Thanksgiving Day gives us time to reflect on the numerous gifts we have been blest with from God. We set aside this day to gather with all those we love to share our gifts and give thanks.

We have been collecting for the Food Pantry for several weeks and we thank all those who

were generous in both finding the time to shop and in delivering the food to help those in

greater need than us.

This morning we came together as a school and set aside time to pray together in church and

offer our Thanksgiving wishes to others.

May each of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!

Primary Grades Give Thanks at a Spectacular Feast

The Primary grades recently held their annual Thanksgiving feast. They dressed up as Native Americans and as Pilgrims. They dined on turkey, stuffing and all the trimmings of a traditional Thanksgiving meal.

The students and teachers from grades PreK-3 are very thankful to all of the moms and dads who helped with our annual Thanksgiving feast! This annual event is so successful because of your talents!

ALL SOULS MASS

Mrs. Christianson and her Grade 3rd class worked with Fr. Marc our pastor and Christine Stefaniak our music director to prepare a mass remembering those who have died and the souls that have gone to heaven.

ALL SAINTS MASS

Grade 4 assisted Fr. Marc in last week’s All Saint’s Day mass. Students in Mrs. MacFarlane’s class dressed up as saints and presented a brief biography about their saint to the students and parents attending the mass. They did a wonderful job.

Halloween at St. Pat's

Ghosts and Goblins filled the halls...

...along with Princesses and Super Heroes.

The students had fun dressing up as their favorite Halloween character and paraded through the school showing off their costumes. Dr. Smith read a Halloween story written by Mrs. Wagner.

The 6th grade also performed their Halloween Safety plays for the primary and intermediate grades.

CULVER’S

Monday's Culver's Night was a huge success! Thank you, thank you, thank you - first to Mr. Smith, Mrs. O'Brien, Mrs. Lang, Mrs. Strauch, Ms. Glab, Mrs. O, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Casper, Mrs. Bogard, Mrs. Kosan and Mrs. Wagner for your tireless work ethic. Whether you realize it or not, your students loved seeing you "outside of the classroom."

Next, thank you to the many school and parish families and school and rectory staff for coming out as well. The support was wonderful!

We are happy to announce that Mrs. Johnson's class (Rm 10) won the prize for most coupons turned in. They will get their own Culver's Custard party. And by the way, that Monkey Mix was quite tasty!

The event was a great success. We especially thank all those lovely servers who waited on tables and delivered our orders with efficiency and aplomb.

6th Grade Measures Everything

The 6th Grade have been busy measuring everything and anything with Mrs. McKnight this semester. Take a look at what they've been working on.

ROGERS PARK FIRE DEPARTMENT

Officer Huenecke stopped by to visit the Kindergarten class and taught them a number of lessons about fire safety.

ROSARY LITURGY

Mrs. O’s fifth grade students worked with Fr. Marc to celebrate the Mysteries of the Rosary in an all-school liturgy. The students held up posters describing each of the twenty Mysteries, while a student read a brief description of each decade of the Rosary. Rosaries were passed out to all the students.

PUMPKIN FARM

Look what a spectacular time Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st grade had at the Plum Creek Pumpkin Patch!! Their day was filled with adventure. It included a hayride, farm animals, maze, climbing Mulch Mountain, play area, and pumpkin patch. They truly experienced the beauty of fall!

EXULTATION OF THE CROSS

The exultation of the Cross was celebrated at Friday's mass. The students brought to the altar all the crosses hanging in the school to be blessed for this academic year. The 7^th graders helped plan this mass.

Junior Honor Society & Student Council Installation

The Junior Honor Society and Student Council installed their new members and officers in a moving ceremony last Friday,

September 26, 2007. Congratulations to all new members and officers.

POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN LITURGY

Over 40 police, fire and paramedic personnel attended Tuesday’s Guardian Angel Prayer Service. All three of our priests and the 6^th grade class will lead the school in very touching and meaningful prayer service. Members of the Police and Fire Departments including several retired officers were called up to the altar and presented with commemorative pins. Sam Abed and Fr. Darrio made the front page of Wednesday’s Daily Southtown Newspaper.

Bobcat Spirit Week

GO BOBCATS!

Students showed up to participate in the Homecoming Weekend Parade that ended up at the school field. The evening included a bonfire and pig roast. We celebrated school spirit and thus we won’t discuss the score.

Disco Day

During Spirit Week students and staff dressed up in their Disco Regalia to participate in our weeklong series of events that lead up to Homecoming Weekend. After morning prayers and the Pledge of Allegiance we began the day by playing YMCA by the Village People over the intercom. Some of the photos capture the spirit and the energy of the day.

CRAZY HATS DAY

Students arrived at school Tuesday morning in their wild and crazy hats. Many were most unique and all added to the sport of the day. Crazy Hat day kicked off a week of events that will lead up the Friday evening’s parade, pig roast, and bonfire at the school field. Homecoming basketball games with take place in the Parish Center on Saturday and Friday. The Varsity and JV football teams will play on Sunday afternoon.

OPENING SCHOOL LITURGY

Our Opening mass with Fr. Marc was this past Friday. After the mass, the Student Council hosted a short breakfast snack gathering for all our new students.

TEDDY BEAR PICNIC

Our annual Kindergarten Teddy Bear Picnic took place on Friday, August 24^th the Kindy’s and the 7^th grade buddies shared in a fun filled morning. They engaged in relays, beanbag toss, tower building, singing, and dancing. Kindy’s worked on a paper build-a-Bear.

Everyone ate a testy Teddy Bear treat. I’m sure the children can agree, that their Teddy Bear played very hard today with all their new friends!!!

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