Celebrating Catholic Schools' Month - Event Schedule

Welcome to 2013!  We begin our new year celebrating Catholic Schools' Month.  Listed below is a summary of events for this month.  We hope you will be able to join us for many of them as we celebrate Catholic education and our school community.

On Friday, 1-4-13, our seventh & eighth grade students will begin their Shakesperience residency.  This program will continue through February and culminates in a performance on March 1st at 2pm in the Parish Center.  Everyone is welcome to attend the performance.

On Wednesday, 1-9-13, there will be a Home & School Association Meeting at 9am in the Lower Church.

 Friday, 1-11-3, is Student Appreciation Day.  The Home & School Association will provide a free ice pop dessert to all students. Ms. Stacy Dekeyser, author of The Brixen Witch, will visit with students at 9am in the Parish Center and sign copies of her book.  Click here for a book order form.

On Monday, 1-14-13, there will be a School Board Meeting at 7pm in the Lower Church.

Come & enjoy lunch with your favorite SMS student(s) on Wednesday, 1-16-13 at our annual Family Pizza Lunch!   This year all lunches for this event had to be preordered.  Orders were due no later than December 21st.  If you did not get your order in, we will accept orders until this Friday, 1/4/13.  This is your last opportunity to order.   Click here for an order form. If you do not order but would like to join us for lunch, please feel free to bring a brown bag lunch! 

On Friday, 1-18-13, students in grades Kindergarten - 4 will visit with author, Janice Hechter. Ms. Hechter lives in Farmington and has illustrated at least four children's books. She holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Her book Hooray for Heroes was a National Best Book Award Winner in 2010. Ms. Hechter will be chatting with students about what an illustrator does and other topics related to this and read from her book The Great Elephant Escape. She will discuss the actual true story upon which her book is based.

Monday, 1-21-13, school is closed for Martin Luther King Day.

On Wednesday, 1-23-13, we will host an Open House for Prospective Families.  If you know someone interested in learning more about our school, please invite them to join us at 6:30pm in the Parish Center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Report cards will be distributed on Friday, 1-25-13.

 

The Home & School Association will host Teacher Appreciation Week during the week of 1-28-13. We appreciate their generosity.

...and looking ahead to

Parent Meeting regarding Internet Safety - We have arranged for Officer Dunne from the Simsbury Police Department to join us on Monday, February 4, 2013 at 7pm in the Parish Center to discuss internet safety.  Due to the importance of this topic and it’s direct impact on our children, we are asking that you consider attendance at this meeting a mandatory commitment for at least one parent/guardian from each family.  Middle school students are encouraged to attend as well.

The Home & School Association Auction will be held on Saturday, 2-9-13, at 6pm at the beautiful Riverview in Simsbury.  Come and enjoy a fabulous evening featuring delicious appetizers and dinner, a terrific silent auction and spirited bidding at the live auction as coveted items like the first parking spot in the carpool lot are auctioned off.

In just the blink of an eye, it will be time for our February vacation from Monday, 2-18-13 through Friday, 2-22-13!