News for the Week of 5/9/13

Our annual Evening of the Arts was a great success!  The evening was dedicated to Mrs. Marilyn Szilva, our 6th grade homeroom teacher for the last 38 years!  Mrs. Szilva will be retiring at the end of this school year and was presented with flowers and a signed UConn Women's Basketball jersey.  Our thanks to Mrs. Patty Lepak for working with our students to prepare a vocal concert that was unparalleled in quality and tone.  We also thank Mr. Rich Faucher for working with students to create beautiful bulletin boards to display class art work throughout the building.

Spring is in the air at SMS - Look who's MVP on this year's kickball team during the K-2 recess!

Grandparent's & Special Person's Day will be held on Friday, May 10, 2013.  Again this year, this special day will also include our May Crowning Ceremony coordinated by our second grade.  Guests are welcome to join us for community prayer in the parish center at 8:45am.  After prayer, coffee and light refreshments will be available along with student entertainment.  There will be time for classroom visits before the community transitions to the church at 10:20 for May Crowning at 10:30am.  At the conclusion of May Crowning, we will bid farewell to our guests and resume our normal academic day.

Fairway to Heaven - Golf Outing at Avon Country Club on Monday, May 13th.  Join us for a day of golf or just for a lovely dinner and exciting live & silent auction.  For more information and a registration form, click here.  If you have not registered yet, please RSVP to Tammy Budnick at tbudnick@stmarysimsbury.eduk12.net NLT Saturday, May 11th.

Spring Instrumental Music Concert - Our annual spring instrumental music concert will be held on Thursday, May 16th, in the Parish Center beginning at 6:30pm (NOTE:  This is a time change).  The concert will feature performances by our Cadet and Advanced bands, our Jazz Band and third grade recorder students.  Please click here for important information regarding student arrival, dress and concert requirements.

Athletic News - On May 22nd, there will be a meeting to discuss the 2013-2014 basketball season for JVA and Varsity athletes. The girl's meeting will be at 6:00pm and the boy's meeting will be at 7:00pm. The objective of this meeting is to give you (parents) an opportunity to present any concerns, ideas or suggestions you have for the 13-14 season. Click here for more details.

Jump Rope Club has 2 shows scheduled.  Click here for details from Coach Liljedahl.







Home & School Association News - 
The next HSA meeting will be Thursday, May 30 at 9:00am.  The new board will present next year's budget at this meeting.


Community News

Connecticut Legislative Alert - Bus Transportation - We have been informed of proposed budget cut which would reduce the amount of assistance for Catholic School bus transportation by 70%.  If approved, this proposal would seriously jeopardize the availability of bus transportation to Catholic School students who attend schools in their town of residence.  It would seriously impact approximately 50% of our student population.  Please take a moment to read the Legislative Alert regarding this proposal and then contact your Connecticut State Representative and the Governor's Office.  Click here.

The St. Mary's Youth Group invites all current 7th and 8th grade students to an evening of laser tag and bowling at Blue Fox Rock 'N Bowl on Saturday, 6/1/13, from 6-8pm.  Cost is $10 per student. Please click here for a registration form and more information.

St. Mary's Spring Carnival is Coming Soon!  This year's carnival will take place from June 5-8.  For more information, click here.  To become a carnival sponsor, click here.

Alumni News - It's getting to be that "time of year" - college acceptances, graduations, weddings, new opportunities and new successes!  Do you have news about an SMS alum you would like to share?  Please send your news to dhatch@stmarysimsbury.eduk12.net.  Click here for some alumni news about Emily Bautista, Class of 2011.

Middle School went on field trips on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.  Grade 8 went to New York, Grade 7 went to Boston and Grade 6 went to Mystic.  Despite damp weather, all three grades had a fabulous time and acted as fabulous ambassadors for our school.  Below are some pictures from the Mystic trip.  Thanks to parent with a working association with Mystic, the students were given a special opportunity to feed the stingrays!  If you have field trips photos you'd like to share, please email them to Donna Hatch at dhatch@stmarysimsbury.eduk12.net.