As a recent letter home explained, we have changed the way we will be communicating your child’s learning this year. The upcoming Parent-Teacher Interviews is a non-instructional day (meaning no school for students that day). The Parent-Teacher Interview is a conversation between the parent(s) and the teacher. Students are NOT to attend this conference. Sessions will be 10 minutes and must remain on schedule to allow for all parents to touch base with teachers. An Interim Progress Report will be coming home on October 22, 2018 and we kindly ask that parents bring this report to the conference. If you find that 10 minutes was not sufficient, parents can always book a separate session with their child’s classroom teacher. Please click here to reserve your time slot. All bookings are done online. Please book in advance to reserve your time slot. Interviews time slots are as follows:
11am – 12pm
1pm – 5pm
6pm – 8pm

We will be raising money for “Aid to the Church in Need” (ACN). This Catholic organization works in over 140 countries around the world to provide pastoral care to persecuted and oppressed Christians. ACN provides this support in numerous ways, such as by sending out missionaries, building churches, providing Bibles for children, and financially supporting convents and monasteries.

October’s dress down theme will be “Wacky Hair and Sock Day.” Come to school with your craziest hairstyles and wackiest socks.

On Tuesday October 16th, the Grade 7 Girls played their final volleyball game of the season against the Corpus Christi Cardinals.  It was an exciting game with a tie-breaking match that resulted in a win for Corpus Christi.

Mrs. Collins was very impressed with how much the team grew throughout the season, and at how supportive the girls were of each other.  She hopes that they all try out for their Grade 8 teams, wherever they may go.

Many thanks to all the parents who drove to practices and games and who supported the team throughout the season. Go Patriots!

We are looking for a parent who has piano playing skills and can commit to playing at our Christmas Concert and ideally play at our school masses on Wednesdays. Please email Mr. van der Pauw at cvanderpauw@stjude.ca if you are able to fulfill this volunteer position.

Starting on Monday, October 22, we will be having Senior Choir. Miss Sheerer will be leading the choir and practices will happen in the Church. Permission forms were sent home this past week. Currently, the choir is available to Gr. 4 to Gr. 7 students. If you did not get a permission slip but would like to join, please click here for a form.

he Grade 7 class is fundraising with Purdys Chocolatier, just in time for Christmas!
All can be done from the convenience of your computer. No line-ups or crazy shoppers to compete with.

Order deadline:   Monday November 26, 2018
Delivery: Monday, December 10, 2018

If you’d like to support the Grade 7 Class through purchasing some very sweet Christmas gifts for friends, family and yourself, please click the link below:
https://fundraising.purdys.com/836480-58535
After you’ve signed in you can buy our amazing chocolates or invite others to join and support our Fundraising Campaign. More info and catalogue was sent home with your child.
Thank you so much for your support!

The Archdiocese of Vancouver has been banking with BMO for a number of years and the branch our school uses is doing a special promotion. If your child does not have a bank account currently with BMO and they open an account with BMO at the Grandview and Rupert by depositing $25.00 then BMO will also deposit $25.00 into their account and they will donate $25.00 to our school. This offer will run until the end of November. Of note is that the offer extends to any youth under the age of 18 who opens an account and says that they were referred by St. Jude School. Click here to read about the promotion.

This year Halloween falls on a Wednesday, which is the same day as our school mass. Please note the following:

• If your child wants to wear a costume they are to pack it and then change into their costume during recess time – they must be able to do this independently
• If your child elects not to wear a costume they can wear halloween colours that day to school and even to mass (orange, black, yellow, white, purple – use your judgement)
• If your child does pack a costume, their costume must be appropriate and non-intimidating or counter the philosophy of our school. This means no masks, no violent characters, no zombies or ghoulish characters, no weapons (even if pretend), and no make up that makes kids unidentifiable and certainly no devils! Superhero costumes are permitted, homemade costumes are encouraged, and dressing up as a Saint is most definitely encouraged.