Charger Chatter
October 29 , 2018
Thank you to all of our families and staff for celebrating the Blessing of the Gardens last week!
It was a beautiful tribute to all those involved!
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES NOW OPEN!
Conferences are November 8, 2018, from 3:30-8:00 PM and November 9, 2018, from 8:00 AM-12:00 PM. 

Conferences are with the Homeroom teacher ONLY.
Specials Teachers are also available if needed!

All Conference need to be scheduled through Option C.
EDUCATIONAL APPAREL WILL BE AT ST. CHARLES
TODAY OCTOBER 29TH FROM 2:30 TO 6PM
IN THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA.
VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION AT ST. CHARLES!
St. Charles School would like to honor all of our parish veterans with a luncheon on Monday, November 12th at 12:30 pm.
A Veteran’s Day ceremony will follow lunch at 1:15 pm with our entire school. Please RSVP to Click here to email Mr. Bertke . 
Mr. Bertke's email was incorrect last week so please resubmit.

VETERANS BULLETIN BOARD!
Also as a part of our honoring our veterans, we would like to create a collage of pictures of our veterans. Please send in copies of pictures of family or friends who have served to help fill our school bulletin board. Please do not send original photographs as we will not be able to return them to you. 
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD COMING TO STC!

Is your 5 th -8 th  grade child interested in Science Olympiad? We are currently organizing the St. Charles Science Olympiad team for this year. The team practices every other week and attends local competitions doing STEM-related projects.

If you missed our informational meeting but you are interested, please email coach Mike Thuente at  Michael.thuente@alterhs.org  for more information or to sign your child up for this year’s team.
St. Charles Friends raised just under $1000 for LLS in honor of fourth grader Henry Kaufman. It was a wonderful night! At the end of the walk Honoree Henry was there to meet his team at the finish line!
ATTENTION 2 nd  GRADE FAMILIES 
It is time for our Church Tour!  This is a parent and child event for families with 2nd graders preparing to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation and First Eucharist this year. Siblings are welcome! The dates for the tour are:
Monday, October 29 at 7:00 pm
Please pick the date that works best for you.   If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Erin Fanning:   Click here to email Mrs. Fanning  or 434-9272.
In Spanish, all students celebrate the Day of the Dead to honor all of our loved ones that have passed. Please send in a copy of a photo of a lost love one. On the back of photo please put students name, grade and homeroom teacher.
Stay up on PTO news!
Click on months below to see notes from the latest PTO September and October Meetings.
All parents are always welcome to attend monthly PTO meetings.
LIBRARY UPDATE
STEM FUNDING FROM PTO

The school PTO generously donated $1,000 to the library for STEM books. So far I have purchased 23 STEM books for a total of $494.45. The 23 books were displayed at a PTO meeting and a list was provided to the PTO.
 This summer I uploaded the library collection for analysis and looked at the data to determine the areas of the collection that needed to be addressed in the STEM fields. Then I looked at book reviews and read books to find the best books for our collection. I plan on purchasing again in January and using the remainder of the money. 
You can search our library collection online at  https://acld.follettdestiny.com . After you select St. Charles School and you can preview books, download e-books, audio books and Lightbox titles. If you have any questions, please contact me at  mbrown@stcharleskettering.org
Thank you for your support of the library!
Margaret Brown
St. Charles School utilizes the Crayola Colorcycle program.
A bin in located in the main lobby if you would like to bring in your expired markers!
St. Charles Welcomes Rory Cooney!

Rory Cooney, pastoral musician and liturgical composer, will be holding a concert at St. Charles on Saturday, November 3 at 7:00 p.m. The choir and other music ministers at St. Charles will accompany Rory during the concert. Rory's compositions include "Canticle of the Turning," "Jerusalem, My Destiny," "We Will Serve the Lord," and "Change Our Hearts." Please join us for a joyful evening in anticipation of our patron saint's feast day!