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St. Michael's Academy
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Happy New Year! It was a pleasure to welcome back all the students. I'm sure everyone appreciated the Christmas vacation to rest and recharge their batteries; I know I did! It was equally nice to have a three day week for our first week back to school. It made for a nice transition into a month that starts slowly and ends with a bang as we celebrate Catholic Schools Week. (More about that later.)
Today we celebrated the feast of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton with a school Mass. Fr. John had a great message for the students. He reminded everyone that just like we have many friends around us, the saints in heaven are also our friends. He demonstrated how to make a friends telephone with his two hands and said to never forget that "we have friends in high places that we can pray to!" Thank you Fr. John for being with us.
Beginning on Monday, you are going to see some changes in our a.m. drop-off routine. We are going to "clean up our act." Please review the a.m. drop-off procedures farther down in this newsletter so that you will be prepared to abide by the correct routine. The safety of all of our students relies on your cooperation.
I hope the year 2019 brings good health and abundant happiness to all of our students and their families! Enjoy a nice weekend.
Peace and God's blessings,
Ms. Ann E. Dougal
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Important Dates
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Please Make A Note Of These Important Dates
Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 10:45 a.m. Mass
Students sing at Blessed Sacrament Parish
Arrive at 10:15 a.m.
Friday, January 11, 2019
Professional Development Day
NO SCHOOL
Please remember to attend Church as a family
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Morning Drop-Off
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Please Review!
It's time to clean up the morning drop off routine! Our morning procedures have gotten very sloppy and the
safety of all our students is at risk. When we add winter weather conditions into the mix, safety issues become even more of a concern. Following are the list of drop off reminders.
- Between 8-8:30 a.m., we need a constant flow of traffic dropping off children. You pull up, your child unloads on the school side of the street, and you continue on. We know that many parents feel the need to stay until their child enters the school but please know that we have faculty and staff whose job it is to oversee their safe entrance.
- One way traffic around the school block; north on Eddywood, south on Wheeler.
- No parking on the opposite side of the street from the school.
- The only parents allowed to park on the school side of Eddywood Street are parents/guardians of PreK students.
- Parents/guardians of PreK students should park starting after the traffic cones at the main entrance of the school forward all the way up to Plumtree Road. Do not park on the opposite side of Eddywood.
- Parents of K-8th students: If you need to park and walk your child into school in the morning, please park on another neighboring street (NOT Wheeler, Arvilla or Eddywood) and use crosswalks to access the school block.
- The parking lot is reserved for faculty/staff and parishioners of Holy Cross Parish. Parents should not use the parking lot as a drop off route!
- St. Michael's Academy works very hard to be a good neighbor to our surrounding residents. If you need to park on the neighboring streets, please do not block driveways, etc.
- Please demonstrate patience, courtesy and adherence to the rules as you maneuver through the carlines. Children learn by your actions.
These procedures are for the
safety of ALL.
 
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Attendance
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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 last week's winner.
Jayce - PreK 4B Keniesha - 7B
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From The Classroom of Ms. Kiami - Gr. 8
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Happy New Year From Grade 8!
A new year spells new beginnings for the 8th grade students. This is the start of new experiences, challenges, and projects. The first half of the school year has been spent preparing for the unique activities that are part of our 8th grade program here at St. Michael's. The new year is the time for action.
January is when the 8th grade students will present their SchoolsNEXT projects which they conceived, organized, and built throughout the first half of the school year. One winning team will be selected to represent St. Michael's at, first the state, and then hopefully the regional and national levels. Designing part of a school is no child's play and our 8th grade students have used many real world skills to accomplish this task. Shortly following the competition, students will begin their work on a poetry unit which will culminate in our presentation night, Poetry Café, in April.
In the meantime, students are working to learn their parts for the Living Stations of the Cross to be celebrated and presented just before Spring Break. Students will also be selecting their Science Fair topics and beginning their experiments for that competition to be held at the beginning of May.
St. Michael's Academy, and specifically the 8th grade program, work to prepare our students for the many challenges they may face in high school. We provide our students with rich opportunities to grow as individuals. They learn to work as teams, and become self-confident students who value education and can stand on their own. The new year holds many opportunities for them to showcase the skills they have learned and refined during their time here with us. We look forward to showing what our students can do!
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Catholicity
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Mass For The New Year
It was nice to start our new year off with a full school Mass as we celebrated the feast day of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Our 8th grade students were our hosts for reading and altar serving and Fr. John Connors from St. Anne's Church in Chicopee was our celebrant.
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Catholic Schools Week
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Get Ready For Catholic Schools Week!
Sunday, January 27th through Saturday, February 2nd is Catholic Schools Week! Again this year, we will be doing the basket raffle at the Pasta Supper on February 2nd. Be on the look-out for a flyer to come home with your child early next week detailing grade specific basket themes.
Other Catholic Schools Week information will be forthcoming.
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Open House and Curriculum Fair
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Mark your calendars for our Open House for prospective students and our Curriculum Fair for our current students on
Sunday, January 27th for the beginning of Catholic Schools Week
. The presentation for prospective students and their families will take place promptly at
noon. We will do a brief information presentation and then have a panel of people made up of teachers, students and parents to answer questions. Tours of the school will follow and visitors will be encouraged to visit the classrooms.
The Curriculum Fair will be open from
noon to 2 p.m. We will also have a representative from Pope Francis Preparatory School present to answer any questions.
Please help us spread the word to any students or families that might have an interest in attending St. Michael's Academy!
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Big Y Update
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Education Express Points
Thank you Big Y and all the families that designated St. Michael's Academy as the recipient for their Education Express points!
We finished the year with 293,350 points which will be used to purchase a set of 30 headphones for the computer lab and some office supplies.
Thank you again!
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Food For Thought
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"For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God."
- St. Teresa of Avila
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Parish News
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Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Put your dancing shoes on for the 12th Night Dinner Dance, tomorrow at Twin Hills Country Club in Longmeadow. Tickets are $35, available now by calling the Mt. Carmel rectory at 734-5433, or Paula 262-6563.
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Prayer Corner
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St. Michael the Archangel, pray for us!
We pray for all St. Michael's Academy students, families, faculty, and staff, and their special intentions.
And we pray in a special way for our recently departed.
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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St. Michael's Academy
153 Eddywood Street - Springfield, MA 01118
www.smaspringfield.org
413.782.5246 office
413.782.8137 fax
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