St. Helen Catholic School

December 2009

1. St. Helen Gift Card Cafe:
2. Join us for the Christmas Parade:
3. New York, New York:
4. Feast of the Immaculate Conception:
5. Notes from the Accounting Office:
6. Tamales:
7. Lunchroom Monitors:
8. Dinner Dance:
9. Camp Kappe:
10. Middle School Exams:
11. Christmas Holidays:

St. Helen Gift Card Cafe:

Do you need to purchase gift cards for Christmas?  Just select 
the cards and quantitites, make checks payable to SHCS, and 
return the order form and check by Thursday, December 3rd.   
Cards will be hand delivered to you on December 17th.  What an 
easy way to support St. Helen Catholic School!  If you have 
questions or would like additional information contact Meg 
Crowley at megscrowley@comcast.net 

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Join us for the Christmas Parade:

SHCS will be participating in the Pearland Christmas Parade on 
December 5th.  If you would like to help decorate the parade 
trailer or ride in the parade, please contact Mrs. Herreth at 
dherreth@sthelencatholicschool.org for more information.

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New York, New York:

Third grade will be hosting a program about the state of New York 
on Friday, December 11th after Mass.  Make sure you stop by the 
bulletin board in the main hallway to see the beautiful Statue of 
Liberty.

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Feast of the Immaculate Conception:

Students will attend Mass on Tuesday, December 8th.  Please dress 
accordingly with Mass uniforms.  The only exception to this are 
fifth graders who may wear jeans because they are leaving to go 
to Camp Kappe after Mass on December 8th.   

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Notes from the Accounting Office:

Please keep in mind that each family has to fulfill ½ of their 
family fundraising obligation by December 15th.  Families with 
one student must raise $250.00 and families with 2 or more 
students must raise $350.00 for the year.  One half of this 
amount is due by December 15th and the remainder by April 15th.  

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Tamales:

Please support the Hispanic Ministry of St. Helen Catholic Church 
by purchasing delicious tamales after all of the Masses on 
December 6th.  The choices are pork or chicken for $8.00 per 
dozen.  All proceeds will go to support the Marion Garden.  

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Lunchroom Monitors:

Parent and grandparent volunteers are needed as lunchroom 
monitors.  The commitment is from 10:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. one day 
per month when school is in session.  All lunchroom monitors must 
have attended a Virtus workshop prior to their first shift.  If 
you can volunteer, please contact Meg Crowley at 
megscrowley@comcast.net

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Dinner Dance:

The theme for the Dinner Dance this year is “Boots, Tuxes, and 
Gowns- A Texas Celebration.” We need volunteers to help with the 
silent auction items, the dessert auction, and the class 
baskets.  If you can help with these efforts, please contact our 
Dinner Dance Co-Chairs, Mr. and Mrs. Rincon.  The dance will be 
held on February 6th at the Knights of Columbus Hall.  If you 
would like to purchase an advertisement in the program, the 
prices are:
¼ page program ad- $50.00
½ page program ad- $100.00
Full Page ad- $200.00
Inside front/back cover- $750.00 
The entire cost of the ad will go toward your fundraising 
obligation.
Tickets for the Dinner Dance are $50.00 per person or $500.00 for 
a table.  Please contact Mrs. Close at aimeecls@yahoo.com for 
tickets. We are also offering corporate sponsorships at various 
levels.  Please see the information that was sent home about 
sponsorship levels or check out the link on our school website.  

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Camp Kappe:

Our fifth graders are leaving for Camp Kappe on December 8th and 
will return on December 11th.  This is a unique experience for 
students to attend the School of Environmental Education 
(S.E.E.)  S.E.E. provides a four-day outdoor experience of God’s 
gift of nature while studying life cycles, food chains, the 
environment’s effect on man, man’s effect on the environment, 
conservation of resources, etc.  It offers hands-on experience 
with farm animals and gardening along with many other exciting 
adventures in outdoor education.

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Middle School Exams:

Middle school students will have their exams during the week of 
December 14th-December 18th.  Please check the individual teacher 
websites for a specific schedule of exams and study information.  

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Christmas Holidays:

I hope everyone enjoys the Christmas holidays and enjoys being 
with friends and family during this blessed season.  We will 
dismiss early at 11:30 on Friday, December 18th for the holidays 
with no extended day offered on this day.  School will resume on 
Monday, January 4th.  We hope that your family has a safe and 
happy holiday!!

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