Upcoming Dates: Events. December 7, 2018

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1 December 7, 2018 Upcoming Dates: Wednesday, December 12 Wahlert 10:00 am Wednesday, December 19 Advent Prayer Service 10:00 am Friday, December 21 Out-of-dress-code day Friday, December 21 Movie Night in the Mazzuchelli commons 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm Monday, December 24 - Wednesday January 2 Christmas Vacation Thursday, January 3 Classes resume Thursday, January 17 Personalized Learning Parent Possible group in Mazzuchelli 6th grade 12:00 pm & 6:00pm Tuesday, February 26 Personalized Learning Parent Academy #3 in Wahlert 600 pm Events Movie Night Student Council will be hosting another movie night immediately after school on Friday, December 21. The movie is currently being voted on (through Edmodo) and we will have the results midway through next week. The movie is shown in the Commons and is free for all students, and concessions will be sold. Students are encouraged to bring a blanket to sit on. It will begin approximately at 3:10pm and should conclude by 5:00 (but will depend on the movie chosen). More details to come next week. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Dean. Thank you! Personalized Learning Mark your calendars:

2 Parent Possible group meets the third Thursday of every month for connecting, collaborating, and improving the personalized learning experience. The meeting dates are January 17, February 21, March 21, April 18 and May 16 from 12:00-12:30 and 6:00-6:30 in a Mazzuchelli sixth grade classroom. Parent Academy #3 - Supporting Your Child's Growth in Personalized Learning with Student Showcase on February 26 from 6:00-7:30 in the Wahlert cafeteria. Battle of the Books Create your team. Read the books. Let the battles begin! It's time to start thinking about Battle of the Books. Students can sign up their team of 2-5 members with Mrs. Gonner in the library any time. There are 10 books per grade level to read for the battle. The Mazzuchelli school battles to determine which team moves on to the District battle will be April 15th for 6th grade, April 16th for 7th grade, and April 17th for the 8th grade. The school battle will take place in the library during exploratory time. The team that wins their grade level will move on to the District battle on Wednesday, May 7th at the Keystone building on Chaney. That battle usually starts at 9:30. For more information, contact Mrs. Gonner. MAZZUCHELLI SPRING MUSICAL Auditions will be held: Tuesday, December 11 th at 5:15-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 12 th at 5:15-7:30 p.m. Thursday, December 13 th at 5:15-7:30 p.m. Callbacks: December 13 th Performances: April 12 th 14 th at The Grand Opera House News

3 Lego League Lego League Competition was a great success! We came away with the following awards: Astrobots (12257): 1st place in Core Values AND Honorable Mention for Robot Competition Lunar Legends (6827): 1st place in Robot Competition Space Force (29089) Honorable Mention in Project Dark Matter (12256): Runner up to GRAND CHAMPION!!! (2nd place in whole competition) We had two teams make it to the State Qualifier which will be in Ames, Iowa on January 20, 2019! The following two teams will be going to state: Dark Matter (12256) Apollo 10 (12255) Congratulations to ALL teams that participated! Spelling Bee Congratulations to Grant MisiagBeckler, Lilah Takes, Brendan Poirier, and Nick Klapatauskas who will represent Mazzuchelli at the Sectional Spelling Bee on Tuesday, January 8 at Loras College. Marley Pape is the alternate. These students achieved the highest scores on the preliminary qualifying test. Grant is our school champion because he had the highest score. The top spellers at the Sectional Bee will qualify for the Regional Spelling Bee at Loras College on Saturday, March 9, to compete for a trip to Washington, D.C. Christmas Trees Thanks to all the homebases who donated Christmas trees, decorations, or took the time to create their own masterpieces. All trees are beautiful and creative! The trees will be donated to the Dominican Sisters at Sinsinawa Mounds to creative a festive environment for them. The winning grade level homebases each received a candy cane treat.

4 6th grade - Mrs. Sisler 7th grade - Mrs. Massey-Watters 8th grade - Mr. Hefel Mazzuchelli Mass Schedule Mazzuchelli-Campus-Ministry-Calendar.pdf Service Opportunities Mazzuchelli Stewardship Holy Spirit Advent Giving Tree available in all church sites; return to tree or parish office by Sunday, December 17. Nativity Sunday, December 9, 2-4PM; Meet at 1 PM in the church parking lot to Christmas carol at several senior centers; Cookies and hot chocolate to follow. Nativity Giving Tree; return items no later than December 18 Resurrection Sharing Tree; return item with tag to the tree by 9AM, Sunday, December 16 St. Anthony Giving Tree; return wrapped gift with tag Dec. 8/9 or December 15/16 St. Joseph the Worker Giving Tree; return wrapped gift with tag by Monday, December 10 under the tree or to Parish Office St. Joseph the Worker Wednesday, December 19; serving the St. Pat s Dinner; salads, desserts, and people to help serve needed. Call Sharon to help out Cathedral/St. Patrick Student Choir; December 24, 4PM Christmas Eve Mass at Cathedral; Students in Gr. 3-8 invited to sing; weekly rehearsals underway. Contact Jim Ext.214 or dbq054s1@dbqarch.org Resurrection JUST5DAYS summer service trip, July to Davenport, IA; $320 before fundraising. Let Maggie or Wendy know if interested

5 Middle School Activities St. Joseph the Worker Saturday, December 8, 6PM; Movie Night in the Youth Center; all 6-12 graders invited; pizza, popcorn, and a movie bring a friend! St. Joseph Key West Monday, December 10, 6-8PM; Youth Ministry Meeting in Center Space Room. Anyone in Gr. 6-12; parents always welcomed. Citywide Praise and Worship Adoration, Saturday, December 15; 8-10PM at St. Joseph the Worker followed by games. Wear something festive; all students in grades 7-12 Holy Spirit Thursday, December 20, 6PM at Holy Ghost; Christmas Party, all 7-12 grade students invited. Bring white elephant gift for gift exchange. Wear your best ugly Christmas sweater! Free Meal Sites (Good Family Service Opportunities) St. Patrick Church each Wednesday, 4:00-5:30PM; to help call parish office at First Congregational UCC serves each Thursday from 4:30-5:30; to help, contact the Church St. Luke United Methodist Church serves 5:30 PM each Saturday; call Marcia to help Hope House serves Sunday and Monday evening meals; for more information, contact Tom or dbqcatholicworker@gmail.com Dubuque Rescue Mission serves meals throughout the week; call the