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We invite all prospective pre-k students for 2022/2023 and their parents to come to James L. Collins Catholic School to meet our pre-k teacher and learn more about our program. Pre-k students will have an opportunity to interact with each other and you will have a chance to meet other families.

Join us for our monthly Be a Bear Day!  Prospective students who are currently in grades 4th through 7th are eligible to come to JLCCS for the day and shadow a student in their grade level.  Our shadow day begins at 7:50am and you can pick up your student at 1:00pm.  

If you are interested in learning more about making your child a Saint and a Scholar, then come and check out JLCCS! Join us for one of our regular Touring Tuesday events. Tours take place from 8:30am to 9:30am at the school. Available tour dates are: 1/25/22, 3/1/22, 3/29/22, 4/26/22, & 5/17/22. Sign up online to attend.

We invite you to join us as we celebrate National Catholic Schools Week! Prospective families are invited to attend mass on Friday, February 4th at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church from 8:15am - 9:15am. Afterwards, come by the school from 9:30am to 10:30am and take a tour, meet our principal, and learn more about becoming a bear!

The Knights of Columbus Council #5211 hosted their annual Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest this past month. After reviewing the entries, they selected the following students as the winners in their respective age divisions: Phoenix Huerta, Myleigh Huerta, and Miah Jackson. The artwork from the three students from James L. Collins Catholic School will go on to compete at the district level.

Students from the Discovery 4-H club at James L. Collins Catholic School made handmade Christmas cards and created holiday treat baskets to take to a local nursing home.

Help us honor the legacy of Mr. James L. Collins by giving back to James L. Collins Catholic School. On December 8, 1955, Mr. Collins ignited the dream of providing a Christian education for youth in our community through his generous donation. In his spirit of philanthropy, we are reaching out to ask you to join us this holiday season as we celebrate our Legacy Day! We are working to raise $25,000 more to buy a new school bus for our students to replace the 1989 yellow bus. Please join us and continue the tradition in honor of Mr. Collins.

James L. Collins Catholic School was thrilled to have staff members from the HEB floral department come to this week’s Little Flower Girls’ club meeting. The Little Flower Girls’ club focuses on virtues during their club meetings and activities. Throughout the year, the girls earn badges as they learn and demonstrate those virtues. Since the students associate the various virtues with different flowers, the staff members from HEB demonstrated how they make floral arrangements for the girls. Students were then able to make their own arrangements and learn how to care for flowers.

James L. Collins Catholic School supported Operation Christmas Child this holiday season. Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization. This program provides local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children in their own communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ. They ship these simple gifts outside the United States to children affected by war, poverty, natural disaster, famine, and disease; and to children living on Native American reservations in the U.S. The entire school at JLCCS donated funds to go towards creating 15 gift boxes. Then the 8th grade students went out and purchased the items to go in each box.

James L. Collins Catholic School competed in the Dallas Parochial League (DPL) Cross Country Championship at Norbuck Park in Dallas. The JLCCS boys varsity team finished 3rd out of 15 teams and Will Higgs won 2nd place overall. The JLCCS girls varsity team finished 8th out of 13 teams. All athletes improved their times throughout the season.

On Thursday, November 11th, we invite all veterans to join James L. Collins Catholic School for a patriotic school mass at 8:15am. Our students are looking forward to celebrating and thanking the veterans in our community. Afterwards, our PTC (Parent Teacher Committee) will host a reception in the Holy Family Center.

On November 12th, from 9:30am to 6:00pm, we are excited to welcome you to attend our James L. Collins Catholic School Preview Day. Our principal, Mrs. Hoyer, is available to take your family on a tour of our school. You will have an opportunity to experience the classrooms, hear about how our students excel academically, and learn about how small class sizes with a focus on Christian values would greatly benefit your child. This is an incredible opportunity for you to come and learn more about how we are growing saints and scholars. Tours take approximately 30-45mins. We hope you will be able to join us. Call 903-872-1751 today to schedule your tour.

We will celebrate Grandparents Day on Wednesday, October 27th from 12-3pm. We have lots of fun activities planned including Trunk or Treat, BINGO, and pumpkin decorating. The Book Fair will also be open, and grandparents will be able to take a picture with their grandchildren while they wait to go shopping. Join us for an incredible day!

Red Ribbon Week is the nation’s oldest and largest drug prevention awareness campaign. Today, millions of people celebrate. Red Ribbon Week will be celebrated from October 25th - 29th. Students can join us for the following dress up days: Monday: Western Day Tuesday: Crazy Sock/Hat Day Wednesday: Halloween Costume Thursday: Red Day Friday: School Picture Day (Wear your Mass Uniform)

We look forward to hearing Monica Ashour, founder and President of Theology of the Body Evangelical Team, begin the next PTC meeting (October 5th at 6:00pm) with an overview of the program your child is instructed on during Religion class. Childcare will be provided. “The ‘Theology of the Body’ is St. John Paul II's integrated vision of the human person. The human body has a specific meaning, making visible an invisible reality, and is capable of revealing answers regarding fundamental questions about us and our lives [such as]: Is there a real purpose to life and if so, what is it?” (www.theologyofthebody.net/)

We have two new navy blue baseball caps available for your students and you as spirit items for our school.

Mr. Chieng recently installed a water bottle refill station in the gym. We would like to install a second water bottle refill station in the front entry of the school. Unfortunately, the federal funding we receive will not purchase one, but will provide reimbursement for water bottles instead. These plastic bottles will end up taking up space in a landfill. It would be better if we could buy another refill station instead. We are also looking for the following items to be donated for our playground: four swings 2 small metal soccer goals Please call or email Dana Miller (dmiller@collinscatholicschool.org) if you are willing to help with these donations.

The James L. Collins Catholic School Annual Campaign makes it possible for us to continue our mission of developing the hearts and minds of our students. The GAP Drive begins on September 11th and will go through October 11th.

We encourage you to come out and enjoy a great day of golf at the Oaks Golf Course on Friday, November 5th. All proceeds raised will go towards ensuring that JLCCS will continue to educate the future of our community for another 65 years. We hope you will choose to sponsor our tournament this year!

Join us at the Corsicana Public Library on September 27th for Night at the Library from 5pm to 7pm. Bring your child by the Corsicana Library to register for a library card and sign up for their online library.