| | | | Dear Parents:
There is no greater gift to pass on to a child than the gift of faith. As parents of children who attend a Catholic school, you have a desire for your children to understand how wonderful God is in their lives. Their teachers, with you, ignite their awareness of God's life in them and God's love for all of us. St. Thomas More supports you as you create in your home the sacred space children need to grow in their appreciation for God's love.
A big thank you to Gina Sheridan and Ivette Roca who once again successfully co-chaired Santa's Secret Shop this year. The children had a wonderful time shopping for all those on their list. Thank you also to all who volunteered their time to set up and help the children with their Christmas shopping last week.
Thank you for your presence and support at the Family Mass last Sunday. A special thank you to the second and seventh graders and their teachers Miss Wilkinson, Mr. McKillion and Mr. Kavanagh for putting together such a beautiful and reverent service. It was nice to see all our First Communion and Confirmation candidates as they continue their faith filled journey towards Christ.
We hope you all enjoyed the activities of this past weekend. Thanks to the Parents' Club, and the Alumni Association and all who worked so hard on the Holiday Faire, Pancake Breakfast and other activities. A big thanks especially to Jessica Ramirez, Raquel Trigueros, and Linda Shah and Shelley White who took leadership roles in organizing this event. The pancake breakfast was enjoyed by all and a special thank you to the Dad's Club under the leadership of Vilaska Nguyen and Luis Jimenez and all the 7th and 8th grade dads who showed up to cook/serve breakfast. Thanks to the families of Mia Beasley and Jessica Ramirez as well as Linda Shah and David Joy who stayed for hours after the event to help clean up. Unfortunately the scheduled volunteers removed their names from Sign-Up Genius at the last minute or were no-shows. Please know that we depend on our parent volunteers to make our events a success. | | | PEANUT BUTTER FRIDAY: As a reminder, we are collecting peanut butter for the St. Vincent de Paul society. If we reach our goal of 600 jars of peanut butter by this Friday, December 11th, the student body will enjoy free dress on Friday, December 18th. Please send a jar (or two!), any kind, any size with your child by Friday, December 11th. Keep those peanut butter donations coming! | | | TOY DRIVE: The SF Firefighters toy barrel is now in the office and is awaiting your donations! Please consider donating new, unwrapped toy(s) for kids ages infant to 12 years old. Let's continue to "be the hands of God" to less fortunate kids in our community, especially at this time of the year. We will continue collecting the toys until December 16th.
| | | | We are asking that everyone attending tomorrow's Christmas Program considers bringing one or two new, unwrapped toys as part of our toy drive for needy children, or a jar or two of peanut butter for our peanut butter drive. | | | | CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: Tomorrow night, our students will present their Christmas Program and will sing a selection of favorite Christmas Carols. All students will be involved in this production.
As our program is called 'Christmas Around the World', students are encouraged to dress in their own traditional cultural clothing. Students not dressed in cultural clothing should wear dressy clothes. No t-shirts, jeans, sweats or Uggs please.
The front door of the school will open at 6:00 pm to allow students to enter their classrooms. Students are asked to line up on the sidewalk in an orderly manner until the doors open. Families with preschoolers will enter through the side gate and drop their children in their classroom. All students need to arrive by 6:20 pm at the latest. The yard will be open for parking at 5:45pm. Again this year, we will present the program in the church. We ask that everyone respects the 5:30pm Mass that evening and remain outside the church until Mass is over. School staff will be stationed at the church doors and will let you know when you may enter. Parents may line up at any of the three entrances. We will begin the program promptly at 7:00 pm.
We look forward to your attendance for this faith-filled and fun-filled production. Everyone is welcome! | | | EXTENDED CARE: Just a reminder that Christmas vacation starts at 12:15/12:30pm on Friday, December 18th. There is no extended care that day, so plan ahead!
CIOPPINO: Please mark your calendars for our 24th Annual Cioppino Dinner Dance and Silent Auction on Saturday, February 20th. The evening includes appetizers, antipasto, salad, garlic bread, cioppino (or chicken if you prefer), dessert, balloon prizes and a fabulous auction. Babysitting is also available on site! Make an ONLINE RESERVATION!
We appreciate your continued help in spreading the good news about STM. Kindergarten enrollment and tours continue to be ongoing and your recommendations are what bring so many new families to our school. We are grateful.
See you tomorrow night!
Sincerely,
Marie Fitzpatrick
Principal | | | | | | | |
