Friday, January 24, 2014
A Note from Susan
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I don’t know about you, but January used to be a quiet month to unwind from the holidays. Spring activities were on the horizon, but still too early to do anything yet. Now we have Catholic Schools Week activities, Open House activities, a huge data report for the Archdiocese (I really love crunching numbers!), teacher observations, preliminary budgeting tasks, and rounding up Auction chairs and sub chairs for next year. What happened to that post Christmas catch-your-breath time??
The good thing is that most of the upcoming tasks are fun. Please click here to check out the Catholic Schools Week schedule. I hope you can attend Sunday’s 10:00 Mass so our parish knows how grateful we are for their support. If you can stop by for coffee and donuts on Wednesday morning, we would love to treat you on Parent Appreciation Day. Also, parents are always welcome at our school Mass on Thursday.
Open House and budgeting go hand-in-hand, so please return your re-registration form to Angela. She is building next year’s enrollment rosters and doesn’t want to leave anyone out. We probably will have a few openings in the middle and intermediate grades so if you have a neighbor or friend who might be interested in The Madeleine, please have them contact me.
Finally a big thank you to our third grade parents who attended last night’s Auction meeting. There were lots of good questions and insightful comments from the group. We will be meeting again next week, getting closer to forming a leadership team. Stay tuned.
Have a great weekend.
Sincerely,
Susan
Open House Tour Guides Needed
Thank you to all of those you have stepped forward to help with the Open House activities. We need just a few more tour guides to help show prospective families around our great school.
School Tours – Tuesday, February 4th
Tour guides needed for the 11:30am - 1:00pm shift to take prospective parents on a school tour and answer their questions.
Please contact Caryn Fiedler at fiedler3fam@gmail.com to sign up!
Catholic Schools Week Is Here!
January 26th - January 31st
There are lots of fun activities going on all week long. From a procession by class at Mass on Sunday to Free Dress and a Friendship Family activity on Tuesday to a Pennies for the Poor competition going on all week, there's a little something for everyone to enjoy!
Click here for the complete Catholic Schools Week schedule of activities.
Pennies for the Poor
During Catholic Schools week (January 27-31) The Madeleine School is participating in “Pennies for the Poor” fundraiser. Each class will have a milk jug to fill with change, pennies and paper are positive and silver change is a negative point for your class, so place your coins strategically! All of the money raised will go to St. Andre Bassette homeless ministry, formerly known as the Downtown Chapel. Look for the jugs outside the office during Catholic Schools week, and start collecting your pennies!
Student Government
Free Dress for $2
Tuesday, January 28th
On Student Appreciation Day during Catholic Schools Week, all students are invited to come to school in free dress in exchange for bringing in $2, which will go toward the 2014 Annual Fund Campaign.
Tracking Volunteer Hours Is Easier Than Ever!
Click here to log your volunteer hours on the new online form. It takes just a few minutes to enter what you've done so far. Think auction, field trips, and party planning for your class. You'll be surprised at how many volunteer hours you've already completed when you start adding it up.
St. Michael's Lunches: Kindergarten 
The Kindergarten class hit a home run this week when they brought in 245 beautifully labeled, nutritious sack lunches. A number of families brought in 20-40 lunches which is truly remarkable! A huge thank you for taking the time to make wholesome meat sandwiches and labeling each lunch bag. This makes unpacking and sorting lunches very easy for our 8th graders and St Michael’s volunteers. Because of your generosity, our friends are St Michael’s are eating well this week.
More Angels Earn Wings!
Thank you to the following families for donating to the 3rd and 5th grade classes during the holiday season:
3rd Grade
The Ashey Family: Michael's gift card
The Baldwin Family: Barnes and Noble gift card
The Black Family: Amazon and Barnes and Noble gift cards
The Gladysz Family: Michael's gift card
The Harvey Family: Target gift card
Maffai/Prosser Family: Amazon Gift card
5th Grade
The Fiedler Family - Barnes and Noble gift card
The Gillen/Magner Family- Barnes and Noble gift card
Ray and Grace Hush - Barnes and Noble gift card
Pillsbury/Corbett Family: Amazon gift card
You too can become an Angel by funding or finding a gift from the "Teacher Wish List." These items are not in the budget, but would enhance the classroom. Click here to see the teacher wish list. Earn your wings this year and join the many angels in our midst! Questions? Contact Lynn Robinson at lrobinson@themadeleine.edu.
Scrip News
Click Here for a Scrip Order Form
Remember – NO FEE if you pay by check or cash.
Questions? Contact Jolynn.mitchell@gmail.com.
A Message from Dr. Masarie
[Editor's Note: Dr. Masarie, who was the first speaker in the Parents Club Education Series, spoke to parents earlier this month.]
Hello Madeleine Parents and Staff,
I so enjoyed your engagement and questions during the Face to Face presentation last week. Love your enthusiasm for parenting. What a “safe haven” you have created for kids. I have included lots of resources to keep the learning going as you network with each other. Please let us know if there is more we can help with. Ruthie Matinko Wald, our Communication Director, is available at ruthie@family-empower.com, 503-292-4162 or cell 503-756-5746.
Thank you
Kathy Masarie MD and Ruthie Matinko Wald
Authors of Raising Our Daughters/Sons and Face to Face
Click Here to read follow-up resources provided by Dr. Masarie
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What’s For Hot Lunch?
Want to know what is being served for hot lunch this week? All you need to do is look at the upper right-hand corner of Friday Footnotes in the “This Week” section and you’ll immediately have your answer!
An Opportunity For You
Exploring Ignatian Spirituality is a program created from the teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola to give people an opportunity to discover God in daily life through various forms of prayer. The program is intended to provide an introductory experience of Ignatian spirituality.
Click here to see the flyer for complete details.
St. Mary’s Basketball Hosts CYO Night
Coming up on Friday, February 14, 2014, St. Mary's Academy is hosting a CYO basketball night for students and their families to come enjoy a varsity basketball game. Events, such as our CYO nights, are hosted just for you, so we’d love to see you there!
Click here to see the flyer with details.
La Salle Future Falcon Nights
La Salle Catholic College Preparatory is having a series of Future Falcon Night sporting/cheer events in January that are free to students. The events include pizza, a chance to talk with coaches and players, and entry to the games.
Click on each event for details and RSVP deadlines:
Friday, January 24 - La Salle Girls Basketball vs. North Marion
Friday, January 31 - La Salle Boys Basketball vs. Estacada
Friday, January 31 - La Salle Cheer Squad
Crab Feed is Saturday!
Please join us for our 5th annual Crab Feed! Crack a
crab with your friends and enjoy conversation, great food and a wonderful community
atmosphere! It’s only a few days away, so order your tickets online at
www.themadeleine.edu/crabfeed or visit the Parish Office.
Dinner served at 6:30. All-You-Can-Eat:
• Dungeness Crab
• Roasted chicken
• Salad & Cole Slaw
• Bread
• Scalloped potatoes
• Dessert
• Beer, wine and soft drinks available
Doors open at 6:00 pm with a silent auction:
• Blazers tickets:
› 2 sets in a luxury suite
› 1 set in the Club Level, 2 rows behind the Blazer bench with parking, food,
drinks
• Italian Dinner prepared by Deacon Tim
• Tickets to Sister Act at the Keller Auditorium
• Nike Store Pass
• Home Mass by Fr. Mike & brunch for 12
...and much more.
Free Childcare Available
Pizza and childcare in the school commons for kids 5-12. Reservation required at time of ticket purchase. A $5 donation to cover costs optional at the door.
Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith
Today as we celebrate the beginning of Catholic Schools Week it is fitting that we should reflect on the heartening words of Psalm 27. We read of our Lord who is our “refuge,” a temple of “safety, a dwelling, a house.” In this we learn that the guiding principle of our faith is trust in God, both in times of rejoicing and in times of fear. Isn’t this what we give to our children, both our own children and the children in our parish school which you so generously support, when we give them the gift of a Catholic education?
The theme for the celebration of Catholic Schools Week for the next three years is “Communities of faith, knowledge and service.” This year the focus is on faith. The letter to the Hebrews tells us that “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for.” This is the blessing of a Catholic education. Students learn the content of their Catholic faith and they also learn to hope in the promises found there. Through all of the difficulties of life they retain an inner peace and “strength of soul” that comes from their recourse, learned in Catholic Schools, to personal and communal prayer.
In my work in Catholic schools I have seen this profoundly lived out. The school community celebrates many happy days together: victories in sports, achievements in academics and the arts and so many days of fun and friendship. In times of tragedy and loss we hold fast to each other and to God who is our “stronghold.” I have often wondered what a community does, in both times of joy and despair, if it cannot raise up its voice in prayer to the “author of all.”
I thank my parents often for the gift of my faith and for the many sacrifices they made to send me and my siblings to Catholic schools. My formation there has stood as a firm foundation throughout my life and the Church that I came to love has been a home to which I can always return.
Let us continue to pray fervently for our beloved Madeleine school and for Catholic schools throughout the world that we might always have the “pearl of great price” that is a Catholic education.
— Janet Satterlee, MA, Pastoral Associate
Parish Directory—not able to get photographed?
Submit a photo by January 31
We thank everyone who was able to schedule an appointment and have your photo taken for our upcoming Parish Photo Directory.
If you were unable to make it in, please submit a photograph for the directory.
Here
are a few guidelines:
Please select a photo that:
- Is in portrait orientation (Taller than it is wide...see why at right>>)
- focuses as tightly on the people as possible with minimal background (We want to see you, not your vacation destination!)
- Has a simple, uncluttered background
- Is at maximum resolution. If you’re sending by email or from your phone, choose “Actual Size” when prompted
Email photos to rhammons@themadeleine.edu. Questions? Contact Rich Hammons at the above email, or at the parish office, ext. 29
In This Week's Parish Bulletin
Download yours at www.themadeleine.edu/bulletin
Confirmation classes not too late to sign up!
Next class is Sunday, February 2
Classes for our 2014 Confirmation class began last weekend...but it’s not
too late to sign up! Confirmation will be on May 6 at The Madeleine. Here’s
what else you need to know:
Confirmation will be held May 6, and
classes began on January 12, but please sign up soon as we need a good count
as to how many people will be in the class. Any student not registered by February
2 will be placed into next year’s cohort. Cost is $90 (not due until April).
To
receive the sacrament, you must be at least 14 years old AND a freshman in
high school. Adults are welcome, too. Questions? Contact Tina Hanselman. Registration
form is available online at www.themadeleine.edu/confirmation or through the
Parish Office.
Questions? Contact Tina Hanselman at thanselman@themadeleine.edu.
Help Wanted: Parish Bookkeeper —
approx. 25 hours/week
The Madeleine Parish is seeking a part-time bookkeeper who will be responsible for financial transactions of the parish and related activities, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, overseeing volunteers, and other administrative duties. Two- or 4-year degree or equivalent in Accounting or related field, and/or 3-5 years related full-charge bookkeeping experience. Proficient with modern computing hardware and software, including Microsoft Outlook and Excel, QuickBooks, etc. Experience with automated payroll processing desirable and payroll related regulations required. Basic office skills such as keyboard, 10-key, copiers, etc. Solid understanding of accounting principles absolutely essential, with emphasis on non-profit accounting desirable. Strongly prefer knowledge of the Catholic faith and parish business environment.
This position will not be responsible for the bookkeeping duties of The Madeleine School. Approximately 25 hours per week to be determined. Pre-employment background check required.
This position will have some set hours (Mondays) and can otherwise be a flexible schedule. This position reports to the parish Business Manager. To apply, send resume to kjohnson@themadeleine.edu. All Parish employees must pass a criminal background check.
Winter Leadership Night—Save the date
Thursday, February 6 • Parish Hall
All committee, council, commission and ministry leads, chairpersons are requested to attend our quarterly Parish Leadership Night, Thursday, February 6 at 6:30 . Topics to be covered will include the 2014-2015 Parish budget, our 5-Year Plan, and the Church’s Year of Evangelization. This is an important time to get to know other leaders in our parish and to learn how your group can help further our mission. Please join us!
30 months in the making...
our Centennial Book is here
We
are pleased to announce that the Centennial Book is printed and ready for sale!
This resplendent coffee-table book is rich with history, filled with interesting
and entertaining stories, and laden cover-to-cover with photos of events, buildings
and people—those you know, or wish you knew.
Hardcover, 224 pages, full-color, 9x12" coffee table book. Available after Masses, in the Parish Office and the School Office. $75
Or, order online at www.themadeleine.edu/centennial
This Week’s Checklist
Click here for a quick,fridge-friendly summary
of Madeleine events coming up this week!
Contributing to the Footnotes
If you have information to contribute to the Friday Footnotes, please e-mail the copy exactly as you would like it to appear in a Word document to: fridayfootnotes@themadeleine.edu. Deadline is Wednesday at 5pm, or Tuesday at 5pm if there is no school on Friday.