Summer Office Hours - We are happy to share that the school office is open for summer office hours. The office is staffed Tuesday - Thursday each week from 9am - 1pm (or by appointment). Please plan to come to the main school office door behind the Magowan Center and ring the bell. We will meet you at the door if you are coming to drop something off or to pick up something. Other visitors will be admitted to the office. If possible, please call the office or send an email prior to your visit so we are expecting you and can minimize the need for contact. All visitors do need to wear a mask.
CHOICE cards will be available during school office hours. When possible, please call ahead or send an email to smsoffice@stmarysimsbury.eduk12.net so that we can prepare your order in advance and hand it to you at the door.
CHOICE cards will be available during school office hours. When possible, please call ahead or send an email to smsoffice@stmarysimsbury.eduk12.net so that we can prepare your order in advance and hand it to you at the door.
Looking ahead to a new school year! At this time, our plan is for school to resume on Wednesday, August 26th. We are hopeful that it will be a regular full day of school with both early drop off and aftercare available. Obviously, our plans will be adjusted if we need to comply with health and safety instructions from the state or federal government, Simsbury town officials or the Office of Education, Evangelization & Catechesis. We encourage you to regularly read the school blog and also to check the blog's Back to School page. The Back to School page includes links to supply lists and any summer assignments as well as calendar updates and other important information regarding our new school year.
Mrs. Mortillaro is launching an online book club this summer for our intermediate and middle school students. Her plans are for 1 book group for students entering 4th, 5th or 6th grade and 1 book group for students entering 7th and 8th grade. Each group will meet through a Zoom meeting one morning a week for 45 minutes, intermediate 9:30-10:15, middle school 10:30-11:15 once a week on Wednesdays. If this schedule doesn't work well, she will adjust times to suit the majority of participants. Students are expected to keep up with the reading throughout the week, so that we may discuss covered chapters on our Zoom meetings. We will try to get through books in a few weeks, so there will be approximately 100 pages a week in independent reading, maybe more.
The plan is to begin with the current Nutmeg nominees, she will send you the title of the first book to be read once you have shown interest. The first week will be a Zoom read aloud to get us started and to give everyone a chance to get their books. If you would like to participate, please send an email to Mrs. Mortillaro at mmortillaro@stmarysimsbury.eduk12.net. This is meant to be a fun thing to do together, and keep us all reading. Don’t worry if you will be on vacation, the club can catch you up, if you will be around some weeks, maybe you do one book, and skip the next book. You can commit book by book.
Community News
Next weekend, July 4-5, St. Mary's will begin to celebrate Sunday Masses following the regular schedule: Saturday at 5pm; Sunday at 8am, 9:30am and 11am.
This coming Monday, June 29th , regular morning Mass at 8am will resume.
There is no need to sign up for daily Mass, and you may attend as often as you wish. Please enter the church by the Magowan Center. There will be no further evening Masses.
For initial Sunday Masses, please use the sign up genius as attendance is limited to 90. The purpose of signing up is to let you see how many people are attending Mass and to assure adequate seating with recommended social distancing. For more information, including required safety precautions and how to sign up to attend Mass, click here.
For additional Parish resources related to Covid-19, click here.
This coming Monday, June 29th , regular morning Mass at 8am will resume.
There is no need to sign up for daily Mass, and you may attend as often as you wish. Please enter the church by the Magowan Center. There will be no further evening Masses.
For initial Sunday Masses, please use the sign up genius as attendance is limited to 90. The purpose of signing up is to let you see how many people are attending Mass and to assure adequate seating with recommended social distancing. For more information, including required safety precautions and how to sign up to attend Mass, click here.
For additional Parish resources related to Covid-19, click here.
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