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View this email in your browser Dear Parents, This Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, is known as Palm Sunday. It is the beginning of Holy Week. It celebrates Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey. Great crowds of people thronged the streets waving palm branches to welcome Him. The people shouted "Hosanna" and laid their cloaks and palm branches from the nearby trees in His path. As we mentioned last week, as part of our preparation for the Resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday, students in grades 3-8 will receive the sacrament of Reconciliation on Tuesday.   Please consider joining the student body for mass next Wednesday, also known as Spy Wednesday, at 8:30am to continue our liturgical preparation during Holy Week. Following mass, we will present the 3rd quarter Academic Awards.  RE-REGISTRATION 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.) Deadline to complete re-registration online is Wednesday, March 23rd. If the online form is not completed by the due date, a seat will not be saved for your child. As always, re-registration fees are non-refundable (will be billed on March 24th - due by April 15th). Families returning to STM/UTOPIA for the 2016-2017 school year click here. Families NOT returning to STM/UTOPIA for the 2016-2017 school year, click here. ERIN GO BRAGH! HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY! St. Patrick is one of the three patron saints of Ireland. We celebrate St. Patrick's feast day every year on March 17th. Tomorrow we will hold our annual celebration of this great saint who is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. As is our custom, we will mark the day with a celebration of dance and song with an Irish slant. Please join us at 1:00pm in the gym. Students may also wear St. Patrick's Day accessories to add a little color to their uniforms. ST. PATRICK'S DAY DINNER RAFFLE: Check out the raffle flyer your are receiving today for a chance to win $1,000! Additional raffle tickets are available in the school office. Have you bought your tickets for the church's St. Patrick's Day dinner? Please join us. $30 covers a great dinner and lots of entertaining Irish music and dance! Tickets are still available through the school office.  SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: We are very pleased and honored to welcome author Marion Blumenthal Lazan to our school on Friday, March 18th. Her book "Four Perfect Pebbles" is one of the books our 7th graders study in-depth each year. Mrs. Lazan is a Holocaust survivor and will share her message of hope and tolerance with our 5th-8th grade students. Her presentation will begin at 9:30am in Carroll Hall. Parents are invited and encouraged to attend. SPELL-A-THON: Please remember that all monies pledged are due back by Wednesday, March 23rd. All families who do not submit their monies by this date will be charged the $30 fundraiser minimum to their FACTS account. We are very happy with the way this fundraiser went and look forward to having another Spell-a-thon next year.  EASTER VACATION: As a reminder, Thursday, March 24th is a minimum day for all Preschool-8th graders and the beginning of Easter Vacation. Preschool will dismiss at 12 noon, K-3 at 12:15pm and 4-8 at 12:30pm. There will still be extended care until 6pm that day for K-8 students (lunch will NOT be provided). Street parking will be limited because of the early dismissal schedule. The school yard will be open between 11am-noon to facilitate the pick up of Preschool students. SPRING SHOW/SAVE THE DATES: Thursday, April 14th and Friday, April 15th, are the dates of the Spring Shows, under the direction of Mary Powelson, our Theater Arts teacher. This year, we have divided the school into two performances on different days. The upper grades (4, 5, 6, 7 & 8) will perform on Thursday night, April 14th at 7pm in Carroll Hall. The following day on Friday, April 15th, at 1pm in Carroll Hall, the lower grades (PK, K, 1, 2 & 3) will perform. We look forward to seeing you at one or both of these fantastic productions. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Go raibh mile maith agaibh!   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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