CareNet Advent Diaper Drive, we were happy to practice our virtue this month - GENEROSITY. We as a school collected 6,975 diapers!  Our top three classes in diaper donation are 4th, 6th and 1st grades.  Way to Go Crusaders!

On February 6th and 7th we held our classroom spelling bees.  The winners from each class get to participate in the nextgrade level bee.  Our winners are: 
2nd Grade-1st place-Benson Glenn, winning word family, 2nd place-Emmery Meeks
3rd Grade-1st place-Bree Pollard, winning word boasted, 2nd place Benson Glenn
4th Grade-1st place-Isabella Valdez, winning word axis, 2nd place Alden Hobbs & Gracie Vermedahl
5th Grade-1st place-Maggie Meeks, winning word refined, 2nd place Isabella Valdez
6th Grade-1st place-Maggie Meeks, winning word beneath, 2nd place Teresa McDaniel

We held an all school bee on February 20.  Students had the option of participating.  We had 13 students participate.  Our school winner is Maggie Meeks with the winning word tangled.  Mia Numoz placed 2nd and Emmery Meeks placed 3rd.  Maggie will go on to Amarillo and represent us in the Amarillo Globe News Spelling Bee on March 23.  Congratulations to all these spellers!.  

Author and former second grade teacher Connie Perez visited the students and shared her book.  She talked about how she got into painting due to her Parkinsons Disease.  She has a second book at the publisher now and asked the students to help her with a third book.  If you didn't get a chance to purchase one of her books, she will have them at The Pear Tree and 218 Marketplace.


 

Since 2009, classrooms nationwide have collected and donated over 730,000 pajamas to at-risk children through Pajama Program, and Scholastic Book Clubs has more than matched that number by donating over one million books.  
Pajama Program, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, promotes and supports a comforting bedtime routine for children affected by instability to help them thrive. Pajama Program was founded in 2001 and has delivered more than 6 million good nights for good days. Through its work with its 4,000 community partners, which are community-based organizations across the country that serve children from birth through 18 years, Pajama Program endeavors to create a world where good nights are good days for all children, everywhere.
This year our 4th grade class participated and raised 27 pajamas.  Way to go 4th grade!

Students at St. Anthony School participated in a NUT (No Uniform Today) Fundraiser to help the Dalhart Police Department purchase a new sign for their station.  St. Anthony students raised over $400 to help out!  Great job, Crusaders!  We are proud of you!