Thursday, March 16, 2017

News for the Week of 3/15/17




Student Council Lenten Service Project - Our Student Council is coordinating the collection of new adult socks as a Lenten Service Project.  All socks will be donated to the House of Bread.  Thanks in advance for your support.



Snow Day Makeup Days - So far, we have had 5 snow days.  At this time, we do not plan to use Easter Monday, April 17, as a make up day - it will remain a day off.  This brings our final day of school to Thursday, June 15th.  If we should have another snow day, it will be added on.    Our last day will be a 12:45pm early dismissal with no PreK Enrichment or Aftercare.




HOT LUNCH ORDER PERIOD FOR APRIL 2017 IS NOW OPEN!

April lunch orders will be accepted via the Educonnect Parent Portal until Friday, March 24th.  Payment should be sent into school as soon as order is submitted.  No orders can be accepted after Friday, March 24th.

Hot Lunch Make-Up Days - On Tuesday, March 21, the pizza lunch scheduled for Friday, 3/10 (a snow day) will be made up.  On Thursday, March 23, the baked potato lunch schedule for Wednesday. 3/15 (another snow day) will be made up.  If your children were scheduled to receive hot lunch on either of these days, please be sure they are aware of these make up days.


2017-2018 Family Enrollment  & SMARTAID application for Financial Assistance.
 2017-18 Enrollment packets were emailed to all families on Friday, 3/10/17.  If you did not receive your electronic enrollment packet, please contact the school office.  Please carefully review all of the attachments that accompany this email as there are several forms that must be printed, completed and returned. Additionally, there is important information about next year's tuition, financial assistance and your family's CHOICE obligation for 2017-2018.

This year, we are happy to announce that tuition assistance will again be available via several sources.  All requests for tuition assistance must be made via SMARTAID.   Click here for more information regarding the types of tuition assistance available and the SMARTAID application process. Click here for helpful information from SMARTAID regarding completion of the application.  Click here to access the SMARTAID application.  All SMARTAID applications must be submitted no later than April 28, 2017.

Moving up Night has been Moved!   
Moving Up Night has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 28, beginning at 6:30pm in the Parish Center.  Book your babysitter!

Moving Up Night is your first chance for a sneak peek into next year's curriculum and classroom for your child(ren). This event is for parents. Students will be enjoying Moving Up activities during the school day on 3/28 The event begins at 6:30pm in the Parish Center.

If your bring your completed 2017-18 Family Enrollment Form and Fee to Moving Up Night, you may be one of two lucky families awarded with an Enrollment Fee waiver. Note - You must bring your $250 Family Enrollment Fee to be eligible to be awarded with the fee waiver.


Drama Club Invites You!  All are invited to see the SMS Drama Club perform A Reader's Theater version of Beauty and the Beast tomorrow -3/17/17 at 4:30pm in the lower church. 
Reminder for members of the SMS Drama Club Drama Club members must bring their costumes and all props to school on Friday,  3/17/17. Students must change directly after school and meet Mrs. Powell and Mrs. Elliott in the Parish Center by 3:45pm.


Blue Knight Night will be held on Tuesday 3/21/17.  The event will begin at 6pm.  This year, the event will be held at Ethel Walker School to take advantage of the extra space and bleachers available at their facility. There will be water and other beverages provided but food is not permitted in the gym. Blue Knight Night is a celebration of our Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams' seasons but everyone is invited to come and cheer our teams, enjoy the scrimmages between the teams and their coaches and parents and celebrate the great season our teams have had!






We are hosting an Open House for Prospective Families on Wednesday, March 22nd at 6:30pm in the Parish Center.  Please share this information with families that you think may be interested in learning more about our school.  RSVPs to Toni Chagnon are requested.







Get ready to celebrate our 60th Anniversary! 

Tickets are now available for A Knight at the Gala at Farmington Gardens on Friday, April 21, 2017, at 6:30pm. The evening includes dinner, beer & wine, dancing, entertainment by speed painter Rob Surette (amazing heroart.com), and a silent & live auction.

- $100 per person, table of ten $1,000. 

To purchase your tickets using our preferred method, please send payment to Toni Chagnon in the school office.  Checks should be payable to St. Mary's School with "Gala" in the memo section.  If you wish to pay by credit card, click here.  Please contact Toni Chagnon for more information
860-658-9412tchagnon@stmarysimsbury.eduk12.net  Proceeds raised from this event will support our school technology program.


A "pawsitive" help!  Students in Miss Kane's PreK continue to collect
newspapers for the Simsbury Veterinary Hospital as a Lenten service project.
Last week, Tejas and his mom and sister delivered the papers that had been collected.




SMS Stars - Our congratulations to Madelyn Z., Gr. 8!  Madelyn was selected to race for Team Connecticut (which is the top 8 girls of the Connecticut Youth Ski League) at the Francis Piche Invitational Championship, March 17-19th, at Gunstock Mountain Resort in New Hampshire. It is an alpine ski race where she will be racing slalom and giant slalom against teams from 8 other states.  Good luck Madelyn!



Madeline P., Gr. 4 & Lily P., Gr. 6
We had excellent participation in the regional spelling bee on Sunday, 3/12! James F. gave a strong effort in the gr 5 competition and both Madeline P. and Faith P. were runners up in gr 4 and 6. It was an excellent opportunity and everyone did great. Our thanks to Mrs. Mortillaro for coordinating our school's participation in this year's Knights of Columbus Spelling Bee!







Andrew M., Gr. 4, pictured far right
of first kneeling row of skaters.



Good Luck to Andrew M., Gr. 4 and the other members of the Simsbury Youth Hockey Squirt A Team. This weekend, the team is heading to Providence, RI to participate in the Tier 2 Regional Hockey Tournament. They were the winners of the State Tournament on March 5 when they defeated Greater New Haven.










Alumni News - 


Our congratulations to Paige Phillips, SMS Class of '16,  for being named to the Class B West All-Star basketball team.  Paige is a freshman at the Westminster School






Community News -


Tickets are $16 (which includes all fees) and can be reserved here  After each show, you can have your picture taken with Ariel and Prince Eric. What fun!

We are proud to share that several SMS alums are part of the cast of this show including:  Joanna Kuziak, SMS Class of '15, as Ariel; John Sullivan as Prince Eric, James Sullivan as Scuttle, Brendan Wlochowski as Chef Louis, all SMS Class of'15Ally Voelker, SMS Class of '13 and Lindsey Voelker, SMS Class of '15 as Mersisters.



Northwest Catholic's Annual Jazz Cabaret Night is also coming up this spring on May 6th! 

Donations of wine or money to purchase a bottle of wine for the Wine Wall are being accepted at this time. 

You are also invited to reserve your seats for this very popular evening!

At the event, patrons can purchase a cork for $20 and choose the bottle of their choice from the Wine Wall. Wine donations can be of ANY amount. Proceeds from this fundraiser will go to refurbish the small Steinway piano that can be used by any NWC student, whether part of the music program or not. Mr. Luddy, Director of Instrumental Music, often hears students practice or try to write music on this piano right outside his office. The cost will be approximately $2,500, so our goal is at least 100 bottles of wine for this fundraiser. Please feel free to contact Noreen Kuziak at nkuziak@comcast.net with any questions about the night or donations.
  
To donate a bottle(s) of wine to the wine raffle, click HERE, or to make a cash donation to help with the purchase of wine, refreshments, or supplies, click HERE (let us do the shopping for you!).

To reserve your seats for Jazz Cabaret Night, click HERE. Please don’t delay – this event often sells out!  This year, several SMS alums will be participating including: Jazz Choir members: Allyson and Lindsey Voelker, SMS Classes of '13 & '15, Brendan Wlochowski, and James and John Sullivan, all SMS Class of '13Jazz Band: Sarah and Kate Jessen, SMS Class of '13, Aaron Belletsky, SMS Class of '14.


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