NEWSLETTER
November 29, 2023
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IHM SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
November 29, 2023
Dear Crusader Families,
I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing and restful Thanksgiving break! As we begin the season of advent, we will have many celebrations and events to look forward to in celebration of the birth of Jesus.
This year, on December 7, we will host an IHM Band Concert for 6 and 7th grade at 5:30 pm and a Musical Showcase for 5th and 8th grade which will begin at 7pm in the Gym. We will also continue the wonderful IHM tradition of our Nativity Play. Our evening performance will be held on December 14 at 6pm. We invite all to attend this special event!
We are also excited to announce that this year we will continue the tradition of hosting Grand-Guest Day! Grand-guest Day will be held on Tuesday, December 19 from 8:15am-11:30am. If your child does not have a grandparent in town, please feel free to invite a Special Friend to join them on that day.
There will be a Nativity Play performance at 9am on Tuesday, December 19. Additionally, Grandparents and special guests are invited to IHM during this day to visit classrooms and see all the wonderful things that our Crusaders are doing!
In order to successfully plan for the day, we are asking you to register. Each family must complete the REGISTRATION FORM, for the office to obtain dismissal information and guest registration information.
Information and agenda for the day can be FOUND HERE.
December 19 will be a half day for all students. All students will be dismissed at 11:30. There will be no bus transportation home that day, students will need to have their own transportation.
We are again asking families to participate in sending a Christmas card to an elderly person in our IHM community. This is a wonderful way to “Thank” a fellow parishioner for supporting our school while sending him/her a Christmas blessing. These cards truly mean so much to those who receive them. If you would like to participate, please fill out this FORM
We will send you the name and address of someone in our community. Many times, those who receive these cards are at a point in their lives that they don’t get many Christmas cards. So, cards from our students and their families mean so much to them. Please help if you are able.
Finally, as we await the birth of the ultimate Christmas gift, it is a perfect time to prepare our hearts for Jesus. Friday, all students will receive an Advent resource to help guide them throughout this Advent season. Please ask your child to share this with you and talk about how you can use this together.
Many Blessings,
Ms. Durstock
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
**There will be no aftercare Tuesday December 19th**
Cafeteria News
**The cafeteria will be CLOSED on Monday, December 18th . All students will need to pack their lunch. **
THIS WEEKS EVENTS
Thursday 11/30
All School Mass 3W
Sunday 12/3
Giving Tree Collection & 1st day of Advent
PTO INFORMATION
Breakfast With St. Nick 12/2/23
Gather your family & friends....
Join us for breakfast with St. Nick.
From 9-11am in the Café & Heritage
We will have a breakfast prepared by our KOC pancakes, eggs & sausage {with gluten free options},
a treat from St. Nick & holiday crafts.
Walk-Ins Welcome!!! See the flyer HERE
Santa Shop
WE ARE LOOKING FOR ELVES…
Santa’s Workshop will magically arrive next week. We could use some extra help check out the SUG! Set up a shopping account for your student(s) with MTK link or send in cash or check in the envelope coming home today! You can view the flyer HERE
Staff Cookie Exchange & Teacher Purse
Please help wish the entire staff of IHM a very Merry Christmas by contributing to the teacher/staff Christmas purse & or Cookie Exchange. Each family is welcome to donate any amount. PTO will divide the total amount collected among all the teachers & staff. No one will be forgotten! If you love to bake, we would love to have 2 dozen of your favorite cookies. This gives the teachers & staff homemade cookies to kick off their holiday season. Donate via MTK or send in an envelope marked “Teachers Purse,” sign up for cookies on SUG! You can view the flyer HERE
MTK
https://ihomschool.membershiptoolkit.com/login-form?r=%2Fform%2Fm%2F102145
SUG
St.Nick & Santa’s Workshop
Cookies
*December Dates to Save*
12/1-Poinsettia Pick Up
12/2-Saint Nick Breakfast
12/4-12/5 Santa Shop
12/15-Staff Cookie Exchange
12/19-Grand Guest Day
IHM BOOSTERS INFORMATION
IHM Basketball Cheer Registration
Registration is open to all Kindergarten through 8th grade parishioners/students for the basketball cheer season. You can register your Crusader now at http://www.ihomboosters.org/Registration/Default.asp?n=157091&org=ihomboosters.org&cat=Cheerleading.
If you have questions, please reach out to Ellen Knoll, Cheer Commissioner, at [email protected]
Mount Notre Dame is hosting a Breakfast with Sant at Entertrainment Juction
You can view the flyer HERE
IHM Troop 694 will be selling fresh-cut trees and wreaths starting this Friday with special Black Friday hours - 8:00am - 8:00 pm! Then Fridays 5 pm - 8 pm; Saturdays 8 am - 8 pm; and Sundays noon - 8pm, through Dec 17. Trees are available to purchase via QR Code during the weekday. Contact [email protected] with questions. God Bless and Thank You for supporting our Troop!
Thanks!
PARISH INFORMATION
Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Beginning Sunday, November 5th at the 9:30am Mass, children, ages 4 to 8, are invited to participate in a Children’s Liturgy of the Word. At the beginning of the Liturgy of the Word during Mass, children will be invited to process out to the choir room with Lindsey Schaaf and Tricia Cobb to listen to Scripture and respond to questions about what happens in the Sunday Readings. Understanding the Gospel reading at their level will help children deepen and explore their relationship with God. They will learn simple Mass responses for the Creed and Intercessory Prayer. Then they will rejoin their families in time to begin the Liturgy of the Eucharist. We will offer the Children’s Liturgy of the Word the first Sunday of the month, November through April at the 9:30am Mass. For more information or to help as an adult, please contact the Formation Office 513-388-4189.
Reconciliation
Tuesdays
6:30pm – 7:00pm
Mass Schedule
Saturday
8:15am
5:00pm
Sunday
9:30am
11:30am
1:30pm - Spanish Mass
5:30pm
**Live-streamed Mass
Find it live on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IHMParish/
Or www.ihom.org
Find IHM School On Facebook AND Twitter AND Instagram!
We ask all our parents to “like” our school Facebook page
(different than the IHM PTO Facebook page).
Our Facebook handle is @immaculateheartofmaryschool
We ask that you also follow our school on Twitter!
You can also follow us on Instagram!
Our Instagram handle is ihmschool
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