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414-249-5048
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Dress up in K3
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7th graders looking at the compostion of a deer femur using the digital microscope
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Save the Date
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September 27
Dance-A-thon
October 3
Donuts with Dads
October 5
Trivia Night
October 7
Home & School/School Committee Meeting
October 9
Photo Day
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K4 Puzzle time
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| First Graders doing sound experiments |
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Important Music Dates
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Tuesday, December 10th:
K3-5th grade and SMV Band Christmas Concert
1:00 and 6:30 pm
Saturday, March 28th:
District Solo & Ensemble Festival - optional for 6th-8th graders
Saturday, April 25th:
State Solo & Ensemble Festival - optional for 6th-8th graders who qualify
Thursday, April 30th and Friday, May 1st:
Junior High Musical
(optional 3rd-5th grade participation)
and SMV Band Concert
6:30 pm on April 30th
12:45 and 6:30 pm on May 1st
Friday, May 8th:
Grandparents Day - morning performances by students in K3-2nd grades
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Mission and Catholic Identity 2016-2021
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Third graders at the Peace Prayer
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Use Amazon smile and help support SMV
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| 2nd graders celebrating Miss Koepke's Birthday with Popsicles on the patio |
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| 5th graders enjoying Music class |
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| Come Walk With Us on October 19 |
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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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Message from Father Peter September 26, 2019
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Dear Families,
Outdoor Classroom Update - Thank you to all of the school families who have generously donated to this project! It certainly will be a wonderful addition to the St. Mary's campus! We are currently waiting on some final project details from the landscaping company and while our Wisconsin weather leaves only certain windows open to beginning landscaping work, our hoped for timeline is to break ground in the middle of 2020. Keep your eyes on Virtual Backpack for more updates as things unfold. We are also continuing to raise funds for this project so as to provide a beautiful and lasting addition to our school. Again, thank you for your continued commitment to St. Mary's!
Father Peter
 8th grade girls having lunch with the girls from
Notre Dame middle school
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Principal Notes September 26, 2019
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Dear Families,
Yesterday, our 8th graders did a service project at Zachariah's Acres. Zachrariah's Acres is a working farm that connects special needs children with the beauty of God's creation. Our students
sorted tomatoes, made basil bunches, washed carrots and beets, picked apples, washed the barn floors, vacuumed, picked pumpkins, fed chickens, made pico de gallo with clients and cleaned the chicken coops! We heard nothing but praise about our students. They were polite, respectful, smiling and hard working. Click below to see them
Fr. Peter and Fr. Gibson will be having a cycle of regular visits to the classrooms in Grades 1-8 again this year. This semester Fr. Peter will visit the even grades and Fr. Gibson will visit the odd grades. Next semester they will switch.
The Catholic Herald is giving away a free one-year print and online subscription to the weekly newspaper to the 6th grade families in Catholic schools and /or religious education families. If you are a 6th grade family, please watch for this.
We will celebrate the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi with the annual Blessing of the Pets on Friday, October 4 at 3:00 pm. We will meet in the gardens in front of the Church Atrium. Please be sure that all animals are on leashes or in proper pet cages or containers to insure a safe blessing.
Tomorrow is our Dance-a-thon from 1:00-2:00 pm. If you are free, please come and dance with us! Don't forget tomorrow is also a spirit wear day and
NOT a dress down day.
Just a reminder as you look at your calendar for October. School is closed on October 11th for a Professional Development Day for the teachers.
Enjoy the long weekend!
8th graders at the Peace Prayer
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Once again we are offering afterschool Spanish for grades K5 thru 5th beginning October 7. Click here for more details.
Note to SMV Bike Riders
Parents please remind your children to exercise caution when they ride their bikes down the paths that let out onto the parking lot and to be aware that cars are both entering and exiting at the same time? We have seen many occasions where the child goes down the side hill and cuts right in front of the cars entering. Also drivers are unable to see bikes on the path coming into the parking lot as they are exiting. There has been frequent occasions where kids shoot right into the exit lane. According to the handbook, bike riders should should walk their bikes in the parking lot. Drivers need to slow down in a school parking lot.
SMV's Hot Lunch Pocket Charts
Here is what our Hot Lunch Pocket Charts look like. Every day if a child orders anything from the 4P's for lunch a color coded card goes into the child's pocket. The child takes the card to get their order.
Muscular Dystrophy Run
Mary and Caitlin Scott organized a 5k fun run/walk to benefit and raise awareness of Muscular Dystrophy in honor of a close family friend at the Elm Grove park next Sunday 9/29. Check in is at 10:30am and the run begins at 11:00am. Refreshments will be served. All proceeds will be donated to MDA. Please come and support a great cause! Thank you!
Immunizations
According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services schools are required to assess all students' immunization records to determine compliance with the Wisconsin Student Immunization Law. Parents/Students have until the 30th school day to provide the appppropriate documentaion of immunization or a signed waiver.
Please inform the school office of any updates to your child's immunizations.
Important Music Dates
Tuesday, December 10th:
K3-5th grade and SMV Band Christmas Concert
1:00 and 6:30 pm
Saturday, March 28th:
District Solo & Ensemble Festival - optional for 6th-8th graders
Saturday, April 25th:
State Solo & Ensemble Festival - optional for 6th-8th graders who qualify
Thursday, April 30th and Friday, May 1st:
Junior High Musical
(optional 3rd-5th grade participation)
and SMV Band Concert
6:30 pm on April 30th
12:45 and 6:30 pm on May 1st
Friday, May 8th:
Grandparents Day - morning performances by students in K3-2nd grades
6th graders at the Denis Sullivan
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It's time to Dance!
Friday, September 27
at 1:00 pm in the gym
**This is an official school day with the Dance-A-Thon and activities held in the afternoon! **
Parents and little siblings are welcome!!
*STUDENTS CAN WEAR SPIRIT WEAR CLOTHING AND SHOES APPROPRIATE FOR GYM CLASS!*
**Get your final donations in by 9am on Friday to be eligible for prizes. *
Trivia Night - Adults Only
Saturday, October
5, 2019
Church
Atrium Doors ope
n @ 6:30 p.m.
Game begins
promptly
@ 7:00
p
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Light snacks and w
ater
will be provided
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Gather your team
(max. 10). $
10 per person
No Team, No problem! We will find you a team.
Pick a theme and go crazy with costumes, decorations
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snacks, and
drinks for your team and table.
Top Scoring Table and the
Best Theme
Table
win a prize
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Registration flyer may be found under the Home & School/Community Links
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SMV is proud to announce that this year's chairs for the Soles for Catholic Education Walk are our very own, Joe and Lora LoCoco! Alice, their oldest daughter, is in k5 at SMV and their son Frank is in K3. Joe and Lora feel very strongly about the importance of Catholic education to their family. As Joe states, "Catholic education will allow our children to grow up not just learning about their faith but doing so surrounded by other children and families of differing backgrounds who all believe the same things we do. We want our children to grow up seeing with their own eyes that Catholicism is not something to which only their parents ascribe, but rather is something they share with so many other people." Thank you Joe and Lora for sharing and living out your commitment to Catholic education and SMV. Please plan to join the LoCoco family and other SMV families at the walk on October 19th. It is always a wonderful morning.
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When you wear your SuperFan shirt and buy a drink....you get a hotdog on us*
Saturday September 28, 2019 at St. Mary's Visitation School's Gym
11:30 am St. Mary's 5th grade girls vs. St. John Vianney 5th grade girls
12:30 pm St. Mary's 5th grade girls vs. St. Dominic's 5t grade girls
1:30 pm St. Mary's 6th grade girls vs. St. Mary's Menomonee Falls 6th grade girls
*with a paid admission, one per person. SuperFam Promos sponsored by
SMV Athletics
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SMV Diaper Drive for Life's Connection
September 28 - October 13, SMV Atrium. Please donate packs of diapers and pull ups in all sizes for this Milwaukee and Waukesha based pro life agency which provides
compassionate and unconditional programs and services for families in need.
Diapers will be collected in the northwest corner of the Parish Atrium. Thank you for your generosity!
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