| | | | Dear Parents,
Students are learning that Lent is a time for preparation for the Resurrection of Jesus. Throughout the Lenten season, students discover how forgiveness, charity, and faith can help them participate in the sacrifice of Jesus. Please work along with us as we help your children explore how they can prepare their hearts for Easter. Discuss with them some of the changes they are hoping to make in their lives during the season of Lent. Share with them some of the changes you hope to make. Together we can help the children understand the significance of this important time in our church calendar. Check out this site for activities you can do with your children.
Thank you to all who joined us for our Family Mass this past Sunday. The 6th graders, along with their teachers, Mrs. Santillan and Mr. McKillion, prepared a meaningful service. Thank you also to our wonderful choir and their director, Shelley White, for gracing us with their beautiful voices.
Yesterday, our second grade class received the sacrament of First Reconciliation. When we receive this sacrament we find God's unconditional forgiveness for each and every one of us; as a result we are called to forgive others. The peace of mind and soul which this sacrament imparts to us is one for which there is no substitute. It is a peace that flows from a certainty that our sins have been forgiven and that we are right with God. Please keep the second graders in your prayers as they continue their preparation for their First Communion on Saturday, April 23rd at 10:00am.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Please join us this Friday at 1:30pm in the church for 4th grades presentation of the Stations of the Cross. | |  | | SPELL-A-THON: Students had lots of fun preparing and studying for the Spell-A-Thon and have completed their part in this fundraiser. Today, your child will bring home their pledge sheets and information on the number of words they spelled correctly. Please remember that all monies pledged are due back by Wednesday, March 23rd. | | SNACK BAR: Girls' basketball is about to begin and there are many 4 hour shifts available on Friday nights and Saturday mornings at the gym's snack bar. To sign up for a snack bar shift click HERE. Don't forget that families that do not fulfill the 12 hour minimum service hour commitment will be assessed $450 at the end of the school year. 7th Graders can also earn service hours towards their Confirmation commitment. The sign up for 7th Graders can be found under the Athletic tab on the STM website.
TRIVIA NIGHT: We are still in need of a couple of volunteers to help when we host the Winter League Trivia Finals on Saturday, April 9th. If you are available and have not completed your hours, click HERE to sign up! | | | SPRING SHOWS!
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. | | | SEE'S CANDIES: A BIG thank you to Trilce Farrugia, mother of Enzo (3rd grade). Trilce has volunteered to head up the See's Candies Spring Fundraiser. Please follow the deadline for ordering. Candy orders will be delivered in plenty of time for Easter. Complete and return the form you are receiving this week if you wish to order.
Don't forget to get up early and set your clocks ahead at 2:00am on Sunday, March 13th, or even better, set them ahead on Saturday night. And while you are at it, change the batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.
Finally, while our school calendar for 2016-2017 has not yet been approved by the Archdiocese, we want to let you know that we have requested to begin the new school year on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016. Hopefully this will help those of you who are planning your vacations now. An official 2016-2017 school calendar will be sent home as soon as it has been approved. The new school year for Utopia, our preschool, will begin on August 15th, 2016.
The 2015-2016 school year is certainly flying by!
Sincerely,
Marie Fitzpatrick
Principal | | | | | | | |
