This Week (and Next
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HAPPY AND HOLY EASTER
Your AMS Re-registration Agreement for 2017 - 18
was due to the front office Friday, March 31.
The form is still available on SchoolSpeak and printed copies are
in the front office for your convenience.
Please complete this ASAP or if you are not returning, email Dr. Friel
2017-18 ECC Registration forms will be available on Monday, May 1
-Thursday, April 13 - 8 am Mass - 12:35pm dismissal
-Easter Vacation -
Thursday, April 13 at 12:35
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Sunday, April 23
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Friday, April 14,
Good Friday: Way of the Cross
(Reenactment of the Passion of Christ by our 8th grade students)
- Tuesday, April 25 or Wednesday, April 26 - Student Council Informational Meeting
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Earth Week At AMS - April 24 - 28 -
Heal the Bay speaker at
9am and 9:45am
in O'Donnell Hall Wednesday, April 26
- Friday, April 28 - 3rd Grade Pioneer Day
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May 7 - May 12: Book Fair in the Library
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May 12 - Grandparents Day
- May 19, 20 & 21- Sophisticated Snoop
8th Grade Graduation is
June 1
Summer Vacation starts on
June 9 with dismissal after our
8am School Mass
School starts (Summer ends) on
Wednesday, August 23 for grades 1-8.
Pony(pre-K) and Kindergarten start on
Thursday, August 24.
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Support Technology Integration, Refurbishment, and Replacement by Donating to the Annual Giving Campaign
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Remember your school years and the days of chalkboards and overhead projectors? Like our world in general, education has changed and today's AMS students are learning with Smartboards, iPad tablets, and Chromebook notebook computers. As outlined in the AMS Vision, one of the key ongoing initiatives of the school is the integration of technology into our curriculum to better prepare our students an increasingly computerized world. As you can imagine, maintaining, refurbishing, and replacing these devices as well as maintaining the technology infrastructure of the school is incredibly expensive and every year takes up more of the school's operating budget. You can support this important initiative by making a contribution to this year's campaign.
Updates:
Pony remains in the lead with 57% followed by 3rd grade (46%) & 8th grade(40%)!
Please remember, your gift, at whatever level is comfortable for you and your family, will provide immediate, unrestricted support to AMS and help us to contain tuition costs as well as fund strategic initiatives.
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Way of the Cross - Good Friday, April 14
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Please come and see our 8th graders in the
Way of the Cross dramatization at
12:30PM and 7:00PM.
Give yourself three hours on Good Friday to reflect on the journey of Jesus and his followers through the Liturgy of the Word. Communion and Veneration of the Cross follow at
2:00PM and 8:15PM.
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Lenten Collection for The Missionary Association
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| Thank you for your generous response to our Lenten collection in support of the Missionary Association. AMS has collected $3600 to support the work of the Association in countries where there is the greatest need. |
Student Council Elections are coming up
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Current 5th, 6th, & 7th graders may run for student council. There will be informational meetings on
Tuesday, April 25 or
Wednesday, April 26
in the school hall at lunch.
The mandatory meetings will begin promptly at
12:30 pm
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All students interested in running for student council must attend one of these mandatory meetings.
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Parent Service Sign Ups for the 2017-2018 due Friday, April 28
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There are some exciting changes to your Parent Service options for the 2017-2018 school year. Please check out this Parent Service Descriptions document for more details about the Parent Service Positions available to your family.
As part of your commitment to AMS, each family is required to commit to a Parent Service Position for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Please use this online form to submit your top three choices for your Parent Service Position. Your family will then be assigned to one Parent Service Position for the coming school year.
Even if you are a chairperson and know what your Parent Service Position will be next year, all families must complete the attached form by Friday, April 28 to avoid being pestered with follow up emails!
Please review this document for logistical details about signing up.
Thank you for your service to AMS!
George oj Fansmith
AMS Parent Service
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3rd Annual AMS Grandparents' Day
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American Martyrs School is celebrating it's 3rd Annual Grandparents' and Special Friends' Day on Friday May 12th. Ready to RSVP - click here.
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Celebrating Earth Week at AMS:
Monday - Conservation
Monday. A conservation goal will posted outside of individual homerooms with targets for students and teachers to meet.
Tuesday - teachers and students will do their best to not use electronics for one class period.
Wednesday - Teachers will be encouraged to shut classroom lights off for one period.
A speaker from Heal the Bay will speak to students about the power they have to help protect the earth.
9:00 am and 9:45am in O'Donnell Hall.
Thursday - Students may add on blue if they bring a reusable container with them to school.
Friday- Students may add on green with donation to Heal the Bay.
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 Senora Lizcano is looking for candy donations
to fill the pinata for the
festivities of
Cinco de Mayo!
Donations can be dropped off at the office anytime between now and then! Candy must be of the wrapped variety.
Gracias!!!!!
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Sophisticated Snoop Home Tour - May 19, 20 & 21
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44th Annual Sophisticated Snoop Home Tour
Friday, Saturday &
Sunday May 19
, 20 & 21
I know you're all in "vacation mode" at this time, but we're giving you a chance to sign up now to fulfill your parental obligation in one of three ways:
Click here to sign up for a shift or sell ten additional tickets or deliver posters & flyers. (We only need 10 parents to deliver p/f so only choose this option if you're going to be out of town the Home Tour weekend,
May 19-21.
If you would like to sell 10 additional tickets in lieu of staffing, please
click here now to let us know. We hope to have tickets coming home the Wednesday after break so let us know if this is your preference.
If you
click here, you can pull up the flyer that has the addresses & brief description of each home to "wet your appetite".
Also on this flyer is a more detailed explanation of what is expected of each family. Since this is our biggest fund raiser for our school, each family must participate to ensure its success.
Please call, text or
email if you have any questions regarding your participation in the Home Tour.
Wishing you a Happy and Holy Easter and a wonderful Easter vacation.
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Have a safe and happy Easter break!
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Summer at American Martyrs 2017
American Martyrs School is pleased to announce a partnership with Galileo Innovations Camps for Kids. Beginning this summer, American Martyrs will be home to Galileo summer programming. Galileo delivers a broad array of exceptional educational offerings for grades by offering programming for K-5th grades (Camp Galileo) and 5th - 8th grades
(Galileo Summer Quest). Wrapped in four fresh themes for 2017, every week is an imagination-sparking adventure. Open to the Manhattan Beach community, AMS is happy to welcome Galileo to the South Bay. Registration is available at
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Summer Fun Camp @ American Martyrs
June 12th - Aug. 18th
9am-3pm (Ages 5-12)
Everyone is invited to join in the FUN!
We play games that every kid loves to play .
Whiffle ball, Kickball, Capture the Flag, Knock Out,
Dodge Ball, and Water games.
Early Bird Discount for a full week (5 consecutive days) ends
April 30th
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Catholic Schools Night at Dodger Stadium
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