Happy first week of Advent! Here at school during Advent we are learning about the Jesse Tree. Each day an Advent mystery guest is shared with the students by giving them three clues. Students work throughout the day following the clues to try to figure out who the mystery guest is for that day. We announce at the end of each day the name of the mystery guest. Each classroom has a Jesse Tree in their classroom with some leaves. After students have figured out the mystery guest and have checked it with me, then they place a leaf with the name of the guest written on the leaf and attach the leaf to the tree. By the last day of school before Christmas break, we will have discussed 14 ancestors that came before Jesus and of course Jesus. Take some time each evening to ask about the Advent mystery guest…it’s a great conversation starter!

This coming Wednesday 12/11 is our next Dine to Donate at HOT HEAD BURRITOS at the Newport Location: 94 Carothers Road from 10:30AM - 9:00PM

Click on the link below for the flyer to show when you check out and 25% of your purchase will be donated back to St Catherine!  Be sure to share with your family and friends!! 

December is a shorter month than usual which means NEXT Friday is already time for Feeding God’s Children!  As a reminder, we are collecting PEANUT BUTTER this Friday!  Let’s fill the bin!!  Students should wear their Feeding God’s children shirt with their uniform next Friday as well!

All students in grades K-2 are invited to the annual viewing of The Polar Express!  Come in your pajamas with a pillow & blanket and enjoy some hot chocolate, a sweet treat and a fun movie with Miss Kammerer, Miss Finke and Ms. Kelly!  See details in the link below!

All are invited to join us for some good old-fashioned Christmas Caroling on Sunday, December 22nd.  We will meet in McCrystal Hall at 5:30 for some hot chocolate and cookies before heading out to spread a little Christmas spirit throughout our community. 
To help with the planning, you can call the office to let us know if you will be joining us, (however, its not required.)
Also, if you're not up to walking and caroling, you can still join us at 5:30 for some cookies and socializing!
This will be a fun parish activity to experience with your family. You don’t have to be a great singer!!  Children are welcome to come with their parents, but may not be dropped off without a parent. Contact Martie Iker with any questions at 859-653-7573.

We are starting a new prayer initiative for the remainder of the school year. If you have a special intention that you would like our students to pray for, please click on the link below to add your intention. As a school we will be praying for all of the special intentions we receive throughout the week.

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There is also a link at the top right of the school webpage that you can use as well to enter a prayer intention.

December 15th after mass in the McCrystal Hall 11:30

More details soon but save the date for a nice mother daughter afternoon enjoying some holiday spirit while making wreaths with one another! 

​Colt Classic runs through 12/13

Polar Express Night K-2 12/13

Early Dismissal: 12/20 out at 11:00

Christmas Break: 12/21 - 1/5

First day of 3rd Quarter: 1/6

We’re excited to announce that the St. Catherine Winter Fundraiser will be held on January 25 from 7–11 p.m. at the Mess Hall, with this year’s theme: Shaken Not Stirred! Ticket details will be shared soon, but expect an evening filled with food, drinks, games, raffles (including a chance to win a trip to Europe), and live jazz music. We hope you’ll join us for this memorable night!

Raffle baskets are a significant part of our fundraising, and we’re asking St. Catherine School to contribute to two baskets: a St. Catherine Colts-themed basket and a Game Night basket. Please consider donating items for these baskets - your favorite games, Colt-themed items etc.  Additionally, if you have any other items to donate, such as sports tickets, Cincinnati-themed items, or homemade artwork, we’d be thrilled to include them in other baskets as well.   There will be several gift card-themed baskets as well, so gift cards are greatly appreciated!

Please aim to have all items collected before Christmas break. Items can be brought to the parish or school office. Thank you for your support!

Bishop John Iffert invites you and your family and friends to attend the third annual Bambinelli and Christmas Tree Blessing on Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s Park (Diocesan Curia). Come see the blessing and lighting of the diocesan Christmas tree, listen to live parish and school choirs, enjoy homemade cookies, and hot cocoa, and hear a Nativity story. Bring the Baby Jesus figure from your home Nativity to receive a special blessing from Bishop Iffert and be part of a Catholic Advent tradition! No RSVP required. All are welcome!

We have been given a link to order yearbooks!  Do it NOW so that you can just check it off of your list and not owrry about it anymore!

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Yearbooks are super cute and are only $15.00.  Prices will go up, so do it now!!

Kids Caught in Kindness is a new initiative started by a Fort Thomas Coffee employee who witnessed three kids go out of their way to support another student who was experiencing a hard moment.  At FTC we believe in the importance of recognizing those moments and the kids involved in order to support and encourage more opportunities of kindness.  

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There is a lot of attention drawn to the negative behavior and choices of the youth.  Gandhi said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.”  As community members we can be the change by looking for kindness and calling it out.  We can also encourage our younger members to “be the change” when we see them acting in kindness and positively reinforcing it.  

FTC has created a “button” which individuals can use to donate into the fund.  Gift cards will be purchased (through the fund) and given to the schools to hand out to nominated kids (as supplies allow). 

Kids can be nominated by anyone in the community, either a teacher, a business owner, another parent, or a community member.  The school that the child attends would deliver the gift card to the child as well as communicate to their parents or guardians that this child was “Caught In Kindness.”

As you know our school yearbook is already available to purchase! 

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For the yearbook to be a great success with lots of different activities and students in it, we NEED your photos!  To get to those to us, follow these four steps:

1) Go to this site: https://plicbooks.com/go/ZDC77E  (this is specific to our yearbook)

2) Choose one of the preset categories in the drop down menu (ex: sports).

3) Choose "upload your files'' (for PC, phone, tablet storage) or Google Drive or Instagram.

3) Choose your photos and click "start upload."

4) Once you get the message that your uploads are complete.  You are set!

This is the BEST and EASIEST way for you to share and us to receive pictures for the yearbook. Please consider saving or bookmarking the link for easy adding of photos after an event

Please take a few minutes to go in and add events for this year so far:

first day of school, soccer, cross country, field trips, class days, assemblies, volleyball, etc... We need those pictures!

If you have any questions or concerns, please email Joliene Garlich at jgarlich@stcky.org. 

Please click on the link below to see the approved minutes from the October meeting.

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