| | | | Newsletter for Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Dear Parents,
Welcome to your last Wednesday newsletter of the year! No permission slips, no pizza or hot dog lunch order forms…the year is rolling to an end.
Class of 2015: The graduates are off on their last service project today serving lunch to the Glide Memorial community. Tomorrow they will embark on their graduation trip to Great America before they return for all the activities of graduation day this Friday. We are saying good-bye to a fine class of eighth grade students. They have earned awards and recognition for their academic achievements from several of the high schools at which they have been accepted! The student body will come together for the graduates' last Mass as STM students this Friday at 11:00 a.m. The graduation ceremony will be at 5:00 p.m. that evening. At those events, students will pray together, share their thoughts about their time at STM, hear the announcements of awards, and celebrate this educational milestone in their lives. We salute our graduates and hope you will join them at either or both ceremonies. Congratulations to: Michelle Auyeung, Lara Bautista, Laura Bonomi, Joshua Bustos, Russell Chan, Chloe David, Izadora de Oliviera, Lemar Deguzman, Olivia Del Rosario. Skyler Dela Cruz, Kevin Dunn, Olivia Edwards, Matthew Goncalves, Kenneth Jung, Hannah Leung, Ryan Lobre, Seth Maldonado, Jesse Manalo, Anthony Martinez, Addison Miller, Isabella Mingoa, Blake Owens, Ava Ragasa, Nixie Ricafort, Nicolas Riego, Dylan Rojo-Cagadoc, Gaven Roque, Reuben Salbad, Marlyn San Juan, Jonathan Santos, Melissa Sheridan, Zoe Taylor, Elijah Trigueros, Shivaya Urcuyo, John-Azel Velez, Isabella Villante, Jacqueline Villarosa, and D'Andre Virgin.
Free Dress Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday/Used Uniform Collection: All students have free dress next week to end out the school year and to facilitate the donation of uniform pieces that your children have outgrown or that you will no longer be using. We are looking for a couple of parent volunteers to help sort these items as they arrive next week. Help is also needed to wash these items before our used uniform sale on August 15th. If you are available to help, please contact the school office.
New Uniform Sale/Scrip: Simply Uniform will be coming on campus for a special new uniform sale on Saturday, August 15th, 2015. We will have Simply Uniform scrip on hand so that you can start earning scrip credit for the 2015-2016 school year. Don't forget, Simply Uniforms will be giving 10% off of purchases during this sale. | | Reminders for Wednesday, June 10, our last day. - Make sure that your family's account is paid in full. Report cards are subject to holds for delinquent accounts.
- Parents' Club hospitality, Carroll Hall, 8:30-9:00am
- Donations of pastries, breakfast items and juices may be dropped in the office on Tuesday or in Carroll Hall on Wednesday morning.
- 4th Quarter Awards Ceremony for K-7: 9:00am, gym
- Kindergarten through 7th will dismiss at 10:00am.
- No Extended Care that day.
- School yard parking available at 8:30am.
| | | Summer Hours: The school office will be open through June 26th. Hours may vary but generally will be from 9am-1pm. We will be closed for the month of July and will re-open on August 3rd. Please call before you drop by the office to ensure we are available. You may also email us at office@stmsf.org.
Scrip: This Friday, June 5th is the last day to order gift cards through the scrip program before the summer break. Orders placed by the 6am deadline will be sent home next week. | | | 2015-2016 SAVE THE DATES - First day of school, K-8 is Tuesday, August 25th.
- Back-to-School Night: The evening of Thursday, August 27th is a mandatory meeting for all parents.
- International Food Festival/Fall Festival: September 26th and 27th.
| | | At this time, we would like to announce that we have a few changes in staff for the new school year and some shuffling from one grade to another. Both Heidi Haas (Kindergarten) and Megan Kennedy (2nd grade) will be moving on from St. Thomas More School. Leaving us also is one of our Learning Support Specialists, Tara Geoghegan. We wish everyone well as they pursue new challenges in their careers and take advantage of new opportunities.
We are excited to announce that Judy DeMicheli will be joining Anna Tyaglo team teaching kindergarten in the Fall. Jeannette Santillan, who has been aiding in 6th, 7th and 8th grade, will be a full-time teacher next school year.
We look forward to welcoming Kathleen Wilkinson as the second grade teacher next year. Taking the place of Tara, we welcome Lynne Ruppel to the Learning Support Program.
We would also like to congratulate both our Kindergarten teacher, Anna Tyaglo and her husband, Oleg, who are expecting their second child in July as well as Megan Kennedy, and her husband, Tim, who are expecting their third child in October!
Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our families who volunteered their time this school year. Activities like showing up for yard duty, volunteering as class reps, attending the Parents' Club meetings and School Advisory Board meetings, chaperoning on field trips, working on Cioppino, the Food Festival, and numerous other school activities, would not happen without you. Your involvement allows St. Thomas More School to be a wonderful place for your children to grow and develop. A special thank you also to those who have donated paper, envelopes, used cartridges, and books for our library. Together we make a big difference in the lives of our children. Have a fantastic Summer!
Sincerely,
Marie Fitzpatrick
Principal | | | | | | | |
