Xavier News
Xavier Catholic School 541 Muncie Road, Leavenworth, KS 66048
Principal, Mrs. Evelyn Porter, (913) 682-3135 www.leavenworthcatholicschools.org
Friday, October 28, 2016
Upcoming Events
K-6th
Oct 28 – Nov. 2 Book Fair – Xavier, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Oct 28 – Trunk or Treat, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m., at USM see flyer
Oct 31 – Halloween Parties, 2:30 p.m.
Note from Mrs. Porter
Hello Xavier Family!
It was so good to see you all at conferences! We appreciate the opportunity to
celebrate your students with us!
Congratulations to all our Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP)
students! Due to their excellent performance on the 2015-16 Kansas State
Assessments and/or the NWEA MAP Assessments, the following fourth through
sixth grade students have been recognized:
Kansas State Assessments
Nov 01 – Mass,
3rd
grade leads, Holy Day of Obligation
Fourth Grade – Ben Todd, ELA
Nov 04 – Recycle can/Box Tops/Ream of Paper Jeans Day
Fifth Grade – Zachary Sanford, Math
Nov 07 – No School/No Extended Care K-12, Teacher
Professional Development/School of Faith
Fifth Grade – Callie Seber, ELA
Nov 07 – 11 Mother Xavier Ross Week
Nov 09 – Mass, 6th grade leads
Sixth Grade – Mary Hanley, ELA
NWEA Measures of Academic Progress Assessments
Fourth Grade – Ben Todd, Math
Fifth Grade – Jonah Nichol, Math & ELA
Nov 10 – Picture Retakes, 8:30 a.m. at Xavier
Nov 11 – No School/No Extended Care – Veteran’s Day
Sixth Grade – Joey Discavage, Math
Please support our Xavier Book Fair and promote positive reading experiences for
our children. Book Fair dates and times are included in this newsletter.
PTO is sponsoring Trunk or Treat tonight, October 28th at Annunciation Chapel
parking lot. See the flyer in this newsletter for more details.
Xavier will hold Halloween parties for all our students Monday, 10/31 beginning
with a Costume Parade at 2:30 p.m. We will wrap up the parties at 3:00 p.m., to
give teachers a chance to get students ready for dismissal. Please avoid scary
costumes, no weapons or face paint. Students are required to wear costumes that
allow easy restroom usage without teacher assistance.
A big thank you to the Council on Aging for making
these wonderful aprons for our kindergarten class
If your child has a food allergy or intolerance, you may send in prepackaged safe
snacks for your child to eat at the Halloween party. See a copy of the Xavier Food
Policy in this newsletter.
Next week, we will celebrate a Holy Day of Obligation, All Saints Day, on Tuesday,
11/1 at Annunciation Chapel (weather permitting) at 8:30 a.m. All are encouraged
to attend.
Happy Bear visits Xavier next Wednesday, 11/9/16! We look forward to hosting
Sunflower House and sharing information on touching safety with our preschool
through second grade students.
Due to a scheduling conflict, Interstate Studios has changed our Picture Retakes
Day to 11/10/16. Retakes will be at Xavier (Muncie Campus) at 8:30 a.m. in the gym.
Please check the most updated school calendar, as we have some No School Days
coming up in November.
Teachers are planning and preparing a great celebration for Mother Xavier Ross
Week, 11/7-11/11. Our service project will be Cash for Care and proceeds will go to
St. Vincent’s Clinic, in Leavenworth.
Happy Halloween! 
A Note from Sister Jane
Halloween (All Hollows Eve) has really evolved
through the years – from “pagan” beginnings in
medieval times into a favorite fun day for children
(and many adults!) enjoy the day. The Feast of All
Saints Day – for Catholics is Tuesday, November 1st
and is a Holy Day of Obligation. Father Frank will
celebrate a school Mass on Tuesday in Annunciation
Chapel or the school gym depending on the weather.
You are always welcome to join us!
Third grade PE class utilizing the parachute for PE
11th
November
is a double holiday for us. We honor
our Veterans that day, but we also remember the
founding of the Sisters of Charity. November 11 is
the day Mother Xavier and a small group of sisters
arrived in Leavenworth, via riverboat, 158 years ago.
If you would like to know about our history, visit
Xavier Catholic School the week of November 8th –
10th, when the school hallways become an open book
featuring fun and important facts about the Sisters of
Charity. You may even want to participate in the
“scavenger hunt” and help us hunt for facts!
At our school Mass on November 9th we will
celebrate Mother Xavier and the Sisters of Charity. It
will be a grand celebration. Please join us!
As we remember our founders, we recall how they
reached out to others, especially through the
ministries of education and health. Honoring this
tradition, we participate in Cash for Care, a ministry
to aid St. Vincent’s Clinic as they reach out to serve
the uninsured and under-insured people of
Leavenworth. The students will be bringing home
medicine bottles, we ask that your family donate
what you can, while being as generous as possible.
There are no classroom quotas, no rewards, no
contests; only expectation that everyone participate
and return their bottle with any amount. Thank you
for your participation.
Sixth grade working with clay in art class
Third through sixth grade visited the Vietnam
Traveling Wall
Preschool
Upcoming Events
Oct 28 – Book Fair at Xavier, 541 Muncie Road
Oct 28 – Trunk or Treat, 6:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. at USM
see flyer
Oct 31 – Halloween Parties
Nov 04 – Recycle Can/Box Tops/Ream of Paper
Nov 07 – Preschool & Preschool Extended Care in Session
Nov 07 – 11 Mother Xavier Ross Week
Nov 10 – Picture Retakes, 8:30 a.m. at Xavier
(541 Muncie Road)
Nov 11 – No School/No Extended Care – Veterans Day
More photos of our
students at the Vietnam
Traveling Wall
We just can’t THANK our
WONDERFUL parents like Mr. Eric
Stark enough for all you do for our
Preschool and our students!!!
News From PTO
A great time was had by everyone at the PTO Fall
Fest at Schwinn Farm!
Book Fair October 28 –
November 2nd,
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Our mission at Xavier is to
keep Christ as the center of
our daily lives and to care
for one another in a loving
and safe learning
environment.
Xavier
Catholic School