Loving, Serving` - Father Lacombe Catholic School

Knowing,
Loving,
Serving’
April 2015
Important Dates
April 7- ECS
registration/Information
night
April 10– Hot Dog Hot Lunch
ECS Registration and Information Night
On Tuesday April 7th at 7:00 p.m. we will be having an
information and registration night for new ECS students for the
upcoming year. If you are registering please remember to bring a
copy your child's birth certificate.
April– Easter Mass@ 9am
Casual Day
April 15– Savings for St.
Stephen’s
April 21– Parent Council
meeting @ 6:30 pm
April 24– Spirit Day/Formal
dress, Mother’s Day pictures
due
NO SCHOOL 1-6,17
It’s that Time of year again….
Please ensure your
child has proper foot
wear for the puddles.
Please send extra
clothes and socks if
needed.
Phone: (403) 782—9345
Admin:
Recreational Rock Stars!
A group of grade 6 students will be organizing games
Wednesdays and Thursdays during lunch recess.
Any student is allowed to join! The group is excited to
get everyone active and help everyone feel like they
belong to our Father Lacombe family!
Fax: 403-782-9310 www.fl.starcatholic.ab.ca
denis.cote@starcatholic.ab.ca
Admin Support: carol.madoche@starcatholic.ab.ca
maria.wagner@starcatholic.ab.ca
jacinta.hemeyer@starcatholic.ab.ca
St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Schools RCSRD No. 38
(780) 986—2500
Dear Parents and Students of FLCS,
With the spring break upon us and now anticipating warmer weather and a fresh new Spring season, the school year enters into
the home stretch. With approximately 3 months of classes before final exams in June, there is plenty of time to address any
academic concerns that may lead to future problems. I encourage all parents to keep in contact with your children’s teachers if
you have any concerns.
Father Lacombe Catholic School has been very busy during this time of Lent in preparation for the death of Christ on Good
Friday and His Resurrection on Easter Sunday. It is a period of 40 days of repentance, with prayer, fasting and abstinence, and
Confession. Thank You to all students, parents and staff for their participation, commitment and sacrifice in our Lenten projects
which began with Shrove Tuesday pancake breakfast, our Ash Wednesday Mass and our stations of the cross. Please join us for
our Easter Mass on Friday, April 10th @ 9:00am at St. Stephen’s Parish as we commemorate the slaying of the true Lamb of God
and the Resurrection of Christ.
A huge Thank You and Congratulations to our basketball coaches for their time and commitment to our Athletic program. All
participants had a wonderful season of friendly competition and in meeting new friends. As a result all of our teams did very well
and the Jr. Boys “A” team won the league and also qualified for the CWAJAHAAs and won the Championship for the second
year in a row. Congratulations!!! As well, our running club coaches prepared our student participants well for the Jr. events which
took place at the Butter Dome on the U of A campus in March! Great Work!!
Registration is well underway for the 2015-2016 school year. All of our budgeting, program planning and student timetabling
revolves around our student numbers so it is critical that we have an accurate indication of our enrolment for the fall. If you have
not yet done so, please contact our front office staff indicating if your children will be returning to FLCS for the 2015/2016
school year. Thank you in advance.
With the warmer weather approaching our staff will continue to monitor our FLCS dress code. Please support us by adhering to
the dress code which can be located on our website as well as in your child’s student agenda.
Thank you all for your continued support to our wonderful school community of Father Lacombe Catholic School. God Bless!
Mr. Denis J. Côté, Principal & Maria Wagner, Vice Principal
April Tid-Bits
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Hot Lunch– April 15 hamburgers and April 24 lasagna
Savings for St. Stephen’s– April 15th
Parent Council Meeting April 21st, all parents are welcome to
attend
There will be NO SCHOOL on April 1-6,17
Do you have gently used skates
that you are no longer using? If
so we would love to have them
for our gym program.
The Jump Rope for Heart kick off
will be at morning assembly on
April 14th. Stay tuned for more
information to be coming home.
The event date will be on May 5th
Come join the grades 5-8 on April 13th
from 10:30-12:00 for our Annual Science
Fair. All parents, grandparents and friends
are welcome to come and view these great
exhibits
Thank you to all the bowlers who participated in the wii bowling. Our
school raised $3 210.70 for Big Brothers and Big Sisters.
Congratulations to our winners:
Spirit Day– April 24th
We formally invite Father Lacombe students to dress in their finest formal attire
for Spirit Day on April 24th
Coming Soon…...
1st place-Samuel Nygaard, raised $820
2nd place: Brian Bargholz, raised $525
3rd place: Brooklyn Thompson raised $200
Earth Day
Father Lacombe will be celebration EARTH DAY on Wednesday, April 22nd
Students are encouraged to walk or bike to school that day and bring a “litterless” lunch.
They will also be participating in a community clean-up and a fun morning assembly
celebration of our EARTH.
WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR DONATIONS OF USED, WHITE COTTON T-SHIRTS!
It is a very ambitious plan but we would like to collect as many as possible (maybe even 1/student) in as many sizes as possible.
Please send in your donations of white cotton t-shirts to Mrs. McIntosh NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, APRIL 10th
Thank you for your continued support parents and students!
Watch for more Earth Day news at the beginning of April.
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Term Two Honor Roll
Grade 7
Jayden Adler
Camryn Hutchison
Jasmine Bergman
Kenzie Labrecque
Haley Ensminger
Mark Joshua Lalas
Mark Guillen
Rheann Nagel
Makayla Hanrahan
Nina Secretario
Joshua Harper
Keanu Soco
Kiana Hibbs
Brooklyn Thompson
Grade 8
Grade 9
Owen Beckett
Tanika Ensminger
Rhodan Cervantes
Jillian Fraser
Luke Gudwer
Mariska Konnik
Savio Jigo George
Jenèe Labreque
Racheal Wood
Kerby Soco
Mrs. Cargill is anxiously
awaiting the arrival of
her little bundle. We
wish Mr. &Mrs. Cargill
and Kalia all the best
while they wait the
arrival of their newest
addition to their family.
Father Lacombe
would like to
welcome back
Mrs. Lavoie. She will
be in grade 3 while
Mrs. Cargill is on her
maternity leave. Welcome Back
Mrs. Lavoie!!
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These 3 lucky
students were
the winners of
Caught doing
good draw.
They will enjoy lunch out
with Mr. Cote.
Golden
Garbage
Award
The Grade 8 class are the winners of this months
Golden Garbage Award. They will enjoy pizza
from Boston pizza.
Friendly reminder if your student due is
absent due to an appointment or illness.
Please call the office 403-782-9345 If we are
unable to answer your call please leave a
message for both of us. We can also be
reached via email:
Lovely
Locker
carol.madoche@starcatholic.ab.ca
jacinta.hemeyer@starcatholic.ab.ca
Thank you for your help in ensuring your
students safety.
Award
This month the Lovely Locker Award goes to the
Grade 3 class. Great job on keeping your lockers neat
and tidy.
Scholastic Book Fair
Thank you to all our students, staff and parents that supported our book fair. We
are able to put back $1254.67 worth of books back into our classrooms and library.
A huge Thank You to Mrs. Cargill for organizing the book fair!!!
Congratulations Argel Mabalot!!
Claira Lea, Bailey Engele, Johnathan Carlson, Avere
Pederson and Ethan Lewis were the winners of the $10
Lucky Locker draw.
Argel’s name was drawn for the $25 prize and Mrs.
Dallas was able to spend $25 in classroom books
Congratulations to all our students who are receiving their First Communion in May
Linden Bellabono
Madison Oswald
Max Bessette
Katrina Sautner
Ashton Bunz
Jay Secretario
Noah Calliou
Michael Wagner
Thomas Hibbs
Elizabeth Guarino
Isabella Konnik
Morgan Hutchison
Julie Kowal
Camryn Hutchison
Kaydence Lang
Essence Laboucan
Liam O’Shea
If you do not see you r child on this list and they will be receiving First
Communion, please contact Mrs. McIntosh as soon as possible.
Holy Week Mass Times
Holy Thursday-8:00 p.m.
Good Friday– 6:00 p.m.
Easter Vigil– 9:30 p.m.
Easter Sunday– 11:00 a.m.
Mother’s Day Celebration Pictures
As part of our Mother’s Day
celebration, we are collecting pictures
of Father Lacombe students with their
mothers or any other special women in
their lives.
Please send ONE picture (with the name
of your child) to
laurie.mcintosh@starcatholic.ab.ca
Thank you to the Knights of Columbus for
their generous donation of $1000.These
funds are going to be used to help beautify
the outdoor courtyard for our Junior High
students this spring.
Pictured are Grand Knight Larry Riep.
Mrs. Konnik and Mr. McLaughlin
Running Club
Back: Claira Lea, Lili Dean, Racheal Wood, Kenzie
LeBrecque, Sierra Stewart, Kiana Hibbs, Nash Pala,
Jason Hemeyer,
Middle: Zhanna Williams, Brandi Asselin, Kerby Soco,
Glenn Guillen, Keanu Soco
Badminton season has started!!
Back: Savio Jigo George, Katelyn Litwin, Mariska
Konnik, John Rick Tubungbanua, Kerby Soco, Jenee
Labrecque, Jaycee Trozzo
Middle: Nick Hunter, Owen Beckett, Cameron Hrad,
Nathan Fraser
Front: Tanika Ensminger, Zhanna Williams, Grady
McLeod
Practices are Tuesday and Thursday at 3:30-5 pm
Please see Mr. McLaughlin, Mrs. LeBelle or Mr. Fountain for details
The Saint Junior “A” basketball team had a very successful season!
Congratulations boys. Thank you to the coaches, Mr. Fountain and Mr. Soco
for all your hard work and dedication to the team.
Back: Mr. Fountain( coach) Glenn Guillen, Nick Harper, Luke Gudwer, Adam Warner, Mark Guillen, Josh Harper
Front: Chance Watts, Keanu Soco, Kerby Soco, John Rick Tubungbanua, Lloyd Viloria, Krystian Calkins, Mr. Soco(coach)
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