Hay St. George! My name is Jade Adalbert. For those of you who don't know, I am in my last year here at St. George and am serving as your Student Council President. I am very ecstatic to be the leader of such a great group of students called the student council as well as the entire school as a whole! This year we have a lot of great new ideas such as having many dances and movie nights. And lets not forget how awesome Catholic Schools week will be! So as the President I want you to have a fun and great school year!

On September 27th, a number of St. George families gathered in the church parking lot following the 10:30 mass.

Those gathered enjoyed a performance by the Filipino Youth Association (FYA) which included these members of our St. George community; Michael and Jenifer Palomo and Kai Lobo. After the performance Mrs. Lenihan started the 2009 Jog-A-Thon. The crowd ran north along 13th Ave. all the way up to Oregon Street where they turned left. The runners then turned left and ran down to 11th Ave. where they took another left and headed to Maplewood Park. After rounding the park loop the runners headed back to St. George where there was plenty of cheers, water, fruit and ICE CREAM for all!

Everyone had a great time being involved in the Jog-A-Thon and it raised more than expected. This years Jog-A-Thon brought in over $21,000.00!!!!!!! Good Job and I can’t wait until next years Jog-A-Thon. Also a big thank your to this year's sponsor, Seattle Mortgage. But for now ... Sell that cookie dough!

Most of you know that the 6th grade went to Camp Hamilton on September 22nd. They had an AWESOME time. Rock Climbing to Boating to Hiking all over the forest! Camp Hamilton was a great experience for them. They learned all sorts of things at camp.

"My group caught a salamander!" exclaimed Caitlyn Jacquemart.

They experienced biffys too! "The biffys are horrible!" said Clarence Leuong.

Andrew and I interviewed people in the 6th grade with some questions about camp.

Q: What was your favorite place at camp?
A: "the forest" - Caitlyn Jacquemart.

Q: How many stars would you rate camp?
A: "5 stars" - Tony Le, "5 stars" - Jonathon Luong, "4 stars" - Austin Buza

The soccer season is heating up. We have four soccer teams competing and they are doing most excellent. Five students from each of the teams had a few words to say about soccer.

AJ from the 7th grade, "We lost pretty badly in the last two games, but if we try harder, we will win some of the games and have fun at the same time." Sole from the second grade, "It was fun and I had a great time, I told my friend to pass the ball to me to score a goal. My mom brought the team cheez-its, crackers, strawberries, watermelon, cherries, and water. The best part of soccer was when I threw the ball and I scored and the blue team lost. I hope next time it doesn't rain!" Victor from the 1st grade, "It's fun, but really hard. We won one and lost two games. The second game was really hard because it was turf and the ball would move really fast."

Well, there you go, all the updates! Keep it up St. George and Go Dragons! But don't forget sign-up sheets for basketball are out!