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

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Gordon and MaryAnn Blanchette of Tracy, this week’s $100 weekly calendar raffle winner. Thank you for supporting our school!

 Thank You!

Thank you for the memorials donated in memory of Edith DeBlieck.  We are blessed by your thoughtfulness!

All School Prayer for March

All School Prayer is on Friday, March 12^th at 8:30 a.m.  We changed the time after calendars went out and due to the change in our schedule for tomorrow.  We will have a regular school day tomorrow instead of a CPT late start to make up for the snow days we have taken this school year.

Reminder

This is a reminder about our Easter Break and the teachers attending the NCEA-National Catholic Education Association Convention in Minneapolis .  There will be NO SCHOOL from Thursday, April 1^st to Sunday, April 4^th.  We will come back to school on Monday, April 5^th to make up one of our snow days.  Then on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 6^th and 7^th there will be NO SCHOOL so the teachers are able to attend the NCEA convention.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the school office.  Thank you!

Mission Mass with Monsignor Schaeffer

This Sunday, March 14^th at 2:00 p.m. is the Mass in Milroy in celebration of Monsignor Greg Schaeffer’s 50^th year as a priest.  Students who are singing that afternoon need to be at church by 1:30.  Please meet Jean Schmidt in the choir loft.  She will have pews saved for the students who are singing and the Milroy adult choir will help with the song as well.

 SCRIP News

JCPenney is offering a bonus at 6% now through 3/26/10. ALSO – there will be NO National SCRIP orders during the week of April 5-9 as Great Lakes is closed that week, so order any National SCRIP ahead of time, if needed.  You will still be able to order Tracy and Marshall local orders.

 Lenten Fish Fry

The Fish Fry is scheduled for this Friday, March 12^th from 5 – 7 p.m. at IHM in Currie.  You will have your choice of fish or baked potato bar.  Adults are $6 and Students in grades K-6 are $3, if you would like both entrees it will be an extra $1.  Please join us for food, fun, and fellowship!

Target Take Charge of Education

Don’t forget that Target has an opportunity for our school to earn money.  When you enroll in Take Charge for Education, Target will donate up to 1% of your REDcard purchases to the eligible K-12 school of your choice.  Get started at Target.com/tcoe or call 1-800-316-6142.

 Stations of the Cross

Please join us each Friday afternoon in the church for Stations of the Cross at 2:00 p.m.  Everyone is welcome to attend!

Labels for Education – Campbell ’s Soup Labels

This week we received information from Labels for Education about a contest they are having.  Every person who signs up for the Labels for Education e-newsletter between January 15 and March 31, 2010 gives your school a chance to win.  The Grand Prize: 2 schools will win an appearance from either Miranda Lambert or Zac Brown of The Zac Brown Band.  First Prize: 3 schools will win an assortment of musical instruments.  Second Prize: 10 schools will win 10,000 Bonus Points.  All you need to do is go to www.labelsforeducation.com and click on the icon for Win an Appearance.

Kindergarten Round-Up

We will be having our Kindergarten/ St. Mary’s Round-Up early this year.  Round-up is scheduled for Friday, March 19^th.  If you know of anyone whose child is entering Kindergarten next year or even the following school year 2011-2012, please invite them to attend our Kindergarten/St. Mary’s Round-Up.  Everyone is invited to celebrate Mass with us that morning at 8:30 a.m. and the parent meeting will begin in our school library at 9:45 a.m.  After a short presentation by Mrs. Otto, the pre-schoolers will go with her for their experience in the Kindergarten room and the parents will remain in the library to have their meeting with Mrs. Neuman.  The experience for pre-schoolers will end about 11:15 a.m. and then everyone is welcome to join the rest of the school body during lunch in the church basement.  If you have any questions, please feel free to call the school office.

School Strategic Plan

As part of the Accreditation process, we needed to develop a School Strategic Plan to continue the further growth of our school.  We also need to share it with our school community.  The Strategic plan will be coming home tomorrow to share it with you and to gather any input from our parents.  If you have any questions or comments about it, please call me at the school office or e-mail me at stmarys@iw.net.  Any input you have would be wonderful.  Thank you ~ Mrs. Neuman

 March

          12^th – SCRIP Pick-Up

          12^th – All School Prayer by Grades 3 & 4 at 8:30 a.m.

          12^th – Stations of the Cross at 2:00 p.m.

          12^th – Currie Fish Fry from 5-7 p.m.

          14^th – Monsignor Schaeffer’s Anniversary Mass in Milroy at 2:00 p.m.

          14^th – Daylight Savings Time Begins

          16^th – Mission Tuesday

          17^th – SCRIP Orders Due

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

          19^th – Kindergarten Round Up at 9:45 a.m.

          19^th – Stations of the Cross at 2:00 p.m.

          19^th – SCRIP Pick-Up