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Parent drivers needed for Service Day
Parents, we need you! Please sign up online today to help with St. Agnes Academy's annual Service Day on Wednesday, October 24. We need many, many drivers to take students to and from numerous service agencies around the city of Houston. Please make this all-school day of service a success! Click here to sign up as a driver and for more information.
Round 2: Come join the fun with Phon-a-thon!
Sign up for the Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow Annual Fund phon-a-thon for a fun-a-thon! A volunteer commitment lasts three hours - volunteers meet other volunteer parents, have dinner, and reach out to make sure everyone has received their letters from Sr. Jane Meyer, O.P. to ensure participation in our annual giving program. Upcoming volunteer dates are 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2 and Wednesday, Oct. 3. The second way we ask parents to help is to remember that volunteer parents, parents just like you, will be making these phone calls on behalf of St. Agnes and Sr. Jane to help our school and your daughters Current parent George Crawford is leading the way with this year's Annual Fund as chair. Please come and be a part of it - contact Sophia Furnace '78 at sophia.furnace@st-agnes.org or 713.219.5402.
"Magical Mystery" Gift Gathering Parties Scheduled
Mark your calendars for Saturday, February 23, 2008 and "Come Together" for a fun-filled evening at St. Agnes Academy's Annual Legacy Gala and Auction. It's a "Magical Mystery Tour" with Beatles look-alike band The Fab 5 performing.. It all takes place at the beautiful Hilton Americas-Houston downtown, and includes a live auction, as well as a silent auction and a big board with great items to purchase.
Gift gathering parties for each grade level are scheduled for the fall and every St. Agnes family will receive an invitation. The dates and hosts families include: Ninth-grade parents Karen and Bill Bunch on Saturday, October 27; sophomore parents Maureen and John Graf on Saturday, November 3; junior families Margaret and Jim Henrikson, Lori and David Hessel, Jane and Bob Kochman, Kathy and Bill Rose and Sandy and Barry Zeluff on Sunday, October 7; and senior parents Tricia and Ed Britt n Saturday, October 13. Thanks to all for their generosity in opening up their homes for the get-togethers!
The gift gathering parties are essentially "baby" showers for the gala, and each grade level has a specific theme. The invitations will list the stores included in the St. Agnes registry. So far, these include Crate and Barrel, Williams-Sonoma, Bed, Bath and Beyond, Z Gallerie and Neiman Marcus. Watch for your invitations and get a chance to meet and mingle with parents of your daughter's classmates. Please RSVP for your grade-level party. For more information or to volunteer for the gala committee, contact Mary Louise Berry at mlberry@st-agnes.org., or Gala Chairs Brenda and Tom Koch at cookscorner13@sbcglobal.net
SUMMER PROGRAMS ABROAD
Representatives from Learning Programs International (LPI) will be on campus on Wednesday, October 3. Parents and students are cordially invited to come to the Library Conference Room from 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. for a presentation. LPI offers total immersion programs for French and Spanish students in eight different cities in five different countries. Students study at fully-accredited foreign universities and earn college credit for their coursework. In Costa Rica their programs are in San Jose and in Spain they offer five different destinations - Santander, Salamanca, Malaga, Sevilla and Granada. The French program is in Menton, France.
PSAT News
On Wednesday, October 17, St. Agnes Academy will be administering the PSAT to all of our sophomores and juniors. Students are expected to arrive at school at the normal time in their uniforms. We ask that they bring two #2 pencils, a calculator and extra batteries. All sophomores and juniors will be dismissed following the administration of the test. We anticipate this occurring at 11:30 a.m. Please arrange for your daughters to be picked up early that day. The PSAT results will come to the guidance office in early December and the results will be mailed to you upon receipt.
The next SAA Mothers’ Club Meeting will be held Wednesday, October 3 at 11:30 a.m. in Meeting Room C (formerly known as the Old Mothers’ Club Room off the Cafeteria). Please mark your calendar and join us for a light lunch and the business meeting! We have so much to discuss and plan, and would love your input!
The Garage Sale scheduled for the first week in October has been postponed. Plans are under way for a fashion event .start thinking about donating your dressy dresses and prom dresses for resale..watch for more details as the plans develop...if you would like help with the planning process for this grand new event please contact Vivian Colvill (vcolvill@houston.rr.com )
A Look Forward...
•Carol Lester (carlester@comcast.net) and her Service Day team are busy organizing All-School Service Day, which will be held Wednesday, October 24. Mark your calendars. We need many, many volunteers (drivers) for this special event. Be sure to register to work this event on-line.please check the website for the Service Day link.
If you would like to drive on Service Day, you MUST sign up ONLINE. Please click here for more infomation. Drivers are assigned on a FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED basis, so if you wish to drive your own daughter's homeroom, you should act quickly.
Meeting Monday!
Please join other SAA dads at our monthly meeting - 6 p.m. Monday in the Academy's board room. Please contact Mary Louise Berry at 713-219-5401 or mlberry@st-agnes.org with questions. See you there!
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