Saint Michael's Minutes 12.17.18 (AFTERCARE OPEN ON FRIDAY)

Christmas Break, AFTERCARE OPEN ON FRIDAY UNTIL 6:00 PM

Saint Michael's Minutes

Teaching Children their value as Children of God

Principal's Notes

Dear Parents and Families,

Happy Advent Season!

Thank you very much to Mrs. Burke and Dr. Little for all their hard work in preparing our students for the Christmas Concert this last week. A huge thank you also to all of our teachers who attended and helped organize our sheep, magi, and angels. The auditorium was standing room only, but there wasn't a bad seat in the house for the wonderful performances.

Below are some quick notes for the upcoming week:

Friday, 12/21: 11:30 Dismissal (AFTERCARE IS OPEN UNTIL 6:00)
12/22 - 1/6: NO SCHOOL, CHRISTMAS BREAK
Monday, 1/7: School Resumes
Monday, 1/7 - 1/25: Scantron Testing

If you are coming to volunteer for a Christmas Party this week, be sure to sign in at the office. All visitors must sign in prior to heading to the classrooms.

Hot Lunch orders need to be returned by this Friday for hot lunch orders for the month of January.

Has your child earned Kindness Tickets? Be sure to have them all sent in for our Kindness Ticket Sale tomorrow, Tuesday. While the good deeds are themselves a reward, it doesn't hurt to do a little shopping either!

We are on the final push for the donations for St. Paul Catholic School which was affected from Hurricane Florence. Any last minute gift card donations are greatly appreciated this season.

The Saint Michael's Dance Club will hold their holiday show at 4:00 PM today, 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.

This will be the final St. Michael's Minutes until we return from Christmas Break on January 7th. From the school administration, staff, teachers, Fr. Drummond, and Fr. Brian, we wish you all a very Blessed and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year .

God bless,

Daniel Cinalli

Principal

Special STEM Presentation

Mr. Kottcamp's 5th grade math class had the pleasure of experiencing a visit and lecture from Pei Dong, a professor from George Mason's University Department of Mechanical Engineering.

She shared with them the latest and greatest, exciting developments in the field of materials science. The kids were in awe of future, high-tech products soon available in the marketplace to make our lives even more efficient.

We all look forward to another visit from Professor Pei!

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)

Our 7th and 8th grade classes were visited by the President and new Principal of John Paul The Great High School. Our students were invited to a special high school training seminar at JPG, as well as invited to come tour the school and shadow.

Our first grade students have made Advent Wreaths in their classrooms to help track time this Advent season. The students also have been adding "hay" to a manger in class when they do a good deed!

Mr. Kottcamp has another competition going at school! Students are guessing how many ornaments are in the jar during their lunch breaks. The lucky winner will be announced on Friday.

On Saturday Mrs. Acevedo and Mrs. Jarvis volunteered with Wreaths Across American at Arlington National Cemetery. Not only do students put the faith into action, but our teachers do as well at St. Michael's School!

“The season of Advent restores … a hope which does not disappoint for it is founded on God’s Word. A hope which does not disappoint, simply because the Lord never disappoints! … Let us think about and feel this beauty.”

Pope Francis

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