St Teresa School News

9th Annual Crab Feed Benefit for St. Teresa School.

The 2012 Crab Feed is taking place on February 10th from 6:00 — 11:00 PM at St. Teresa Church.

Dinner served at 7 PM.

Silent Auction + Live Auction, Raffle, Music and More!

Menu: Crab, Appetizers, Salad, Bread, Jambalaya, BBQ'd Meat, Dessert YUM!

You can purchase your dinner tickets right here using a credit card. Click the Secure Donation button below. In the Note section indicate how many tickets you are ordering and whether you want them held at will call or mailed. You will have an opportunity to give your address and phone number in the 2nd screen.

Ticket Prices: $60 Individual, $100 per Couple
Reserved tables purchased of 8 or 10: $50 Off Per Table
8 top = $430 10 top = $550

Thank you for supporting this vital fundraiser. We will see you there!

Click here to purchase your 2012 Crab Feed Tickets

6:36 p.m. Opening Prayer

6th grade opened with a prayer for our Veterans

2nd Grade performed the National Anthem

New Business:

Innisbrook Update from Jamie Larkin, the orders have shipped and should arrive next week: 11/21-23/11. The goal was $10,000, total actual sales: $9,594. Kindergarten was the top seller and will receive a pizza party.

Christmas Benefit Update from Tammy Navarro, coming along really well. Please purchase your tickets in the school office so a table can be picked. There will be lots of fun with Father Chuck's Choir, Fashion show, and silent auction. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! If you signed up for this event at the beginning of the school year, please contact Tammy Navarro so you can help. With many people helping the burden is lighter. Children interested in participating in the fashion show need to contact Bridget as soon as possible. The list needs to be finalized so outfits can be planned. Please see the Blast sent home this week for more information. Christmas Baskets need to be turned into the office by 11/29/11. Santa will also be at this event and pictures can be purchased. Deacon Bob has some really neat antique items that were donated for the silent auction. The baked items will be provided by the Ladies' Guild.

The School Board was introduced by Mrs. Perdomo. The School Board is an advisory group to the Pastor and Principal to establish goals to make our school a better place. Board members serve on committees with duties/functions from the constitution. The main qualification to be on the School Board is that you need to be a worker bee.

Jamie Larkin: 2nd year on the school board & PTO. PTO President co-chair. The Innisbrook fundraiser is her baby and hopes this fundraiser continues because it is such a great fundraiser and Innisbrook is a great company to work with. She is also involved with the Basque Festival and Christmas Benefit. Mrs. Perdomo also explained the money raised from the Innisbrook fund raiser is used directly for the students. Mrs. Perdomo explained because of this fundraiser she has been able to hire a counselor Shirley Oxoby in December. She will focus on many issues such as: friendship, how to mediate problems, bullying, harassment, handling emotions, being nice and knowing the difference between bullying and just not being nice. She will have group lessons and individual counseling as and when needed for interpersonal issues or to resolve issues. This fundraiser provided money for the Gate Math program for high achieving students A teacher has been hired to work with Gate Math a program for high achieving students, grouped by grades: 1st 2nd & 3rd, 4th & 5th, and 6th 7th & 8th. This program will focus on extending the math curriculum. Mrs. Perdomo is starting a Jr. Honor Society for middle school students.

Tammy Navarro: PTO President co-chair, working on the Christmas Benefit.

Sonia Taggart: Is on the Technology Committee with Adrienne Navarro. They are reviewing the web-site, involved in Catholic Schools Week, and the Fundraising committee.

Adrienne Navarro: same as Sonjia

Andre DeLeon: Not present

Carol Nussbaumer: is involved in just about everything but officially is on the Marketing Committee, Walk-Jog-A-Thon, Angel Family, and Fundraising Analysis Committee.

Jan Sullivan: Director of the Child Development Center. Commended parents for commitment to the school and encouraged participation with their kids mostly by spending time with them. Reminded parents that these years go by so quickly and they will be your best memories.

Teya Cantwell: 5th year on the School Board, she is honored to serve. She is involved in the Walk-Jog-A-Thon Spirit Fest Carnival, Alumni Committee, and Fundraising Committee Analysis. Mrs. Perdomo explained the School Board is a 3 year commitment, they stagger the terms so that 3 rotate off/on. If you are interested in serving on the board in the future, please contact the board or Mrs. Perdomo. Father Chuck, Father Jesus, and Steve Von Rumpf are also on the school board. Father Chuck and Steve Von Rumpf were not able to attend the PTO meeting.

Title II Professional Development Grant: Mrs. Perdomo was proud to announce that the school received $5,000 for professional development. She will be talking with staff to decide what they want and to get this scheduled ASAP. Mrs. Perdomo also informed parents that due to the visibility of students at the masses, donations last month were up from the average $2200/month to $3500. She would like to see this continue, perhaps having students wear uniforms and speak at the first mass of the month to increase visibility and thank parishioners for their support of the school. Also discussed was the upcoming Hall of Fame Wall to continue the marketing effort along with continuing the regular updates in the bulletin. We are working to make the school and church one to propagate the faith. If you have ideas, please bring them to the board.

The Big Give.com was brought up by a parent, Mrs. Perdomo is going to look into this.

Next meeting is January 18, 2012

Game night originally scheduled for December has been post phoned to January during Catholic Schools Week.

St. Teresa School will host a parish breakfast January 29th to celebrate Catholic School Week.

Meeting adjourned at 7:55 pm.

St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School

Carson City, Nevada

Parent Teacher Organization Meeting

Minutes from PTO Meeting

Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 6:30 p.m.-7:37 p.m.

Location: 567 South Richmond, Carson City, Nevada

Mrs. Christine Perdomo, Principal

Mrs. Tammy Navarro, President

6:30 p.m.             Opening Prayer

8^th grade opened with a prayer.

Kindergarten then performed the story of St. Assisi and the 3 rules for life:

1. Love God.
2. Love Others.
3. Love Yourself.

Bishop Manogue Catholic High School Presentation:

Presented by Nicole Brown and Chip:  Open House October 12, 2011 4:40 PM to 6:30 PM, all are invited to attend.  For more information go to: BishopManogue.org    

Marketing proposal by Sonja Taggart:

                                Sonja Taggart made a presentation on behalf of the School Board requesting a volunteer to organize presentations  about St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School by St. Teresa family’s with the students in their uniforms at mass on scheduled dates and times.  Amy Clemmens volunteered to head up the committee. 

New Business:

                                Tammy Navarro was introduced as the new PTO President:  she encouraged ongoing PTO participation by parents.

                                Basque Festival: Great event – thank you to all that were able to attend.

                                Christmas Benefit:  Bridgett is heading up this event.  Committees are needed to complete all the tasks.  If you signed up for the Christmas Benefit at the beginning of the year and did not get an email from Bridgett talk with Tammy Navarro, Bridgett, or the office.  The next Christmas Benefit meeting is October 10^th, St. Teresa School – multipurpose room 6:00 PM.

                                RenWeb:  Mrs. Perdomo discussed the RenWeb program now available to parents to check their students grades anytime.  Especially for the 4^th through 8^th grades parents to follow progress of their student.  Mary Beth Grant helped with getting this program going along with Mr. Russell the new computer teacher and Christina Lawson, Finance Manager.  All fees are now done through RenWeb: ASP, Spanish, Fund Raisers, etc… All will be ran through RenWeb.

                                Family Events: Tammy Navarro discussed “It’s all about kids” focusing on family and children.  Fundraising is important along with building relationships with the other families at St. Teresa’s.  Would like to have: Game Night in January 2012, Date Night for Dads/Daughters and Moms/Sons, Summer BBQ with hot dogs and smores, along with keeping the 8^th grade movie night.

                                Calendar:  Tammy plans to have a calendar out soon that outlines the entire school year from start to finish so families can plan accordingly to attend all of the events at St. Teresa’s to foster families meeting one another and building friendships/relationships.

                                Volunteers needed to catalogue thousands of books received for free from the Edith W. Brooks School.  The books will supplement reading but volunteers are needed to catalogue the books and put them in the library.  Volunteers need to contact Mrs. Perdomo or Bonnie Silby.  Bonnie, Melvin and Mr. Dirk have worked very hard moving these books that are now on the stage waiting to be catalogued.

                                October 16^th is the Feast of St. Teresa.  Mass will be held at St. Teresa of Avila Church 9:30 AM, students are asked to participate in all parts of the mass and to wear uniforms to mass.  The Knights of Columbus will prepare breakfast for all masses and all the proceeds will go to St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School. 

                                Ennisbrook kick off is October 6^th, all proceeds go directly to the classrooms.  Voice enhancers were purchased last year with the proceeds – the money does not go into the general fund.  Mrs. Perdomo has a dream of the Ennisbrook proceeds funding an Art Teacher, School Counselor, and Spanish Teacher.  Jamie Larkin will coordinate this fundraiser.

                                Meeting Closed, with prayer at 7:37 p.m.   

Next PTO meeting is scheduled for: November 16, 2011.

Mrs. Perdomo extends a big thank you to all of our families who volunteered at the Basque Festival.  The school appreciates your time and effort in helping to make this event such a success year after year.

We greatly appreciate the generosity of the Thomas family and their business, Carpet Connection, who donated much-needed carpeting for two of our classrooms.  Thank you so much!

Don't forget to check out our 8th Grade Pumpkin Patch after school this week.  They're selling great-looking pumpkins for $4, $6, or $8, as well as cider and other treats.  8th grade students will also be selling raffle tickets for goody bags (3 for $1) at the pumpkin patch.  Drawings will be held during morning prayer.

Mrs. Perdomo will be hosting Principal's Coffee tomorrow morning (10/12) at 9:00 AM in the multi-purpose room.  Stop by for a chat and a cup of joe.

School pictures are this Thursday, October 13th.  Payment and order forms must be turned in before 9:00 AM on Thursday.  We have extra order forms in the office.

There is no school this Friday, October 14th, due to diocesan training for our teachers.

Have you signed on to RenWeb Parent Portal to check out your child's grades?  If so, let us know what you think.  If you need assistance with logging on or have questions concerning Parent Portal, please email Mr. Russell at rrussell@stts.org.  Thank you.

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held November 1, 2, and 3.  School will be dismissed at 12:30 on these days - ASP will be available.  We will have full days of school on Monday, October 31st, and Friday, November 4th.

The Kassity family is holding a special fundraiser at the North Carson/College Parkway McDonald's from 3:00 - 8:00 PM tomorrow (10/12) to assist the family of Zeth Shouse.  Zeth is Ms. Buonamici's 17 year old cousin, who was seriously injured a few weeks ago.  The Kassity's will generously be donating 20% of purchases during this time period.

Parents, please be reminded to follow safety and traffic rules when picking up and dropping off your children.  We've had many reports of jaywalking.  Also, please understand that teachers are only on duty at the 5th Street entrance until their students have been claimed by parents.  5th Street can be very busy, so please follow school rules and supervise your children when they're on school grounds after school.  Thank you.

If you didn't receive this via email, here's the latest news:

St. Teresa School Announcements – 8/18/11

We're sad to announce that Ms. Grant, our technology teacher, has accepted another position. We'll miss her and wish her all the best. We're accepting applications for this position. Please submit a resume to the school or contact the office if you know of anyone who might be qualified for this position. (Nevada teaching certificate preferred.)

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Ms. Buonamici's Spanish class will start the first week of school. The schedule and fee for this class is as follows: 8th graders who took Spanish in 7th grade will attend Tuesday through Friday, from 7:30-8:15 am, and will be charged $100 per quarter.

6th and 7th graders, and 8th graders who did not take Spanish in 7th grade will attend on Tuesday and Wednesday only and will be charged $50 per quarter. Please let me know if you would like to register your child for this class.

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If you would like another opportunity to get a head start on your volunteer hours and if you have any general office experience, I could really use some help tomorrow and next week making copies, filing, etc.. We also have a task that can be completed at home - we need someone to wash and iron the little curtains that cover the windows in the hallway. The curtains would need to be returned to the school by next Wed., 8/24. Please give me a call or reply to this email if you can spare a few hours and would like to help. Thanks!

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Mrs. Cantwell will have Accelerated Reader testing in the library on Wed., August 24, from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. Students should bring their books.

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If you are new to the school or you plan on volunteering at the school and have never taken a Protecting God's Children session, please register for one of the following three awareness sessions. They will all be held at the church in Chartz Hall on: Monday, September 19 from 5:30-8:30 pm; Saturday, September 24, 9:00 am - Noon; or Saturday, October 1, 9:00 am - Noon. Please call Terri Domitrovich at 882-2130, ext. 112 to register. If you are not able to attend a class on Monday nights or Saturday morning, please contact Terri as soon as possible and she will try to make another class available during the weekday if there is enough interest. VOLUNTEERS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO HELP AT THE SCHOOL WITHOUT BEING CURRENT ON THIS REQUIREMENT.

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The Carson City Sheriff's Office is offering free fingerprinting to our new parents and anyone who volunteers on Thursday, September 1st from 4:00-6:00 pm at the Sheriff's Office at 911 E. Musser Street. The Diocese requires parents and all volunteers to be fingerprinted. Please make sure that you complete TWO fingerprint cards per person and return them to the school office. The normal cost of fingerprinting is $8 per card/$16 per person, so we hope that you'll take advantage of this offer.

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Have a great weekend!

Hi Everyone,
In case you missed the last email blast, here's the news:

St. Teresa School 8/10/11 – Volunteers Needed

We hope you’re having a great summer!  The Basque Festival will be here before you know it, and we need to start lining up volunteers.  We’ll need assistance in many different areas, but right now we especially need to find volunteers to help set-up on Saturday, September 17^th, as well as a volunteer to supervise and schedule the soda booth, and we need to schedule the clean-up volunteers.   Clean-up volunteers will receive DOUBLE volunteer hours.  Please give me a call at 882-2079, or reply to this email if you can help in these areas.  Parents will be contacted in the near future to help with the other areas.  Thank you so much!

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Be on the lookout in the next few weeks for Mrs. Perdomo’s “welcome back” letter and your Basque tickets in the mail.   As a reminder, families are obligated to purchase $180 in tickets, so you will be receiving 4 dinner tickets ($100), and $80 worth of raffle tickets.   We encourage you to sell as much of this as you can to friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, etc.,  so that the burden of cost is not all on your family.  Of course we encourage everyone to sell more than this, but these are the minimums.

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If you would like to get a jump-start on your volunteer hours, and/or if you have difficulty getting to the school to volunteer, we will accept cases (a box of 10 reams of 8 ½ x 11 plain white copy paper, 20 lb or +) of only the following brands of copy paper:  Xerox, Boise, HP, Hammermill, or the store brands from OfficeMax, Office Depot, or Staples (it must be their store brand).  Our copy machines do not work well with generic or cheaper brands/weight of copy paper, so we will accept only the brands listed above and in full cases.  Please do not buy a different brand or weight of paper, as we won’t be able to accept or use it.  Families will receive two volunteer hours for each case of paper.  Please make sure to bring them directly to the office.  We’ll accept cases of these brands of paper throughout the school year.  We appreciate the help with our budget, and we hope it will help some of you with your volunteer hours!

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The link to student supply lists is on the front page of our website (under St. Teresa School News), and it’s also on the “forms” tab at www.stts.org.  Copies are also available in the office. 

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Please don’t hesitate to contact the office if you have any questions.  See you soon!

Happy Summer Everyone!
Back to school time is almost here. Please click here to view the list of school supplies your student(s) will need.
See you all soon!

St. T's students do it again! 

We are extremely pleased to announce the results of the 2010-2011 Nevada Writing Proficiency Exam taken by students in grades 5 and 8.

Grade 5 Results
Grade 5 students demonstrated a class passing rate of 85% with 31% of that 85% exceeding the established writing standards for the exam.

Grade 8 Results
All Grade 8 students passed the exam, demonstrating a class passing rate of 100%. 

We are so proud of you!!!