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President Note
St. Edith Catholic School
St. Edith Catholic School “teaches as Jesus did” with love, care, discipline, centering on the Eucharist,
and focusing on students: our gifts and our future.
March 2016 Edition
SEPA Board Members 2015-2016
Katie Van Koughnet—[email protected] President
Kellie Schone—[email protected] Vice President
Nicole Paterni—[email protected] Treasurer
Janet Godin—[email protected] Secretary
Christina Mood—[email protected] Communications Liaison
Renee Billotto—[email protected] Member at Large
Mary Beth Morand— [email protected] Member at Large
Colleen Endress– [email protected] Teacher Representative
Georgene Wojciechowski–[email protected] Principal
Father. Jim McNulty– [email protected] Pastor
SEPA’s Mission Statement
1. To promote the ideals of Catholic education by fostering a better understanding of parental responsibilities in the
spiritual and educational development of our children.
2. Enhance the quality of education at St. Edith Catholic School by raising funds for school supplies, programs, or equip-
ment that fall outside of the school projected budget.
Updates
We have several events and activities coming up over the next couple months, including: Mother-Son bowling, Daddy
-daughter dance, and of course our largest fundraiser of the year, The Annual Auction and Wine Tasting event. All of
these events will require some helping hands. Please consider volunteering. More details in the newsletter.
If you haven't checked out our Lenten Fish Fry, you still have time!!! We are also still in need of volunteers to help
make our Friday Fish Fry events a success. The sign up genius link is located on the last page of the newsletter.
Thoughts for March….please join us for March Dine to Donate Tuesday, March 8th, at Connor’s on 5 Mile; Sign up for
the Fish Fry; Auction tickets go on sale this March 14th! ; mark your calendars for the Mother/Son and Daddy/
Daughter events coming next month - more info in the newsletter
All information in this newsletter can also be found on our website, www.stedithschool.com
Gratefully,
Katie Van Koughnet
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
President Note ................. 1
Happenings ...................... 2
Mother Son Bowling………. 5
Wine Tasting..................... 6
Library Update.................. 7
Treasurer Report .............. 8
School Committee ............ 9
CYO .................................. 10
March 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 —Fish
Fry 5
6 7 8—Dine to
Donate
9—SEPA
Mtg 7pm 10 11—Fish
Fry 12
13 14 15 16 17 18—Fish
Fry 19
20 21 22 23 24 25—Fish
Fry 26
27 28 29 30 31
Fish Fry —Friday Nights in March
Mother Son Bowling—April 10, 2016
Daddy Daughter Dance — April 23, 2016
Auction & Wine Tasting —May 14, 2016
Upcoming Events
Happenings
Happenings Dine to Donate
Upcoming Dine to Donate fundraising dates:
Thanks to all who came out to Subway last month.
Together, we earned $51.40 for St. Edith Catholic School! All together, our dine
to donate fundraisers have brought in $441 for the school year!
We look forward to seeing everyone at Connor’s on
Five Mile next Tuesday!
March 8: Connor’s
April 14 : Granite City
May 19: Chili’s
Happenings CSW Shirts
During Catholic Schools Week last month, SEPA was very
excited to provide 50th Anniversary t-shirts to all of our
students and staff!
Here’s a look at our 2nd grade class in their new shirts!
Reminder, students are welcome to wear their shirts on
gym days, as well as Spirit days.
St Edith School
Mother Son Bowling
Sunday, April 10th, 2016
1:30 - 4 pm
$11 per person
Woodland Lanes
33775 Plymouth Road
Livonia, MI 48150
The event will include pizza, pop, cookies, 2 games and shoe rental.
RSVP and send payment by April 1st.
Please make checks payable to St Edith School.
Reservations required, no open lanes will be sold at the door.
Please return the bottom half to Mike Mood c/o Emma Mood Grade 6.
Mother’s Name: __________________________________________
Child’s Name and Grade: ___________________________________
Child’s Name and Grade: ___________________________________
Child’s Name and Grade: ___________________________________
Total Amount Included: $______________
If you have any questions please contact Mike Mood
at (734) 261-4176 or [email protected]
Auction & Wine Tasting 2016
The Auction Committee is thrilled to announce that
this year's event will feature beer tastings in addition to
our wine offerings.
There are still some outstanding items that we need your help to secure: - Hotel/condo/house/timeshare in the Orlando area to pair with our Disney package.
- Food &/or activity to pair with Amway Grand stay in Grand Rapids, MI.
- Hotel stay or other items to pair with tickets to the Baseball Hall of Fame located in Cooperstown, NY (Syracus and Albany areas are a short drive).
- Any other "experiences" that could be used as a live auction item.
Please contact us at [email protected] if you can help with any of the above items or have a donation to the auction.
Please be sure to “like” our Facebook page to receive all the great info
on this year’s event, including previews of auction items. https://www.facebook.com/stedithwinetasting
Our tasting sponsors for 2016 are D.Vine Fine Wines, Canton Brew Works, Rockford Brewery, and North Center Brewing. Please be sure to support our generous sponsors.
School Library Update
The school library committee met with school administration,
Mrs. Wojciechowski and Fr. Jim, earlier this week to present
final recommendations to the school library. We are pleased to
announce that the plans were approved.
The updates to the library will begin as soon as next week and
span over the next couple of months.
Updates will include:
A very big thank you to the school library committee for all
their dedication in making this possible.
Lots and lots of new books!
Book turn racks
New tables
New carpet
New wall paint
New ceiling tiles
Kiosk for book look-up (elect
card catalog)
Updated K-2 area, including:
new rug, bookshelves,
bench seating.
Research Center for the
upper grades
Michelle Hayward (School Committee)
Katie Van Koughnet (SEPA)
Christina Mood (SEPA)
Jenna DeWitt (Teacher)
Linda Shornack (Library Staff)
Donna Grech (Library Staff)
Mrs. Wojciechowski (Advisor)
Fr. Jim (Advisor)
SEPA Treasurer’s Report Treasurer Corner
July 2015 - February 2016
Category Description INCOME EXPENSE TOTAL Fundraising
SCRIP* $ 47,465.24 $ 43,518.66 $ 3,946.58
Fashion Show $ 12,362.83 $ 2,302.40 $ 10,060.43
Raffle (2015/16 combined)* $ 16,760.00 $ 7,898.69 $ 8,861.31
Halloween $ 1,782.00 $ 110.00 $ 1,672.00
Dine to Donate $ 441.00 $ - $ 441.00
Christmas Shoppe* $ 5,192.17 $ 4,892.62 $ 299.55
Breakfast Santa w/Santa $ 810.00 $ 809.14 $ 0.86
Capital Expenditures
Technology $ - $ 22,902.30 $ (22,902.30)
Operating activities
Soccer Tournament $ - $ 100.00 $ (100.00)
Chess Tournament $ 155.10 $ (155.10)
Back to School $ 83.73 $ (83.73)
Supply Drop of Day $ 15.98 $ (15.98)
Monthly Tech fee $ 1,782.00 $ (1,782.00)
Staff Workshop/Retreat $ - $ 835.50 $ (835.50)
Parent Speakers $ 531.25 $ (531.25)
Teacher Aid $ 470.29 $ (470.29)
Programs
Hospitality $ - $ 1,327.55 $ (1,327.55)
Recess Equipment $ - $ 258.72 $ (258.72)
Bank Balance as of 02/22/16: $30,632.53
*Denotes activity/event is still not complete and income/expense is still coming in.
School Committee Update March Update:
The St. Edith Catholic School Committee met on February 2nd. We re-viewed the attendance and response of the Open House and made plans for next year. The new families entering the school would probably bene-fit from your experiences. If you are interested in being an Ambassador to these new families please contact a SEPA or School Committee repre-sentative. We also discussed having school IDs for the students. Eric Rotenheber’s term on the School Committee will be ending this year. I would like to thank Eric for his years of service to the Committee. We will be looking for someone to fill his position next year. If you are inter-ested in being a candidate please contact Mrs. Wojciechowski. We will hold an election later this school year. Many items central to growth at St. Edith were also discussed. These items included class sizes, student and teacher retention, discipline, and improvements to the building and grounds. Discussion on these issues will continue at future School Committee meetings. Our next meeting is April 5th, at 7:00 pm in the Parish Library. Non-committee attendees are welcome to attend. Important Dates: Mar 22 - Deadline for parents to submit items in writing to the school office for the Jan meeting Apr 5 – February meeting Have a Happy Easter! David Everest, Chairperson [email protected]
Contact Us Do you have pictures or articles you would like to share?
Deadline to submit items in the newsletter will be the
last Friday of the month to [email protected]
Do you have a question, comment, or suggestion about
SEPA events or activities. Please contact us at
St. Edith Catholic School
15089 Newburgh Rd Livonia, MI 48154
Phone – (734) 464-1250
Fax- (734) 464-6765
www.stedithschool.com
Catholic Youth Organization
FISH FRY is HERE!!!! Earn your DOVES hours!!!!
Signup Genius link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c4aacae2eaaff2-stedith2
Thursday night: 6pm to 7:30pm
Wash vegetables, wrap baked potatoes, set up salad bar line, etc. (3-4 volunteers)
Friday morning: 8am to 11 am
Chop Vegetables for the Salad Bar (bring cutting board, knife, and apron) (5 volunteers)
Friday Fish Fry: 4pm to 7:30pm
Salad Bar volunteers (3-4 volunteers per shift) and Dessert Table (2 volunteers per shift)
Softball & Baseball:
St. Edith CYO registration for both Softball and Baseball is now open for the following grade levels: Varsity Boys Baseball (7th and 8th Grade) JV Boys Baseball (4th, 5th and 6th Grade) JV Girls Softball (4th, 5th and 6th Grade) Unfortunately, due to a lack of players this year, we will not be able to have a Varsity Girls Softball team.
CYO has a new Softball / Baseball Sport Coordinator, Steve Phillips. He can be reached via email: [email protected]
Here is a direct link to the registration page on the website: http://stedithcyo.com/Registration/Default.asp?n=37029&org=stedithcyo Important New Rule: "CYO rules dictate that a player can be a member of another team (travel or recreational) of the same sport during the same CYO season, but is not allowed to participate in a contest (game) that involves a running clock or where officials are present. Failing to comply with this rule would result in the forfeiture of wins and season for the St. Edith team in which your son or daughter is a mem-ber." To clarify, your son or daughter can be a member of another team, can practice with that team, they just cannot play in a game with that team during the CYO season of that same sport. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to reach out to either myself or Steve Phillips. Thank you, John Szewc , St. Edith CYO, 313-673-4949