Gearing up for school! Important announcements for the week of 8/20/12

The Home & School Association is hosting a second "Summer Playground" playdate on the SMS playground on Wednesday, August 22, from 5:30 until 6:30pm. All children must be accompanied by a parent or adult caregiver. Used Uniform Exchange will be available for all your uniform needs.

Come and play, meet some new friends and ask any questions you may have about the upcoming school year.

Please note that the school office will be closed and that there will be no access to the school building during the playdate.

Click here for an informational flyer.

We are considering the possibility of Before Care at St. Mary's. Mrs. Gore and Mr. Cosham have offered to run a program for before school care each morning.

Drop off for the program would begin at 7:30am. Like our Enrichment and Aftercare programs, this care would be available by reservation or as a drop-in.

The reserved cost would be $10.00 for the hour before school begins for one child. The reserved cost for 2 children would be $15.00 and for 3 children - $20.00. The drop-in cost would be $12.00 for one child, $17.00 for 2 children and $22.00 for 3 children.

The children participating in before care would join the children in the north parking lot at 8:30. Drop off for children not using the before care option would continue to be no earlier than 8:20 in the north parking lot. The before care program would not be available on days school opens late due to weather conditions or any other emergencies. Before care will be available on parent teacher conference days and early dismissal for holidays. If your child is sick, we cannot offer refunds, however special cases may apply. Please see me if that should occur.

In order to run the program we need to have 6 children attending 5 days a week at the full cost or a combination equaling the same income. As of 8/20/12, 5 families have committed to using the program if it is available.

Please email Mrs. Gannatti at mariegannatti@stmarysschoolsimsbury.org if you are interested in participating in the before school program. We will let everyone know as soon as possible if we will move forward with the program.

The school, including the office, will be closed on Thursday, 8/23, and Friday, 8/24. All faculty and administrative staff will be attending 2 days of iPad professional development. Please feel free to leave a voice mail or send an email with any concerns you may have during these two days but please keep in mind that you will not receive a response until Monday, 8/27.


Bus Routes for Simsbury residents have now been posted on the Simsbury Board of Education website. Click here to view the St. Mary's bus routes. If you have any questions about your child(ren)'s bus transportation, please contact Sue Caccamo at the Simsbury Board of Education at scaccamo@simsbury.k12.ct.us or 860-651-3361.

This year, our weekly communications and general and emergency announcements will be posted to our this school blog. Once school begins, we will discontinue use of the "listserv" email blast system used for the past several years. If you have not already done so, subscribe to receive emails of all posts by entering your email in subscription box that appears in the upper right portion of this post. Your back to school mailing included information about this.

There are several important school activities taking place the week of August 27th before our first day of school on Wednesday, August 29th. Please visit the school calendar by clicking the calendar tab at the top left of this post for more details.