Thursday, February 27
- Great Conversations Volunteer Meeting, 8:30 AM (Gym)
Friday, February 28
- Friends of the Garden Work Day, after drop-off (Welcome Center)
- Yearbook Order Deadline
- SCM Ensemble Concert, 3:30 - 4:00 PM (Evelyn’s Park; 4400 Bellaire Blvd.)
Saturday, February 29
- Sociables: Moms vs Sons Kickball Game, 3:00 – 5:00 PM (Athletic Field)
Tuesday, March 3
- Friends of the Library Work Day, after drop-off (Library)
- Presentation by William R. Stixrud, Ph.D, 6:30 – 8:30 PM (Gym)
Wednesday, March 4
- Christian Meditation for Parents, 8:05 – 8:25 AM (Atrium)
- Conference Day. Early Dismissal. 12:00 PM
Thursday, March 5
- Great Conversations Volunteer Meeting, 8:30 AM (Gym)
- Conference Day. Early Dismissal. 12:00 PM
Friday, March 6
- Friends of the Garden Work Day, after drop-off (Welcome Center)
- Conference Day. Early Dismissal. 12:00 PM
Saturday, March 7
- Sociables: Daddy–Daughter Dance, 6:00 – 8:30 PM (Gym)
Sunday, March 8
- Sociables: Pull! Skeet & Trap Shooting, 2:00 – 5:00 PM (Greater Houston Sports Club; 6700 McHard Rd.)
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This afternoon we celebrated Mass for Ash Wednesday with the reception of ashes to mark the beginning of the season of Lent in preparation for Easter.
Lent is a period of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving rooted in the 40-day fast of Jesus in the wilderness.
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Explore Our Japhet Campus this Saturday
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Curious about the SCM urban farm at Japhet Creek? Come by this
Saturday morning between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM
to explore, feed the chickens, or do some planting alongside head of school Susan Tracy. Park at 200 Emile Street and enter the gate across the street.
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Dr. William Stixrud to Speak at St. Catherine's
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Join us
Tuesday, March 3rd
for a presentation by Dr. William R. Stixrud, nationally bestselling co-author of “The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives.”
Citing cutting-edge brain science, the latest discoveries in behavioral therapy and case studies, Dr. Stixrud will discuss how parents can actively help their child to sculpt a brain that is resilient and ready to take on new challenges.
Q/A session and book signing to follow presentation.
Brazos Bookstore
will be on site selling copies of “The Self-Driven Child.”
Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
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Extended Deadline and Online Portal:
Share Your Insights
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We invite all members of the SCM community to help us clarify the St. Catherine’s story!
Now through Friday, March 6th add your ideas to the poster boards in the Welcome Center that ask, “Why you are part of the St. Catherine’s Community?” and “What words you would use to describe St. Catherine’s?”
If you haven't yet added post-it notes to the board, or weren't approached by clipboard-wielding high school students during carpool last week, please take the time to share your feedback - either in the Welcome Center or
online
.
The goal of this work is to focus on the most important aspects of the St. Catherine’s story that remain true throughout the experience in order to ensure families have a shared sense of purpose. Together, we will work to create a way to include that central story in everything we say and do across our school.
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Yearbook Order Deadline: This Friday, February 28
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Don't miss out on all of the great memories from this school year.
This Friday is your last chance
to purchase a 2019-2020 yearbook. Yearbooks will arrive before the end of the school year to give students with the opportunity to share laughs, collect autographs, and reflect together on the year’s happenings.
In May, we will design a Supplement, that includes March through May school activities. The Supplement is mailed home in the summer to all who purchase a yearbook. It is a high-quality, 8-page, full color insert with a sticky tab that can be inserted in the back of the book.
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SCM Tuition Assistance Program Deadline is Sunday, March 1
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The deadline to apply for St. Catherine's tuition assistance is Sunday, March 1, 2020.
You must fill out the
FACTS application
in order to be considered.The application will use the information from your 2018 federal tax return.
If you have any questions regarding tuition assistance, please contact Holly Copeland at
[email protected]
or by phone at 713-665-2195.
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Whole Kids Foundation and The Bee Cause Project Award Grant to St. Catherine's
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We are pleased to announce that St. Catherine’s has received a $1,500 grant from Whole Kids Foundation and The Bee Cause Project!
This grant will allow us to expand the SCM bee program to our Japhet Creek campus by funding new hives, a queen, and additional beekeeping suits and equipment.
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Moms vs. Sons Kickball Game
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We know moms have the skills to be called the best carpool line waiters, the best what’s-for-dinner makers, and the best boo-boo kissers. But, do they have what it takes to be named the best kickball players? Join us for a Moms vs. Sons afternoon of kickball to find out! Team t-shirts and snacks provided.
Saturday, February 29, 2020 3:00 – 5:00 PM
Ticket price:
$20/person *Parents must pay and stay
Location:
SCM Athletic Field
Hosts:
Lindsay Tucker, Vanessa Barfuss, Courtney Lerch
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Sparkles, sequins, suit and tie! Fathers and father-figures, join us for an evening of dancing and fun with your littlest lady (or ladies). It’s a perfect opportunity to set a high bar for what a date with a gentleman entails.
Saturday, March 7, 2020 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Ticket price:
$20/person *Parents must pay and stay
Location:
SCM Gym
Hosts:
Kristen Procinsky, Mike Bruso, John Galfione, Keith Glickert, Shawn Williams
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Thank you to the hosts of the
Forest Detective Scavenger Hunt at the Houston Arboretum
. This sold-out event was a huge hit with Primary and Lower Elementary children!
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Spring Soccer Practice Begins This Friday, February 28
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Spring Soccer practice is Friday, February 28th.
4th - 9th years can participate. Contact Coach Sam at
[email protected]
for more details.
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New and Improved Box Tops Program
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The Box Tops for Education program is changing the way we can earn cash for our school! Participating brands have begun to change their packaging from the traditional Box Tops clip to the new Box Tops label.
Going forward, instead of clipping from packages and checking expiration dates, all Box Tops will be earned digitally by scanning your receipt. There is a NEW-and-improved, user-friendly Box Tops mobile app, available now. The new app allows you to scan your store receipt, find participating products and instantly add Box Tops to our school's earnings online.
More information can be found on the flyer that went home today in your child’s Red Folder.
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Welcome back to the High School Corner!
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If you happened to walk by the High School’s classroom on Tuesday afternoon, you would’ve heard smooth jazz music and seen eleven young adults and two guides sipping on coffee, sitting on the floor with blankets and surrounded by fairy lights, and munching on banana bread and cookies. While it may have seemed like our high school was settling down to have a nap, we were actually getting ready to hold a private poetry reading in our classroom!
For the past few months, we have been learning as much as we can about the wonderful world of poetry in our Writer’s Workshop class. Over Christmas break, we were each tasked with finding a poem we enjoyed and wanted to further analyze. We chose poems from a variety of authors including C.P. Cavafy, Maya Angelou, Margaret Atwood, Robert Frost, and Walt Whitman. After choosing our poems, we analyzed their structure, rhyme scheme and meter, syntax, word choice, figurative language, and any other characteristics of interest. After gaining a deep understanding of our poems, we wrote an analytical essay about them that also touched on their connection to our personal lives. Then, we wrote our own original poems or songs that somehow responded to or expanded on the famous work we'd selected.
As the final culmination of this work, we used Tuesday’s Writer’s Workshop class period to share our poem and song creations with each other. We were extremely excited to spend a cozy afternoon together nerding-out over poetry; it was the perfect way to showcase our work.
Click to watch a video
of the final pieces of work presented by Jacob Blackman and Isabella Godfrey at our poetry reading.
Thank you for reading; we hope you’ll be back to read more next week!
Jacob Blackman and Sophia Devereux
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