We, the community of St. Ignatius School, in the tradition of Mother Marie Rose and St. Ignatius of Loyola, provide a faith-centered Catholic education guiding God’s children toward building a just and compassionate world.
Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
Priest Visits: Fr. San and Fr. James began classroom visits this week! In kindergarten, in honor of St. Francis of Assisi's feast day, Fr. San visited for a stuffed animal blessing. St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us! Fr. James spent time with the eighth graders talking with them about the Catholic social justice concepts of promoting peace, option for the poor, the common good, and human dignity. We are blessed to have parish priests visiting our classrooms regularly!
Groove Our Way to $50K Jog-a-thon: As of this morning, we completed our Groove Our Way to $50K Jog-a-thon raising $50,000!!! We are so grateful for the last minute large donation that put us over the top and catapulted the 8th grade to the top fundraising class! The Silver Shoe Trophy will be awarded to their class and reside in their classroom for the month of October! Many classes made their class goal and will have a Special Dress Day. Those teachers will send information directly to the families in their class on the date of their Special Dress. Alex from kindergarten won our stuffed Gator drawing last Friday. We will let you know when we will have our whole school PJ day and when our school water bottle filler will be installed. Congratulations to all of our school and parish community! Thank you for making our first fundraising event fun and successful.
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Learning, Growing, and Serving: Our students are growing through hands-on learning and serving others! Our preschoolers are learning about apples and tasted five different varieties. The kindergarten students made slime in science class as they learned about touch as one of the five senses. The first graders read the picture book As the Crow Flies by Gail Hartman and made paper crows. The second graders created cute cats with pumpkins to decorate the hallway. Our third graders created spooky painted haunted houses. Our fourth graders wrote about what they like so far in fourth grade and created stunning fall art for hallway display. The fifth graders created artwork based on complementary colors for hallway display. The sixth grade took their first service trip to Courtyard Mt. Tabor to visit the elderly. The seventh graders created thoughtful Biblical timelines for hallway display. Our eighth graders studied cubism and created interesting works of art in that style. All of our students are learning and growing in faith and knowledge.
Parent-Teacher Conferences: Next week we will have no school on Thursday and Friday, October 15th & 16th for conferences which begin after school on Wednesday, October 14th. The Preschool will close at 3:10 on Wednesday, October 14th. We value the time to meet with families in partnership for your child’s educational needs. Students in grades 4-8 are expected to attend their homeroom conferences. Conferences are scheduled in the order the forms were turned in. We do our best to accommodate families in meeting with their student’s teachers. Confirmation of your conference day and time has been sent home this week, so check your child’s backpack if you have not seen it.
Church News: Fr. James will hold an altar server training for students in grade 5-8 this Sunday, October 11th after the 10:30 AM Mass. An additional altar server training will be available after school on Wednesday, October 28th from 2:15-3:15 PM. Parents are asked to attend this training too.
Archbishop Sample’s Pastoral Letter on Mission Renewal: In Archbishop Sample’s pastoral letter, "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations," the Archbishop elaborates on three key mission priorities for renewal in the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon: Part I- A Renewed Presbyterate; Part II- Mission Passionate Catholic Education and Faith Formation; Part III- Creating a Culture of Evangelization. Click below to read it: Pastoral Letter: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” | Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
Pastini Dine Out: Mark your calendars for our first dine out of the year at Pastini on Division on Tuesday, October 20th from 11:00 AM-9:00 PM. For this dine-out, customers must mention St. Ignatius School when ordering for our dine out fundraiser. Thank you for your support!
C.A.S.E. (Creating a Safe Environment) Training: We will host our final fall initial in person C.A.S.E. (Creating A Safe Environment) training on Wednesday, October 21st from 6:00-8:00 PM. All school and parish volunteers working with children must be up-to-date on the annual online C.A.S.E. module through Praesidium Academy and new volunteers must take the initial in person training. If you wish to attend the training this Wednesday, October 21st, sign up through this QR code:
A minimum number of participants will be needed to host this session. Therefore please register by next Wednesday, October 14th.
In trusting the slow work of God, may we rejoice in discerning God’s path for us as we hear in Jeremiah 29:11- “For I know well the plans I have in mind for you—oracle of the LORD—plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope.”
Peace be with you.
Carol Pausz
Principal
Annual theme for schools across the archdiocese- Ignite Renewal Within the Heart. Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon, exist to give witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As an apostolate of the Church, Catholic Schools minister the salvation of Jesus Christ, exercising His mission to teach (Mt. 28:19-20) by providing Mission Passionate Catholic Education
Fall conference confirmations were sent home with students this week. If you need to reschedule please email the office as soon as possible, [email protected].
Registration is online: https://www.jesuitportland.org/forms/womens-basketball-fall-clinic
