The Patriot Report – April 19, 2024

“For flowers that bloom about our feet.
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet.
For song of bird and hum of bee.
For all things fair we hear or see
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

After one week of pledges we are off to a great start! We have eclipsed the $11,000 mark and I know we can make it to over $30,000!

We will collect pledge sheets on April 25 to see where we are at next week. 

Keep up the great work St. Jude School Community!

There are 3 ways to donate to our School Walkathon:

• Online through Charitable Impact – click here
• Cash – send the cash to school on May 14, 2024
• Cheque – make cheques payable to St. Jude Parish with Walkathon on the Memo Line – send cheques on May 14, 2024

For cash and cheque donations, please be sure to correctly put the name and address and email on the pledge sheets because it is needed for a Charitable Tax Receipt. If this is filled out incorrectly or is not legible, then we cannot issue a Charitable Tax Receipt.

Thank you for your support

There will be individual raffle prizes that students can put their name in for if they raise enough money. For every $50 raised they will receive one ticket to enter for a prize draw. So if a student brings in $150 they receive 3 tickets to enter into prize draws of their choice. The prizes are as follows:

• $50 gift card to Sportchek with an outdoor basketball and soccer ball
• Gift card to cineplex odeon to cover the cost of 4 tickets and treats
• 2 tickets to the Tsawwassen Waterslides
• Gift card to purchase a season pass to Playland
• $100 gift card to Gamestop

In addition to the individual prizes we also have a school wide prize that if we meet our goal of $30,000 then we will have a non-uniform week and a pizza lunch for the school. Lastly, on June 14 (Sports Day), we are bringing in a dunk tank. For each student that brings in $100 they will receive 3 chances to dunk Mr. van der Pauw. For parents or anyone else that wants to try to dunk Mr. van der Pauw, it will cost $10 a throw. 

All students are asked to bring their pledge sheets (not the money) on April 25, 2024. Our goal remains that each child will have at least on sponsor recorded regardless of the amount pledged. If we can meet that goal a non-uniform day will be awarded.  

Please make sure your child comes to school in full uniform as classes and clubs will be having their photos done by LifeTouch.

This past Thursday we had our second annual Chess Club Championship with 23 students entered into the tournament. In the early rounds it was single elimination, in the final four we moved to a best of 3, and then in the finals we had a best of 5. I would like to congratulate all of our players. Of particular note, we had Sherwin, one of our youngest club members make the final four, who held his own against many older players! We expect to see great things from Sherwin in the years to come. Our finalist, Jaycee played remarkably well and gave our Champion, Thanh, a real challenge. I would like to extend congratulations to Thanh for his successful title defense. But most impressive was the sportsmanship and friendship on display. Great job, Patriot Chess Club Players!

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