Saint Michael's Minutes 12.3.18

We Care Week, Advent Service Project, Report Cards

Saint Michael's Minutes

Teaching Children their value as Children of God

Principal's Notes

Dear Parents and Families,

Happy Advent Season!

“At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God's own love and concern.” - Mother Theresa

This Advent Season St. Michaels is working hard to fulfill the Mission part of SMS (Spirituality, Mission, Scholarship). Our St. Maximilian Kolbe Advisory is collecting donations for a school affected by Hurricane Florence, and our Student Government is holding two fundraisers to help support Catholic Charities. Please read below for more information, and thank you very much for your generosity and support this Advent season.

Below are some quick notes for the upcoming week:

Tuesday, 12/4: Donut Hole Sale ($2.00 per cup at lunch)
Wednesday, 12/5: Dress Down Day for Catholic Charities ($3.00)
Thursday, 12/13: Band and Choir Concert 7:00 PM Cafeteria
Friday, 12/21: 11:30 Dismissal
12/22 - 1/6: NO SCHOOL, CHRISTMAS BREAK
Monday, 1/7: School Resumes
Monday, 1/7 - 1/25: Scantron Testing

The Parent Portal will be closed this week. Report cards for the first trimester will come home on Thursday for parent signature.

The Saint Michaels Dance Club will hold their holiday show at 4:00 PM on Monday, December 17th in the cafeteria. Ms. Bastidas and her dance students have been working hard and are thrilled to perform for friends and family. Click here for more information.

God bless,

Daniel Cinalli

Principal

2018 We Care Week

On Tuesday, December 4 ^th , our Student Government will be selling Donut Holes as a dessert choice for students after lunch for $2.00 for a cup-full.

On Wednesday, December 5 ^th , students are invited to dress down for $3.00. To be extra supportive of our school, Blue is the color to wear to be part of our Kindness Initiative this year for our students!

If you would like to write a check (made out to Saint Michael School) or send in extra money to be donated that would be wonderful, as well. All proceeds will go to Catholic Charities.

Under our St. Michaels logo you will see the words Spirituality, Mission, and Scholarship. We form our students’ spirituality in the Catholic faith, we help them accomplish the Mission of the church, and we educate them and hold them to high standards of Scholarship. Supporting Catholic Charities with this fundraiser helps our students serve the Mission of the church by supporting their neighbor and community. Please join us in putting our Faith into action through these fundraisers, and showing that at St. Michaels, “We Care!”

Thank you all very much for your support!

Yearbook Club!

Would you like to be involved in creating a lasting record of your year at St Michael?

Mr. and Mrs. Stroh, this year’s yearbook advisors, are seeking interested 7 ^th and 8 ^th grade student volunteers to work on publishing this year’s yearbook.

The selected 7 ^th and 8 ^th graders will assume leadership positions and others will have an opportunity to “learn the ropes” and be in a position for a leadership position next year.

Please click here to read the flyer

Advent Service Project

This year our Advent Service Project will be to help the students and families at Saint Paul Catholic School in New Bern, North Carolina. This is a Prek - 8 school with a student body of about 165 students. A school, while smaller, very much like ours.

Saint Paul’s was in the direct path of Hurricane Florence and although the school did not sustain much damage many of the family’s homes and belongings were damaged or destroyed.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola prayed “Lord, teach me to be generous. Teach me to serve You as You deserve.” When we are generous we express our thankfulness to God for all He has given us.

Please help us by donating Amazon Gift cards. Please use a permanent marker to note the value on the card. The needs of Saint Paul’s School families are very diverse; clothes, furniture, and toys to help the children celebrate can disperse them to their families to use as they need.

We will be collecting cards from December 5 ^th to the 19 ^th . We will pair grades together by Mass buddies and will reward the pair of classes with the greatest number of cards collected with a pizza lunch.

We at Saint Michael’s have always been generous in reaching out to those in need.

May God bless you for your generosity.

Saint Maximillian Kolbe Advisory (Mrs. Howard's Advisory)

6th grade used Starburst to model the rock cycle by cutting up the Starburst into sediment, layering the sediment to make sedimentary rock, squishing the sedimentary rock to make metamorphic rock, and then melting and cooling the metamorphic rock to make igneous rock.

Our 3rd grade had a special guest last week. Mrs. Booth's brother came to read to the class and talk with them about his career in the Navy and answer any questions about serving our country.

Thank you very much to our PTO, especially our PTO Treasurer Maureen Kearl-Spickelmier and her family, for organizing the Poinsettia Sale this year. Also thank you to the volunteers that came Saturday morning to help unload the truck and organize the orders.

7th grade used Starburst to model chemical reactions. Different colored Starburst represented different atoms and toothpicks represented the bonds between atoms. We broke the bonds and rearranged the Starburst atoms to show how reactants turn into products.

Your light will come, O Jerusalem. The Lord will dawn on you in radiant beauty. We shall see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God. The sign of the cross shall appear in the heavens, when our Lord shall come to judge the world.

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