March 1, 2023

Our 2023 Strategic Plan Survey is open through this Friday, March 3. Please complete the survey and share your insights, which will help develop the strategic plan that will define the future of St. Catherine's Montessori.

Capture the memories, cherish the moments! Don't let your child's school year pass by without a yearbook - order now and relive the memories for years to come. You can order your yearbook and recognition ads through the Jostens website.

Click here for more information on pricing and designing recognition ads.

The deadline to create and purchase ads is Monday, May 8. The deadline to order a yearbook is Friday, May 26. 

The calendar for the 2023-2024 school year is now available online under the Parents tab.

Thank you to all who joined us last week for Ash Wednesday Mass. It is a blessing for us to gather and worship together as a community. Click here to view more photos from the Mass.

All are invited to attend our next Mass on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 2:15 PM in the gym.

Know Your NeuroWhereAbouts: Brain-based Parenting Strategies

Parents, caregivers, and school staff who know NeuroWhereAbouts understand phases of brain development and they shape executive functioning skills accordingly. Dr. Crystal Collier, author of The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide, will define brain-based parenting and how to easily integrate brain-savvy prevention skills into daily practice. In this presentation, Dr. Collier will describe the prevention science principles that work to increase youth skills and prevent engagement in high-risk behavior such as technology overuse and video game addiction.

The event will be held on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 12:00 PM in the SCM gym and will include lunch. It is open to all of our St. Catherine's families and friends.  

Click here to RSVP by Tuesday, March 28.

INSIDE THE CLASSROOM

It's time for the biannual AC musical, and this year we'll be putting on a production of Disney's Newsies Jr.! For the next few weeks leading up to the big shows, we will be having a musical intensive working to bring Newsies to life. The students are responsible for creating the set, picking out props and costumes, and publicizing the show, and we are singing and dancing as well! The newsies' story, set in New York City in 1899, perfectly captures our overarching theme this year: peace. Newsies is centered around newsboys and newsgirls trying to make a living selling newspapers, while the newspaper giants are hiking up the prices to buy the papers. The newsies must work together and compromise to make peace and give children working rights in the Big Apple. Buy your papers and join us on Friday, March 24 at 6:30 PM and Saturday, March 25 at 2:30 PM and 6:30 PM!

Click here to purchase tickets.

Spring Fling is coming back Saturday, April 29, 2023. With more Spring and more Flings Guaranteed*. Come ready to enjoy great community, music, and food.

Volunteers ensure a wonderful time for everybody. Please contact Adam Bayer at [email protected] or Kathleen Bertolatus at [email protected] to help make Spring Fling a success.

The next planning meeting will be Thursday, March 9 at 1:00 PM on Zoom.

Opportunities to volunteer include:

• Grounds/Facility: Do preliminary walkthrough with Facilities Manager and communicate with Naturalist about Garden Work Day.
• Music and Sound: Contact DJ about event, arrange for A/V set up.
• Volunteer Coordinators: Set up a SignUpGenius to recruit volunteers and manage volunteers at event.
• Event Crews: Volunteers will be needed the day of the event to set up, clean up, and manage food and beverage stations.

*Guarantee not valid in TN or TX

Dear SCM Parents,

The Annual Chili Lunch for our SCM Faculty and Staff is happening again this year!  

Please sign up here and choose the type of chili you would like to cook. There's an option to make corn bread and to buy tortilla and corn chips. We also need toppings.

Please bring your chili in a crockpot, if you have one. If you don't have a crockpot, no worries, we will make it work.

Please drop off your chili in the morning on Thursday, March 9 after drop off, or bring it hot by 10:30 AM.

Thank you all in advance for your help!

P.S. SCM is a nut-free environment, please keep that in mind.

Friends of the Atrium invites you to join us for Christian Meditation.

When: March 8, 2023 from 8:20 to 8:40 AM

Where: Locations vary; ask at the Front Desk

What: Meditation is prayer in a simple form that dates back to the earliest Christian tradition. It is pure and undivided attention to God.

Click here to learn more about Christian Meditation.

The PSO Book Club will meet in the SCM gym on Friday, March 10, 2023 from 8:30 to 9:30 AM. The group will discuss Why Good Kids Act Cruel by Carl Pickhardt, Ph.D. All are welcome to join, and you do not have to complete the book to participate in the discussion.

Spring Sociables are in full swing, and anyone who missed out on sales in October can still purchase tickets by visiting the online store. Below are just a few of the parties you can enjoy between now and the end of May.

Bubble Soccer

Saturday, April 1

10:00 AM-12:30 PM

SCM Soccer Field

Sporting Clays Shoot

Sunday, April 2

1:00-4:00 PM

Greater Houston Sports Club

80s Skate Party

Friday, April 28

5:30-7:30 PM

Pearland Skate Center

NEW ARRIVALS

Thursday, March 2

• No School for All Students. Conferences for Lower School.

Friday, March 3

• No School for All Students. Conferences for Lower School.

Saturday, March 4

• Sociable: Daddy-Daughter, SOLD OUT. Attendees see party host communications
• Sociable: Sip and Savor Spring. Attendees see party host communications 

Wednesday, March 8

• Christian Meditation, 8:20-8:40 AM

Thursday, March 9

• Faculty & Staff Appreciation: Chili Lunch, 11:30 AM
• Spring Fling Planning Meeting, 1:00 PM (Zoom)

Friday, March 10

• PSO Book Club Meeting, 8:30-9:30 AM
• Garden Work Day, 8:30 AM

Monday, March 13- Friday, March 17

• No School: Spring Break

Friday, March 24

• PSO Meeting, 8:30 AM (SCM Gym)
• Garden Work Day, 8:30 AM
• AC Musical: Newsies Jr., 6:30 PM (SCM Gym)

Saturday, March 25

• AC Musical: Newsies Jr., 2:30 PM and 6:30 PM (SCM Gym)

For more calendar events please check our website.