Monday, October 3, 2022
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This Week at a Glance
- Wednesday, October 5 - Progress Reports (More information below)
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - October 5-7 - 6th Grade Outdoor Lab
- Friday, October 7 - Color Dress Day (More information below)
- Friday, October 7 - Our Lady of the Rosary - 2pm
- Friday, October 7 - MANE Event Bingo Night
- Wednesday, October 12 - Lifetouch Picture Retake Day (More information below)
- Thursday, October 13 - Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences - No School (Lion's Den Open)
- Friday, October 14 - Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences - No School (Lion's Den Open)
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Our Lady of the Rosary - October 7th
Our Lady of the Rosary will be celebrated this Friday, October 7th with an all school Rosary at 2:00pm. Because this is a special day, we are asking all students to wear a specific colored shirt as they will be partnering with their buddies to represent one decade of the Rosary each. Students are asked to wear the colors below with jeans or uniform bottoms.
K/4 – Green shirt
1/Student Council – White shirt
2/8 – Blue shirt
3/7 – Red shirt
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Rosary Count
Every year the school participates in 40 Days for Life during the month of October, by praying the rosary for a respect to all life. From September 28th to November 6th, we will be recording the amount of rosaries prayed by the students and families of STM. We encourage you to pray the rosary with your family for a respect for life. Ms. Weiland will be recording the number of rosaries prayed and we will be tracking that each week in Monday Notes. If your family prays the rosary, please let you child’s teacher know and MS. Weiland will include it in the overall count. So far, the school community has prayed 39 rosaries for a respect of all life. Here is the website for 40 Days for Life to learn more: https://www.40daysforlife.com/
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Book Fair THIS WEEK!
The Book Fair is being hosted in the school gym Monday - Wednesday from 8:00am - 5:00pm and Thursday from 8:00am - 5:00pm. Come stop by to see what amazing books we have available for the students!
Important Links
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STM Student Directory
The 2022-2023 School Directory is now online on the stmcatholic.org website. Please click on Quick Links, Forms and Documents. It is all the way at the bottom under Student Directory. It is password protected so please email katyc@stthomasmore.org for the password.
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Lifetouch Picture Retake
SMILE! Picture Day Retakes
Wednesday, October 12!
- Students who were absent in August for picture day should come get their picture taken.
- Please dress up if you are planning to get a retake.
- Students who would like a retake must bring their original portrait packet to the the photographer and return it.
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Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences
Conferences are just around the corner and have been scheduled for Thursday, October 13th and Friday, October 14th. You should have received information from your child's teacher regarding conferences. If you did not, please email them for further details.
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Progress Reports
Progress Reports will no longer be formally "posted" as they have been in the past. In our new FACTS SIS, students grades are updated live and are current at any given time. Please take a moment to log on to FACTS to check your student's grades since we are officially at the mid-point of the 1st trimester. If you have questions or need assistance, please reach out to the main office.
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STM Catholic School Mass Volunteers October 23rd
Please take a moment to sign up to be a participant in the Sunday, October 23rd at 10:30 AM Mass! We'd love to see some new and familiar faces to show support of our amazing school and participate in mass! Thank you and look forward to seeing you all at 10:30pm Mass on the 23rd! Please have students wear dress uniforms.
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Lunchroom Volunteers for Oct
Below is the link for October. A big thank you to our our parent volunteers. We love having you in the lunch room!
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Election Education
Join Faithful Citizenship this Wednesday, Oct 5 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm in McCallin Hall for a presentation on election education and a workshop on how to talk to your neighbor about ballot issues. Please see the attached flier.
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Advent by Candlelight
Save the Date: Wednesday, November 15
6:30 to 9 pm
Ladies, please mark your calendars for an extraordinary evening of food, music, wine, and fellowship, hosted by FIAT! There will also be an inspirational speaker who helps focus our sights on the prayerful time of Advent. More details about this beloved STM tradition will follow in Monday Notes, but please mark your calendars now for this free event. For more information or to join the planning committee, please contact Diane Duero at dianeduero@gmail.com.
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Home & School
What’s the healthiest part of a doughnut? THE MIDDLE!
Friendly reminder it’s DOUGHNUT 🍩 Month all of October! STM has partnered with Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for their Digital Dozen campaign and STM’s personalized weblink went live October 1 and will run until October 31. 50% of funds on ALL orders will be donated back to STM when you purchase doughnuts using our link below.
Order dozens of doughnuts for team snacks, football game parties, meetings, birthdays, brunch and just because! This link is good nationwide so all your Friends & Family can participate from anywhere in the USA and give back to STM. Feedback from the weekend is it's SO EASY to order – details below:
WHERE:KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS
WHEN: October 1 – 31, 2022
WHAT: STM SPIRIT (Month instead of Night)
Krispy Kreme Digital Dozen – 50% of funds on ALL orders submitted through STM’s personal link are donated back to STM
HOW: 1) Purchase your dozens online using STM’s special link here –
(Please remember you MUST USE THIS LINK for the donation)
2) You’ll receive a code once you complete your online order
3) Visit your nearest Krispy Kreme store & redeem/pick up your purchase using your code
*Bonus – Our STM link is available for purchases nationwide, share this page with friends & family across the country!
**Double Bonus -- You can also purchase doughnuts and gift the redemption codes to friends and family anywhere in the country; use the link to order, send them your code and they can redeem in-store to their closest location in their city.
