Prairie Catholic Weekly
Newsletter
Grandparents Day/Mardi Gras – Great time
was had by all! We had an amazing turn
out! We cannot thank Mrs. Kirschbaum
enough for the wonderful meal served! The
7th graders and parents had many fun
games for the students to play! Just a very
enjoyable day! Thanks to everyone who
attended!
February 15, 2018
Lil’ Saints Learning Center- With the Christmas
season come and gone, your kids may have
some new toys. But if they have a few that
they don't play with anymore or maybe out
grown, you still have the chance to be
generous. Lil’ Saints Learning Center is looking
for gently used toys, books, music for ages 2-4.
(Especially 2 & 3 year olds) Donations can be
dropped off at the Learning Center during
regular business hours.
Thank you in advance for
your assistance.
Forensics – The Middle School students have
been working very hard preparing for the in-
school forensics competition which will be
held on Monday, February 26th. Students will
be competing in the afternoon with the top
three place winners advancing to the area
forensics competition at BluffView on Tuesday
March 6th. Good luck to all!
Arts Midwest World Fest – Ondekoza – Prairie
Catholic student’s grades 2nd – 8th will be
attending a workshop on Tuesday, February
20th at BluffView. Ondekoza is a professional
taiko drumming troupe based at the foot of
Mr. Fuji in Japan. The school has
complimentary family tickets, if your family
would be interested in going, please contact
the office.
Parent/Teachers Conferences-
Parent/Teachers conferences will be held on
Thursday, March 1st from 4:00 to 8:00pm. This
second conference is not a required meeting,
however teachers may request a conference.
Please see the enclosed form. Any parent
wishing to visit with their child’s teacher is
welcome to set up a time. Any questions, feel
free to contact the school.
Math Counts – Prairie Catholic competed in
the Math Counts competition on
Wednesday, February 14th. Congratulations
to Matthias Gerhards and Ryan Waller for
competing in the Count Down Round
individually. The school would like to thank Coming Home Today
Below is the information coming home this
all the students who participated this year.
week. If you have any questions, please
These students give up recess time to work contact the school office.
on math problems! They are Matthias
Gerhards, Katelyne Lutz, Ava Hager, Ashlyn Newsletter
Knapp, Ryan Waller, Dawson Eastman, Weekly Church Bulletin
Allison Lindner and Max Schneider. Thank Parent/Teacher Conference Sign-up sheet
you students for representing PCS! 6th Grade Fundraisers information

STATIONS OF THE CROSS – on the Friday’s

during lent, students will be attending
Stations of the Cross at 2:45 p.m. Students will
be dismissed immediately following.
Box Top For Education – To receive our
reimbursement check for this year from Box
Tops for Education, they must be mailed in
by the end of this month. Please bring all
your labels into the office by Monday,
February 26th. A collection sheet went home
last Thursday with the weekly information.
This has been a worthwhile project for our
school. Thanks to Rhonda Stubbe for all her
hard work in getting the labels ready and
mailing them. We will continue to save
labels for next year.
Diocesan Religious Testing – Our 5th and 8th
grade students will be participating in the
Diocesan Religious Testing over the next two
weeks. The students already completed the
on-line “Attitudes and Practices” survey.
Upcoming Events
February 16th – Stations of the Cross – 2:45pm
February 16th – Mid Term 3
February 20th – Arts Midwest-Ondekoza
February 22nd – Progress Report going home
February 23rd – Hard Work Counts
February 26th – Middle School Forensics
March 1st – Parent/Teacher Conferences
March 2nd – No School
March 3rd – Anniversary Celebration Mass-
10:00am
March 5th – Grade 3 to Crossing River Assisted
Living
March 6th – Forensic at BluffView
March 10th – First Communion Retreat
March 14th – Kindergarten Screening
March 16th – Holy Family Fish Fry

Prayer – O God, in your mercy, lead us

through this Lenten season. Give us the
strength of will to turn away from sin. Let this
be a time of healing, a time to return to you
with all our hearts. Amen