STM Newsletter for Wednesday, April 27, 2022

View this email in your browser April 27, 2022 Dear Families, Now that we have returned from Easter vacation the remaining six weeks of the school year will fly by. It will be an action packed time with a full calendar for May and our Spring Festival scheduled for Saturday May 14. This will be a welcome opportunity to celebrate the many joys and achievements of the year gone by and to gather together safely with family and friends to have some fun!  Our 8th graders will kick off their graduation celebrations with a Social in our gym this weekend with their peers from other local Catholic schools on the West side of the city.  The parent planning committee has many great activities prepared for this fun event and everyone will be dressed in their finest.  Below are the updates for this week:  Calendar New principal Announcements  Strategic Planning Spring Festival Yearbook - New Deadline Legarza Summer Camp COVID Notifications and Updates CALENDAR Saturday, April 30 8th Grade Social 7-10 pm Q4 STAR Testing  May 2-13 Monday, May 2 May Crowning led by Grade 5 at 1:15 pm STM Church Thursday, May 5 Grade 4 Read-a-thon Movie Party Parents' Club Meeting 7 pm via Zoom Monday, May 9 Grade 3-8 Spelling Bee 1:15 pm Friday, May 6 Confirmation 5 pm at STM Church Saturday, May 14 Spring Festival 11 am-7 pm Monday, May 23 Minimum Day 12:15/12:30 dismissal Monday, May 30 Memorial Day - School Holiday NEW PRINCIPAL ANNOUNCEMENT The below is a letter from Pam Lyons, Superintendent for Catholic Schools, shares exciting news about the appointment of a new principal for our school. I know that you will join me in offering him a warm welcome to the STM community. LINK: STM New Principal Announcement STRATEGIC PLANNING 2022-2023 Guided by our mission to foster spiritual, intellectual and social growth in a diverse community of students, St. Thomas More School is launching a Strategic Planning Project this Spring, 2022. Strategic Planning is a disciplined and focused process of research, discovery, dialogue and decision making about the future of an organization.  In light of my retirement, I'm starting Phase I of the planning process now so that we can use the rest of this school year to gather the historical information and insights needed to enable Mr. Greenbaum to quickly step into Phase II of the process next year with a strong supportive Strategic Planning Sub Committee in place.  We've hired an external consultant who will help guide our community through the process. We need your help to make this initiative successful! I will be inviting the members of our Parents' Club, Advisory Board and Athletic Board to our initial retreat in May but know that many others have much to contribute to the success and growth of our school. If you are interested in getting involved in the strategic planning process please reach out to me directly at marifitz@stmsf.org for further details. SPRING FESTIVAL Saturday, May 14, 2022 Come One, Come All To a spectacular Spring Festival Celebration!   Make sure to save the date for a full day of food, music, and games.  PRE-ORDER YOUR TICKETS NOW!  Purchase your presale entrance and game tickets by Thursday, May 12th.   Ticket Pre-order Form:  https://stthomasmoreschool.aware3.net/form/EdWgFDu3U YEARBOOK DEADLINE EXTENDED NEW DEADLINE: May 1, 2022 https://www.treering.com/validate?PassCode=1015250322084584 LEGARZA SUMMER CAMP FLYER COVID NOTIFICATIONS General Exposure Notification for April 27, 2022 --------------------- As recommended by SFDPH, we have adopted the group tracing protocol to notify families of COVID-19 exposures. In most cases, the whole class will receive a group tracing COVID-19 exposure email notification if there is a positive case reported. For more information, please refer to the CDPH guidance. -------------------- Return-From-Break Testing with At-Home Rapid Antigen Tests: COVID-19 at-home rapid antigen tests were distributed to all STM students on 4/26/22.  CDPH is building upon existing efforts to keep schools safe by increasing access to no-cost, at-home COVID-19 antigen tests. More information for families, such as fliers to encourage reporting and instructions in multiple languages, can be found in this Google Drive.   Marie Fitzpatrick Principal Copyright © 2022 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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