St.

Mark Catholic
School
December 2015
Principals Message
December brings a sense of anticipation and
excitement as we enter the season of Advent
and prepare for the birth of our Saviour. The
staff is looking forward to celebrating with you
over the next several weeks.
We are currently engaged in our annual Spirit
of Giving Food Drive. We have challenged our
school community to donate 2,500 nonperishable food items from now until December
17th. This year we are also supporting the 2nd
campaign of Jammies for Christmas. Many
individuals, in the South Grenville area, were
very supportive and 361 pairs of pyjamas came
from our 7 area schools. Many of these
pyjamas were given to some of the schools
children. The committee is hoping to have the
continued support from the schools again this
year. Thank you to our parent community for
supporting these very important activities that
benefit our entire community.
November passed quickly with students
participating in sports activities, Bullying
Awareness Week and Remembrance Week
activities. In December we have many activities
to prepare for a joyful event, the birth of Jesus.
We are encouraged to use light as our symbol...
to ignite our own light and use it to ignite the
light of others; to wake up the world to the light
that never goes out...the light that lights up our
whole life...the light of Jesus Christ.

ADVENT PARALITURGIES
Monday, Dec.7th at 9:30 am.
Monday, Dec 14th at 9:30 am.

Advent Paraliturgies will be celebrated in the

school gymnasium.

Mass: Thursday, December 17th at 9:30 am.

Parish Reconciliation Services
Please mark your calendar.
Weekend Confessions
St. Mark: Saturday 8:30-9:30 am & 4:30-5:00
pm; Sunday 10:30-11:00 am
Sacred Heart: Sunday 8:30-9:00 am

CHRISTMAS LUNCH
Our annual Christmas Lunch at St. Mark Catholic
School for students, staff and volunteers will be
held on Tuesday, December 15th. Every student
is asked to bring the food item or drink listed for
his/her class.

On behalf of all of our students and staff at St.

Mark Catholic School, we wish each of you a very
Blessed Advent Season and a very Holy
Christmas and Happy New Year.

Thank you to Catholic School Council for

organizing this very special event.

Christmas Holiday
The last day of school before the Christmas
Holidays is Friday,
December 18th, 2015.
Students are asked to
wear red and green.

Breakfast Program
The Breakfast Program serves St. Mark
students five mornings a week during the
months of September to June. The Program
is in urgent need of volunteers during the
winter months.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Due to the popularity of our concerts here at St.
Mark we have decided, with the consultation of our
teachers, that again this year we will have two
concerts for the 2015-2016 school year. Our
Christmas concert will occur on Wednesday,
December 16th starting at 6:30 pm in our
gymnasium.

If you can give an hour of your time

in the morning, please call St. Mark
School at 613-925-4342.

The following classes will be

performing for this years
Christmas Concert:
Mrs. Morrows grade 1 class; Mrs. Tisdelles grade 2
class; Mrs. Henrys grade 3 class; Mrs. Gills grade 3;
and Mrs. Coligans grade 6/7.

Breakfast Program Donations

If you would like to support our breakfast
program through financial means, please
contact the school. Donations are always
welcome and a tax receipt will be provided
for donations of fifteen dollars or more.
Thank you!

The division of our concerts will ensure that we are

meeting the occupation capacity of our gymnasium
while giving all family members wanting to attend the
concerts an opportunity to do so. Please watch for
information regarding our Spring concert later in the
school year.

CATHOLIC SCHOOL COUNCIL

Please note that our next Catholic School
Council meeting will be on Monday, December
7, 2015 starting at 6:00 p.m. in the library.

SPIRIT OF GIVING CANNED FOOD

DRIVE

HEADLICE

St. Mark Catholic School

is pleased to announce that we
will be running our annual
Canned Food Drive until December 17th. Each
class will be involved in a friendly competition to
raise the most cans and to reach the North Pole.
The winning class will receive a prize, but the big
winners will be those in need in our community.
Thank you for your continued support of the
local Spirit of Giving Campaign. CAN MAN
will be awarded daily to the class with the leading
number of cans! WHERE WILL CAN MAN
END UP? The challenge is on!

Please continue to diligently check your

childs head at least once per week for
HEADLICE over the holidays.
WINTER WEATHER
Just a reminder to all parents that we ask you to
ensure that your children are properly dressed
and prepared to enjoy all outdoor recesses.
Mitts, hats, boots, snow pants, ski suits and/or a
winter coat allow children to enjoy the outdoor
weather. A change of clothing, extra socks
and mitts are a great idea. The extra clothing
sent in the book bag often saves the parents a
trip into the school. Please label your childs
outdoor clothing. It helps us to identify the
items when they have been misplaced.

St. Mark Catholic School

420 McAuley Rd.
Prescott, ON
K0E 1TO
Phone: (613) 925-4342
Fax: (613) 925-0512

Trustee/CDSBEO Chair: Brent Laton

Superintendent: Natalie Cameron
Principal: Paul MacDonald
Vice-principal: Colleen Barrie-Adams
School Secretaries:
Cindy Carroll
Jaime Burns
Chaplain: Father Brennan

Being Active as a Family. Finding the time

and opportunities to be active as a family can
be a challenge, especially when the
environment around us is built for our fast
paced world of speed and convenience. This
means we may need to do a little more
planning to find what fits well with our own
familys schedules and preferences.

C is for the Christ Child who was sleeping in

the hay

is for the Heavenly Host who worshipped

Him that day

The Health Unit has created some tools that

may help your family get active:

R is for the Radiance on Marys holy face

I is for the lowly Inna poor and humble place
S is for the Star that shone to guide the

shepherds there

T is for the Travelers who brought Him

Also check out the local trails and other

activities available in our community that are at
low or no cost.

treasures rare

is for the Manger, where He laid His little

head

A family physical activity plan

A family calendar
A family pact

is for the Angels who hovered round His

bed

is for the Saviourwhen we have Glory to

God, we will have peace and Eternal Life