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Save the Date
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October 18
Elementary Art Day
K4 & K5 Pumpkin Farm
October 20
Soles Walk for Education
October 22
6th grade to Biztown
October 24
Jr. High Church Art & Architecture Field Trip
Spirit Wear/5:11 Assembly day
October 26
Spooks & Spoofs
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K4 Donuts with Dads
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Third graders doing an investigation on weak and strong forces for science class
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| 1st & 2nds graders at Nate the Great play!! |
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| 6th graders in science class learning about plants |
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2nd graders playing a dice game for math
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| Take Back the Drug Night October 27, 2018 |
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8th graders packing up the food for the Congregation of the Great Spirit's food pantry
Thank you SMV Families for your donation |
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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 October 18, 2018
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Dear Families,
And the winner is.................Congratulations to the Linn and Associates team who took first place at the SMV Trivia Night this past Saturday. The winning team consisted of Pete and Kelly Linn, Tony and Krista Linn, Dave and Laura Linn, Robert and Molly Feind, and James and Katie Fee. They also won best theme, all dressed as dominoes. In second place was the team Winning is No Sweat with Chris and Maggie Lewis, Tina and James Crichton, Andy and Julia Fishler, Bill and Jayne Hall, and Pete and Katie Schultz. A special thank you to Bernard and Julia Kearney who chaired this event. Thank you for to Mr. Falk for your expertise in emceeing this event.
Winning Team-Linn and Associates
It has come to my attention that students are getting emails from their parents during the school day on their school google account. Students are not allowed to use their school email for personal uses. Also,they are not allowed to check their email during the day. If you need to reach your child during the day, call the school office and we will relay a message to them.
There are only two days left until the Souls for Education Walk at Mount Mary University. Please stop by school before the walk, we will be serving coffee and donuts starting at 8:45. We have arranged for a bus to come to school and to take the first 60 people that would like to ride it. The bus will leave at 9:15. It will leave Mount Mary at 12:00 to take you back to school. When you arrive at Mount Mary that day look for the signs that say Deanery 4. I will be there with a large SMV flag. Please pray for good weather for the day! Click here to read about a St. Mary's Parish family who works behind the scenes at the Walk--page 4.
Friday, October 26th
from 5:00-8:00 is our annual Spooks and Spoofs celebration. This is a Halloween party for all ages. Come and enjoy the evening with your SMV friends. If you are new to the school, you don't want to miss this. We are still in need of volunteers. We only need an hour or two of your time to make this a wonderful evening for the children.
Everyday I see all the work that is going on behind the scenes here at St. Mary's.There is never a day that parents are not in the school working on the next project. It takes a village to make things happen. You are our ambassadors within and outside the walls of St. Mary's. When we present our school positively it allows us to live our mission and be a strong presence in the community. Thank you for all you do.
Faithfully,
Mrs. Mary Tretow
Principal
 Last year's walk with the Archbishop and the Eberle Family
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Looking for your child's class website?
This is how you can find it. Go to
www.stmaryeg.org click on Learn With Us scroll down to Quick Links and click on Faculty & Staff. Find your child's teacher click on the class website. To make it really easy, once you have the class website up book mark it or put it into your favorites.
Thank you Home & School
Thanks to our Home and School Association, a best practice has been brought to our school's Physical Education curriculum - the use of pedometers to measure student activity! It's common knowledge that our children need 60 minutes of activity a day for good health. Possibly not as well known is that a portion of that time needs to be moderate to vigorous physical activity (M.V.P.A.). All students have the ability, it's not genetically controlled, to increase their activity level. Students in grades 5th - 8th have been using them weekly since school began.
SMV Christmas Concert Information
For this year's Christmas concert, students in 4K through 5th grade will perform the mini-musical
Carol and the Belles
. 4th and 5th graders will have the opportunity to audition for main character roles during music classes this week and next week. Our musical is set in 1954, so
all students in 4K-1st and 3rd-5th grades should start planning a 1950's outfit
for the Christmas concert. This "costume" can be very simple - such as jeans and a white t-shirt for boys and jeans with a sweater and scarf for girls.
Please click here if you need some more inspiration!
Mrs. Kesler will speak with students in main character roles about costumes.
Students in 2nd grade should plan to wear their living nativity costumes
for the birth of Jesus scene in our musical. Mrs. Kesler and Ms. Koepke will talk more about this with 2nd grade soon!
Calling all parent artists! We are looking for parent volunteers to help paint our set for the Christmas show. If you are interested and could be available on a weekday between 12:00 pm and 3:30 pm, please email Mrs. Kesler at skesler@stmaryeg.org. Thank you!
Lost Stroller
Lost stroller in need of its owners. There is a lost stroller that is inside the doors of the main entrance of the school. If you are missing a stroller please check this one out.
K3 girls playing with the new baby dolls
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SPOOKS & SPOOFS
October is Here and that means Spooks & Spoofs is right around the corner!
PUMPKIN DECORATING CONTEST
All students are invited to participate in the Annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest. All carved and/or decorated pumpkins should be dropped off in the school atrium on Friday, October 26th. Prizes will be awarded for SPOOKIEST and MOST ORIGINAL pumpkins in the following age categories: K3-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th. For more information, please see link to flyer under Home & School.
Wristband orders
Attached please find the Wristband pre-sale order form. Please return with your cash or check payable to SMV Home & School Association by Monday October 22nd. Wristbands will be sent home with the child listed on the form on Thursday, October 25th.
Child wristbands are needed for any children wishing to play games, enter the bounce house or go into the haunted house.
**NEW FOR 2018**
Everyone entering SMV that evening will need to sign in at the front table in the Atrium. Adults will be issued a free adult wristband to indicate that they registered. Expedite your registration process the night of by indicating your adult attendees on the order form, with a phone number that we can reach you on the night of in the event we need to contact you in the building. If you pre-register your adult attendees, we will include those with your child wristband order.
K5 had a "slipper and stuffy" party as a reward
for meeting our goal for the Dance-A-Thon fundraiser!
Home & School Volunteers
Spooks & Spoofs: We need your help to make this SMV tradition a success! Spooks & Spoofs is our annual Halloween party, complete with a costume contest, haunted house, dancing, games, a bouncy house and more. We have volunteer opportunities on the night of the event and both during the day and evening before the event. Please check out the Sign Up Genius to find time that fits into your schedule. We hope to see you there!!!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0d45a8ac2da20-spooks
Junior High Forensics: We are looking for 2 more people to join Brigid Harmeyer on a team of 3 to lead our Forensics program and coach our students. We hope to be able to continue this program at SMV, but we'll need your support. Forensics is a wonderful opportunity for our students to practice public speaking, develop critical thinking skills, and gain confidence. Practices have typically occurred after school and meets occur at various public and private schools in the area on Friday afternoon/evenings and Saturdays in January and February. Please contact Rebecca Mindy or Brigid Harmeyer if you may be interested or have questions as you consider this opportunity.
In Appreciation Fund
For the VERY organized parents in this group, we wanted to give you a heads up that the IN APPRECIATION FUND will be back again this year!!!!
This is a VERY easy way to give a holiday gift to the SMV faculty and staff.
We will be collecting funds in November and early December and they will be distributed between ALL SMV staff members!!
Any amount is appreciated!
Your family's last name will be included in the cards we give to each recipient!!
There will be more information coming in the virtual backpack in the next month!
The good news is.... you have one less person to buy a Christmas present for!
If you have any questions please ask either Rebecca Mindy or Amy Van Ells.
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We wanted to take time to highlight two SMV moms that have been working very hard lately, donating much of their time to make SMV a great place to be!
The first shout out goes to Mrs. Jennifer Zils. Mrs. Zils was the brain behind the new SMV Dance a thon. This fundraiser was a HUGE success and would not have been possible without the many, many hours she put into planning this event. The best part- we all get out of selling magazines and cookie dough because of her success! In addition, our younger students will now have access to a new, awesome, science lab! Thank you Mrs. Zils for your dedication to our school.
We would also like to give an SMV thank you to Mrs. Tina Crichton. Mrs. Crichton has taken on the chairperson role for the upcoming Soles for Education walk. This event takes place this Saturday and is full of energy and spirit for SMV. Mrs. Crichton has spent her time over the past weeks promoting this event, organizing a bus for transport and planning for donuts and coffee at the SMV parking lot pre party! Thank you Mrs. Crichton for sharing your time to plan this event for all of SMV.
And with that you will find a few things that are Positively SMV!
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Our Old-Fashioned Supper Club Auction for Education planning is well underway! This premier annual event will be held on March 30, 2019. The auction committee needs your help in making this, SMV's largest fundraiser of the year, our most successful to date! Both Live and Silent Auction donations are needed. We are looking for Packers tickets, Brewers tickets, Admiral tickets, and Buck tickets, condo stays (local or otherwise), hotel and airfare points, concert and event tickets, gift cards, corporate sponsorships, and good old-fashioned cash donations! We appreciate your consideration and generosity!
This year, we have created our own auction website where you can go to make online donations, download auction forms, and find additional information regarding the event. Visit www.stmaryeg.org/auction.html, and also feel free to email the 2019 Auction Team with any questions you may have at auction@stmaryeg.org.
With gratitude,
Sue Olbrantz and Katie Carnell
2019 Auction Co-Chairs
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Register Now for the 2018 Women of Christ Conference
The 10th annual
WOMEN OF CHRIST CONFERENCE
will be held November 3
rd
, 2018 at Washington County Fair Park, West Bend. This year's theme is Take Courage...Be the
Light
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Conference BEGINS with 8:15 Mass celebrated by Archbishop Jerome Listecki. Outstanding speakers include, Scott Hahn, Sisters of Life, Crystalina Evert, Fr. Philip Schumaker. Confession and Adoration available all day. Group (5 or more) and online discounts apply.
E-Mail:
womenofchrist@gmail.com
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Mission & Catholic Identity
Effective 2016-2021
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