New Custom Basketball Uniforms

The Booster Club is investing in custom basketball uniforms for all of our athletes. Jerseys will be provided to all athletes and returned at the end of the season. The matching shorts will be purchased by the athletes to keep. The new uniforms are not yet ready as the sublimation process takes longer than typical uniforms, but a photo of the design is below.

The jerseys will be used by our basketball players for years to come. Our goal is to decrease the financial investment for all to participate in Saints athletics. The Booster Club hopes to be able to migrate all sports over to this type of borrowed jersey program over the next several years. This is made possible by all the fundraising efforts of the Booster Club as well as several corporate donations. Thanks to everyone who supports the Booster Club and helps make Saints Athletics possible.

Basketball Season

The basketball season is underway, and that means yummy concessions!  This is a major fundraising effort for the Booster Club each year, so we encourage everyone to come enjoy some Saints Athletics and a hot dog, nachos, Frito Pie, chips, candy, popcorn, etc. Be sure to ask for your Frito Pie to be made “the MJ way.” You’ll have to come to the concession stand to get the full story on that!

You will find our teams’ game schedules on the Dallas Parochial League website. This year we have teams playing 6th grade girls D2, 8th grade girls D2, 6th grade boys D2 and 7th grade boys D2. You’ll find schedules on the Saints Athletics Website Calendar. Oftentimes we play games on Saturdays and Sundays. Some come on out and support your school athletes. Go Saints!

We also need volunteers to help work the concession stand. It is a fun way to support Saints Athletics and to get in some volunteer hours. You can see our concession schedule online. Sign up online to work or email Katy Barrilleaux.

Science Fair Concessions

The Science Fair is coming on Wednesday, February 1, and the Booster Club will be selling food that night. We need volunteers to help so please email Katy Barrilleaux if you can help.

Booster Club Meetings

All Booster Club members and those interested in learning more about the Booster Club are invited to attend our monthly meetings. They are typically held on the first Wednesday of the month in the Catapult Learning Room at 6:30pm. Our February meeting has been moved to Wednesday, February 8th to not conflict with the Science Fair. Please come check it out, and find out what’s happening with Saints Athletics. You will find our meeting dates on the Booster Club calendar online.

Calling All Coaches

Attention coaches, the athletics department is still looking for a few coaches for the Spring season. If you are interested in coaching track, baseball, or softball, please contact Coach Daryle Good as soon as possible.

Baseball, Softball, and Track

Saints Baseball, Softball, and Track are right around the corner. Look for registration forms in your Thursday folder very soon. We are also organizing a pre-season free clinic for interested athletes so watch your email and get ready to dust off your glove!

Saints Athletics Jersey Day, Scholarship Breakfast, and Pep Rally

Booster Club members, mark your calendar now for our next Booster Club member Jersey Day!  It will be held on Thursday, March 22. Booster members may wear their favorite team jersey, whether from a St. Elizabeth team, college, pro, or other team. Just follow the rules for a dress down day with your jersey. We also will hold our Booster Club Scholarship Breakfast that morning before school to raise funds for our annual Saints Athletics Scholarship. So plan to get to school a little early that morning to enjoy some breakfast. The fun day will culminate with a Pep Rally in the gym to celebrate our winter athletes who participated in basketball.

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6^th Grade:

The students are working on their treasure books and should have all the research needed to complete this project.  We will begin our unit on the civilizations of Africa.  We will learn about the physical geography of Africa, and how this affects the development of societies, how each society were organized, and how each society’s belief system affected its history.

7^th Grade:

We will continue learning about Texas History from the period of 1866 to the 1890’s.  During this time Texas experiences much growth and development.  We will read about the closing of the frontier to expansion of the Texas cattle ranches. We will learn about the continued wars affecting the Texas Indians, the implementation of the Texas Rangers, the expansion of the railroad, how the railroad had an effect not only on the Texas population, but also how it changed the open-range cattle farming community. Also during this time, new technology enables Texas to become an important center of agriculture in the United States.

8^th Grade:

We will continue to learn about American History during the period of 1820 to 1860’s.  We will discuss how the westward expansion affected the economics, political, and social development of the United States.  The students will learn about the relationships between various groups, including racial, ethnic, and religious groups during this time period and how any conflicts were resolved.

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Did you know that Tom Thumb donates a portion of your purchases to St. Elizabeth School? Tom Thumb has community programs to donate 1% of every dollar you spend at their store back to St. Elizabeth School.

But, they do not donate to St. Elizabeth unless you sign up for their program and designate St. Elizabeth as your beneficiary.

To participate in:
Tom Thumb – St. Elizabeth’s number is #648. Turn in a completed application at your Tom Thumb store; they will give you a Reward Card, present that card to the cashier during your transaction. To change or verify the designated beneficiary of your current Reward Card, ask the cashier during your transaction.

The more people that designate St. Elizabeth as their beneficiary school the more dollars St. Elizabeth earns to help defray the costs of tuition.

Thank you for participating in this fundraiser.

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We could not accomplish as much without the tireless efforts of our Grounds & Facilities team of volunteers!  Just to let you know what they’ve been doing lately:

Many, many thanks to these volunteers who did a fabulous job getting our school ready for this year’s Open House!

• Russell Jones
• Josh Choate
• Bishop Dunne H.S. students, Cody Mills and Lindsey Bolden
• 7^th grade St. E students, Lily Connally and Ramses Valdez
• 6^th grade St. E. student, Alexandria Rose, and her mom, Sonya Rose, and dad, Gregory Rose
• Steven Thompson
• Sheri Edelmann
• Don Gamble
• Honorio Barrientos
• 2^nd grade St. E student, Giselle Rivera, and her mom, Rachel Willingham
• Sandy Walkley
• Jorge Rodriguez and friends

A VERY SPECIAL heartfelt THANK YOU to these volunteers who spent countless hours cutting & stacking tree branches and limbs after the February 12^th seven-inch snowfall!

• Russell Jones-Saturday
• Ian Senkel-Saturday
• John & Ruth West-Sunday

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St. Elizabeth of Hungary Cub Scout Pack 788 wishes to thank you for your support of the “Scouting for Food” initiative.  This year, through your support, we were able to collect 1,400 food items for those in our local communities.  We appreciate your support by helping those in need.

Joshua & Dana Choate, Cubmasters Pack 788

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• December 7-11 – Book Fair
• December 10 – Monthly Faculty Meeting – NO Tutorials
• December 11 – 2nd & 4th Grade Field Trip to St. Joseph
• December 14 – Kinder & 3rd Grade Field Trip to Williamsburg Village
• December 14 – Fall Athletics Pep Rally @ 2 pm
• December 16 – 1st Grade Field Trip to the Arboretum
• December 17 – Buck A Jean Day (any St. Elizabeth shirt and BLUE jeans)
• December 17 – 8^th Grade Snack Sale
• December 17 – Christmas Program 7:00 pm, see details!
• Students in grades PreK-Kinder-1-2-3-4-5, guitar students, and 8th grade
• Students are to report to their homerooms at 6:30 pm unless instructed otherwise.
• Dress: Sunday best- no jeans, t-shirts or flip-flops
• December 18 – Jesse Tree @ 9:40 am
• December 18 – Class Christmas Parties @ 10:30 am
• December 18 – Noon Dismissal (students are released at 12:00 noon)
• December 18 – Junior High Dance @ 7-10 pm
• December 21 – January 3 – Christmas Break, NO SCHOOL
• January 4 – Classes resume
• January 5 – Advisory Council Mtg. @ 6:30 pm
• January 7 – Faculty Mtg. @ 3:30 pm, NO TUTORIALS
• January 7 – Booster Club Mtg. @ 6:30 pm
• January 8 – Christian Witness Awards after the 8 am Mass
• January 12 – 7^th Grade Parent Night @ 7 pm

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Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.

Artist of the month Paul Cezanne

PK & Kinder – Mrs. Barrientos

It is almost Christmas in the art class for Pre-K and Kinder – I hope that you are enjoying our little projects as much as I am. As you have noticed we are concentrating on seasonal projects. We will be working on a snow man made out of paper plates and cotton balls.

3rd & 4th Grade – Mrs. Connelly

Students were introduced to still life. Students explored lighting, shadowing, perspective, texture, shapes, color, and size. Charcoal was the medium used in students’ still life drawings.

1st, 2nd, 5th–8th Grade – Mrs. Shelton

The students will be making Christmas cards, and working with pony beads to make candy canes and wreaths.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from your Art teachers!

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Don’t forget to send in your labels.  A box is in the front of the school for your children to drop off any labels. Also a flyer will be sent out with all the labels that we can collect.

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• November 12 – Faculty Meeting @ 3:30 pm – No Tutoring
• November 13 – Parent/Teacher Conference Day – No School
• November 17 – St. Elizabeth of Hungary Feast Day
• November 19 – 8^th Grade Snack Sale
• November 19 – Parent Meeting – ITBS @ 7:00 pm
• November 19 – Buck-A-Jean Day
• November 20 – Diocesan Librarian’s Meeting
• November 20 – Celebration of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Feast Day – Saints To Tell the Truth Game
• November 21-22 – St. Elizabeth Altar Guild Bazaar
• November 24 – NOON DISMISSAL
• November 25-29 – Thanksgiving Vacation
• November 29 – First Sunday of Advent
• December 3 – Diocesan Principal’s Meeting
• December 3 – Second Quarter Progress Reports
• December 3 – Booster Club Meeting @ 6:30 pm
• December 7 – Coordinator’s Meeting @ 3:00 pm
• December 7-11 – Fall Book Fair
• December 8 – Feast of Immaculate Conception 8:00 am Mass

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I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.

Joan Miro, November Artist-of-the-month

PK & Kinder – Mrs. Barrientos
Our rainbow fish are very cute!  We are currently working on a tissue paper collage.  They are practicing gluing squares of different colors of tissue paper into a printed elephant.

We will be talking about fall colors and working on our fine skills by tearing pieces of construction paper and putting together a collage of different colors in our cornucopias for Thanksgiving.

I hope you are enjoying your children’s art project as I am enjoying working with them.

3rd & 4th Grade – Mrs. Connelly
After discussing Abstract Expressionism and Surrealism and looking at artwork by Joan Miro and Wassily Kandinsky, students practiced drawing images in the style of Miro and Kandinsky.  Students will also put the finishing touches on their ancient coins.  Thanksgiving is just around the corner so students will be starting projects that have a Thanksgiving theme.

1st, 2nd, 5th-8th Grade – Mrs. Shelton
The 1st and 2nd graders are weaving place mats.

The 5th and 6th graders are completing their charcoal still life.

The 6th and 7th graders are putting the finishing touches on their stain glass project and will began still-life painting.

Mrs. Barrientos, Mrs. Connelly and Ms. Shelton are looking forward to meeting parents this Friday at Parent-Teacher Conferences.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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The following students will be celebrating a birthday in the month of November.  Happy Birthday to:

If your name is missing from this list, please contact the front office and fill out a media release form.

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1A
Justin Burns II
Michelle Ramirez

1B
Alyssa Baez
Viviana Chapa
Promise Cohen
Austin Fontillas
Mia Hernandez
Ethan Manalansan
Gabriel Vega
Blaine Wells

2B
Mia Feaster
Joanna West

3A
Alyson Cruz
Faustina Ostrowski
Elizabeth Stratton

3B
Kaci Mills

4A
Kimberly Fontillas

4B
Sophia Duarte
Miranda Gonzales
Georgine Guerrero
Julian Reyes

5A
Demetrius Hinojosa-Rowland
Sydney Swayzer

6A
Kennedy Powell

7A
Rosa Araiza
Marcella Barrilleaux

8B
Jeffrey Cervenka

If your name is missing from this list, please contact the front office and fill out a media release form.

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1A
Frank Aguilar
Darrell Bagayna
Miranda Byrd
Albert Gonzalez
Elizabeth LaCaze
Taylar LaCoste
Jorge Rodriguez
Tomas Salazar
Lucy Tamez
Reagyn Walker

1B
Jonathan Arellano
Anthony Gonzales
Michael Gonzalez
Nathan Navejas
Cecilia Torres

2B
Stephen Andres
Isaias Curiel
Arlene Elizondo
Maximus Hinojosa-Rowland
Erin Ledesma
Isa Lozano
Samuel Lucio
Malik Phillips
Giselle Rivera
Fernando Ventura

3A
Anacelia Aguilar
Alessandro Alfaro
Gabe Fajardo
Michael Gutierrez
Andre Lambert
Katie Thomas
Angel Vargas

3B
Gabriel Betancourt
Mario Chapa
Brandon Delgado
Nicole Fischer
SheDarriea Griffin
Abel Hernandez
Andrew Lopez
Arturo Pozo
Anissa Rangel
Jenna Rosales

4A
Allison Alva
Emily Aranda
Audrey Blackburn
Logan Edelmann
Natalie Ensey
Michael Green
Benjamin Jones
Gabriella Lopez
Katie Marquez
Christian Vega

4B
Stephanie Aranda
Antonio Barrientos
Dylan Choate
Natalie Escanuela
Lindsey Facen
Benny Hernandez
Christian Ledesma
Dominique Weaver

5A
Landon Beach
Fernanda Corona
Steven Delgado
Robert Elizondo
Anthony Fischer
Mark Hernandez
Hailey Hunt
Gabriel Lucio
Cherish Vaughn

6A
Johana Alvarado
Avra Salters
Sydney Solis
Carina Villarreal

6B
Josef Barrilleaux
Hank Crone
Nathan Escanuela
Zachary Jaffe
Matthew Martinez
Travis Robb

7A
Angela de la Llana
Krystal Garcia
Victoria Glasco
Regina Kier
Brittany Pierce

7B
Dustin Bagayna
Michael Javier
Justin Mills

8A
Christina Brieno
Alicia Echavarria
Kayla Feaster
Hannah Johnson
Monique McCullum
Margarita Padilla
Katy Price
Nichole Romero
Dallas Swayzer

8B
Michael Benjamin
Ben Chavez
Harrison Cruz
Ryan Dooley
Miggy Fajardo
Cole Gentry
Cody Robb
Orion Salters

If your name is missing from this list, please contact the front office and fill out a media release form.

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Number of returned surveys: 89

Average Rating: 8.85

The survey used was developed by the Institute of School and Parish Development, and is an instrument used by Catholic school administrators across the nation.  A rating of 7 out of 10 is considered an ideal score.

Comments:

• Quality Catholic Education with high level of Excellence/Excellent teaching/Well rounded Education, students are academically challenged and well prepared for high school (30)
• Great teachers, administration, & staff who really care about their students (19)
• Close knit family atmosphere with parent involvement/Nurturing, supportive, safe environment (16)
• Strong Catholic tradition & values (6)
• Excellent communication between school and home/School is well organized and structured (5)

There was no overwhelming issue, or concern, presented by a significant number of families.  All other comments and suggestions appeared only once or twice, with the exception of five comments dealing with the cost of tuition.

All suggestions have been taken into serious consideration in making improvements to our educational program here at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School.

Our school administration and Advisory Council are continuing to explore ways to try to keep tuition costs as reasonable as possible for our families.

Thank you for your participation in our Summer/Fall Parent Satisfaction Survey!

The next survey will be conducted in February 2010.

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The following students will be celebrating a birthday in the month of September. Happy Birthday to:

Robert Elizondo
Georgine Guerrero
Mia Hernandez
Lilyana Rodriguez
David Salazar
Madison Haynes
Mairia Paredes
Tray Gamble
Faustina Ostrowski
Evelyn Santos
Oscar Zarate
Brichelle Anderson
Katy Price
Alyson Cruz
Alessandro Alfaro
Justin Mills
Anthony Fischer
Krystal Garcia
Joey Belcher

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