STM Newsletter for Wednesday, January 8, 2020

View this email in your browser Kindergarten embraced the cold weather this week by making snowflakes with their eighth grade buddies. Happy New Year! We hope your vacation was enjoyable and that you are ready to begin a new year with joy and hope. The children are very excited to be back at school. The staff and teachers are busy completing the recommendation letters for our soon to be outgoing 8th graders and we are gearing up to screen at least 40 incoming students for next year's Kindergarten and TK classes.  Last weekend, we celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany. The term epiphany means to show or to reveal. When the Wise Men, who brought the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to Jesus they were the first to acknowledge Jesus as King and so were the first to show or reveal Jesus to a wider world as the incarnate Christ. Today, the day is observed as a time of focusing on the mission of the church in reaching others by showing Jesus as the Savior of all people. CALENDAR Thursday, Jan. 9 - Parents' Club meeting, 7 pm in the Library Friday, Jan. 10 - Sandwiches for the Needy led Grade 4  Saturday, Jan. 11 - TK/K Screening  Tuesday, Jan. 14 - Faith Families Wednesday, Jan. 15 - Grade 1 "A Year with Frog and Toad" field trip  Monday, Jan. 20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - School holiday Monday, Jan. 27 - Minimum Day 12:15/12:30 dismissal Sunday, Jan. 26 Family Mass, 10am. All families are expected to attend. Book Fair and Open House following Mass Jan 27-31 - Book Fair, daily before and after school  Friday, Jan 31 - Grandparents' Day, 8:30-11:30am MINIMUM MONDAYS PIZZA LUNCHES   Click here to order a pizza lunch for your child!  ORDER DEADLINE: Wednesday, January 22, 2020. Thank you for supporting the Outdoor Ed Program! 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 to 18 students. Classes will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis.  This after school homework club will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-4 pm beginning on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 and ends on Thursday, March 26, 2020 (8 weeks). Brainy Bunch Spring 2020 Registration Form Deadline: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 A Prayer for 2020 God, thank you for a new year. May everyone in our family be willing to begin anew with a clean slate We know that you are always ready to forgive us Help us to be willing to forgive ourselves and to forgive one another As we begin a new year, remind us of our truest values and our deepest desires Help us to live in the goodness that comes from what you want us to do Help us to put aside anxiety about the future and the past, so that we might live in peace with you now, one day at a time. Have a blessed year. We have much for which to be thankful. Marie Fitzpatrick Principal   Copyright © 2020 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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