St. Michael School

Please visit our school web site at: http://www.stmichaelsharonville.org/

SCRIP $EN$E
YOU CAN NOW PLACE YOUR SCRIP ORDERS ONLINE!

Please visit the school website at www.stmichaelsharonville.org under Scrip to learn more. Basically, you will register your
email address and denote St. Michael as your Non-Profit Organization with Code 2A2L2AE91198. We hope that this makes it
easier for you to order scrip cards. Checks can be sent to the school or parish office as usual in an envelope marked “Scrip”. We
are willing to accept credit cards (Visa, MasterCard & Discover) on purchases of $200 or more for retailers with rebates that are 4%
or more. WE WILL BE OFFERING THIS CREDIT CARD SERVICE THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH. Please contact Linda Hauck if
you would like to pay for your order with a credit card. Since there are fees charged to us for accepting credit cards, please consider
paying by check if possible.
Thanks to all of you who help us earn free money by purchasing Scrip cards for your day to day dining out and retail
purchases. We are trying to keep in stock Kroger $5 cards (reloadable at any Kroger store or orderable in any denomination),
Bigg’s $50, and Kohl’s $100, $50, $25, $10 (Kohl’s cards can be used to pay Kohl’s credit charges at any Kohl’s store). We also
have many restaurant cards (Bob Evans, Chipotle, Wendy’s, Longhorn, Montgomery Inn, etc.), gas cards (Speedway), retail stores
(Barnes & Noble, Dick’s, Gap, Macy’s, etc.) in stock on a regular basis.
Please consider purchasing gift cards for all of your holiday needs. We are anticipating large orders again this year,
so please get your orders in early!
Scrip orders can be placed at any time by downloading a Scrip order form here or from the school website and sending
it with your check made payable to ‘St. Michael Scrip’ to Linda Hauck /SCRIP . You can also email your order to Linda at
lhauck@cinci.rr.com or use the new online ordering process through Shop with Scrip on the school website
www.stmichaelsharonville.org under Scrip.
If you have any questions about the Scrip program, please contact Linda Hauck (769-3231 or lhauck@cinci.rr.com) or
Jennifer Dermody (755-6274 or jdermody@fuse.net).
NOW THROUGH MID-DECEMBER, ALL ORDERS PLACED BY TUESDAY AT NOON WILL BE DELIVERED BY THE FOLLOWING
WEDNESDAY unless there is a delay imposed by the Scrip vendors or the freight companies during the holiday
rush.
GRACE--our discussions of the future of Catholic Education

“I’m sure most of you have seen the article in the Enquirer
about planning groups for Catholic Education in this area in
the future. Our group known as GRACE (Granting Regional
Access to Catholic Education) resumed their planning meetings
on September 19th. St. Michael, Our Lady of the Sacred
Heart, and St. Peter and Paul parishes, with their pastors and
lay leadership from each parish, are meeting to discuss ways
to keep Catholic education a strong and viable option in their
geographic region.
Facilitated by Ms. Pat Armstrong, formerly Assistant Superintendent
and now a consultant for the Catholic Schools Office,
the committee will look at all aspects of Catholic Education in
our area and ultimately intend to develop a plan to ensure that
Catholic Education is available to all families from this area
who wish it for their children.
As part of their work the committee will look at enrollments,
demographics, finances, and other governance models of
schools here in this Archdiocese to learn what new models
are in place and what opportunities they provide.
As Father Jeff explained last year, and Father John has agreed,
we will not make any decisions without involving parishioners
and parents. At this time, we are just gathering the information
necessary to make decisions.
The plan that will be created will not be utilized until sometime
in the future when circumstances occur that would cause the
current schools of St. Michael and Our Lady of the Sacred
Heart to be at risk. Foresight and careful planning now will
lessen the impact of that risk and provide a clear path for the
future.”
Jody Farrell, Principal

Changes to the Campbell Soup Labels Program!
Thanks to all of you who are saving Campbell Soup labels
for our school! These labels help us to get equipment
and supplies for the classrooms. Please note that
there are changes to the label program. We now need
to collect only the UPC code from all Campbell and
Pepperidge Farm products. (The front of the soup
label is no longer needed.) We need the lids from all
Prego sauces and V-8 juice products. You can continue
to drop all labels and lids off in the plastic boxes
located on the Communications Center in the Gathering
Space of the church.

Save Your Boxtops for Education Labels!
Thanks also to all of you who are saving your Boxtops
for Education labels for our school. Everyone can save
these labels and drop them in the plastic boxes located
on the Communications Center in the Gathering Space.
These labels can be found on many food and paper products
including: Pillsbury, Yoplait, General Mills, Betty
Crocker, Nature Valley, Bisquick, Ziploc, Kotex, Kleenex,
Scott and Hefty. Our school receives 10 cents for every
label collected. Your help is greatly appreciated!