Mustang News Vol. 36
E-mail school@stmm.org www.stmm.org 502-426-2635
St. Margaret Mary Catholic School is a vital part of the educational ministry of the parish. In partnership with parents, we are committed to nurturing the uniqueness of each student as we provide a quality education program. We strive to prepare our students to become moral, responsible, and self motivated members of their church and community.
May 16, 2008
DATES TO REMEMBER
May 22nd 8:15am Graduation Breakfast
10:00am Liturgy – NO FREE DRESS
6:00pm Graduation for 8th graders
May 26th NO SCHOOL – MEMORIAL DAY
May 29th Field Day
May 30th Last Day of School – Prayer Service
11:45am Dismissal
June 2nd PTS Optional Conferences
June 9-20 2008-2009 Registration
FROM THE DESK OF THE PRINCIPAL
Franciscan Shelter House Schedule
May 20 Joni Lamb, Lara Lamb, Mary Michelle Crush, Nikki Douglas
May 27 Angela Hoffman, Sam Hoffman, Cory Conley, Quade Wise, Will Sowders
NEWS FROM THE OFFICE
The office is working very hard on finalizing the registration forms for the 2008-09 school year. During the next two weeks, we will be sending through e-mail all the forms that are mandatory as well as the optional forms for the families to complete and return to us during registration. Again, registration will be held from June 9-20, 2008. The school office will be open from 8:00am-3:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday’s and 8:00-8:00pm on Thursday’s. If you should have any concerns or questions, please contact the school office.
LIBRARY NEWS…
Deadline for returning your library books are as follows:
8th grade: May 9th
Kindergarten – 7th grade: May 16th
Reminders for overdue books have been sent out. Please remember your 8th grade child will not be able to graduate or the children in K-7 will not receive their report cards if they any outstanding balance. Thank you in advance for your attention to this very important deadline.
READING LAB PIZZA PARTY
The Reading Lab Pizza Party has been moved from Thursday, May 15th to Tuesday, May 20th. If your child is in Reading Lab, please plan their lunches according to this date change.
LOST AND FOUND
Please take a minute to stop by the lost and found outside the school office to see if your child has lost something during the past few weeks. The table is very full and on the last day of school any left items will be donated to a worthy cause.
NEWS FROM THE ART ROOM
To the SMM Faculty, Students, and Families,
I was overwhelmed at mass on Thursday! Thank you so much for the prayers, hugs, flowers, money, yard furniture, and good wishes. You have all been a blessing to me! I will miss you very much. Thank you. You are the best! Love, Lucy Quesenberry
NEWS FROM THE MUSIC & BAND ROOMS
Thank you so much to all of the parents and students involved with our spring concerts! The students did a fantastic job and we are so thankful for the great support the fine arts enjoy at SMM. Thank you, choir and band parents for the beautiful roses! We love them!
Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Moth
EIGHTH GRADERS SINGING FOR GRADUATION: You have a rehearsal from 11:15 - 11:30am on Thursday, May 22 in the church.
CHOIR NEWS: Dress for the 6, 7, and 8 grade field trip on May 19: Show choir wears their dressy outfits that they wore for "All That Jazz" on May 12 and for the Christmas concert. Sixth grade choir wears the same outfits they wore for the May 12 concert. Come to school dressed in your choir outfits, as we are leaving at 8:20am and not returning until 2:00pm. The show choir girls need to bring something to change into, as the choir outfits that belong to the school will be collected when we return to school at 2pm.
Dress for the 4 and 5 grade choirs' field trip on May 21: Same as the May 13 concert for ALL choir members. We are only presenting the music; we will not be taking costumes or doing the speaking parts. Pajama dancers do bring their pajamas. Come to school dressed in your choir outfits.
NEWS FROM THE DRAMA ROOM
We have some extra copies of the cast and crew picture available for purchase -- the cost is $10. If you would like to have one, please send in the money with your student next week and we'll send a picture home.
The 4th and 5th grade drama classes will be presenting their end of the year "Reader's Theater" project during the last week of school. Parents are cordially invited to attend -- the 4th grade will be performing on Tuesday, May 27th at 12:15 pm and the 5th grade will be performing on Wednesday, May 28th at 10:40 am.
NEWS FROM THE PE OFFICE
In order to keep classes in the appropriate areas and to help monitor field day we ask for your assistance in following the dress code for field day fun. Sneakers are a MUST, appropriate length athletic shorts, and tee shirts (NO TANK TOPS) according to class colors, yes they may have print or lettering on them.
K: yellow
1: red
2: green
3: royal blue
4: grey
5: black
6: white.
NEWS FROM THE CAFETERIA
5-19 ??????, L. Hovanec
5-20 ??????, B. Sommer
5-21 ????, T. Spalding
5-22 ??????, L. Ryan
5-23 Mary, K. Thompson, S. Rivera
5-27 Mary, S. Pacanowski, W. Lawrence
NEWS FROM THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
The next Athletic Association meeting will be May 19th at 6:30pm in the room above the gym. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Thanks.
PARISH PICNIC NEWS
Here are this week's top winning classes for the picnic raffle tickets: KC, 3G, 6W, 8S. Way to go!!!!
To date, here are the top three
classes:
3rd place: 6W with 88 tickets sold
2nd place: 5S with 101 tickets sold
1st place: 8S with 153 tickets sold
Children, remember next week is the last week to receive incentives for selling the picnic raffle tickets. Our goal for free dress for the last week of school is 3000 and we have currently sold 1,196 tickets. Good luck this coming week and remember to sell to neighbors, friends, and grandparents.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL INFORMATION
We will also be available for VBS registration on Thursday, May 15 and Wednesday, May 21 during carpool. We will be registering families after the 8 AM and 10 AM masses on Sunday, May 18 as well. If you turn in your forms and check at any of these times, you will be able to receive your CD at that time. For those of you that have already registered, or for those of you who go ahead and turn in your forms to the Parish Office, you will be receiving your CD ASAP, probably through your child’s folder.
PTO NEWS
PTO Inventory Sale…PTO has the following Scrip gift cards in stock.
3 (25.00) TJ Maxx/Marshalls
1 (25.00) Eddie Bauer
1 (25.00) Pottery Barn
3 (10.00) Claire's
1 (25.00) American Eagle
4 (25.00) Buca di Beppo
4 (10.00) Chuck E. Cheese
3 (25.00) Michaels
Please help us clear out our inventory before the end of May. If you are interested in any of these cards call Keely Monsour @ 253-0657 or email keelymonsour@yahoo.com. These cards are first come first serve. When they are gone, they are gone!!
USED UNIFORM SALE
Have old uniforms you are ready to pass on? Need new uniform for your child but don’t want to pay full price?
Well you’re in luck…we’re going to have a used uniform sale! Bring any old uniforms in good condition up to school and place them in the box outside of the office. This includes sweatshirts, white shirts, jumpers, pants etc. We will organize them and have them for sale during registration in June. (Specific days and times of sale to follow.)
Any questions contact: Mindy Glass mindyglass@iglou.com OR Diane Justice dianewjustice@bellsouth.net
SUMMER RAFFLE
Do you have a Kroger or Valu card? Are you reloading your full grocery $$? Our school earns money just from shopping you normally do!
For every $100 you put on your card, you will be in a drawing for a free $25 grocery card this summer. You can't win if you don't have a card!! The more you reload - the more chances to win!!
See the attached fliers for information and order forms!
Contact Elaine Hall (jshallfamily@bellsouth.net) and Paula Osborne (ptosbo@bellsouth.net) with questions.
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION….
Hopefully everyone has been collecting those box tops. Before throwing away empty cereal boxes, tissue boxes, fruit snacks, etc., please look and clip the box top off and send them in to school. You'll be amazed at how many products have box tops on them and how they add up so quickly. This turns in to cash for our school. I always say to my kids and husband that if there was a dime attached to the box and not just a coupon for a dime, that they wouldn't throw that in the garbage. Help us make money for our school. I will be submitting the box tops that we've collected at the end of the month. Please send in your collected box tops by May 23rd. Also, keep collecting over the summer. We'll have a jumpstart on earnings for next year. If you have questions, contact Christie Sherman 326-9821.
SPIRIT WEAR CLEARANCE SALE -- up to 75% off on all items -- will be held on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the PAC. Cash and/or checks only, please. Stop by for flags, t-shirts, sweatshirts, pennants and more. All spirit wear apparel and accessories on sale!
STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
****Girl Scout Daisy Discoveries - for any girl, at any school, that will be entering Kindergarten in the fall 2008. This is a summer program to introduce girls to Girl Scouting. Packets of Daisy level information, crafts & activities will be mailed, from the Kentuckiana Girl Scout Council, to your home each month (May - Aug). There will be a party in August, at the GS Council, for all participants. If you would like a registration form or additional information about the program, please contact Sherri Sprau - gstroop233@hotmail.com ****
Melissa Granger, a speech therapist and parishioner, is offering speech therapy services this summer for students. Parents may contact her at 797-4168 to discuss details. She is the mother of a student in KA.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
TRACK NEWS
Congratulations to the St. Margaret Mary track team who participated in the CSAA Championship City Meet at St. X. Special congratulations to the Jr. boys who won 3rd place overall in the city. The Jr. Boys team members are Lenny Broyles, Nick King, Chase McGehee, Wes Taylor, Isaac Draper and Gregory Healey. Also, special mention goes out to the following track team members for placing in the top eight in the city.
Tia Chancellor- 6th place 1600 meter run
Megan McClelland- 7th place 100 meter, 6th place 200 meter
Maggie Allen-3rd place 400 meter, 6th place 800 meter
Elaine Roth- 8th place 400 meter
Maggie Allen,Charlotte May, Meghan Randall, Elaine Roth-3rd place 4x 100 Relay
Conor King- 8th place 1600 meter, 5th place 400 meter, 8th place 800 meter
Nick King- 5th place 100 meter, 6th place 200 meter
Gregory Healey-1st place 400 meter, 1st place 200 meter, 1st place 800 meter
Isaac Draper- 2nd place 400 meter, 3rd place 800 meter, 8th place long jump
Andrew Bartholomai, Conor King, Porter White, Zayne Smith-8th place 4 x 100 relay
Lenny Broyles- 5th place shot put
Nick King, Gregory Healey, Chase McGehee, Isaac Draper- 3rd place 4 x 100 relay
FUTURE SMM STUDENTS
CONGRATULATIONS to Ellie and Evan Alfers and their family on the birth of their new sister. Rachel Grace Stydinger was born on May 15, 2008. She entered this world weighing 7 pounds 13 oz. and was 19 inches long. Congratulations to all.
KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS
Zachary Fowler’s great aunt, Lauren & Leah Burch’s Grandfather, Kaley Spalding’s Grandmother, Kaley and Graham Summer's Grandfather, Katelyn Johns’ grandmother, Jack & Emma Doherty’s Grandfather, Mrs. Bowles’ husband, Lauren Thelle’s grandmother, Mrs. Harris’ niece, Hunter and Mrs. Senn’s uncle/brother, Nathan Schnurr’s grandmother and uncle, Jacob and Connor Kluemper’s grandfather, Addison Waddell’s great-grandmother, Kelsey, Katie, William Joy’s Grandfather, Leigh Ann & Jonathan Lutes’ Grandmother, Griffin and Eloise Mercer’s Great-Grandmother, Marie Gilroy’s Uncle, Chad, Katie, and Ally Mueller’s Grandmother, A special friend of Abbi and Katy Haering, Kathryn Harder and Tyler & Drew Lloyd’s aunt, Justin & Timothy Williams’ Cousin, JP, Gabrielle and Mackenzie Wickel’s Grandfather, Nick King’s Brother, Mrs. Duff’s Son, A family friend of the Gruner family, Justin McClelland, Mrs. Zangari’s Father, Mrs. Harris’ Son, Ms. Hagan’s Sister, Mrs. Chaput’s Mother, Mrs. Stull’s brother-in-law, Stephen Hubert’s Uncle, John, Charlotte and Mrs. May’s cousin / niece
OUR SYMPATHY TO
Abigail Hite and her family on the death of their grandmother