VOLUME 16
January 10, 2017
Holy Rosary School—Panther Pause
www.holyrosaryschoolif.org
208-522-7781
EVENTS TO REMEMBER
DATE
No Ski Club
Jan 10
Parent-to-Parent Meeting
School teacher lounge
Jan 10
6:30 PM
Symphony visit to school
Jan 13
Rosary
Jan 13
NO SCHOOL
MLK Day
Jan 16
$ Dress Down Day
Jan 20
Town Hall Meeting
School teacher lounge
Jan 27
Noon
Alumni Lunch
Feb 1
Chess/Checkers
Principal’s Corner
It is great to be back at school. Over the last week, many
families joined our text alert system. This is the best way to get
information about school cancelation. While it is never an easy
decision to cancel school, we always want to make sure our Holy
Rosary Families are safe. If you haven't joined our text alert, now is
the perfect time to do so.
As we stated in the flier that went home, on Facebook, and on
our text alert, we will not be rescheduling our Christmas Program.
We have tried to have it twice. We will look forward to a great
program next year.
Our town hall meeting that was scheduled for Monday,
January 9th at noon with be rescheduled for Friday, January 27th at
noon. All families are invited. We look forward to hearing from you.
Please remember that our parent to parent meeting about the
transition from 6th to 7th grade will be tonight at 6:30. Parents will
be sharing their experience about their children going from 6th grade
at Holy Rosary to 7th grade in a public school. We hope to be able to
answer any questions you may have about your children going into
public school.
Thank you,
Carina VanPelt
Checkers
When: Tomorrow 1/11
Wednesday at 7AM
Where: STEM house
Who: 1st—6th grades are invited
Ski Club
Due to the days of school
closure and avalanche
concerns at Kelly Canyon, Ski
Club will not start
today.
There is still time to sign up, let Mrs. Geib
know ASAP if you are interested.
How are we doing?
What: Town hall
meeting
Who: All parents
invited
When: Friday, Jan. 27th
at 12 noon
Where: School teacher
lounge
January Corporal Work of Mercy
4th Grade - Visit the Sick
The school will do a teddy bear drive. The 4th
grade will take the teddy bears to Mass, pray
with them, and have them blessed. The bears
will be taken to EIRMC for the sick children.
The money collected on the dress down day
will be used to buy new bears. The 4th graders
will also make cards for the local nursing
home.
Altar Server Appreciation Party
When: Thursday, Jan 12th
6 PM - 8PM
Where: Leo’s Place
Who: All Altar Servers welcome
Tonight Parent to Parent Meeting
What: To learn about the transition into public
school 7th grade
Who: All parents invited
When: Tuesday, Jan. 10th at 6:30 PM
PTO HOTLINE
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PTO meetings are 2nd Tuesday of the month at 8:05am
Fun Run
We are in need of a chairperson for the Holy Rosary Fun Run
May 20th. This is a great way to get in your volunteer hours! If
you are interested, call Cassie at 403-5326.
Catholic Schools Week Carnival, January 27th
PS, PK, K, 1st & 2nd, please bring store
bought cookies.
3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th, please bring a 2L bottle
of soda.
We are also in need of small toys to use as prizes.
If you are interested in helping with the carnival, please contact
Julia at 208-709-9973.
Restaurant Fundraiser
When: January 16, 2017, All Day 11 AM - Close
Where: MacKenzie River, 1490 Milligan Road
How: Must present voucher to your server when paying the bill
Box Tops Contest
When: January - February 10, 2017
How: Please turn in your Box Tops for Education to your child’s
teacher.
To Win: The class with the most Box Tops will win a
Pizza Party!
Labels for Education
Do you have any Labels for Education? If so, please
return to your child’s teacher.
This program is coming to an end and we will be
doing a last submission the end of March. The labels
must say Labels for Education and have the USP bar
code.
Barnes & Noble Book Fair
A big thank you to all those that volunteered and attended the
Barnes & Noble book fair. You all helped raise $1,904.05! As
always, a big thank you to Aishie Lindula for organizing an
amazing fundraiser!
Bishop Peter has generously made the online
course “The Bible and the Virgin Mary,”
offered by Scott Hahn and the St. Paul’s
Center for Biblical Theology, available to us! Here’s the
link: http://www.bibleandthevirginmary.com/boise.
Family Faith Formation
“You shall not kill.” Sounds simple enough. But
there is more to the fifth commandment than meets the
eye. Jesus said, “Everyone who is angry with his
brother is liable to the judgment.” Others argue that
sometimes it is necessary or even merciful to take a
life.
The fundamental principles regarding this
commandment are Human life is sacred and God
alone is the Lord of life from its beginning to its end.
Right relationship with God and our neighbor requires
us to uphold and respect human life in all its
conditions and stages of development. The inherent
dignity of every human being derives from its creation
by God in His image and likeness. No one has the
right to directly destroy an innocent human being.
Ever. Everyone must avoid anger, hatred, and
vengeance, turn the other cheek,” and love their
enemies.
The following are always to be avoided:
direct intentional killing, unnecessarily exposing
someone to mortal danger, refusing to assist a person
in danger, procuring or performing abortion,
production of embryos for exploitation, genetic
manipulation to produce/avoid specific qualities in a
baby, euthanasia (mercy-killing), suicide, and
excessive use/abuse of food, drugs, and alcohol.
Terrorism, torture and mutilation are gravely wrong.
Conversely, the following are required:
defense of one’s own life and the lives of those
dependent on him, non-violent ways of protecting
society from aggressors when possible, protection and
nurturing of human life from the moment of
conception, promotion of legislation that respects the
right to life and health of all people, peaceful
resolution to conflict and avoidance of war, care and
support of the sick, handicapped, suffering and dying.
Moral guidelines must be followed in the areas of
science and technology that pertain to the human
person. In providing security and defense for its
people, nations must adhere to “just war” principles.
As we protect our physical lives, we must
also foster the moral lives of ourselves and others,
especially those for whom we are responsible. We
must guide our children, protect them from moral
danger, and provide good example. Scandal is an
attitude or behavior that leads another to do evil. We
must avoid giving scandal through our words, actions,
or omissions.
There is so much more in the Catechism! See
paragraphs 2258-2330.
Altar Servers
Wed., 1/11: Keeley C., Paige P. & Victor M.
Thurs 1/12: Kian C., Kate W. & Bobby K.
Feed your faith with all the great books and media
now available to SJPII Parishioners for FREE at
FORMED.org. Enter parish code:
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Talks, movies, faith education, and more!
Wed., 1/18: Miles G., Brianne B. & Haydee T.
Thurs 1/19: Zachary G., Aiden Bonne & Elizabeth L.
Wed., 1/25: Faith K., Clare E. & Leo A.
Thurs 1/26: Cate L., Grace H. & Aidan Biggs