Sixth grade went on a pilgrimage today with stops and prayers at Sts Mary and Joseph in Fort Madison, All Saints Church and Rand Park in Keokuk, the Shrine of St Patrick in St Patrick, Missouri and Steve's Family Diner in Kahoka (a great place to eat!). St Patrick, MO is the ONLY town named after the Saint in the WORLD! The shrine is a peaceful, holy place just an hour south of Burlington complete with gift shop!
All with Mr. Kipp navigating the hilly, backroads of Missouri... we are so grateful for you, Mr. Kipp! St Patrick, pray for us!
At Tuesday's all-school Mass the second graders placed flowers at Mary's feet after a Kindergartner Edie Oleson and Senior Brayden Butler crowned her. Lucas Johnson, junior, picked up the flowers that dropped on the floor. So kind of him!
Notre Dame, Our Lady, pray for us!
The winner of the April BND Pot of Blue and Gold raffle ticket sales contest is Jayla Kreiss! She wins $1,000! The May sales contest is now on! For every 10 POG raffle tickets you sell you earn an entry into the May contest. The POG prize drawing is May 20th at 6pm!!!
Coaching Openings
JH/Freshman Volleyball
Anticipated JH Girls Basketball
JH Boys Basketball Asst.
HS Girls Basketball Asst.
Anticipated HS Tennis
Contact Ashley Iehl 319-754-8431 ext 362
Less than 20 days left to buy your Notre Dame Pot of Blue and Gold raffle ticket! 1 in 53 chance of winning with the Grand Prize of $100,000! 74 cash prizes in all! 2nd pl - $10,000, 3rd pl - $5,000, 4th pl - $2,500, 5th pl - $1,500 and 20 - $500 prizes plus 50 - $200 consolation prizes . Proceeds to benefit Teacher Salaries, retirement, and benefits! Click on this link to purchase : https://form.jotform.com/230664690330150
Prizes drawn May 20th! SOMEONE WILL WIN THE GRAND PRIZE ! WILL IT BE YOU?
Goats visited BND elementary the other day!
A couple 5th Grade students came to read to Kindergarten today
From the BND Activities Director
Recycle bottlecaps for Elementary ART!
Mrs. Vasicek requests a massive collection of colorful (and black, but not clear) bottlecaps for Elementary Art projects. This will include, but is not limited to, God's Portion Day auction items, similar to Burlington Library exterior artwork pictured here. Drop-off bottlecaps in bin located in elementary foyer. Thank you, ND family!!
Notre Dame students spent Friday in their religion classes celebrating their Spiritual Babies with a Baby Shower. Prompted by Fulton J. Sheen's idea from decades ago, at the beginning of the school year students adopt a spiritual baby and pray for them throughout the year. They learn and see how the babies grow from month to month. We may not know specifically who the baby is, but God does!
Some students brought gifts for babies to be donated to Birthright in Burlington.
Games were played and treats and punch were enjoyed. A fun day celebrating God's graces which we trust will be given to their spiritual babies.
In our Saint ABC countdown, today we are on the letter G. Saint Gabriel came to deliver a message to all the students... 20 more days of school left!!! Saint Gabriel's halo with a twist this morning... it fit on his cowboy hat.
7th grade field trip to the Anne Frank Pen Pal Museum in Danville, Iowa
Today, all middle schoolers and high schoolers learned about a man who gave his life entirely and joyfully to Christ. To honor him, students were encouraged to wear camo. Ask a student about the man who lost his life in the Korean War, but saved many lives because of his great love of God! Servant of God, Emil Kaupan, pray for us!
We are so very blessed to this in the United States of America!
Tonight and Tomorrow! Don't miss it!
The Freshmen have been working on their "faith journey" posters and essays. They've been presenting them to the class this week... sharing pictures of important life events, information about their Confirmation Saints and reading their essays. In many of their writings they have mentioned parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, teachers, brothers, sisters and more... who have helped shape their faith. It was a blessing to hear their stories. Sometimes we don't think we make a difference... but the experiences of these students have proved otherwise! The way lives are lived have a profound effect... keep fighting the good fight! Notre Dame, our Lady, pray for us!
Save the date - 8th grade prayer promotion service
We are now accepting volunteer signups for the ND Pot of Blue and Gold tent sale! Tent sale is May 8th to May 20th! The first week open Monday through Friday 9-4 with 2 hour shifts available. 2nd week Mon through Friday 9-6 with 2 hour shifts available ( midday shift is 3 hrs) and Saturday 9-5! Remember for every 10 tickets you sell earns you an entry into the May sales contest for $1000! Call the Development office to sign up at 319-754-8431 ext. 385 or 386 or email jon.billups@bnotredame.org
6th grade orientation will be held from 5:00 to 5:30 on April 26 in the lunchroom. This is just for parents who have questions and is not a mandatory meeting. The 5th graders will shadow the 6th graders on May 5th. Freshman orientation will be from 5:30 to 6:00 on April 26 in the lunchroom. Parents will hear about the high school experience and to ask questions. Students are invited to attend if they would like to and ask questions.
Congratulations to the WBND track team for their invitation to the Drake relays!
Boys:
100- Travain Donaldson and Jack Riley
4x200 Travain Donaldson-Jace Figeuero-Owen Gulick-Jack Riley
4x100 Travain Donaldson-Grant Boal-Owen Gulick-Jack Riley
Girls:
4x100 Ady Lamm-Mckenna Marlow-Amiya Davis-Ava Parkins
Alternates:
Landry Haberichter
Anna Enberg
Lucy Parkins
