STM Newsletter for September 18, 2019

View this email in your browser Dear Friends, Over the next week, millions of people will walk out of their workplaces and homes to join young climate strikers on the streets and demand an end to the age of fossil fuels. This coming Friday, our 6th grade students will be joining their peers from two other schools on Brotherhood Way, Brandeis and KZV Armenian in a march from the Bufano Peace Statue to the end of Brotherhood Way. Students are preparing posters with special emphasis on the effects of Climate Change on our planet earth. FUN RUN INFO FOR FRIDAY All students and staff should wear comfortable clothing and shoes. All students will be receiving a Fun Run T-shirt to wear during the event. Thank you to those who have offered to volunteer - please sign in at the office. As a reward for all the hard work the students have done to make this such a successful fundraiser, we will host a dance party Friday afternoon! School Advisory Board Meeting TONIGHT! Wednesday, September 18 7pm, STM Library. All current STM parents are welcome to attend. 2019-2020 Monthly Calendar (Google) Pizza Lunches - order by midnight tonight! Fun Run - we're over $50,000!!! Let's keep going!   Are you interested in the law? Do you like to play devil's advocate? Join us for a mock trial workshop led by Vilaska Nguyen, a felony trial lawyer at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office, who first developed the program at 826 Valencia in 2014. This exciting after school activity is available for students in 6th, 7th and 8th grade. Click here to register! Bricks4Kidz provides an After School Enrichment class offering a creativity program where children will learn, create, and play with LEGO bricks. A detailed Pre-Engineering lesson plan will guide each child through a fun, learning experience which will encourage each participant to apply reading, math and science skills as they build a variety of models. Classes will be held on Thursdays from 3:00-4:00pm and is open for students in grades TK-5th grade. Click here to register! The Brainy Bunch Club provides a quiet, structured, safe environment for students to complete their homework with the help of our own highly qualified STM teachers. The 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade Brainy Bunch Club will be held in the 4th grade classroom. Their moderators will be Jordan Pas and Alison Verzosa. The 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Brainy Bunch Club will be held in the 8th grade classroom. Their moderators will be Joanne Kane and Laura McCann. To ensure program quality for all participants, class sizes are limited at 18 students. Classes will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis. Click here to register! SCHOOL TOURS/APPLICATION FORMS We ask your help in encouraging prospective parents to consider St. Thomas More School for their child for the 2020-2021 school year. You, our current families, are our best advertising! Please invite friends and relatives interested in St. Thomas More School to come to one of our "Wednesday Walk-through" school tours for prospective parents. Click HERE to reserve a place on one of the tours listed below: October 9, 23, 30       November 6, 20 December 4 New student application forms for Kindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten and grades 1st-8th for the 2020-2021 school year will be available in the front office and for download online beginning on Tuesday, October 1, 2019. Students currently attending Utopia Preschool and/or with siblings currently attending St. Thomas More School will be given preference in the TK/Kindergarten class of 2020-2021 if the application is submitted in a timely manner. 2020-2021 PRESCHOOL APPLICATIONS Utopia, our preschool, has begun accepting applications for the 2020-2021 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. Sincerely, Marie Fitzpartick Principal Copyright © 2019 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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