• PK-8 Lifetouch picture day.  Students may wear dress clothes to school.  Jeans, sweatpants, leggings, short skirts, shorts (unless uniform shorts), hooded sweatshirts, tank/sleeveless/spaghetti strap tops, t-shirts or short tops, or flip flops may not be worn.  Picture order envelopes were sent home with every student.  The order form with the correct amount of money is due prior to students having their picture taken.  All students will have their picture taken.

• 8th grade students attend Sr. Miriam assembly @ Heelan, 9:00 AM

Tuesday, October 23:

• Mrs. Boggs’ class visits Fairview Schoolhouse, 9:00 AM.  Mrs. Boggs’ class must bring a sack lunch and may wear pioneer clothing or school uniform.

Wednesday, October 24:

• SM Center Mass, 8:30 AM

Thursday, October 25:

• BS Center Mass, 8:00  AM

• Mrs. Pick’s class visits Fairview Schoolhouse, 9:00 AM.  Mrs. Pick’s class must bring a sack lunch and may wear pioneer clothing or school uniform.

Friday, October 26:

• PK & K visit the pumpkin patch, 9:00 AM.  Students must bring a sack lunch and a drink and may wear jeans, sweatshirt, coat/hat/mittens and tennis shoes/boots.

• 1^st grade visits Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, 9:00 AM.  Students must bring a sack lunch and a drink and may wear jeans, sweatshirt, and tennis shoes.

• End of 1st quarter

*The Book Fair will be available at both buildings the week of November 5-9!  Below is a link for an on-line sign-up where help is needed as families pick out and buy their books, as well as shifts for set-up and tear-down. The theme this year is "Enchanted Forest".....if you want to help with decorations to add to the excitement or have questions about anything, please contact Anne Brockhaus at tabrockhaus@hotmail.com or 712.301.8414.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B44AAAA2CA46-volunteers

*There are a limited number of gray and navy uniform fleece quarter zips.  Sizes available are youth x-small, small, large and adult x-small, small and XL.  The fleeces are $20 each. If interested please email julie.stubblefield@bishopheelan.org. 

*Please turn in all collection items (HyVee, Coke codes, Box Tops, Tyson labels) as soon as possible before the end of the month. We especially need all Box Tops for Education turned in as the shipping deadline is November 1st. Turn items in to your homeroom teacher.

*Warm Hands, Warm Hearts service project – please bring new or gently used coats, mittens, gloves, hats, scarves, etc now through November 2^nd. Items will be given to low income schools for students in need.

*Grandparents Day will be November 7th @ the SM Center and November 8th @ the BS Center.

*The BS Center will be having a Veterans Day Assembly November 9^th at 8:00 AM in the school gym.  We will be honoring veterans and active military members from our families during the ceremony. Veterans and their family are welcome to attend the assembly.

*This year, we would like to involve parents in our school Masses.  Our first parent Mass is Thursday, November 15^th at HC – BS Church.  We are looking for parents to participate in the following ways: altar servers, vocalists, instrumentalists, lectors, gift bearers, and Eucharistic ministers.  If you are interested in participating in Mass, please contact Julie Stubblefield @ julie.stubblefield@bishopheelan.org by November 1^st.

*Memorial Masses will be on November 14^th at the SM Center and November 15^th at the BS Center.  Students who have lost a relative this past year (November 2017 – November 2018) will carry a candle in remembrance of their loved ones.  Please contact either school office by November 2 to give the name of the deceased relative.