Immaculate Conception School Newsletter

November 13^th, 2008

8:30 Daily Mass Schedule: Monday – 7^th & 8^th, Tuesday – 5^th & 6^th, Wednesday – All school mass, Thursday – 3^rd & 4^th and Friday – 1^st & 2^nd. The 1^st Friday of each month (F.A.B. Friday) is an all school mass and Wednesday of that week will be 1^st & 2^nd grade mass. Please join us if you can, your presence is always welcome.

Carline: Please observe the ‘NO LEFT TURN’ signs on Fremont when you exit the carline. For the safety of our students and staff there is “NO PASSING” and “NO CELL PHONE USAGE” during carline.

Congratulations to Springfield Catholic High School – they received honorable mention for academic excellence on this year’s list of top 50 Catholic high schools in America. 1300 schools across the country were eligible. Springfield Catholic High has an average ACT score of 25.9 and a 99% graduation rate. Also, congratulations to the SCHS soccer team who will play in the state quarter finals tonight (Thursday) in Lebanon at 6pm.

Springfield Catholic High School will present “Little Women” on November 20, 21 and 22 at 7:30pm & Nov. 23 at 2:30pm. Adult tickets are $7 and children $5. For information contact the high school at 887-8817.

IC Scrip Tip #10 – Do all of your holiday shopping without ever leaving home! Zappos.com and Overstock.com offer $25 cards at 8% benefit. We also have $100 American Express Cards and Dell computer cards! Log onto our school’s website www.springfieldcatholicschools.org and click on the IC Scrip program box ‘retailers list’. Browse, Shop, click…SHOP SCRIP!

Christmas shopping incentives – IC Home & School has been approached by some area merchants who would like to donate a minimum of 10% of sales between December 4^th and December 8^th to IC school. If you have a business and you would like to be included in this group, please contact the school office at 881-7000 by Wednesday, November 14^th. All businesses will be listed in the December 4^th mailbag. For more information, please contact the school office at 881-7000.

“IC’s Got Talent” Show – 3^rd grade auditions on Monday, November 17^th in the Fine Arts room at 3:30pm. The talent show will be Friday, December 5^th.

ITBS (Iowa Test of Basic Skills for grades 2 thru 8) - You may pick up your students test results in the school office. Test results will not be sent home with students.

Let’s Be “BEST OF THE OZARKS” this year! On Sunday, December 7^th the Springfield News-leader will publish their ‘Best of the Ozarks’ edition. This year Springfield Catholic Schools will be on the list, so please send in your vote for our schools. We don’t want to be runner up to some other school. Let’s let the Springfield area know that Springfield Catholic Schools really are the best!

Mark your Calendars!

November 21^st- Uniform buy out

November 26, 27 & 28 – NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving break)

December 5^th – 1:30 Dismissal (F.A.B. Friday & faculty meetings)

December 7^th – Breakfast with Santa

December 8^th – NO SCHOOL (Feast of the Immaculate Conception)

Please pray for: Mrs. Rhodes sister Margaret, Sara Wells (Jace Wells’s mother) and Josie Diekemper (sister to Will Diekemper). If you have an immediate family member that you would like to add to our prayer list, please call the school office at 881-7000.

Snacks/birthday treats: If you are sending snacks to school, please remember to send healthy treats!

Health: If your child is ill, please keep in mind that he or she needs to be fever & symptom free for 24 hours before returning to school.