Madonna Catholic School News

Dear Madonna Families,

As we enter the final week of October, our Catholic school community prepares to celebrate a beautiful and meaningful triduum of faith: Halloween, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day. Halloween, historically known as "All Hallows' Eve," begins this season as a joyful vigil that leads us directly into All Saints Day on November 1st, where we honor the holy men and women who inspire us to live with grace. We then transition into All Souls Day on November 2nd, a quiet time to pray for all our departed loved ones. This time of year offers a wonderful opportunity for our students to reflect on the light of Christ that shines through the saints and to celebrate the vibrant, loving community we share here at school.

In the spirit of that joyful community, we want to extend our deepest gratitude to our dedicated School Council for their incredible hard work and effort in organizing our upcoming Halloween Family Dance tonight. Thanks to their tireless planning and commitment to our students, we are thrilled to host this event in our school gym from 5:30-7:30pm. We look forward to seeing all the creative costumes and sharing in the fun, laughter, and fellowship with your families—see you tonight!

Fiona Wimmer, Assistant Principal

Cathy Hinger, Principal

November 3 & 4 - Parent Teacher Interviews - see info below

November 4 - 4HW to Fort Edmonton Park (AM)

November 5 & 6 - Kindergarten to visit church in AM

November 6 - Remembrance Day Observation in gym @ 10:30am * families welcome

November 9-13 - Fall break * no school*

November 16 - Classes resume at Madonna

Parents and grandparents: if you are interested in volunteering at our school or for school events/fieldtrips, please make sure you complete all our Volunteer requirement. We have attached the Volunteer Forms for your convenience.

Parent Teacher Interviews are schedule for November 3rd & 4th. The booking link is now live. *Please make sure you select the correct teacher for your child.*

To book, please click here. Should you require a booking code, use wc285.

Madonna Catholic School Parent Council will be hosting a Bake Sale during Parent-Teacher Conferences on November 3 & 4.

Stop by and pick up some homemade treats while supporting our school! All proceeds will go towards Parent Council initiatives and activities for our students.

Location: Madonna Catholic School - Main hallway near front door

Dates: November 3 & 4

Payment: Cash Only

We are also looking for families to donate baked goods and volunteers to help run the sale. Baked goods can be dropped off at the school office on the morning of either day.

If you haven’t joined yet, please feel free to join our Parent Council WhatsApp group. We use it for meeting reminders, upcoming events, volunteer opportunities, quick updates and just to stay connected throughout the year.

Join here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JB2V5hfggfxLEptGCIiMIB?mode=gi_t

Thanks everyone for your continued support and for always helping us make these events happen!

Madonna Catholic School Parent Council

This past Wednesday, our Grade 4 class was honored to receive their own Bibles. We extend our sincere gratitude to Father Arun and Deacon Andrew for blessing and presenting the Bibles, and for sharing an inspiring message about the Word of God serving as the foundation for our lives. We also wish to thank the REAL (Religious Education Activities for Life) Foundation for their generous sponsorship in purchasing these Bibles for our students.

Saints teach us how to live our call to holiness through a life of virtue! In preparation to celebrate All Saints Day, the students have created beautiful decorations of modern day saints. This is a great way to support the Saint of the Month formation here at Madonna!

1H celebrated the cultures in our classroom by sharing items from home. Ms. Hesse got to be a student, and learn lots about the various cultures we celebrate in our classroom community. Students did a fantastic job teaching about their cultures, while listening, respecting and learning about how our friends celebrate their cultures too!

Shout out to Mrs Stychyshyn for her leadership in developing some very fun Halloween themed physical education stations in our gym this week. Our students had three days to work through these fun activities: The Eyeball "Scoop", Green Eye "Toss", Witches "Run", Skeleton "Tunnel Crawl", "Soccer" Ghoul, Haunted "Hula Hooping" Scary "Jacks" and the Graveyard "Bench Hops"

Our parade of costumes and mini dance party is always a hit! Mrs. Wimmer and Mrs. Hinger tried to deliver some funny jokes...better luck to them next year ;) Thank you to all the parents who came to join us and participate. It was awesome to see you all!

OLPH (Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish)

Masses at OLPH will be livestreamed. Please join using this link. https://www.facebook.com/olphsherwoodpark/videos/

Visit OLPH Website for more information about the parish and in regards to sacramental preparation.

Visit www.facebook.com/olphsherwoodpark