November 13, 2019

To report absence, tardy or an early release please email:  attendance@stmikes22003.org  When arriving late ALL students must come to the main office.  A staff member will take them to their classroom.

Greetings!   I hope each of you was able to connect with your child’s teacher during your parent-teacher conference time. If you haven’t, I strongly suggest scheduling one immediately. Our goal here at St. Michael Catholic School is to make connections and build positive relationships with each other so that our children succeed.   We hosted Rev Your Bev day. This is a statewide movement to improve the health of all Virginians by encouraging people to drink more water. The children got to taste three new fruit water recipes – orange vanilla crush, berry lemon fizz, and autumn apple spice. Ask your children about their favorite flavor.   Please continue praying for our seminarians as we celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week.   Thought for the week: Make today so awesome that yesterday gets jealous. (Author Anonymous)   God Bless!   Mrs. Fernandez

Upcoming Calendar Events November 13 - PSA - Soccer November 13 - Girls on the Run November 14th - PSA - Basketball November 14th - Band and after school band November 15th - Miss Jacobeen's last day November 17th - Discover Catholic Schools Week November 18th. Girls on the Run November 20th - OPEN HOUSE 9am-11am November 20th - PSA - Soccer November 20th - Girls on the Run November 21st - HSPT (8th Grade) November 21st - Band, Afterschool band November 21st - PSA - Basketball November 22nd - Picture Retakes, Class pictures

PICTURE RE-TAKES & CLASS PICTURES Picture retakes will take place on Nov. 22nd. If you your child was not here for picture day and you need an order form, please contact the office. If you are having your child re-take their picture, they will need the original pictures returned the day of. Class pictures will be taken as well. All students should be in complete WINTER uniform. No white socks, sweaters/sweater vests or green fleece should be worn. Order forms for Class Pictures went home today. These are ordered separately from your individual picture.

Winter is here! The children do go outside everyday! Please make sure your child has a winter coat, hat, gloves, scarf, etc. If your child wears the green fleece, they need another coat to wear over it when going outside.

TURKEY TROT The PTO is sponsoring the Turkey Trot on Wednesday, November 27th. This is a fun event for the entire school. * If every student raises at least $15, Mrs. Fernandez will wear a turkey costume for the turkey trot! * Each student that raises more than $60 will win a movie and popcorn * The student in each class who raises the most money will win a dress down day pass * Each class that meets their classroom goal will win an extra PE Class * The class that raises the most money will win movie and a snack. * If the entire school raises more than $5,000 there will be a school-wide dress down day with popsicles at lunch * We will announce more prizes in the coming days!

The Student Council is holding a Food Drive. The food drive will run from November 4th -24th. Items needed: Instant Potatoes, Canned Meat, 6-8oz tomato sauce or paste, muffin mix, pancake syrup, jelly, box of pasta, spaghetti sauce, bag rice, bag beans, box rice, pancake mix, vegetable oil, sugar, flour, juice(box or cans)

In a faithful Catholic home, both the home and the family living in it show clear evidence of Catholic identity and an awareness of the presence of God. There are concrete suggestions for families to enrich the Catholic identity of their home in the main article on page one. • The Church recommends four virtues that will help us get to Heaven. Saints are people whose examples can help us acquire these important virtues. In honor of All Saints Day, details are in the main article on page two. • Why Do Catholics Do That? and benefits of choosing patron saints is explained – or becoming aware of those who choose us. Please click the Logo to be directed to this months newsletter for previous newsletters: click the images to the right

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Click here for flyer: Movie Night November 22nd 6:30pm! Movie Choices: The Grinch, The Story of the Movie or Toy Story 4 

PE UNIFORM OPTION We have asked Flynn & O'Hara to add long sleeve PE Shirts to our Uniform List. They should be available beginning tomorrow, November 14th. Please contact Flynn & O'Hara if you would like to purchase a long sleeve PE Shirt.

Rev Your Bev Day is an annual statewide day of action to raise awareness about the incredible health benefits you can see by making water your No. 1 beverage of choice. More than 2,500 events have taken place across Virginia since 2013. Today at school our students were able to taste "Autumn Apple Spice", "Orange Vanilla Crush" and "Berry Lemon Fizz". All students received a coloring changing cup and water bottle stickers.

REMINDER Weather-Related Closings and Delays Saint Michael School follows Fairfax County Public School ( fcps.edu ) weather-related closing and delay decisions. You will receive an automated phone call telling you of the closure or delay. We will also post delay and closing announcements as soon as we receive them to the front page of our website and on our facebook and twitter accounts.

Parent Lunch Hours Please use the Sign Up Genius Link (below) to sign up for your lunch hour. We are asking for 3 parents per lunch.  We Need Your Help for Recess and Lunch to run smoothly  Sign Up Genius Link Every Family (K-8) is required to work 5 hours of lunch  or pay the $100 opt out fee.

YEARBOOKS The yearbook committee is getting ready to begin designing the yearbook. If you have pictures for the yearbook please send them to yearbook@stmikes22003.org