COMMUNITY BASED-FAMILY ORIENTED CHILD CENTERED Volume 17 Issue 26 April 19, 2018 Tomorrow Is 2:00 Release! Students will be dismissed at 2:00pm tomorrow. The After School Program will be available. Early Release Days are also Spirit Days, so wear your spirit shirt or organizational shirt, along with your favorite jeans! There is no cost on Spirit Days! Family Involvement Commitment Balance sheets will go home at the beginning of next week. Balances will be through April 18th. Please look over the sheet closely to make sure everything is correct. If you are unsure, or know that something is missing, please contact Trish at tduhon@smmcs.org as soon as possible. Final balance sheets will go home the first week of May. Balances (if any) need to be taken care of by May 16, 2018. Inside this issue: PTO 2 Spirit Night 2 Ice Cream Friday 2 Spring Pictures 2 Slow Down Please 2 Astros Catholic Family Night 2 Chess Club 2 NJHS Induction 3 Middle School Science Exhibit 3 Camp Kappe 3 School Mass 3 Everything PreK 4 1st Grade Visits the Humble Fire Department PTO Family Fun Night 5 SMM Mother s Day Out Program: Help Wanted 5 5 ITBS testing is complete! We should have the results mid-june, if not before, and will send them your way ASAP. We know everyone did their very best, and we look forward to showing off our hard work! 2 Free Dress Days Coming Your Way The PTO Free Dress Day is scheduled for April 24th. The Enrollment Free Dress Day will be on April 26th. Coupons will be sent home Monday. We asked You volunteered We made... Important Dates: 4/20-2:00 Release 4/20-Spring Picture Money Due 4/21-KC s Crawfish Boil 4/24-PTO Free Dress Day 4/24-Spirit Night at Persona Pizza 4/25-Middle School Science Expo 4/26-Enrollment Free Dress Day 4/27-Jeans Day for Chess Club 4/30-Spring Book Fair Begins 5/1- Teacher for the Day 5/3-Cinco de Mayo Celebration 5/4-Spring Pep Rally 5/5-PTO Family Fun Night 5/11-PreK Mother s Day Tea 5/13-Mother s Day/School Mass @ 11
Please join us on May 10th @ 6:30pm for our next PTO Meeting! 8th grade will be selling ice cream tomorrow! All items are one dollar and will be bought and served during lunch. Located at 9635 N. Sam Houston Pkwy. East #400 / 77396 Please bring the bottom of the Spirit Night Flyer being sent home. Must be paid for by TOMORROW! We are asking that you PLEASE slow down and look around before you go! There have incidents during both arrival and dismissal where drivers are cutting through parking lots and passing other cars. For the safety of our students, we ask that you remain in the arrival/dismissal lane and proceed with caution and vigilance. This is our children s safety zone, and we need you on our side. The SMMCS Chess Club will meet on April 27th and May 4th after school. Go to http://m.mlb.com/ astros/tickets/info/catholic for ticket information. Page 2 The Archdiocesan Chess Tournament will take place on May 5th. Good luck to all of our SMMCS Chess Club members!
We are so proud to introduce our newest members of the SMMCS National Junior Honor Society! From left to right: Christian Del Valle (8th), Vera Huddleston (7th), Elizabeth Hunt (7th), Nathan Hunt (7th), Christian Chavez (6th) and Makenzie Taylor (6th). Exhibits must be setup before 8:00am on April 25th. ALL SMMCS families and friends are invited to see the exhibits in person on the 26th in St. Mary s Hall. Exhibits must be removed by 4:00pm in the 26th. The 5th grade students arrived safe and sound! Camp Kappe has a long standing tradition of being a right of passage for our 5th grade students as they prepare for middle school life. We miss you and cannot wait to see you tomorrow! Please join us on Sunday, May 13th (Mother s Day) for the 11:00am Mass in celebration of SMMCS! The school will be receiving the 2nd collection for this Mass. Page 3
Who loves Old McDonald s Farm? WE DO!!! PreK had an incredible (and beautiful) day during their field trip to Old McDonald s Farm! Speaking of PreK The students participated in a Holy Spirit Parade, celebrating that our Lord has risen and we are entering into the Easter Season! God is good all the time! And all the time, God is good! Page 4
St. Mary Magdalene Catholic School exists to develop students who have academic strength, strong moral values and a deeper understanding of their Catholic faith, so that they succeed as individuals who make wise choices, serve others and attain a deeper relationship with Christ. How you begin your education will influence your learning for the rest of your life. Msgr. Paul Procella St. Mary Magdalene Catholic School 530 Ferguson Street, Humble, Texas 77338 Phone: (281) 446-8535 Fax: (281) 446-8527 Accredited by the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department Principal Joshua Raab jraab@smmcs.org extension 145 Director of Communications Trish Duhon tduhon@smmcs.org extension 218 Bookkeeper Kelli Pitt kpitt@smmcs.org extension 143 School Nurse Donna Mohrman dmohrman@smmcs.org extension 120 School Secretary Sam McKinney smckinney@smmcs.org extension 142 Development Volunteer Eddie Greene egreene@smmcs.org extension 144 Academic Coach Christy Keeling ckeeling@smmcs.org extension 159 Counselor Laura Valladares lvalladares@smmcs.org extension 160 Director of Admissions Laura Rocha lrocha@smmcs.org extension 146 Our 1st grade students visited the Humble Fire Station (#2), and what a great experience it was! The students were able to see the inside of both an ambulance and the fire engine. The best part though, was the water spray from the top of the fire truck! St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church is looking for experienced part time nursery attendants for its Mother's Day Out program, which will open later this year. The position will be 20 hours/plus per week. Applicants must have the following qualifications: Experience in caring for children between the ages of twelve months and three years Be at least 18 years of age Pass and complete a background check and drug screening Must adhere to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church Please submit your resume to Pat De Los Santos at pdelossantos@st-mm.com.