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ST. THOMAS MORE SCHOOL CHOIR Under the leadership of our 8th grade students | | | | January 12, 2022
Dear STM Families, The surge in the omicron variant continues to affect all members of our community in some capacity or other. Thank you for your continued vigilance. Working together, getting vaccinated and following the guidelines given, helps stop the spread. Our hope is that all your efforts will pay off and we will soon see a drop in the omicron cases. Meanwhile, we are making a few adjustments to our calendar to continue to avoid large gatherings of any sort until we deem it safer for everyone. The following events have been canceled or postponed: - Family Mass and Open House, on January 30 has been canceled.
- Cioppino has been postponed until Saturday, March 26, 2022
| | | CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK At the end of January we begin our annual celebration of Catholic Schools. As a parent of a student who is currently attending a Catholic school I'm sure you have many reasons for choosing a Catholic education for your child. The following poster I'm sure will have listed some of your reasons. 
| | | | Below are the updates for this week: - Calendar
- Parents' Club Meeting
- Academic Chess
- Girls' Basketball Sign Up
- Warm Coat Drive
- BASIC FUND
- St. Clare Parent Education Evening
| | | CALENDAR Thursday, Jan. 13 - Parents' Club Meeting 7 pm (Virtual)
Monday, Jan. 17 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Monday, Jan. 24 - Minimum Day 12:15/12:30 Dismissal | | | PARENTS' CLUB MEETING The January Parents' Club Meeting has been rescheduled to tomorrow, Thursday, January 13th at 7 pm. All are welcome to attend. | | | COVID-19 NOTIFICATIONS Beginning this week, we will be posting general exposure notifications weekly in the Wednesday newsletter. The office will continue to prioritize and send out close contact notifications within 24 hours of when it is reported to us. MASK UPDATES SFDPH recommends that students and staff upgrade their masks to N95, KN95, KN94, KF94 or surgical masks and discontinue use of cloth masks. | | | ACADEMIC CHESS 
Academic Chess will begin to offer after school chess classes beginning Wednesday, January 19, from 3:05-4:05. This will be open to all ages and will run for 8 weeks. LAST DAY TO REGISTER: Today, January 12, 2022 | | | GIRLS' BASKETBALL SIGN UP It is time to begin registration for the 2022 CYO girls' basketball season!
The deadline to sign your child up is January 19th, 2022. The fee for the season is $150, but a discounted fee of $125 will be available for early payments. Early payments can be made until February 11th for $125. Payments after February 11th, will be $150.
Registration with Team Sideline is REQUIRED!
Please note – If your child is not attending STM School in the Fall and is interested in playing with the school teams, they may still be able to play. Please send us an email: athletics@stmsf.org. We will get in touch with you to work out the details. The deadline to sign up is 1/19. | | | | 
www.onewarmcoat.org
Winter is here and there are many families in our community who are in need of a warm winter coat. Between January 5 and January 26, 2022, St. Thomas More School will be collecting clean, new or gently used coats in conjunction with ONE WARM COAT. Kindly drop coats in the bins outside the front door of the school during school hours. | | | | 
| New Applications Starting January 15th BASIC FUND'S new application for the 2022-2023 School Year will be available online on our website, www.basicfund.org. Because this year has been so challenging, we are making a change and allowing applicants to provide their 2019 tax returns, if their 2020 returns are not yet prepared. New siblings for current BASIC Fund students must request a link to apply for a new student. The deadline is March 31, 2022. Renewal Applications Taking in consideration this unprecedented situation, The BASIC Fund has decided to use the financial documentation that we have on file for the current year, to process the 2022-2023 renewals for our renewing families. In February we will email families a renewal application link for them to update their information. Families will still be able to update any financial documentation if they would like to be considered for a higher percentage. Families that were over our financial guidelines but met the leeway for the 2022-2023 School Year and were awarded 25%, we will determine the leeway for the 2022-2023 school year in July. These families can submit recent financial information for consideration. | | | | 
St. Clare Parent Education Evening- Identifying Resources and Supports for Language-Based Learning Differences Audience: K-8 Catholic School Parents Date/Time: January 27 @ 6pm Location: Zoom Webinar, register at schools.sfarchdiocese.org/leadlearn This St. Clare parent education session will be offered via Zoom webinar and features a candid and experienced panel of speakers including an LD expert and parents and educators who have navigated successful partnerships pre and post-LD diagnosis for students in K-8 Catholic schools. The purpose of this workshop is to support parents with information to navigate LD assessments, resources, and interventions in partnership with community partners and Catholic schools. The panel discussion will be followed by a live Q&A. Sessions are free of cost and offer live, real-time translation services in 20 languages. You may attend the second session even if you did not attend the first one. More information can be found at schools.sfarchdiocese.org/leadlearn | | | | We continue to pray and hope for a brighter year ahead. Marie Fitzpatrick
Principal | | | | | | | | |
