Families: I forgot to add to my reminder post that we have an EARLY DISMISSAL on Thursday, Nov. 2 @ 1:15. Thank you!
K-8 Families: 3 reminders for this week. 1. Parent Teacher Conferences are Wed/Thur this week. Please call if you need help signing up. 2. A signed Report Card Envelope due Thursday. 3. No school Friday, Nov 3. Have a great week!
K-8 Families: Report cards were sent home with your child today. Please review, sign the envelope that it came in, and return the envelope to the homeroom teacher by Thursday, November 2. If you'd like to bring it to conferences on Wednesday or Thursday that will work. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Explore a fantastic selection of faith-inspired goodies while supporting the Lehman Catholic High School music department!
They are teaming up with Sock Religious to sell faith-filled socks and stickers. Your purchase will have a meaningful impact, as 50% of profits will support the music department.
Visit
https://stores.inksoft.com/lehman_catholic_music_boosters/shop/home to contribute today or click the QR code on the attached flier.
The sale will run from October 30th through November 17th.
Thank you for being amazing supporters!
Lost and Found!
Our Lost and Found bin is overflowing with items and it's only the first Quarter!
If you see an item that belongs to your child please call the school or stop in at drop off/ pick up to claim these items.
All unclaimed items will be sold at the Used Uniform Sale or donated to the Bethany Center so please put a name on the tag or inside of your child's shirts, jackets and pants.
Thank you!
The dance is TOMORROW!
Jr High Dance! St. Pats is hosting a Jr High Dance on Friday, October 27th from 7-10pm. Admission is $3.00 and we hope you can come and get you're "spooky" groove on!
Our Kindergarten through 8th grade students invite our Veterans and Heroes to Mass followed by breakfast in the North St Cafeteria on Nov.8th at 8:30am. Kindergarten and 1st Grade students who have a Veteran may be excused from attendance that morning if their Veteran would like to bring them to our celebration and then return them to school. Please contact the school office at 773-1564 by Nov. 6th to RSVP and mention the student you are eating with. Thank you Veterans!
Students may wear jeans with a Halloween or Halloween colored shirt for 1.00 on Tuesday, October 31st.
Thank you for supporting Student Council
This years Lehman High School Musical is "The Sound of Music" All students interested in auditioning for this years performance are asked to visit our Piqua Catholic website, go to Documents and print the packet for either Jr High or Children's Auditions. Auditions will take place from 9-10am on November 4 at Lehman High School. Good luck everyone!!
Lehman Junior High basketball cheer registration is open
The registration link is: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/402355 (The registration link is good until the end of November)
Go Cavs💙💛
For those students who will be auditioning for the Lehman Musical "The Sound of Music" there is an informational packet on the Piqua Catholic website under the Documents tab labeled " Lehman Musical."
The information is the "Sound of Music Packet"
Good luck to all those auditioning!
Families- We are asking for your help to improve our safety during pick up at dismissal time. Here are a few things that we must follow to do this: 1. Please make sure to park your car in the Church parking lot and walk up towards the "cavalier" door by the basketball hoops to get your child at dismissal time. We do not want students running out to find you in the car. 2. Once you have your child(ren) in the car, please wait until most students have been dismissed. We've had a couple close calls with cars and children, so please follow these procedures. 3. If you choose to park on the street and not in the Church parking lot, you must come and get your student as well. Some of them are crossing the street by themselves, not at a cross walk, which can be dangerous. As we know, kids dart in front of cars and drivers may not be able to see them. Thank you for helping us to keep our students and families as safe as possible! If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me directly.
Families- since it's going to be warm for the rest of the week, we are allowing students to wear shorts for this week only. We'll go back to no shorts next week. Please call or message with questions or concerns. Thank you!
Running late for school and no uniforms clean? We have a solution for you!
We have 3 "Out of Uniform" passes you can purchase that can be used any time this school year.
Stop or call into the office and for $20.00 we will have your students passes ready.
Jr High Dance! St. Pats is hosting a Jr High Dance on Friday, October 27th from 7-10pm. Admission is $3.00 and we hope you can come and get you're "spooky" groove on!
Save the dates! Attached is a list of all of the upcoming Preschool/PreK, Kindergarten and 1st grade parties and events, including dates and times. If there are any questions please call the Downing St campus at 773-3876.
Kona Ice will be at our North St campus for our end of the quarter celebration on Friday, October 27th from 1:00-3:00
Students may bring in money or you may select the on line option to prepay!
Just click the QR code or follow the directions on the attached flier.
Let's celebrate the end of a great 1st Quarter!💙💛
This Friday, October 20th will be Jr High Night and all Jr High students get in free to the Lehman Varsity Football game if they wear their Jr High apparel . The game will be played at Sidney Memorial Stadium beginning at 7:00pm. This is also our Pink Out and Senior Night, so come root on the Lehman Cavaliers to a victory!💛💙🏈
Attention Junior High Athletes | Registration for Winter Sports are Live! Click on the links to sign up!
LCJHS Wrestling: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/399037
LCJHS Boy Basketball: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/396856
LCJHS Girls Basketball: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/398199
Dear Parents,
As we approach the Feast of All Souls, we often look for ways to honor our loved ones who have gone before us. I wanted to take a moment to talk to you about kids and death.
Death is a hard subject to talk to kids about. We, ourselves, have a difficult time talking about it, but for kids it can be particularly hard. They may not have the experience or knowledge that we have, which can make their experience even more difficult.
What can we do?
1. Make sure that no words or questions are off limits. We often want to make death sound more pleasant by using euphemisms such as “passed on” or “in a better place”. These types of phrases can be even more confusing for children. Dying and death are part of life, and using these words can help them better understand and express themselves.
2. Be open to sharing your thoughts, feelings and faith. Be prepared to model how you want them to share their feelings. When you are sad, scared or even if you don’t know what to say, say that! While you need to be careful not to overshare your fears or anxiety, letting your kids know that you still feel sad is okay! Letting them know that we don’t always understand God’s plan is okay as well. When children don’t understand something, they have the tendency to blame themselves, so making a safe space to talk is critical!
3. Model positive coping skills for your children. Let them know what you do when you feel sad and what helps you. “When I feel sad, a hug really helps me”, “when I don’t understand, I spend more time praying”, or “sometimes when I am sad, I will take a walk or shoot some baskets”.
Children grieve in different ways based on their personality and their age. Don’t shy away from honoring your loved ones in November!
If your child’s feelings of grief or sadness don’t decrease in intensity with time, or they are displaying troubling behavior, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Amanda Mascarenhas, MSEd, LPCC
University of Dayton ECHO Counselor
Piqua Catholic School
