Wednesday Wire, November 5, 2025

Announcements

Pig Day is this Sunday, November 9! Come and enjoy some Men's Club cuisine this Sunday at St. Louis from 11:30 am-6:00 pm in the dining hall. Check out the menu in today’s Wednesday Wire. The Men’s Club would love to welcome more dads to help with Pig Day this Sunday. Click here for opportunities.

Join us for Spirit Night on Tuesday, November 11 at Rotolo’s Craft & Crust from 6:00-0:00 PM. Be sure to mention St. Louis when ordering.

Please make plans to attend the 33rd annual Arts and Crafts Show right here at St. Louis on Saturday, November 22! Both gyms will be filled with more than 100 vendors to kick off the Christmas shopping season! Support local vendors and small businesses while also supporting our senior high youth ministry! Win win!

The due date for half of all total service hours for 5-8 grade students is Friday, December 5.

Your family is invited to our annual Home and School Christmas Social on Sunday, December 7 in the Clunan Center. Please complete this form so we can best plan for the event!

Reminders

Crazy for Our Country is THIS Friday, November 7. Through this day the Student Council will be raising money for Folds of Honor. Folds of Honor provides scholarships to the spouses and children of America’s fallen or disabled service members and all first responders. There is a class competition! Check out the Wednesday Wire for details and clothing guidelines.

All students and parents are invited and encouraged to attend our annual Open House THIS Sunday, November 9 from 1:15-2:15 pm. Come see what Life as a Cardinal is all about, visit our school, meet our teachers, and see the amazing work of our incredible students!

The SLS Student Council will be hosting our annual Veterans Day celebration this year on Tuesday, November 11. We are hoping to have many of our family members join us on this special day as we honor those who serve and have served. Please invite your veterans to our celebration.

Aftercare will close at 4:30 PM on Friday, November 21 due to the gyms being used for the Craft Fair set up.

These cold weather items, which are all sold in our Spirit Shop, are classroom approved: Gray fleece jacket with SLS logo, black SLS sweatshirt, girls red embroidered neckline sweatshirt. Additionally, the PE sweatshirt sold by Lands’ End is classroom approved.

Did you know that St. Louis Church has a chapter of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul? The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. Our food pantry is in immediate need of food. Specific needs include soups, canned meat, any protein, spaghetti sauce, and pasta. Donations may be dropped off in the chest across from the Church office entrance.

The school calendar on our website is up to date with breaks and holidays for the 2026-27 school year. We appreciate families planning vacations and days off to coordinate with the school calendar to not overlap with academic time.

2026-2027 Important School Calendar Dates

o Thursday, August 6, 2026: First Day of School for 1st-8th Grades

o Monday, September 7, 2026: Labor Day

o Monday-Friday, October 5-9, 2026: Fall Break

o Monday-Tuesday, November 23-24, 2026: Flex PD Days (No School)

o Wednesday-Friday, November 25-27, 2026: Thanksgiving Break

o Monday, December 21, 2026-Friday, January 1, 2027: Christmas Break

o Monday, January 4, 2027: Teacher Inservice (No School)

o Monday, January 18, 2027: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

o Friday, February 12, 2027: Professional Development (No School)

o Monday, February 15, 2027: President’s Day Holiday

o Monday-Friday, March 8-12, 2027: Spring Break

o Thursday-Monday, March 25-29, 2027: Easter Break

o Friday, April 23: Professional Development (No School)

o Friday, May 28, 2027: Last Day of School

Stars 901 Lacrosse Club – Spring 2026 Registration opens November 1 and runs through December 15, 2026! Stars 901 Lacrosse Club provides girls from Memphis-area Catholic schools the opportunity to learn and play lacrosse from an early age. Lacrosse is perfect for girls who love speed, competition, and physical play. It offers more contact, excitement, and open-field action than most traditional sports for young women. Stars 901 is ready to welcome players at every level, from beginners to seasoned athletes. The program is open to girls grades 1-8.

First-time players in grades 6–8 are especially encouraged to join—it’s never too late to start and get ready to play in high school!

Discover why lacrosse is one of the nation’s fastest-growing sports.
Learn more and register at stars901lax.com or contact SLS Parent and Stars 901 Coach, Ken Kimble at stars901lax@gmail.com

The Share the Love 5K and family fun run/walk will be THIS Sunday, November 9. This fundraising event is held in memory of Collins Leach, who sadly died during her kindergarten year here at SLS and was a classmate of our current 6^th This is a great family friendly event with a moon bounce, face painting, the 901 goats and it raises money for the Center for Good Grief, our local grief center that provides free grief counseling to our area. It is a great event for a great cause! Our team is called - St. Louis School Friends of Collins. So please register today and come out for fun day for the family! https://raceroster.com/registration/9f38d8c8-d77f-48b2-86a2-7509fca12410/entry?team=868098