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Dear School of St. Mary Families,
We've made it through three-fourths of the school year as of today!
To recognize this momentous occasion, we celebrate Spring Break next week. With many of our families traveling, I hope you will participate in our 2019 Crusader Spring Break Challenge. To participate, post a photo wherever you are next week, whether it be here in Illinois, off on a beach somewhere or some other exciting locale. Use the hashtags #CrusaderSB19 or #lovestmarys to post your pictures on either Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Thanks to some generous School of St. Mary families, $15.00 will be donated to the School of St. Mary Annual Fund for every picture posted! On top of the money being donated to the Annual Fund, the grade with the most picture posts will receive a casual dress day! We can't wait to see how far our Crusader Pride will carry us. Talk about March Madness!
During the past week, our students went on some exciting field trips to compliment and enhance their classroom learning. Our students saw a play, visited a museum and traveled to the Seminary.
On Wednesday, our Fifth graders went to Chicago to explore the Field Museum. Our students have been learnin g about Ancient Egyptians in both Art and Social Studies. At the museum, they were able to experience for themselves various aspects of Ancient Egyptian culture through a combination of artifacts, recreations, and interactive activities that are on display. Thank you to our Fifth-grade teachers Katie Darraugh and Nicole Graham for planning such a fun and educational trip for our students.
Our First grade students went to Lincolnshire to see a production of the musical Seussical this past Thursday. Our students had a wonderful opportunity to experience the stories of Dr. Seuss put to music. Rhyming, character setting, and plot came to life were just some of the things they got to experience firsthand. Seussical gave our students the ability to engage with various Dr. Seuss stories, while showcasing the fun of reading. Thank you to our First-grade teachers Kristy Bernardi and Maggie Twardak for planning such a marvelous outing for our students.
The St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein was the destination for our Eighth graders on Thursday. While there, our students went on a tour of the grounds, learning about the history of the largest seminary in the United States. Our students took advantage of the tour and visited the libraries, Chapel, Grotto, and lake. The trip allowed our students to have a better understanding of the vocation of priesthood, along with the sacrifices and preparation one needs to make in order to become a Catholic priest or sister. Thank you to our Religion teacher, Mary Catherine Nelson, for planning this reflective and informative outing.
Congratulations to School of St. Mary Fourth graders Fitz Knight and George Vojcanin. Both boys were recently awarded the Arlie Weiss Sportsmanship Award for the 2018 New Vision Athletics (NVA) season. George earned his award for basketball while Fitz was recognized for baseball. Great job boys! What a great way to represent Crusader Pride in our community.
I want to extend a huge thank you to all of our families who have supported the School of St. Mary Annual Fund so far this school year. We are hoping to reach 100% family participation by the time our students leave in June. One great way to support the Annual Fund is by seeing if your employer offers a matching contribution. If your employer does, any donation you make the School of St. Mary Annual Fund will be matched by your company just by signing up for it. This is a great way to benefit our school and really make a difference with your contribution. We have compiled a list of employers who at one time provided a matching donation. The list can be accessed
here
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Finally, with all of the many activities taking place here at the School of St. Mary, a well-earned Spring Break will take place from March 25-29. School resumes on April 1. Blessings to all of our families for your time over the Spring Break: May it be a time of rest, renewal, and safety. We hope everyone returns ready for the fun, education and adventure that is the remainder of the school year. We'll be here to greet you and hear about your amazing adventures. Safe travels!
Dave Wieters
Principal
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2019 Crusader Spring Break Challenge
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Parent's Association Annual Fund Update
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Dear School of St. Mary Families,
We hope the current school year has been full of learning and fun experiences for both you and your families. It is hard to believe the year is over halfway done and we are already at Spring Break!
We at the Parents' Association wanted to provide you with an update on the 2018-2019 Annual Fund Fundraising campaign. While the year started off well with high corporate sponsorship contributions and our strongest Giving Tuesday campaign ever,
we are still unfortunately very far from our necessary fundraising goal of $330,000, with $144,098.38 raised year-to-date.
As many of you know, the Annual Fund goes to directly support the operations of the school, financial aid for our students and bonuses to support the amazing teachers that work so hard to shape our children day in and day out.
We are writing to ask for your help.
Every dollar counts and we are hoping to garner participation from 100% of our school families. Every donation that goes towards the Annual Fund directly impacts our students and teachers. There are opportunities coming up to help us reach that goal, but we will need the help of
ALL of our School of St. Mary community and friends.
There are many different ways to donate to the Annual Fund. One of the ways we hope you will consider is matching gifts. Many corporations sponsor matching gift programs that multiply the impact of
personal contributions made by employees, retirees, and/or spouses. Depending on your employer's
policy, these corporate contributions can match your gifts dollar for dollar, and even double or triple the
value of your initial gift.
Matching gifts will be directed to the same area of support as your personal gift, unless company
policies dictate otherwise. You will be recognized for the total amount contributed, which would include
both your gift and any match. If you have questions or would like assistance with this process, please
contact the Development Office at (847)582-2554. Click
HERE for a partial list of Illinois companies with Matching Gift Administrators.
We know that in the School of St. Mary community anything is possible if we work together. There will also be more fun events in the future so please keep your eyes peeled for announcements for the rest of this school year. Finally, we invite you to join us at our next Parents' Association Meeting Wednesday, May 8th where we will outline the events for next school year and begin planning all the fun fundraising events for the future. If you have any questions about donating to the Annual Fund please reach out to Marketing and Development Director, Julia Donohoe at jdonohoe@churchofstmary.org.
We look forward to reaching this goal together and thank you for your continued support of our great school!
Sincerely,
Julia Donohoe, Development Director
School of St. Mary Parents' Association
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School of St. Mary Football
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2nd and 3rd Grade Parents Fly Up Day Click to RSVP
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Important Information Regarding the 2019 Talent Show
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The Talent Show scheduled for Tuesday, April 30th has been rescheduled to Wednesday, May 1st.
Performances will still be held at the UGC gym, with the afternoon performance beginning at 1:00 pm and the ev
ening beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Look forward to seeing everyone there!
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Lake Forest High School Offerings
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Thursday, April 11
6:30 - 8:00pm
Raymond Moore Auditorium
Lake Forest High School East Campus
1285 N McKinley Rd.
Hosted by the Association for Parents and Teachers and Educational Services
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Please make sure you are placing your orders for hot lunch by clicking
here
. We are happy to again be working with Kiddos Catering to bring our students hot lunches. For more information on our hot lunch program please read this
story
from the AP about how they are changing school lunches.
If you need assistance with the Kiddos Catering program, please contact them at support@kiddoscatering.com.
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| Heart of the School Award |
The Heart of the School Award honors our dedicated teachers, administrators and staff members who support our students and Catholic mission every day. All nomination forms must be submitted online by clicking here
by Friday, April 12, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. CST in order to be considered.
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Community Events for School of St. Mary Families
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WeHaKee Camp for Girls - the only Catholic Girls camp in the nation - invites interested families to our
WINNETKA OPEN HOUSE - SUNDAY, MARCH 24TH at the Winnetka Community House (620 Lincoln Ave.). Camp WeHaKee - a ministry of the Sinsinawa Dominicans since 1923 - is a camp community imme rsed in faith, tradition and values. Located in the beautiful lake country of northwest Wisconsin, it offers an exploratory experience in a safe, fun and supportive atmosphere. Swimming, boating, horseback riding, gymnastics, pottery, water skiing - nearly 40 activities help girls become strong, independent young women. Contact directors Maggie & Bob Braun at 1-800-582-2267or
Info@WeHaKeeCampforGirls.com for details. Or visit us virtually at
www.WeHaKeeCampforGirls.com. Oh... we offer Family Camp & Mother/Daughter Camp, too!
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REGINA FILM FEST SALUTES REEL WOMEN
APRIL 5, 6 & 7
We invite your school's families to join us on April 5, 6 and 7, as Regina Dominican High School hosts a film festival honoring the women of film. All are welcome to and tickets are available at
rdhs.org.
"We want to thank our greater community for 60 years of loyal support and invite everyone to join our celebration at this film festival," said Principal
Dr. Kassie Porreca. "Regina has a well-established legacy of launching female leaders, and the films we are featuring at the festival in many ways mirror the qualities of a Regina graduate," said Principal Dr. Porreca.
"Regina women accept the challenges of personal growth, face conflict assertively and empathetically, appreciate religious and cultural diversity and most importantly are women of integrity - and those are the women represented by these films."
The films cut across genres, from comedy, to drama, to documentary:
- Friday, April 5 at 7pm: The Trouble With Angels (1966)
- Saturday, April 6 at 3pm: Wadja (2012)
- Saturday, April 6 at 7pm: After Parkland (2019)
- Sunday, April 7 at 2pm: Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
"Our state-of-the-art auditorium was made for community celebrations such as this and we welcome all to join us," noted Regina President Elizabeth Schuster. "We have exciting plans for our next 60 years including campus redevelopment, accelerated growth of our Leadership Institute and new sports playing fields. We want everyone to come and check us out."
Please visit our
website to learn more about each movie, the festival will take place in Regina' auditorium at 701 Locust Rd. in Wilmette.
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Monday, March 25 - Friday, March 29
- Spring Break: Submit your Crusaderwear photos using #lovestmarys
Monday, April 1
- Classes Resume
- STEAM Stars Club at PGC from 3:10-3:45pm
Tuesday, April 2
- UGC Mass at 9:00am at St. Mary Catholic Church
Wednesday, April 3
- PGC Mass at 9:00am at St. Patrick Church
- 2nd and 3rd grade Reconciliation 10:00-11:00am at St. Patrick Church
- UGC Talent Show Auditions from 12:00-3:00pm
Thursday, April 4
- Confirmation Rehearsal at 7:00pm
Friday, April 5
- Stations of the Cross at St. Mary Catholic Church at 9:00am
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