November Newsletter
 

This November I am reminded to give thanks to you for sharing the gift of your child/ren with us here at St. Dorothy School. As parents, the first teachers, you want what’s best for your children. Knowing you made the choice to trust us and share your precious gifts from God is an honor. Thank you for entrusting your little ones to our care. We love sharing our days with them!

November 1st is All Saints Day, a holy day of obligation. Masses are 8AM, 10AM and 7PM. There is no school for our students on this holy day. You are welcome to our First Friday Mass that takes place at 8:30 AM each month.

Grades 6, 7, and 8 will celebrate a class Mass on Saturday, November 3rd at 4:30 PM. Students are welcome to join in the annex following Mass for pizza and friendship.

Tuesday, November 6 th is Election day, there will be no school for students as teachers will have an In-Service.

2019-2020 School year Registration: This year’s registration dates will differ slightly. All current students in 3’s, 4’s, and Kindergarten will be offered the chance to ‘Save a Seat’ , this opportunity will be shared later in November. You need to fill this out and send back to school. This will allow you to save a seat until re-registration comes out and is completed by you in that time frame. All other grades you will see Re-registration information coming the first week of December. Those will be due by the end of Catholic School’s Week, Thursday, January 30th, 2019. At that time, beginning Friday, February 1st those seats not re-registered will be opened up to those inquiring for a spot for next school year. Please read the website and calendar for these important dates. We look forward to all returning.

All are welcome to share with neighbors and family our Veteran’s Day celebration times. Please join uson Thursday, November 8th at 8:45 AM. Students enjoy giving honor to those who have served our country. Please invite those you know to this admirable event.

Eighth Grade Mass of Thanksgiving for parents will be held on Wednesday, November 14th at 7:00 PM in church. Please mark your calendars.

School Pictures will take place on Thursday, November 15th . Students are to wear their full winter
uniform for this day.

Enjoy your families during our Thanksgiving break. Students will dismiss at 12:00 PM, a half day, on Wednesday, November 21st and return on Monday, November 26th .

A sincere thank you to all who worked tirelessly to plan the wonderful Oktoberfest! It is a huge
undertaking and could not happen without your wonderful planning and organization. Thank you also to the many volunteers in the evening and behind the scenes, you are necessary to the success of the week. So many of you do so much for the betterment of our school on a daily basis, I can’t thank you enough for giving of your time and talents for our school community. I am grateful for all you do each day!

I’m only going to be a minute… I understand this comment, but must make you aware of its effect when used here at school to park in front of the dumpsters. A few times this year a car has been parked in front or too close to the trash dumpsters. Unfortunately, when the recycle truck or trash truck are driving up Burmont Rd. and see a car they will not come into our lot. This does not even give us the opportunity to ask someone to move a car. (They will not come back if called) When this happens we
are left with trash for a few days and recycle for the entire week. The odor of this travels into the
building via doors and windows and it is not pleasant. Leaving food from lunches in there more than a day also attracts animals (and bees depending on the time of year). We have had this problem a few times already this year. We ask you please to use the parking lot and not to block the trash dumpsters even for a quick stop. Thank you for your understanding the necessity of this request!

Have a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving,

Karen Tomasetti
Principal