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GoRiteway
414-249-5048
elmbrook@goriteway.com
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Auction winner--Superstudent in 3rd grade
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| K3 Students enjoying the warm day with Popsicle |
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Save the Date
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May 30
K3 Last Day of School
K4 Fly Up
8th grade Dance
8th grade Parent Social
May 31
K3 Last Day
8th grade Breakfast
Mass
Honors program
Graduation
June 3
Field Day
June 4
Last Day of School
School Dismissed at 10
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| 5th graders with their K5 buddies at the zoo |
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| K3 learned all about butterflies |
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Mission and Catholic Identity 2016-2021
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7th graders taking their Science exam
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Use Amazon smile and help support SMV
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| Mrs. Daniels visited SMV last week to talk about the Elm Grove Library |
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5th grade DARE Graduation
The following students are first place essay winners: Elizabeth Schmidt and Leo Giampietro
Runner up essay winners are : Max Martin, Callaghan Olbrantz, Chloe Doll, Lucy Swietlik,Teresa S., Katelyn Anglim
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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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| Memorial Day Parade walkers |
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Principal Notes May 30, 2019
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Dear Families,
This is our last Virtual Backpack for the year. It is hard to believe how quickly the school year has passed and come to an end. I would like to thank you for your faith, trust and commitment to the mission of St. Mary's. It is because of your dedication, time, prayers, generosity and support of our efforts that make St. Mary's great!
Thank you to our enthusiastic faculty and staff who work tirelessly to provide a faith based education for our children. I am honored to be their colleague. Thank you is not enough for all they consistently give to the ministry of Catholic education.
Tomorrow is graduation day for our 8
th
grade! We wish them all the best as they journey on to new places. Please keep them in your prayers at this special time. Join us for mass tomorrow as we say goodbye to them. Mass will be at 9:00 instead of 8:00. Our awards ceremony will follow directly after mass.
Home and School is the life line for our school. Thank you to Katy Connner and Kelly Krause, our Co-presidents and Alicia Bratz, our Treasurer for sharing their time and talent with us this year. We could not have done it without you! Lucky for us they will be back again next year.
Just a reminder, please make sure after school care and hot lunch balances are paid. We would like to close our books at the end of the school year.
Please take time this summer to talk, play, and pray together. On behalf of the faculty and staff, we wish you a safe and happy summer. We look forward to seeing you in August!
SAVE THE DATE- Saturday October 19, is the date for the Catholic Schools Walk. Money raised this year will go to the Outdoor Classroom Fund.
Have a wonderful and safe holiday weekend.
Faithfully,
Mrs. Mary Tretow
Principal
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Time to return all library books! Please search your house and return all library books by Friday, May 24.
If your child participated in the Read to Succeed program, the ticket to Six Flags will be sent home on Friday, May 24. Please ask your child and contact Miss Benson if you do not receive your ticket.
Several parents have asked about recommended summer reading lists for their children. There are many such lists on the Internet. My personal favorite is the HAISLN Recommended Reading List. This list is updated every year with new books, while including some tried and true classics. Here is the link:
Please also see a fine list of recommendations at your public library.
All children in grades 3-8 practice keyboarding regularly at school. Jr. High students can become members of our Typing Hall of Fame by exceeding 50 words per minute. Click here for our current list of names.
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
Medication
If your child has any medication that is kept in the school office, please remember to pick it up on or before the last day of school, June 4, 2019.
All medications left will be properly disposed of.
2nd graders won the Box Top contest-way to go 2nd grade
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Home & School Volunteers
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!
H&S Volunteers
Thank you in advance to the 7th Grade Graduation Events team (Laurie Clemence, Paula Downs, Paula Horning, Julia Kearney, Evalyn Martin, Amy Merrick, Ann Scott, Kim Spano, and Courney Warren). We appreciate all of the planning that has gone into throwing a great send off for our 8th Grade Graduates this week! Thank you also to all of the
helpers who will make these events successful on Thursday and Friday.
Another big advance thank you to Maren Kleinmann for organizing Field Day! The kids look forward do this event every year, and we appreciate everything you're doing to make this happen. Please lend Maren a hand by signing up here and praying for good weather!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0d45a9a72ca13-smvfield
Many thanks to all of you for all of you for the countless volunteer hours this school year. I personally appreciate everyone's willingness to help out and make our Home & School events a success in addition to all of the other volunteering you all do around school and athletics. You are so appreciated!! But, one more request.....please watch for next year's sign up....coming soon! - Rebecca Mindy
Field Day
Field Day is Monday June 3rd. Please come help make it a blast for the kids. Thank you to all who have signed up and will donate supplies. We are in need of more on hand
volunteers.
We can not run the bounce houses without enough parental supervision. Any amount of time you have to spare is much appreciated. Come for an early or late lunch hour.... or stay after drop off for a half hour to help set up. Younger siblings welcome too and we'll have lots of entertainment for them. Share with high school alum and their friends. Lunch provided for volunteers.
We are also looking to borrow carnival or lawn type games. Donated and borrowed supplies and games may be dropped off in the atrium next week. Please label.
Field Day Lunch: $5/lunch with sub, chips, cookie and drink. Form will close 8am Friday May 24. Form needs to be completed to order a Subway lunch or a cold lunch from SMV. Do not complete if you bring a cold lunch from home. Send cash or check into office.
SCRIP
Please help us buy down our SCRIP inventory of physical gift cards in the office, available through the end of the year. Lots of great retailers available. Cash or checks made to SMV Home and School.
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As we near the end of the school year, a HUGE shout out is in order for all of the parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and parish members that have helped make the 2018/2019 year a great success! St. Mary's Visitation would not be the same without your help.
Thank you to all the home and school and advancement event volunteers, pack, den and troop leaders for scouts, coaches, sports coordinators, concession stand volunteers, field trip drivers and supervisors, classroom volunteers, room moms, play group parents, behind the scene helpers and everyone else who has given of their time and talent this year. There are too many people to name and accurately capture- and this is a wonderful problem! SMV is truly blessed. These people help us round out the educational experience provided by our stellar teachers and make our community a place we are proud to be a part of!
And a quick note- this past Monday, at the Memorial Day parade, we had a celebrity sighting! Fr. John Gibson enjoyed the parade route along with the Mathai family, who had won this awesome experience at the SMV auction. Lots of fun was had by all the SMV walkers and families. Thank you Fr. John for sharing your time with us!
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.
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