St. Mary's School
                  Following Christ's command to TEACH, rule and sanctify.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Rosemary Hemmingsen of Tracy, our $100 weekly calendar raffle winner.  Thank you for supporting our school!

Report Cards

Please make sure to return your child/ren’s report cards.  We need those for fourth quarter.  There are still several report cards missing.  Thank you!

Dress for Mass Days

This is a reminder that we need to dress nicely for school Mass days.  Lately, I’ve noticed our students wearing sweatpants, sweatshirts, and ripped jeans to church.  This is not appropriate church wear.  Please remind your child/ren to dress nicely and if needed their teachers will allow them to change into different clothes after Mass.   Thank you!

Accreditation Visit

On Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, the Accreditation Team will be visiting our school.  If you are picking your child/ren up either of those days, don’t be surprised if team members speak with you in the hallway.  Please take the time to speak with them, they just want to find out what we think and feel about St. Mary’s School.  Thank you so much!

Iowa Basics Testing

We’ve had a successful week testing and now almost every grade is finished.  There are just a few students who have been absent who need to make up tests.  These tests will be mailed in as soon as all tests are made up and we should have test results in time to be sent home with 4^th Quarter Report Cards.

All School Prayer

The Kindergarten, First, and Second Graders are preparing April’s All School Prayer for Friday, April 16^th at 2:40 p.m.   

Spring Pictures

Spring Pictures were sent home last week.  If you decide not to keep any of the Spring Pictures please send the packet back to school immediately.  There is an order blank on the inside of your Spring Picture packet if you choose to purchase the packet or it is priced by the sheet.  If you have any questions, please contact the office.

Hot Lunch Statements

In January the hot lunch invoices for the remainder of the year were sent home with the oldest child in your family.  Please note that new statements were sent home last week.  The credits were given for days absent and the amounts were adjusted to account for the 2 extra make up day for the snow days that were missed.  Please send in all payments for April that were due on the first.  Questions please contact Robin.  Thanks.

Volunteer Appreciation Week

Next week is Volunteer Appreciation Week.  I would like to take this time to thank the many volunteers who work so hard to make sure our school, students, and fundraisers run smoothly.  Without your help we wouldn’t be able to do many of the wonderful things that happen at our school.  Thank you to Patty Peterson for helping in the library and as our Marathon Chair and to Alita Lenertz for reading with our students each week.  Thank you to Linnea Surprenant for her work with the SCRIP program.  Thank you to the Education Committee members for their dedication to our school, Matt Surprenant, Kathy Brockway, Marla Verlinde, Jeri Schons, and Dawn Benson.  Also, thank you to the chairs of all of our Fundraisers, Kathy Brockway for Dad’s Belgian Waffles, Chuck and Claudette Ankrum and Ryan and Marla Verlinde for the Box Cars Day Food Stand, LuAnn Lessman for magazine sales, Tammy Horner for candy sales, Melissa Christian for wreath sales, Keith and Jeri Schons for the Tracy Soup and Pie, Matt and Linnea Surprenant for the Currie Soup and Pie and the Currie Fish Fry, and Dawn Benson for certificate sales.  Also, thank you to all of our parents who help work these fundraisers and participate in the many events to make them successful.  We definitely couldn’t do it without any of your help!  Thank you!

Certificate Sale

Certificates are in!  If you signed the waiver, the certificates are coming home with your child.  Otherwise, certificates can be picked up in the school office. Thank you!

April

            16^th – 8:30 a.m. Mass by Grades 3 & 4

          18^th-23^rd – Volunteer Appreciation Week

          20^th & 21^st – Accreditation Team Visit

          21^st – 8:30 a.m. All School Mass

          21^st – SCRIP Orders Due

          21^st – Bible Bowl

          22^nd – 5^th Grade Trip to Shrine Circus

          23^rd – SCRIP Pick-Up