News for the Week of 5/23/18

Friday, May 25 is a 12:45pm Early Dismissal with NO PreK Enrichment or Aftercare.   Monday, May 28, school will be CLOSED in observance of Memorial Day.

The Parish Center was alive with the sounds of Spring on Monday evening for our annual Spring Band & Vocal concert.  Our school bands played an entertaining variety of songs and our students performed a selection of themes from movies and television.  Our third grade students did an outstanding job performing with their recorders.  Our thanks to our FMI instructor, Mrs. Deb Morse and our vocal music teacher, Mrs. Raimonda Jalinskas for all their hard working preparing our students for this concert. 



The time to pack up the portable classrooms is here!  

As part of preparation for the Campus Connection construction, the portable classrooms will be leaving.  The classrooms need to be emptied and their contents relocated on Saturday, June 2, 2018.  The library's books and book shelves and the art room's supplies all need to be moved to the lower church and/or other storage areas.  The furniture from both classrooms needs to be moved to the lower church, the rectory garage and the rectory basement.

Your help is needed!  Many hands will make light work and your SUV and/or pickup truck or minivan will be a huge help.  Please consider signing up, even if you only have an hour or two to spare - your help will make a big difference!  Click here to sign up to help.

Please note - student help is welcome but all students must have adult supervision at all times.

8th grade students spent an art class drawing the portables
that we will soon be bidding farewell.

Book Fair is Next Week!  Kids love picking out their own books to read, and this is the perfect opportunity. Everything is Buy One - Get One Free!  Our Scholastic Book Fair is a reading event that brings the books kids want to read right into our school. It’s a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level. Please make plans to visit our Book Fair or send your child with payment (cash, check to St. Mary’s School, or credit card) and be involved in shaping your child’s reading habits.  Please check teacher blogs for information regarding days and times for class visits.

Book Fair dates: Tuesday, May 29th - Thursday, May 31st

Shopping hours: Tuesday: 11:00 - 3:30

Wednesday: 8:30 - 3:30

Thursday: 8:30 - 3:30

We need your help! Please use this sign up link to volunteer: Book Fair Volunteers
Thank you so much!

Supporting the Class of '19! Our rising 8th grade is selling beautiful SMS logo bracelets and keychains.

Bracelets are $20 and keychains are $10. The colored crystal beads on the bracelet are clear and dark blue (brighter than indicated in the picture). Proceeds from this fundraiser will help these students begin to save for the expenses associated with their 8th grade field trip and graduation activities. Click here for order form. Payment may be sent into the school office. Checks should be made payable to St. Mary's School with "bracelet/keychain" in the memo section.

Students in Miss Kane's PreK enjoyed a trip to the Simsbury firehouse on Friday, 5/18/18.











Supporting SMS - 

Box Tops for Education - Thanks to your faithful clipping, our school has recently received a check for $164.40.  Please send in any Box Tops for Education that you may have clipped before the end of the school year.  We hope you'll keep clipping all summer!  Collection will continue again in the new school year.



Community News

Is your daughter interested in field hockey? The Simsbury Sparks is a travel team for 7th and 8th grade girls, and their season starts at the end of August. They will practice 1-2x per week and have 2 games per week (no schedule set yet — games may be a combination of after school and on weekends). They anticipate forming two teams, and they hope for no cuts. They will play teams from the Farmington Valley and West Hartford. Cost will be $275 before July 1 and $300 after. This covers buses, insurance, referee fee and uniforms. The season will start at the end of August and run until early November. Girls must have stick, goggles, mouth guard, shin guards, and cleats. If you think you might be interested, please send an email to simsburyyouthfieldhockey@gmail.com, and they will put your name on their contact list and answer any questions you may have. You can also Like their “Simsbury Youth Field Hockey” Facebook page, and follow them at @simsburysparks on Instagram.

Saint Mary's 39th annual Spring Carnival will be held from June 6^th- 9^th at 34 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury (Field North of Eversource Energy formerly Connecticut Light & Power – same location as 2017).

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

     -          Volunteers are needed. Please join us to make this fun-filled event a success. Click here to be directed to the Volunteer Page of the carnival website.

-          Raffle tickets are officially for sale at $20 per ticket. 1^st prize - $10,000; 2^nd prize - $600 Gift Certificate to Bill Selig Jewelers; 3^rd prize - Cake-of-the-Month for one year plus $250 gift certificate at Fitzgerald’s; and 4^th prize - $500 Holloways Appliance Store Gift Certificate. Drawing to be held Saturday, June 9, 2018 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 as pictured below with your individual, family or business name to fly at the carnival starting at $50 or $25 if a renewal from a previous year). Click here for sponsorship information.