St. Ambrose School

2011-2012 School Calendar

(Please Note: The calendar may need to be changed due to weather or other emergency situations.)

August

8 / Religious Education Conference (All teachers)
15 / Faculty Meeting (Teacher Work Day) 9:00am-12:30pm
19 / Faculty Meeting (Teacher Work Day) 8:00am-2:30pm
21 / Meet and Greet after 11:00am Mass
22 / PTO Parent Meeting 7:00pm All Welcome
24 / First Day of School, Noon Dismissal
25 / Full Days Begin, 7:30am-3:00pm
30 / Mass Grade 5-8
31 / Mass Grade 1-4

September

2 / All School Mass
5 / Labor Day, NO SCHOOL
8 / All School Mass
Picture Day
9 / NO SCHOOL
Faculty Meeting (Teacher Work Day) 8:00am-3:00pm
16 / Mid Quarter
18 / St. Ambrose Parish Festival of Ministries 7:00am-12:30pm
19-23 ITBS Test Week
22 / 8th Graders High School Night at Rosati-Kain High School
24 / Spiritfest, 6-8 Grade 12:00pm- 6:00pm Camp Rockyvine
25 / St. Ambrose Parish Sick and Elderly Dinner 12:00pm-
6:00pm
27 / 8th grade Important Mandatory Meeting High School Info 6:30pm
Confirmation Info
Breakfast with Santa Info

October

2 / Respect life Sunday St. Ambrose Parish La Festa
3 / Winter Uniform Begins
Confirmation retreat-for Grade 8 at St. Marys HS
4 / Grade 8 Right Start Parent Meeting 6:30pm
7 / Living Rosary
8 / Blessing of the animals after 5:00 pm Mass
10 / PTO Special Lunch
18 / Grade 2 Reconciliation Meeting 6:30pm
21 / End of 1st Quarter
23 / World Mission Sunday
24 / Grade 6 Region 1 Mass with Archbishop Carlson – 1:00pm Saint Anthony of Padua
27 / Noon Dismissal
Parent Teacher Conferences 1:00pm- 6:00pm
28 / NO SCHOOL
Parent Teacher Conferences 9:00am- 1:00pm Trunk or Treat 6:00pm- 9:00pm

November

1 / All Saints Day All School Mass 9:00am
5 / Bellarmine Speech Meet
6 / High School Open House Daylight Savings Ends Quilt Lotto 10:30am-5:00pm
8 / Election Day
10 / All School Mass;  Brown Bag Lunch (no hot lunches)
11 / NO SCHOOL Faculty Meeting (Teacher Work Day) 8:00am-3:00pm
14 / PTO Special Lunch
15 / High School Application (8th Grade) due in the office Grade 2 Reconciliation Prayer Service 6:30pm
23 / Thanksgiving All School Mass 8:00am Noon Dismissal
Extended Care closes at 4:45pm
24-25 / NO SCHOOL
27 / Family Advent Day 2:00pm-5:00pm

30 / Prospective Parent Come and See

December

1/ Brown Bag Lunch – no hot lunch served

3 / Breakfast with Santa Set Up 9:00am- 3:00pm
4 / Breakfast with Santa 7:00am-12:00pm
 7 / Feast of St. Ambrose!
8 / Feast of Immaculate Conception All School Mass 9:00am

       All-School Christmas Concert in Church  7:00 pm

12/PTO Family Night at 5:30 p.m.  Extended Care will close at 4:45p.m.
 21 / Noon Dismissal
Christmas Break Begins
Extended Care closes at 4:45pm

January

3 / Christmas Break ends, Return to School
12 / All School Mass
13 / NO SCHOOL – Faculty Meeting (Teacher Work Day) 8:00am-3:00pm
End of 2nd Quarter
16 / NO SCHOOL Martin Luther King Day
19 / ACRE Test Grade 5 and 8

23/PTO Special Lunch

27 / 2nd quarter awards after 8 a.m. Mass
28 / St. Ambrose Parish Trivia Night
29 / Open House
       Catholic Schools Week Mass 11:00am

       Reception in Café after Mass

      Tours of the school
29 / February 3- Catholic Schools Week

February

1 / South City Skating Party at Steinberg 4:00pm
3 / Catholic Schools Week Closing Mass Appreciation Day – Blessing of the Throat
4 / Bellarmine Speech Meet

5 / Scout Sunday, 9 a.m. Mass
7 / Confirmation for Grade 8, 7:30pm
11 / World Day of the Sick
13 / PTO Special Lunch
14 / Enthronement of the Sacred Heart
20 / NO SCHOOL – Presidents Day
22 / Ash Wednesday
All School Mass 9:00am
Spelling Bee date to be determined by the Post Dispatch
Geography Bee date to be determined by the National
Geographic Society

March

6 / Grade 2 First Communion Meeting 6:30pm
8 / All School Mass
9 / NO SCHOOL
Faculty Meeting (Teacher Work Day) 8:00am-3:00pm
10 / Bellarmine Speech Meet
12 / PTO Special Lunch
14 / End of 3rd Quarter
15-20 / Spring Break
26 / NO SCHOOL
Professional Development, All Schools in South City

April

2 / Summer Uniform Begins
5 / Noon Dismissal-Holy Thursday;  NO EXTENDED CARE
6-9 / NO SCHOOL, Easter Break
10 / Return to School
16 / PTO Special Lunch

27 / Relay for Life
28 / Bellarmine Final Speech Meet

May

5 / First Communion 9:30am
8 / School Picnic 9:00am-4:00pm
9 / Rain Date Picnic
10 / All School Mass
House Olympic Day Field Day
11 / NO SCHOOL
Faculty Meeting (Teacher Work Day) 8:00am-3:00pm
End of the 4th Quarter ( Grade 8 )
14-16 / Grade 8 Exams
17 / Grade 8 Mystery Day
18 / End of the 4th Quarter
Graduation Mass 7:00pm. Extended Care will close at 4:45p.m.
20 / Alumni Mass and Breakfast
23-25 / Exams (Grade 6-7)
25 / Last Full Day of Classes
28 / NO SCHOOL
Memorial Day
29 / Field Day Grade K-5 (IPC Lunch)
30 / All School Assembly
Rain Date Field Day
31 / Last Day of School – 8:00am Mass, Awards Ceremony.  No Extended Care.