FRIDAY FLYER Blessed Trinity Catholic School December 7, 2018 Follow us on Social Media: facebook/btschool @BTSocala From the Principal’s Desk Hello BT Families, My heart is still so full from our day yesterday! It was as one of our first graders said, “The best Stewardship Day ever.” There was so much work that went into planning and in the actual day yesterday – our volunteers and staff were running around all day – that we were exhausted by 3:00. But, it was the very best kind of tired – when you are happy and your heart is content, because you know it was such a good day. I cannot even put into words what it was like to see these sweet little hands making peanut butter sandwiches and trail mix yesterday, or watch our 3 rd – 5 th grade students write inspirational notes and tie it to the bags of trail mix, or see our older students work with their prayer partners throughout the day and really look after them and help them. At the end of the day, we met in the gym to watch two videos about the working poor and homeless, and then the students went through and packaged up the food in the bags that they had made out of T-shirts. When it was all said and done, they wrote letters to Elder Care, wounded soldiers at Walter Reed, and BT Nalweyo students; they made advent wreaths with their prayer partners; they exercised and learned about good nutrition; and they packaged more than 600 bags of food for the homeless in our community. They worked so hard all day long, and still at the end of the day they were all telling us “Thank you”. It was all they said yesterday afternoon – “Thank you for giving us this experience.” “Thank you for planning such a great day.” They were AMAZING, and I am so very proud of them, and so blessed that I got to share this day with them. As we look to next week, we have a few more events that will help us to continue to prepare our hearts for Jesus this Advent. Saturday, December 8 th – Feast of the Immaculate Conception – Father Pat has asked us to remind everyone to attend Mass for this Holy Day of Obligation. There are three masses on Saturday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, and 12:10 pm. Tuesday, December 11 th – School Penance Service – 1:00-3:00 PM for grades 3-8 only Friday, December 14 th – Christmas Drive Dress Out Day o Our Student Council members have come up with a great idea. Friday will be a Christmas Dress Out Day – wear your best Christmas T-shirt or sweater – you can even wear a Christmas onesie, but no pajamas please. All other BT dress out day rules apply. The difference for this dress out is that instead of money, we are asking for an unwrapped toy as the donation. o K-5 will bring an unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots. o 6 th -8 th grade are asked to bring a gift for our Teen Drive. This is something we have done for the past few years as teens are a group that is often overlooked in Christmas Drives. If you need ideas for teens think of things like: make-up, nail polish, football, basketball, board games, etc. Click here for our school calendar Click here for our lunch menus
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FRIDAY FLYER Blessed Trinity Catholic School
December 7, 2018
Follow us on Social Media: facebook/btschool @BTSocala
From the Principal’s Desk
Hello BT Families,
My heart is still so full from our day yesterday! It was as one of our first graders said, “The best Stewardship Day ever.” There was so much work that went into planning and in the actual day yesterday – our volunteers and staff were running around all day – that we were exhausted by 3:00. But, it was the very best kind of tired – when you are happy and your heart is content, because you know it was such a good day. I cannot even put into words what it was like to see these sweet little hands making peanut butter sandwiches and trail mix yesterday, or watch our 3rd – 5th grade students write inspirational notes and tie it to the bags of trail mix, or see our older students work with their prayer partners throughout the day and really look after them and help them. At the end of the day, we met in the gym to watch two videos about the working poor and homeless, and then the students went through and packaged up the food in the bags that they had made out of T-shirts. When it was all said and done, they wrote letters to Elder Care, wounded soldiers at Walter Reed, and BT Nalweyo students; they made advent wreaths with their prayer partners; they exercised and learned about good nutrition; and they packaged more than 600 bags of food for the homeless in our community. They worked so hard all day long, and still at the end of the day they were all telling us “Thank you”. It was all they said yesterday afternoon – “Thank you for giving us this experience.” “Thank you for planning such a great day.” They were AMAZING, and I am so very proud of them, and so blessed that I got to share this day with them.
As we look to next week, we have a few more events that will help us to continue to prepare our hearts for Jesus this Advent.
Saturday, December 8th – Feast of the Immaculate Conception – Father Pat has asked us to remind everyone to attend Mass for this Holy Day of Obligation. There are three masses on Saturday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, and 12:10 pm.
Tuesday, December 11th – School Penance Service – 1:00-3:00 PM for grades 3-8 only
Friday, December 14th – Christmas Drive Dress Out Day o Our Student Council members have come up with a great idea. Friday will be a Christmas
Dress Out Day – wear your best Christmas T-shirt or sweater – you can even wear a Christmas onesie, but no pajamas please. All other BT dress out day rules apply. The difference for this dress out is that instead of money, we are asking for an unwrapped toy as the donation.
o K-5 will bring an unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots. o 6th-8th grade are asked to bring a gift for our Teen Drive. This is something we have done for the
past few years as teens are a group that is often overlooked in Christmas Drives. If you need ideas for teens think of things like: make-up, nail polish, football, basketball, board games, etc.
Click here for our school calendar Click here for our lunch menus
o If you cannot bring a gift then we ask for a monetary donation. o We will also be holding an Ugly Sweater competition for each grade level during lunches on this
day – so when you are picking out your Christmas Wear, keep that in mind. All ugly sweaters are welcome.
Thank you all for your time and support of our Day of the Steward this week. We appreciate all of the volunteers and also the prayers for a successful day for our students.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Megan Losito
Day of A Steward
Upcoming Dates T 12/11 School Penance Service 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. W 12/12 School Mass 8:00 a.m. W 12/12 Early Dismissal 2:05 p.m. Th 12/13 Science Fair W 12/19 School Christmas Mass: 9:15 a.m. in the Church W 12/19 Class Christmas Parties: 10:30 a.m. W 12/19 Early Release: 12:00 noon Th 12/20 Christmas Break Begins Th 1/3 Classes Resume
Other Important Dates Friday, December 14th: Toy Drive Dress Out Day: Kindergarten through 5th grade is asked to bring a new unwrapped toy or monetary donation for Toys for Tots. Middle School is asked to bring for the Teen Gift Drive. Each class will also have an ugly
Christmas sweater contest with prizes during lunch. A Christmas movie will play during lunch.
Friday, January 4th: 8th Grade Retreat Thursday, January 10th: The Leader in Me Parent Training for Habit 4: Think Win/WIn
Habit 3: Put First Things First The first three habits build upon each other. Habit 1 says, “You are the driver, not the passenger.” Habit 2 says, “Decide where you want to go and draw a map to get you there.” Habit 3 says, “Get there! Don’t let roadblocks knock you off course.” One way to avoid roadblocks is to differentiate between things that are urgent and things that are important? Important – your most important things, your first things, activities that contribute to your mission and goals. (studying, writing that research paper, exercising, praying) Urgent – pressing things, in-your-face things, activities that demand immediate attention. (phone calls, social media, interruptions, other people’s problems) We live in a society that is addicted to urgency. It’s the NOW generation. Urgent things aren’t bad. The problem comes when we become so focused on urgent things that we put off important things that aren’t urgent. For example, we put off studying for our exams or writing that paper to answer our phone or send a Snapchat. Habit 3 teaches us that the better organized you are, the more you can accomplish. Look at everything you have to do and then prioritize, making sure your first things get done first. By planning ahead, you can usually stay on top of things. Control, balance and high performance are three indicators you are applying Habit 3.
Attachment: Habit 3 BINGO Sheet here
Our THIRD "The Leader in Me" Parent Training is Thursday -- PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND!
We had a fantastic turnout for last month's parent session of "The Leader in Me". This month we are focusing on Habit 3: Put First Things First.
The class is Thursday, December 6th, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.in the Media Center. Your
school age children can go to Aftercare for the hour for FREE! There will be yummy refreshments and lots of community building so please try your best to be join us. The research shows that if you are reinforcing the leadership concepts at home, it is more likely that they will become HABITS! Please plan to attend. And if you happened to miss last month's, you can still join us.
If you are interested in ordering a Basketball Parent Supporter Shirt, please fill out the form below and return to Dawn Fernandez.
EDGE EDGE Christmas Social Friday, Dec. 14th 6:00-8:30pm
Edge Middle Schoolers, Join us Friday, 12/14 for a campfire, Hayride, S’ mores, Christmas Cookie Decorating Contest, Caroling and more. At The Westgate’s House – email [email protected] for the permission form, address, and gate access code. (Confirmation with those details will be emailed early the week of the party).
Hay Ride Help! We have a trailer for the Edge Christmas Party Hay Ride, but we are looking to borrow 5 bales of hay or straw for the trailer. While the bales may get a bit beat up, we are hoping someone would provide them for our use for the evening of 12/14 and that they can then use them on their farm/homestead. Let us know if you can help!
Need an Edge Shirt? We have received a new shipment of shirts and have a limited supply. Shirts will be available for $8 at the party.
Other Upcoming Edge Events:
Friday 1/11 Edge Meeting 6:30-9:00 Parish Hall
Remember to join us on Facebook at Blessed Trinity EDGE or follow us on Instagram @BTOcalaEdge, to get the most recent updates and see pictures from past events. To be removed from the Edge mailing lists, please reply to this email and indicate “Remove” in the header or body of the email.
Eighth grade parents, If you have not yet submitted your graduate’s baby photo, see the following message from Mr. D’Ambrosio: Low resolution photos cannot be used in the graduation presentation and I request that you please use the following guidelines when sending me your child’s baby photo: Student should be 0 – 12 months of age in photo – One picture only! Picture focus should be on head and face
Photo resolution should be at least 640 X480 (the higher the better) 300 DPI Preferred (200 DPI Minimum) Do not use your phone or tablet to take a photo of the photo If you do not have a scanner, please send the photo in with your child. I will scan and return the photo the same day. Please email me, [email protected], in advance if you choose to send the
photo in with your child.
The following students HAVE NOT yet turned in their baby photo: Kaley Alava, Isabella Basile, Andrew Beck, Kristina Berdecia, Elizabeth Bianculli, Ashleigh Brennan, Julia Brookins, Aiden Chittum, Amelia Christiano, Natalie Cortez, Kiersten Cupit, Ashton Fernandez, Amelia Fitzpatrick, Lilian Fogelman, Mary Carolina Fuerte, Christopher Glorius, Zane Gray, Brennan Holland, Briana Hudson, Reyna Hutchinson, Megan Kusmierz, Kiana LaBorde, Steven Matychak, Ashlen McClelland, Mia Mendez, Briana Mercoglan, Anthony Minami, Rafael Ortiz-Carson, Tavatha Perdomo, Jacob Pereira, Jocelyn Perez, Marisol Perez, Patrick Plunkett, Kaya Renaker, Nicolas Repiedad, Jenelly Rochez, Emmanuel Rodriguez, Sophia Rodriguez, Isabella Serrano, Jaxson Smith, Maria Sociarelli, Leann Sprague, Brooke Stodghill, Bennett Stringfellow, Hunter Temple, Camila Vicioso, Daniela Villagomez, Lauren Webber, Alexis Westgate, Derrick Williams, Ryland Windsor, Brayden Wolgast, Jonah Wolgast, Avery Wyman, Aislyn Young, Ryan Young, Sarah Zimmerman
Blessed Trinity Angels in Arms is hiring 2 part-time early learning teachers. The hours are Monday-Friday from 8:30am-1:30pm. Staff are required to have their 40-hour DCF training and First Aid & CPR training.
Some of the job duties include:
Implementing curriculum and activities developmentally appropriate for their class
Caring for the safety and well-being of young children
Communicating with teachers, parents, and caregivers
MyCokeRewards Once again Blessed Trinity School will be participating in the Coke Rewards program. Coca-Cola Gives sends quarterly checks to schools based on the amount of codes submitted. Codes can be found under the cap or printed on the paper packaging. Below is a list of eligible products and the amount each is worth. Any student who sends in at least 15 codes by January 4th will receive an out of uniform day (TBA in January). Please be sure to put your student’s name and home room on the collection envelope. Thank you for supporting our school. Any questions can be sent to [email protected].
Angels In Arms The Angels In Arms Book Fair at Barnes & Noble will be held on Friday, December7, 2018. Please find the voucher
below so that a percentage of your purchase will go to Angels In Arms.
From the Music Department
Save the Date!
Notre Dame Liturgical Choir comes to BT!
The Notre Dame Liturgical Choir will be giving a concert on Sunday, January 6th, at 6:30pm at Blessed Trinity. Please save the date! ***We are in need of a lot of host families!*** This is mixed group of college-aged men and women. Please contact Liz at [email protected] or 352-629-8092 to help. Thank you!
Lessons and Carols Concert
Blessed Trinity will be singing in a Lessons and Carols concert with St. Matthew’s Lutheran on Sunday, December 16th, at 4pm. Please join us at St. Matthew’s Lutheran at 3453 E Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, FL 34470. Contact Liz Cook at [email protected] for more information!
Attention All Students in Need of Off Year Sacraments (RCIC) After submitting and registering for the off-year Sacraments, Wednesday afternoons a class will be offered in which students will be picked up in front of the BT Elementary bldg. and taken to the Community Center for approximately one hour of instruction. This will begin Wednesday, September 5th from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Upon completion please specify if your student will be picked up from there or needs to be taken to After Care. IT’S NOT TOO LATE to still sign up. If you have any questions you can contact Cyndi Sieger; 352-629-8092 ext. 3207 or [email protected].
Students Receiving the Sacraments at Blessed Trinity
Mass participation is a big part of the faith formation of a child. Students in our G.I.F.T. program and Blessed
Trinity School who are receiving a sacrament this year are asked to attend Mass weekly. After Mass
STUDENTS will be asked to have a “Mass Attendance” form signed by the officiating priest or deacon. These
forms can be picked up upon leaving the church from the bulletin cart. Please make sure the date, your
name, and the teacher are listed. These forms will be turned in on a weekly basis to your classroom teacher
or G.I. F.T. teacher. If you are visiting a church other than Blessed Trinity, please have a bulletin from that
church signed by the officiating priest and return it to your teacher. Teachers will be monitoring attendance
beginning the weekend of, 9/8th and 9/9th.
Children’s Ministry Children's Ministry is looking for volunteers to help spread the weekly gospel message to our youngest parishioners. The commitment is approximately 1-2 times per month during the 11:00 mass. Volunteers are needed to help lead the weekly discussion (teaching materials are provided) and to help supervise. Please contact Annie Menjivar at [email protected] if you're interested in joining our ministry!
