St. Andrew's News, April 11, 2025

Thank you to the second graders for delivering our donated items to the

Abilene Food Bank today!

Week of April 14 - 18

Monday –

Tuesday – School Mass, 2:00;

Wednesday –Southwest Dairy Farm Mobile Classroom, 12:00 – 12:30; School Mass. 2:00; Choir 2:45 – 3:15

Thursday – Seder Meal; Starbase for Grade 5; FFA Visit Grades 2 & 3; Sixth Grade Band Tour

Friday – No School, Good Friday

Menu for April 14 - 18

Monday - Cook's Choice

Tuesday - Cook's Choice

Wednesday - Cook's Choice

Thursday - Seder Meal

Friday - No School

Other Notes -

All kindergarten students and any new families enrolling at St. Andrew's are eligible to apply for the ACE Scholarship. Contact Principal Whitehair for more details. Deadline is THIS TUESDAY - April 15.

Students in Grades 2 - 5 will take the ARK assessment next week.

Our Seder Meal is on Holy Thursday at 11:30 a.m. Extra helpers in the kitchen would be appreciated!

There is no school next Friday, April 18 - Good Friday.

Holy Week Services for St. Andrew Church, All are Welcome -

Holy Thursday - Adoration, 8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.; Mass at 7:30 p.m.

Good Friday - Services at noon and 6:30 p.m.

Easter Vigil (Saturday), Mass at 8:30 p.m.

Easter Masses - 7:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m.

Calendar-

(NEW ITEMS IN BOLD)

April-

17 – AMS Band Tour; Seder Meal; FFA Visit, Grades 2 & 3, 1:00; Fifth Grade to Starbase

18 – No School, Good Friday

21 – No School, Easter Monday

22 – School Battle of the Books, 1:00; Easter Egg Hunt, Grades All Day Preschool – 5th After Mass; Grades 5 & 5 to Eisenhower Center in the Morning

23 - 1:45 – Kindergartners Meet Senior Day; Administrative Professionals’ Day; Easter Egg Hunt, Grades All Day Preschool – 5th After Mass

24 – Spring Program Practice at High School; Ms. Kohman’s Field Trip; Spring Program, 7:00 p.m. at High School Auditorium

25 – Fifth Grade to Starbase; Fourth Grade Forestry Program

28 – BOB vs. St. Mary’s, 1:00, Leave at 12:15

30 – First Communion Rehearsal, 6:30 in Church

May –

1 – Kindergarten Roundup

2 – Third Grade Field Trip

4 – First Communion, 2:00

5 – Staff Appreciation Week Begins – THANK YOU!!

6 – Luncheon for Staff

8 – Mrs. Whitehair’s Preschool Field Trip; Third Grade to DK Co. Historical Museum

9 – Field Day & Family Picnic Day

12 – Fifth Grade Orientation at Middle School

13 – School Council Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

15 – Reading Party; Senior Walk-Through; 11:30 a.m.

16 – K & First Grade Field Trip; Mrs. Hunter’s Field Trip; Fourth & Fifth Grade Field Trip

20 – Second Grade Field Trip

21 – Preschool Program, 10:00 and Last Day, Fifth Grade Promotion Mass, 6:30 p.m.

22 – Last Day, Transitional Kindergarten through Grade 5; Dismiss 1:00

23 – No School, Workday

• Preschool End of Year Program is Wednesday, May 21, 10:00 a.m. All day students will have the option to stay following the program for the remainder of the day. This is their last day of classes. Transitional Kindergarten Students may come on Thursday, May 22, which is the last day for K - 5.

God bless your family with a GREAT weekend!

Principal Whitehair