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🍁🍂 SMS Family Newsletter – October 17, 2024
🍁🍂 SMS Family Newsletter – October 17, 2024
Don’t miss these important forms in this week’s Family Envelope:
Muffins with Mom – Students and their mom or another special guest are invited to join us for muffins, coffee, tea and fruit on Monday, October 21st from 7:15-8:15AM in the Cafeteria.
Trunk or Treat – Saturday, October 26 from 3-4:30PM in the back parking lot. Sign up to bring your decorated car and hand out candy at: bit.ly/smstrunkortreat2024 or click the button below.
SMS Afterschool Baking Club – The next session begins on October 29th and 30th. Spots are limited to 6 students per session. Send your child’s registration in soon!
Sign up to decorate your car for Trunk or Treat
Monday, October 21 – Muffins with Mom
Friday, October 25 – Progress Reports
Saturday, October 26 – Trunk or Treat
Sunday, October 27 – SMS Open House -spread the word
Thursday, October 31 – School-wide Halloween Party hosted by the 8th grade in afternoon
Friday, November 1 – No School – All Saints Day
Monday, November 4 – Winter Uniform Begins
Tuesday, November 5 – 6th-8th Grade Trip to Hedgerow Theatre – Gr 6-7-8
Friday, November 8 – Grandparents’ Day & Book Fair – More information to follow
Saturday, November 9 – DESIGNER BAG BINGO in the Gym. Get your tickets today: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/5Ekf3zi4ew-CBB6kwE10Hw
Monday, November 18 – Picture Retake Day for those who were absent or would like a retake
Click Here to see the full SMS Calendar
This week we welcome the team from the Middle States Association to St. Margaret School. The week started off with a Prayer Service and beautiful welcoming dinner including a tour by our student council members on Tuesday hosted by our Home and School Association. Throughout the week, members of the team visited all the class rooms and reviewed their lessons. The team also interviewed several teachers, parents, and students. They spent the week reviewing our school’s curriculum, handbooks, schedules, drills, facilities and made recommendations on our Plan for Growth and Improvement. We were very happy to have them visiting us this week! They were very impressed by our students and their many accomplishments.
A special thanks to our Middle States Coordinator Mrs. Bellwoar, the Middle States team Mrs. Lorine and Mrs. Schaffer, HSA Co-Presidents Beth Mirzai and Erica Santo and all the faculty and staff for all the preparation it took to make this week a success. Thank you to all our parent volunteers who took part in the interviewing process and for subbing in the classes while the teachers were interviewed.
Please invite friends, family and neighbors to join us for an Open House on Sunday, October 27th from 11AM-1PM. Help us spread the word to our community about our programs for students in Preschool (3 year old) through 8th grade. Our hallways are beautifully decorated with all the student’s hard work.
St Margaret has added two new resource centers to the school; a new Stream Lab and an Instructional Support Resource Center are now in place to enhance student learning and to support student understanding. The Stream Lab is open to all grades and includes various instruments and equipment to assist students in completing a variety of experiments including two Robotic arms and two Robots. Mrs. Maureen Lorine, IST coordinator, along with two Academic Support Teachers offer support and enrichment to students in the STREAM Lab. The success of all students at SMS is critical to our mission.
A Message from HSA:
Last week in the Thursday family envelope, every family received a letter regarding HSA DUES. These dues help fund classroom parties, teacher appreciation lunches, field day shirts and much more. This money also helps us continue to fund our community building events. If you misplaced your form, please check our website under parent info. Please send in your HSA dues as soon as possible. Thank you to everyone who has already sent their dues in.
Join us on Saturday, November 9th for Designer Bag Bingo. This fundraiser benefits our 8th grade class. Gather your friends and get a table together for fun and the chance to win prizes, bags, raffles and more! This event is BYO food and drink and is for adults only.
Online registration is available! Click the button below to register. Secure your spot today for this fun event!
Click HERE to buy tickets to Designer Bag Bingo
The Halloween Pumpkin Parade: A fun and festive way to celebrate Halloween and instill a love of literacy in our students!
The Halloween Pumpkin Parade is an optional family project that encourages families to read or reread, a story and decorate a pumpkin that looks like their favorite character. You can decorate the pumpkin using things like paint, feathers, leaves, beads, google eyes, and fabric. Please do not carve the pumpkins.
Please send your pumpkins in to school to be put on display. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Lorine at mlorine@smsnarberth.org.
St. Francis of Assisi School
SMS Homecoming Football Game – Come out to Narberth Park and cheer on our Varsity and JV Football Teams beginning at 10AM on Saturday, October 19th.
SMS is always in need of volunteers for Lunch Recess Duty, to volunteer as Homeroom parents and for HSA events, and as chaperones on Field Trips. We would like every member of our community to have the opportunity to volunteer and get more involved at SMS.
In order to do so, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia requires that all volunteers obtain the following clearances and training certificates:
1. Safe Environment Training (in person or on Zoom)
2. Mandated Reporter Training (video training)
3. PA Criminal Background Check
4. PA Child Abuse Clearance Check
5. EITHER a Signed Volunteer Disclosure Statement (if you have lived in PA for 10 or more CONTINUOUS years) OR FBI Fingerprinting (if you have NOT lived in PA for 10 or more CONTINUOUS years).
Please check out the links below to begin the process of obtaining these clearances and trainings. All paperwork should be handed in to Mrs. D at the Office. If you have any question or require assistance, please email sseal@smsnarberth.org and hsa@smsnarberth.org.
Document detailing all Clearance & Training Requirements for Volunteers
PA Criminal Clearance Background Check
PA Child Abuse Clearance Check
Register NOW for Safe Environment Training Part 1
Register & Complete Mandated Reporter Training ONLINE
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