| | | | Dear Friends,
A community of faith can provide support when we are in need of help. They can envelop us in caring and love. Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, our Student Council has initiated a fundraiser to bring this issue to our attention. Beginning on Monday and throughout the month of October, we ask you to remember to pray for all who have been affected by Breast Cancer, especially those in our school community. Together our prayers can be powerful. | | | PENNY BUCKET CHALLENGE
Beginning Monday, October 3rd through October 31st, the STM Student Council challenges all students from Kindergarten to 8th Grade to bring lots of pennies to school to fill their classroom "Penny Bucket"! Each "Penny Bucket" will be weighed and charted weekly to see which class has gathered the most pennies! (We are also accepting any other loose change!) At the end of the month, the class that collects the most pennies will earn a free dress day!
All of the pennies collected from now through October 31st will be donated to the San Francisco Breast Cancer Emergency Fund in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. | | | We hope to see everyone this Sunday, October 2, for our next Family Mass at 10:00 brought to you by 4th grade. Come and share in the celebration.
BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
Next Tuesday is the Feast of St. Francis. In honor of his feast day and his love of animals we will have an opportunity to have our pets blessed. Please join us next Tuesday, October 4th, directly after the 3:00pm dismissal in the school yard. You are welcome to bring your family pets, pictures of your pet, or anything else that represents your pet that you wish to have blessed. Sorry, we cannot accommodate your pets in the classroom during the day. | | | FUN RUN
WOW! What a fantastic effort for our first Fun Run! We shattered our goal of $40,000 and collected $55,467!! Please know that of this amount, we have expenses that need to be paid; the cost of the employees from fundraisers.org who visited with the classes everyday over the past 3 weeks, the cost of the prizes and t-shirts and other general expenses on Fun Run day. We will report our total funds raised shortly. Families who chose not to participate or did not meet the $100 per child donation will be charged a buyout fee of $150 per child next Monday, October 3rd. | | |  | | IT'S A 'BOOKANEER' BOOK FAIR! Thank you to everyone who visited our book fair last week! With your help we raised $2,234 in Scholastic dollars to be used to buy books for our library. A big thank you to Judy Silva and her fantastic crew of parents who volunteered both before and after school throughout the week. Stay tuned for our next book fair during Catholic Schools Week! As an added bonus, this fair also earned us the Trueflix program bonus which is worth another $919. TrueFlix leverages the award-winning True Books content to help students in grades 3-6 master Social Studies and Science content-area knowledge while honing literacy and writing skills and cultivating 21 st Century skills through the inquiry process. www.trueflix.com Username: stmoore Password: flix | | PARENT CONFERENCES
Parent conferences are set for the week of November 1st-4th. In order to plan conferences at a convenient time for you, we are making both afternoon and evening appointments available. Please follow ALL of the listed directions on the conference request form you are receiving in your envelope today. If this form is not filled in as directed, it will be returned to you! Please remember that your accounts, both tuition and extended care, must be in good standing in order for you to receive a conference and your child's report card.
PICTURE RE-TAKES
Those of you who ordered school pictures are receiving them in your envelope today. If you wish for your child to re-take his/her picture on our re-take day, scheduled for October 14th, please return the entire photo package to the classroom teacher by Thursday, October 13th. In addition, all students will be receiving their student ID cards today at no additional cost. How do you like your child's school pictures? Please send an email to office@stmsf.org with any and all feedback about our new picture company.
INTERNET SAFETY MONTH AT STM
Do you know what your kids are doing online? Facebook? Instagram? Snapchat? Twitter? To help kids maximize the Internet's benefits -- while minimizing the risks -- Common Sense Media offers the latest research, tips, and tools on what really keeps kids safe.
Things to do to help keep your children safe online
1. Talk to your child about internet safety - use the links below.
2. Know your child's usernames and passwords.
3. Log into your child's accounts periodically to ensure appropriate use of sites/apps.
Please use the Family Media Contracts you are receiving today as a guide and take a moment to review the following helpful links (these do not need to be returned to school).
STM Tech Resource Page (scroll to the bottom of the page)
Common Sense Media on Privacy and Internet Safety
Common Sense Media on Cyber Bullying | | SCHOOL TOURS/APPLICATION FORMS Please continue to invite friends and relatives interested in St. Thomas More School to come to one of our school tours for prospective parents. Click HERE to reserve a place on one of the tours listed below: - Tuesday, October 4th at 9:00am
- Tuesday, October 18th at 9:00am
- Tuesday, November 8th at 9:00am
- Tuesday, November 22nd at 9:00am
| | | | HALLOWEEN PARADE
Our K-8 Halloween parade, will begin at 11:00 in the schoolyard on Monday, October 31st. All are welcome to attend! When purchasing costumes for wearing to school for the parade, please consider the following: - Age appropriate
- Bathroom accessible
- Make up must be applied at home
- Shoes must be comfortable for walking
- No weapons of any kind
Also remember that Monday, October 31st is a minimum day with a 12:15/12:30pm dismissal. | | | Does your child have a October Birthday? Please click HERE to schedule a birthday party in your child and complete a birthday book request. | | | BEHIND THE SCAFFOLDING - A SNEAK PREVIEW! |  | | Sincerely,
Marie Fitzpartick
Principal | | | | | | | |
