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St. Michael's Academy
I know Thanksgiving is right around the corner, but it's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas in our school building. It seems like every time I turn a corner I hear Christmas carols being practiced in preparation for our Christmas Pageant in just a few weeks. Today, in the parent communication envelope we sent home the December calendar. Please take some time to review it now, so that you are prepared for the busy month ahead.
 On Tuesday, we'll take time to thank God for the many blessings he has bestowed on us as we celebrate our Thanksgiving Mass. At the offertory time, along with the bread and wine, we will have students offer three baskets of canned foods, symbolic of the truck load of food collected during the month of the November and delivered to the Gray House this afternoon. Thank you parents for supporting our food drive and modeling for your children how important it is to be generous with the gifts God has given us.
Mass will be at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. We would love to have you join us if your schedule allows.
Enjoy a great weekend.
Peace and God's blessings,
Ms. Ann E. Dougal
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Important Dates
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Please Make A Note Of These Important Dates
Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - 9:30 a.m.
Thanksgiving School Mass
Grade 4 Hosted
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 through
Friday, November 29, 2019
Thanksgiving Break
Please remember to attend Church as a family!
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Mission Moment
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You Are Invited To Part 1 Of A Special Series
Save the date!
Dr. Daniel and Megan Baillargeon will be holding a 3 part special series designed to help people dive deeper into their faith. The first segment will be held on Tuesday, December 3rd at 6 p.m. Explore Catholicism and engage in thought provoking conversation!
Please note the date change of the first segment!
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Perfect Attendance
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Good Attendance Pays Off !
Congratulations to our perfect attendance dress-down winners! In order to qualify for the weekly drawing, a student must have no absences, tardiness or early dismissals the previous week of school. We select one from PreK - 2nd grade, one from 3rd - 5th grade and one from 6th - 8th grade. Here are our recent winners:
Sophia - PreK4-B Brianna - 5A
Sean - 6A
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From the Classroom of Ms. Laporte - Computer Lab
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The Computer Lab Is Busy!
Since the beginning of the school year, the children have been working very hard in the computer lab. Pre-K and kindergarten have been learning their numbers and letters using websites such as ABCmouse.com and sesamestreet.org.
Grade 1 has been typing skill lessons in Microsoft Word. Grade 2 is also working on improving their typing skills using typing.com.
Grades 3 and 4 are working with typing.com and will be using MS Excel to create a Christmas spreadsheet. Grade 5 has been working with Padlet.com, MobyMax, and MS Excel to calculate profit and loss.
Grade 6 is creating a brochure in MS Publisher. Grade 7 is working with MS Excel and MS Word to create surveys and spreadsheets. Grade 8 is working on Excel spreadsheets and will be using the Scratch coding platform developed by MIT, to learn computer coding.
As you can see we have been very busy!
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Vocations
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Fr. Jonathan Reardon Visits SMA
We thank Fr. Reardon from Holy Family Parish in South Deerfield
for coming to speak about vocations with our middle level students this week!
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Blizzard Bags
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Snow Day School Work
It's that time of the year again! The first Snow Day School Work (Blizzard Bags) will be coming home with your child(ren) today. Please remember to keep it in a safe place so your child can complete when needed. If it does get misplaced, it can be downloaded from the website.
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Christmas Pageant
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Practice Your Christmas Pageant Music
Mrs. Duplessis has created a Youtube page containing various parts of the Christmas Pageant music so students can practice. Click here to access the page and remember.... practice makes perfect!
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NJHS
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Candy Cane Sale!
The National Junior Honor Society will, once again, hold its annual Candy Cane sale! Get your orders in before December 6th. Candy Canes are still only $1 and are hand decorated and gift tagged by NJHS students.
All proceeds from the sales will be used to buy Christmas gifts for families in our community.
Tis the season to be giving!
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Food Drive
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Student Council Thanks You
Members of the Student Council were busy sorting through the donated items for their Thanksgiving food drive today. The food will benefit The Gray House and help to stock their shelves for Thanksgiving.
Thank you to everyone who donated!
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Girls On The Run
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Get Ready, Get Set!
The St. Michael's Academy's Girls On The Run team is ready! Ready for what you ask? They are ready for the
final 5K at Smith College on November 23rd! The festivities will begin at 9:30 a.m. followed by a 10 a.m. warm up and the 5K kicking off at 10:30 a.m.
We know our girls are
FULL OF POWER
and
POTENTIAL
. By knowing they are the leaders of their lives, these are the girls who
WILL CHANGE THE WORLD!
Go get them girls!
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Open Position
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Substitute Custodian Needed
St. Michael's Academy is looking for substitute custodians who would be available to work 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The position would be on an "as needed" basis.
Interested parties should contact Amy O'Brien at St. Michael's Academy by calling (413) 782-5246, ext. 1202.
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Christmas Wreaths
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Need A Wreath For Christmas?
Boy Scout Troop 303 will be selling Christmas Wreaths at St. Catherine of Siena Church during the times outlined below. Please note that they will be available before and after the SMA Christmas Pageant on December 10th and 11th. Now that's one stop shopping!
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Food For Thought
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"Often, actually very often, God allows his greatest servants, those who are far advanced in grace, to make the most humiliating mistakes. This humbles them in their own eyes and in the eyes of their fellow men."
- St. Louis de Montfort
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Parish News
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Mt. Carmel Church
Mt. Carmel invites you to join them on Sunday, Dec. 8th from 2-4 p.m. for A CHRISTMAS CAROL FESTIVAL:
"What Do You Want for Christmas?"
Sanctuary bell choir, personal stories, caroling, a living Nativity, your own prayer intentions; homemade cookies, and gifts to bring home.
Join in the familiar carol written in Massachusetts for world peace. Singers and cantors harmonize an Austrian Christmas lullaby. Free, all are welcome.
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Prayer Corner
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St. Michael the Arch
angel, pray for us! 
We pray for all St. Michael's Academy students, families, faculty, and staff, and their special intentions.
And we pray for all of our recently departed:
Julie M. Leonard
Patrick Levesque
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
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St. Michael's Academy
153 Eddywood Street - Springfield, MA 01118
www.smaspringfield.org
413.782.5246 office
413.782.8137 fax
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