THANK YOU

• for your donations of Hallowe'en candy for Night Shift Ministry

• to those who came out to the school-led Mass this morning - our choir, our lectors, and those who represented St. Mary's in the pews!

SPECIAL THANK YOU - OKTOBERFEST

Many of you were involved with the planning, preparation and execution of this event - many thanks! We especially thank your coordinators, Jenna and Chris Winterhoff.

Pulling off an event of this size cannot be accomplished without the support of some amazing businesses! Thank you very much to our wonderful sponsors!

• Musik Sponsors: United Rentals and Total Automotive Ltd

• Essen Sponsor: Linwood Homes

• Bierhaus Sponsor: The Langley Concrete Group of Companies

• Wies'n Sponsors: Chilliwack Carpet One

• Oktoberfest Freunds: Busy Bre's Daycare, Lindsay Hall Realty, Andrew Godbout - Knights of Columbus Field Agent and Livwell Design and Contracting

Thanks also go toFresh Impressions Catering for the meal, Anita's Organic Mill, Trail Appliance in Abbotsford and Highwood Distillers for their generous donations and Produce Gone Wild and BenAnna Bakery for the special pricing- we really appreciate it!

If anyone has photos from Oktoberfest you'd like to share (and that we can use on our Facebook page/website and for advertising next year) please upload them to: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RCzV8YjuJaH5lqdiLM13Q_Cb00aIzjQ6

INFORMATION:

• Food Drive Need of the Week: toothpaste/toothbrushes/deodorant

• Photo Retake Day (Thursday) - please read carefully if your child missed the first photo day or needs retakes:

  • If your child was absent on October 12 and missed having his/her photo taken, please remind their teacher that they need to go for photos

  • if you want retakes for your child, they need to bring the original proofs and order form that came home in the picture envelope. Please also notify the classroom teacher that retakes are needed.

REMINDERS:

• If your child receives support from outside specialists during school hours, please be sure to let the specialist know if your child is going to be absent that day

• Picture orders must be submitted by Nov 8th via physical order form or online order. Please note, for physical orders submitted to the office, payment must be in the form of cash, money order or cheque payable to Lifetouch Canada.

MONDAY:

TUESDAY:

• Hot Lunch - Macaroni and Cheese

• Deadline to submit Lifetouch picture orders

• Grade 7 girls AND boys basketball practice, 3:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY:

• Grade 5/6 Field Trip to UBC Museum of Anthropology - be at the school at 7:20 a.m., as the bus leaves at 7:30 sharp! (Parents, please do stay with your children until staff members come outside to greet them)

• Mass, Grades 2 - 7. Please wear sweaters.

• Wednesday; Grade 7 girls basketball practice

• Parent Fundraising Group Meeting via Zoom, 7:00 p.m. Zoom link will be sent on Tuesday.

THURSDAY:

• Photo Retake Day - see above for details

• Remembrance Day Service, 2:00 - all families welcome to attend (in the school gym)

• Grade 7 girls AND boys basketball practice, 3:00 p.m.

FRIDAY:

• Remembrance Day: NO SCHOOL

  • Consider taking your children to the ceremonies at our local cenotaphs or watching the services from Vancouver or Victoria on TV at 11:00 a.m.

SATURDAY:

SUNDAY: