| | | | | September 11, 2024
This week we conclude STAR testing. The students are doing an amazing job! We are very proud of them!
Thank you to everyone for your continued support of the 2024 STM Fun Run which takes place next Friday, September 20, 2024! Thank you for encouraging health, wellness, fitness and supporting our community!
Why do we need to fundraise? Tuition and fees only cover a portion of the cost to educate our students. Through a variety of fundraising efforts - including Fun Run, Cioppino, Aloha Festival, etc. - we work together to raise essential funds for our community. Funds raised through these events and activities help support and offset annual operating expenses. Thank you to the families, alumni, friends and neighbors who generously support STM each year. * * * September 15 – October 15 is Latino and National Hispanic Heritage Month. Check out the following links for more information: * * * Be sure to get your STM Family Bingo & Dinner Tickets - Fun for Everyone!
Please be sure to check out all the announcements below.
We are all truly blessed to be part of such an amazing community! * * * We want to take a moment to honor those that have gone before us and made sacrifices to keep us safe. We honor the memories of those from 9/11. 
God bless you all! Peace, love, happiness, and harmony. David Greenbaum (Mr G),
Principal | | | Below are the updates for this week: - Calendar
- Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Annual Parents' Club Dues
- School Picture Day - Mugsy Clicks
- 2024-2025 School Year Information
- School Schedule
- Morning Drop-Off
- Morning and Afternoon Extended Care
- Hot Lunch Registration
- STM Parent Club Participation Requirement and Opportunities
- STM Bingo Night 2024
- Academic Chess (K-8th)
- Robotics Class (1st-8th)
- Music Matters Fall Registration (4th-8th)
- FunRun 2024 (PK-8th)
- Latino and National Hispanic Heritage Month
- STM Celebrating 70 Years
- STM Utopia Preschool
- Bronco Bulletin
- Bronco Merch
- Safety and Health Updates
| | | CALENDAR 2024-2025 Calendar
Hot lunch service; preorder from School Foodies Flyer
Monday-Friday, September 9-13
STAR Testing Window
Friday, September 13
Early Day 2:15/2:30 p.m. dismissal
Friday, September 20
Fun Run
(Wear PE Sweatpants & Fun Run T-Shirt)
Early Day 2:15/2:30 p.m. dismissal
Saturday, September 21
STM Bingo Night 4:30-8:30 p.m. (STM Carroll Hall)
Monday, September 23
Minimum Day 12:15/12:30 p.m. dismissal
Wednesday, September 25
School Picture Day - Complete School Uniform
Friday, September 27
Early Day 2:15/2:30 p.m. dismissal
Monday-Thursday, September 30-October 3
Minimum Day 12:15/12:30 p.m. dismissal
Parent-Teacher Conferences
(Via Zoom)
Friday, October 4
No School - Student Holiday
Professional Development Day | | | PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES
September 30-October 3, Monday-Thursday
Minimum Days 12:15/12:30 p.m. Dismissal Parent conferences are an opportunity to discuss the achievements of your child with their teacher, as well as how best to support their continued academic, social and emotional growth and development. social and emotional development. During your conference, the teacher will also share the results of the STAR baseline test taken in early September. All conferences will be on Zoom.
An email invitation will be sent to the primary email address on September 18, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. via SignUp. Sign-ups close on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Please contact your child's homeroom teacher if you have any questions about conferences. Sign Up Dates:
Wednesday, September 18 at 5:00 p.m. - Wednesday, September 25, at 11:59 p.m.
Parent-Teacher Conference Dates:
Monday, September 30-Thursday, October 3, 2024 | | | ANNUAL PARENTS' CLUB DUES The Annual Parents' Club Dues of $40 will be posted to the FACTS Accounts on September 15, 2024. | | | Saint Thomas More School Picture Day
September 25, 2024 - Complete School Uniform
| | | 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR INFORMATION School days for all students TK-8 will begin at 8:10 a.m. promptly. First day of school for TK-8 is Thursday, August 15, 2024 and is a minimum day. | | | SCHOOL SCHEDULE MORNING DROP-OFF - 7:45-8:10 am: All TK-8 students
- 8:10 am: Morning assembly in the schoolyard
AFTERNOON DISMISSAL - TK-8 will be dismissed at the gate.
| | TK-3 | Grades 4-8 | | Monday-Thursday | 2:45 pm | 3:00 pm | | Friday | 2:15 pm | 2:30 pm | | Minimum Day | 12:15 pm | 12:30 pm | | | | MORNING DROP-OFF GUIDELINES Before you leave for school, please do a quick health check with your child at home. Please keep children at home if they are ill or showing any symptoms that may be related to COVID-19. MORNING DROP-OFF - The schoolyard gate will open at 7:45 a.m.
- TK-8 students may be dropped off between 7:45-8:10 a.m. in the morning.
- Please drop students off in the white zone. Pull forward and drive around the block or park up on top of the hill in front of the church.
- NO Double Parking for the safety of our community and the Alma Via residents.
- NO Red Zone Parking
- DPT will ticket
- Please drop students off in the white zone. Pull forward. Keep it moving! Keep it grooving!
- Drivers and family members, please stay in your vehicle.
- For our younger students, please practice exiting the vehicle. STM staff members will be on traffic duty to supervise and help with morning drop-off.
- If you must exit your vehicle, please find a parking space across the church or in the neighborhood and walk your child to school.
- NO U-TURNS
- Please do not gather in front of the gate for extended periods during peak drop-off/pick up times.
MORNING ASSEMBLY
Students will stay in the schoolyard for morning assembly. Parents, family members, and other adults are not allowed in the schoolyard as we continue to limit visitors to our campus.
TARDY STUDENTS Students arriving after morning assembly will enter through the front office doors for check-in and receive a tardy pass to give to their teacher. | | | MORNING & AFTERNOON, EXTENDED CARE, AND LUNCH PROGRAMS - Morning Care will be available from 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. beginning Friday, August 16, 2024.
- Extended Care will be available until 6:00 p.m. daily beginning Friday, August 16, 2024.
- Hot Lunch by School Foodies begins on Monday, August 19, 2024. There may be a limited number of lunches for $7 each, on an emergency basis only. Emergency lunches will be billed to FACTS accounts.
| | | HOT LUNCH REGISTRATION 
STM has a hot lunch vendor, SchoolFoodies, for the 2024-2025 school year. Please refer to the registration Information below for more information on how to set up your child's hot lunch account. Registration Code is SF-STM | | | STM Parent Club Participation Requirements & Opportunities - Thank you for being involved in the STM school community. Our events are a success because of parents who work hard behind the scenes to make them happen!
- Parents can always review guidelines as well as see current & past events or sign-ups at STM PC Volunteer Opportunities
- Sign-Up Genius for Bingo Night Volunteers was emailed out last Wednesday, 8/28/24.
Thanks! STM Parents Club | | | ACADEMIC CHESS 2024
After School Enrichment Class Academic Chess will begin after school Wednesday, September 18, 2024
from 3:05-4:05 p.m. and will run for 8 weeks.
Link will close after the limited number of students enrolled.
LINK: Academic Chess Registration
 | | | ROBOTICS CLASS Registration Link
1st-8th Grade 2024-2025
Registration Link:
https://forms.gle/K1NJ3TzUXzhGAtdy6
Robotics Club Signs Now Open! This year's theme is "Submerged," the teams will use creative thinking and Lego technology to learn about the different layers of the ocean.
We will be using the First Lego League (FLL) Explore Class Pack for Grades 1-5 and Challenge for Grades 6-8.
-Sign up deadline - Wednesday, September 18th by 3:00 p.m.
-Fee: $200 per student, billed via FACTS (the fee pays for the kits and materials)
Team Meeting days are listed below. The season will start the week of October 7th and will end the third week of December, right before winter break. Team meetings will meet directly after school, including minimum days (kids will be given time to each lunch before meetings on minimum days). Please check school calendar for minimum days and school holidays.
Once the teams are FULL, we will turn off registration for Robotics Club
1st Grade - Fridays - (8 open spaces)
2nd/ 3rd Grades - Mondays - (5 open spaces)
4th Grade - Mondays (5 open spaces)
5th Grade - Fridays (6 open spaces)
6th, 7th & 8th Grades - Mondays (8 open spaces)
SKIP DATES:
October 14 (Indigenous Peoples' Day)
November 1 (Local Holiday)
Week of November 25 (Thanksgiving)
For more information/to volunteer, please contact Jenny Polovina: jennyjustis5@hotmail.com.
| | | Registration Deadline: September 13, 2024
 MUSIC MATTERS FALL REGISTRATION Register for St. Thomas More School's Percussion Protocol and Wind Ensemble. Open to STM students grades 4-8. No experience is necessary. For more information, see registration forms below. | | | Fun Run 2024 Please wear PE Sweatpants & Fun Run T-Shirt.
Teachers will distribute all Fun Run T-Shirts in their classrooms the day of the event.
| | | STM Fun Run Pledge 2024 Please wear PE Sweatpants & Fun Run T-Shirt.
Teachers will distribute all Fun Run T-Shirts in their classrooms the day of the event.
| | | | September 15 – October 15
Latino and National Hispanic Heritage Month September 15 – October 15 is Latino and National Hispanic Heritage Month. If any families would like to share or contribute other resources, please contact your classroom teacher. Check out the following links for more information: | | | STM Celebrating 70 Years! -
2024-2025 - STM celebrates our 70th Anniversary year! -
We now begin our 5 year journey to 75 years strong! - We are looking forward to several amazing and memorable celebrations along the way to 2029.
- Want to support STM Broncos with some new apparel?
- Check out our new designs for 2024-2025! STM Merchandise Link
St Thomas More - Established in 1954
Our Mission Guided by Catholic values, St. Thomas More School is committed to educating each individual based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. We advocate academic excellence and inspire spiritual, intellectual and social growth. We prepare our diverse community of students to become citizens committed to service and stewardship. | | | 
Utopia Preschool is accepting applications
for the 2024-2025 school year!
Schedule a tour by calling (415) 317-6269 or
email Director Stephanie at svorrises@stmsf.org.
Current STM families are given priority enrollment!
| | | Bronco Bulletin Sign up for the Bronco Bulletin and never miss Bronco Sports information! The Bulletin can be found on the school website under the Student Life tab. | | | Safety & Health Updates -
Thank you for continuing to keep our community healthy and safe. -
- For all current families, please be sure you have signed up for St. Thomas More's Emergency Messaging System by clicking this link: STM Emergency Messaging System.
COVID NOTIFICATION
NO COVID cases reported in school this week.
Please continue to be mindful and safe. Thank you. | | | | | | | | |
