Dominican Effectiveness Survey - Please respond by October 19
We are currently soliciting feedback from all of our constituencies regarding how well we are executing our mission as a Dominican school.  Please take a few minutes to complete this online survey.  The results are an important part of our self study required for school accreditation.  An overview of the results will be shared in a future issue of Tiger Tracks. Please respond by October 19. Thank you for your help!

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.

BUILD-A-THON: Come for fun next Friday, Oct. 26!
The SAA Habitat for Humanity Club (H4H) is gearing up for their first annual BUILD-A-THON being held on Friday, October 26th from 7:30 p.m.-midnight (Lock-in from 8:30 p.m.-11 p.m.).  SAA, SJ and STHS students won’t want to miss this fun evening. KRBE will be the disc jockey for the evening and are very excited about helping SAA raise the roof for Habitat! To begin to build the first house, the girls must raise $65,000. So the minimum entrance fee for the evening is $25. Inclusive in that entrance fee will be prizes, games, dancing , karaoke, movies, food, XBOX games, open gym and much more on the night. Those that raise $50 will also receive a H4H T-shirt.   Girls raising $75 will receive a T-shirt, and a flip-flop day pass and those raising $100 will receive a T-shirt, flip-flop day pass and a sweatpants/pajama bottom day pass. Grand prize for the person raising the most money is a Wii. Information packets and permission slips were handed out in homeroom. This is a school wide event that you won’t want to miss!

Gala Gift Parties for Freshman and Sophomore Parents
Join ninth-grade parents Saturday, Oct. 27 for dinner at the home of Bill and Karen Bunch to socialize and bring together gifts for the upcoming Magical Mystery Tour Gala to be held on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at the Hilton-Americas Houston. You can RSVP to Mary Louise Berry at mlberry@st-sgnes-org  or please call her at 713-219-5400 for details. Invitations were mailed this week, so look for yours to arrive soon!
 
The sophomore parent party will be held at the home of John and Maureen Graf on Saturday, November 3. Thanks to the following senior and junior host families for their wonderful parties and generous hospitality: Ed and Tricia Britt,  Bill and Kathy Rose, Jim and Margaret Henrikson, David and Lori Hessel, Barry and Sandy Zeluff, and Bob and Jane Kochman. Thanks also to the many parents who attended and brought gifts for the gala! 
 
Postage and Parking Underwriter Needed for Gala 
The gala committee is looking for businesses to assist with postage costs for sending out gala invitations in January 2008, and to underwrite the parking at the Hilton-Americas Houston the night of the event. For more information, email Mary Louise Berry at mlberry@st-agnes.org or Brenda Koch at cookscorner13@sbcglobal.net
  
MOTHERS’ CLUB ONLINE BOOK FAIR AT AMAZON.COM
Did you get your postcard with instructions on how this wonderful program works?  Keep it as a reminder to give a gift to our SAA Isabel Cameron Library!  Click this link to go to our Wish List at Amazon.com.  You may choose to dedicate your gift in honor of your daughter, in honor of a special teacher or as a memorial to a loved one; the possibilities are endless.  Just a few easy steps and your gift will be on its way to our Library!  Questions?  Contact Wendy Cain, Book Fair Chair (713-780-4761) wkcain@comcast.net.

Baked goods needed for Open House
We need your help! Please volunteer to bring baked goods for SAA Open House on Nov. 7th. If you would like to help, please contact Karen Counter at karencounter@aol.com.

Sr/Baby Ad
It is her last year of high school, show her how proud she has made you. Contact Ms. Thompson at 713-219-5506 or at  kthompso@st-agnes.org. To purchase an ad in the 2008 edition of the SAA yearbook, Veritas. Space is limited so be sure to contact us early, we will be on a first come basis. ALL ARTWORK AND MONEY DUE 12/1/07.

See SAA actresses this weekend at STHS
St. Thomas High School invites the SAA community to come enjoy the fall Drama Guild production of "The Man Who Came to Dinner." The St. Thomas actors, along with St. Agnes actresses involved in the production, are extremely excited to be performing in this uproarious story about a convalescing curmudgeon who during his six weeks of recuperation monopolizes the home of his friend after slipping on his icy doorstep.

 

Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 19; and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 20. All performances held at St. Thomas High School in the Moran Fine Arts Center, Cemo Auditorium, 4500 Memorial Drive. The ticket ost is $10 for students and $15 for adults.

 

For more information, visit www.sths.org or call the St. Thomas school office at 713.864.6348.