News for Week of 5/25/16

Carnival Week is coming!

Just in time for end

of the school year fun!

37th Annual

St. Mary's Carnival

June 8-11, 2016

Carnival Hours:

Wednesday - Friday
6 - 10 pm

Saturday
5 - 10 pm

Saint Mary's 37th annual Spring Carnival will be held from June 8^th- 11^th at 34 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury (Field North of Eversource Energy formerly Connecticut Light & Power).

50% of the proceeds directly benefit St. Mary’s School!!!

Many volunteers are needed to make the carnival a success! Please join us to make this fun-filled event a success. Click here to access the Sign Up Genius for Carnival Volunteers.

Raffle tickets are officially for sale at $20 per ticket. Tickets are available at the Parish Offices at 3 Massaco Street.

1st prize - $10,000

2nd prize - $500 Holloways Appliance Store Gift Certificate

3rd prize – Fitbit Surge

4th prize – Cake-of-the-Month for one year at Fitzgerald’s.

Drawing to be held Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 8pm at the St. Mary’s Carnival (winner need not be present)

Please consider a sponsorship, available at varying levels (including a colorful flag with your individual, family or business name to fly at the carnival starting at $50 or $25 if a renewal from a previous year). Deadline has been extended to Friday, May 30, 2015. Click here for sponsorship information.

School Calendar- It's a very busy time of year! Please take note of the below, some are changes to our original school calendar.

Primary Grades Field Day has been moved to Monday, June 6th, from 1:30-3pm. This event was originally scheduled for Friday, 5/20. Students in Kindergarten - Grade 4 participate in this event and it will take place in the North (playground) parking lot.

Middle School Field Day (Grs. 5-8) will take place on Friday, May 27th from 9am-1pm. Students will be playing baseball and we are in need of umpires! If you can help umpire or supervise a game please contact Mr. Gangloff at sgangloff@stmarysimsbury.eduk12.net.

School is closed, Monday, May 30th, in observance of Memorial Day.

The final prayer service for this school year, prepared by our Kindergarten students will take place on Tuesday, June 7th at 1:30pm in the Church.  Please note that this a time change from the original calendar. The prayer service was originally scheduled for 9am.

Wednesday, June 8th will be a full day of school with both PreK Enrichment and Aftercare available.

Thursday, June 9th will be our last day of school. There will be an Awards Assembly in the Parish Center at 9:30am. Parents of students receiving an award will receive notification from the teacher.  This will be a 12:45 early dismissal with NO PreK Enrichment or Aftercare available.

Our first day of school for the 16-17 school year will be Wednesday, August 31.  This will be a regular, full day of school with both PreK Enrichment and Aftercare available.

Students in Miss Bedard's Kindergarten enjoyed a visit from Mr. Corriveau for a lesson in cartooning.

SMS Stars

Pictured from left - Isa, Grace, Cici & Lily

Congratulations to Isa, Gr. 8, Grace, Cici, & Lily, all Gr. 7!
Last fall, these SMS field hockey players tried out for USA Field Hockey Future Program. The four of them put in many hours this spring training & learning new skills with top coaches. On May 7th, they participated in a field hockey tournament with players from all over New England. This was Isa's third time participating in this tournament and Grace, Cici, and Lily's first tournament. All agreed it was a great experience.

Mary Elizabeth Budnick, SMS Class of '12, & her vie for the Kids team mates.
Mary is pictured second from the right in the front row.

Congratulations to Mary Elizabeth Budnick, SMS Class of '12, and her vie for the Kids team at Northwest Catholic. The team raised $1,461, selling branded sunglasses and operating a car wash to develop additional seed money. The team was praised for their organization, their ability to work together, and the execution of their business plan. All teams were judged on their creativity, collaboration and financial results. The proceeds from all the groups, approximately $7500, will benefit the Clinical Trials Program at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Mary Elizabeth is a senior and plans to attend Syracuse University.

We also extend congratulations to Abby Herron, SMS Class of '12 - A dedicated field hockey and lacrosse player, Abby has been named a Northwest Catholic CIAC Scholar-Athlete for 2016. Abby has played midfield in field hockey and lacrosse for four years. She has been named All-Academic in both sports every year since her sophomore season, and is currently a team captain for lacrosse. She is also a member of the National Honor Society and has been named this year's Salutatorian. Abby hopes to play club lacrosse in college and will attend Boston College.