News for the Week of 6/12/19

Calling All Our Wonderful Volunteers! Hot Lunch Servers, Pie Sale Organizers, Library Helpers, Room Parents, Book Fair Workers, Coaches, Community Builders, Fundraisers, Club Moderators, Classroom Helpers, Eno Drivers, School Board Members to list just a few........

"Donut" what we would do without volunteers like you!

 Thanks a "Latte" for helping to make our school great!   Join us tomorrow, Thursday, June 13, at 8:30am in the Magowan Center Reading Room for coffee, donuts and treats, our way of thanking you for all that you do! 

Last Day of School & Awards Assembly - Thursday, June 13.  This will be a 12:45pm early dismissal with NO PreK Enrichment or Aftercare.  Awards Assembly will begin at 9:30am in the parish center.  Parents of students that will receive awards will be notified in advance.  All are welcome to attend.

Final Report Cards will be available via the Educonnect Parent Portal on Monday, June 17.  No paper copy of the report card will be sent home.  If you plan to print a copy of your child(ren)'s report card(s), please do so before 6/28/19.  We are required to "roll forward" Educonnect before July 1.

Summer office hours will begin the week of June 17.   The office will be routinely staffed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am-1pm and by appointment as needed.  The week of July 1, the office will be closed Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5. Both email and phone messages will be checked regularly throughout the summer.

Summer CHOICE Sales - CHOICE cards will be available for sale  in the school office during summer office hours.

The "Back to School" page for the school blog will be published the week of June 17th.  This page will provide updates to our summer calendar, links to supply lists and summer assignments.  Please  check this page frequently to stay up to date.  Our first day of school will be a regular, full school day on Wednesday, August 28. 

Family Enrollment Reminder - Family Enrollment is not complete until the signed Family Enrollment Form and $250 Family Enrollment  Fee are returned to the school office.  Incomplete enrollment means your students are not appearing on class lists for the fall and that your family will not receive important Back to School communications.  Please contact the school office if you are uncertain about the status of your family enrollment. 

Reminder to Smart Tuition Account Holders who make payments via invoice:  as you begin making payments in June on your 2019-2020 Smart Tuition account, please remember to change the school year in your account number from 18 to 19.  Account numbers are broken down as follows:  02300 is the school code; 19 refers to the school year; and the last six digits reflect your individual family’s account.  If you continue making payments using the 18 school year, they will apply to your 2018-19 account, generating an overpayment status.  Your 2019-20 account will then appear delinquent, causing $50 late fees to accrue each month the payments are missing.  If you have any questions about this, please call Smart Tuition’s Parent contact center at 1-888-868-8828.

Note that this change occurs automatically for families who have Smart Tuition draw their payments from checking, savings, or credit card accounts.

Click here to read the complete June 2019 issue of the SMS Times.

 

There are 7 extra yearbooks available on a first come/first served basis.  The cost per yearbook is $35.  Checks should be made payable to St. Mary's School with "yearbook" in the memo section.  Once payment is received, student(s) will be given a yearbook.

SMS Stars-

Mrs. Herron's 2nd Grade class "dove" right in to helping the coral reef cause!  Students & their families donated $101.25 to the Coral Restoration Foundation and then created 65 pieces of art work, with the help of K, 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade to submit to the Foundation's challenge of donating $2.00 for every piece submitted for a total of $130.   Wow! What a tidal wave of support!!

Our congratulations to Hayden D., Gr. 4; Thomas C., Gr. 5;  Andrew M., Gr. 6 and Max W., Gr. 6. All these Simsbury Little League players were all selected for All Star teams this year.  Yes, that's 4 SMS baseball players out of 36 spots from the entire league!  

Community News - 

Circus Smirkus Coloring Contest.

Circus Smirkus is coming to Simsbury Meadows on July 30th and they are hosting a coloring contest. The object of the contest is for children between the ages of 3 and 12 to color the Circus Smirkus coloring page using any materials they would like. Click here to download the coloring page and full information.

The contest is open until June 14th at 11:59 p.m. One Grand Prize winner will be selected as well as one winner in the 3-5 age group; one winner in the 6-9 age group; and one winner in the 10 and older age group.

The Grand Prize is their art featured on the Circus Smirkus Program to be handed out at each performance, a Family 4 pack (2 adult, 2 child) tickets to the Simsbury performance of the winner’s choosing, and a post-show meet and greet with members of the Smirkus cast.

The Age Group Prize is a Family 4 pack (2 adult, 2 child) tickets to the Simsbury performance of the winner’s choosing, and their contest submission artwork displayed at each Circus Smirkus performance on July 30 & 31, 2019.