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Save the Date
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December 14
St. Mary's Visitation School's Christmas Concert
December 19
Holiday Treasures Gift Shop Opens
December 20
Holiday Treasures Gift Shop
December 21
Christmas Spirit Wear Day
Teacher Luncheon
December 22
Mass followed by the
Living Nativity
School dismissed at 11:00
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December 12 was Our Lady of Guadalupe feast day. Our 6th graders put on a program to tell our students about the feast day.
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8th graders testing different cookie making ingredients to determine the perfect Christmas cookie mix for Mrs. Claus
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Yesterday was the Feast of St. Lucia. St. Lucy came and handed out sweets to the students at SMV
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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 December 14, 2017
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Dear Families,
This Sunday is the Third Sunday of Advent. The waiting and watching for us are almost over. Perhaps God is waiting, too. Is God waiting for us to be light for the world, to make peace? Is God waiting for us to care more, to forgive more, to love more? Is God waiting for us to recognize Him already with us?
Tonight is our annual Christmas concert for K4-5th grade. It starts at 6:30. Students should be in their classrooms by 6:00. If you cannot make it tonight you are invited to come to the dress rehearsal at 1:00.
Next Tuesday and Wednesday your child will have an opportunity to do some Christmas shopping. Home and School is hosting our 3
nd
annual Holiday Treasures event. Please see the link on the left for more information.
If you did not return your registration and fee for next year, please get it in. We are extending the deadline to not have to pay the $25.00 late fee until this Friday. Registering now helps us to prepare our budget for next year. Registration will be open to the public on Sunday, January 28
th
. Please mark your calendar and join us that day for our Open House. It kicks off Catholic Schools Week.
If you are shopping with Amazon, please use AmazonSmile. It is the same website operated by Amazon. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile their foundation will donate 0.5% back to St. Mary's. See the link on the left.
Today or tomorrow your only or youngest child will be bringing home the booklet "Whispers in the Pew." This booklet is put out by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. It is a helpful way to understand, connect and celebrate the Mass with your child. The author is Grace Urbanski. She is a parishioner here at St. Mary's Visitation.
Next Thursday, will be a Christmas dress down day. Wear your ugly or beautiful Christmas sweaters or anything red or green to celebrate the season.
Have a blessed Advent!
Mrs. Tretow
Principal
Father Peter plowing snow before and after Mass.
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Christmas Ornaments
We are looking for ornaments for our office Christmas tree. Every year families donate one ornament for our tree. All we ask is that you print your last name and the year on the ornament so that we can enjoy the ornaments throughout the years.
Instagram
Please follow us on our new instagram page, stmaryvisitationparishschool.
There will only be photos of several students, school displays, and announcements. Please follow!!
Facebook
If you haven't liked us on facebook, yet please do so. Go to the Facebook icon on the left of the VB and click on it.
Virtual BackPack
Thinking of something to get Grandma and Grandpa for Christmas? How about a free subscription to SMV's Virtual Backpack. This way they will see what their grandchild(ren) are doing in school. All you have to do is send your parents email to the school office and we will make sure to add them to our VB mailing.
K4 students getting out their wiggles by dancing with Santa.
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Home & School Happenings
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Holiday
Treasures Gift Market is back again this year to help your children get into the spirit of giving at Christmas. It is a fun way for children to secretly choose and purchase Christmas gifts for their family members during the school day!
Sale dates will be
Tuesday, December 19th and Wednesday, December 20th.
Items that will be available at the gift market can be previewed using the following the link that was sent to you in an email blast from SMV. An informational flyer and gift planning envelope will be sent home with students this week. Please make sure to fill out and return to school before the market starts!
Do you want to get in the Christmas spirit? We could use the help of a few more "elves" to decorate and to help the children pick out their gifts and manage their budget. If you are able to volunteer, please signup using the following link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0d45a8ac2da20-20171
SMV Forensics
Its' time for Forensics! This fun and formational extracurricular activity will help your child gain confidence in public speaking skills and performance. This will give students ample opportunity to spend time with their friends as each student works towards improving their public speaking skills and gaining confidence while doing so. We hope to have a team compete at state!
Practices will tentatively be held on Mondays starting December 11th and 18th and on Wednesdays through January. Practices will be from 2:45-4:00. The meets will be held on Friday evenings, or Saturday or Sunday afternoons in February and March!
All 6th, 7th, and 8th grade parents whose children are interested in SMV Forensics should fill out this
form and refer to the website,
www.smvforensics.com (this site is still in the early stages.)
K3 singing a song for the parents and grandparents at The Barnes & Noble Bookfair
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Positively SMV
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Every SMV student has seen this smiling face! For nearly 10 years Ms Mary Kau has been the smile behind the lunch line. Ms Kau is always on hand, helping to make the lunch hour a delicious experience. Thank you Ms Kau for keeping our kids happy, well fed and smiling!
A special thank you to our December Parish Playgroup volunteers- Lilly, Julia, Tyler, Joe, Max, and Sofia. These amazing middle schoolers volunteered an hour of their Sunday morning crafting and caring for our parish's littlest members so that their parents were able to enjoy a cup of coffee and meet other SMV parishioners with little kids. If you are interested in getting your middle schooler involved in this parish ministry, please contact Katie Costigan (
kcostigan6@gmail.com
). If you are a parent of a K3, K4, or K5 student, stay tuned to Virtual Backpack for details on the next playgroup event. Thank you middle schoolers!
And with that you will find a few things that are Positively SMV!
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Parish News
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St. Mary's Visitation School, provides the highest quality academic education experience in a Catholic culture. It is a solid foundation for your child's future. A foundation that is so important to the ongoing development of their mission in life, to utilize their God-given talents in humility and love to serve others.
Over the Summer St. Mary's, St. Dominic and St. John Vianney parishes are collectively offering teen activities to help your teen in discernment of God's will for them. As a Christmas or graduation gift, pray to consider sending your teen to a week-long workcamp or weekend retreat with us.
Information about these events is attached. Please contact me at
eharrison@stmaryeg.org or
262-782-4575 x108 if you or your teen has questions regarding
registration. Registration deadlines are set because these events fill quickly! We will register our groups either when the seats are filled or by the registration deadline. Chaperones are needed.
Thank you for considering these events through prayer in the Advent Season. May the Lord continue to bless you and your family with peace, love and hope.
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