"Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy." Matthew 25:23
No matter how old I get, every time I would go to leave my parents' home, my dad's words would always be, "Keep me proud." Those words echo in my mind as we look toward the Gospel reading for this coming weekend. We typically hope to do well, accomplish goals, and show how responsible we can be with all sorts of obligations. I constantly witness this in our classrooms, hallways and gym each day as our kids strive to be more responsible, respectful and safe in order to be a "good and faithful servant" of the Lord we aim to glorify.
At times, we fall VERY short of good and faithful and do not take care of the "small matters" He mentions. But the most important part is what we do next. Hopefully, we regain our composure and focus, and look to do the next RIGHT thing. We try (again) to keep Him proud, show Him we are faithful, and that we will be responsible - even with the everyday, mundane tasks we complete with kindness! For we hope to share in true, pure JOY with Him, and to hear our Heavenly Father one day say to us, "Well done."
As we look forward to celebrating the sacrament of Confirmation this weekend, please pray for our 8th grade students who will be saying "yes" to being ambassadors of Jesus Christ as they reaffirm their Baptismal promises. If you would like to write them an encouraging note, there are cards and envelopes available in the Cathedral.
Thankfully Yours,
Mrs. Stoffel
Picture Retakes 📸
Book Fair Fun 📚🍩
Stop by before school to shop the Book Fair before heading over to celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception Mass!
Lunch Calendar 🍽️
If you're available to help prepare lunches and serve our kids, please consider signing up to volunteer by clicking here!
Dine Out at Mama's! 🍕
Figure Skating
Registration and payment online at www.FSCOmaha.org for Winter 2023!
Computer Science Event
Explore the wonders of Computer Science on December 2nd from 2-5 PM at Prairie STEM! Sign up at bit.ly/CSEd2023
Cafeteria & Lunch Updates
We are happy to have Stasia Bakhit as our Cafeteria Manager this year! We appreciate your patience during the first quarter, and will now begin sending out lunch balance notices on a monthly basis. You can check your lunch balance at any time by logging into your family Sycamore account. If you have any questions or need assistance logging in please email Ms. Jen (jsupancheck@stcecilia.net).
Lunch Cost Information:
$3.50 (meal + milk)
$1.10 extras (only on pizza days students in grades 3 -8th may order an extra slice)
$.40 milk only
Free & Reduced lunch families
Free $0 (meal +milk)
Free + extra $1.10
Reduced $.40 (meal +milk)
Reduced + extra $1.50
How to pay on your lunch account:
- Cash or Check to the school office
- Credit/Debit Cards currently not excepted
- EFT is available ONLY if you want the same amount to come out every month on the 15th with tuition. Please email Ms. Jen for detailed instructions and the amount to apply.
Other Updates:
- An alternate B lunch will begin on November 6th.
- At this time extras will continue to be only pizza days for grades 3-8.
- Additional questions please email- Ms. Jen: jsupancheck@stcecilia.net
- Ms. Bakhit: sbakhit@stcecilia.net
