CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK offers parents many ways to volunteer. If you can assist us at the Open House on January 27, anytime from 8am to noontime please call Mrs. Cronin at the school office asap.

BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATION: Mrs. AnnMargaret Lynch and members of her committee have been working since the summer collecting and preparing our proofs of purchase for the BoxTops for Education program. To date, the committee has raised hundreds of dollars income for our school.  We are most grateful for their contribution of time and energy on behalf of our community and invite you to participate in this progam by clipping proofs of purchase from various projects and sending them to school where Mrs. Lynch and the committee collect and collate them for us. Visit BoxTops for Education.com for a complete list of products included in this program. Thank you.

Parent Directories are available for purchase through the office for a $5 fee.

******TRAFFIC MONITORS: for the back parking lot would be most appreciated. Mr. Owens has been a great help every morning but must finish this duty very soon, he has agreed to continue helping us with this most important duty even though this is busy season for him at work.  We are seeking parents who can arrive at school at 7:45 am and remain until 8:15 am to assist children from their cars when they stop in the drop-off lane. Teachers are on duty to assist in the crosswalk and monitor children’s behavior in the yard so it would be helpful if parents could volunteer to assist them from their cars each morning. If you can only offer one day per week in this service, that would be most helpful to our teachers. Call Mrs. Cronin at the school office to volunteer.

PACE REPRESENTATIVE: We are looking for a parent to be our representative at these very important meetings.  PACE stands for the “Parents Alliance for Catholic Education”.  This group is a “non-profit legislative advocacy organization” that serves Catholic Schools in Massachusetts.  Anyone interested should call Mrs. Cronin asap.

AUCTION COMMITTEE has been working for many months to prepare for this year’s auction. Letters about the auction will be sent home before the end of this month detailing how all school families can assist in this major fundraiser. Your support is essential to ensuring that the committee’s efforts and hopes are realized this year. We are looking for parents to help volunteer with set-up, clean-up, and throughout the night of the Auction. 

MRS. LOUISE SIRIS will be meeting to discuss development opportunities with Mrs. Katherine Cronin this month.  Mrs. Siris and Mrs. Cronin have been working to complete a mailing that will bring in funds to benefit the schools media and technology departments. It is through grants, corporate donations, and other fundraising outside the school that our school will remain a viable, vital, thriving community for many years to come. If you have any ideas for growth and development opportunities, please call Mrs. Katherine Cronin at the school office.

THIRD HOT LUNCH OPTION: Although many parents were most pleased with the third hot lunch which was offered in January of last year, no parents or friends have called to offer suggestions or service which would allow us to offer this program again this year. If this reminder sparks any ideas please call to share them with Mrs. Cronin at the school office. Thank you.

NOTE: Because of the commitment and dedication to our school by our parent volunteers, we are able to offer extracurricular activities like basketball, art club, knitting club, exploratory Spanish classes and a school newspaper. Such activities are year-long, ongoing commitments and for this we thank Mrs. Oliveri, Mrs. O’leary, Mr. Ed Donovan, Mr. Steven Karan, Mrs. Kate Riley, Mrs. Julie Kelliher, Mrs. Maureen Fallon-Leonard, Mrs. Colleen Leonard, Mrs. Eve Nightingale, Mrs. Martina Connelly, Dr. Maria Bettinger, Dr. Patricia Anderson, Mrs. Virginia Foley, Mrs. Darlene Curley-Sullivan, Mrs. Claudia Diaz,  Mr. Julio Hernando, and Mrs. MaryAnn McEachern for their contributions to our extracurricular program.  Thank you to Dinah McDonald for the work she has done for the upcoming Spring calanders also to the Danilecki family for donating the printing services for this project. We encourage all parents who would like to begin other extracurricular activities for our students to call the Principal to discuss the institution of these programs in our school. We also would like to thank Mrs. Patricia Lyons, our front yard traffic monitor, Mrs. Lori Ferrante and all the members of our Auction Committee, Mrs. Sarah Biemer, Mrs. Sheila O’Leary Cobban, Mrs. Amy Montminy, Mrs. Janet Tierney, Mrs. AnnMarie Fahey, and all of our cafeteria and recess monitors, who labor week in and week out to provide hot lunch options for our students. We are very blessed to have so many parents so very committed  to making our school such a special place to be. Thank you to all our parents, too numerous to mention, who offer so much of themselves for the good of our school community.