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🍁 SMS Family Newsletter – Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

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🍁 SMS Family Newsletter – Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
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Happy Thanksgiving to all our St. Margaret families and friends! Click on the image above for a special Thanksgiving message from SMS. Thank you to our music teacher, Beth Mirzai, for creating this video and to all our students and faculty for their participation.

*Please note, video is unlisted and not searchable publicly*

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  • Wednesday Nov 27 – No School for students – Parent Teacher conferences in the morning
  • Thursday Nov 28 –  Happy Thanksgiving!
  • Friday Nov 29 –  No School for students
  • Monday December 2, 2024 – School resumes
  • Friday, December 6, 2024 – 1st Trimester ends –  8:45 School Mass
  • Sunday, December 8, 2024 – Dickens Festival in Narberth
  • Monday, December 9, 2024 – 2nd Trimester begins
  • Friday, December 13, 2024 – Santa Shop -Report Cards
  • Saturday, December 14, 2024 – Jingle Bell Ball Student Dance from 7:00 to 9:00 (Gr. 6-7-8)
  • Thursday, December 19, 2024 – Chick-fil-A Day & Christmas Concert 7 pm in the gym
Click Here to see the full SMS Calendar

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We are very proud of our 8th grade students who have received scholarships for their upcoming high school studies!

  • Congratulations to David Memar who received the Presidential Scholarship to LaSalle High School. David also received  a four year Founder’s Scholarship to Roman Catholic High School.
  • Congratulations to Beatrice O’Connell receiving the Founders Academic Scholarship to Mount Saint Joseph Academy.
  • Congratulations to Daniel Winward who received the Presidential/McLean Scholarship to LaSalle High School.
  • Congratulations to Violet Lazur who received the Mercy Scholarship to Merion Mercy Academy.  
  • Congratulations to Nick DiRico who received a four year Trustees’ Scholarship to Roman Catholic High School.
  • Congratulations to Kailie Hennelly who received the Legacy Scholarship to Merion Mercy Academy

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The holidays are here, what better way to check off all the gifts on your list than with SCRIP gift cards! Whether you shop online, order gift cards, buy everyday items, or purchase e-gift cards, it all helps to save money. Make it a family affair and get your family and friends in on it too. To order online, click the button below and use enrollment code 6EL64A3F6L55. 

Last week in the Thursday Family Envelope,  an updated list of retailers participating in SMS Christmas SCRIP was sent home to each family member. Fill out the form with payment and return to the school office. Your order will be fulfilled and returned to you.  Do not miss this opportunity to earn SCRIP credit on your holiday gift card purchases: the number of retailers on this special SCRIP list is astonishing!  You will receive a % credit for each card you purchase which can be used toward tuition, Extended Day or CARES payments, the Teacher Gift fund and more.  Start your holiday shopping now! Any questions contact Mr. Storr at mstorr2481@gmail.com.
Order SCRIP Online

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Wow! What a fantastic job the entire school did to donate 950 canned goods and 4 turkeys to Mercy Neighborhood Ministries for its Thanksgiving Food Drive! A big “thank you” to Mrs. Cheryl Amaya, gr 7 and her students and the Mercy Cares representatives for counting all the food and creating the wonderful posters that publicized our food drive! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!

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Taddeo’s Greenhouse in Havertown is offering a weekend of holiday shopping to benefit SMS. Mention SMS at Taddeo’s when you shop on Friday,Dec. 6 and/or Saturday, Dec. 7 for this benefit. An order form went home in last week’s family envelope. If you would like to purchase from the order form, you may pick up your order in the afternoon carline on Dec 9th. 

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Mark your calendars for The Santa Shop on Friday, December 13th!!!! This is a fun day for our students to shop for family and special friends. All items are under $10, with gift wrapping offered for $2. There will be a section for pets as well. More info will be sent home in next week’s family envelope. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact hsa@smsnarberth.org.

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St. Margaret Parish will be a vendor at and sponsor of the 2024 Dickens Festival on Sunday, December 8 in downtown Narberth from 12-4 PM. Come out for a Narberth tradition and enjoy our parish and school musicians performing, and stop by our table for food, fun, and a Christmas carol challenge!

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Tuition Cares is a program from the Foundation for Catholic Education which generates a matching gift based on Pennsylvania Tax Credits of $1000 or more per participating parish or school family. Participants in Tuition Care will receive a 90% credit on their $1000 donation which means you will receive $900 back after completing your taxes and completing the necessary forms. There is a simple 5 step process to see if you are eligible to participate. Please contact SMS parent Mike Nolan at mnolan@janney.com or Anne Becker at info@smsnarberth.org with questions. The more families we have that participate in this program, the more money comes back to our school. This savings is passed on to all our SMS families in the form of a tuition credit in March 2025. Last year, each family received a credit of $250.

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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.

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Document detailing all Clearance & Training Requirements for Volunteers
PA Criminal Clearance Background Check
PA Child Abuse Clearance Check
Register for Fingerprinting (necessary for volunteering if you have lived in PA for fewer than 10 CONSECUTIVE years)
Print & Sign Volunteer Disclosure Statement (in place of fingerprinting IF you have lived in PA for 10 or more CONSECUTIVE years)
Register NOW for Safe Environment Training Part 1
Register & Complete Mandated Reporter Training ONLINE

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