PRAYER REQUESTS
Please pray for Joe Hill, husband of former CSSE teacher and librarian Lynn Hill, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. Continue to pray for Thi Pham, mother of Sophia, Celine and Sienna Pham, who is recovering from surgery.

If you would like to include something in the Prayer Requests section, please contact Kristin Goodale at [email protected]

IMPORTANT DATES
Today                 School Mass, 8:15am 
                          CSSE Food Drive! (Oct 29-Nov 9)
Tomorrow           Spirit Day!
Fri, Nov 9           Gala Sign Up Event - Bedlam Free Dress Day
                           Ice Cream Day!
                           Scotch & Cigars Event - Hosted by Dad's Club, 7:0pm
Nov 10-16           CSSE Book Fair!
Nov 13                 Thanksgiving Parent Lunch (New Date!)
Nov 17                 Turkey Bingo! 6:00pm, School Gym
Nov 19-23           NO SCHOOL! - Thanksgiving Break
Check the calendar on the school webpage for more!

SCHOOL NEWS

Uniform Update from Mrs. Goldsworthy
After much review and consideration, I am removing the policy "No shorts from Nov. 1st through Spring Break." Students may continue to wear uniform shorts throughout the school year.  This also applies to the new Lands End skort that was introduced in September.

In Oklahoma, we have many nice weather days during our late fall to winter months.  Children are very active in both elementary and middle school. Dressing a child for school is the responsibility of the family, and I trust that you will be weather-aware each day as you assist your child in his/her uniform choice.

Circle of Grace
During the week of Nov. 12th-16th during your child’s regular religious education time, the Circle of Grace curriculum will be taught. The aim of this program is to teach children how to be safe, protect themselves, and communicate any potential danger. In the Church’s desire to help keep your children safe, the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City requires that all children and young people participating in religious education in any parish  
or Catholic school in the Archdiocese receive this instruction. If you have any questions, concerns or would like to review the curriculum, please contact Mrs. Ison.

Have You Signed Up for the Gala's Bedlam Free Dress Day for Your Child?
Bedlam Free Dress Day is November 9th! If you did not purchase this at the gala you can still purchase free dress for your child(ren).  Cost is $20 per child. Children may wear Sooner or Cowboy gear to show who they think is the best team in Oklahoma. Hats and athletic clothing are allowed. The team with the most representation gets to hear their fight song on the PA system! Who knows, maybe our principal will don the winning team's jersey? This can be purchased through the Gala website at: http://www.StEugeneGala.com and Checks can be made out to St Eugene Gala and dropped off in the office.

Aftercare Seeking Assistant Director
The aftercare program is looking for an energetic, kind, children loving individual to be the new assistant director. During the school year it will be approximately 15 hours a week. Summer camp would be 35 to 40 hours a week
If interested please call Jenny Blevins at 405 535 1975

Announcing New Aftercare Pricing!
We are making our drop in rate more family friendly. The drop in rate for one child is $10 an hour, the new rate for multiple children in a family will be $15 an hour. We are hoping that this change will make aftercare more affordable for families that utilize it on a drop in basis.

CSSE Book Fair Is Coming: Nov. 10th-16th
There's nothing like the excitement of the school Book Fair! Look through the book fair preview flyers that will go home soon, and tell your kids to start saving their allowances! The Book Fair will have a variety of fantastic new books, great series, craft kits, and other fun items! It's also a great time to pick up Christmas gifts while supporting the school. For added ease, we have an online Book Fair going on at the same time. When you place your order online by Nov. 26th, you'll be guaranteed FREE shipping (to the school) in time for Christmas! scholastic.com/bf/steugeneschool3 Online shopping begins Nov. 6th.

The Book Fair is the library's only fundraiser, and we need your support so we can replace well-loved books, purchase new books, materials, and in-demand series, and maintain our library. We love seeing happy little bookworms!

Book Fair Sign Up
Our St. Eugene Scholastic Book Fair opens Saturday morning, November 10th and runs through Friday morning, November 16th. We could use a few more volunteers to help in the library during the book fair with sales and helping people find what they need. No previous experience necessary and it's a great way to earn time & talent hours! If you have any questions please contact, Laura Chouinard at [email protected]
signupgenius.com/go/4090f48afa72ca2f49-book

New School Recycling Station
Have you seen the green lockers in the art hallway? They are actually a new recycling station put together by the Green Team! Students researched common school materials that can be recycled, and created collection baskets for dried up markers, broken crayons (paper removed if possible), foil drink pouches, and foil wrappers like those that go around granola bars. We may add more items over time. Feel free to drop off these items for recycling (dry and crumb-free please). Green Team will sort and send to the appropriate recycling facilities as needed.Thank you for helping us Go Green, St. Eugene!
 



Save the Date! Thanksgiving Parent Lunch - Nov 13!
Save the date for our upcoming annual Thanksgiving Parent Lunch on Tuesday, November 13 during your child's regular lunch period. This is a new date from the original, so be sure to update your calendars! Details on signing-up for lunch and volunteering to come!

CSSE Food Drive and Competition Is Underway!
CSSE is hosting a Food Drive event and competition from October 29 through November 9! The 4th grade class is leading the food drive as their SALT service project to help feed the hungry. Houses and grades will be combined to form teams. Each team will be collecting non-perishable food items to be donated to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. For the competition, the team with the most donated items will win a Sonic drink party! Examples of items to donate are: 
-canned protein like chicken, tuna, chili, beans, etc.
-dry white or brown rice
-canned vegetables and fruit
-dry pasta and pasta sauces
-boxed cereal
-boxed dinners (mac and cheese, hamburger helper, etc)
-granola bars
Nearly 50 million Americans, including 13 million children, are food insecure. Food drives are an excellent way to make a significant impact in our community!

Dad's Club Scotch & Cigars Event
The Dad's Club from the Catholic School of Saint Eugene Parish will hold our annual Scotch and Cigars event on Friday, November 9th in the backyard of the parish rectory.  The event starts at 7 pm.
The primary goal of the evening is fun and fellowship with our parish priests and others who can appreciate a nice dram of Scotch and a cigar.
We are asking for a gift of $25 per participant to help cover the costs of the event. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the Principal's Discretionary Fund so our new principal has some extra-budgetary funds to enhance the school and educational experience.
Jeff Simpson from Provisions Fine Beverage Purveyors and Sean Tilly from Sean's Wine and Spirits will be providing a variety of scotches for us to sample.
For those who came last year, I am going to bring a bottle of 2017 favorite - Glenmorangie Milsean 
Please go to steugenes.org/scotch and register today!
Then, please promote the event with your friends!
If you are unable to come but would still like to support the Principal's Fund, please go to the same website to make a tax deductible gift. 
Thanks for supporting the Catholic school of Saint Eugene!
If you have any questions, please contact Peter de Keratry at: [email protected] or 405-212-7551.



School Counselor at Saint Eugene
Saint Eugene is very fortunate to have Maureen Hoffman returning this year. She is a retired school counselor and this is her third year at Saint Eugene. She will see students on Thursdays. Please contact Susan Ison at [email protected] for more information, or if you would like your child to meet with her. 

Sixth Grade Girl Scouts Donate to Center of Family Love
CSSE Girl Scout Troop 322 began in kindergarten as Daisies under the leadership of Liz Metz. The girls bridged to Brownies, then Juniors. As the girls considered transitioning to the next level, it was clear it was time to close the sweet chapter of Girl Scouting.
Part of disbanding a troop is distributing supplies and funds. Supplies were handed off to a younger Brownie troop at CSSE, and the funds – over $560! – were donated to The Center of Family Love, the residential home for adults with intellectual disabilities in Okarche. On October 17, Nellie Sanders, philanthropy director for the center, came to the school to accept the donation and talk to the sixth grade class about the center’s mission and purpose. This talk served as a perfect introduction to the class’s SALT focus, which is Ability Awareness. We are proud of our sixth grade, former Girl Scouts for their generosity! They are Ana Barrios, Blair Billen-Mills, Cori Seymour, Hannah Earley, Harper Blevins, Karen Bustillo, Olivia Metz, Rebecca Horn, Taylor Davidson, and Zoe Robinson.


ST. EUGENE PARISH NEWS

Domestic Church Info Session
Interested in growing in holiness together with your spouse and building a
community of fellow Catholic families? Come hear more about the
growing Domestic Church movement! Alex and Sarah Schimpf will share
their story and explain the basic practices of the movement at an
informational session at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the St. Eugene
Rectory, 10716 Greystone Ave. Cheese and wine will be served, and free
childcare is available. Contact Nicole Hughes at 405-361-2359 or
[email protected] to RSVP.

Advent Booklets - Envelope Stuffing Party
When: Nov 15, 9 am - until we're done
Where: Meeting Room 3
Why: We have the opportunity to send out Advent Booklets this year to all of our parishioners and we need your help getting them out!
Please set aside a little bit of time (even if you can't stay the whole time) to come help us seal and send this years Advent booklets. We will provide coffee & donuts, if you will all help provide the fellowship. We are trying to make this Advent a Season of Service, so this is a perfect way to help kickstart that. Hope to see you there!