November Newsletter 2017
NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER 2017 St. Mary Catholic School Challenging the Mind—Living the Faith www.stmarycatholicschool.org Dear Parents: Happy November! Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever. MISSION STATEMENT (Psalm 106:1) This is the time of year we tend to focus on the many blessings we Saint Mary Catholic School have in our lives. As we get closer to the holidays, most of us look forward to empowers children in their faith spending time with family and friends. Planning, preparing, and eating Thanksgiving journey and promotes academic dinner, watching football, talking and joking with family, playing games, and perhaps heading out late for Black Friday deals might be some common family traditions. excellence and life-long service Being together with people you care about, no matter what the activity, is truly a inspired by the Gospel of Jesus blessing. The same can most definitely be said about our school community, too. Christ in a nurturing community. During this Thanksgiving season, we have so much to be thankful for to God. Being UPCOMING EVENTS named a 2017 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence is such an honor. It's affirmation to our entire school community, students, parents, faculty & staff, HSA, November 1 School Board, Pastor, and Parishioners that SMCS offers academic excellence in an All Saints Day—10:30 Mass engaging and nurturing environment. Being a Catholic School we offer all of this to the glory of God. I hope you will join me in offering prayers of thanksgiving for the November 3 work ethic and enthusiasm of our students, the dedication of our faculty and staff, First Friday Mass the commitment of parents, the efforts of our HSA, the guidance of our School Board, and the support of our Pastor and Parishioners in making SMCS such a special November 8 place.
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