Saint Michael's Minutes 1.28.19

Catholic Schools Week, Open House

Saint Michael's Minutes

Teaching Children their value as Children of God

Principal's Notes

Dear Parents and Families,

Yesterday we began Catholic Schools Week by celebrating Mass and heard some very kind words from our Pastor, Fr. Drummond. I would like to also share some words on Catholic education from Pope Francis: " You must not teach just content, but the values and customs of life. … [T]here are three things that you must transmit: how to love, how to understand which values and customs create harmony in society. [Teachers] must aim to build an educational relationship with each student, who must feel welcomed and loved for what he or she is, with all of their limitations and potential."

It is our goal at St. Michaels to honor and respect the sacrifices our parents make to entrust us with the education of your children. We will continue to do our best every day to successfully transmit these three goals of Catholic education to our students. As always, thank you for partnering with us in your child's education and faith formation.

Below are some quick notes for the upcoming week:

Monday, 1/7 - 2/1: Scantron Testing
Monday - Friday, 1/28 - 2/1: Catholic Schools Week
Thursday, 1/31: Open Houses for potential new families
Sunday, 2/3: Open House for potential PreK and K families 11:30 AM
Tuesday, 2/5: Claire's Gourmet begins
Saturday, 2/9: Confirmation Retreat

We will continue our Scantron testing this week working with students who missed a test or have not yet finished theirs.

Lunch orders for February are due to the front office.

Miss Cortright is looking for volunteers to be judges at this year's science fair, which will be held on Wednesday, February 13th from 630pm to 9pm. You do not need a background in science to be a judge, though having an interest in science would help! If you think that you or someone you know would be interested in participating as a judge for the science fair, please contact Miss Cortright as soon as possible at emily.cortright@stmikes22003.org .

This week we celebrate Catholic Schools Week with some fun activities and theme days, The schedule of events is listed below. We look forward to celebrating Catholic Education with all of our students and staff this week!

God bless,

Daniel Cinalli

Principal

Open House

Catholic Schools Week

The theme for Catholic Schools week this year is Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed. We pray with the activities we have planned for this week all our students will come one step closer to accomplishing these goals of Catholic education.

Sunday, January 27

We are kicking off Catholic School week right with Mass! Students are invited to wear their uniforms to the 10:30 Mass. All students who wear their uniform to Mass will be given a free dress day pass!

Monday, January 28

Student Appreciation Day: Students are encouraged to dress in their favorite sports gear ! We will free have ice cream at lunch, and Bingo in the afternoon!

Tuesday, January 29

Students should dress in their class colors for the day! Show your school and grade spirit by going head to toe in your class color.

8TH GRADE - PURPLE

7TH GRADE - BLUE

6TH GRADE - RED

5TH GRADE - GREEN

4TH GRADE - YELLOW

3RD GRADE - YELLOW

2ND GRADE - PURPLE

1ST GRADE - BLUE

KINDERGARTEN - RED

PRESCHOOL - GREEN

Wednesday, January 30

11:30 Dismissal and Teacher Appreciation Day. Thank you to our PTO for sponsoring a lunch for our teachers.

Thursday, January 31

Open House from 9:00-11:00 & 1:00-2:30 for potential new families, Our students have been quizzing and studying up for the Religion Bee and a new Math Bee! At 1:00 we will hold a school assembly to quiz our students on all knowledge of the Faith as well as calculations!

Friday, February 1

School Mass at 8:15. Following Mass, students are invited to don their craziest hats for the day. We will have a movie for our students to view during lunch and end the week finding out best spellers in our the Spelling Bee at 1:00.

Knights of Columbus at St. Michael Parish

Our local Council of the Knights of Columbus does many great things for our parish and school. If you are interested in joining or want to learn more about the wonderful benefits you will receive and opportunities to serve, please click this text for their flyer.

“Remember that you are never alone, Christ is with you on your journey every day of your lives!" - St. Pope John Paul II

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