Winner will be announced on May 20th at the School Picnic, but need not be present.

Registration for 2008-2009 School Year
Registration of new students is currently under way. Please help to promote St. Ambrose School among relatives, friends, and neighbors. The focus in the month of March is on Kindergarten registration, with readiness screening taking place on Wednesday, March 12.

Recycle!
Our school recycled 10 tons of paper in the last two months, thanks to all of you. We are very close to our goal of 35 tons and winning a prize in the Paper Recycling contest! Please remember to recycle your newspapers, magazines, catalogs, and school papers everyday. After we win $1,000, we will contribute our prize to the playground fund. So please recycle and bring the paper to our school bins on Hereford, across from the Soccer Lot. We need nine tons by March 31. With everybody’s help we can reach our goal. Thank you.

The Archdiocesan Tuition Grant Applications for 2008 - 2009 are available at the rectory OR go online at www.factstuitionaid.com.

A Couple of Changes to Note

• Mrs. Kar is expecting a baby, due the first week in April. We wish her a healthy delivery and recovery. Mrs. Mandy Longland will be substituting until Mrs. Kar returns in August. Mrs. Gambaro is taking a temporary leave of absence to shift into "grandma mode" through the end of the school year. She will be returning in the summer and will continue to be available from home for questions, particularly on Parent Participation and Protecting God's Children compliance. Feel free to contact her via Fast Direct or by phone. We all know she'll look forward to talking with adults once in a while!
• Two snow days were built into the schedule, but having taken three this year, we need to arrange a make-up day. Consequently, April 28--originally scheduled as a day off--will be a regular school day, as now noted in the Calendar.

Yearbook Order Forms have gone home for those who wish to purchase.  One is also available on Fast Direct if needed.

Box Tops Contest
The winning class was Mrs. Elmore’s Third Grade Homeroom. Congratulations to them. They will be receiving a Pizza Lunch for their efforts. As a school, we collected 13,228 box tops and 11,035 labels. Thank you to Mrs. Angie Kaestner and her staff for all of their hard work in preparing, cutting, and counting the box tops and labels. Thank you everyone for supporting this effort. We will be collecting both of these items again in the Fall, so continue to save those box tops and labels!

Other Easy Ways to Show Your Support
St. Ambrose eMall: Purchase products and services from the more than 400 participating online merchants. In return, participating merchants will contribute a predetermined percentage of each purchase to 4OurCause for St. Ambrose. Click the Shop Online and Help the School link on Fast Direct.
Recycle Your Ink Jet Cartridges, Paper, and Aluminum Cans: This free program generates money for St. Ambrose and helps protect the environment. Simply drop the cartridges off in the cafeteria and the paper and cans in the bins on Hereford.
Target's Take Charge of Education Program: Apply for a Target REDcard or Visa and 1% of your purchases are returned to your designated school.
Foot Locker School Rewards and Flowers into Dollars: Present the key tags recently sent home at Foot Locker stores or shop online at footlocker.com and 1-800-flowers.com, using our School Code WL3B when checking out. Whatever your method of payment, 5% of what you spend will be donated to St. Ambrose.
Macy's Shop for Education Program: Sign up to support St. Ambrose and every time you use your Macy's card, the school earns money. Complete the flyer sent home this week and return to the office to start earning from 1 to 3 percent of your monthly charged purchases at Macy's.
Internet Search Website: Search the web with www.goodsearch.com and money from their advertisers will go to your favorite charity.

Common Sense Parenting One of the parts of our School Improvement “Validating the Vision” process is our Catholic Identity. We want to share what the students are doing currently. Each grade of St. Ambrose attends Mass twice weekly, including the All School Mass on Fridays at 8:00 am. During Lent, all students and teachers attend Stations of the Cross each Friday at 2:30 pm in church. Grades 2-8 had the opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation for Lent on February 25th and 26th. The second graders will be making their First Holy Communion on April 12, 2008, and the seventh and eighth graders will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation on April 7, 2008. Both the Communicants and Confirmandi have scheduled days of retreat to assist them in preparing for their sacraments. Thank you to the teachers and parents who have also been busy preparing the children for these sacraments.