Dear Alumni,
Here at the school the children are
excitedly preparing for their annual Halloween celebration. We hope
you will take the opportunity to view photos of the event; we will post
them next week on our website at www.steliznyc.org/photos.asp.
Graduation
Photos Needed
As we celebrate the school's 70th
Anniversary, we are preparing a very special issue of the Annual Report,
with photos of many of the graduating classes. We are looking
for the 8th grade photos of the following classes: 1961,
1976, 1981, 1986 and 1991. Can you
help? Photos will be returned in January following completion of the
Annual Report.
In addition, we are currently working on
a special project to complete the wall of graduating class photos on
the school's third floor. Please contact me at officedev@steliznyc.org
if you are interested in donating any of the following for
framing and hanging on our graduation wall:
- formal graduation
photos (graduation gowns, or suits & white gowns) from:
1942 1950
1953 1954
- graduation montages
(individual grad photos on the white background) from:
1961 1966-1981
New Basketball Season Begins
The 2006-2007 CYO Basketball Season
will tip-off on November 12 with the Boys' Varsity at Epiphany.
The first home game will be November 14 against St. Charles.
Please go to http://www.steliznyc.org/athletics.asp for
a schedule, and come cheer on our teams.
Collect Box Tops for Education
In
October, the school reinitiated its Box Tops for Education Program,
and already over 500 box tops have been collected to help purchase
school equipment and supplies. If you are near Washington
Heights, you can drop them off at the school's Reception Desk, in the
Senior Center, Rectory and Preschool Annex, or at Joseph's Shoes on
181st Street and Bennett Avenue. Go to the Box Tops website at http://www.boxtops4education.com/index.aspx for
a list of products.
Send
Prayer Requests
The
needs of our alumni community are always remembered specially in prayer
by our students and parish. If you would like to remember special
loved ones on All Souls Day or celebrate special blessings this
Thanksgiving, please be sure to complete the form at http://www.steliznyc.org/prayer.htm.
Please Support our Annual Fund
Within the next several weeks, you will receive a letter inviting you
to participate in our Annual Appeal. This year we hope to raise
$50,000 to help close the gap between the tuition that parents pay and
the actual cost of educating a child at St. E's (a difference of about
$1400 per student). Catholic schools used to benefit from the
"living endowment" that religious sisters provided, which
made it possible to have a balanced budget. Today, with
escalating operating costs, the participation of all of our community
near and far is important to the Fund's success, and we hope that we
can count on your generosity.
May
God bless you and your families as
we remember you in prayer this next month. Have a happy
Thanksgiving!
Sincerely,
Jenny Kaeppner
Director of Development
St. Elizabeth School
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