Monday, January 9, 2023
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This Week at a Glance
- Tuesday, January 11 - Beta Harvest Day - (more information below)
- Friday, January 13 - Early Dismissal (11:30am) - Teacher In-Service Day
- Friday, January 13, STM Spirit Day - Any STM spirit top with jeans or uniform bottom
- Monday, January 16 - NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
- Tuesday, January 17 - Prospective Parent Evening - 6pm St. Francis Hall
- Friday, January 20 - STM Community Night at the Nuggets
- Sunday, January 29 - 1030 AM School Mass - (please see sign up genius below
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Catholic School Week Mass
Please sign up your child(ren) to serve at the Catholic Schools Week kick-off Mass on Sunday, January 29th at 10:30 am.
Thank you!
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Beta Harvest Day
This Wednesday (January 11, 2023) will be our first Beta Harvest Day of 2023! Donations for this Harvest Day will go to the food pantry at Pax Christi. Donations have been down for them lately, and they are in great need of our food. So please send in one OR MORE non-perishable food item with your child on Wednesday and they earn free dress.
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1st Grade TA Position
If you know of anyone that might be interested in filling the 1st grade TA position for the remainder of the year, please send them our way! They can either email Mrs. DeWolfe at gretchend@stthomasmore.org or call the main office at 303.770.0441. Thank you!
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Important Links
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Middle School Play
“How to Survive Being in a Shakespeare Play”
Grades 6-8
Not many characters survive in a Shakespeare play. If your name is on the title of the play and it said “tragedy” – your toast. How could things turn out differently for our Shakespeare friends? This fun and lighthearted comedy offers tips to many well-known Shakespearean characters on how to survive.
Turn that tragedy upside down.
Tryouts for the play will be Tuesday, January 24 and Thursday, January 26 from 3:00 – 4:30. A rehearsal schedule will be forthcoming with rehearsals taking place on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The performances will be Friday, April 14.
Now is your chance to be Lady Macbeth, Cesar, Romeo or Juliet and actually live through the experience. Watch for an email with a link to a Signup Genius to reserve your audition time.
Middle School Parents. This year's Middle School Play is all volunteer driven. We could use your help with props, costumes, sets and rehearsals – please call or text Mark Buchholz at 714.504.4015. We will also be sending out a volunteer link to a Signup Genius shortly.
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Kid's Screen
Calling all Preschool through 2nd grade parents! We will be sending home a permission slip, and FACTS form to sign your child up for their Kid's Screen. This is the second year that we are inviting back the Marion Downs Center to have your child's hearing, vision, and development screened. As your children grow, they are ever changing. It is essential to have them screened every year in these areas as to detect any impacts on their learning, and development as soon as possible. These are screenings that are not done by pediatricians with their annual wellness check.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to your teacher, Mary Tellus the director of the preschool, maryt@stthomasmore.org, or Kaaryn Berges, kaarynb@stthomasmore.o.... We want to highly encourage every student in this age group to be screened.
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The Yearbook needs your help!
We are looking for volunteers to help build the yearbook. You can help in the following ways...
1. Send us your pictures from back-to-school, class parties, field trips, and any other events
2. A parent volunteer from each class to help build the class pages, no prior experience is needed.
Email Alison Taoka at taoka.family@gmail.com with pictures, questions, or to volunteer.
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Speech
The 8th grade speech team competed against Most Precious Blood in a speech meet right before the Christmas break. "Every kid has improved so much and worked so hard and did an amazing job representing STM", said speech coach Heather Hartmann. Each kid received high marks at the meet, making results very close, but Alina Bates, Addison Gauthreaux and Ally Hartmann took the top three placements. The following kids competed at the meet: Sara Jane Ahern, Alina Bates, Hailey Fete, Isabella Fitzmartin, Addison Gauthreaux, Ally Hartmann, Tatum Hunter, Charlotte Krager, Mackenzie Lancaster, Liam McAlpine, Lilly Vanpraag and Mary Kate Wilson. Go STM!
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