THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed to our annual Christmas drive in support of Casa de Esperanza!
If you plan to donate items from the Casa
Basic Needs List
, you still have until tomorrow at 10:00 AM to bring them to school.
Thank you to Kelley Bruso, Sarah Costello, Audrey Glickert, Angie Gubitz, Samantha Edussuriya, Wanda Harding, Bernadette Levaro, Anne Kappes, Shannon Lowry, Teresa Palmer, Martha Reid, Sarah Scherschel, Melissa Sprafka, Stacy Urso, and Jennifer Wu for volunteering their time to help wrap the pajamas, bake treats and deliver the gifts.
The PSO Casa de Esperanza Committee will visit the children of Casa
to deliver your generous gifts – along with some delicious treats lovingly prepared by a team of SCM elves.
Blessings,
Jennifer Grace and Mary Tysor
PSO Casa de Esperanza Committee Chairs
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Thursday, December 12
- Rosary, 8:15 AM (Atrium)
- Great Conversations Kick-Off Meeting, 8:30 AM (Gym)
- Girls’ Varsity Basketball HOME Game, 4:30 PM (Gym)
- Boys’ Varsity Basketball HOME Game, 5:30 PM (Gym)
Friday, December 13
- Friends of the Garden Work Day, after drop-off (Welcome Center)
- PSO Book Club, 8:30 AM (Gym)
- AM Child Playdate, 11:30 AM (Soccer Field)
- Girls’ C-Team Basketball HOME Game, 3:30 PM (Gym)
- Boys’ C-Team Basketball HOME Game, 4:30 PM (Gym)
Tuesday, December 17
- Friends of the Library Work Day, after drop-off (Library)
Wednesday, December 18
- Christian Mediation, 8:05 – 8:20 AM (Atrium)
Friday, December 20
- Early Dismissal, After-School Program Closed. No Aftercare.
Monday, December 23 – January 6
- Christmas Break. No School. After-School Program Closed.
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Great Conversations Kick-off Meeting is Tomorrow
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Join Great Conversations Co-Chairs Chanelle Clark and Saudia Turney
tomorrow, December 12 at 8:30 AM in the gym
to learn more about the upcoming event and how you can get involved as a host committee member, volunteer, or guest!
Great Conversations is scheduled for Saturday, April 4, 2020 at St. Catherine's. Proceeds support the SCM Tuition Assistance Program. This is an evening like no other at St. Catherine's where attendees join friends old and new for food, wine, and compelling conversation led by guest experts, or "conversationalists", from many fields and backgrounds. The event is an opportunity to support the legacy established by our foundresses to provide education to children from all backgrounds by keeping St. Catherine's affordable and accessible.
Let us know you plan to attend the kick off!
RSVP
today. All are welcome.
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Spring Registration for SCM's Primary After-School Gymnastics Program Now Open
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Creative Development Gymnastics offers after-school gymnastics classes for Primary AM children and for Primary PM (all day) children. Students are taught tumbling, balance beam, and springboard.
Gymnastics begins the week of January 13, 2020.
To register, you may print the form from
ParentsWeb
and turn into the front desk. Space is limited in both classes
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Primary Library Books are Now Due
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Primary Library finished for the semester on December 10. Please return all books and bags next week before the Christmas break.
Students will return to the Primary Library on Tuesday, January 7, 2020.
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Year End Giving: Make your SCM Fund Commitment by December 31st
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2020 is three weeks away, which means we have 21 days to hit our goal of reaching 100% SCM Fund parent participation. Some classrooms are just two or three commitments away from adding their final gold beads to the chain.
Check out your classroom’s progress below, and
click here
to make your gift today. To pledge a specific amount today and give later, please contact Lyndsey Ray at
[email protected]
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Thank you to our
donors
who continue to lead the way in this year’s SCM Fund! We are so grateful for your heartfelt dedication to the Fund’s motto,
Every Family for Every Child
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Merry Little Christmas Toddler Party
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Toddlers will enjoy the spirit of the Christmas holiday through hands-on craft projects designed just for them: flower arranging, ornament making, and cookie baking!
Note:
All toddlers (walking 14 months to 2.5 years) are welcome even if they are not currently enrolled in the Infant Community. Parents are expected to stay to assist their toddler if needed. Please let us know if your child has any allergies or dietary restrictions.
Saturday, December 14, 2019 9:30 – 11:00 AM
Ticket price:
$40/person
Maximum # of Attendees:
11 *Parents do not pay, but must stay
Location:
Tucker Residence
Hosts:
Lindsay Tucker, Corine Noronha, Sabina Vizinat
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day
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December 12 is the feast of
Our Lady of Guadalupe
, patroness of the Americas.
The feast commemorates the first appearance of Mary to Juan Diego, a Mexican laborer, atop Tepeyac hill on December 9, 1531. A sacred place, the hill had once been the location of temple to Tonantzin, the Aztec goddess of fertility. When she appeared to Juan Diego, Mary asked him to request the Bishop build a church on the hilltop. Initially doubtful of Juan Diego’s story, the Bishop asked that he produce a sign of the Virgin Mary.
Three days later, Mary appeared to Juan Diego again. She instructed him to gather roses, miraculously blooming on the hillside in December, and take them to the Bishop. Juan Diego placed the roses inside his tilma (cloak), returned to the Bishop and opened his garment. As the roses fell to the floor, they revealed an imprint of Mary on the fabric of his tilma – her tunic and mantel in the tradition of Aztec women, and bearing a pattern of stars and constellations. Some scholars have reported these patterns are similar to those that appeared in the sky above Mexico City on the morning of December 12, 1531. The Bishop built the first sanctuary in 1533, and in 1976 the current Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City was built. The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated throughout the Western Hemisphere.
Tomorrow, December 12 the Friends of the Atrium will lead a Rosary for parents in the Atrium beginning at 8:15 AM.
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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
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Mr. Chris' Class Picks a New Class Pet
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Rusty the bunny has found a new home in Mr. Chris’ Upper Elementary class room. Students from his class researched, budgeted, and picked out the bunny that had the best personality and characteristics for the classroom. Students traveled to Boling Bunny Farm to meet their new "classmate".
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Book Fair Christmas Concert
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On Friday, December 6, the SCM community gathered for an evening of music and cheer at the annual Book Fair Christmas Concert and the final day of the Scholastic Book Fair.
It was a wonderful event that included the Elementary Choir singing “Angels We Have Heard”, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” and “Silent night”. The Orchestra performed “Good King Wencelas” and “Jingle Bell Rock”, the Band played “When the Saints” and “Jolly Old St. Nick”. The Ensemble performed pop favorite “All I Want for Christmas” and accompanied a boogie board riding St. Nicholas with “Surfin USA”!
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Coach Lewis's Training Tips
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Coach Lewis
Athletic Director
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Coach Lewis is working with our students to help them prepare for the Steps 4 Students 5K Run/Walk.
Here are his tips for staying healthy during the holidays:
- Eat your veggies and proteins first—helps to build strong bodies!
- Get outside and move—keeps you heart healthy!
- Have meaningful conversations with family and friends—helps you to think positive!
- Get enough sleep—helps growing bodies stay strong!
Steps 4 Students is Saturday, February 15, 2020.
Register
to join Team SCM today!
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Another Scholastic Book Fair has come and gone!
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Congratulations!
We sold $12,510 of books of which a percentage of the sales will be used as Scholastic Dollars for Library Manager Sarah Lewis to purchase books from the Scholastic catalogue to add to the SCM Library collection. The list includes an expansive selection of high quality, library-bound non-fiction.
As a community, we donated 84 books to the library, 21 books to the children of Casa de Esperanza, and also purchased 15 books to the library by rounding up your purchase of books.
Thank you to Catherine Barber, Kathleen Bertolatus, Cristina Dixon, Wanda Harding, Anne Kappes, Courtney Lerch, Edith Napoleon, Amber McCarthy, Kerri Neimeyer, Martha Reid, Mary Tysor, Stacy Urso, and Jennifer Wu for your help in setting up, breaking down, selling and recommending books to our community.
Angela Randall, Brooke Nyberg and Kerri Neimeyer
PSO Book Fair Co-Chairs
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Book Club meets on Friday, December 13
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AM Child Playdate on Friday, December 13
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The PSO New Parent Welcome Committee would like to invite the families of
all
AM children (new and returning!) to join us on the SCM soccer field this Friday, December 13 at 11:30 AM for snacks and play time.
For those who wish to attend, please drive through the carpool line as usual to pick up your child, then park and walk through the school entrance to join us at the soccer field.
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Faculty and Staff Appreciation Luncheon - Friday, December 20
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Please consider volunteering for this annual appreciation luncheon for the faculty and staff of St. Catherine's Montessori.
60 volunteers are needed to decorate, cook, set up and break down.
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If you would like to submit something for the Globe, please send it for approval to
[email protected]
by
Monday at noon.
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