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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
News 'n Notes
Dates to Remember
MARCH
4 Fr. Casimir's Feast day
17 St. Patrick's Day Dress Up
18 National Honor Society Induction @ 2:30 pm
19 First Confession for the 2nd grade
19 Third Grade Science Fair
19 Grade School High Mass
19 3rd Quarter ends, 1/2 day of school
22-26 Stanford Tests for grade school
25-26 Drama Class - Passion Play
29 Report Card Night
29-31 Stanford Tests for high school
31 Easter Vacation begins, 1/2 day of school
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MARCH 17
- is the feast of St. Patrick, and in celebration, all academy students
will be allowed to wear green, black and white. Please be sure to
follow the academy dress code for formal non-uniform dress code days,
page 6 for boys and page 7 for girls in the school handbook.
MARCH 19
- Feast of St. Joseph, the day will begin with a procession at 8:30 am
followed by a High Mass that will be sung by the grade school. The 2nd
grade class will be making their 1st confession at 8:30 am and the 3rd
grade is having a Space/Science Fair.
GRADE
SCHOOL HIGH MASS - the grade school will be singing a High Mass
on Friday, March 19th , the Feast of St. Joseph. All parents are
invited to attend.
END OF
QUARTER - Friday, March 19th is the end of the third quarter and
school will be dismissed at 12 noon.
STANFORD
TESTS - Stanford Tests will be taken the week of March 22-26 for
the grade school and the week of March 29-31 for the high school.
Please be sure your child eats a good breakfast and gets a good night
sleep. Please do not schedule doctor or dentist appointments during the
school day that week.
REPORT
CARD NIGHT - report card has been changed due to the Passion
Play. It was scheduled for Friday, March 26th but has been rescheduled
for Monday, March 29th in the dining room from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. Fr.
Anaya and Fr. Gabriel will be out of town that week, so please make
arrangements to speak to them the week of March 22-26 if you have
concerns regarding your Jr. High or High School student.
PASSION
PLAY - the High School Drama Class will be presenting a play on
the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ. There will be only two
performances and seating is limited. Call 509-315-6385 for tickets and
information.
EASTER
VACATION - the Easter vacation begins with a half day on Wed.
March 31st, school will be dismissed at 12 noon. School will resume on
Monday, April 12th.
RAFFLE TICKETS FOR THE AUCTION
- Please parents, we are asking for your help! This raffle has such
potential to raise a significant amount of money for the school.
Remember if the auction does well, it helps keep other fees and tuition
costs down. Mr. France Bega will be calling parents to remind them
about getting tickets to sell. Please come to the school office to pick
up your tickets.
BOX
TOPS – Reminders to please turn in Box Tops that you
have piling up around the house. The next deadline is March. You may
drop them off with Mrs. Netzel.
HOT LUNCH –
Pricing for Hot Lunch:
PK to 3
rd grade full pay is $2.50, 4
th to
12
th grade full pay is $3.00. If you are on reduced
pricing
the
price is $.40 and 1
st to 3
rd is free. The price
for milk
is $.35 and bottled water is $.50.
After-school dismissal reminders: If your child(ren) is not
picked up by 3:30, s/he will be taken to the glass doors and expected
to wait for you there.
Theme for this school Year: "VITA, DULCEDO, ET SPES NOSTRA"
-- "Our Life, Our Sweetness, Our Hope
Confession times provided for the students: Mon. & Wed.
- 2:10 to 3:10 For other times please refer to the Sunday Parish
bulletin.
Library Hours: Wednesdays: 9-3pm; and Sundays: twice a month
-- please refer to the Sunday Parish bulletin for dates and times.
ST. MICHAEL'S UNIFORM SHOP:
Purchase new and used uniforms from our
shop. The shop also takes used uniforms in good sellable condition for
store credit. Hours: Tuesday’s from 8 am to 12 noon and Wednesday’s
from 1 to 4 pm, or by appointment. Please call: (509) 467-0986x.109.
Are you a VIP? (Voluntarily Involved Parent)
Thank you to all the parents who volunteer at St. Michael's Academy.
May God bless your efforts and contributions. Are you aware of the
year-round programs and fundraisers in which St. Michael's Academy is
involved? For your reference, here is an index:
$CRIP:
This is a very
important and easy year-round fundraiser that doubles the dollars
without spending a penny more than you already do for gas, groceries,
etc. $crip can be purchased from the Parish Secretary or Accounting
office during regular business hours (8-4) or after Sunday morning
Masses.
Reminder:
the
Scrip
order is placed every MONDAY morning by 10:00 am. If you need to order
specific
gift cards, please let Mrs. Netzel know before 10:00 am on Monday
mornings. VENDOR UPDATE:
We now have $5.00 cards available for Albertson's and $25.00 cards for
American Express. We have also added Hallmark, Gymboree and iTunes to
the scrip inventory.
ACADEMY AUCTION: We are
already planning now for our Annual
Academy Auction: April 24, 2010. The theme for this year’s auction is “A
Knight for Kids; A Medieval Banquet”. Tickets for the dinner this
year are $25.00 and the menu promises to be exciting and delicious.
5% BACK TO SCHOOLS PROGRAM:
Use our Academy ID number 70121586 every
time you shop at Office Depot. 5% of your purchase goes directly to St.
Michael's Academy to get free supplies.
BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATION:
Collect from General Mills products
year-round to earn cash for the school. www.boxtops4education.com
ETCEP: collect empty laser
&inkjet printer cartridges (NO
re-manufactured cartridges, please) and old cell phones to earn points
that are then exchanged for new computer technology for our classrooms.
www.etcep.com.
The
drop-off location for the year-round collection items is at the bottom
of the main staircase. You may also drop off box tops in the
School/Parish Secretary’s Office.
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