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6th graders practiced social justice teaching of caring for God's creation by cleaning up the school grounds.
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| The 2nd grade girls anxiously await their First Communion |
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Save the Date
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May 9
May Crowning
May 10
Grandparents/Grandfriends Day
May 13
Home & School/School Committee Meeting
May 15
Beauty and Beast Jr.
May 16
5th grade DARE
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| 4th grade Parade of States |
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| K4's Animal Hospital |
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Mission and Catholic Identity 2016-2021
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| 8th graders had a guest speaker in science class--Mr. Biernat. He was teaching about model rocketry. |
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| First grade book club reading The Magic Treehouse |
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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 May 9, 2019
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Dear Families,
The faculty and staff would like to give a big thank you to everyone who made Teacher Appreciation Week so wonderful. The breakfast, gifts, snacks and lunch made us all feel like kings and queens for the week. We certainly felt the love from all of you.
Next Wednesday, May 15, is our production of Beauty and the Beast Jr. The SMV Band under the direction of Mr. Corey Klunk will also be playing that night. All our students have been hard at work on this incredible show. You will be wowed at their performances. We have an afternoon show at 12:30 and an evening performance at 6:30. Hope to see you all there!
During the month of May, we as Catholics traditionally honor Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth. To celebrate Mary's devotion to Christ, we will once again be crowning her. This year, St. Mary's Visitation May Crowning will take place tonight at 6:30. This special devotion will feature participation by our eighth graders as they take their first step to say farewell to St. Mary's Visitation School, and our parish second graders will also participate in recognition of their First Holy Communion. This is a wonderful tradition and a terrific way to celebrate the month of Mary.
Faithfully,
Mrs. Mary Tretow
Principal
The 2nd graders waiting to go into church for their First Communion
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Message from the SMV library:
Every spring we encourage all children to make sure they have a library card from their local public library. This will enable them to enjoy summer reading when they do not have access to our school library. Children's Book Week is April 29-May 3. All children can receive a special prize by showing their library card to Miss Benson beginning that week and continuing to the end of the school year. Now is the time to get a library card if you don't already have one!
Hot Lunch News
The end of the year is fast approaching! Now is the time to make sure your hot lunch balance is positive and ready to finish out the year. There are 16 lunch days left, which amounts to $56 (plus Field Day) if your child takes lunch every day. Balances will be sent out this weekend, so you will know where you stand, or you can log in to your online account at any time. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
School Supplies for Next Year
Summer Tutoring
Are you interested in continuing your child(ren)'s exemplary education throughout the summer? There are several SMV teachers who would love to work with children over the summer to help them continue their academic growth. Please contact the following teachers for more information. Thank you!
Mrs. Klein nklein@stmaryeg.org
Mr. Falk mfalk@stmaryeg.org
Miss Gleason kgleason@stmaryeg.org
SMV Respect Life
Show your support of Motherhood! Beautiful long stem roses will be for sale after all weekend Masses May 11-12. Honor your Mom, Grandmother, or other special women in your life with the flower that stands for love and life. SMV Respect Life Ministry will donate all proceeds to Pro-Life Wisconsin to support its life-affirming work on behalf of innocent human life from conception to natural death. Thank you for your support! For more information or to help with the rose sale, please call Peggy Hamill, 414-416-0489.
Makerspace Items Needed
Please send in duct tape, Clorox wipes, jars and containers, feathers, craft sticks, Bendaroos, pipe cleaners, sequins, q-tips, egg cartons, and any other craft supplies. Thank you!!
Beauty and the Beast Jr. And Spring Performances...
Friday, May 10th:
K4 - 2nd graders sing for Grandparents Day in the gym following school Mass
Wednesday, May 15th:
Band Concert and Beauty and the Beast Jr. musical at 12:30 and 6:30 pm in the gym.
*The musical includes all 6th-8th graders and any 3rd-5th graders who signed up to be in the Ensemble.
Happy Mother's Day from K5
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Want to teach your child a valuable life lesson?
Calling all parents! I'd love to help you find a way to give of your time and talent at St. Marys! Take a moment and fill out this google doc! Many hands make light work! Let's make 2019/2020 EPIC!
Last Dine Out Day/Night
Please lend a hand at the next Culver's Dine Out event on May 21st. We will need adults to help out from 5-8pm (junior high students also
welcome
to finish up their volunteer hours with a parent). Please let me know if you're interested.
Last SCRIP Order:
Our last SCRIP order of the year for physical cards will be placed Monday, May 20th, 8am. Please stock up on any cards you'll need for the summer, including reloadable cards which may continue to be used all year long. Also please help us buy down our office inventory through the end of the year.
SCRIP for Culver's Dine Out:
Help SMV get an extra benefit from this fundraiser by paying with Culver's SCRIP. Our fabulous Culver's family offers the school a 10% rebate on these cards. Cards are available in $10 and $25 denominations. Stock up for the Dine Out and for all your summer Culver's cravings. Only physical cards are available. SCRIP users order through the website by Monday May 13th. Not a SCRIP user? It's super easy to sign up and start earning $$$ towards tuition (see H&S links in Vbackpack). Or place an order via
marenkleinmann@gmail.com by Monday May 13th and send check into school office.
SMV let's make this happen!!!! Neighboring schools often use HUNDREDS $$$ of Culver's SCRIP on their Dine Out nights.
Please also be on the look-out for volunteer sign-ups for Field Day!
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If you've stopped at school recently you would agree- the SMV halls are certainly alive with the sound of Beauty and the Beast music! Under the direction of Mrs. Sarah Kesler, our fabulous music teacher, the SMV students have been working hard to prepare for their upcoming show!
This is Mrs. Kesler's first year at SMV. Previously she was teaching in Iowa and the Cedarburg school district. Teaching has taught her so much about pushing yourself to do things outside of your comfort zone and for that she is grateful. Recently Mrs. Kesler noted that she loves the school theme, "Encourage one another and build each other up". "Our students and staff members really live out that message- I feel so blessed to be teaching here."
Mrs. Kesler would like to encourage everyone to be their guest and attend Beauty and the Beast on May 15th at 12:30 or 6:30. She is very appreciative of her co-directors, Miss Gleason, Miss Pospyhalla, and Mr. Newman, and the time they have volunteered to make this show a success. The students have worked so hard over the past weeks preparing. A full house would be amazing!
Thank you Mrs. Kesler for your commitment to our students. We know it will be an amazing performance!
 
And with that you will find a few things that are Positively SMV!
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Want to be the Concession King or Queen?
The Concessions Open/Close team is looking for 2 volunteers for the 2019/2020 School year. Responsibilities are to open/set up the concessions area before Volleyball and Basketball games and to close/count cash afterwards. This is a 1 time per month commitment. This is great for any parent with multiple school athletes as it reduces the amount of time required in the concessions booth. Please consider sharing your time and talent in support of our Athletics department. Contact Belinda Russell 404-433-5165 for more information.
SMV T-Ball
T-ball at SMV is right around the corner! Students entering K3-2nd grade in fall of 2019 are eligible to participate. As in the years past, t-ball will be on Wednesday nights from 6-7pm at the fields north of the church parking lot. The season begins Wednesday, June 12th and goes through Wednesday, July 24th with no practice/game on July 3rd. Please watch for the sign up sheet next week! You will need to fill out
two forms. The first one is the sign-up form and the second one is the waiver. A big THANK YOU to all of the parents/grandparents who are considering volunteering their time as coaches! This program would not be successful or possible without all of you so when filling out the form, please consider helping out!! If you have any questions, please contact Anne Mueller at 414-322-9060 or amdalecky@gmail.com. Thanks again!
A few notes for this week...
First, thank you...
-To Mia, Laurie, Laura and Chad for volunteering at the high jump pit
-To the parents, for coming out to watch your kids
-To the coaches, for being there and helping the kids
-To the Lord, for the great weather (somehow only my calves are sunburned?) and keeping the team (and coaches) injury free!
-To Coach Conners for managing the coaches relay!
Second, the meet results
A few notes on this meet...
So proud of the kids. Some great individual and team performances...I wanted to spotlight 3 cool things and then will highlight the top 8 performances...
1. Caroline Raster's softball throw... broke the school record for her grade this weekend! Congrats!
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Adam Horning's walk off long jump...Adam was hanging around the long jump pit and just decided to try it...practiced maybe once and took 3rd! Awesome!
3. Missing the fourth person, for the 8th grade boys 4x400, Felicity Giampietro jumps on the team including Jonathan Harmeyer, David Sayas, and Rob Fuller, and they crush it for first place! Great legs run by all! Well done team!
And, if you were wondering...
Coaches Relay, 4x100, Brad Conners, Patrick Costigan, Natalie Mussatto, Tom Mindy, 2nd overall
Meet this weekend at Catholic Memorial...come check it out!
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