All Saints Day, PTO Meeting, Report Cards
Saint Michael's Minutes
Teaching Children their value as Children of God
Principal's Notes
Dear parents and families, 

Happy Halloween! Our staff were dressed up in Oranges and blacks, deers, bears, moose, hunters and a prince (Prince E. Pal to be specific). I wanted to thank our PTO for organizing the Trunk or Treat this passed Friday. It was a wonderful event and the students and kids who attended were having a blast in their costumes and eating their candy (pictures of the event are below).

Please remember to attend our PTO meeting and guest speaker this Thursday at 6:30 in the school cafeteria.
Ms. Alyssa Densham will speak about family and childhood nutrition following PTO new business.

Tomorrow to celebrate All Saints Day, we will attend morning Mass which will be immediately followed by our 2nd grade Saints presentations (with some help from out 8th graders) in the Church. Please feel free to join us for this wonderful tradition. Mass at 8:30, the presentations will follow immediately after (about 9:15). Please remember All Saints Day is a Holy Day of Obligation and attendance at Mass is required for Catholics.

Some quick notes:
  • Wednesday, Nov 1: All Saints Day Mass and Saints Program
  • Wednesday, Nov 1: Turkey Trot T-Shirt orders due to office
  • Thursday, Nov 9: 11:30 Dismissal for Parent Teacher Conferences
  • Friday, Nov 10: No School; Parent Teacher Conferences
  • Sunday, Nov 12: Red Cross Blood Drive, 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM in school gym

Report cards will be coming home on Thursday. Please be on the lookout and sign and return the report cards.

Our lost and found is overflowing with things lost! It is a lost and found, not just a lost and lost; so please be sure to check the counter in the cafeteria if your son or daughter is missing a sweatshirt or jacket.

Poinsettia sales have begun! This is a very important school fundraiser and we need support from all our students. The top three students sellers will win a gift card!

TurkeyTrot sponsor forms will be coming home soon. We have some exciting and fun prizes if we hit our goals, so be on the look out and start warming up those legs!

Parent and Teacher conference sign ups are being done using SignUpGenius.com. Please check on our school website, under Parent Resources and click "Conference Sign Up." Choose your child's teacher(s) and the time slot which works best for you. Our middle school parents will have three 10 minute session where they will meet with two teachers at a time.

We will be offering All Day AfterCare on Friday, November 10th for those families that need to work or do not have child care during their conference. The rate for the full-day or conference only childcare will be including in the Wednesday folder.

Lunch room duties are now being managed through SignUpGenius.com. An email went out with the link and it is also available on the school website. Please sign up for the shift which works best for you.

God bless,

Daniel Cinalli
Principal
Yearbook Editors Needed!
Mr. and Mrs. Stroh, this year’s yearbook advisors, and are seeking interested 7 th and 8 th grade
student volunteers, and possibly one 6 th grade intern, to work on publishing this year’s
yearbook.

The selected 7th and 8th graders will assume leadership positions and the 6th grader, if one is
selected, will have an opportunity to “learn the ropes” and be in a position for a leadership
position next year.

The students work together to produce a yearbook that reflects in theme and content the
uniqueness of St Michael Catholic School, and records the activities, thoughts and aspirations of
the students and their teachers.

Previous experience is not a prerequisite. This is a great opportunity to build your
extracurricular resume for high school.
St. Michael's Blood Drive - Call for Donors
St. Michael Parish will be hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive on Sunday, November 12, 2017 from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM in the school gymnasium. If you are able to donate blood and are interested in donating, please contact the Blood Drive chairman, Joe Provenzano at jprov51@yahoo.com and he will help schedule an appointment.

If you prefer to sign up on your own, you can do so on the Red Cross website: redcrossblood.org and enter STMICHAELSANNANDALE in the "Find a Drive" window.

You can also call 1-800-733-2767 to schedule an appointment by phone.

According to the Red Cross, since 2003, St. Michael's blod donors have touches the lives of up to 2,124 people producing more than 709 units or almost 90 gallons of blood. A tremendous offer. We are about 20 donors away from our goal this year, so please consider making a donation.
"Keep in mind that our community is not composed of those who are already saints, but of those who are trying to become saints. Therefore let us be extremely patient with each other's faults and failures." - Mother Theresa
Saint Michael School  | Phone 703-256-1222 | Fax 703-256-3490 | daniel.cinalli@stmikes22003.org