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Principal Notes May 18, 2017
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Dear Families,
It is a very busy time at St. Mary's right now. Everyday we are trying to squeeze more things into the time we have left before we leave for summer vacation.
Thank you to Dr. Pickart for coming forward to chair the Catholic Souls Walk. Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 21st. Our goal is to raise $4000.00 for a new 3D printer and Stem activities.
Just a reminder, please make sure afterschool care and hot lunch balances are paid. We would like to close our books at the end of the school year.
Please join us on Saturday for the Open Door Elm Grove tour of homes. Thank you to Didi Lemberger for all her hard work on making this a wonderful event. There are still slots available if you have time to help on Saturday.
Join us for the SMV Band Concert and Ice Cream Social next Tuesday evening at 6:30. Our band will be joined by The Milwaukee Letter Carrier's Band. If your child is interested in joining the band next year, come and check out what the SMV band is all about.
Please click
here
for Archbishop Listecki's weekly "Love One Another" message.
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T-Ball
We are pleased to announced that the T-ball sign up is beginning. The season begins Wednesday, June 14th and goes through Wednesday, July 26th. Anyone who is entering grades K4-3rd grade next fall is eligible to sign up and play. You will need to fill out two forms the first one is the
sign-up form and the second one is the
waiver.
Six Flags Read to Succeed
Some of our students in K5 through grade 6 earned tickets to Six Flags by participating in the Read to Succeed program. Tickets will be sent home with the students on Friday (tomorrow). If you do not receive your ticket please contact Miss Benson in the library.
Summer Tutor
Enthusiastic elementary teacher with 23 years of classroom experience will tutor students in grades 1-6 in any subject. Susan Burbach, 262-784-8488
4th Graders Excited to Show Off Their End of the Year
State Project
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Summer Keyboarding Challenge
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Some say that with voice recognition software children will not need keyboarding skills in the near future. Untrue! Keyboarding will not disappear fast enough to save your students from typing homework, writing papers, sending e-mails, filling out applications and a multitude of other things. More importantly, most standardized testing, including essay responses, are administered online. Strong keyboarding skills continue to be critical.
Our students at SMV are introduced to proper finger placement in the primary grades and by third grade they have formal keyboard instruction throughout the school year.
To keep everyone's skills sharp over the summer, Miss Benson is encouraging students to keep a Summer Keyboarding Log. Any student who practices 600 minutes during the summer will receive an out-of-uniform pass for a designated day in September. Although this activity is encouraged for students in grades 3-8, younger students can give it a try if you feel it is not too much pressure. See the Summer Keyboarding Log for suggested practice websites.
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Catholic Soles for Education Walk
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Registration is now Open!! Free T-shirt
Please click
here to register.
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Home & School News
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Open Door Elm Grove
Our Open Door Elm Grove tour is right around the corner and we are so excited! Please think about signing up to help! We need people to help in the homes as a tour guide and you will get a chance to tour the other homes as well. Also check out this great article the Journal Sentinel did on our tour! Journal Sentinel Article
Open Door Elm Grove
Saturday, May 20th
9:30am-1:00pm or 12:30pm-4:30pm
To purchase ticket please click
here.
Volunteers are still VERY much needed to ensure Open Door Elm Grove is a success! We currently have only 7 of the 38 tour guide spots filled!
Help is needed to welcome tour visitors, give brief explanation of remodel, and answer questions at one of the homes on tour. Super easy, social, and fun volunteer activity!
Please click on this
link to signup.
The SMV Auction for Education totals for 2017 are in.........and we made $88,686.53! WOW! A huge thank you to all the school families, teachers and staff as well as the parishioners who donated to the auction. We truly could not have had a successful event without you. The first $20,000 is given to the parish to cover maintenance needs at the school. A $5000 donation from Dave & Marge Hamacher, parents of Heather Mueller, brought our Stop The Auction total to $17,250. Some of the proceeds will be used to make up the $12,750 balance for that project, which will provide air conditioning to each of the classrooms. Discussions are ongoing as to how the remaining monies will be spent. Please look for an update in the fall of 2017. Again, thanks to everyone who participated in the Auction!
Elm Grove Memorial Day Parade
A chance to commemorate and celebrate those individuals who have served, and those presently serving in the Armed Forces of the United States of America.
Come out and help honor our veterans!! SMV is going to have a float this year in the Elm Grove Memorial Day Parade!! Students in all grades are welcome to support our troops and support our school. Parents are welcome, too. Our float will feature a trolley and a chariot with our very own SMV Gladiator!! (Thank you to John Pentler of Uptown motors for supplying a vehicle, to Therese Pickart for funding the Trolley, and to Mike Hardy for creating our chariot).
BONUS!! All students walking/riding in the parade will get a free scoop of ice cream from RJ's - generously donated by Brad and Katy Conners!! Let's get the ENTIRE school to walk in the parade!
We will have SMV school banners for the float, but would love any students interested, to make and carry their own sign supporting our veterans (Examples: "SMV supports our Veterans," or "Thank you Veterans.")
Parade date: Monday, May 29, 2017
Reporting time: Please plan to arrive between 8:45 - 9:15 a.m.
Streets will close by 9:45 a.m., so please respect this time frame
Parade start time: 10:30 a.m.
Drop-off location: The footbridge on Legion Drive,
entrance to Elm Grove Village Park (there will be NO PARKING at the Village Park on Parade Day)
Pick-up location:
Wall Street, across the street from Sunset Playhouse (plan on walking to pick up your child, as parking around the parade route is extremely limited). See parade link below.
What to wear:
Wear your SMV spirit wear, Girl Scout, Cub Scout, or Boy Scout uniform, or Red, White and Blue!!
Parade theme: Freedom Isn't Free
The following link includes the parade route and additional general parade information:
Any questions? Please email Amy Henry (
amymhenry@yahoo.com
) or Therese Pickart (
toothpck2@aol.com).
Field Day
The school weeks are fading away. Summer is around the corner. But before the kids can yell "school's out" they get to participate in Field Day.
You know the day filled with funs, games, crafts and water balloons that they believe just magically happens.
You know the truth: it's time to volunteer. Yes, we need you to spend a few hours in the sun, working at the bounce house and filling water balloons. We promise it will be fun....for the kids.
Field Day is Monday, June 5. There are many ways you can help. Check out the
Sign Up Genius and remember how much your kids love to see your smiling face helping out at school!!
Lunch for Field Day
You have three options for lunch. You can order Subway with cash or check, or you can order a bag lunch charged to your child's hot lunch account, or you can send a cold lunch from home.
If you would like to purchase a lunch, please fill out this form once for each child. This form will close on
May 22nd at 9:00am
. PLEASE NOTE: No lunch orders will be accepted late. If you're ordering Subway, you need to submit check made out to Home & School (preferred) or cash to the office by
May 24th
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Lunch Choices:
Subway Lunch -- $5.00 in check (preferred) or cash, due May 24th:
6" ham, turkey, or spicy Italian sub (with or without cheese)
bag of chips
cookie
beverage
Bag Lunch -- $3.25 charged to hot lunch account on June 5th:
ham or turkey sandwich
baby carrots
pretzels or chips
Milk
End of the School Year Pool Party
There are a few spots available for the End of School Year Pool Party on
Tuesday, June 6
at the Elm Grove Pool. For $40 per family, your family is invited for pizza, desserts and popcorn starting at
5 pm
followed by swimming from
6-9 pm
. Beverages, both kid and adult, are available throughout the evening. To join in the fun, please send your check made out to St. Mary's Home and School to the office in an envelope labeled End of School Year Pool Party.
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Concession Stand Coordinators Needed
We are looking for two parents to join the concession stand coordinator team for the 2017-2018 school year! The coordinator opens/closes the concession stand one weekend a month-you pick what works best for your schedule. Volleyball seasons runs Sept.-Oct., with games on Friday nights and Saturday mornings until mid afternoon. Basketball season runs Dec.-Feb., with games Saturday mornings until mid-afternoon. Opening involves unlocking everything, getting cash boxes out, and directing volunteers to get the food started. Closing involves counting the cash boxes out, and directing volunteers in the clean-up process. This fulfills your concession duty requirement for all of your children who participate in SMV Athletics, for both the volleyball and basketball seasons. If interested please contact Beth Parey at bparey@electricalsubstations.com or 262-821-0691.
Flag Football
REGISTRATION DETAILS
Online, Mail and Drop Off
Monday, May 22, 8:00 a.m. - Friday, July 7, 2017, 5:00 p.m.
Department of Parks, Recreation & Forestry
2000 N. Calhoun Road, Brookfield, WI 53005
David Roesch Golf and SMV are gearing up for another great spring season of junior golf lessons. David has an impressive resume (2014 WI PGA Player of the Year, 2013 WI PGA Teacher of the Year, led the 2004 US Open after the first round, finished tied for 31st). Following are details on the lessons:
- 5 weekly group lessons and range balls (short game and swing instruction)
- Weekly lessons on Thursdays and Fridays at Storms range in Brookfield starting May 4 and ending June 2 (rain dates would be rescheduled for June 9)
- Two one-hour sessions each Friday (4PM and 5PM) and one on Thursday (4 PM), although possibly two Thursday sessions depending on turnout
- Cost will be $80 each for all lessons and range balls
- Program open to 1st graders and above
- Kids should bring their own clubs (limited amount of extra equipment available)
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.
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Parish News
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Look at the adorable gifts SMV families are donating for the Women's Care Center of Milwaukee which provides free counseling, educational and support services to women who are pregnant and after they deliver their babies.
We're collecting all month! Clothing, diapers/pull ups, carriers, toiletries, strollers --anything baby/toddler is so needed and appreciated!
For more information please see the links on the side.
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