May 2nd, 2012
Dear Parents:
Last Friday evening, Bishop McElroy administered the sacrament of confirmation to our seventh grade students. We congratulate them on their further initiation into the Catholic Church. May the gifts of the Holy Spirit continue to work in their lives. Thank you to seventh grade teacher, Natalia Girlich, and CCD Director Kathy Sanford for preparing such a prayerful and meaningful ceremony. A special thank you also to the sixth grade families for their help setting and cleaning up at the confirmation reception last Friday.
The Parents’ Club meet at 7:00 in Carroll Hall tomorrow, Thursday, May 3rd. If you have not yet attended a meeting this year, now is a great time to participate and become involved in YOUR parents’ club.
Parent Agreement: Please remember that the deadline for returning the “yellow” Parent Agreement-Parent Participation forms is Friday, May 4th. By returning those form, we will know how you plan to pay your tuition and how you intend to fulfill your Parent Participation Requirements in the coming year. Please be aware that monthly tuition payment plans begin this month, with the 1st payment due by Tuesday, May 15th. As a reminder, tuition payments may be mailed or given to your child to deliver to the school office via their Wednesday Envelope. Also, please consider mailing all tuition payments during the summer months as our office hours vary and we can’t guarantee that
the office will be open during regular business hours.
Physics Day: This Friday, the eighth grade class will represent STM at Great America for Physics Day. The eight graders have been working on a rollercoaster physics project for the past several weeks. We are very proud of their creativity and workmanship as their rollercoaster’s have many vertical loops, corkscrew turns and plunging drops. Along with the 8th graders, we have four rollercoaster’s going to Great America this Friday to represent St. Thomas More School at Physics Day. We’re sure that the students will enjoy this educational opportunity.
Student Council Elections: Speeches and primary elections will be held next Monday, May 7th. Please join us for the speeches which will begin promptly at 1:00pm in Carroll Hall. Student Council general elections will be held the following day on Tuesday, May 8th.
Extended Care: Billing for the month of April is going home today. A Reminder - Beginning Monday, May 21st, parents who use the after school Extended Care program will need to either pre-pay or pay-by-the-day . Prepayments may be made in the office or when you pick up your child from extended care. The cost is $4.00 per hour or fraction-thereof. Any unused balance from a pre-payment will be applied to next years’ billing.
Summer Plans: What will you do with your child(ren) this summer? The Stop Motion Animation Tech Camp for Kids last summer was extremely successful and a similar program including an academic component will be offered for three weeks from June 11-29. Check out the flyer in today's envelope. The registration deadline has been extended until May 14th!
From the Athletic Board: The STM Athletic Board is hosting a Coaches Appreciation Dinner on Friday, May 25. Please use the online form to RSVP to this event. Also, the Coaches Questionnaire and the Fall 2012 Sports Sign-up are now available online.
Congratulations 8th graders: The Dream Girl$, Melia Schelstrate, Lidy Garcia, Chloe DeGuzman and Samantha Basco, took 3rd place in the Northern California region for junior high students in the Stock Market Game. They will attend an Awards Ceremony and Luncheon with their Math teacher, John Kavanagh, on May 11th. In addition to The Dream Girl$, three of our other 8th Grade teams placed in the Top Ten for the Northern California region as well (5th, 7th, 9th). Great work, eighth grade!
More Congratulations: We would like to congratulate the Sixth graders, and their teacher Miss Beach, on their magnificent production of The Pied Piper of Hamelin – an opera they wrote in conjunction with the Books to Bravo program of the San Francisco Opera Guild. Photos and songs from the performance can be seen by clicking the link on the STM homepage. A job well done, sixth grade.
Thank you for all who took the time to acknowledge their teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week. We are blessed to have such dedicated educators here at St. Thomas More School. A special thank you to the Parent's Club, especially Linda Shah, Kathleen Hooe and Ivon van Mechelen, who prepared a special Teacher Appreciation lunch last Monday. Together we can help our children become thoughtful, spiritual individuals.
Finally, thank you to all the students and staff who made Principal Appreciation Day so special yesterday. I loved all the cards and well-wishes.
Sincerely,
Marie Fitzpatrick
Principal
