On Thursday, St. Mark students and faculty participated in our 12th annual Cut-A-Thon event. Thanks to generous pledge donations, dress down participation, and pink hair extensions, our students raised $2,450 to support the Elizabeth PFriem Swim Cancer Center at St. Vincent's Hospital. This was our largest donation thus far! To date, St. Mark School has donated over $25,000 to support the Swim Cancer Center.

I am proud to announce our St. Mark Heroes who volunteered to cut their hair and shave their heads in support of this worthy cause:

Anderson, Grade 4

Will, Grade 4

Anna, Grade 6

Natasha, Grade 7

I would like extend a sincere thank you to CKC Salon of Fairfield for volunteering their time for a 5th year in a row to cut hair, shave heads, and apply over 60 pink hair extensions! I would also like to thank Mrs. Christine Flaig, Cut-A-Thon Chair, for organizing this event and our parent volunteers who donated their time to make our event happen.

PlusPortals is the Diocesan Student Information Web Portal System available to all parents grades K-8. PlusPortals provides parents access to student grades, attendance, announcements, and teacher emails.

A feature has been added to parent's PlusPortal dashboard this year: e-locker. Parents of students in Grades 1 through 8 can find a PDF copy of the 21-22 Quarter 1 Progress Reports sent home via backpack mail last week in the e-locker. Moving forward, all progress reports for each quarter will be shared with parents via PlusPortals. For Quarter 1, Report Cards will be sent home via backpack mail as well as uploaded to PlusPortals.

For our new families and Kindergarten families, you should have received an email from PlusPortals with an activation link to the primary email address provided on your child's emergency contact form in September. If you did not receive an activation link email from PlusPortals, please email Mrs. Mannino at [email protected].

Any returning family that needs PlusPortals activation resent, please email Mrs. Mannino at the email address above.

Winter uniforms begin on Monday, November 1, 2021. Boys in Grades 1-8 are requited to wear button down shirts and ties. As a friendly reminder, sweatshirts are not permitted to be worn in class. The only exception to this rule is for our Grade 8 students who may wear their Class and/or High School sweatshirts. Please click here to review the Winter Uniform Requirements. If you have any Dress Code questions, please contact Mrs. Mannino.

Thank you to those that have recently donated outgrown uniform items to Nurse Frate. At this time, we will not be accepting any further donations.

Please be advised that Mrs. Mannino continues to contact families who have not yet returned the following forms:

If you have not yet returned the required policy forms, please contact Mrs. Mannino [email protected]. Thank you for your diligence on this matter!

Parents are reminded to please label your child's name on ALL of his or her belongings-especially sweatshirts, sweaters, fleeces, and coats/jackets. Our school Lost and Found has accumulated many items thus far. If your child is missing an item, please contact his or her teacher to arrange a time to check the Lost and Found.

Please be advised that on Thursday, October 28th, 2021 movie production crews will be using our St. Mark campus parking lot between the hours of 2:00pm-4:00am the next morning.

If you have questions or concerns please contact Paula Mollica in the Parish Office at email [email protected].

Each week, we will be featuring exciting and creative things happening in a chosen grade level. This week, we highlight our Grade 2 students. On Tuesday, the class began their 2021 CT State Council Knights of Columbus Vocation Poster Contest entries.