Fall Festival 2011 INSIDE the School
God has blessed us with a much needed rain.
The Fall Festival will be inside the school from 11:00am to 5:00pm.
Raffle Drawing and Dinner will be in the gym form 11:30am to 5:00pm.
3 on 3 Basketball has been canceled for today. More information to follow about 3 on 3.
Please come and enjoy the fun with us inside, out of the rain.
Fall Festival, Sunday, October 9th
from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Fall Festival News—October 6, 2011
Pre-Buy Telegrams and Tickets before or after school
Buy Spirit Tattoos to wear to school on Fri. Oct. 7th
Turn in Three - 3 oz cans of Silly String per student
to reach 100% participation per homeroom,
for tennis shoe day on Oct. 14th
Turn in 2 cakes per family, Oct. 7th-8th for Cake Walk
in the classroom at the cafeteria entrance.
Come to Fall Festival on Sunday, have a great time, volunteer for your shift(s)
and help raise money for the children of our school!
Wildcat Walk & Fun Run
Great prizes, great breakfast, great fun, and now a great challenge: Beat the Smoothie King banana and get a certificate for a free smoothie. Plus, free Smoothie King samples for everyone, no matter your pace.
If you haven’t registered yet, now’s the time to sign up for the Wildcat Walk and Fun Run on Saturday, October 8 at 8:00am. Forms are available in the school office, on the school website, or sign up at the registration table after school. Entries are only $12 per person through Friday, October 7 and include a pancake breakfast courtesy of the Knights of Columbus. Join your friends and family and make tracks to the Wildcat Walk & Fun Run.
Raffle Drawing & Dinner
It’s not too late to turn in raffle/drawing tickets!!! If your student(s) sells 2 or more sheets (12 tickets) s/he will receive an out of uniform pass for 10/11/11. The deadline for turning in tickets for an out of uniform pass is noon on Thursday, October 6. This is also the deadline for Los Vaqueros dinner reservations and overall winners for homeroom prizes and family prizes.
We also have 1 more Courtyard date for spinning and playing Plinko for all students who sell more than 2 sheets of tickets. Questions—call or email Connie or Brad Davis at connieandbrad@sbcglobal.net or 817-738-7747.
Fall Festival News—September 29, 2011
Still want to buy a Fall Festival T-shirt?—Due to a large number of requests we have placed a second order for the Fall Festival shirts, limited quantities are available. The shirts will be on sale after school this week for $15.00. These shirts can be worn on Spirit Shirt Fridays.
Silly String
Remember to turn in three – 3 oz cans of silly string per student. Each homeroom with 100% participation (i.e. the # of students in the classroom times 3 cans) will have a tennis shoe “of their choice” day on the Friday after Fall Festival. Pre-school classes will have a Popsicle Party.
Confetti Eggs
As always we are collecting confetti eggs.
You can make your own confetti eggs by:
- Cracking open the tops of eggs. Draining the contents into a bowl for scrambled eggs, etc.
- Washing out the shells and letting them dry completely.
- Filling the eggs about 1/3 full with confetti.
- Cutting circles out of tissue paper large enough to cover the hole.
- Running a thin line of glue around the hole and affixing the tissue paper circle.
We also need empty egg cartons.
Telegrams
Telegrams are a great way for students, parents, siblings, faculty/staff, and friends to send special messages to each other. There are several telegram options to choose from. Send words of encouragement, thanks, or a simple hello to all you know. Click HERE to download a flyer with more information about Pre-Sale Fall Festival Telegrams and click the links below to download easy to fill out telegram forms.
- Pencil Grams are $.50 each and include a pencil and a small surprise.
- Candy Grams are $1.00 each and include candy.
- Sweet Treat Grams are $1.50 each and include an individually wrapped sweet.
- Faculty Grams are $1.50 each and include a special Saint Andrew Catholic School notepad.
- Big Candy Grams are $2.00 each and include a full size candy bar.
- Ice Cream Grams are $2.00 each and certificates can be redeemed in the school cafeteria October 17th – 28th.
- Friar Grams are FREE. Remember our Friars who do so much for all of us.
Fall Festival Activities
The annual school festival with fun games, activities, food and community spirit has over 40 booths.
Here are some of the booths you can see at the festival:
- Fast Break – Take a break and get a drink, grab a snack. You can find chips, pretzels, popcorn and cold drinks right across from 3 on 3.
- Food Court – Hungry for a hot dog, a good slice of Mama’s Pizza or the famous Knights of Columbus BBQ sandwich or Brats? You can find other great food like nachos, pickles and cold drinks here too.
- Lollipop Tree – Try your chance to win a large lollipop but don’t get down in the mouth if you don’t, everyone wins a small lollipop.
- Music Ministry – How strong of an arm do you have! Come on over and hit the hammer to ring the bell.
- Photo Buttons – Grab your friends and make a keepsake to have for a lifetime. Buttons made from your photo while you wait.
- Playground – Slide on over and check out the new Saint Andrew playground.
- Prize Booth – Save your winning tokens to redeem for your chosen prizes. Be sure to check out our big winner prizes.
- Pop Gun – How good of an aim are you? Test your shooting skills with air soft or Nerf guns at targets.
- Radar Gun – Are you the next big league pitcher? Come see how fast you can pitch a ball.
- Sandy Candy – Make your own whimsical candy art that you can also eat.
- Skee Ball – Keep the ball rolling and aim for the high points. Roll the ball, pitch the ball, what is your favorite style?
- Soccer Kick – Kick the ball and make the winning goooooooooooal.
- The Learning Center – Spin the Smencils – Spin the wheel to see which scented pencil you win.
- Stewardship Golf Cart Shuttle – Golf carts rides available back and forth from the church building to the community center.
- Super Slinger – Take your aim, how good are you with a giant slingshot.
- Sweet Tooth – Need a sweet? Come by the flag pole and get cotton candy, pixie sticks, blow pops, rice crispy treats, cookies, brownies and other wonderful treats.
- Toilet Paper Toss – Can you time it just right? Toss the toilet paper roll in the toilet before the lid closes.
- Train Ride – All Aboard! Climb in the train and take a ride around the playground field.
- Tumble Bus – Tumble your way through this gym on wheels.
- Wildcat Measure Up – Oh how you have grown! Take this moment to find out and track from year to year.
Stephen Breen 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
Want to play some basketball? The Stephen Breen 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament will take place Sunday, October 9th, at Saint Andrew, beginning at 10:00 am. Teams of 4 Kids either in the boys division or girls division can play for $60.00 per team.
Boys Divisions: 5th/6th Grade, 7th Grade, and 8th Grade
Girls Divisions: 5th/6th Grade, 7th Grade, and 8th Grade
Click THIS LINK to the information flyer and registration form.
Set-Up Dinner
The annual Fall Festival is only possible with the tremendous support from our school parents, faculty, staff, and various community members. In appreciation of your help as a booth chair, helping with set up of the festival or your help in other ways, we want to invite you to a Set-Up Dinner. Please click THIS LINK to the RSVP flyer for more information.
Wildcat Walk & Fun Run
Food, fun, what a run! Pancakes, talk, what a great walk! Join us for the Wildcat Walk & Fun Run, which is more fun than you can have standing still!!!!
We’ll kick-off on Saturday, October 8th at 7:45 am with the contest for the best decorated stroller and Wacky Walkers/Radical Runners. The 5K starts at 8:00 am and the 1 mile will start at 8:15 am. Finish with a delicious pancake breakfast from the Knights of Columbus and lots of door prizes, including a $25 Academy gift card and tickets to NRH20, the FW Zoo, Fort Worth Science & History Museum, AMC movies, Movie Tavern, area restaurants and more.
Join your friends & family and make tracks to the Wildcat Walk & Fun Run.
Want to volunteer?
Please click HERE to volunteer for ADULT jobs
or click HERE to volunteer for STUDENT jobs.
If you need more information, contact—
Amy McCole, 817-862-7993, mccole@sbcglobal.net or
Susan Moses, 817-370-2083, slmoses@msn.com.
For more information and registration forms please click HERE.
Raffle Drawing & Dinner
It’s not too late to turn in raffle/drawing tickets!!! If your student(s) sells 2 or more sheets they will receive an out of uniform pass for 10/11/11. The deadline for turning in tickets for an out of uniform pass is noon on Thursday October 6th. This is also the deadline for Los Vaqueros dinner reservations and overall winners for homeroom prizes and family prizes.
We also have 2 more Courtyard dates for spinning and playing Plinko for all students that sell more than 2 sheets of tickets. Dates remaining are Friday the 30th and Thursday the 6th. Questions?? Call or email Connie and Brad Davis at connieandbrad@sbcglobal.net or 817-738-7747.
Fall Festival News—September 22, 2011
Wildcat Walk & Fun Run—Start going through your closet…. Grab that crazy hat and your wildest socks. Or, you can wear your Halloween costume a little early. Compete in the Wacky Walker/Radical Runner contest at the Wildcat Walk & Fun Run on Saturday, October 8th. Great prizes for the best girl, best boy, best woman, and best man costume. Best decorated stroller wins a prize too!
Want to volunteer? Contact Amy McCole, 817-862-7993, mccole@sbcglobal.net or Susan Moses, 817-370-2083, slmoses@msn.com.
Click THIS LINK for registration forms.
Fall Festival, Sunday, October 9th
from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Set-Up Dinner—The annual Fall Festival is only possible with the tremendous support from our school parents, faculty, staff, and various community members. In appreciation of your help as a booth chair, helping with set up of the festival or your help in other ways we want to invite you to a Set-Up Dinner.
Please click THIS LINK to the RSVP flyer for more information.
Ticket Pre-sale
Pre-Sale of Fall Festival Tickets! Earn Free Tickets!
Tuesday October 4th – Friday October 7th before and after school
$10.00 = 20 tickets plus 2 free tickets = $11.00 worth of tickets
$25.00 = 50 tickets plus 5 free tickets = $27.50 worth of tickets
$50.00 = 100 tickets plus 10 free tickets = $55.00 worth of tickets
$100.00 = 200 tickets plus 20 free tickets = $110.00 worth of tickets
Please click THIS LINK to the order form and more details.
Silly String Challenge
To insure that we have enough Silly String at Fall Festival we are asking that each student bring 3 cans of Silly String. Each homeroom with 100% participation (i.e. the # of students in the classroom times 3 cans) will have a tennis shoe “of their choice” day on the Friday after Fall Festival. Pre-school classes will have a Popsicle Party.
Volunteers
Each family is required to have an adult donate 2 hours per student, up to 4 hours per family, of their time the day of the festival. Please click THIS LINK to sign up for your volunteer hours.
Fall Festival Activities
The annual school festival with fun games, activities, food and community spirit has over 40 booths. Here are some of the booths you can see at the festival:
Aches and Pains—Consoles and corrects whimsical and wanted injuries in a perfectly pain free style. We challenge your athletic skill by racing with extreme handicaps.
Basketball Free Throw—Challenge your free throw skills. Can you make more free throws than your friends? Bring your friends to our booth to find out.
Bingo—Traditional bingo called in the air-conditioned school cafeteria. We give cash prizes with blackout bingos at 1:00 for $10, 2:00 for $20, 3:00 for $30 and 4:00 for $40.
Cake Walk—One of the most popular booths at Fall Festival. Someone wins a cake of their choice every round.
The Fort Worth Police Department’s Operation Safe Child Program is a free service. Identification cards are provided to children 6 months to 16 years of age. Age limit is flexible under certain circumstances. A parent or guardian is required to complete a release form/information sheet for each child. The child will be weighed, measured, photographed and fingerprinted. The parent/guardian will be given two laminated identification cards and one large Operation Safe Child Card. The Police Department does not keep these records or the child’s information on file.
Confetti Eggs & Silly String—at the Fall Festival. You can crack eggs on your parents’ heads or maybe even spray silly string on Mr. Llewellyn.
Crazy Corn Toss—Test your skill tossing bean bags. If you score more hole-in-ones than your opponent you win!
Face Painting—Head over to the Face Painting booth to color your hair with fun spray and have your face painted.
First Aid—Use your time wisely and head on over to the Community Center for your annual flu shot. Dr. Lisa Buell will administer flu shots for $20.00 each. Please bring cash and get everyone in your house protected from the flu.
Football Throw—Are you better than Romo? Come show us. Head on over to the field area and throw your best one. See if you can be the winner of the day.
Golf Ball Derby—Much like the dot race – take your best guess at which color golf ball will be the first one down the spiraling course and across the finish line. If you pick the lucky winner you win a token to exchange for prizes at the prize booth.
Home Run Derby—Batters Up! Are you a big hitter, let’s find out. Come to the baseball diamond and show us your best swing. We will see at the end of the day who can really knock that ball out of the park.
Inflatable Bounce House—How high can you jump? Stop by the bounce house in the field area and find out. Bring a friend, because you know everyone has fun in a bounce house.
Inflatable Obstacle Course—Climb, weave and jump your way through the inflatable obstacle course. Are you faster than your opponent?
Inflatable Slide—Climb on up and slide on down. Are you faster than your opponent?
Ink-n-Pink—Guys and girls alike need to head on over to the Ink-n-Pink booth to get your tattoo done, nails painted or special hair feature. You will stand out from the crowd after stopping by this booth.
Jail—Be on your best behavior or someone might pay to have you arrested. If you are arrested, you can serve your time or pay a bribe to the jailer to get an early release.
Karaoke—Calling all singers and performers, head on over to the stage in the gym to sing your favorite karaoke song or two.
Leap Frog—Will your frog make the biggest splash? Help your frog leap from his diving board to his pond at the Leap Frog booth.
Stephen Breen 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
Click THIS LINK to the information flyer and registration form.
Raffle Drawing & Dinner
There is still time to sell your drawing tickets for your out of uniform pass, plus sell your 3 sheets and “Spin to Win” on Friday, great prizes including Fall Festival Coupons!!!
Want to come and watch the fun? The drawing committee needs your help on Friday afternoon the 23rd. Come to the school at 2:15 to help with spinning wheels and our new “Plinko” game for students who sell more than 5 sheets!!!!!!!!! See the link below for volunteer opportunities!!!
In order to receive your out of uniform pass and to make sure you have Los Vaqueros dinner reservations at the Fall Festival, all drawing tickets must be turned in by noon on Thursday October 6th.
Use this link to volunteer and encourage your friends to sign-up too!!!
Thanks, Connie and Brad Davis, Drawing Chairpersons
817-738-7747 or connieandbrad@sbcglobal.net
Fall Festival News—September 15, 2011
Wildcat Walk & Fun Run
Registration Forms will be coming home soon for the Wildcat Walk & Fun Run on Saturday, October 8th. Business and School Team rates are available. Contact Amy McCole, 817-862-7993, mccole@sbcglobal.net or Susan Moses, 817-370-2083, slmoses@msn.com to learn more. Click HERE to download the registration form.
Fall Festival
Beginning this Friday, September 16th and continuing on all spirit days during the rest of this school year students can show school spirit by wearing their Fall Festival t-shirt.
Plan to play BINGO at Fall Festival. This year we will be playing BINGO for cash prizes. Everyone can play. BINGO runs from noon to 4 pm with hourly Bonus BINGO starting at 1 pm with a special $10 Blackout, 2 pm starts $20 Blackout, 3 pm starts $30 Blackout and 4 pm starts $40 Blackout.
All you bakers get ready for the 4th Annual Cake Decorating Contest! There are prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. It is free to enter! For more details and registration form please click HERE.
Silly String Challenge—To ensure that we have enough Silly String at Fall Festival we are asking that each student brings 3 (3 oz) cans of Silly String. Each homeroom with 100% participation (ie, # of students in classroom times 3 cans) gets to have a tennis shoe day the Friday after Fall Festival.
Volunteers—In order to meet the need of 100 volunteers per hour, for 6 hours, each family is required to have an adult donate at least 2 hours of their time the day of the festival. Fall Festival runs from 11am - 5pm, and all shifts must be filled. Volunteer hours will be filled on a first come, first served basis. Eighth grade students will be picking up trash, but we could still use their parents as volunteers. Please click HERE to sign up for your volunteer hours.
3 on 3 Basketball
Want to play some basketball? The Stephen Breen 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament will take place Fall Festival Day, Sunday, October 9th beginning at 10:00 am.
Teams of 4 Kids
Divisions: Boys 5th/6th Grade, 7th Grade, and 8th Grade
Girls 5th/6th Grade, 7th Grade, and 8th Grade
Event Site: Saint Andrew Catholic School
Team Entry Fee: $60.00 per team (1 check please)
For more information contact:
Tracy Gonzalez at 817-307-5148 or tgonzalez@transfirst.com
Greg Hoffman at 817-455-8367 or hoff_family07@att.net
For registration forms click HERE.
Raffle Drawing
You should have already received your drawing tickets in the mail.
Here's a quick overview:
- Buy or sell 2 sheets of drawing tickets and your child(ren) will receive an out of uniform pass for October 11th.
- Also, if you want your 4 FREE Los Vaqueros dinners at the Fall Festival, please fill out the dinner RSVP coupon and return with your check and drawing tickets.
- Please note on the tickets the name of the student who will receive credit for the ticket sales.
Fall Festival News—September 8, 2011
Wildcat Walk & Fun Run
Mark your calendars to make tracks to the Wildcat Walk & Fun Run at 8 am on Saturday, October 8th. One-mile and 5K events, plus all participants get a pancake breakfast compliments of the Knights of Columbus. Back by popular demand-the costume and decorated stroller contests. Join your family and friends for this great event!
Fall Festival
Save the Date! Sunday, October 9th 11:00 am - 5:00 pm is the annual Saint Andrew Catholic School Fall Festival. Join us for a great family fun day that includes carnival games, bingo and food for sale.
We will be collecting new, wrapped Happy Meal toys the week of September 12th - September 16th.
In order to meet the need of 100 volunteers per hour for 6 hours, each family is required to have an adult donate at least 2 hours of their time the day of the festival. Fall Festival runs from 11am - 5pm, all shifts must be filled. Volunteer hours will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. 8th grade students will be picking up trash, but we could still use their parents as volunteers. Please click on this link to sign up for your volunteer hours.
Raffle Drawing
Spin and Win!!!!!!!!
It’s time to sell your drawing tickets, here’s what you need to know:
1—Sell 2 sheets of tickets and get an out of uniform for October 11th!!!
2—Sell more than 2 sheets and you get to spin the prize wheel every time you sell an additional sheet of tickets!!! Plus you get a ticket for a chance to win one of the SAS Super Parties!!!!
3—Sell more than 6 sheets and you get to play the Plinko game for bigger prizes! Plus you get TWO tickets for TWO chances to win one of the SAS Super Parties!!!
Prizes on the Prize Wheel
Small Candy
Big Candy
Fall Festival Coupons ($2.00)
Fun Food Coupons
Prizes on the Plinko Board
Big Candy
Fall Festival Coupons ($3.00)
Can of Silly String @ Fall Festival
Dozen Confetti Eggs @ Fall Festival
Free Homework Pass
$5 Gift Cards to Restaurants and Stores
Cakewalk Announcer @ Fall Festival
SAS Super Parties
Main Event Party for 10 (Value $150.00)
Dodge Ball Party for 20 with Mr. Irwin after school with pizza and drinks (Value-Priceless)
Cross Necklace Party for 15 with Ms. Cekosky after school with dessert (Value-Priceless)
Putt-Putt Party for 8 at the Hurst Location (Value $175.00)
What happens if you sell the MOST drawing tickets!??!?!?
1st Place Prize $100 in Fall Festival Coupons
2nd Place Prize $50 in Fall Festival Coupons
3rd Place Prize $25 in Fall Festival Coupons
What happens if your CLASS sells the MOST drawing tickets!?!?!?!?
1st Place Prize Pizza on Friday, October 14th
in the lunchroom with your teacher
2nd Place Prize Rita’s Italian Ice Cream Party
with your teacher
3rd Place Prize Donut Party on Friday, October 14th
in the faculty room with your teacher
What about your teacher?!?!?!?
The homeroom teacher whose class sells the most drawing tickets will receive a catered lunch from Johnny Carino's for her/himself and him/her two fellow grade level homeroom teachers.
We Need Your Help with the Drawing?!?!?!
Come and help our students Spin the Prize Wheel in the Courtyard for the next few weeks on Fridays!! We will have 3 wheels and need 2 volunteers per wheel, plus we will have a Plinko game for the students who are SUPER SELLERS!!! Use this link to volunteer and encourage your friends to sign-up too!!!
Thanks, Connie and Brad Davis, Drawing Chairpersons
817-738-7747
