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       "The Messenger"


          April 14,  2017
  Vol. IV, No. 32
St. Michael's Academy
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It was nice to welcome all the students back. Everyone seemed rested and ready to jump back into school.

Next week will be a busy one here at St. Michael's. We will start the week on Monday with the crowning of the Blessed Mother at 2 p.m. over at Holy Cross Church. Then on Tuesday, we will participate in Valley Gives. This is an online fundraising event for nonprofits that will help us to raise funding in order  to continue our Catholic school mission and assure that our school will be here for years to come. The event will also allow us to compete for prizes based on the number of donors we have and the amount of money we raise. We encourage you to help us by making a small donation and spreading the word!

Wednesday will feature our eighth grade science fair from 6-7 p.m. in the gym and we will wrap up the week on Friday with the School Spirit Day volleyball game. The game features the 8th grade students against the faculty. Last year, for the first time in years, the faculty lost to the 8th grade so the faculty is looking to regain their championship title!

I hope to see you and your family at one of the events next week. In the meantime, enjoy a nice weekend.

Peace,

Ann E. Dougal
Principal
   
Upcoming Dates To Remember 

Please make note of these important upcoming dates:
 
Violin every Tuesday

Banking every Wednesday

Monday, May 1, 2017 at 2 p.m.
May Crowning

Tuesday, May 2, 2017
VALLEY GIVES
valley-gives.org
24 hours of online giving!

Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 5 p.m.
Admissions Information Session

Wednesday, May 3, 2017 from 6-7- p.m.
8th Grade Science Fair
SMA Gymnasium

Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 5:30 p.m.
Enrollment Management Committee Meeting

Friday, May 5, 2017
School Spirit Day
Faculty vs. 8th Grade Volleyball Game


Please remember to attend Church as a family.



     
Valley Gives Update
 
4 Days Till Valley Gives!!!!!
 
Get ready, get set, and GO to tinyurl.com/DonateStMichaels 
to support St. Michael's Academy!

We are excited to participate this year in Valley Gives!  If you are not familiar with the event, Valley Gives is a 24 hour day of online giving designed to help nonprofit organizations throughout the Pioneer Valley raise funds to support their mission.  Since we are a new participant, we have several opportunities to earn EXTRA prize money based on the number of donors who participate and the amount we raise.  

Click HERE and make a donation today. The website is open and all donations will be credited towards our school total count for May 2nd.   Every gift is appreciated!  Valley Gives does ask for a minimum gift of $10.

Thank you to all of our dedicated donors and let's WIN some prizes!!!
 


Attendance Winners
 
Good Attendance Pays Off !

Congratulations to our perfect attendance dress-down winners! In order to qualify for the weekly drawing, a student must have no absences, tardiness or early dismissals the previous week of school. We select one from PreK - 2nd grade, one from 3rd - 5th grade and one from 6th - 8th grade.   Congrats to this week's winners! 

          Jaden - Grade PreK-3                            Bailey - Grade 4B   
  
Wyatt - Grade 6A
 

Honor Roll

Third Quarter Honor Roll Announced

Congratulations to the students who have achieved a place on the third quarter honor roll!  For the full listing of students, please click here.


From The Classroom of Mrs. Brodeur - Grade PreK-3

PreK-3 is Planting!
 
Spring has sprung and new life has begun!  The PreK-3 students have planted their very own "friends!"  These are not your ordinary, everyday friends.  They are very special friends.  They will have green grass for hair and will eventually require haircuts (under adult supervision, of course!).

The students are learning Raffi's Everything Grows song as well as Everything's Growing from our SEEDS religion program.  They are also enjoying and then it's spring by Julie Fogliano which chronicles planting and caring for seeds with beautiful illustrations by Erin E. Stead.
The PreK-3 students now know that seeds need three things to grow...soil, water and sunlight.  The students also have learned that stems grow up and roots grow down.
 
So, if you happen to find yourself upstairs in the PreK hallway, please stop in to meet our newest "friends!"



School Health Fair

School Health Fair

The first SMA School Health Fair was a fantastic success! Faculty and students from Springfield College, Big Y and Baystate Medical Center provided some amazing interactive displays for students in grades 3-8.    




To see additional photos from the health fair, please click here.
 
School Health Fair - Dental Hygiene

Dental Health Is Important

We send out a great big THANK YOU to Mrs. Kathy Malmborg and the staff of Flagship Dental for being a part of our School Health Fair this week and coming in to visit all the PreK, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade classrooms. Students learned some important tips about good dental health and every student received a goodie bag filled with a toothbrush, toothpaste, timer, stickers, dental floss and crayons with coloring pages.  Wow!  This was part of our school-wide health fair!



 
School Health Fair - Safety 

Springfield Police Come To St. Michael's
 
Many thanks to Officer Witherspoon and Ms. Rodriguez from the Springfield Police Department who visited us this week. As part of our School Health Fair, the students in PreK, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade attended the assembly and learned all about safety.

PreK-4 News

Ms. Synan's Class Finishes Alphabet Books

Ms. Synan's class had fun this week finishing up their alphabet books and sharing them with each other!




Writer's Gallery

Grade 4 Pens Some Poems!
 
Working with Ms. Wuller in their language arts class, our fourth grade students have been studying prepositional phrases.  As we all know," practice makes perfect!" Therefore, once introduced, those prepositional phrases needed to be practiced.  Nothing could be better than to practice those phrases by using each student's imagination and knowledge base to create prepositional phrase poems!

Look for samples of the fourth grade poems on our webpage under Student Writing Gallery which can be found under Student Life.




Kindergarten

 Kindergarten Loves Their Frogs!

Mrs. Moskal's Kindergarten class has been learning about life cycles and the metamorphosis of frogs.  If you see one of the students, have them tell you about the life cycle of a frog!
 



Pope Francis Players

 
Creation

Taking Care of God's Creations
 
Mrs. Logan's 1st grade students are doing their part in taking care of God's creation by doing a clean-up over at Nathan Bill Park.  Thank you students - your efforts are helping to keep God's earth beautiful!



Parish News

St. Catherine of Siena 

St. Catherine's Summer Program Registrations have begun!

Registration is now being accepted for the St. C Summer Program which will be held from July 10th-14th. Cost is still $80 per child and is for ages 5-12. Registration is limited to 120 children and will be on a first come-first served basis. 

Registration forms are available at the Parish Office, Mon-Fri between 9 a.m.-4 p.m. located at 1023 Parker St., Springfield.

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Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

If you have an SMA 8th grader (or high schooler), your student is eligible to attend the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis, Nov. 16-19. Bishop Rozanski will accompany our diocesan 2017 group! 

20,000+ high schoolers and chaperones will have another amazing experience of faith and friendship. Many sessions are live streamed for at-home viewers. Mt. Carmel will be hosting an info meeting for parents and youth this Sunday, April 30, at 9 a.m. in the Bertoni Room.

Hear about the event, the cost, and fundraising. If you are from another parish, inquire to your parish @ NCYC plans, or contact Youth Minister Gina Czerwinski 452-0677.


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Prayer Corner
 
St. Michael the Archangel, pray for us! 
 
We pray for all St. Michael's Academy students, families, faculty, and staff, and their special intentions:

Helen Moriarty
Mr. and Mrs. Henry O'Connell
Donald Fay
Dennis Desmarais
Cynthia Jackson-Little
Sally Markey
Loretta Gaffney

Pat Newton

And we pray in a special way for our recently departed:

Aida Rodriguez

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. 



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