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       St. Mary's Visitation Parish School's Mission Statement 
St. Mary's Visitation Catholic Parish School exists to direct children toward God and toward Christian service to society through Catholic religious formation, academic challenge, and continuous improvement.
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Have you filled someone's bucket today?


K4 Students having fun!
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6th graders worked together as a team to make their experiment work.
 
Save the Date
November 17
Picture Re-take 
Day

November 18
Quad Parish  Basketball Tournament
K4 and K5 Thanksgiving Feast

November 19
Pack 32 Milwaukee Bucks Game

November 21
Parent/Student/Teacher conference

November 22
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Parent/Student/Teacher Conference

November 24
Happy Thanksgiving


K4 students added their donations to the food collection box last week.
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Even K3 students do science experiments at SMV!
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Barnes and Noble

 

Box Tops

 

Building Faithful Families

 

CMH Pom & Dance Clinic

 

Catholic Memorial High School Shadow Day

 

Parent Enrichment Night

 

Pius XI Christmas at the Cathedral Choir

 

Pius XI Enrollment Schedule

 

Suicide Awareness Night

 

The In-Appreciation Fund

 
Monday, Tuesday,  
and Fridays
9:00am to 4:00pm
  
Thursdays
9:00am to 7:00pm
  
Saturdays
9:00am to 12:00pm
  
Wednesdays Closed
Principal Notes                                                 November 17, 2016
Dear Families,

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. As we reflect on the many things for which we are thankful, I want to share a few of mine with you.   I am thankful for our students who come to school every day ready to learn.  They give us a daily reminder of what is important and why we are here.  I am thankful for the support of the parents in creating a wonderful partnership with us. I am thankful for Fr. Peter and St. Mary's parishioners, the teachers, our school secretary, the classroom aides, the parish staff, the lunchroom staff, the bus drivers, the Afterschool staff and our support staff. I am also thankful for our volunteers who enthusiastically contribute so much to our school.  There are so many people who work behind the scenes on a daily basis to make this a wonderful place.  There is not a day that goes by that I am not amazed how God is working through all of us so that His voice can be heard.  I witness random acts of kindness all day, not just from our students and staff, but from all who enter our building. I am thankful to be here at St. Mary's and to be a part of this loving community.  My life is better because of all of you.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Thanksgiving Drive.  We were able to make 18 baskets that will be delivered today to those in need.

Mark your calendar for December 1st, it is St. Mary's night at Barnes and Noble at Brookfield Square.  We have lots of fun things planned. Plan to do some Christmas shopping and help support our library. We have extra Barnes and Noble Scrip cards in the office for your convenience, please stop by and pick some up.

We still have tags on the Angel Tree in the school atrium. Please stop by and take one, you will make someone's Christmas brighter. Angel Tree items are due Monday, November 28th.

It is hard to believe, but we are already beginning to plan for next school year. In the mail this week you will receive the 2017-2018 registration form, which is due back on Friday, December 16th. Please return your form on time to avoid the $25.00 late fee and save your spot for next year.

The weather is starting to change.  Please don't forget hats and gloves, we do go outside for recess everyday.

Just a reminder, the students only have school on Monday next week.

Please click here for Archbishop Listecki's weekly "Love One Another" message.
 
Have a wonderful week.

Yours in Christ,  
Mary Tretow  
Our 5th-8th graders toured the Seminary with Father Peter on Tuesday.
Office Notes                                                   
Britannica Image Quest
Our school subscribes to a database called Britannica Image Quest, so that our students have access to pictures on the Internet that are free of copyright restrictions in the school setting.  There is rarely a topic that cannot be found in Britannica Image Quest.  Every time you use a Google image you risk using property without permission, or running into inappropriate content.   The web address for Image Quest is: www.quest.com.  The user name and password are both smveg.         

Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences
Conferences begin Monday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. and go through 8:00 p.m. Conferences will also be held on Tuesday from 7:30 a.m to 11:30 a.m. K3-4th grade conferences are held in the classrooms.  The time slotted for those conferences are 15 minutes so please be mindful of the time.  Jr. High conferences are held in the cafeteria and those conferences are scheduled to be 10 minutes.  Please make sure that you check in with Mrs. Dries before you see the teacher. We hope that everyone was able to see the teacher that they wanted to. It is hard for us to regulate the sign up and to make parents understand you should only sign up for ONE conference--we do apologize if you didn't get in to see who you wanted.  

Hot Lunch       
Now that November is well-underway, it's time to add more money to your children's hot lunch accounts.  There are 18 school days this month, so if they take lunch every day, that's approximately $60 per child.  Don't forget a little extra for milk or supers!  Please remember that lunch is a 
pre-pay system.  Please do not wait for an overdrawn notice before you take action.  You can send a check to school (please put your children's names and amounts in the memo) or pay online for a small fee.  If you haven't set up an account to monitor your balance yet, now is a great time to get started.  Email  cfalk@stmaryeg.org to ask for your children's ID numbers (or find them on a recent MAP Results email), and then visit  schoolpaymentportal.com  to get going.  Thanks for your cooperation!
    
Home and School News

Barnes and Noble
Wednesday, December 1st at Brookfield Square.
5:30-8:00 p.m.
Proceeds from the event go directly to our school library.
All grades welcome!
Event Details :
  • 1:00 p.m. Story Time with Mrs. Tretow & Christmas Carols with our K3 students and K4 ½ day students at the 2nd Floor Children's Stage.
  • 6:00 p.m. Christmas Carols led by our 3rd - 5th Graders - all students are welcome to join us.  Please have your caroling student there at 5:45.
  • 7:00 p.m. Quiz Bowl with Grades 6-8
  • Bring your Christmas Shopping lists!  Purchases of books and toys benefit our library.
  • Café purchases (see link for ideas), including whole cakes from the Cheesecake Factory and Sweet Street available for order for your Christmas parties, also benefit our school library.
  • Don't forget about Barnes & Noble Scrip!  You can use Scrip Now or purchase Scrip in the school office.
  • A flyer with vouchers will be sent home with the students in their folders.  Please bring your vouchers to the store so that SMV gets credit.  If you forget your vouchers, please ask that SMV get credit at check-out.
  • On-line orders also support our school library.  When placing online orders, please use the voucher code so that SMV gets credit.
  • Feel free to share flyers and vouchers with family and friends to join us in store or to shop on-line to support our library.
2017 SMV Auction
The SMV gym is going to look pretty sparse without decorations for Prom! Please consider helping Decorations Committee chair, Jr. High Theology teacher Gary Newman, bring Prom to life for the SMV auction on March 25. Click here to sign up for this or one of our MANY volunteer needs. www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C044BAEA92FA7FF2-anight                                                  
2016-17 Volunteer Opportunities
W e  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!  
To signup to volunteer for the any openings, please click here:
Athletic News

Basketball News
Welcome to the 2016-17 SMV basketball season.  The regular season basketball schedule will be published Nov. 22 or 23. Once that is published I will create the concessions schedule. Please look for an email on Nov. 28. The season starts Dec. 3 so there will be short notice for those families scheduled that first weekend.  St. Mary's is hosting a Holiday Tournament for 8th grade boys' B teams Dec. 5-11. 8th grade families and possibly some 6th grade families will be tapped for that tournament. (St. Mary's is hosting a Pre-Season 8th grade boys' A tournament this weekend which is being covered by the 7th grade families.) All tournament duties "count" toward your required concessions duties. 
I won't know how many concession duties will be required per player until the master schedule is published. 
Thank you in advance for your patience and flexibility.      
Parish News

There is one Mass on Thanksgiving Day at 9am. Please join us!

St. Mary's Christian Women will be selling Advent candle sets ($6) and rings ($7) in the church atrium after all Masses the weekend of November 19-20 and 26-27. Be sure to stop by and pick some up and share this Advent tradition with your family!

    8th graders helped assemble the "Thanks For Giving" boxes to be delivered to needy families.


 
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