Turn your Cardboard Dimes into Dollars for TCCS! It is a ONE WEEK CONTEST. The Class that turns in the most BoxTop Dollars per Student by 10/29/2015 Wins!!! Please make sure your BoxTops have the expiration date intact and that they are not expired or they will not be counted. The Contest will run from 10/22/2015 until 10/29/2015. Let’s Go TCCS!!!! Which Class will win the BoxTop Champ Title and Trophy???

H.S.A.'s Mixed Bag Fall Fundraiser will run through tomorrow morning at noon. We will be unable to accept orders after that. Remember it includes catalog sales as well as online. Our school receives 50% profit with catalog sales and we receive 40% from online sales. Our Fundraiser ID is 183784. Please remember to add sales tax to the totals. We have included a tax sheet for you. Participation is optional, but appreciated!

A huge Thank You to our TCCS Family! Your help made Fall Festival 2015 a success! In appreciation, Mrs. Agrella has approved students and staff to wear their Fall Festival T-shirt and Jeans when school resumes Tuesday. Enjoy your Fall Festival Monday and thank you again!

There is no need to worry about dinner tonight. The Eighth Grade has it covered! Dinner will be served Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. For $7.00, a plate will include spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, iced tea or lemonade. You may purchase plates either to dine in the cafeteria or to take home to enjoy. An order form is going home in this Thursday Folder. Tickets may be purchased through the front office or Mr. Eller. Checks should be made out to TCCS. Tickets purchased will go home in next week’s Thursday Folders. If you have a sweet tooth, or are in need of a tasty dessert after your fabulous spaghetti dinner, please stop by the 5th Grade’s Bake Sale. All proceeds from the bake sale will go toward the annual 5th grade class trip to Camp Kappe.

A few boxes of World’s Finest Chocolate remain from our 2015 Spring Fundraiser. If your family is interested in helping to sell the remaining chocolates, please contact the front office. We appreciate your help!

Our Eighth Grade Class will host a Garage Sale benefitting their annual trip to Washington D.C. on Saturday, September 26, 2015 and Sunday, September 27, 2015. Donations are welcome and may be dropped off on Friday, September 25, from 2:30pm-6:30pm in the Pavilion.

It’s that time! Visit HEB now, through September 29, 2015, and purchase 15 items with Boxtops on them (in one shopping trip), you will receive at checkout a printed coupon certificate for 100 additional Boxtops. Please double check that you have your coupon in hand before you leave the store. That certificate alone is worth $10 to our school! Let’s Go Everyone! Send in those Boxtops!!!

The next Fall Festival Planning Meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 in the Library. All are invited to attend.

The First School Liturgy Sunday Mass will be held September 13, 2015, due to the Labor Day Holiday weekend. Students who attend Mass in their full dress uniform will receive a free dress pass for Monday, September 14.

A Band Parent Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 25,2015 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm. For more information, any questions or concerns, please contact Mr. Rangel.

Recommended Summer 2015 Reading Lists Available Under "Crusader Corner" Tab

This Sunday is the Feast of Corpus Christi. The Parish will have a procession after the 10:00 mass. Father Larry would like to have the True Cross students in attendance in full dress uniform. Some of the students will carry our TCCS banner. The students who attend will receive a free dress pass to use any time except for Wednesdays.

Pictures, Please! We are in need of photos from end of the school year activities. Our 2014 - 2015 yearbook will include the school year in it’s entirety and will be delivered mid summer. If you've got great photos of students or school events, please share them with us. The more photos you share, the better our yearbook will be! Submit your photos today by flash drive to the school office; email or link to tsheridan@truecrosschurch.org! Look to attend our 2014-2015 TCCS Yearbook Signing Party when the yearbooks arrive!

Best wishes go to our graduating 8th graders. They have a promising future ahead of them. Please keep them in your prayers as they enter into this new chapter of their lives. We are extremely proud of them and will miss them dearly. Congratulations Emmanuel, Daniel, Mary Clare, Daniel, John, Noah, Will, J., Trevor, David Paul, Reese, Kaleigh, Landon, Jessica, Jared, Jamie, Denise, and Rey!

Calling all Young Men Ages 10—18...Our local Knights of Columbus Council 3217 is sponsoring a Catholic Organization for you! The Shrine of the True Cross Columbia Squire Circle meet monthly and you are invited!

Best Wishes to John Kilsdonk, Fifth Grader, who will represent TCCS in the State Level of competition for the National Geographic Geography Bee Friday, March 27, 2015. Good Luck John!