St. Teresa Catholic School
November 8, 2023
Joy, the Charism of Children
We have some new beautiful cabinets in some classrooms for teacher storage to help simplify surroundings. The cabinets had arrived, and the knobs were on, but the shelves were not in yet. They were to go in with simple clips, but with four clips on six shelves in two cupboards in two classrooms, it was 96 clips, so I thought I’d help. I finished one cupboard and had one to go. I was just beginning on a tall cabinet when they were coming back from recess. I caught the teacher’s eye, just as they were behind the coat rack and slipped into the cabinet, as there were no shelves in it yet.
What fun it was to open the door a few inches peek out and let it close. It took a couple reps before one little boy noticed. He giggled a little and looked around at his friends. They were oblivious. He giggled again and watched as I peeked out again. One of his friends noticed and joined in the joy. A few more peeks and they were all on board. The cheers emerged as did I, and we all had a good laugh.
The surprise to me was how well they were able to settle down after a few minutes. I assured them we can have fun, and have it often, if they can get back to work afterward. They really did….and their work was rather enjoyable too.
As I reflected on our spontaneous blessing of joy, I wondered, “Lord, what surprises do you have in the cupboard for me today?” Help me to take the time to enjoy them. How about you? Are there blessings in the Lord’s cupboard waiting to be discovered?
Sr. Mary Michael, C.K.
Upcoming Events
November 9: Saint Parade 2 p.m.
November 10: MCA collection at Mass; 1 p.m. Dismissal/Staff Mtg; JH Honor Choir
November 12: Parish Bazaar 11 am-3:30 pm
November 13: 4th grade class Mass; 5th/6th grade confessions
November 14: Food Market after school; Boys' Basketball games at St. Peter 6:00, 7:00 pm
November 16: Wine & Cheese Event, 7-8 p.m. (see details below!)
The Collapse of Parenting: Snippet #11
Your job as a parent is not to reinforce the middle-class script, but to undermine it. Empower your daughter or your son to take risks and congratulate them not only when they succeed but also when they fail, because failure builds humility. And the humility born of failure can build growth and wisdom and an openness to new things in a way that success almost never does. p. 191
Join us for the Saint Parade tomorrow at 2 p.m.!
Bazaar News
*Thanks to everyone who brought in donations! It is a huge help with our two most popular games- thank you for your support!
*Sincere thanks to all of our volunteers for making it all possible! All of the slots are filled now!
*If you have signed up to help, you will receive a reminder via sign up genius to confirm your time. Please email jillzimmer81@gmail.com if you are unable to make it for some reason, so we can find a sub for that game. If something happens Sunday and you can’t make it, please text or call at (402) 770-5455 Thanks!
*On Thursday, your student will be bringing home a flyer with two free tickets that can be used on any game (excludes cake walk and bingo).
*A big thank you to our game sponsors:
-St. Teresa’s Thrift Store (thanks to Renee Cunningham for collecting prizes)
-Pius Booster Club
-Midtown Hy-Vee
-Lincoln Pepsi
-Runza
-McDonald’s
We look forward to another wonderful bazaar and we hope to see you all this Sunday!
Jill Zimmer and Nikki Suesz
Nov
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Wine & Cheese Evening
Thursday, November 16th, 7-8 p.m.
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NEST College Savings Plan
This program may be of interest to many of our families. It is only for College expenses at the present time but may be of interest to you for the future. Here is the link and a very short explanation.
NEST Direct 529 College Savings Plan (nest529.com) The College Savings Plan Low-Income Matching Scholarship Program (the “Program”) provides matching scholarship contributions to eligible beneficiaries in the Nebraska Educational Savings Plan Trust. This includes the NEST Direct College Savings Plan, the NEST Advisor College Savings Plan, the State Farm 529 Savings Plan and the Bloomwell 529 Education Savings Plan.
Scholarship funds may be used to pay for a beneficiary’s qualified higher education expenses associated with attending any accredited college or university, including trade and technical schools, in the State of Nebraska. To learn more about the Program and to apply, please review the below documents.
Forms are due by Saturday, December 30, 2023. Applications postmarked after this date will not be accepted.
Dennis Uniform Sale
Fall into fresh autumn style with 15% off in-stock pants, shorts, dresses, jumpers, skirts, skorts and shifts Monday through Wednesday, November 6-8 with discount code 15FALL23. Don’t miss your chance to save now.
2024 Thunderbolt Wrestling Club
We will have a parent information meeting on Monday, November 20th at 6:30 p.m. in the Pius X Wrestling Room. For more information please check our website: Thunderbolt Wrestling. For other questions please email Club Manager Marg Bohy, bohyboyzmom@yahoo.com or Club Director Jerry Clinch, Jer@bccine.com.
