| | | | Dear Friends,
Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Francis. As we mentioned last week, in honor of his feast day and his love of animals we will have an opportunity to have our pets blessed. Please join us tomorrow, 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. | | STM FUN RUN
Having collected $63,750.25, we are so close to achieving our goal of $65,000! Families still owing monies are receiving a notice today. To be considered for prizes, please send those remaining amounts in by tomorrow. 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 on Tuesday, October 16. | | | PARENTS' CLUB MEETING
Thursday, October 4, 2018
7pm, STM Library
Please join us for our next Parents' Club meeting tomorrow night at 7:00pm in the library.
Come and share your ideas!
| | CIOPPINO MEETING
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
7pm, STM Library
The meeting will cover all aspects of the cioppino dinner and the auction. Anyone interested in learning about this fun event and volunteering their time is more than welcome. | | | PARENT CONFERENCES Parent conferences are set for the week of October 29. In order to plan conferences at a convenient time for you, we are making both afternoon and evening appointments available. Please remember to return the completed conference request form by next Wednesday, October 10. If this form is not filled in as directed, it will be returned to you! | | |  | HALLOWEEN PARADE
Our K-8 Halloween parade, will begin at 11:00am in the schoolyard on Wednesday, October 31. 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 Wednesday, October 31 is a minimum day with a 12:15/12:30pm dismissal. | |  | SCHOOL TOURS Today we were happy to welcome four new families on our first "Wednesday Walkthrough" school tour. Please share this link to sign up for a tour with family and friends considering TK/Kindergarten for the next school year. - October 10, 17, 24
- November 7, 14
- December 5, 12
APPLICATION FORMS New student application forms Kindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten and grades 1st-8th for the 2019-2020 school year are now available in the front office and may also be completed online. 2019-2020 PRESCHOOL APPLICATIONS Utopia, our preschool, has begun accepting applications for the 2019-2020 school year. Please note that preschool spots fill up very fast. If you have a child who is of preschool age (3 years old by September 1st) and you would like them to attend Utopia next Fall, please arrange a tour with Utopia's Director, Rachelle Frantz, rfrantz@stmsf.org. | | | Does your child have an October birthday? Please click HERE to schedule a birthday party for your child and complete a birthday book request. | | | STUDENT CHAIRS
Our sixth graders are very excited to have received brand new chairs! Would you like a child size chair for your child's room or study area? We are giving away all of the (not pretty, but functional) chairs which were being used in their classroom. Please drop by tomorrow if you wish to take one or more.
SAVE THE DATE - CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Please remember to reserve the night of Thursday, December 13 for the St. Thomas More School Christmas Program. All students will be involved in this production. As we do each year, we look forward to your attendance for this faith-filled and fun-filled program.
Finally, we would like to announce that we have a few changes in staff for the school year. As many of you know, Judy Silva (Librarian and office assistant) has relocated to the East Bay and is pursuing new challenges in her career. We also bid farewell to our long time custodian, Ezekiel Sanchez. We wish both Judy and Ezekiel well as they take advantage of new opportunities. We welcome back Carla Blenkinsop joining us as part of the office team and Oscar Gutierrez as our new janitor.
Enjoy the 4 day weekend (no school on Friday or Monday)!
Sincerely,
Marie Fitzpatrick
Principal | |
"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."
- J.K. Rowling
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