Saint Michael's Minutes 10.15.18

Cold Weather, Trunk or Treat, Professional Development

Saint Michael's Minutes

Teaching Children their value as Children of God

Principal's Notes

Dear Parents and Families,

The weather has turned cold and our students are coming in bundled up in jackets, coats, hats, and mittens. Please be sure to write your child's name in all of these garments to ensure that if they are left outside or behind, we are able to return them to the right child. Also, during morning drop-off, please have you child's coat already on so that we can quickly and safely unload the students on the curb. If there are just a few cars that take too long to put coats on or get out of the car, it can back up the entire drop-off procedure for other families.

Below are some quick notes for the upcoming week:

Friday, 10/26: No School (Professional Development)

PTO EVENTS:

Friday, 10/26, 6:00: 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat
Friday, 11/9: 3:00-9:00 Chuck E Cheese Family Night

On October 26th we are hosting our Second Annual Trunk or Treat in the school parking lot. I hope to see everyone out in costume with cars decorated and candy to be handed out. The event will start at 6:00 PM. Please email pto@stmikes22003.org to RSVP.

Did you order food from Claire's Gourmet? Delivery will be Friday, October 26th. Be sure to pick up after school.

Friday, October 26th there is no school for teacher professional development.

Information for our Tiny Saints fundraiser has been sent home. Please read and review these cute and spiritual tokens. Perfect for gifts or key-chains.

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

Food Drive

This year we have installed advisories for our middle school. These groups meet once a week with a teacher and are made of 6-8th graders who become a new school "family." Our advisories will be leading different service projects throughout the year.

First up is the St. John Bosco Advisory (Mr. Kottcamp's) which will be leading a month long food drive!

Please read the letter from Mr. Kottcamp below for more information.

I am writing to ask you for your support as we gear up for the Saint Michael’s Food Drive for the Annandale Christian Community for Action (ACCA).

The ACCA is a small non-profit organization that has been servicing the surrounding community for over 50 years. They provide early childhood care and education, food, rental assistance, furniture, and other services to low-income families in the Annandale/Bailey's Crossroads area.

Their Food Pantry collects from churches, schools, community groups and local businesses and delivers food and other necessities on an emergency basis to area households in need.

Gladly, they have provided us with their list of “ Most Wanted ” items which include spaghetti noodles, spaghetti sauce, canned fruit, crackers, and tuna fish but they will accept most any other non-perishable items as well.

Saint Michael’s Food Drive is tentatively scheduled between the dates of October 9th – November 9th.

More than just Mass Buddies. Our 8th graders help out second graders with their Saint Report they will present on All Saints Day. Both 8th and 2nd grades have important Sacramental preparation this year which is why we partner them together for Mass and other activities.

Ms. Cortright uses the ActivPanel in class to host a class-wide Jeopardy game to help students review for a test on atomic compounds. "Answer: This school has innovative, fun, and creative teachers. Question: What is St. Michael School!"

Mr. Miller pilots a new piece of technology for our school. Using a webcam and an adjustable arm, Mr. Miller is able to project math problems and notes from his desk to the board. This camera gives students the ability to see exactly what the teacher is writing while solving problems: the perfect example!

Our middle school students used PostIt Notes to write descriptions for different characters from the novel they are reading. Mr. Gallerano used this activity to give all students the chance to participate and contribute their opinions on the behavior trait of each character.

"The world calls for, and expects from us, simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility, detachment, and self-sacrifice. Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man."

-Saint Paul VI

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