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All students (Preschool - 8th Grade) with completed tuition contracts through TADS by TODAY, Friday, March 24 will be entered into our March Madness Mixer Drawing. Enroll online today at http://mytads.com/a/stm to have your child entered into drawings for these great prizes:
  • Timberwolves tickets
  • $25 gift card to Can Can Wonderland
  • $50 gift certificate to Donald's Uniform Store
  • St. Thomas More Spirit Wear
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (to the greater glory of God), 

Mr. Olsen

 

 
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Please Remember - 
STM is a charitable organization for tax purposes. Please consider a tax-deductible gift to St. Thomas More Catholic School in your yearly giving and estate planning. Each gift helps ignite a lifetime of learning.
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A LETTER FROM OUR COUNSELORS:

Dear Saint Thomas More Parents,

In past years our wonderful librarian, Ms. Tschunko, worked with K-8 grade students to create "The Rainbow Wall of Kindness".  Every year it was displayed on the wall just outside the library.  This year we will continue Ms. Tschunko's  tradition, with a different twist.  K-8 grade students will create a "Kindness Tree"  with hearts as the leaves, each heart illustrating an act, phrase, or quote about kindness.  

Our Kindness Tree activity is done in an effort to bring about awareness of how kind acts help  promote compassion, love, and unity with our peers,  families, communities, environment and the world.  Promoting acts of kindness can help reduce incidences of bullying by fostering positive actions that become the norm and are expected.   Performing kind acts even increase the level of serotonin in our brains, increasing our happiness and lowering depression and anxiety.

This week and last,  students created their hearts if kindness.  On Monday, March 27 all students with have the chance to hang their hearts on the kindness tree located at the landing on the way to middle school.   We hope you will have the chance to visit our Kindness Tree!
  
Thank you!    Susan Livingston and Chi Fomafung


Help Alleviate Traffic Jams and be courteous when dropping your kids off or picking them up by not parking in the back by the gym. This helps with safety and eliminates parking lot jams. 
Thank you for your assistance!

Movie Night

Our eighth graders are sponsoring Movie Night at the school o n  Friday, March 31  as the final fundraiser for their upcoming trip to Washington DC.  Plan to arrive at  6:30 pm .  Cost is $5.  All children fourth grade and younger must be accompanied by a parent, however, supervision will be provided for you from  7 to 7:30  if you are attending Stations of the Cross.  Parent admission is free with a paying student!  You have two movies from which to choose that evening -- the anticipated movies are Princess Bride and The Bee Movie.  Concessions will be available for purchase.  We look forward to seeing you, and to sending our 8th graders off on a wonderful trip!

Saturday, Mar. 25
1PM-3PM
Before the Flood Screening and Discussion - School Auditorium

Wednesday, Mar. 29
8:45AM-10:45AM
Celebrate Calm Morning Workship for Parents - School Auditorium
7PM - 9PM
Celebrate Calm Evening Workshop for Parents - School Auditorium

Thursday, Mar. 30
7PM
St. Thomas More Catholic Community at the Timberwolves - Target Center

Friday, Mar. 31
7PM
St. Thomas More Movie Night - School Auditorium

Saturday, April 29
5:30PM-11:30PM
The Great Gatsby Gala - School Auditorium


Spring Sports Sign-up deadline is Friday, March 31!


St. Thomas More Catholic Community at the Timberwolves 

Join us on  March 30th as the T-Wolves play the Los Angeles Lakers. We will have an event at the game for all who attend. Tickets are $22 and you can order them at  timberwolves.com/groupoffers  and enter code:  StThomasMore

Questions? Contact the parish office: 651-227-7669 or contact Ross Uhler (Account Associate for Timberwolves Group Events) for help with buying tickets and using FlashSeats: 612-673-8473.

10 Ways to Stop Defiance, Disrespect & Yelling Workshop
2 FREE Workshops. No Need to Register. 

Wednesday, March 29      8:45am - 10:45am
St. Thomas More Catholic School (Auditorium) / 1065 Summit Ave. / St. Paul, MN 55105
 
Wednesday, March 29      7:00pm - 9:00pm
St. Thomas More Catholic School (Auditorium) / 1065 Summit Ave. / St. Paul, MN 55105
 
Celebrate Calm Founder Kirk Martin, and his son, Casey, will provide parents and teachers with a dozen strategies that will eliminate defiance, disrespect, yelling, bullying, sibling fights and more that characterize our homes and classrooms. 
Kirk provides concrete, practical strategies that work with kids ages 2-22 in everyday situations to:

* Get your kids to listen the first time.
* Stop defiance, disrespect, and yelling.
* Stop whining, tantrums and sibling fights.
* Get kids off video games/screens without a fight.  
* Create stress-free mornings, homework time and bedtime .
 
Visit http://www.celebratecalm.com/attend-live-events/  for a sneak peak of what you will experience .  Arrive early for the special Q&A with Kirk (that begins 10 minutes prior to the workshop beginning).

One way you can help St. Thomas More out is by seeing if your employer has a  matching gift program . This helps you double any charitable dollars given to STM. To find out if your employer matches, please follow this link . If interested in pursuing this, please let Mr. Olsen know.

Tuition pays for the ordinary, philanthropy pays for the extraordinary - help us be extraordinary!
Get Your Spring Flowers

Spring is coming - get your flowers and help next year's 8th grade class get on their way to D.C.!

Deadline for ordering is April 11th. Delivery is May 18th. Catalog can be found here.

Order Today! (form in link)
Linwood Intramural Baseball

Registration is OPEN at Linwood Community Center for ages 12 and under baseball players.

Cost: $45 - 4 teams, coed


League Commissioner is Joe Seidel, a graduate of St. Luke's and current parishioner.
Volunteers Needed

Our Advancement office needs volunteers with knowledge in the following areas:
                • Marketing
                • Branding
                • Development/Fundraising
                • Video Production
                • Print/Publishing
                • Graphic Design
                • Database Management
                • Archiving (Photos/Docs)
                • Events (Auction/MoreFest)
If you are willing to help or know of others with skills and interests in these areas, please reach out to James Olsen at jolsen@morecommunity.org - thank you!
St. Thomas More Catholic School | 1065 Summit Avenue  St. Paul, MN 55105 
651.224.4836 | info@morecommunity.org 
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