MAY CROWNING
Our school will hold its annual May Procession and Crowning Prayer Service on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 in the cafeteria. As in the past, our 2nd grade students will process in their First Communion outfits along with our eighth grade students in their "Sunday best." Our statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be crowned as we prayerfully remember Mary's role as Queen of Heaven and Earth. The Prayer Service begins at 9:00 a.m. Parents, as always, are invited to attend.

MBS SCHOLASTIC RECOGNITION 2018

The annual Scholastic Recognition Award Program will be held on Tuesday, May 15th at 6:30 pm in the MBS cafeteria.  This program celebrates the success of students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades who have earned honor roll status for two consecutive marking terms.

 

We would like to congratulate the following students whose honor roll performance has qualified them to receive acknowledgement at the Scholastic Recognition Awards Program.

6th GRADE

Alexis Berrie, Mason David, Brooke Delahanty, Gabriel Failla, Tayler Flaherty, Daniel Genga, Gage Horton, Ethan Hudson, Grace Kilroy, Anthony Kolb, Hayden March, Nicholas Nowakowski, Josephine Peranteau, Grace Short, Wesley Simmons, Katrina Vallorosi

 

7th GRADE
Isabell Ashley, Brendon Bradford, Julia Carlson, Nicholas Cullen, Mia Diehl, Harper Edmunds, Casey Gabbard, Adam Gardner, Henry Grote, Kayden Hamby, Griffin Jones, Roman Keith, William Kozma, Julia Kozma, Ryan McLaughlin, Luke Mergott, Audrey Grace Mumford, Amanda Nicastro, Sandra Pawlowska, Tatum Vorsteg, Claudia Walker

 

8th GRADE
Katherine Abbott, Piper Bandorick, James Barrett, Emma Berrie, Bridget Cooper, Logan Haffner, Peyton Hagy, Tiffany Hayes, Sawyer Hudson, Ryan Kilroy, Kayla McManus, Jonathan Mitchell, Callum Neely, Amelia Nicola, Hayes Peterson, Tristyn Piperno, Erin Riccio, Hannah Short, Ashten Snelsire, Caroline Taylor, Madison Tipton, Grace Windon

STREAM NIGHT 

REMINDER: this is the night the winner of the Car Raffle will be announced. 

As of tomorrow, May 11th, our school will complete the Renaissance Star assessments. Our testing began on Monday, April 23 and continued until Friday, May 11th. Grades two through eight took the assessments in reading and math. Our kindergarten students took the Early Literacy version of the Renaissance Star and our first grade students took the Early Literacy and Math tests. Considering that this was our very first experience with the Renaissance Star assessments, everything seemed to go very well. Our upgrade to fiber optic internet was a timely benefit to the online testing format of the Renaissance Star assessments. Our students were, as always, very cooperative in the assessment sessions and most reported that they favored the Renaissance Star over the Terra Nova assessments.

One of the benefits of the Renaissance Star is that student performance results are available immediately. Parents will receive the results of the performance of their children in next week's Thursday folder along with an informative communication from the Catholic Schools Office.

While we firmly believe that all assessment data is valuable in evaluating student growth and in the instructional planning process, we must keep in mind that this particular testing experience was new for our students and our teachers. This administration of the Renaissance Star was an opportunity for teachers and students to gain insight into the requirements of the tests.

SPRING PIANO RECITAL

  The end of year Spring Piano Recital will take place at 6:00 p.m. on May 30th in the cafeteria. Please join us.

 


ACTION ALERT FOR MARYLAND FAMILIES OF MBSCS

The Maryland BOOST Program is a state sponsored tuition support initiative for families who reside in Maryland and choose to have their children attend nonpublic schools in Maryland. BOOST is funded by private donations from donors who receive tax incentives for their donations. All Maryland resident MBS families who have reenrolled or have newly enrolled their children are encouraged to review the eligibility requirements for the Maryland BOOST Program (refer to the Parent Survey that accompanies this communication) and complete the application if they may be eligible. Eligibility follows the guidelines for free and reduced meals that is also used to determine our school's federal funding for Title II-Part A, Title I and Title V. A flyer from the Maryland State Department of Education that provides details for completing the BOOST application process is accompanying this communication. Please see the flyer from the MSDE for the link to the application.  BOOST Flyer 

In order to assist families in determining if they may be eligible for tuition support through the BOOST Program, we are including the Parent Survey which families complete in September of each school year. If after reviewing the Parent Survey, you feel that you may qualify for BOOST funding, please complete the application and submit it before May 21, 2018. Parents do not need to complete the Parent Survey at this time as it is provided as a guide to assist in determining possible eligibility for BOOST. Family Survey 

 

THE APPLICATION PORTAL IS NOW OPEN, AND MAY ACCESSED THROUGH THE FLYER FROM THE MSDE.

ONCE AGAIN, THE DEADLINE FOR BOOST TUITION SUPPORT IS MAY 21, 2018.