Announcements

• Fall 2019-2020 Middle School Rotation
  After months of careful planning we are ready to share exciting news for the 2019-2020 school year! Students in grades 5-8 will have a middle school rotation instead of the self-contained classroom model we currently use. There are many benefits to this and reasons for students and teachers to be excited. A major difference is that the change will allow teachers to teach in their area of specialty, and to directly affect student growth from year to year in that content area.
  A letter went home in the VIP folder on 4/17/19 to the parents of students in the grades that will be a part of the change. A parent opportunity for questions is included in the letter.
• Easter Schedule
  NO School Friday, April 19- April 26 for Spring Break Holy Week and Easter Sunday- We hope you join us for the following: Holy Thursday Mass April 18 7pm Good Friday Stations of the Cross 1:30 followed by the Passion Play 2:30 Good Friday Services Good Friday Fish Fry 4:00-7:00pm Holy Saturday Easter Vigil 8:30 Easter Sunday 9am and noon Mass
• NWEA Map Spring Testing
  Students in grades K-8 will take the spring MAP test in the first few weeks of May. Please see the school calendar for testing dates.
  We are excited to collect and share data about all our students have learned this year!
• Easter Vacation
  St. Valentine School will be closed April 19-April 28th to celebrate our risen Lord! School resumes April 29th.
• Fundraising Announcement
  We are excited to announce that we will be participating in a fundraiser with World's Finest Chocolate bars. You can help make a difference in raising money to purchase New Chrome Books and Tablets. The sale will kick off with an assembly on May 1st. A flyer is posted on the website. Watch for more information to come home in the VIP on May 1st.
• Volunteer hours- Sign up to be a Buddy Family
  Click here to be a Buddy Family
• Save the date! Athletic Banquet
  All athletes and their families are invited to attend the Sports Banquet on the evening of Saturday, May 11th in the gymnasium. Open to all athletes who participated in St. Valentine sports in the 2018-19 calendar year ( soccer, basketball, track, softball and grades 2-4 intramural basketball). This fun night of food, friends, awards and dancing is always a hit. More information will follow soon. We look forward to seeing you!
• Save the date for our School Picnic at the Pool!
  Our Parent Teacher Club has decided to sponsor a all school field trip to a swim club (lifeguard and faculty supervised) for our field day activity this year!
  On June 6th we begin the day at school with our annual Talent Show. At 10:00 am grades 1-8 will get on school busses to go to Burton Hollow Swim Club in Livonia for swimming, games, and a picnic lunch. Parents will be asked to pick their children up from the Swim Club.
  Preschool, Junior Kinders, and Kindergarten students are welcome to attend with a family member present.
  Parent volunteers are needed and Preschool through grade K students RSVP Volunteer or RSVP here
• Seeking a preschool aid
  We are seeking a paid preschool aid, either part-time or full- time for the 2019-2020 school year. If you are interested in applying or know someone who loves working with young children, please contact the school office for an application.
  For more information, please contact:
  Mrs. Damuth, rdamuth@stvalentineschool.com, 3135337149
• Social Justice-Option for the Poor and Vulnerable
  "As you did it to one of these, the least of my brethren, you did it to me" (Mt 25:40). As disciples of Christ we are called to care for the less fortunate.
  St. Valentine community has donated $652.64 plus all of the coins that are not yet counted through Operation Rice Bowl. Thank you for your generous participation. The lessons of generosity for our students through this program are priceless.
• Additional paid recess/lunch employees needed for 2019-2020
  We are accepting applications for people interested in recess/lunch supervision. Our plan is to separate the upper and lower grades for recess/lunch in the coming school year and to do so we must have more employees.
  If you are energetic, love children, patient, and hardworking ask for an application to become a St. Valentine lunch/recess supervisor.
  For more information, please contact:
  Mrs. Damuth, rdamuth@stvalentineschool.com, 3135337149
• Please Save the Date! Choir Concert
  Please plan to join us in the church on May 28th at 7:00pm for the St. Valentine Children's Choir Praise and Worship Concert.
• Fine Arts Camp
  Mrs. Wagner and St. Valentine Catholic School will once again host a Fine Arts Camp this summer. See the flyer on the website for details. Registration forms are available in the school office.

Flyers

• World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser - posted through 5/17/2019
• Vacation Bible School - posted through 6/11/2019
• Fine Arts Camp - posted through 6/14/2019

From the desk of Mrs. Damuth:

St. Valentine School Year Theme 2018-2019:   They will know we are Christians by our love!

A virtue is a firm attitude to do what is right.  Its direct opposite is a vice.  A vice is a habit to do what is wrong. Prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance are called the human or cardinal virtues because they forge our human character. These four habits assist us in developing a pure heart that is open to God’s will.
“The moral virtues grow through education, deliberate acts and perseverance in struggle.  Divine grace (God’s special help that strengthens us) purifies and elevates the virtues in our lives.” 

Catechism of the Catholic Church #1839

St. Valentine Virtue for March: Fortitude

*Standing strong in the face of adversity (the virtue of fortitude). 

The virtue of fortitude is commonly called courage, but it is different from what we think of as courage today. Fortitude is always reasoned and reasonable; the person exercising fortitude is willing to put himself in danger if necessary, but he does not seek danger for danger's sake. Fortitude always serves a higher purpose.

Taken from www.thoughtco.com