St. Patrick Catholic School

Another amazing St. Pat’s Trunk or Treat is in the books! We had our biggest turnout yet, and the competition for Best Trunk was close! “Booey” took the top spot with the most votes, while “Pick or Treat” came in a close second!

One of the many things that makes St. Patrick Catholic School such a special place is the willingness of our families and community members to give their time, talents, and energy to support our students. Volunteers play an important role in the success of our school. Their efforts help create memorable experiences for our students, strengthen our school community, and build the family atmosphere that makes St. Patrick so special.

A great example of this was our Trunk or Treat held on Sunday, October 18. A big thank you to Micaela Rahm and Cali Solsma for organizing and running this fun event for our students and families. I would also like to thank all the families that donated items for the event. Events like these take time, planning, and a great deal of effort, and we are grateful for their willingness to make this experience possible.

I would also like to extend a sincere thank-you to our room parents: Nicole Wroe, Danica Wilcox, Lindsay Hall, Rebecca Koresh, Michelle Boyle, Erin Koenigsfeld, Ashley Kelley, Natalie Deery, Kelsey Kersting, Ashley Keen, Jamie Rathjen, and Stephanie Hansen. These parents generously give their time to help organize classroom activities and special events throughout the school year. Their involvement helps build connections among families and creates meaningful opportunities for our students.

I encourage all families to support our room parents when they share information or ask for assistance. Whether it is volunteering your time, donating supplies, helping with an activity, or responding to a request, every contribution makes a difference. Our room parents cannot do everything on their own, and the success of classroom events depends on families working together and sharing the responsibility.

At St. Patrick, we often talk about the importance of community, service, and putting our faith into action. Volunteering is a wonderful way to live out these values while showing our children the importance of helping others.

Thank you to everyone who volunteers, lends a helping hand, or supports our school in ways both big and small. When we work together, we create a stronger school community and provide even more opportunities for our students to learn, grow, and make lasting memories. We are blessed to have so many people who care about St. Patrick Catholic School!

Volunteers Make a Difference at St. Patrick Catholic School

Blessings,

Mr. Wiebers

Parent-Teacher conferences will be held next Wednesday and Thursday. The conference program emails were sent to the first parent contact in PowerSchool. If you or your spouse did not receive an email, please contact the office.

Student led conferences are required. Any student not scheduled by Monday October 26, will have a conference time scheduled for them based on teacher availability. Families with multiple children are encouraged to sign up early to get conference times close together.

Due to parent teacher conferences, we will not have school on Friday, October 30th.

This means there will be no school, preschool, daycare or Circle of Care available. Enjoy your long Halloween weekend! 🎃

Dates: October 26-29th (Parent-Teacher Conference Week)

Location: MPR/School Library

This is a great opportunity to build your child’s home library with new books that will get them excited about reading, while also earning funds for our school.

As a reminder, students are allowed to wear shorts and skirts without tights or leggings until our last scheduled day of October. When we return to school on Nov. 2nd all students will need to wear uniform approved pants or skirts/jumpers with leggings or tights underneath. No bare legs from November 1st through March 31st. This applies to both boys and girls.

Leggings alone are not considered uniform bottoms.

Please look over our dress code as we change seasons and prepare for cooler months ahead.

Earlier this month, the Cedar Falls Fire Department visited St. Pat’s to talk with our students about fire safety. Students were also encouraged to show off their creativity by designing a fire safety poster. This week, our St. Pat’s winners were notified, and they have an exciting reward to look forward to! Each winner will get to ride to school in a fire truck later this month! Congratulations to all our winners!

A huge thank-you to the Cedar Falls Fire Department for taking the time to teach our students about fire safety and make learning so much fun!

Please sign up using this Google Form if your student(s) plan on attending. Cost is $8 per child, paid directly to Ninja/U at the door, do not send money to school.

All students attending will need to have a parental signed waiver on file with Ninja/U before they will be permitted to attend.

Additional supervision will not be provided outside of the Ninja/U staff, so please plan parental supervision accordingly.

Please join us for our Veterans Day Mass on November 11, at 8:30 a.m held at St. Patrick Catholic Church. We honor and give thanks to the brave men and women who have served our country. A small reception for our veterans will follow Mass. We look forward to honoring these special guests and thanking them for their service and sacrifice!

Our school picture retake day will be on November 12th here in the MPR. Any student who was not in the building on September 22nd or 23rd will have their picture taken at that time.

If your student had their photo taken and you would like it redone, please send their picture packet back with your student on the 12th to turn in to the photographer when they have their photo retaken.

If your son or daughter is in the 4th grade or higher and would like to be an altar server,

training sessions will be held on Wednesdays Nov 11, and on December 2 from 1:45 to

3:15, and on the Mondays of Nov 23 and December 14 from 5:30 to 7:00. You only need to attend

one session. We will train only 4 kids per session. You must register to attend a training

session. You can register for the class on Realm.

Training will be held in the church. A parent will need to fill out a short information sheet

to help with scheduling. Parents are encouraged to stay for the training, but it is not

mandatory. Questions: contact Deacon Al Weber in the parish office by email

a.weber@dbqarch.org or call 319-266-3523.

Currently trained altar servers need to attend a re-training update. We are offering 3

different times to go over some of the changes for serving at Mass. The sessions will last an

hour or less. You only need to attend one session, and you do not have to sign up, just show

up. Dates and times are:

November 4 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm

November 7 9:00 am to 10:00 am

November 9 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

We will have to cancel the November 7 th date if there is a funeral. If you have any questions

contact Deacon Al Weber by email a.weber@dbqarch.org or call the parish office 319-266-

3523.

To keep everyone informed of unexpected changes in the school schedule due to weather, or other important announcements, we use the Remind alert notification system. In addition to this, we send out an email from the school and post the information on our social media pages. For changes due to weather, we also inform KWWL.

Our weather policy is posted as “Weather Announcements” under the Quick Links on the home page of the school website.

Through the Remind alert notification system, parents can sign up for text alerts, push notifications (when you download the Remind app), or emails.

If you are new to St Patrick School, or have not signed up in the past, text @cd4he to 81010. If you're having trouble with 81010, text @cd4he to (619) 450-1267. For emails only, go to rmd.at/cd4he on a computer to sign up for email notifications. You do not need to sign up again if you have signed up before.

On Wednesday, October 21st we sent a test notification out at 12:15 p.m. If you are signed up for alerts and did not receive a message, please contact the office.

Our billing office has requested that if you have outstanding bills for tuition, Circle of Care, or lunch balances that you contact us to make payment arrangements, or send in your check payment with your student.

If you would like to pay online, you can use our online payment portal EzSchoolpay. Your student ID number for getting set up is located at the top of your invoice.

Just a reminder that Transportation Reimbursement Request Forms for the second semester are due! If you live more than 2 miles from school and transport your student(s) to and from school, you may be eligible for state reimbursement.

If you haven’t submitted your first semester form yet, a paper copy was sent home with your youngest student. You can also download and fill out the form for your district at the link below and return it to school office as soon as possible. Failure to submit your form on time may forfeit your first semester reimbursement, so get your form turned in today!

Transportation Reimbursement Requests - Waterloo School District

Transportation Reimbursement Requests - Cedar Falls School District and surrounding districts

Students on our morning or afternoon bus route are not eligible.

As the weather has begun to cool off this week, now is the perfect time to start thinking about uniform approved apparel for the winter months ahead. Our apparel store at Iowa Sports Supply is open for ordering year round. All purchases and order pick ups are handled directly through ISS.

Looking for a way to get involved and make a difference at St. Pat's? CPTO is a service organization dedicated to supporting our students, teachers, and families. The funds we raise help provide classroom resources, teacher professional development, student and family events, and other opportunities that make the St. Pat's experience so special.

We use Sign Up Genius to help parents sign up in the area they are able to help most. Please check out our form and get signed up today! We have openings to lead committee chairs, as well as opportunities to help out at school. Please note that if we are unable to fill positions some of these activities may go away, so sign up today!

St Patrick’s Catholic Church is having a huge Halloween Costume Sale going on in the St Pats Church Link Hallway this week! Come by and get some great gently-used costumes for FREE WILL DONATION! That means pay whatever you want to or can - want to pay $20 and snag 4 costumes? Awesome. All proceeds go to the parish. There are costumes for all sizes - babies up to adults. Some of these are handmade. We also have accessories! They are double sided racks so feel free to pull them away from the wall to browse. We ask that you put things back on the racks and tidy up after visiting (this is a church, not a store where we have someone restocking).

There is a QR code next to the costume rack that you can scan to donate OR feel free to drop cash off at the church office. To get in, head through the church office doors (located on the corner of Main and 7th Street) and they can direct you down the hallway. Hours are 9am-5pm *after 4pm you can hit the call button in the entryway, and Justin can buzz you in.

We have several important dates for student musical performances to add to your calendar for the 2026-27 school year. More information for these programs will be shared with families closer to performance times.

Sunday, Dec. 6, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. - Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grade Christmas concert

Thursday, Dec. 10, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. - 3rd/4th Grade Christmas Musical

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2027 at 7:00 p.m. - 5th/6th Grade Spring Musical

Thursday, May 6, 2027 at 7:00 p.m. - 7th/8th Grade Spring Musical

Mrs. Lawrence does an amazing job with our student band. Please join us for our upcoming Band concerts. These dates are listed below. Get them added to your calendar for an exciting evening of student musical performances.

December 15th at 6:00 p.m. - please note the earlier time

May 4th at 2:30 and 7:00 p.m.

Saint Mary Church in Waverly invites you to 'Cinnamon Rolls with the Saints' on Sunday, November 1st. Children are encouraged to dress as saints for this Mass. All are invited!

This year food bank volunteer nights will fall on the first Thursday of the month (except May which I will follow up on as it gets closer due to the 7/8 musical) 6-7:30. Anyone kindergarten and older is able to participate!

Due to ongoing construction at the food bank, the number of volunteers allowed in one time slot is limited and strictly enforced so I will need people to email me at erinyoungblut@gmail.com to sign up.

Sailor Nation Boys Basketball is open to 3rd through 8th graders and will run from late October to late February. Each grade will practice at least twice per week and participate in tournaments and/or leagues throughout the winter. The goal of Sailor Nation Boys Basketball is to build fundamentals and foster growth in the sport. There will be a minimal participation fee to cover tournament and league entry fees, facility fees, and uniforms.

This year's coaches are:

3rd Grade: VOLUNTEER NEEDED

4th Grade: Brad Schmit & Matt Bries

5th Grade: Marcus Meeks

6th Grade: Zach Frackiewicz & Greg Stammeyer

7th Grade: Adam Schaefer, Zane Schaefer, & Reed Bannon

8th Grade: VOLUNTEER NEEDED

Please contact Dustin Whitehead at 319-961-6545 or dustinwwhitehead@gmail.com with any questions.

Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetdDMZbDDWSOPomVzSQSi6AZBd4u8iSwsRF_OMc1uyiLKNnQ/viewform

Registration deadline is Friday, October 16th, 2026.

Please note that this is separate from St. Patrick Boys Basketball for grades 5 - 8.

Sailor Nation Girls Basketball is open to 3rd through 8th graders and will run from mid October to late January. Each grade will practice at least twice per week and participate in tournaments and/or leagues throughout the winter. The goal of Sailor Nation Girls Basketball is to build fundamentals and foster growth in the sport. There will be a minimal participation fee to cover tournament and league entry fees, facility fees, and uniforms.

Registration deadline is tomorrow- Friday, October 16th, 2026.

Please register here: https://forms.gle/QWixMQzNuDdt7Aqo6

This year's coaches are:

3rd Grade: VOLUNTEER STILL NEEDED

4th Grade: Kara Bearbower

5th Grade: William Brandle

6th Grade: Janae Gross

7th Grade: Nicole Whitehead, Erica Andrews & Dustin Whitehead

8th Grade: Jimmy Kehl

Please contact Anne Ferris at 319-290-2893 or anneferris1@gmail.com or Dustin Whitehead at 319-961-6545 or dustinwwhitehead@gmail.com with any questions or are interested in coaching.

Please note that this is separate from St. Patrick Girls Basketball for grades 5 - 8.

Join the State Champion Columbus Dance Team for a day of fun and dancing!

Register online: https://www.gobound.com/ia/schools/columbuscatholic/camps

Children Pre-K to 8th grade are welcome for a fun afternoon followed by a performance with other area teams at the Columbus Showcase beginning at 4 p.m.

CAMP DETAILS
When: Sunday, October 18th from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. (Check in begins at 12:30 p.m.)
Where: Columbus High School Gymnasium
Cost: $45 and includes clinic t-shirt, snack, and one free admission to the Columbus Showcase!

Contact cbusdanceteam@gmail.com with questions.

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2026-27 Academic Calendar

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Location: Cedar Falls, IA, USA
Phone: 319-277-6781