St. Anthony School will continue the program to monitor and improve our Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in our school. We want to provide a safe, comfortable, and productive environment for our faculty, staff and students. The school will utilize the guidelines provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to prevent IAQ problems and respond to any IAQ issues that may arise. Our Maintenance Supervisor, Leroy Wilson, oversees the program in our school. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Leroy at 812-282-2144.

Thanks to everyone who purchased PTO SCRIP certificates last year. The SCRIP program will be continued during the 2018-2019 school year. Projected sales dates are listed below. Scrip is a term that means “substitute money”. When school families and parishioners buy scrip, they are purchasing negotiable gift certificates and prepaid cards that are used just like cash. They can be used to purchase everyday expenditures like food, clothing, gifts, and other essentials. Every scrip purchase earns revenue for the school. The program is very easy to use. I will place an order approximately once a month. Order forms will be in the Bear Facts and on the parish website. You choose the gift certificates you want to buy and then return the form and payment to school by the due date. The following week, scrip certificates will be available for pick-up in the school office. The school earns from two to fifteen percent of the face value of the scrip. The deadline for the first scrip order will be August 17th. Checks need to be made to St. Anthony PTO. Place the order form and payment in an envelope labeled PTO Scrip and turn it in to the office. If you have questions, please contact me. Thank you, Denise Lewis 945-0501 August 17 January 11 September 21 February 8 October 19 March 8 November 9 April 5 December 7 May 10

One of the most valuable life skills a student can learn from his/her parent/guardian is the responsibility of arriving at school every day on time. This skill can easily be accomplished and will transfer as a valuable asset for the future. One of the most important times of the school day is the morning. This is a time for students to prepare for the day. Students can miss valuable instruction time by being late in the morning. The whole tone of a child’s school day is set in the first part of the day. Please help support your children in learning habits that will help them be successful at school and throughout life. Consequences for excessive tardiness per quarter 1st tardy-Warning 2nd tardy-Warning 3rd tardy-Warning letter to parent 4th tardy-Detention to be served After the initial 4 tardies, the student will serve a detention for each additional tardy. If a child serves 4 or more detentions in a quarter, then a meeting will be set up with parents and Principal to discuss further consequences.

Due to scheduling, the recess of some classes will have to take place in the afternoon. We ask that for the safety of our students and your children, you not line up for dismissal on the 3-8 side until 2:00 PM.

Once again this year, the school will be sponsoring the Paragon Catalog Sales. The catalogs are coming home today and the return date is August 22nd. We would encourage you to look at the catalog and if possible to place an order. All the profits go to help the school with projects.

This year we will enforce the rule that says once a school lunch account is $10 in the negative; students will not be allowed to buy a hot lunch in the cafeteria. They always have the option of bringing their lunch or else they will get peanut butter and crackers or cheese and crackers. We ask that you keep money in your child’s account.

All students who ordered a school yearbook will receive it on Wednesday, August 8th. If you did not order a yearbook, the office will have some extra ones if you are interested in purchasing one. The cost of the yearbook will be $20.00.