SMA Newsletter • January 13, 2022 |
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Dear Spartan Families,
The most wonderful time of the year for Catholic schools is approaching... Catholic Schools Week! CSW is an annual tradition Catholic schools have been celebrating across the United States since 1974. The week kicks off with a Sunday Mass (1/30 @ 9 am) where students attend in uniform, mingle over treats afterwards, then trickle down to the academy and preschool to show off their great work during Open House (1/30 @ 10-11 am). I encourage you to invite family and friends to visit our SMA community. We have so much to be proud of! Our faculty and staff will be available to answer questions too.
SMA is one of very few remaining schools that incorporates Workshop Way strategies and techniques into daily instruction and the overall school atmosphere. A major goal of the way we educate is to create feelings of dignity, intelligence, confidence, and power of management in every student. We had planned to enrich our learning by hosting an anti-bullying assembly for our students. Due to illness, the assembly must be rescheduled. We hope to offer it very soon as does our guest! Tracie Arlington with PlayItSafe will be coming with her crew to teach our students to "Keep Your Power: Be a Winner". You can see her interview with Dr. Phil here. Tracie wants to remind parents and teachers to reinforce the material or the children will forget. Here is a letter you can post at home to help keep the conversation going. The lessons learned in the assembly align with our Schoolwide Learning Expectations (SLEs), particularly SLE 1B: An active Catholic Christian who... respects the rights of others (primary version); internalizes a system of values based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church (junior high version).
On the note of safety, yesterday we had a very successful lockdown drill. Coach K and I snuck around to classroom doors and knocked on them without prior notice. None of the teachers or students opened any doors. Well done, Spartans! Parents/guardians should have received a phone call (voicemail), text, and email from us via School Messenger notifying you of a lock down drill. This messaging system is the system we rely on to notify you of any emergency on campus. If you need to update any of your information, please contact the office.
Enjoy the 3-day weekend. Stay safe and healthy!
Many blessings,
Jennifer Miller
Principal
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Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences Next Week |
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Teachers have emailed the conference schedule sign ups to each family. Please select your conference time by Friday, 1/14. Teachers will discuss Life Skills and Academics.
Conference Schedule:
1/19 - Wednesday 3-6pm • 1/20 - Thursday 1- 4pm • 1/21 • Friday 1- 4pm
Students need to be present for the conference.
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Gift of Hope Advent Outreach - Thank you! |
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Student Donations Making
Real Change
Students donated $1810.00 to the CRS Gift of Hope outreach program. Each class picked out what they would like to purchase for families in developing countries. Purchases include:
(2) cows, (4) pigs, (3) flocks of chickens, (2) mosquito nets for a family of 6,
(2) health exams for 12 children, care for mother throughout pregnancy, hand washing stations, quality seed for a season, (2) bags of fertilizer
Click HERE to see what your child's classroom purchased.
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SMA & PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE!
SUNDAY, 1/30 10 - 11 AM
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Everyone is invited to the Academy and Preschool Open House on Sunday, Jan. 30th following the 9 AM Mass. Visit the classrooms, meet with faculty and staff and tour the campus. This is also perfect time to check out the kindergarten classroom. Places have been reserved for those children in the Pre-K class. Space is limited. If your child is not enrolled in the preschool, and ready for kindergarten, email the school office for more information. Children must be 5 years old by Sept. 1st. to register.
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The Caster family made a generous donation of $10,000 to our Fund-A-Need Tuition Assistance Program.
We thank them for making Catholic education affordable for qualifying families.
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School Holiday- Martin Luther King Jr.
Monday, 1/17
Minimum Days - 1/19, 1/20 and 1/21 for conferences. Noon dismissal. Extended Care open until 6pm.
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Star Testing- 1/10-1/28
Water Bottles - Please help us be good stewards of the environment. Remind your child to bring a water bottle to school. We have a filtered re-fill station.
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Please email the office and the teacher if you child is absent by 8:15AM.
Morning Drop Off
We are asking that children who are old enough to exit the car by themselves to please do so in light of the recent COVID surge.
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An updated Decision Tree as of Jan. 12th is on the school website for your reference. If your child has any symptoms, please report them to the school office. Do not send your child to school (vaccinated or unvaccinated) if they have any of symptoms listed.
Possible symptoms include fever, chills,
cough, shortness of breath or difficulty
breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches,headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, and/or diarrhea.
If your child has been vaccinated and you would like to update their health record, email a copy of the vaccination card to the school office. Youth Ages 5-11 are eligible to get vaccinated.
Click HERE for COVID Free Testing Sites • Click HERE for COVID Vaccine Sites
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Yasukochi Family Farms delivers to SMA on Mondays or at your home if you live in La Mesa. Order by noon on Sundays. Call the office if you have any questions. The standard size box is $25.
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You’re invited to join the St. Martin of Tours Knights of Columbus and Catholics nationwide in praying for the respect of human life. The annual 9 Days for Life novena will take place from January 19th through the 27th. A prayer service will be held each evening in the Church.
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† Christopher Bradley
Chris was an uncle to Nate Bradley (K).
Please keep the Bradley family in your prayers.
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St. Martin of Tours Academy
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