Dear Parents:
As part of our preparation for the Resurrection of
Jesus on Easter Sunday, students in grades 2-8 will receive the sacrament
of Reconciliation on Wednesday, April 2nd. Please begin to prepare
your children to receive this sacrament by helping them to decide how to make
good choices in their lives and how to ask God's forgiveness for decisions they
may have made that did not show love for God or one another.
Parent Meeting: Thank you to all who joined us last night for
the mandatory parent meeting. Your involvement and support
for your St. Thomas More School is very much appreciated and you are truly a
blessing to your children. Congratulations to the Tripathi Family for winning
the free re-registration raffle!
Paper donations in lieu of parent hours: Haven’t completed
your parent hours for this school year? As we mentioned at last night’s
meeting, we are now accepting paper donations IF you are only one or two hours
short of the required amount.
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One case of white paper (10 reams) = 1 hour
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5 reams of colored paper = 1 hour
As always, we are still accepting donations
of recycled paper and used ink cartridges.
STEM: Today we began our Spring STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) electives for the 6th, 7th
and 8th graders. These
classes will nurture students' interests and love of learning through a project
based learning approach that emphasizes our school learning expectations (THINK) as well as inspire innovation
and creativity. These classes take place on Wednesdays through April
16th with a showcase on April 17th. STEM students will share their work
and projects with STM students and families in the showcase that shows the
rigorous work and training resulting from student collaboration, problem
solving, effective communication, and the use of critical thinking skills. Ask
your junior high student how their STEM class was!
Re-Registration: It’s that time of year again! We have
several applications for grades above kindergarten and we need to know if we
will have any open spaces in those grades for those applicants. Again this
year, we ask all families, preschool through seventh grade, complete their
re-registration ONLINE. From the STM Homepage, click the
appropriate re-registration link and you will be directed to an online form.
Complete all the information on the form and submit. As a reminder, any family
not-having-fulfilled all of its financial obligations to the school may be
dropped from the registered list.
Online Re-Registration Guidelines
- You must complete one online form for EACH child currently attending STM/UTOPIA PRESCHOOL.
- Preschool families who are entering kindergarten do not need to register online.
- To begin, click on one of the two REGISTRATION links on the STM Homepage.
- Families returning to STM/UTOPIA for the 2014-2015 school year should click on the RE-REGISTRATION FOR RETURNING PK-7 STUDENTS link.
- For families NOT returning to STM/UTOPIA for the 2014-2015 school year, click on the NOT RETURNING link.
- Deadline to complete re-registration online and to pay the re-registration fee of $325 is Friday, March 28th.
- If the online form is not returned by the due date, or the re-registration fee not paid, no seat will be saved for your child.
- After the re-registration fee deadline of March 28th, the re-registration fee is $425 per child.
- As always, re-registration fees are non-refundable.
8th grade High School
Acceptances: Friday is a big day for the eighth graders. They
will be receiving notification of their acceptances in the various
Catholic high schools to which they have applied. They are a wonderful,
talented and mature group of students. We know they will do amazingly well!
Talent Show: Do you have
talent? Last year’s talent show was so successful that we are doing it again
this year! Students wishing to participate should attend the informational
meeting on Thursday, March 13th in the 4th grade
classroom at lunch recess.
Erin Go Bragh!: We neglected
to put our St. Patrick’s Day celebrations on the March calendar last week. As
Monday, March 17th is a school holiday, we will be celebrating our
‘Irishness’ on Friday, March 14th. As is our custom,
we will mark the day with a celebration of dance and song with an
Irish slant. Please join us at 1:10 in the gymnasium. Students may also wear
St. Patrick's Day accessories that day to add a little color to their uniforms.
Watch out for leprechauns!
Mother-Son
Dance: Have you sent in your reservation form for the Mother/Son Dance
yet? Reservations are due by Friday, March 14th if you and your son
wish to join in this fun activity. Raffle tickets are included in your envelope
today.
Finally, congratulations to the following students
who raised the most in their class for the spell-a-thon: Gabrielle Remo (K),
Marquez Beasley-Bell (1st), Darby Curran (2nd), Isabel
Sanchez (3rd), Tino Woo (4th), Zach White (5th),
Isabella Androtti (6th), Michelle Auyeung (7th), and
Kaiulani Schelstrate (8th). These students will be receiving a
certificate and their prize money today. The highest fundraiser in the school
was Gabrielle Remo (K) and the class that raised the most funds, and winners of
a pizza party, is 1st grade. The spell-a-thon raised almost $11,000.
Congratulations again to everyone who participated.
Don’t forget, Monday, March 17th is a school
holiday!
Sincerely,
Marie Fitzpatrick
Principal
