We, the community of St. Ignatius School, in the tradition of Mother Marie Rose and St. Ignatius of Loyola, provide a faith-centered Catholic education guiding God’s children toward building a just and compassionate world.
Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
All Saints School Mass: We celebrated our All Saints Mass this week with our 1st and 3rd grade classes leading us. All Saints Day celebrates all of the saints in heaven, so we may look to their example of how to live our faith. Throughout November, students are learning about saints and the virtues they modeled. Each week, morning announcements highlight saints who reflect the virtues we’re learning. So far, we’ve explored:
Through their lives, our students see how the saints continue to inspire us today.
Halloween Parade: We hosted our annual Halloween Parade this morning. What fun it was to see everyone’s costume! Before our big parade we had a ‘ribbon cutting’ to celebrate our new roof on Dillon Hall. And our afterschool program, MUSE Band played us some spooky music for the parade. May all of our students and families enjoy safe Halloween activities this weekend.
.jpeg)
.jpeg)
Learning, Growing, and Serving: Our students are learning, growing, and serving by leaps and bounds. Our University of Portland nurses have been visiting classrooms to teach our students nutrition lessons including the food pyramid and types of hunger such as physical hunger or practical hunger (eating breakfast even when not actually hungry to make sure you have enough energy until you are hungry or are able to eat again.) Our preschoolers painted pumpkins. The kindergartners painted pumpkins and examined pumpkin seeds in science. The first graders are building number sense and the foundations of place value through games. The second graders designed and created prototypes for bird feeders in science. The third graders enjoyed writing spooky stories. In fourth grade, students are learning to read expository texts and comparing phrases that use addition or multiplication. The fifth graders created artistic pumpkins. The sixth graders used microscopes to study a variety of different cells such as plant, animal, and one celled organisms. The seventh graders are learning how geography has affected the development of human civilizations in Africa. In eighth grade, the students are practicing outlining and writing an essay about types of bias for the play 12 Angry Men. In PE*,* our students played indoor soccer and Halloween themed games like Zombie Tag, Halloween Candy, and Broomsticks. Our **students continue to develop their eager minds striving to achieve a higher level of learning.
Parent Association Meeting: Our virtual Parent Association meeting is this Wednesday, November 4th at 6:30 PM. We realize our families are incredibly busy supporting their students' well-rounded education in the evenings. Therefore, we will offer this session, open to all parents, virtually. At this meeting, we will hear updates about our school fundraising efforts and implementation of our revised SLEs.
Volunteering: We need volunteers for Children’s Liturgy of the Word (CLoW) and for lunch recess monitoring (available daily from 12-1 PM). These are a great ways to get volunteer hours! Volunteers must be up-to-date on C.A.S.E. training. To volunteer for CLoW, contact Ericka Skeldon via phone or text at (719-238-4117). You can sign up for recess through these calendar links:
Turkey Bingo: Our 23rd Annual Turkey Bingo is coming up on Saturday, November 21st. You can purchase tickets for this adults only event online through our Greater Giving page. We will ask families to sell a minimum of six tickets per family. Raffle tickets may be purchased online through our Greater Giving page. The raffle prize is $1,000 to the winner! For every six tickets your family sells, your child(ren) will be entered into a drawing during the week leading up to the event- November 16-20. Families that make their goal of selling six raffle tickets will receive one Special Dress pass for each child in the family. Space is limited for this popular event, so please purchase your tickets early to be seated in the gym space.
As we remember our dearly departed this month, may we find comfort in the promise of the resurrection and life everlasting. “If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God,” Colossians 3:1.
Grandparents and Special Friends are invited to a rehearsal of the Christmas program! Coffee and pastries at 9:30AM, followed by the performance at 10:00AM. Please spread the word so they can mark their calendars and join us!!
In the event of an emergency or weather closure the FlashAlert system delivers information to subscribers in realtime. Subscribers receive emails and “push notifications” through a free phone app. There is no cost to our families to subscribe. Click to sign up or to check that your information is current: https://www.flashalert.net/id/ignatius
St. Ignatius closures will always be listed on local news broadcasts, school social media, and an email will be sent.
BottleDrop Give is matching funds (20%) on all blue bags turned in between November 15 and December 1. The blue bags can earn St. Ignatius School even more dollars! Need more bags? Contact the school office, [email protected]
