STM Newsletter for Wednesday, November 16, 2022

View this email in your browser November 16, 2022 Hello STM Broncos! Happy Wednesday! Congratulations to all our sports teams! We are so proud of all the work, dedication, focus, kindness, and sportsmanship that you have displayed! We are proud of all of you! Well done! Special thank you to our Bronco Coaches! Thank you: John Madrid (Cross Country) John Ramirez & Joe Sheridan (Junior Soccer) Kareem Jaber & Rene Tanjaukio (CYO 4-5th Grade Soccer) Thank you Volleyball Coaches: Senli Chu & Janice Lee (3rd) Manford Costello, Jon Jon Noble & Alyssa Balocating (4th) Trilce Farrugia & Howard Hines (5th) Paul Hunyh & Kiely Madrid (6th-7th) Ana Machuca, Stephen Cuadra & Matthew Juhl (8th) Thank you Vilaska Nguyen for organizing our STM mock trial presentation! Special thanks to San Francisco Superior Court Judge Michelle Tong presiding! Great job 8th grade! This Sunday, 11/20/22 our 4th and 5th grade classes will be hosting the 10:00 a.m. STM Family Mass at church! Looking forward to seeing you all there! PERFORMING ARTS UPDATE – To ensure that all our students have a chance to participate, we are excited to host a live in-person visual and performing arts extravaganza! We are so excited! When? Wednesday, 12/14/22 @ 6:00 p.m. STM Presents 2022 Christmas Concert Wednesday, December 14, 2022 @ 6:00 p.m. Parents – please plan on getting your students home for an early dinner and then prepare for a festive evening filled with visual and performing arts. Students – please report back to school @ 5:30. Festive attire is encouraged by all! Outdoor Education continues! Our 5th, 6th, and 7th grades will be participating this year! Our entire school community is rallying to help make this happen. Stop by the STM Snack Bar during home sporting events. All purchases support Outdoor Ed! Get an early start on holiday shopping by supporting the Outdoor Education Fundraiser. 40% of all the sales goes back to the school. Thank you for your support! We are all truly blessed to be part of such an amazing community! Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you soon! God bless you all! Peace, love, happiness and harmony.  David Greenbaum (Mr. G.), Principal Below are the updates for this week:  Calendar Outdoor Education Free Dress STM iPad Drive STM Lego Drive Part Time Positions Available STM Outdoor Education Fundraiser Holiday Faire Holiday Faire - Call For Vendors Academic Chess Sign Up Robotics Club Sign Up Mock Trial 2022 Faith Families Art from Kindergarten Covid Notification CALENDAR Friday, Nov. 18 Trimester 1 Report Cards Distributed Tuesday, Nov. 22 Outdoor Education $2 Free Dress Minimum Day  Nov. 23-Nov. 25  Thanksgiving Holiday Monday, Nov. 28 Minimum Day Thursday, Dec. 1 Parent's Club Meeting (In-Person)- 7 pm 2022-2023 School Calendar Outdoor Education Free Dress Fundraiser STM - iPad Drive - November & December 2022 If you have a gently used or new functional iPad that you or your business would like to donate to St. Thomas More School - that would be wonderful! More info follows below: Here's what we are looking for: iPad Donation iPad 5th generation or newer iPad mini 3rd generation or newer  iPad air 2 or newer iPad pro 3rd generation or newer   Thank you for supporting STM School! STM - LEGO DRIVE - November & December 2022 Do you have tons of legos around the house? Are legos taking over your space and you are trying to figure out what to do? Do you want to help us add to our lego collection for extended care and STEAM? If the answer is yes – please bring a bag, box or bin and label it STM Legos! Help STM build our lego collection and inspire future engineers! Thank you for supporting STM School!  Part Time Positions Now Available St. Thomas More School is hiring! There are opportunities to work in our extended care program. Great schedule for college students (late afternoon shifts and occasional weekends). If interested or for more information, please contact Mr. K. at JKav@stmsf.org. STM Outdoor Education Fundraiser Outdoor Education Fundraiser Holiday Faire Join us on Saturday, December 10th as we celebrate the holidays and GIVE JOY to our community!  Food | Drinks | Music | Raffle | Fun Activities | Community | Student Marketplace | Craft vendors and more! Event tickets are $5.00 per person.   Hurry, purchase your tickets by Friday, 12/9.  Limited tickets will be available on the day of the event. Attire:  We recommend dressing ready for the cold weather as SF weather is unpredictable.  And of course, holiday festive is highly recommended!   Activities:  There will be fun activities for kids and adults to enjoy.      Giving back to our community:  Bring an unwrapped toy, a warm coat or a non-perishable breakfast item and you will receive a ticket to be entered into our raffle!  *Non-perishable breakfast items: oatmeal, cereal, peanut butter, jams, pancake/waffle mix, pop-tarts, fruit cups, etc.* Raffle tickets:  With every purchase of entrance ticket, you will receive a raffle ticket.  Also, we will be selling raffle tickets at the event.  $5.00 per ticket or 5 for $20.00.  Prizes will be items from our vendors.  Winners of non-food items do not need to be present to win. Wreath Auction:  Let us help decorate your home and bid on wreaths curated by each class.  We have fun themes that will surely delight everyone! Nintendo Theme, Pokemon Theme, Roblox Theme, Disney Theme, Succulent + Gardening Theme, Scratchers Theme, and more! Vendors:  Start your holiday shopping and support the small businesses we invited to our Holiday event.  We will announce the vendors on our social media pages soon. For more information or questions, please contact our event team at parentsclubevents@stmsf.org.  We hope to see you there! Holiday Faire Call for Vendors The Holiday Faire Planning Committee is looking for vendors for our event.  Do you or know anyone that will be perfect for this event?  Send this vendor application to them for consideration.  For questions, please email parentsclubevents@stthomasmoreschool.org.  Deadline to apply to be a vendor is Monday, November 28th.  Academic Chess Sign Up    ACADEMIC CHESS FALL/WINTER 2022 Academic Chess will begin after school Wednesday, November 30, 2022 from 3:05-4:05 and will run for 8 weeks. Space is limited and sign ups will close when the maximum number of students is enrolled. REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 23, 2022   LINK: Academic Chess Registration STM Robotics Club  Robotics returning Spring 2023! STM Bronco Botics teams are forming for First Lego League (FLL) events this Spring.  This year's theme is "Supercharged" and it will be Super Fun! FLL Challenge program for Grades 5-8 and FLL Explore for Grades 1-4 Season runs mid January through April/May, depending on FLL event dates. Registration open NOW!!!  Fee $200 billed to FACTS. Register here! Coaches also needed! FLL requires two coaches per team of 6-10 students. Note that we cannot form teams without coaches, but no experience is required, and coaching robotics is a blast! All materials provided with team fee. Teams complete exciting challenges with Lego and coding, and attend NorCal events in April-May. For more information, contact Maura Clancy at maura_clancy@hotmail.com Mock Trial 2022 The students had a blast doing mock trial! Special thanks to San Francisco Superior Court Judge Michelle Tong for presiding!  Faith Families Monday, we had faith families! Students made hand turkeys! You can see the photos of our faith families here! Art from Kindergarten COVID NOTIFICATION There have been no COVID cases reported in school this week. Please continue to be mindful and safe.  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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