🍁 SMS Family Newsletter – November 14, 2024

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🍁 SMS Family Newsletter – November 14, 2024

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🍁 SMS Family Newsletter – November 14, 2024
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Tuesday, Nov 26 – 10:00AM – Thanksgiving Prayer Service
                                11:00AM – 1st Grade Thanksgiving Play
                                Early dismissal for students
                                CARES until 5 pm
                                Parent Teacher conferences
                               (afternoon/evening)

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

Click Here to see the full SMS Calendar

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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. 

A special SCRIP holiday order form will be sent home to each family in the coming weeks. Fill out the form with payment and return to the school office. Your order will be fulfilled and returned to you.  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. 

Order SCRIP Online

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Last Friday was a very special day here at SMS – we welcomed grandparents and special guests for Grandparents Day! Their presence in our school made the day very memorable for our teachers and students.  The grandparents and special guests had the opportunity to attend a beautiful mass, welcoming reception, to visit classrooms, get their photo taken with their grandchild  and  share stories.  It was wonderful to see the joy on the students’ faces as they spent time with their grandparents. This tradition  at SMS creates lasting memories that the children will cherish for years to come.This day wouldn’t be possible without the many volunteers who helped us that day: Tava Odom, Mandy Basile, Marie Schult, Nadira Duckett, Ashley Ross, Keesha Pinnock-Harvey, Shalia Lincoln, Lauren DeMaio, Shakira Christopher, and Chris Santo. Thank you for sharing your time and your talent with us! A special thanks goes out to Home and School Co-Chairs Beth Mirzai and Erica Santo who organized the event. We are extremely grateful for all their hard work, dedication and passion they bring to our school each day. 

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Our Mercy Cares representatives are organizing a Thanksgiving Food Drive. We will be collecting non-perishable food for Mercy Neighborhood Ministries. There will be boxes in each class to collect the non-perishable food items. The class that brings in the most donations will win a Dress Down Day.

To learn more about Mercy Neighborhood Ministries, please visi https://mercyneighbors.org

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 An All Class Reunion & Hall of Fame Induction celebrating St. Margaret School on November 16, 2024

All Alumni, Parents & Friends of SMS are welcome
(Adults 21 and over)
 

Schedule of Events:
4 PM Mass
Saint Margaret Church

5:30 PM Cocktails & Dinner & Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Bala Golf Club

2024 Hall of Fame Inductees:

Dolores Lopresti, Faculty, 49 Years: Educator, Faith & Spiritual Growth for teaching for 49 years.

Jack & Judy Shea, P’81, ’83, ’85, ’87, ’92, ’97 Parent / Grandparent Volunteer / Leaders

John ’85 & Bridget Shea, P’14, ’15, ’19, ’23 / Parent Volunteers

Mark ‘Rep’ Seifer ’69, Coach 40+ yrs Football, Baseball & Basketball – Coach and Mentor 

Buy your tickets online at the link below or at https://bit.ly/SMS-CELEBRATES-NOV16. Join us to celebrate SMS and our incredible Hall of Fame inductees, including our beloved 2nd grade teacher Dolores Lopresti!

Get your tickets now and join us on November 16th

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The SMS Spiritwear store is open and stocked with so many fun things for the holidays! You can shop through 11/22 and your items will be available by Christmas. Spiritwear makes a great gifts for kids, grandparents, aunts and uncles, friends and more. There are great options for everyone on your list! Shop at the following link or click the button below: https://boxedsourcing.commonsku.com/shop/2500a829-2a50-4824-ae41-0a11b3e937d1

Order SMS Spiritwear HERE

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The SMS Home & School Association is having a Thanksgiving Pie Sale. All pies are hand baked by our very own chef Shalia Lincoln!  20% of all proceeds will go to St Margaret School.

All orders are due by Monday, Nov 18th. Order forms were sent home last week with 2 pie flavor choices: pumpkin pie and apple crumb. Chef Lincoln would is also offering sweet potato pie as another choice. Please write that option on the form if you would like sweet potato pie.

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Last week, each student received their pictures from Picture Day. If your child was absent or if you are unhappy with your child’s picture, they have the opportunity to retake their picture on Monday, Nov 18th. PLEASE NOTE:  You must return the original packet in order to retake the photo.

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Famous 4th Street Cookie sale forms were sent home last week to each family. They will be delivered just in time for the holidays. All orders are due no later than Friday, November 15th. 

Thank you for supporting The Class of 2025!  If you need an order form, contact Mrs. D (office@smsnarberth.org)

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Join us for a Prayer Meeting at St Margaret’s Church on Wednesday, November 20th at 7pm. There will be rosary, adoration, a reading from St. Maximiliam Kolbe and discussion and reflection. All are welcome!

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Thank you to everyone who came out last Saturday evening to support our Designer Bag Bingo 8th grade Fundraiser.

It was a ton of fun and a huge success! Our gym was filled with SMS parents and friends. There were many happy winners. A special thanks to the Bag Bingo coordinators, Michele DiRico and  Jackie McLaughlin. We also appreciate our Bingo Caller Mr. DiGiovanni and DJ Beth Mirzai for their help that evening.  Parents, if you did not get a chance to come this year, there is always next year. We will keep you posted when we pick a date in the fall.

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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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