Saint Michael's Minutes 10.29.18

All Saints Day, Parent Teacher Conferences, Trunk or Treat

Saint Michael's Minutes

Teaching Children their value as Children of God

Principal's Notes

Dear Parents and Families,

This Thursday is All Saints Day and is a Holy Day of Obligation. Our school will attend the 8:30 AM Mass. Following Mass, our 2nd grade students will have their Saints Parade and present their reports on their Saints with help from their 8th grade Mass buddy. Parents are thoroughly encouraged to attend this tradition and see our future saints dressed up as Saints from the past.

Below are some quick notes for the upcoming week:

Monday, 11/5: Winter Uniforms Begin
Tuesday, 11/6: Health Screening Day
Friday, 11/9: Half Day, Parent Teacher Conferences
Monday, 11/12: No School, Parent Teacher Conferences

PTO EVENTS:

Friday, 11/9: 3:00-9:00 Chuck E Cheese Family Night
Wednesday, 11/21: Turkey Trot

Our Student Council will be sworn in and be pinned following Mass this Friday.

Winter Uniforms begin on Monday, November 5th. Please reference our website for any questions about uniforms.

Parent Teacher Conferences will be Friday, November 9th and Monday, November 12th. The sign up is available on our school website, or by clicking here. A reminder that these conferences are a crucial part of the partnership between the school and parents for the education of our students.

There will be a CPR/First Aid/AED class offered to St. Michael's parents and parishioners on Saturday, November 17th from 9:15 AM - 2 PM. This is a certification class through the American Red Cross. The cost is $65.00/person. Please RSVP to roni.jarvis@stmikes22003.org to reserve a space since class size is limited.

Has your child's teacher gone above and beyond? If so, please email info@stmikes22003.org and let us know! Our teachers do so much for our students but often our principal doesn't hear the specific details. Please email in your story, however brief, so we can ensure we recognize the amazing work our teachers do!

God bless,

Daniel Cinalli

Principal

Counselors Corner Newsletter

Click the images below for a copy of the Counselor's Corner from Ms. McAuliffe.

Trunk or Treat

Thank you so much to our PTO for organizing and putting on such a wonderful Trunk or Treat on Friday. Although we moved the event inside, I think it was even larger than our first year and I know the children all had fun. A huge thank you also goes out to Mr. Dinh or donating his time and DJing the event for everyone.

Our next PTO event will be the Chuck E Cheese Family night on November 9th. Hope to see you all there!

Our teachers spent Friday working together and going through two different professional development sessions. They shared new and innovative apps and ways of using the ActivPanels. They also discussed reading and writing strategies. Our teachers work so hard and are life-long learners!

Mr. Miller's students watch videos he has prepared for his flipped classroom in Honor's Math. The students are getting double the Mr. Miller instruction for the price of one!

Mrs. Socarras works in small groups and learning centers with her first grade class. Our small class sizes allow for the teacher to give more time to direct student instruction.

Ms. Bastidas uses the Chromebooks to lead the students through a Kahoot quiz. Students race to answer correctly as quickly as possible. It is a fun and engaging way to motivate students to do their best!

"With great joy, we celebrate today the feast of All Saints. Visiting a nursery garden, one remains taken aback at the variety of plants and flowers, and spontaneously begins to think of the Creator's fantasy that made the earth a marvelous garden. These same sentiments come to us when we consider the spectacle of holiness: the world appears to us as a 'garden,' where the Spirit of God has sustained with remarkable wonder a multitude of saints, male and female, from every age and social condition, of every tongue, people and culture."

-Pope Benedict XVI

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