Running Club News-
Students in grades 1-4 will have their first meeting today until
2008-09 Tuition- An email regarding new tuition rates was sent to you before April vacation. Your family’s non-refundable 10% deposit will be due on May 15th so please plan for ahead. Look for tuition packets next week in your child’s backpack.
Play Practice-
Students in grades 3-8 have play practice on Wednesday and Thursday until
Grade 4 News- Students in grade 4 are going on a field trip to see a performance at UMass Lowell on Wednesday, April 30th. All students need an official SMS permission slip to attend.
Ascension Thursday- The
students in grade 5B invite you to attend Ascension Thursday Mass with our
school family on May 1st at
First Friday- The
students in grade 4B invite you to attend First Friday Mass with our school
family on May 2nd at
Lost & Found- All items not claimed in Lost and Found will be donated to St. Vincent DePaul Society. The items will be cleaned out on April 30th.
AM Care- If your
family will be in need of AM Care from
First Communion- We kindly ask you to keep our second grade students in your prayers as they prepare to make their First Holy Communion on May 3rd at 1:30p.m in the church.
Shrek- The school play is SOLD OUT! With 126 students in grades 3-8 in the cast, tickets went fast! The play will be held this weekend, May 2-4.
Half Day May 7th-
Please mark your calendars for a half day of school on May 7th.
Dismissal will be at
Informal Uniforms-
Skorts are not part of the SMS uniform. Although you may see them at the
uniform store or at your local department store, they are not considered SMS
uniform and should not be worn in replacement of shorts/pants/jumper/skirt.
Parking Lot
Reminders-The drop off area is along the sidewalk near the paper recycling
dumpsters. Your child should exit from the right side of the car onto the
sidewalk. Do not wait until your child is at the play area to let your child
out. This holds up all of the cars. If you are parking, park in marked spaces
only. Do not block the driveway or park in the crosswalk. At dismissal, please
back into your parking spaces. The lot is locked at
This Tuesday, April 29 is the date Art
Contest entries are due! Please
attach a registration form to your work and hand into the Fine Arts
Room. Forms are available on the website and also at the front desk and
art room door.
The Middle School Art Club will
be having an extra meeting this Tuesday, April 29 in the Fine Arts Room
directly after school until
PTO meeting - Our next meeting is Wednesday, May 7th in
the Main Street Atrium at
Movie Matinee for Nursery, Pre-K and
Kindergarten will be in the
school gym at
Junior Troop # 422 - Great job over vacation cleaning up the back
yard! NO MEETING this Friday due to the play. Check your emails for
updates on when we'll meet to finish out back.
Second Grade Brownie Troop #298 - Our next meeting is Wednesday, May 7th (the half day of school) at
Kindergarten Daisy Troop #6415 - Our next meeting is Friday, May 9th from
Ed Pedi Photography -
First Communion Portrait Fund Raiser to benefit St. Michael School Programs
runs from March 1 through May 31st.
Ed will donate $25 from the session fee to St. Michael school programs
and each participating family receives one complimentary 5 x 7 portrait. The
sacred celebration of First Holy Communion is one of the single most important
events to occur in a young child’s life. Don’t let this special day pass by
without preserving a timeless portrait memory. Ed encourages you to bring along
any special family heirlooms, rosary beads, or prayer book to personalize your
child’s portrait. Take a moment to visit Ed’s first communion portrait gallery
to see samples of his first communion images at www.edpediphoto.com. To schedule a session call his studio at 978-686-6535.
Spring Cleaning? Second Grade Brownie Troop #298 is
earning the Animals Try-It and will be visiting the MSPCA/Nevins Farm on May
7th. They are collecting old towels, blankets and comforters for the
animals there. If you have any donations please drop them off in the boxes
in the lobby by May 6th. Thanks from the Brownies!
Protecting God’s
Children Workshops- Here are the upcoming PGC workshops in our area: St.
Patrick Parish in
State of the Art
Tools for an Extraordinary Marriage- Join us at the Marriage Enrichment
Seminar. It is educational and non-threatening (and even fun)! The content of
the seminar will include highly acclaimed communication skills program Prevention and Relationship Enhancement
Program (www.prepine.com) developed
out of the
Hot lunch for the week of April 28 to May 2
Monday: Corn dog,
coleslaw, fruit
Tuesday: Penne/sauce,
tossed salad, French vanilla loaf
Wednesday: Chicken
nuggets, French fries, Jell-O
Thursday: Taco,
corn, fruit cocktail
Friday: Pizza,
pasta salad, brownies
Trumpet Submissions - Email Theresa Peterson at
theresapeterson@comcast.net by Saturday evenings or send home your submissions
with Jack Peterson c/o 4B by Friday afternoons.
SMS Scrip Fundraising
Program
The Scrip
Program has some exciting new changes!!!
First of all… our turn-around time will
decrease to just one week (instead of two)!! So that means our May
order will be due this Friday May 2nd… and available for pick-up on
Friday May 9th!! (Just in
time for Mother’s Day!!!)
Secondly… we will now accept credit
cards for payment option!! (Visa/Mastercard/American Express &
Discover!) Credit Cards can only be used
for ORDERS FOR $100 or more (due to credit card fees).
So… the Scrip Program is now even more
convenient… give it a try and support our school!! And remember there is a tuition reimbursement
bonus for families after you have earned $100 profit for the school!! Scrip is a win – win program!!
May Specials:
Barnes
& Noble: 1% bonus 10% profit
Bath
& Body: 5% bonus 18% profit
Borders: 1% bonus 10% profit
JC
Penney: 1%
bonus 6% profit
Lands
End: 3%
bonus 12% profit
Staples: 5% bonus 10%
profit
Next order deadline: Friday, May 2nd
*Scrip orders will be available for pick up
on Friday, May 9th
|
VENDORS |
Denomination |
Profit |
|
AUTOMOTIVE
& GASOLINE |
|
|
|
Advance Auto Parts |
$25 |
7% |
|
Chevron / Texaco |
$50, $100 |
2% |
|
Exxon/Mobil |
$50 |
1.5% |
|
Gulf |
$25 |
2% |
|
Pep Boys |
$20 |
4% |
|
Shell (CA, MA, ME, NH, CT) |
$25, $100 |
1.5% |
|
Sunoco |
$50 |
1.5% |
|
CHILDRENS TOYS / ITEMS |
|
|
|
Build-A-Bear
Workshop |
$25 |
8% |
|
Claire’s (Icings) |
$10 |
9% |
|
KB Toys |
$20 |
9% |
|
Toys R Us (Babies R Us, Kids R
Us) |
$20 |
1.5% |
|
CLOTHING &
SHOES |
|
|
|
American Eagle Outfitters |
$25 |
8% |
|
Banana Republic (Gap) |
$25 |
9% |
|
Brooks Brothers |
$25 |
16% |
|
Casual Male |
$25 |
6% |
|
Dress Barn |
$25 |
8% |
|
Eddie Bauer |
$25 |
9% |
|
Express/Structure
(Express for Men) |
$25 |
13% |
|
Fashion Bug / Lane Bryant |
$25 |
6% |
|
Footlocker Stores (Lady/Kids Footlocker, Foot Action |
$25 |
9% |
|
Gap (Gap Kids, Baby Gap) |
$25 |
9% |
|
Gymboree |
$25 |
13% |
|
J. Crew |
$25 |
13% |
|
Lands’ End |
$25, $100 |
11% |
|
Limited (cannot be used at Limited Too) |
$25 |
9% |
|
LL Bean |
$25, $100 |
15% |
|
Marshalls (TJ Maxx,/HomeGoods) |
$25 , $100 |
7% |
|
Men’s Wearhouse |
$25 |
8% |
|
Motherhood Maternity |
$25 |
6% |
|
Old Navy (Gap) |
$25 |
9% |
|
Payless Shoes |
$20 |
13% |
|
Talbots |
$25 |
11% |
|
The Children’s Place |
$25 |
12% |
|
TJ Maxx (Marshalls/HomeGoods/AJ Wright) |
$25, $100 |
7% |
|
DEPARTMENT
STORES |
|
|
|
Bloomingdale’s |
$25, $100 |
12% |
|
Dillard’s |
$25 |
9% |
|
JC Penney (JC Penney Homestore) – Can be used to pay JC
Penney charge card |
$25, $100 |
5% |
|
Kohl’s – Can be used to pay Kohl’s charge card
account (These are special fundraising gift cards
that are allowed to pay charge accounts.
Regular gift cards purchased in store are not
allowed to be used for payment on charge accounts.) |
$25, $100 |
4% |
|
K-Mart |
$25, $50 |
4% |
|
Lord & Taylor |
$25 |
8% |
|
Macy’s |
$25, $100 |
10% |
|
Sears |