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Emergency/Pick-up Contact Information Review

FACTS had a system issue that may have caused some of the Emergency/Pick-up contact information for your student(s) to be incomplete. Parents please log into your account on the Family Portal, select Webforms/St. Monica Family Demographic Form. Please provide updates to "Emergency Contacts" and the "Transportation Form".

Reminder: The District Code is SMSD-TX

Nov. 17 - First Grade Thanksgiving Play
Nov. 20-24 - Thanksgiving Break - No School
Nov. 27 - Christmas Purse Kick-off
Nov. 28 - Giving Tuesday - #iGiveCatholic
Nov. 28 - Spelling Bee @1:45PM
Nov. 29 - Advent Lunch Recital
Nov. 30 - Buck-A-Jean Day
Nov. 30 - Nifty Fifty - DK Performance
Nov. 30 - PTO Meeting
Dec. 1 - Bearcat Chat
Dec. 3 - Pancakes with Santa

Spelling Bee (4th-8th Grades)

Tuesday, November 28th @ 1:45PM

in the School Cafeteria

Parents who plan to attend may sign in at the cafeteria if they have a current Safe Environment badge. If you do not have a current Safe Environment badge, please sign in at the front desk in McManus.

Congratulations to all our grade level spelling bee winners!

CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF

SPELLING BEE WINNERS

Teacher of the Month

Do you know a St. Monica teacher that goes above and beyond? Make sure to get your nominations in for November!

CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE A TEACHER

School Choice in Texas

What to learn more about School Choice? The Catholic Schools Office has provided these resources from the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops.

School Choice Overview

How to Contact Legislators

Knights of Columbus Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest

The contest is open to kids in grades K-8. Posters will be made on 11 X 17 sheets of paper. There will be prizes awarded to the winner of each grade category. Posters are due by Friday, December 1st.

Posters can be dropped off at the church office or contact Daniel Titus for

alternate drop off.

For an entry form or questions, email Daniel Titus or call 214-850-0240

Upcoming Events

CLICK HERE TO DONATE

CLICK HERE TO ADOPT AN ANGEL

Staff Christmas Purse

Our annual tradition is back to collect monetary donations to treat all our staff and teachers with a "Christmas bonus."

Official kick-off is Monday, Nov. 27 - but give now to cross it off your list before Thanksgiving!

These gifts are made in lieu of classroom collections.

There are 4 ways to donate:

PAYPAL.ME (gives you the option to pay from your PayPal balance or bank)
STMONICASCHOOLPTO.ORG
Drop your donation in the big red stocking in McManus
In person at the Nov. 30th PTO meeting and on Dec. 14th at the Dads' Club meeting.

Buck-A-Jean Day

Benefiting Christmas Purse

Thursday, November 30th

Students may choose to bring a dollar and wear blue jeans with any approved

Spirit Day shirt.

Merry Mixer December PTO Meeting

Be merry with us on Thursday, November 30th, for our annual favorite -

the Christmas Purse purse raffle meeting!

This year's special treats are small business vendors for shopping for yourself or others, food and drink as you mix and mingle, and of course, your chance to win the raffle for one of our purses if you donate to the staff Christmas Purse that evening.

GRAND PRIZE raffled purse is a Louis Vuitton Odeon PM!

Pancakes with Santa

Sunday, Dec. 3^rd the Knights of Columbus are serving all-you-can-eat pancakes in the school cafeteria from 8AM to 11AM. Santa Claus will make a surprise visit for family photos from 8AM to 12PM.

For pancakes and photos, advance purchases may be made online at kofc5656.org starting Nov. 27th. Enjoy breakfast and Christmas photos with your parish family.