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St. Mary's 8th graders learned about the math of scuba diving, including the volume of scuba tanks and how dive time decreases proportionally with depth.
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Save the Date
March 25, 2017
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Miriam is making sure that Luke doing his project correctly.
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First Student
262-797-7680
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Save the Date
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February 9
Parent/Student/Teacher
Conference
February 13
3rd graders to the Survive Alive House
February 14
Valentines Day
February 15
5:11 Presentation
February 17
No School Teacher In-Service Day
February 20
No School Teacher In-Service Day
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Evalina is reminding us that winter is still here.
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Monday, Tuesday,
and Fridays
9:00am to 4:00pm
Thursdays
9:00am to 7:00pm
Saturdays
9:00am to 12:00pm
Wednesdays Closed
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Principal Notes February 9, 2017
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Dear Families,
In the middle of this long winter, we are busy making hearts and thinking about others. Many of the classrooms are busy making Valentine boxes and cards. Our 2nd graders made Valentine's Day cards for our homebound parishioners. Some of our 8th graders will be going to Fairview South to volunteer at their Valentine's Social. Fairview South, located at Capitol and Calhoun, is a school serving 13-21 year old handicapped individuals. Valentine's Day is a time to share our love with one another, as Christ called us to do with His Greatest Commandment.
We are pleased to announce that Mrs. Kathy Biernat has completed the National Geographic Educator Certification Program. Certified Educators are committed to teaching their students about the world and how it works empowering them to succeed and make it a better place. Please congratulate her on this accomplishment.
I have been outside at the end of the day, monitoring the parking situation. Please remind your children to use the cross walk that is outlined with the orange cones. Also, there is absolutely no parking in front of the school to pick up your child. If we all follow the rules we will make it safe for everyone.
If you are the parent of a 9th grader, the 9th grade survey will be emailed soon. Please encourage your student to fill it out. We look at the responses to see how we can improve what we are doing. We will be gathering with those students on Monday, March 6th, from 5:30-7:30.
Friday, February 17th and Monday, February 20nd there is no school for the students. Our district will be at St. Dominic's for both those days. Friday is an Archdiocesan Curriculum Day on assessment. Monday will be our second Sustaining the Mission Day. We are required to have 12 hours of religious training each year.
Please mark your calendar for Thursday, February 23rd, the second night of Technology, Pornography and Safety. You are welcome to attend the second session, even if you did not come to the first. This night will include resources for you to keep your children safe online.
I am asking for prayers for Ms. Koepke and her family. Her father is ill and in the hospital at this time. I know that they would appreciate your prayers and kind thoughts.
Have a wonderful Valentine's Day next week. Thank you for all the wonderful things you do for St. Mary's. We love you!
Today the Archdiocese is launching a new weekly podcast entitled, Two Guys and a Gospel: Conversational brainstorming on this Sunday's Gospel, featuring Father Phillip Bogacki, Pastor of Christ King Parish and St. Bernard Parish, Wauwatosa, and Father Ricardo Martin, Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Racine, and Vice-Chancellor for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. I strongly encourage you to take advantage of this outstanding resource each week for your own personal reflection on the upcoming Sunday's Gospel.
Please click
here
for Archbishop Listecki's weekly "Love One Another" message.
Faithfully,
Mary Tretow
These 100 year old First Graders celebrated the 100th day of
school.
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Office Notes
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Hot Lunch
Can you believe it's February already? Time to add more funds into your child's hot lunch account. There are 17 school days this month, so if they take lunch every day, that's approximately $56 per child. Don't forget a little extra for milk or supers! Please remember that lunch is a
pre-pay
system. 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!
Help SMV Collect items for those in need
We are still collecting peanut butter for the Hunger Task Force. We are collecting new socks for Milwaukee area agencies servicing those in need. Pop tops, ink cartridges and Box tops are also collected at SMV.
Six Flags Read to Succeed
Students in K5 through grade 6 are invited to participate in the Six Flags Read to Succeed program. After completing a reading log verifying six hours of reading, students earn a free ticket to Six Flags Great America. Please see the links to print the reading log and parent letter. All reading logs must be returned no later than February 27. Please contact Miss Benson in the library if you have any questions.
Elementary Forensics
We had our first coaching session this past Monday. Thank you so much to all the parents who came and helped coach the kids. Reminder: Please make sure your child brings their Forensics pieces to the coaching sessions! Registration forms were due on Monday, February 6th! We really want as many 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders to participate as possible. If you still want to participate, send in your orange registration forms ASAP! Friday, March 10th will be our in-house Forensics Fest starting at 9:00am. Coaching sessions will be offered after school on these Mondays: Feb. 13th, and Feb. 27th. All coaching sessions will be held in the library from 2:45-3:30pm. We are looking for parent volunteers to help out on these Mondays. Please sign up to help at one of these coaching sessions on the orange registration form that was sent home to you! Any questions, email Ann Scott,
asartini@yahoo.com
or Julie Perez,
jperez@stmaryeg.org
Chess
Chess will be offered at SMV through Chess Scholars this year. It will be on Fridays after school for seven weeks beginning January 13th. Please see the
flyer located on the left under Home & School/Athletic/Community links for more information. I will continue to work with DJ Richlen to have a competitive team as well. We will meet on Sunday afternoons to have practice for the competitive players, and we will attend the All-Catholic Meet at MU on Saturday, March 11th and the Grade Level Meet at UWM on Saturday, April 4th. Please sign up here
https://goo.gl/forms/VErpQM4lhevbx7iu1
if you are interested in the SMV Chess Team. Questions? Email me at
brigidharmeyer@me.com
Thank you, Brigid Harmeyer
Spotlight Theater
SMV
has a student, Luc, who is involved with Spotlight Theater and will be playing the role of Lago in Aladdin Jr. The shows are Friday 2/24 at 7 pm, Saturday 2/25 at 2:00 and 6:00 pm, and Sunday 2/26 at 3:00 pm. If you are interesting in attending, go to Spotlight.org to buy tickets. The shows are held at the South Milwaukee PAC.
The K5 classes are studying communities, and built their own city using recyclable materials such as milk cartons, scrap paper and tissue paper.
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Auction News
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The deadline for turning in your auction donations & sponsorships is only 2 weeks away! We are still accepting sports tickets, electronics, vacation homes/condos, memorabilia, housewares, hotel points, class parties, dinner parties and other entertainment experiences. Please submit all donations to the school office by Friday, Feb. 24. We will continue to accept gift cards for the Gift Card Wall and wine for the Wine Pull until mid-March. Presently we have exactly one (1) bottle of wine. How about donating one of your favorites? Please direct questions to Beth at
smvauction2017@gmail.com
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Home & School News
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Book Fair
Thank you for your participation in the very successful Scholastic Book Fair. A percentage of sales will come back to us as cash profit for the library. Books are purchased each year that both enhance the academic curriculum and support leisure reading. Many thanks to a great staff of volunteers, again led by co-chairs Amy Kaczynski and Jennifer Zierer. Your time and effort is always appreciated
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Basketball Concession Stand Update
In December and January, there were several occasions when there were 2, and even 3, high school subs working the same shift. This is unacceptable. We are entering the final month of the concessions season. Please follow the 1 high school student per shift policy. If the abuse of this policy continues, SMV Athletics will be forced to re-evaluate the hiring of subs for the 2017-18 seasons. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Volleyball Camp
Coach Casey will be returning to SMV the week of July 24-27 to run volleyball camp for boys and girls currently in grades 3 through 7. It is a FUN and instructional camp for players at all levels. It is a great way to learn the skills needed to play for your school teams, or fine tune the skills of a club level player. Kids will learn passing, setting, spiking and serving fundamentals while participating in fun games and drills.
3rd graders playing floor hockey in Phy. Ed. Class
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Parish News
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Good Grief -- A 12 Week Bereavement Support Group
Losing a loved one can be one of the most difficult, painful things we experience in our lives.
To help people through their grief journey, St. Mary's offers a 12 week "Good Grief" Support Group led by Certified Grief Counselor, Deacon Tom Binder. Previous participants have experienced significant healing and have rediscovered peace, joy and love in their lives.
If you're ready to move forward in your grief journey and smile again, why not join our Good Grief Support Group? Perhaps you could suggest Good Grief to a relative or friend.
Sessions will be held on
Wednesday mornings, March 8 through May 24, in the Atrium Library, from 10-11:30 am.
Class size is limited. Registration is required. Contact Mary Sue at the Parish Office, 262-782-4575
or
msprotz@stmaryeg.org.
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Mission & Catholic Identity
Effective 2016-2021
Information and Technology and Media Skills
Effective 2012-2017
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