March

9 Power Hour 3:15-4:15 p.m. 9 SMCMS/SMCHS attend the

PAC performance 9 8th grade Stations of the

Cross moved to 3/10/17 10 Stations of the Cross in

FAEC @ 9:40 a.m. 10 3rd and 4th grade Teacher vs.

Student event at SMCMS 10 SPIRITUS Drop In 15 SMCMS Spirit Day & Out of

Dress Code Day

15 SMCMS elementary & middle school forensics

16 Liturgy in FAEC @ 9:40 16 Power Hour 3:15-4:15 p.m. 17 End of 3rd Quarter/ No

School/ Staff Development 18 SMCS STEM Saturday @

SMCMS 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. 21 Social Media Presentation

in FAEC @ 10:19 a.m. 23 SMCMS Reconciliation 23 Power Hour Canceled 23 Forensics competition @

SMCHS & SMCMS 24 SPIRITUS Drop In

27-31 Spring Break April

3 Classes resume

Stations of the Cross

This Friday, we will pray the Stations of the Cross over in the Fine Arts Education Center at our regularly scheduled liturgy time of 9:40 a.m. Thank you to Mr. K’s religion classes for planning and leading us in this powerful prayer experience. Lent is a special time when we try to walk this journey in prayer and recall the final days and hours of our Lord’s Passion. You are welcome to join us!

Dress Code Thursday and Friday this week

Our prayer service has been moved to Friday this week. So, Thursday, March 9 students should be in regular dress code and may not use out of dress

code passes because we are going to the PAC. Students should be in Liturgy dress code on Friday, March 10 for the Stations of the Cross. PAC Performance on March 9th

SMCMS & SMCHS will attend the Shaolin Warriors performance at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center on March 9 at 12:30 p.m. permission slips were signed with the beginning of the year forms. Teacher vs. Student event on March 10th

On March 10th, SMCMS will welcome the 3rd and 4th grade students from SMCS for a Teacher vs. Student event. The students will compete in a trivia contest against their elementary teachers about SMCMS, take a tour, and participate in an activity in the gym with Ms. Brown. Classes will go on as normal for the SMCMS students that day. Vacation expectations

With spring break around the corner, we’ve been notified about some student/family vacations. As stated in our SMCMS Handbook about Planned

Vacations: Please DO NOT plan vacations during school time, BUT if you must

the school office should be notified in writing at least 48 hours in advance. This

information will be shared with the student’s teachers. A teacher might provide you with homework ahead of time, if they do, please try to have it completed or most of it completed when your child returns. Sometimes it’s too difficult for some students to stay up on all their current schoolwork and complete all their homework that they missed when they were on vacation. Career Expo

On Tuesday, our eighth graders went to the annual Fox Cities Career Expo held at Lake Park Zone in Menasha. Over 2,000 eighth graders were able to learn more about careers and jobs in our local community. With fun, hands on activities, personal testimonies and sample products, students rotated through 6 zones where representatives of various companies were organized by Career clusters. Parents, be sure to ask your eighth graders to look at the folder of information they brought home from the Career Expo.

March 8, 2017

Social Media Presentation

Deputy Pete Ehlert from Winnebago County, who is the chair of the Winnebago County Social Media Coalition, will be presenting to the SMCMS students on Tuesday, March 21st at 10:19 a.m. the risks of social media in our society and proper use of social media.

Come Pray with us

We often look to Lent as a time of year to deepen our relationship with God. With that in mind, we will offer a place for morning prayer each day from 7:15-7:30 a.m. Please consider joining us a day or two (or every weekday) to pray as a faith community. All parents, grandparents, guardians and students are invited to gather each weekday morning to begin our day in the presence of God and pray together during our Lenten journey. Mrs. Kalaus, our campus minister, will lead the prayer each day with time for personal intentions as well. Please feel free to drop in as you are able. Lenten Project Our school will participate in the Cross Catholic Lenten Project called Carry the Cross . This project helps raise awareness of the need for helping the orphans and vulnerable children in Kenya. Your child learned about this program during their chapel visit in religion class on Monday or Tuesday of this week. They should have come home with a small donation box, similar to the CRS rice bowls many churches use. Please encourage your child to be generous in their Lenten almsgiving, a practice we try to reinforce at this time of year. If you would like more information about this project, please go to: http://www.crosscatholic.org/ SMCS news Congratulations to our SMCHS musicians! At the conference solo & ensemble over the weekend, 14 qualified for the state competition (including our jazz band), nine received first place awards and two earned second place recognition. Congratulations to our SMCS STEM Club who had five teams compete in the state VEX Robotics Championship. Two teams qualified for the upcoming national tournament, and one of those teams finished in second place overall. Way to go, Zephyrs! SMCHS warmly thanks Bergstrom Corporation and Miron Construction Co for the beautiful renovation of the

school's chapel, which has been transformed into a truly welcoming and prayerful space. Stop in to offer up a prayer! Registration for SMCS Summer Sports Camps is now open! Click for links to the schedule, a registration form that can be printed and to the website to register online. Or visit the website and click on SUMMER ATHLETICS under the SUMMER PROGRAMS link. SMCS summer sports camps were added this week to the SMCS calendar * Little Shop of Horrors (starts Friday!) * WPCP online application * SMCS STEM Saturday (March 18) * Facebook Highlights (February 3-9) * Spring Scrip * In the Community: Village of Fox Crossing Summer Programs * Summer Reading Program in Appleton * Tech Savvy STEM Day for Girls (April 8) * YMCA Classes: Spring Flag Football (4K-6), Football League (Gr 7-12); Menasha Soccer Club; Camp Tekawitha; St. Gabriel Fish Fry & Bingo; Our Lady of Victory Football Camp The SMCS Booster Club is hosting a middle school girls basketball tournament on Saturday, March 11 and Sunday, March 12 and needs your help! If you are able to volunteer, please sign-up using this link. All help will be very much appreciated! Camp Invention (week long STEM camp) will be held August 7-11 at St. Mary Catholic Middle School from 9:00 am - 3:30 p.m. for students entering 1st – 6th grade. Students entering 7th – 9th grade have the opportunity for a leadership camper position -- Counselor in Training. To register or for more information: campinvention.org. Use promo code DISCOVER25 to save $25. Offer expires March 20th.

Come pray…

Every Weekday during

Lent

7:15 AM

Meet in

Our Lady of Hope Chapel

SMCS S.T.E.M. SATURDAY

Join us for demonstrations and hands-on activities

for guests of all ages!

Aeronautics

Electronics

Ham Radio

Flight Simulators

Robotics

With displays and demonstrations by:

First Lego League

Project Lead The Way

VEX IQ

Saturday, March 18, 2017

9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

St. Mary Catholic Middle School

SMCS Enrichment Karate Shorei Kempo Workshop

Open to all current SMCS students to attend!

Prospective Students: o Learn more about our progressive Enrichment Karate

program. o Classes are offered onsite at our 3 elementary campuses and

SMCMS

Current students – learn more and work toward advancement

The first hour will be spent working our Shorei-Kempo Karate as a class, performing

exercises that are not rank specific to allow students to work together to further their

training. This will provide an excellent opportunity for our beginners to work with a

higher ranked student on material they will need to move to Yellow Belt and beyond

and our visitors to try our program.

The second hour will cover various techniques from other martial arts that Sensei Gary

and Sempai Will have trained in. The group will be divided by rank to cover age and

rank appropriate material.

Friday, March 17th, 2017 from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

St. Mary Elementary School, 540 Second Street, Menasha

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