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View this email in your browser Dear Parents: Yesterday, Mr. Mike from the Missionary Childhood Association (MCA) visited with the students to let them know about the important work MCA is doing in Laos, Rwanda, Columbia, Honduras, and Madagascar. The children learned they could help missionaries do Jesus' work by praying for them and by sharing their resources. Please ask them about how they might help others during Lent. Encourage your children to continue to fill their Lenten boxes so that the MCA missionaries can continue their good work in the world. Family Mass: Please join us this Sunday, March 6th for our next Family Mass. Thank you to our sixth grade families for taking the lead in this Mass beginning at 10:00am. See you there! Cioppino: Cioppino 2016 is history! What a wonderful event. Thank you to all who supported the event in any way. There were over 350 diners and countless volunteers for set up, the event itself, and clean up. It was so impressive to stop by the night before during set up and see the beehive of activity with dozens of people working to prepare for the big night…a wonderful involved community of school and alumni parents. Thank you to the cioppino committee made up of April Dominguez, Trilce Farrugia, Jessica Ramirez, Anarose Schdelstrate, Linda Shah, Judy Silva, Zodine Spiegel, Val Willsea and Shelley White, for all their hard work. Congratulations to head chef, Robert Maldonado and his wonderful crew made up of Don Brenes, Anthony Bustos, Jason Bustos, Joe Goncalves, Grant Jung, Julio Fontes, Benny Sablad, Charles Farrugia, Seth Maldonado, Matt Goncalves and Reuben Sablad for catering such a scrumptious meal. A special thank you also to Boy Scout Troop 343 for donating their time to assist with parking and serving dinner. This was our 24th Cioppino. Next year we are planning many fun activities for our 25th anniversary celebration in February 2017. Golf Tournament: Thank you to everyone who supported our 2nd Annual Golf Tournament, The STM Classic. It turned out to be a wonderful success. In all, we raised $7,201 to aid in the construction of a stage in our new Creative Arts Center. Congratulations to the winning team - Joe O'Brien, George Birmingham and Mark Lynch. A big thank you to Sinead Foley (mom of Anna O'Shaughnessy, 3rd) for planning and organizing the tournament. SPELL-A-THON: Just a reminder that pledges for the Spell-a-thon are due to your child's teacher by dismissal on Friday, March 4th. Keep those pledges coming! STREAM: Today we began our Spring STREAM (Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) electives for the 6th, 7th and 8th graders. These classes 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. Classes take place on Wednesdays through April 6th with a showcase on April 7th. STREAM 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 STREAM class went! RE-REGISTRATION: Re-registration for current K-7th grade students will be online again this year. More information on how to re-register will be available mid-March. PM EXTENDED CARE: Do you need a 2015 payment summary from Afternoon Extended Care for your flexible spending account or your 2015 tax return? Payment summaries for January through December are available through your FACTS account. JOB LISTINGS: The Archdiocese has some job openings available. Click here to view their listings.  Sincerely,   Marie Fitzpatrick Principal Copyright © 2014 St. Thomas More School, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email from the office of St. Thomas More School.   Thank you for helping us go green. Our mailing address is: 50 Thomas More Way San Francisco, CA 94132 www.stmsf.org unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

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