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SMS Family Newsletter – December 12, 2024

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SMS Family Newsletter – December 12, 2024
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St. Margaret School Holiday Schedule

Friday -December 20th – Full Day of School. CARES until 5PM. There will be buses.

SMS will be closed between Monday, December 23rd and Friday, January 3rd

Monday – January 6 – All Classes Resume

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  • Friday, December 13, 2024 – Santa Shop  – Report Cards  – Jingle Bell Ball Student Dance from 7:00 to 9:00 – the cost is $10

  • Thursday, December 19, 2024 – Chick-fil-A Day & Christmas Concert/8th Grade Christmas Play at 6PM

  • Friday, December 20, 2024  – School trip to the Narberth Movie Theater to see A Muppet Christmas Carol – a permission slip form was sent home earlier this week. All students must have a signed permission slip to attend the movie.

  • Monday, December 23, 2024 to Sunday, January 5, 2025 – Christmas Vacation – ENJOY!  Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!

  • Monday, January 6, 2025 – Classes Resume!
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!

  • We are proud to announce that Joseph Habich received the Presidential Scholarship and the Br. Gerry Molyneau, FSC grant to LaSalle High School. Congratulations!
  • Congratulations  to Thomas FitzGerald for winning the Vocal Scholarship at LaSalle High School

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CONGRATULATIONS NEUMANN SCHOLARS Thomas FitzGerald and David Memar!

Thomas Fitzgerald and David Memar were awarded The Neumann Scholarship which provides four year scholarships to attend one of fifteen Archdiocesan high schools! We are so proud of them.

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TOMORROW is the SMS Santa Shop! 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 $3. An envelope and a description went home with the students in grades PK-3 earlier this week. Please make sure you fill the envelope with payment if your child is planning to shop. This shop, for students grades Pre-K-8, gives our students an opportunity to purchase secret holiday presents for their family and friends. Thank you to HSA for sponsoring and running this event!
Click here if you would like to volunteer for Santa Shop (clearances required)

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The deadline to donate to the Faculty & Staff Christmas Gift Fund is next week. Thank you to those who have already sent in their donations. Please send in your donation in the envelope that was provided a few weeks ago or you can use your own marked “Teacher’s Christmas Fund” with your family name. You may also make an online donation at the link below. We will be giving each teacher a gift and a card with families names before Christmas break.

Thank you as always for your support.  Your generosity enables us to show our faculty & staff just how much we appreciate them during this season of giving.
Click here to donate to the Faculty & Staff Christmas Gift Fund

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The SMS annual band & choir concert and 8th grade play will take place on Thursday, Dec 19th at 6 pm SHARP in the gym. The students in the band and choir and grade 8 will be participating. All are invited to enjoy this wonderful evening of beautiful music to celebrate Christmas.

Drinks, Snacks, and Pizza will be sold from 5:30-6 pm and during intermission.

Parents, we are asking to have your children be seated during the performance.

Thank you for your support. 

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Please mark your calendars – our annual Christmas movie will take place on Friday, December 20th at the Narberth Movie Theater at 9:00 am.  The cost is $15.00 per person which includes popcorn and beverage.  The movie will be “A Muppet Christmas Carol” and our faculty, staff and students will be walking down together to enjoy this annual tradition. All students must have a completed and signed permission slip in order to attend.

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SMS welcomes Mr. Preston Moritz (dad of Finn (4)) as our new PE teacher.  Mr Mortiz is a coach for the Lower Merion Wrestling Club and also a baseball coach for Lower Merion Little League. He also volunteered and was a parent supporter for the Philadelphia Studio Ballet doing set designs and construction. Mr. Mortiz currently owns his owns a Marketing & Communication consulting company. We welcome him on board here at St. Margaret School.

A huge thank you to Mrs. Erica Santo for teaching gym in the interim as we searched for a teacher.  Her dedication to our school and our students is remarkable and she is always willing to help in any way she can. Thank you!

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Every family received their 10 calendar lottery tickets to sell for $10. The holidays are a great time to give these out as gifts to family members, friends, and other members of the community. Payment for the tickets is due January 31st. Thank you for your participation

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REPORTS CARDS TOMORROW! A hard copy will be sent home to each student. Please take the time to review your child’s report card with them.

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Scholarships & Grants for 2025-26 

Available scholarships and grants for families seeking support are encouraged each year.   All information remains confidential.  Funds vary year to year, based on support of our sponsors of Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program in Pennsylvania (EITC).  Everyone is encouraged to apply for BLOCS, as  individual circumstances are unique to each household.   Please note that ‘Household income’ for 2023 or 2024 are required for the applications with household income reporting of Federal Income Tax documents to the managing scholarship organization.  Applications are encouraged through 

BLOCS (Business Leaders Organized for Catholic Schools) 

 https://online.factsmgt.com/aid

Partial Scholarships to under-resourced families for Philadelphia Residents http://www.csfphiladelphia.org/

Early applications allow us to plan earlier with scholarship awards for families who have completed the process/application.  Questions:  Please contact Anne Becker, Advancement – info@smsnarberth.org

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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 one more week to participate! 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 $215.

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We would like to extend a very special Thank You to Mrs. Christina Caprice, SMS Preschool Teacher, who came in over the Thanksgiving holiday to decorate our school for Christmas. We have beautiful trees filled with lights and ornaments Mrs. Caprice also spent hours displaying nativity scenes from different countries.  Our students are amazed as they walk by and the entire school is in the Christmas spirit!

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Join us at Saint Margaret’s Church on Friday, December 20th at 7:00PM for our Annual Advent & Christmas Concert featuring the Saint Margaret’s Schola directed by SMS’s Music Teacher, Beth Mirzai. From Advent motets to classic Christmas favorites, let the music of the Season remind you of the magic of Christmas. After the concert, join us in the Antioch Annex for light refreshments. All are welcome to attend and support our local musicians.

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Donate Blood at Our Upcoming Blood Drive! 

St. Margaret’s Roman Catholic Church and the American Red Cross are hosting an upcoming blood drive.

The Saint Margaret Parish blood drive returns to the school cafeteria in Narberth on New Years Eve and we need your support. Please consider ending the year strong by saving a life. The need for blood is constant and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood in our lifetime. Thank you!
 

Please join our lifesaving mission and schedule an appointment today!                      

Drive Details:
Site: St. Margaret School -Cafeteria
Date: Tue Dec 31, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00: PM
Thank you for supporting the American Red Cross blood program!                  
Blood Program Leader Name: Christina Braun Click here to make an appointment

Download the Red Cross Blood Donor App on the App Store, Google Play or text BLOODAPP to 90999. Schedule appointments, view your blood type and results of your mini-physical, and track your donation.

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The next Militia Immaculata prayer meeting is on Wednesday, December 18th at 7PM at St. Margaret’s Church. There will be a reflection and adoration. All are weldome and invited to attend.

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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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