VOLUME 18 | February 20, 2020

ST. MICHAEL CATHOLIC SCHOOL NEWS & UPDATES

Prayer of St. Charles Borromeo   Almighty God, you have generously made known to human beings the mysteries of your life through Jesus Christ your Son in the Holy Spirit. Enlighten my mind to know these mysteries which your Church treasures and teaches.   Move my heart to love them and my will to live in accord with them. Give me the ability to teach this Faith to others  without pride, without ostentation,  and without personal gain .   Let me realize that I am simply your instrument for bringing others to the knowledge of the wonderful things you have done for all your creatures. Help me to be faithful to this task  that you have entrusted to me .   Amen.

February Upcoming Important Dates... February 21-23: Diocesan Basketball Tournament in Charleston February 25: FAT Tuesday (Bury the Alleluia) 2pm Fun Warehouse Family Night: 3pm to close February 26: Ash Wednesday - 8am Mass February 27: Stations of the Cross - 1:30pm - Church Drama Vignettes (2nd - 8th gr.) - 7pm Duffy Center February 28: Lenten Fish Fry begins - 5 - 7pm February 29: Pasta Dinner - 4 - 8pm - Duffy Center (School sponsored) March Upcoming Important Dates... March 5: Stations of the Cross 1:30pm at the Church March 6: Lenten Fish Fry 5-7pm Duffy Center March 12: Stations of the Cross 1:30pm at the Church March 13: Lenten Fish Fry: 5-7pm Duffy Center March 15: 1st Communion Retreat parents & students 2pm Duffy Center March 19: End of 3rd Quarter (45 days) Stations of the Cross 1:30pm at the Church PTO Meeting/Science Fair 6:30pm Duffy Center March 20: Lenten Fish Fry 5-7pm Duffy Center March 26: Stations of the Cross 1:30pm at the Church March 27: Lenten Fish Fry 5-7pm Duffy Center March 28: Spring Auction 5:30pm Duffy Center

Congratulations to Team "2020 God Sight"

A BIG GATOR CONGRATULATIONS goes to this year's team "2020 God Sight" who traveled to Columbia on Saturday, February 8, 2020, to participate in the Diocesan-wide Catholic Quiz Bowl held at Our Lady of the Hills Church. The SMCS team with excitement and enthusiasm showed their knowledge in many categories, including both the Old and New Testaments, Catechism, Parables, Order of the Mass, priests' apparel, Saints, Mysteries of the Rosary, Sacraments and many more Catholic faith questions. Although they did not win a trophy they won something much more important. They won the wonderful graces from God received for tirelessly studying and for selflessly giving up their day off for the Greater Glory of God and for their school. They were all very happy to hear that their REWARD would be in Heaven. God bless Cade J, John T, Emma B and Margaret T, team "2020 God Sight" GO GATORS!!!

Congratulations 2nd Grade

Congratulations to our 2nd graders who received the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Tuesday, February 11th. It was a beautiful evening filled with many graces and blessings as the 2nd graders received God’s forgiveness for the very first time in this awesome Sacrament. May God continue to bless and strengthen these young people and their families as they continue on their Faith Journey and prepare for their next Sacrament, First Holy Communion on Saturday, May 2nd.

Come out for a Family Fun Night! St. Michael's FUNdraiser Tuesday, February 25th, 3pm-close $7 activities: Skates Go Carts Laser Tag Inflatables **$2 Skate Rentals, must have socks for skates and inflatables** WANT MORE FUN? $12 UNLIMITED Laser Tag $25 UNLIMITED Activities 843-748-0302 FunWarehousemb.com

Please return the form that was sent in previous Tuesday envelope along with your payment to the school office by Wednesday, February 26, 2020.

Dear St. Michael's Families, The Spring Auction is quickly approaching. We need your help collecting items for the auction! Please consider soliciting donations from the places you love! Where do you like to dine out? Have fun as a family? shop? or travel? Chances are if you love it, others will too and may consider bidding on it at our auction! We also have a letter available in the school office that can be handed out when soliciting your donations. Please make arrangements for any donated item/items to arrive at our school by Friday, March 13th . If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email. We are here to help! Jana Naus: ptopresident2019@saintmichaelsc.com Jessica Lockney: ptotreasurer2019@saintmichaelsc.com THANK YOU in advance for all your support! We recognize and appreciate our wonderful St. Michael School families! We look forward to celebrating our school with you at the Annual Spring Auction on Saturday, March 28th ! With thanks, PTO Officers FOR YOUR EFFORTS, ONE FAIR SHARE HOUR WILL BE GIVEN FOR A DONATED ITEM!

St. Michael Windbreaker Green Rawlings pullover windbreaker with St. Michael embroidering on the left chest. This fundraiser is for the sports program. (all proceeds go to the Athletic Dept.) ORDER YOURS TODAY!!!!.... by completing the form sent home in a previous Tuesday envelope. Cost: $40 each Sizes available are : XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL

PTO Officers Name & Email contact: President, Jana Naus: Ptopresident2019@saintmichaelsc.com Vice President, Diana Jenkins: Ptovicepresident2019@saintmichaelsc.com Secretary, Tara McGaha: Ptosecretary2019@saintmichaelsc.com Treasurer, Jessica Lockney: Ptotreasurer2019@saintmichaelsc.com Volunteer Coordinator, Lora Alot: Ptovolunteer2019@saintmichaelsc.com

Volunteer opportunities: Uniform Shop: Uniform Shop Spring Auction: Set Up: Spring Auction Set Up Spring Book Fair: Spring Book Fair Mothers Day Tea: Mother's Day Tea Field Day: Field Day 2020

NOTE: To search for SMCS active SUGs visit findasignup and "search by sign up creators email" and use ptovolunteer2019@saintmichaelsc.com

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR FEBRUARY MARCH

SUPPORT SMCS THROUGH AMAZON, SHOPAROO & SHUTTERFLY STOREFRONT

Visit  http://shoparoo.com  to sign up and assign St. Michael’s to receive your reward points. Once completed, Shop (shop for a product at any store), Snap (take a picture of the receipt) and Earn (Shoparoo donates to your school). It is that easy. Please pass this on to friends and family members. VISIT WEBSITE

By shopping through Amazon Smile, St. Michael’s will receive .5% of all qualifying purchases. This is a simple way to help St. Michael’s earn easy money and it only takes a minute to set up! Visit  http://smile.amazon.com/ and use the search option to locate our school. Please pass this on to friends and family members who make purchases through Amazon!  VISIT WEBSITE

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LOWE'S FOODS REWARDS

Go to: https://rewards.lowesfoods.com/ Click on Enroll in Cart to Class Enter in your rewards card information Click on Search for school and enter in: St. Michael Catholic School Click continue  You can enroll St. Michael's in all three of the pull downs.

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