Sunday, December 11, 2016 there will be a Pancake and Sausage Breakfast in the Cafeteria with a special guest of honor arriving at 11:00am. That’s right, Santa is coming!!! Mrs. Agrella has put in a special request to her good friend at the North Pole. Breakfast will be served after both Masses and Santa will arrive at 11:00am. Parents will have an opportunity to take photos as Santa listens to our Christmas Wishes. Friends and Family are invited! Save the date for Breakfast with Santa!!!

Parents may come by the front office during business hours to pick up yearbooks from 2015-2016. A limited number of yearbooks are available to purchase for $20.00.

If you have a Kroger Rewards Card, don't forget to make sure you are “re-linked” to True Cross Catholic School for this school year.  Our True Cross School NPO# is 84237. If you haven't already, please visit www.krogercommunityrewards.com and sign up today.  It is an effortless, year round way to give! Don’t forget your cardboard dimes! Remember to check your boxes, cans, wrappers and bags for BoxTops. Progresso Soups and Green Giant Fresh and Canned Vegetables are participating in the Box Top Program, too!

The True Cross Catholic School 2nd-5th  grade will be re-enacting the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12, 2016, 1:30pm at the True Cross Parish Hall.  Students from 4th Grade will participate in the play and students from 2nd - 5th Grade will perform the Matachines Ritual Dance.  For more information please visit our school's website, www.truecrosscatholicschool.org.  Thank you so much and let us all pray for this event and ask for our Blessed Mother’s intercession.

Class Booth Assignments are as follows: PreK 3- Fishing Pond, PreK 4- Hello Kitty Toss, Kindergarten- Small Slide, 1st -Angry Birds, 2nd- Plinko, 3rd- Ring A Drink, 4th- Large Slide, 5th- Bounce House, 6th- Obstacle Course, 7th- Pong, 8th- Confetti Eggs. Remember to please be considerate of fellow parent volunteers and show up on time, at your assigned time.  There will be a sign in sheet at your booth.  Don't forget to sign in!

The Shrine of True Cross is calling students from 2nd Grade through Middle School, to be part of the Shrine of the True Cross Children's Music Ministry. S.T.C. Children's Choir will serve every 1st Sunday of the month, 10:00am Mass. Rehearsals will be the Tuesday before the 1st Sunday of the month, from 5:30pm-6:30pm in the Parish Hall and every 1st Sunday from 9:15am-9:55am. Our first rehearsal will be on August 30, 2016. For more information, please speak with Mr. Rangel, Ms. Ward, or Mrs. Urbina.

Sunday, September 4, we celebrated our first Children’s School Liturgy of the 2016 - 2017 school year along with a reception honoring our school's 70th year! At the conclusion of Mass, the Dickinson Historical Society's Executive Director, Ms. Joan Malmrose, presented Father Larry with a certificate recognizing our school for "Seventy Years of Educating Outstanding Citizens of Galveston County, Texas." Afterward, a 70th Celebration was held in the Cafeteria complete with balloons and birthday cake! Students have free dress on Tuesday if they came to Sunday’s Mass in their full dress uniform. Thank you for celebrating with us!

Do you shop at Krogers? This is a program that allows you to share a percentage of the money you spend at Kroger buying your regular groceries back to the school. There are no actions on your part other than enrolling for a Kroger Card and signing up at the beginning of each school year. This can be done on-line, all you need is our school number and here are the step by step instructions... Visit Krogers website www.krogercommunityrewards.com. If you do not have a Kroger Community Rewards card you can sign up for one by enter- ing your zip code, clicking favorite store, enter your email address, create a password and agree to the terms and conditions. In the confirming email you receive, follow the instructions, and then edit your Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number. Update or confirm your information and enter our school’s NPO number: True Cross School NPO# 84237. When you see our school name on the right side of the page, you are sharing with us for this school year and we thank you!!!

Box Tops are a big deal here at TCCS. In the past, we were able to collect enough box tops to win a $10,000 prize! Our total earnings for box tops that school year was over $13,000! We would love to top that this year—so make sure to save your box tops! You can send them in to your child’s teacher. Every box top is worth 10 cents. So please be sure to collect as many as you can!

This year our lunches will be catered by Pomodoro's.   Remember, all lunches will need to be pre-ordered and pre-paid.  You will need to let your child's teacher know by Thursdays which days your child will be ordering for the following week.  Payment must be made by Thursday for the following week as well.   There will be no exceptions.  If an order isn't placed and/or payment is not made, you will need to make sure to send a lunch with your child.   The first week of school Ms. Ester will prepare lunch for the children. If your child will be buying lunch the first week, you must put money in their lunch account by the first day of school.  Lunch cannot be purchased otherwise.   Pomodoro's service will begin on August 15.  Therefore, your first order must be submitted and paid for by Thursday, August 11.   A menu will be emailed to you within the coming days.   The cost for lunch this year will be $4.00 for all grade levels. You can make payments on your child's lunch account on our website, by clicking on the "Pay Now" link on our Home Page, or you may come into the office or send a check with your student.

The Second Annual T.C.C.S. Crusader Classic Golf Tournament will be held in September, 2016. The beautiful Magnolia Creek Golf Course in League City has graciously offered to once again host our Crusader Classic Golf Tournament. The event will begin with an 8:30am Shotgun Start and will conclude with awards and lunch. For more information, please call 281-337-5212.

Congratulations Erika, Trinity, Debbie, Shelby, John, Lauren, Alexis, Caleb, Alex, Trent, Roman, and Harley!!!  We are extremely proud of these students and will miss them dearly!  We wish them only the best!

Congratulations Mr. Rangel and the TCCS Band on their outstanding performance at the Gator Music Festival!!! They received straight ones for both performing groups! We are so proud!

We are accepting nominations for our Distinguished Alumni Award. ... As part of our Spring Gala celebration we would like to recognize a TCCS Alumni and present them with a Distinguished Alumni Award. We are looking for candidates who have “impacted society in a positive manner through their profession or community involvement.” Please submit your nomination to the front office.

Remember that your place for the 2016-2017 school year is not saved until you have turned in ALL registration paperwork and paid your registration fee. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the office.

Steps for Students registration deadline on February 3. TCCS classes are rewarded based on the percentage of participation. If 50% participate, they will have an afternoon of game time. For 75%, it's a movie and popcorn party. The classes that have 100% participation will receive free dress for an entire week! A donation or participation made in a students name counts! The site is experiencing slowness and the support team is aware. Please be patient. We can accept donations (cash, check and credit card) in the office, and credit card donations may be made through our school website, using the pay now button on the home page. Just be sure to list the student or family name and state "Steps Donation" under "other" when you specify what the payment is for.

Send in your Nonperishable Items by Tuesday for Your Class to Compete in the Playoffs! Get ready ... Get Set... Go Crusaders!!! Our Middle School Volunteers are at it again! Send in your nonperishable goods as we kick off Supper Bowl 2016. PK3-8th Grades are competingtobringinthemostitemsforourSupperBowlFoodDrive. Wewilltallyupour results on Tuesday, February 2, to see who’s going to the playoffs! The winners from each division: Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle School will compete in the Division Championship Round and Our Supper Bowl champion will be announced at our school-wide Pep Rally Friday, February 5! Good Luck Crusaders!

It's so easy to help our school with Box Tops. Take a moment and sign up at www.boxtops4education.com Just look up True Cross in the FIND YOUR SCHOOL space and join today. From now until July 31, 2016 - Sam's Club is giving 100 Box Tops for every 3 Box Tops items purchased in one trip. Buy 3 items earn 100 eboxtops; Buy 6 Box Top items earn 200 ebox tops, etc... See the In-Store Offers page at www.boxtops4education.com and click the EARN BOX TOPS tab to find out more. Every month Box Tops also offers chances to win Bonus Box Tops of 1000, 2000, 5000, or more, through Sweepstakes found on their Earn Box Tops page. Opportunities abound with BoxTops!

The Shrine of True Cross is calling students from 2nd through High School, to be part of the Shrine of the True Cross Children's Music Ministry. STC Children's Choir will serve every 1st Sunday of the month,10:00amMass. Rehearsals will be Tuesday before the 1st Sunday of the month, from5:30pm-6:30pm at the Parish Hall and every 1st Sunday from 9:15am-9:55am. Please call the RE office (281) 337-3130 and TCCS (281) 337-5212 for more information. 

The 4H Meeting for January has been cancelled. The next meeting will be February 18, 2016. Thank you.