Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Academy students enjoy building bird houses as part of their summer school program. Using math skills, measuring and learning to read blue prints in order to create the finished product. We thank the St. Louis Kansas City Carpenter’s Regional Council for their partnership, supplying all of the materials and instructors.
K-2nd grade Celebrate with Mr. Jack – Art Teacher – his last day!
Students are under our new Imagination trees in the Believe room. This room will be transformed into a Reading Resource room for K-3. Fall in Love with Reading!
Reading Resource Room Media Event
May 13 – 9:00 a.m.
Join us and learn!
The Believe Project – Our partners – St. Louis Black Authors, IKEA, Nine Network, Scholastic Books, Ready Readers and St. Clair County Intergovernmental Grants Office
We will share statistics about the issues in our metro region with students learning to read by Third Grade.
And what Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School is doing to address these issues.
We are the second school in the region to implement this program.
PRINCIPAL’S NOTE
We are now celebrating the virtue of GOODNESS! You will experience a lot of Goodness at our Spring Concert witnessing your students praising God in music, song, and dance!!! Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday!
SPRING CONCERT, SUNDAY, MAY 5 at 3 PM
All students must attend! Please check early for black pants, white shirt and black dress shoes. Invite family and friends, as this is going to be a great event! Students arrive no later than 2:30 PM.
DENTAL SAFARI MAY 8th
We have not received as many requests as last year. Did you send back a form to sign up for a checkup? If you still need to reserve a spot for your student, contact the office by Friday.
SCHOOL REGISTRATION IS OPEN
BE OUR MARKETERS! Bring in new students! Registration is now open! Only $50 before May 15! Current families must also register for next year. We ask you to also spread the word to friends, churches and neighbors!
We hold new family appointments Thursday at 4 PM, so have families contact us at the school to schedule a visit.
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK MAY 6 – 10
Help us celebrate our teachers with cards or notes of thanks! They have worked hard all year with your students!
2nd ANNUAL PTO FAMILY BBQ MAY 10 2:30 – 7:00
Help us make this event a success!!! Please send back your volunteer form. If your student is a bus rider, we need a permission slip to keep them off the bus. DON’T MISS IT!
BELIEVE PROJECT MEDIA EVENT MAY 13 at 8:45.
Join us for a Media Event to start our Believe Project Reading Room. Meet us in the Chapel at 8:45 and see what this great project will bring to our young readers!!! All are invited!
SUMMER SESSION: Our Summer Session will run from June 3 – June 21. Please return registrations ASAP!
Regular Summer Session is from 8:30 – 12:15. Sister Thea Bowman Academy Summer Session runs 8:30 – 3:00. Uniform is uniform shirt, appropriate shorts/pants, and tennis shoes. Breakfast and lunch will be served.
Calendar
May
1 Gr 1 Mass; All School Spring Concert Rehearsal 10 AM
5 SPRING CONCERT 3 PM (Students arrive 2:30)
6 NO SCHOOL (Spring Concert Rest Day)
7 K-5 Field Trips; Teacher Appreciation Week through Friday
8 Dental Safari at School
9 6th – 8th Ballroom Dance Competition 10 AM
10 8th Gr Field Trip to YMCA Trout Lodge; Family BBQ
12 MOTHER’S DAY
13 BELIEVE PROJECT MEDIA EVENT 9 am; Gr 7/8 Springfield Field Trip
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PRINCIPAL’S NOTE
HAPPY EASTER!!! We are celebrating the Octave (8 days) of Easter! Alleluia! Spring Concert is just around the corner on Sunday, May 5, and rehearsals are in full swing, as we prepare to minister through Song, Dance, Music, and Word. Please invite family and friends!!!
DENTAL SAFARI MAY 8th
We have invited Dental Safari to come back again to provide dental exams and dental work right here in the school. No need for dentist appointments and missed work/school. Turn in your reservation form today!
SCHOOL REGISTRATION IS OPEN
BE OUR MARKETERS! Bring in new students! Registration is now open! Only $50 before May 15! Current families must also register for next year. We ask you to also spread the word to friends, churches and neighbors!
We hold new family appointments Thursday at 4 PM, so have families contact us at the school to schedule a visit.
SPRING CONCERT, SUNDAY, MAY 5 at 3 PM
All students must attend! Please check early for black pants, white shirt and black dress shoes. Invite family and friends, as this is going to be a great event! Students arrive no later than 2:30 PM.
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK MAR 6 – 10
Help us celebrate the hard work our teachers have done all year. They would love to hear from you that week!
PTO MEETING TONIGHT At 6 PM FOR FAMILY BBQ PLANNING
BELIEVE PROJECT MEDIA EVENT
Join us for a Media Event to start our Believe Project Reading Room. Meet us in the Chapel at 8:45 and see what this great project will bring to our young readers!!! All are invited!
SUMMER SESSION: Our Summer Session will run from June 3 – June 21. Please return registrations ASAP!
Regular Summer Session is from 8:30 – 12:15. Sister Thea Bowman Academy Summer Session runs 8:30 – 3:00. Uniform is uniform shirt, appropriate shorts/pants, and tennis shoes. Breakfast and lunch will be served.
Calendar
Apr 30 Peacemaker 2pm
May
1 Gr 1 Mass; All School Spring Concert Rehearsal 10 AM
5 SPRING CONCERT 3 PM (Students arrive 2:30)
6 NO SCHOOL (Spring Concert Rest Day)
7 K-5 Field Trips; Teacher Appreciation Week through Friday
8 Dental Safari at School
9 6th – 8th Ballroom Dance Competition 10 AM
10 8th Gr Field Trip to YMCA Trout Lodge; Family BBQ
12 MOTHER’S DAY
13 BELIEVE PROJECT MEDIA EVENT 9 am; Gr 7/8 Springfield Field Trip
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Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School
Invites you to our
Refreshment Reception immediately following in the Library!
or
Happy Easter Monday!
Mark your calendar to attend our Graduation Mass
Friday, May 17, 2019
8:30 a.m.
All events are located at 8213 Church Lane Chapel
East St. Louis, IL 62203
To learn more information about our school, please email or call
Email: roberta_trost@yahoo.com
Phone: 618-397-0316
Our students look forward to seeing you soon!
Get ready – May 1 – GIVE STL DAY 2019 – Our regional day of giving. Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School appreciates your support! Give at https://www.givestlday.org/SisterThea
PRINCIPAL’S NOTE
We are coming to the end of Lent on Holy Thursday, and we start three days of remembering and celebrating (Triduum) on the evening of Holy Thursday. We celebrate God’s New Covenant at the Last Supper; the Passion of Christ on Good Friday afternoon; the waiting of Holy Saturday; and joyfully the Resurrection of Easter Sunday!
DENTAL SAFARI MAY 8th
We have invited Dental Safari to come back again to provide dental exams and dental work right here in the school. No need for dentist appointments and missed work/school. Turn in your reservation form today! All of next year’s 2nd and 6th graders must have a dental exam, and this would cover it.
SCHOOL REGISTRATION IS OPEN
BE OUR MARKETERS! Bring in new students! Registration is now open! Only $50 before May 15! Current families must also register for next year. We ask you to also spread the word to friends, churches and neighbors!
SPRING CONCERT, SUNDAY, MAY 5 at 3 PM
All students must attend! Please check early for black pants, white shirt and black dress shoes. Invite family and friends, as this is going to be a great event! Students arrive no later than 2:30 PM.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING YOUR STUDENTS TO TESTING THIS WEEK!!!
PRAYER REQUEST FOR HEALING FOR SISTER KATHLEEN MURRAY. SHE BROKE HER KNEE!
EASTER BREAK
We will be on break April 18 – 22 (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday). Classes resume Tuesday, April 23. We hope you can find a Church Community to join for this most Holy of Christian Celebrations on Easter Sunday.
NEXT PTO MEETING FOR FAMILY BBQ
Join us Apr 25 at 6 pm to help plan the May 10 Family BBQ! Help this year to make this fun event a great success!
SUMMER SESSION: Our Summer Session will run from June 3 – June 21. Please return registrations ASAP!
Regular Summer Session is from 8:30 – 12:15. Sister Thea Bowman Academy Summer Session runs 8:30 – 3:00. Uniform is uniform shirt, appropriate shorts/pants, and tennis shoes. Breakfast and lunch will be served.
Calendar
April
17 Gr 3 Mass; 4th Qtr Mid term
18 – 22 Easter Break
23 Classes Resume; Poem in Your Pocket 23-26 Apr
24 8th Gr Holocaust Museum Tour 8:30 -12:30
25 4th Qtr Midterm sent home; Family BBQ Meeting 6 PM
26 Grade 2 Mass
30 Peacemaker
May 1 Gr 1 Mass; All School Spring Concert Rehearsal 10 AM
May 5 SPRING CONCERT 3 PM
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“HELP YOU HELP YOURSELF”
1) Take your story of the school out to other families, friends, neighbors, church families, etc. If there are families who have K-8 students who would benefit from a Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School education, then talk to them about enrollment.
2) Take our story of the school out to your family members, friends, organizations and churches, etc. Provide them information on the IL Invest in Kids Scholarship Program.
3) Participate in and invite potential families to the Family BBQ on May 10 after school!
4) This next school year is our 30th Anniversary as Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School. Are you an alumni, or do you know one who would like to help us plan Alumni events? Let us know!
5) Become our Outreach Coordinator, a paid, part-time position. If you are interested, contact the office!
6) Give us names of potential partners (businesses), so we can invite them, and you, to a tour and lunch event to get to know the school.
For more information, please contact me or one of our teachers at the school!
Blessings and Peace,
Dan Nickerson
Principal
School Highlights:
– 98% of our students graduate high school on time!
– Over 90% of graduates go to college, trade school, or the military!
– We brought in a new Language Arts Curriculum for K-8 two years ago to help our students.
– We brought in a new Math Curriculum K-8 this year to help our students.
– We will bring in a new Hands-On Science Curriculum next year for K-8 through a partnership with Washington University in St Louis.
– We have partnered with St Louis Black Authors of Children’s Literature for the Believe Project to provide a Reading Room and over 800 books about black characters and culture or written by black authors. Our focus audience is our K-3 students to engage them in reading and to have them reading at or above grade level by 3rd Grade.
– We have won an Innovative Technology Education Fund Grant to run Operation Green School, a project-based learning, hands-on project for 6th – 8th grade, using the latest technology for the classrooms.
– We will begin our second year of partnering with ACCESS Academies of St Louis to support our Sister Thea Bowman Academy (Grades 6-8) with a longer school day, summer session, and Graduate Support Director support in middle school, high school, and college. The program offers Scholarships, work programs, and financial support to make any St Louis area faith-based college prep high school available to our students!
These are some of the highlights we want to share with you and the community about our school!
Please pass the information along!!!
PRINCIPAL’S NOTE
April’s virtue is FAITH. Remember when Jesus called Peter to ‘get out of the boat’ and walk on the water? We are calling our students to “get out of the boat” and take a chance on peaceful resolutions, asking forgiveness, making new friends. Are there times we should have faith and “get out of the boat” and trust Jesus to be there waiting?
DENTAL SAFARI MAY 8th
We have invited Dental Safari to come back again to provide dental exams and dental work right here in the school. No need for dentist appointments and missed work/school. We sent home sign up forms last week, and have more if you need them. All of next year’s 2nd and 6th graders must have a dental exam, and this would cover it.
SCHOOL REGISTRATION IS OPEN
BE OUR MARKETERS! Bring in new students! Registration is now open! Only $50 before May 15! You can register early to reserve your spot. We ask you to also spread the word to friends, churches and neighborhoods!
SPRING CONCERT, SUNDAY, MAY 5
We are already preparing! Please check early for black pants, white shirt and black dress shoes.
EXTENDED DAY SESSION 6 STARTS TUESDAY, APRIL 9
PLAN AHEAD!!! TESTING AND BUS SERVICE APR 15 – 17
District 189 is on Spring Break the week of Apr 15, so there is no Bus Service. However, we have our Iowa Assessment Testing for grades 2 – 8 that week, so please plan ahead on transportation if you have a bus rider! We need 100% attendance for the testing!
EASTER BREAK
We will be on break April 18 – 22 (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday). Classes resume Tuesday, April 23. We hope you can find a Church Community to join for this most Holy of Christian Celebrations on Easter Sunday.
PTO MEETING TONIGHT AT 6 PM… FAMILY BBQ
Tonight we plan the May 10 Family BBQ! Come help the PTO plan, or let us know how you will help this year to make this fun event a great success!
SUMMER SESSION: Our Summer Session will run from June 3 – June 21. Watch for registration letter!
Calendar
April
4 PTO 6 PM
5 Mass Gr 5
8 12:30 Dismissal Staff Meeting
9 Tour and Lunch 10:30; Extended Day Session 6
12 Mass Gr 4
15 -17 Iowa Assessment Testing Gr 2-8; No Bus Service
17 Gr 3 Mass; 4th Qtr Mid term
18 – 22 Easter Break
23 Classes Resume
PRINCIPAL’S NOTE
We are halfway through our Journey of Lent, on our way to the Celebration of the Risen Jesus on Easter Sunday. This week we focused on the Parable of the Fig Tree and discussed how important it is to “turn over our soil” and bring the good soil to the top, so we can “bear fruit”. Are your students producing God’s gifts for others?
FAMILY STREAM NIGHT, MAR 28 5 – 6:30 PM
PEACEMAKER DAY
Friday is “March Madness” Peacemaker where our students will be playing basketball or cheering on the teams!
SCHOOL REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Registration for the 2019-2020 school year is now open! You can register early to reserve your spot. We ask you to also spread the word to friends, churches and neighborhoods!
SHORTS!
Khaki knee-length walking shorts can be worn starting April 1. No cut-offs, cargo pockets, or short shorts please.
ANNIVERSARY OF PASSING OF SISTER THEA BOWMAN
On Saturday, Mar 30, we remember Sister Thea Bowman “Going Home Like a Shooting Star” 29 years ago.
“I AM ONE OF GOD’S GIRLZ” RETREAT
Our 6-8th Grade Young Ladies are invited for a Weekend retreat here are Sister Thea starting Friday Night.
3rd QUARTER AWARDS: Our awards will be presented about 9:30 after mass in the chapel. All are welcome.
EXTENDED DAY SESSION 6 STARTS MONDAY, APRIL 8
PLAN AHEAD!!! TESTING AND BUS SERVICE APR 15 – 17
District 189 is on Spring Break the week of Apr 15, so there is no Bus Service. However, we have our Iowa Assessment Testing for grades 2 – 8 that week, so please plan ahead on transportation if you have a bus rider! We need 100% attendance for the testing!
EASTER BREAK
We will be on break April 18 – 22 (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday). Classes resume Tuesday, April 23. We hope you can find a Church Community to join for this most Holy of Christian Celebrations on Easter Sunday.
Calendar
March
29 Mass Gr 6 and 3rd Qtr Awards; Peacemaker (March Madness)
30 Anniversary of Sister Thea Bowman Going to God as a Shooting Star (Mar 30, 1990)
April
4 PTO 6 PM
5 Mass Gr 5
8 Extended Day Session 6
12 Mass Gr 4
