| | | | Dear Parents,
The Family Mass, Book Fair, the school-wide open house and the general spirit of goodwill were a fitting beginning to National Catholic Schools Week at St. Thomas More School. We have accomplished so much here by working together. A special thank you to our teachers, Heidi Haas, Anna Tyaglo, and Julianne Beach for preparing a beautiful Family Mass with the kindergartners and their families. We are so proud of our wonderful kindergarten students. This is a good time to reflect on the benefit of being part of a Catholic school. The strong school community, grounded in a shared faith and the support and high expectations of parents, teachers and the larger community, offers your children a foundation for facing the rapidly changing world around them. By sharing this belief in God's goodness and living out their faith every day, your children are blessed with a clear advantage. Faith provides an anchor that will serve your children well into the future.
You are welcome to visit the Book Fair any morning this week before school begins or right after dismissal. Just go straight to the library where Judy Silva and her crew of booksellers will be there to assist you. Check out the wish lists the teachers have prepared of books they would like to have in their classroom libraries. Consider donating a book to your child's classroom. Can't make it to our Book Fair? Check out our Online Book Fair. Click here to purchase books. All orders will ship directly to school for free when the Online Fair has ended.
Tomorrow is Grandparents and Special Friends Day! Thank you to the 200+ special guests who have RSVP'd for this fun event. The children are really looking forward to welcoming them to our school. Your children are so lucky to have such special people in their lives.
SPELLING BEE: We invite everyone to join us for our annual Spelling Bee on Friday beginning at 1:00pm in the gym. The following students will be battling it out as they face the many challenging words to become the Spelling Bee Champion!
4th grade - Jacob David, Isabel Sanchez, Eric Duarte
5th grade - Matthew Lim, Ethan Nguyen and Nicoli Panelo
6th grade - Gabe Santos, Aysiah Radoc-Manrique, Zhari Malig
7th grade - Abbie Atkin, Chris Law, Dylan Limjoco
8th grade - Lara Bautista, Kevin Dunn, Jacqueline Villarosa | | CIOPPINO 2015: Work continues in preparation for our BIG fundraiser on Saturday, February 28th. Consider getting together with other parents from your child's class to purchase a table. This event is a lot of fun. Remember, childcare is available for a nominal fee. Please respond as soon as possible as we believe this will be a sell out event again this year. To purchase tickets, please use the flyer you received last week.
DONATIONS NEEDED/FREE DRESS PASS: Thank you to those who donated items last week that we can use in our baskets at Cioppino. We depend on your donations, so please keep them coming! As a bonus, every school parent who buys a ticket or makes a donation (value $20 or more) for Cioppino will receive a FREE DRESS PASS for their child/ren to be used on Monday, March 2nd.
PARENT VOLUNTEER HOURS: SIGN UP FOR CIOPPINO NOW! As a reminder, each family is required to volunteer for a minimum of 12 hours for Parents' Club activities. As this is our major fundraiser, we have many volunteer slots available now. Chances to accrue volunteer hours are limited for the rest of the year. | | | GEOGRAPHY BEE: Congratulations to the recent winner of our annual school Geography Bee. The top three students in each classroom competed for the school championship. Those contestants were:
5th: Diego Ruiz; Matthew Lim; Ryan Buckley
6th: Zack and Jackie Schneider; Gabe Santos
7th: Kailey Solorzano; Sebastian Bernardo; Izzy Androtti
8th: Ryan Lobre and Lara Bautista; Zoe Taylor
The final five, who all bowed out on the same round, were: Diego, Jackie, Kailey, Ryan and Lara. Our school's champ, who will represent us in the statewide competition for the 3rd year running, is 6th grader Zach White. Congratulations to all the contestants and good luck in the next round, champion Zach!
USF CLASSES: There are still a few spaces available for students in grades 6 through 8 to work in collaboration with USF graduate students in an exciting course entitled, Digital Media and Learning. This will look great on the resume of students applying for high school next year! Please let Mrs. Fitzpatrick know if you are interested.
RE-REGISTRATION: Re-registration for current students will be online again this year. More information on how to re-register will be available mid-March.
Today you are receiving the February calendar of events and hot lunch menu. Keep these handy as February proves to be a busy month.
STUDENT HOLIDAY: Plan ahead - Please remember that the school will be closed on Friday, February 6th. This is the day set for the annual Archdiocese Professional Development for all Catholic school teachers and administrators. | | Sincerely,
Marie Fitzpatrick
Principal | | | | | | | |
