Friday, November 16
- Friends of the Garden Work Day, after drop-off (Welcome Center)
- PSO Book Club, 8:30 AM (Gym)
- PSO New Parent Welcome Committee Morning Children Playdate, 11:30 AM (Soccer Field)
Monday, November 19-23
- Thanksgiving Break. No school. No childcare available.
Monday, November 26
- Casa de Esperanza Pajama and Basic Needs Drive begins
- Girls Varsity Basketball HOME Game, 4:30 PM (Gym)
- Boys Varsity Basketball HOME Game, 5:30 PM (Gym)
Tuesday, November 27
- Giving Tuesday
- Scholastic Book Fair, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Welcome Center)
- Friends of the Library Work Day, after drop-off (Library)
- AC Market Day, 3:00 PM (Outside the Welcome Center)
Wednesday, November 28
- Scholastic Book Fair, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Welcome Center)
- Christian Meditation for Parents, 8:05 AM (Atrium)
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PSO Book Club Meets this Friday, November 16 at 8:30 AM
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Casa de Esperanza Pajama and Basic Needs Supply Drive
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On Monday, November 26 St. Catherine’s will begin our
annual Pajama and Basic Needs Drive
for our friends at
Casa de Esperanza.
A Christmas tree containing ornaments with the names of children to sponsor will be located in the Welcome Center. If you would like to participate, please take an ornament and register it at the Front Desk. Please be sure to retain and then attach your ornament to your donated pajamas, socks and underwear, and return the package to the Front Desk by Wednesday, December 12.
You also can support the organization by purchasing items found on the Casa
Basic Needs List,
or by purchasing a book at the
Scholastic Book Fair.
There will be a donation box available to place the books, and you can place items from the Basic Needs List in front of the tree. The last day to drop off all donations is Wednesday, December 12. Thank you for your generous support.
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Scholastic Book Fair is November 27-30
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The
Scholastic Book Fair
runs Tuesday, November 27 through Friday, November 30. Proceeds will directly support the Sister Edna Ann Herbert Library. The book fair will conclude on November 30 with our annual Christmas Concert, which will feature our student musicians from Beginning Band, Orchestra and Ensemble, and the Elementary singers.
Volunteers are needed. Please
click here
to sign up for a shift.
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December Sociables Online Sale Continues
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Holiday British Pub Night
Saturday, December 8, 2018
7:00 PM-10:30 PM
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Join us for our lively British quiz night 2.0 with traditional English pub food and beer. Groups of 4 will compete with each other answering questions about current events, music, history, food, celebrities, and more. It is a fun evening for Anglophiles and those enjoying a little light-hearted competition.
Hosts:
Birgit and Alastair Clague, Sarah and Leo Costello, Zsofia and David Spencer, and Claire and John Yabraian
Location:
Clague Residence
Cost per person:
$40
Maximum number of attendees:
30
Level:
Adult
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Holiday Baking
Sunday, December 9, 2018
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
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Studio June invites you to a special one-hour baking class just for families of St. Catherine’s Montessori. Children will gather with our trained instructor and share in the experience of making a tasty holiday treat. Once we get their creation in the oven, each child will set their place at the table and get ready for their group snack.
Hosts:
Ragini Basu, Lindsay Tucker, Hifa Sobhani, and Sabina Vizinat
Location:
Studio June – 5217 Bellaire Blvd., Bellaire, TX 77401
Cost per child:
$25
Maximum number of attendees:
10 Primary children and 8 Infant
Community children
Note:
Primary students may be dropped off. Infant Community students must be
accompanied by parent.
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Christmas Lights Tour
Saturday, December 15, 2018
6:30 PM-8:30 PM
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Bring your child and board the SCM bus for a magical Christmas lights tour! We'll meet at the school for holiday treats and hot chocolate, then depart for a tour around River Oaks to
see the glittering displays. Christmas music will be playing all the while. Each child will receive a holiday gift to remember this magical evening!
Hosts:
Ashley Graves, Julie McLarry, Edith Napoleon
Cost per person
: $25
Maximum number of attendees:
25
Level:
Lower and Upper Elementary students plus parent
Note:
This is not a drop off party.
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Create your Steps 4 Students Fundraising Page in Time for Thanksgiving Break
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With Thanksgiving approaching, now is the perfect time to get your family organized for Steps 4 Students!
Register
and join the other 57 members of the St. Catherine’s Montessori Team who will race or snooze on Saturday, February 16.
Once you’re officially on Team SCM, set up your fundraising page and share the link with your friends, family, and extended network via email and social media. It’s super easy, and will give your loved ones a quick and simple way to support you on race day, and contribute to the
SCM Tuition Assistance Program.
Help St. Catherine’s reach our $10,000 fundraising goal!
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PSO Spotlight: Friends of the Arts
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The PSO Friends of the Arts supports the SCM Music Program. In particular, we support the Christmas Book Fair Concert and the Dominican Sisters Christmas Concert and Dinner. In the coming days, you can help with these activities by donating poinsettias for decoration, donating a side dish or dessert for the dinner, or volunteering your time driving the sisters to SCM! More details will come soon on how you can help with these events.
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Morning Child Playdate – Rescheduled for this Friday, November 16
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The PSO New Parent Welcome Committee would like to invite the families of all AM children to join us on the SCM soccer field this
Friday, November 16 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. We hope to see you there!
Thanks,
The PSO New Parent Welcome Committee
Amber McCarthy, Angela Schmeidel Randall, Dana Bayer, Erin Allison, Vy Collett, and MaryAnna Nagorski
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Saturday Soccer just wrapped up the 2018 season. Despite the rainy start, we had quite a successful year with over 55 Primary and Lower Elementary children participating. Many thanks to our awesome coaches: Edgar Aburto, SCM alumna Luca Cohen, Jim Hall, SCM 11th year Umberto L., Antonio Poy, Chris Sheppard, Adoph Trudeau, and Devin Weiss!
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November is the month of All Saints. Please stop by the wooden table in the Welcome Center, or
click here
to learn more and find suggestions about books to read and ideas to share as a family.
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Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball kicked off their season versus Sacred Heart Crosby at home on Tuesday, November 13. The games were hard-fought and fun to watch. Girls Varsity secured the win. Unfortunately, Boys Varsity came close, but lost by three points in the final moments. Come out and support the next home games for both teams on Monday, November 26, as our student athletes take on Queen of Peace.
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Welcome back to the High School Corner!
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This year in the High School we have been given the opportunity to take Advanced Placement classes in order to prepare for AP tests in subjects including environmental science, Spanish, and human geography. Most recently, we have been preparing for the AP English test. Earlier in the year, we learned about the tools used in rhetoric such as diction, appeals, and parallel structure. More recently, we analyzed different literary works, identified the rhetorical strategies used, and discussed their effect. Being able to compose a rhetorical analysis is an essential skill in AP English, and this is what we have been working on in class for the past two weeks. When presented with a piece of rhetoric, the student needs to be able to examine and write in-depth commentary on the speaker’s choices. During the test itself, the essay needs to be written in 40 minutes.
This past week, we read pieces other high school students wrote during the AP test and used them in order to understand the scoring system and what sets an essay apart. We have also written essays that analyze speeches given by John F. Kennedy, Madeleine Albright, and Mark Antony. So far, this has proved to be a challenge (analyzing an argument in such depth is no easy feat), but we will get there!
Thanks for reading; we’ll be back next week!
Vittoria L. and Sarah L.
High School Corner Committee Members
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