SMS News for the Week of 06/01/2022
Calendar notes
Advancement Meeting
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Join is tomorrow Thursday, June 2nd at 9:00am for our Knights United Family & School Association Meeting in the Forcucci Faith Formation room (lower church). We appreciate all the help we get from our wonderful volunteers. Hope to see you there!
SMS Class of 2022 Graduation - School Mass
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Graduation Mass is scheduled June 3rd, 2022 at 10:00am followed directly by the actual graduation ceremony. Class Day begins at 1:15.
Graduation Ceremony and Class Day will be livestreamed.
Grade 8th parents make sure to read all the information coming from Mrs. Work.
Dress code for graduates:
Girls: Sunday best, dress/skirt- please no strapless. No color requirement. Shoes should be ones that are comfortable to walk and stand in for the day (no sneakers).
Boys: Sunday best, collared shirt, tie and dress pants with shoes (no sneakers).
SMS siblings of graduates may wear Sunday best instead of their relaxed uniform.
All other students: full relaxed uniform.
Field Day: Grades K-5
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Field Day for grades K-5 will be on Tuesday, June 14. Students will get their team colors to wear on Field Day. The color of their team should be the color t-shirt worn. Shorts are either the color of their team or their PE shorts. Please be sure that your child comes to school wearing sunscreen (and has more to re-apply) as well as plenty of water!
Last day of School
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Reminder: last day of school will be June 15, 2022. It will be half day, dismissal at 12:45 there is no aftercare.
Tuition Reminder
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Reminder to Blackbaud Tuition Management Account Holders who make payments via invoice: as you begin making payments in June on your 2022-2023 Blackbaud Tuition Management account, please remember to change the school year in your account number from 21 to 22. Account numbers are broken down as follows: 02300 is the school code; 22 refers to the school year; and the last six digits reflect your individual family’s account. If you continue making payments using the 21 school year, they will apply to your 2021-22 account, generating an overpayment status. Your 2022-23 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 Blackbaud’s Parent contact center at 1-888-868-8828.
Note that this change occurs automatically for families who have Blackbaud draw their payments from checking, savings, or credit card accounts.
Families that chose to "Pay in full", tuition payments are due today. Please send those checks or stop by the office at your earliest convenience.
Announcements
Mrs. Williamson CAS-CIAC Hall of Honor Induction
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In celebration of exceptional careers of service to CAS-CIAC, seven distinguished honorees were recognized as the fifth class in the CAS-CIAC Hall of Honor. Earle Bidwell, Harold Goldberg, Art Kohs, Tom Murray, Armand Regalbuti, George Synnott, and Margaret Williamson were honored at the induction ceremony on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at the AquaTurf Club in Southington. This class of honorees was originally scheduled to to be recognized in the spring of 2020.
The CAS-CIAC Hall of Honor was founded in 2015 to recognize and honor individuals who have made significant and outstanding contributions to the organization over the course of their careers. The induction event recognizing the honorees will take place at a ceremony each school year.
Mrs. Williamson is still serving CAS-CIAC in a variety of roles, continuing a long history of work with the organization. The current Principal of the St. Mary’s School and longtime Principal at Northwest Catholic, she is the chair of the CIAC Girls Basketball and Girls Lacrosse Committees, and has been a member of the CIAC Board of Control, serving as the Vice Chair of that organization. She received the honor of a CAS Citation in 2018 and a letter of Commendation in 2013.
Watch the induction video here.
Alumni News
Domenico Michele Cirielli, SMS class of 2014
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Congratulations to Domenico Michele Cirielli, SMS class of 2014. Dom graduated Summa Cum Laude from The Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University. He has accepted a position with AIG in New York City and is looking forward to joining the finance team in July.
We wish you every success in your future endeavors!
May Crowning Celebration
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Keeping up with the traditions! Second grade reverently and beautifully continued our traditional May Crowning of Mary on Friday, May 27, 2022. They all worked hard and delivered a prayerful ceremony.
End of year things to keep in mind
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1. As we get ready to end our school year, please take a moment to look for any SMS library or classroom books that may still be at home and return them.
2. All students in Grades K-8 are required to return their school issued iPad charging cord and charging brick. It is important that the cord/brick combination is THE ONE issued by the school because we need to assure consistency in our school owned equipment. Please return these items in a labeled Ziploc bag. Failure to return these items or return of non-school owned items will result in a bill for replacement cost. Also, please be aware that all iPads and covers are inspected for visual and physical damage upon return. If a repair or replacement of either the iPad or the cover is necessary, a bill will be generated for the $50 repair for the iPad or the replacement cost of the cover.
Help wanted: Room Parent volunteers
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Please take a look below for our room parent volunteer opportunities. Let us know if you are able to help. We really appreciate your participation!! Download the form
here.
Responsibilities by grade can be found here.
Looking ahead to summer
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Summer office hours will begin on Tuesday, June 21. The school office will be staffed Tuesday - Thursday from 9am-1pm or by appointment. CHOICE cards will be available during office hours.
Our first day of school for the 22-23 school year will be on Wednesday, 8/31/22. It will be a regular, full day of school with both early drop off and aftercare available.
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Kind regards,
St. Mary's School
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