPORT ARTISTS, CRAFTERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BENEFIT THE CHILDREN OF ST. GEORGE

Update: All children whose parents attend the Bazaar will have Free Dress on Monday, Dec. 5th.

Download the Holiday Bazaar Flyer for list of vendors participating this year and scheduled performers.

Please open the new calendar and keep it in easy reach. There are 3 changes to the calendar.

First, December 16 is a half day to make up for the school closure for Sue Byrd's funeral.

Second, April 6th there will be afterschool care.

Third, Friday, June 15th, last day of school is now a noon dismissal.

Mr. Rittman is looking for help washing and drying vintage uniforms. Please call the school 206-762-0656 if you can help.

St. George is working with parents to promote positive social behavior and relationships. The following workshop was presented at Parent Education Night on November 9th with a follow-up workshop for girls in grades 5-8.

You can view the Student Workshop Website here.

The boys in grades 5-8 participated in a workshop with Mr. Tom Schutte from O'Dea High School. The following is his PowerPoint discuss with the boys.

Growing in Character from Boys to Young Men (.pdf)

We are reflecting and working continuously to lead our lives as Jesus.

Book It Theater will present Where the Mountain Meets the Moon at 1:00 in the school hall on Friday, November 18. We have invited the seniors of our community to join us for lunch and theater that day. Parents are welcome to attend the theater, too. We ask each child to bring in $2.00 to support this in-house field trip.

We are excited to announce that Ms. Marissa Ramos, our music teacher for PreK-6, won the 2011 American Protégé International Competition. She is playing in the winners' recital at Carnegie Hall on Nov. 12th, 2011. Ms. Ramos was chosen among a large field of competitive musicians from all over the world. She thanks the Lord for the talent of music. To God be the glory! Mr. Higa, our ukulele teacher and local opera singer, has sent his own voice entry into a national opera competition. We are blessed to have such highly talented members on staff sharing their gifts of music from God with our children!

Hey everybody! For several decades St. George had its yearbook done by Sue Byrd. She was gracious enough to take time out of her schedule to take our pictures and organize the pages for us. Now St. George are continuing her tradition with a new Yearbook Club! We will be in charge of taking pictures at all of St. George's fun events as well as clubs and classes. The Yearbook Club is made up of 7th and 8th graders of St. George School. We are Miss Fredette, Mrs. Dittrich, Audrey, Caitlyn, Chelsea, Michelle, Malia, Serenity, Vanya, and Zion.

We need 4 volunteers who can come every Tuesday morning in November from 8-10am and record magazine sale orders.

We need 2 volunteers who can inventory Halloween carnival supplies and reorganize the cabinet. Must be done during school hours.

Please call the office at 206-762-0656 to sign up.

Join us at California Pizza Kitchen for a flavorful and FUNdraising event.

November 3rd & 4th 2011 (Thursday & Friday all day event)

Just bring in the below flyer, present it to your server and 20% of your check will be donated to St. George School. Purchases include dine-in, take-out, catering and all beverages.

Beyond Sticks and Stones: Understanding, Preventing, and Addressing Bullying
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
6:30pm at St. George Parish School Hall
Presented by Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Faculty and Professional Outreach Specialist Seattle Girls' School

Open to All Parents and Guardians of St. George, St. Paul, and St. Edward Schools

The bullying conversation is everywhere in the national media - what's happened since we were school children? What’s the difference between conflict and bullying? How is bullying different for boys and girls? Come to an interactive presentation to discuss these questions and more!

St. George was offered a grant for a Mathematician in Residence from the Explorations in Math program for this academic year.

What this means is that starting next Wednesday, Dave Gardner, a Master Teacher from Explorations in Math, will come to the fourth grade once a week for math class to provide assistance with engaging students with math games, differentiating for different ability levels, and strengthening math lessons. This will last for tend weeks before he moves on to other primary classrooms in the school. Dave writes a weekly blog called "Math Matters" that can be found online at www.explorationsinmath.org. This is for kids and parents, too. Go check it out.

eScrip* is a fundraising program where families can sign up and support St. George School by simply shopping at Safeway with their Safeway Club Card.

So gather Safeway Club Card numbers from all your family and friends and start earning money for St. George School.

Box Tops for Education. Students at St. George are encouraged to go on a scavenger hunt in their own homes to look for the pink Box Tops on hundreds of products. Clip Box Tops and earn cash for our school. Deposit in the container near front office.

Labels for Education. Earn cash for our school just by saving the labels from some of the foods that you already eat at home. Many food labels can be collected and turned in to raise money for our school; not just Campbell's Soup Labels. Check the attached page to see other participating products. Deposit the labels in the Campbell's Soup container near the school office. For more information on how this program raises money for our school, visit the official website at www.labelsforeducation.com

We are doing our best to keep traffic flowing in the morning and after school. We ask that your drive southbound on 13th when dropping off and picking up your children. There is NO PARKING at any yellow curb. When picking up, if you don't see our child, please drive around the block so as to allow parents whose children are ready to be able to pick them up and go. If your child needs assistance getting in and out of the car, we ask that you park away from the school, outside the yellow zones, and walk to meet your child. We have also had reports of hurried drivers in the neighborhoods who are speeding due to tardiness. We ask that you respect our local community and maintain safe driving in the neighborhoods at all times. Police will be monitoring our area to ensure our safety.