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Principal Notes October 6, 2016
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Dear Families,
Please join us this Saturday for the Souls for Education Walk at Mount Mary. It is not too late. You can register when you arrive.
Friday, October 21st from 5:00-8:00 is our annual Spooks and Spoofs celebration. This is a Halloween party for all ages. Come and enjoy the evening with your SMV friends. If you are new to the school, you don't want to miss this. We are still in need of volunteers. We only need an hour or two of your time to make this a wonderful evening for the children.
The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. Please mark your calendar for Monday, October 24th and join us. The 7th and 8th grade will be leading us in the Living Rosary with a special outdoor visual aid of biodegradable balloons. We will start at 10:15 on the playground.
I wanted to share with you some exciting news. I nominated Mrs. Kathy Biernat for the Celebrate Teachers and Teaching Advanced Career Teaching Award. This year's teacher awards focused on teachers making significant contributions in the STEM field. There were 42 individuals nominated and 27 individuals are being considered for one of three awards. Mrs. Biernat is being considered for the Advanced Career Teacher Award. We are so honored to have Mrs. Biernat among this distinguished group. No matter the outcome Mrs. Biernat is our STEM teacher of the year here at SMV!
Thank you to all the dads that came to our K4 "Donuts with Dads" event last week. It was wonderful to see all of you!
Please join us on Tuesday, October 18th for our Dining Out Day at Culver's here in Elm Grove. Hope to see you there!
Please click
here
for Archbishop Listecki's weekly "Love One Another" message.
Yours in Christ,
Mary Tretow
K4 students waved to Ms. Lesnjak who went for a ride
in the bucket on the Elm Grove fire truck.
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Office Notes
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SMV Office Information
It is crucial that every family fills out the SMV Forms located on the left under permanent links. Emergency contact information is part of the forms, and with students getting sick at school, we need to be able to call parents in the event of an emergency. If you have not already completed your forms, please do so today.
All School Rosary Prayer Service to Honor Our Mother Mary
Please join us Monday, Oct. 24th at 10:15, weather permitting, in the school parking lot for our annual all-school outdoor rosary prayer service. The rain date will be the following day, Tuesday, Oct. 25th at the same time. Should both days be a rain out, we will do this in church on the 25th at 10:15.
We encourage our students to bring their own rosary to use at the prayer service. We hope you can join us for this special prayer to our Blessed Mother, Mary.
Calling All Holy Women, Men, and Children of God - Come to the Annual SMV All Saints Museum!
Tuesday morning, November 1st, from 9:30 am to 11am in the school gym, students in grades 7 & 8 will make the saints come alive with individual presentations on the lives of the saints. Visit one or visit them all, and help us make the saints' lives better known and understood. Our student-saints will be handing out prayer cards for their saints to all students to read, collect, and share at home. Grades 5 & 6 will be our tour guides once again this year for the morning museum sessions.
Help SMV Win a $10,000 grant!
Play Campbell's Grand Stand for Schools $1,000,000 giveaway. Follow this link
http://www.grandstandforschools.com to help SMV win one of a hundred (100) grants of Ten Thousand Dollars each ($10,000) (the "Sweepstakes Grand Prize") will be awarded to each eligible school/organization associated with a winning entry selected in a random drawing. Last day to enter is 10/31/2016.
Suicide Awareness Program
Unity Lutheran Church in Brookfield will be having a Suicide Awareness Program on Sunday, Nov. 13 from 6-7:30 p.m. Click
here for more information.
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Home and School News
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2017 SMV Auction
A Night to Remember...We "PROM"ise! St. Mary's Visitation School Auction for Education-MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Saturday Night, March 25th, 2017.
Coming soon to the SMV gym near you...throwback prom night! This year we are taking steps back-in-time to your high school dances and prom nights, but we need your help! Help us to make this night one of fun memories, both old and new. Send us a picture of you and/or a picture of your spouse at any high school dance. A copy can be sent to Mr. Newman in hard copy or emailed to him at
gnewman@stmaryeg.org
(even if you cannot make the auction, we still want your pictures!).
Please, no computer printouts on computer paper - these will be used in ways that will require a clear picture so originals or electronic copies would be most helpful.
The Matola Family was the auction winner of a ride to school in an Elm Grove fire truck.
Weekly SCRIP orders for physical gift cards will resume
Monday October 24th
. Please shop from our inventory in the front office. Any SCRIP questions please contact:
marenkleinmann@gmail.com.
Spooks and Spoofs
The SignUp Genius for Spooks & Spoofs is now live! We have many opportunities for you to help ensure this event is a success - tend bar/concessions, decorate the gym, run carnival games, assist with a craft project, etc. This is also a great opportunity for middle school and high school students to earn credit hours. Please consider signing your whole family up for one (or many) time slots. To view the 2016 Spooks & Spoofs SignUp Genius, please click here:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044baea92fa7ff2-smvspooks
2016-17 Volunteer Opportunities
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STILL need your help filling a few key volunteer chair positions (please see below). If you don't want to be a lead by yourself, find a friend and split the role!
Barnes & Noble Night - Thursday, December 1st
WANTED: Co-Chair with Rebecca Mindy. Help is needed to organize Christmas carols, crafts, and festive treats at the Brookfield Square location.
Chess Club - Jan, Feb, Mar
WANTED: Co-Chair with Brigid Harmeyer. Help is needed to organize signup, provide instruction, and coordinate tournament competition.
Memorial Day Parade - Monday, May 29th
WANTED: Chair/Co-Chair. Help is needed to secure a volunteer to wear the Gladiator costume, purchase candy for distribution during the parade, and solicit students to walk in the parade.
SMV Camp Day - Monday, June 5th
WANTED: Chair/Co-Chair. Help is needed to organize day of sporting events and fun activities.
WANTED: Art Projects Chair. Help is needed to coordinate art projects for all grades with varying levels of difficulty.
Open Door Elm Grove - Saturday, May 20th
WANTED: Publicity Chair. Help is needed to market the event through media articles, signs, and posters.
To signup to volunteer for the above openings, please click here:
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Parish News
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Join us each Wednesday at 1pm in church for the Patriotic Rosary. Our country needs our prayers, all are welcome to attend!
SWEET! Candy for a Cause! St. Mary's Youth Ministry will be hosting a candy bar sale after all Masses this weekend! Candy bars will be $2 each, with the profits funding the Thanksgiving Dance for cognitively and physically disabled guests. The dance will be held in the SMV Gym on November 12, 6:30-8:30pm. Guest and volunteer permission slips for the dance can be found at http://www.stmaryeg.org/for-teens.html under "9th-11th Grade Assignments." High School Volunteers are needed!!! To volunteer or ask questions, please contact Nora Berens at SMVThanksgivingDance@gmail.com, or call 262-853-6034. Hope to see you all there!
The Women of Christ Conference is November 5th. Please click here for more information.
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