Saint Michael's Minutes 12.5.17

Catholic Charities Fundraiser, Toy Drive, Christmas Concert/Pageant

Saint Michael's Minutes

Teaching Children their value as Children of God

Principal's Notes

Dear parents and families,

Thanks to the hard work of our student government, donations from families, and our students' willingness to pay to wear jeans, we raised over $1000 for Catholic Charities! This was a wonderful way for our community to accomplish the Corporal Work of Mercy Give Alms to the Poor for November.

Now, this Advent, our December Corporal Work of Mercy is Visit the Sick. To put our faith into action, our students will be holding a Toy Drive for INOVA Fairfax Children's Hospital. Please click this link to view the wish list from the hospital. Our classes will hold competitions to see who can bring the most gifts in this Advent Season! PreK through 3rd grade will compete against one another, and 4th through 8th grade will complete against one another. The winning grade from each group will receive a pizza party during lunch! Please send in the gifts unopened and our Student Government Officers will collect and track them each morning.

Some quick important dates:

Friday, Dec 8: 2Q Interims
Friday, Dec 8: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Tuesday, Dec 12: Dress Down Day
Thursday, Dec 14: Band and Choir Concert
December 18-January 1: No School Christmas Break
Tuesday, January 2: School Resumes

We have some poinsettia's that were not picked up. If you were unable to collect yours, please come to the front office during the day and see Michelle Kennedy to collect these beautiful plants.

Our Band and Choir will have their Christmas Concert on Thursday, December 14th. We hope to see you there to celebrate the birth of our Lord.

Tuesday, December 12 is a dress down day for Mr. Kottcamp, Mr. Maranski, and our parent volunteers bearing Mr. Cinalli in the Turkey Trot race. Parents, please remember ripped clothes, yoga pants, pajamas, too-tight clothing, and anything revealing is in violation of the handbook. Any questions regarding dress down clothing policies can be emailed to Mr. Cinalli.

This Friday we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Our Kindergarten through 3rd grade students will attend the 8:30 AM Mass, and 4th through 8th grade students will attend the 12:30 Mass. This is a Holy Day of Obligation and attendance at Mass is required for Catholics.

The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin." - Pope Pius IX

God bless,

Daniel Cinalli

Principal

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Click the link below to be taken to the video summary from the Turkey Trot, including a quick clip of the final race of the day!

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/933373618771451906

4th and 5th Grades had a combined religion project where they had to make ornaments for a classroom Christmas Tree. They had to choose a topic, draw a picture, look up a Bible passage, and write a prayer. They all enjoyed the project and the result is a very pretty classroom Christmas Tree of which both grades can be proud.

Our LabLearner Science Program includes our PreK students! Here our students conduct an experiment mixing different solids and liquids and creating a gel and paste! Each student is a little scientist!

3rd grade students going out of their way to donate clothing to the homeless in DC through an organization called Gifts for the Homeless. Working on generosity and giving to those in need during the holiday season.

Third Grade is have a blast learning math and working together! The creative and collaborative lessons give students the chance to learn content, put it into practice, use manipulatives, and communicate with their classmates.

"Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas." - Pope John XXIII

Saint Michael School | Phone 703-256-1222 | Fax 703-256-3490 | daniel.cinalli@stmikes22003.org