From the Faith and Sacraments Committee
The Casual Day money from this Thursday will be donated to the Pro Papa Missions-America. The Parish Nurse, Rita, will use the money to buy medicine and medical supplies for the people in Honduras. Thanks to your generosity, so many people's lives can be saved!

Box Tops for Education
The counts are in and three homerooms brought in over 1000 boxtops! Incredible! David House had the most Box Tops of any of the homerooms in school. They will receive a pizza lunch for the whole homeroom. The money gained from turning in the box tops has enabled the school to purchase new shades for the windows in the classrooms. They are heavier than the old ones and more sturdy for classroom use. Please continue to collect the Box Tops and Campbell’s labels. We certainly use the money to make improvements around the school.

Professional Development for our Teachers

• Mrs. Kathy McIver (5th grade) and Sr. Margaret Mary Stoverink (4th grade) attended an INTERFACE seminar at the Lake of the Ozarks. The seminar concentrated on math and science concepts, lesson plans, symposiums with professors from various universities, and an enormous array of internet and team board information/sites to complement and reinforce lessons within a curriculum.
• Mrs. Ann Grandstaff and Mrs. Anne Henning attended another installment of their QUEST seminars. They traveled to to MIZZOU in Columbia for this seminar. This installment consisted of all of the QUEST teachers coming together to support one another and to share with one another. Everyone got to share their success stories and also got to ask for advice and instruction on how to improve on things that they feel may not be going as well as others. They also received information on how to implement the 5 E’s across the grades and not just with grades 3 and 4. The 5 E’s are: Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation.

Student St. Joseph Altar
The Students of St. Ambrose will have a St. Joseph altar on Thursday, March 18. That morning, Msgr. Bommarito will bless the altar and the bread at 8:00 am, and then the items on the altar will be available for purchase. Families are encouraged to bring in individually wrapped items for the altar. The items can be home-made or store-bought.

Special Intentions
Contact Debbie Hilderbrand if you wish to include any prayer intention in the newsletter. We are a prayerful community and wish to provide this avenue of support for any special needs.  This week's prayer intentions are:  Msgr. Bommarito, Mrs. Kathy McIver, Mrs. DiMartino, Mrs. King's mom,
John Mitchell (collar bone injury), Ashley's mom, John M's great grandma, Abbey's dad, Gabby's cousin, Sofia, neighbor, and grandpa, Maria's uncle, John B's grandpa, Kaitlyn's uncle, Camryn's grandpa, Eli's Uncle Matt, Rosie's grandma and cousin, Maddie, Karac's dad, Sam's mom, Maddie's grandpa, Pro-life, Fr. Bill, Sr. Carol, For the safety of all workers, Those serving overseas, our grandparents, the sick, the homeless and those without heat, for all people in our communities to get along, the economy to improve, the people and helpers in Haiti, and expectant mothers