Friday Forecast – September 29, 2023 – St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School

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Announcements

Academic Decathlon – 6th/7th/8th Graders

Hello 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Parents,

Eric and Katie Handley and Josh Green will be leading Academic Decathlon (https://www.catholicajhd.org) this year. For those of you not familiar with the program, it offers Catholic middle school students an opportunity to challenge themselves academically in a competition that builds teamwork and rewards academic excellence. The competition consists of a team Logic Test, a Team Super Quiz, and eight Individual Subject Tests. Students will prepare throughout the school year for the Regional Competition, and if they qualify, will be able to compete at the National Competition.

This year the Regional Competition will be on March 2nd. The National Competition is March 15th.

Study material will be available in October, and we will start after school practices in January. We will collaborate with the teachers to determine which subjects and/or teams each student will be assigned. We will also ask for parent volunteers to also assist with the practice sessions.

We are happy to carry on this tradition for SVdP! We welcome our former participants and are excited to have new kids join the team!

Registration is next week, so we will accept participants through next Wednesday, October 4th. If your child would like to participate or if you have questions, please reach out to Eric Handley (ehandley1976@yahoo.com) or Josh Green (green.josh@gmail.com).

Parent/Teacher Conferences – Oct 12 & 13 – SAVE THE DATE

Schedules will be created and sent out to parents by Oct 2. In-person conferences are preferred.

Weekend & Holidays Chicken Chores

Submissions for Friday Forecast

If you would like to put an announcement in the Friday Forecast, please submit it to info@svdpk8.com by the end of the day on the Tuesday before publication.

Athletics

Cross Country

Congratulations to the 7th and 8th Grade Girls’ team who finished FIRST in Wednesday’s Holy Family Invitational meet.

Click here for important updates on all sports for this week!

Changes to the Play Like a Champion parent meeting. I have a list of parents who attended last year and are not required to take the class again, all other parents who attended previous years must attend a class. We will have one class offering at our school 10/26 at 6:30 pm in the gym, but parents may attend any of the other class offerings around the city. Click here for a spreadsheet for those dates.

Just a reminder – Widget Basketball games are played on Friday evenings and Saturdays only

Gala News – 2024 Gala – Mission Brief

Gala News – Mission Brief
If you missed the Gala Video at back-to-school night, you can view it here.

Gala Volunteers

Thank you to everyone who has signed up to be a gala class rep – gala reps are a pivotal part of the gala’s success! A few of our classes still have opportunities available for 1 volunteer in Saints, Montessori, and 8^th Grade. Please email us at svdpgala2024@gmail.com if you are interested in volunteering.

Our next gala planning meeting will be on Friday, October 20th at 8am/after drop off in the school conference room (main building). Gala class reps, ad-hoc committee members and curious parents are encouraged to attend! We’ll share our current plans and brainstorm ideas to make this an amazing event.

SVdP Hats at Oktoberfest

Stop by our table at Oktoberfest to purchase a SVdP Mission Possible hat or beanie.

Home and School

Room Parents Still Needed!
Room parents are needed for our “specials” teachers. If you’re interested in lending a hand, please reach out directly to Shannon Danitz (shannondanitz@gmail.com).

Dine Out with Dos Amigas! 9/27-10/3
Enjoy delicious and authentic frozen Mexican meals, delivered straight to your door! Convenient, perfect at-home meals for any day of the week! The ordering window is 9/27-10/3 with a delivery by 10/4. Use SVDP at checkout and 20% of profits go back to the school. Order at DosAmigas.com.

Spirit Wear Deliveries Next Week
If you placed a spirit wear order in August, they are expected to be delivered to your youngest/only child early next week.

Become a Junior Great Books (JGB) leader!
SVdP is looking for a few dedicated and enthusiastic adult volunteers to become JGB leaders! JGB program combines high-quality literature, student-centered discussion, and activities that support reading comprehension, critical thinking, speaking and listening, and writing. Volunteers are expected to join 10 meetings, every other Monday from 7-8pm starting October til March. The role of the parent volunteer is to guide the discussion of the chosen book and encourage students to think for themselves. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Marie Dimelow pommetts@yahoo.fr with any questions.

Please save the date for Thursday, November 9th in the Gym at 6pm.

Local attorney, Lara Baker, will return to SVdP to speak to parents of all ages on matters related to juvenile justice. Lara is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and the Leeds School of Business. She began her career at Isaacson Rosenbaum, P.C. where she practiced for six years before joining Foster Graham Milstein and Calisher in 2011. Lara specializes in criminal defense and Title IX litigation in state and federal courts.

Her talk will focus on:

Avoiding pitfalls in the juvenile justice system, focusing on the perils of social media
Drugs and alcohol
Sex and the laws of consent
School disciplinary consequences
Law enforcement interaction with juveniles

Here is an article about technology to read for parents. Click here.

SVDP Serves

On Wednesday, 9/27, we will celebrate both the feast day of St. Vincent de Paul as well as SVdP Serves Commissioning Day. The morning will begin with all school mass to celebrate the life of our patron saint who dedicated himself to the poor. The students will then return to their classroom where a representative from each agency we serve throughout the year will speak about their mission and how our SVdP students will partner with them.

Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 3rd at 8am in the parish office dining room. All are welcome!

Finally, the 6th grade will run our Fall Coat and Boot Drive. Your mission, should you choose to accept, will be to donate used coats and boots for men, women and children during the dates of 9/25-10/10. Items will be collected at pick up and drop off. Donations will benefit Samaritan House and Denver Rescue Mission.

Any questions, please email- svdpserves@gmail.com

St Vincent de Paul Parish

Our amazing community event every Fall, Oktoberfest, is right around the corner! Mark your calendars for the evening of September 30 to come together as a school and parish community and enjoy live music, good drink and good food, some healthy competition, and a lot of fellowship on the playgrounds. Volunteer sign up is below (it’s a blast!) and contest information for the best chili, pie, and smoked meat is available at all of the entrances or on the Flocknote!

Oktoberfest Volunteer Sign-Up Link here

Coffee and Donuts

Join the SVdP Parish in the circle drive every Sunday after the 9:30 mass for community, conversation and, of course, donuts! This event is not possible without volunteers. Will your family consider helping with setup and breakdown? Find all the information you need by clicking this signup link.

Blessing of Animals

Oct. 4th for St. Francis Assisi Day from 3:00-4:00pm on Circle Drive.

Staff positions open

Extended care assistants: 2/2:30-5:00pm school days – Link to apply HERE

Substitute Teachers – email info@svdpk8.com, if interested

Around the Diocese

Join the Fun – A race for healthy pregnancies and families – Oct 7th – Dare Great Things – Click here for more information.

Fall Save-the-Dates

October 12 + 13, 2023 – Parent Teacher Conferences

October 18th – Picture Make Up Day

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Friday Forecast – September 29, 2023

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ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST