<p align="center"><b>WEDNESDAY LETTER</b></p>
<p align="center"><b>January 8, 2014</b></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center">Dear Parents,</p>
<b>                </b>Happy New Year! We are delighted to welcome everyone back to school for Semester II. There is plenty of excitement and activity on campus this month and much news to share, so thanks for giving your attention to this Wednesday Letter publication J.

We would like to congratulate Stacie &amp; Khris Kolnicki on the arrival of baby Kuper who was born on January 3 at 2:22 PM. He is a healthy and happy 6 lb., 19 in. bundle of joy! Taking Stacie’s place in the office for the month of January is Mrs. Janet Laverty. Emails and voicemails sent to Stacie will be answered by Mrs. Laverty.

Enclosed this week is your child’s Quarter 2 report card. Teachers look forward to discussing your child’s progress and answering your questions at conferences this week. Thank you for partnering with us to help make the second semester successful!

Peace for the New Year,

Ms.  Moreau

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<p align="center"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS</span></b></p>
<b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES</span></b>

School will dismiss at 12:30 this <b>Thursday, January 9 and </b>there is no school this <b>Friday, January 10</b> for conferences. All conferences are held in the homeroom teacher’s classroom unless otherwise noted on your appointment form. Conferences are very tightly scheduled, so on time arrivals and departures are greatly appreciated J. If you cannot attend your conference, please call or email Ms. Moreau directly to have it rescheduled. <b></b>

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<b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">WINTERFEST 2014!!!</span></b>

There is a WinterFest Committee meeting at <b>6 PM today, Wednesday, January 8 in Room 11</b>.  All committee members are expected to attend.  The next meeting will be on <b>Wednesday, January 15 at 6 PM.</b>

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<b>Volunteer Hours for WinterFest:</b>

Here is your chance to participate in the WinterFest and get your volunteer hours in.  Please fill out the enclosed volunteer form with the hours and day(s) that you are available and how many adults or teens will be participating. Once we receive your form, a letter will be sent home with your job assignment and hours.  We will do our best to accomodate everyone’s schedule.  It will take the entire school community to make this event well run and be successful.  I look forward to achieving 100% family support for our event!  Please send forms back right away so you can get your preferred time.

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<b>Cow Pie Bingo Raffle Tickets:</b>

Cow Pie Bingo Raffle tickets will be given to you at your child’s conference or sent home on Monday.  Please look for them.  Each family will be given 20 tickets to sell.  We are asking for a $5 donation for each ticket.  More tickets are available once the first 20 are sold by contacting the school and asking for Bonnie Ross.  If you are not able to sell the tickets, please return unsold tickets by <b>Thursday, January 23</b>.  Please try to do your best to sell 20 tickets to help achieve our goal.  We can do it!!! The winner will receive $1,000 cash!  Good luck!!

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<b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">PARENTING WITH LOVE &amp; LOGIC WORKSHOP – SCHEDULE CHANGE</span></b>

The schedule for the Love &amp; Logic Workshop is given below. <b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Please note that there is a change to the schedule: There will not be class on Tuesday, January 21<sup>st</sup>.  The schedule will be extended and the last class will be MARCH 3.</span></b>

CLASSES WILL BE HELD FROM 6:30-8:30 PM on: Jan. 13 &amp; 27,  Feb. 3, 10 &amp; 24   and Mar. 3.  If you signed up for this conference, we look forward to seeing you for the first class on Monday, January 13 at 6:30 PM in <b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">ROOM 11</span></b>.

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<b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">HOME &amp; SCHOOL  ASSOCIATION MEETING</span></b>

Our next meeting will take place on <b>Thursday, January 16 at 6:30 PM </b> at Riverside Church. Thank you for giving your precious time to support our school activities!!

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<b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">CLUB NEWS</span></b>      <b><i></i></b>
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	<li><b><i>Lego Club </i></b>meets on Tuesdays. The club will meet for 8 weeks through January 14, from 3:30-4:30. <b></b></li>
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<b><i>THE LAST LEGO CLUB MEETING IS JANUARY 14.</i></b>
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	<li><b><i>De LaSalle Chorale</i></b> (chorus) rehearses on Thursdays after school, 3:30-4:30.</li>
	<li><b><i>Drama Club, in partnership with the Florida Reparatory Theater </i></b>is starting up a new session on <b>Monday, January 13, 3:30-5:00</b> for the next round of participants in Grades 4-12. If your child is interested in joining this session, please complete the enclosed form. SPACE IS LIMITED. The deadline to sign up is tomorrow. This club is generously underwritten by a local donor, so there’s no fee. This session is open to all students in Gr. 4-12.</li>
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<b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">SPORTS NEWS</span>       A schedule for the month of January is enclosed with this Wednesday Letter<i></i></b>
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	<li><b>MIDDLE SCHOOL Basketball </b>practice is every Tuesday and Thursday, 4:15-5:30 PM. Homework time is provided from 3:30-4:15. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">There is a middle school game scheduled against Cape Coral Christian at 3:30 on Feb. 3. Parents must pick students up immediately after the game in Cape Coral.</span></li>
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	<li><b>VARSITY Basketball </b> practice is every Monday and Thursday, 3:30-5:00. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">There is a Varsity game scheduled against Cape Coral Christian at 4:45 on January 16. Parents must pick students up immediately after the game in Cape Coral.</span><i></i></li>
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	<li><b>Cheerleading </b>practice takes place on Monday and Thursday from 4:00-5:00. <b></b></li>
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<b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">CALENDAR REMINDERS</span></b>

Jan. 9                     12:30 Dismissal – Parent Conferences

Jan. 10                  No School – Parent Conferences

Jan. 16                  Home &amp; School Meeting – 6:30 PM, Riverside Church

Jan. 20                  No School – MLK, Jr. Holiday

Jan. 24                  12:30 Dismissal – De LaSalle WinterFest

Jan. 25                  WinterFest