Snow Day Update - We have now had 3 snow days. As of last week, our last day of school was tentatively scheduled for Friday, 6/15/18. We will give Mother Nature a few weeks to show her hand before definitively moving our last day again or deciding to use either the faculty retreat day scheduled for Friday, March 9th or Easter Monday (April 2nd) as a make-up day. Stay tuned for an announcement but please be aware when planning for summer that school may still be in session the week of June 18th depending on additional snow days.A make up hot lunch for Wednesday, 1/17/18, will be served. Date will be announced soon - we just need to confirm that volunteers will be available to serve a make up lunch.
All orders should be placed via the Educonnect Parent Portal. This is the only opportunity to order hot lunches for February. Payments should be sent into the office as soon as your order is placed.
Advancement NewsJanuary is Jumping at St. Mary’s School! Take the leap to learn more about the advantages of a Catholic Education! Click here to visit our website.
Take a Tour: Walk in Wednesdays, January 3rd thru January 31st - Drop in on a Wednesday anytime between 9:00am & 11:00am and see our classrooms in action.
Sunday Open House: January 28th from 2:00pm to 4:00pm – Meet staff, faculty, current parents and students and alumni. Featuring workshops for both parents and children in coding and cursive!
Fairy Tale Fridays: Have a 3 or young 4 year old and thinking about PreKindergarten? Come in for story time and nursery rhymes from 9 to 9:45am on any Friday in January for fun activities for child accompanied by parent or caregiver and take a peek at life as a PreKindergarten student at St. Mary’s School!
For more information or to register for any of these events please contact Toni Chagnon at 860-658-9412 or tchagnon@stmarysimsbury.eduk12.net
96.5 Radio Campaign - On Monday, our radio ad began airing on 96.5FM (WTIC AM). Many thanks to the "voice of St. Mary's" - our own Rebecca Rushin. Click here to listen to our ad.
New Open House Referral Program: Simply share your referral family via the referral link below and include their contact information in the confidential sign up section. The Advancement Office will invite them to the January open house. If they attend in person, your family will receive $25 in spirit wear credit!
Click here for New Open House Referral Link
Can you help us advertise our Open House? If you own or know of a business or community bulletin board that would post our flyer, please click here to download and print a copy. You may also pick up a copy from Toni in the school office.
You are our best advocates and we welcome you sharing your St. Mary’s story in whatever way you can.
Teacher Appreciation Week is coming soon! Each day during the week of January 29th, the HSA will need help providing food/supplies, set-up, and clean-up, and will be collecting monetary donations for gift cards and a lunch. We will also need people to make posters at home! Click here to sign up to help. Thank you!
Here are two additional ways you can help us celebrate and honor our teachers during Catholic Schools Week:
1. Write a THANK YOU letter. Let's say thank you to our amazing teachers for everything they do; by writing them a personal letter. This letter can be from the student or from the parents or both. Please make sure to send in your teacher thank you note by January 26th.
2. Publicly thank your teachers on social media channels using #uKNIGHTed. This is a great chance for parents to give our awesome teachers and staff a shout out on Facebook or Twitter. Just use #uKNIGHTed.
Mass & Family Pizza Dinner to celebrate St. Mary’s School!
Our community will celebrate our wonderful school and Catholic Schools Week on Saturday, January 27, 2018. Please join us at the 5pm Mass and then for a pizza dinner in the parish center. Students should wear their formal uniforms to Mass but will sit with their families.
We are requesting a $10 donation per family to help defray the cost of pizza and salad. We are also looking for help coordinating this event and for donations of disposable napkins, plates and flatware, bottled water and desserts.
Please let us know if your family will be attending and what you may be able to donate via this Sign Up Genius - Click here.
Times for Family Lunch Day are:
11:00-11:35 PreKindergarten, Kindergarten, Grades 1 & 2
11:40-12:15 Grades 3 & 4
12:20-12:50 Grades 5, 6, 7 & 8
St. Mary's Stars -#uKNIGHTEDfun4goodcause
Alumni News
We congratulate several alumni from the SMS Class of '12 on recent college achievements:
We congratulate Rebecca Rienow on being named to the Dean's List at Geneva College for the fall semester. Rebecca has also received her Letter of Induction to the Education Program.
Congratulations to Jennifer Kornacki on being named to the Dean's List at Stonehill College. Jennifer is an accounting major.
Congratulations to Avery Hatch on being named to the Dean's List at Elon University for the fall semester. This spring, Avery will begin her undergraduate research in the field of nanotechnology under the direction of her faculty mentor focusing on the enhanced chemical and physical properties of metallic materials at the nanoscale as that relates to intake pathways in the human body and possible long term health effects.
Supporting SMS
Box Tops for Education - Keep those Box Tops Coming!!! Thanks to your clipping, the Home & School Association recently received a check for $344.30 from Box Tops for Education! Your Box Tops may be sent into school at any time. All homerooms have collection boxes.
Help SMS Earn Free School Supplies & Equipment with Big Y Education Express -
Big Y Education Express helps schools get FREE, much needed supplies & equipment!
• Everyone can participate! Family and friends can support SMS by signing up for Education Express.
• From February 1 through April 25, 2018, for every 500 Education Express Points earned, you get a GOLD COIN!
• Just shop Big Y and look for the participating items marked with the Education Express logo. Each item will have a point value and savings on top of that!
Click here to register for Education Express.
Community News
Click here to view the Simsbury Public Library's current newsletter. This newsletter contains a listing of all events available at the library from January through March.
2018 Family Lunch - Pack Your Brown Bag & Join Us for Lunch! We welcome everyone to join us for family lunch on Thursday, February 1.
Times for Family Lunch Day are:
11:00-11:35 PreKindergarten, Kindergarten, Grades 1 & 2
11:40-12:15 Grades 3 & 4
12:20-12:50 Grades 5, 6, 7 & 8
St. Mary's Stars -#uKNIGHTEDfun4goodcause
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| On Monday, 1/5/18, several members of the SMS student body participated in the UCONN Skating Strides Hockey Clinic. UCONN and Hockey East Staking Strides is an initiative to promote and support breast cancer research. Pictured from left are Marisa M, Morgan Wabick of the UCONN Women's Hockey Team, Megan D, Andrew M, Brennan S, Cece M, and Max M. |
We congratulate several alumni from the SMS Class of '12 on recent college achievements:
We congratulate Rebecca Rienow on being named to the Dean's List at Geneva College for the fall semester. Rebecca has also received her Letter of Induction to the Education Program.
Congratulations to Jennifer Kornacki on being named to the Dean's List at Stonehill College. Jennifer is an accounting major.
Congratulations to Avery Hatch on being named to the Dean's List at Elon University for the fall semester. This spring, Avery will begin her undergraduate research in the field of nanotechnology under the direction of her faculty mentor focusing on the enhanced chemical and physical properties of metallic materials at the nanoscale as that relates to intake pathways in the human body and possible long term health effects.
Supporting SMS
Box Tops for Education - Keep those Box Tops Coming!!! Thanks to your clipping, the Home & School Association recently received a check for $344.30 from Box Tops for Education! Your Box Tops may be sent into school at any time. All homerooms have collection boxes.
Big Y Education Express helps schools get FREE, much needed supplies & equipment!
• Everyone can participate! Family and friends can support SMS by signing up for Education Express.
• From February 1 through April 25, 2018, for every 500 Education Express Points earned, you get a GOLD COIN!
• Just shop Big Y and look for the participating items marked with the Education Express logo. Each item will have a point value and savings on top of that!
Click here to register for Education Express.
Community News
Click here to view the Simsbury Public Library's current newsletter. This newsletter contains a listing of all events available at the library from January through March.
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