St. Ignatius Martyr School

For the month of April 14,681.21 pounds of paper was recycled at the yellow bins behind school. This saved 22.90 cubic yards of landfill space and earned the school $110.13.

We are pleased to announce that St. Ignatius School has received a Kenedy Grant in the amount of $15,000. The focus of this grant is to enhance and strengthen the school's Reading & Writing and Math & Science programs. With the funds from this grant some of the items that the school will purchase are: the upgraded Accelerated Reader Program, Accelerated Math Program STAR Reading, STAR Math, and a reading series for the PreK4 called Happily Ever After.

Thank you to all those who made this years Bobcat Fun Run a success our students were able to reach their goal and raise $72,000 to go toward the purchase of new textbooks.

Mother's Day is right around the corner - honor the special lady in your family with a gift card of her choice. Stock up on party supplies with grocery cards from HEB or Randall's. Simply stop by the table at the back of the church to purchase the gift cards today! The cards are available every weekend after every Mass. Thank you for supporting Catholic
education!

As a Lenten service project, twelve 3rd grade students at St. Ignatius, Martyr have raised over $700 to help support Heifer International in its mission to end world hunger and improve the environment.

The Read to Feed program encourages children to earn pledges from family, friends, and community members for the total number of books read, or amount of time spent reading. At the conclusion of the program, the St. Ignatius, Martyr Catholic School readers collected money from their sponsors and donated it to Heifer. The donations will be used to help impoverished families and communities become self-reliant by providing food- and income producing animals and the training to care for them in environmentally-friendly ways.

Since 1944, Heifer International has helped over 4.5 million families become self-reliant through gifts of livestock. Every family that receives an animal passes on the gift of its offspring to another family in need.

To learn more about Read to Feed and its free resources and materials, visit www.readtofeed.org or call 1-800-422-0474.

To learn more about Heifer International and its mission, visit www.heifer.org.

We are proud to announce that as of April 7, 2008, $19,724.67 worth of purchases were made by individuals who linked their Remarkable Card to St. Ignatius, Martyr, Catholic School, this earned our school $197.25 for the Quarter.

You can link St. Ignatius, Martyr, Catholic School to your Remarkable card by completing a Remarkable Application Form at any Courtesy Booth. Fill in the top portion and the "Good Neighbor Program" section, indicating that you woul like to link your card to 402.

^{The next time you're at Randalls, pick up a Remarkable Card application
at the courtesy booth to fill out and link your card to our account.
Randalls will pay us a percentage of our account total, so be sure to
use your card every time you shop. By using your card, you will also
be eligible for exclusive discounts, giveaways, enter-to-wins,
direct mail rewards and Airmiles.}

^{Clip out the card below and take it with you to the store as your reminder of our organization's Good Neighbor Program account number to fill in on your Remarkable card application.}

For the month of March 10,608.63 pounds of paper was recycled at the yellow bins behind school. This saved 16.54 cubic yards of landfill space and earned the school $79.56.

ARE YOU THROWING MONEY AWAY?

Every time you change the cartridge from your printer, fax machine, or copier and throw it away, you could be throwing away CA$H! That also applies to old cell phones, laptops, Palm Pilots, and iPods. Cash that could be used for library books, computers, printers, scholarships, and more!! This is an opportunity for everyone to help St. Ignatius, Martyr, Catholic School raise funds and help future generations by protecting the environment. Bring the above items to the drop box at the school office. If you own or are employed at a business that would like to help, please contact us at (512) 442-8547.

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@ Cafepress you can purchase St. Ignatius, Marytr, Catholic School items to wear around town to show your St. Ignatius pride!

We invite you to shop for school spirit merchandise items that bear the St. Ignatius, Martyr, Catholic School logo. There is a great assortment of print designs on high-quality items including shirts, mugs, bags, and caps. We encourage you to show your school spirit and pick up a few items!

A percentage of every purchase benefits St. Ignatius, Martyr, Catholic School. ***NOTE: None of these items is part of the official school uniform at this time.***  Read More »

For the month of February 6,507.84 pounds of paper was recycled at the yellow bins behind school. This saved 10.14 cubic yards of landfill space and earned the school $16.28.