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Saint Mary HASA News Building Bridges Between You and the Classroom

HASA Board Members

Karen & Matt Gribosh

President

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Juan Carlos & Nancy Lugo

Vice President

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Vanessa Platt

Treasurer

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Maria Tosco

Recording Secretary

[email protected]

Kati Kost

Corresponding Secretary

[email protected]

Ex-Officio Members

Reverend Louis Bellopede

Kevin Conwell

Suzette Moyer

February 2019

Dear Saint Mary School Families,

The second trimester is coming to a close and we are headed into the

final stretch of the school year. We are looking forward to warmer

weather and fun springtime activities.

The SAB sponsored Mardi Gras and Night at the Races which was such

a fun night! Thank you to everyone who supported this event. We have

a few events coming up over the next few months that you won’t want

to miss…..

Join us for our 4th Annual Trivia Night. Gather your friends for a fun night

of trivia and battle it out against other teams for the First Place Prize.

Tables are filling up quickly so don’t delay!

In April we will be having our Father/Daughter Dance AND a Mother/

Son event. Look for more information in the upcoming weeks for these

events.

Please mark your calendars for May 17th….the 6th Annual Saint Mary

School Golf Outing will take place. This event sells out quickly so be sure

to reserve your spot ASAP.

Be sure to look through the HASA newsletter for more details for upcom-

ing events and what has been going on here at Saint Mary School and

Parish.

Many Blessings,

Saint Mary HASA Board

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March 2019 Schedule of Events

3/1—9:00 AM School

Mass

3/6—Ash Wednesday

Mass

3/8—2nd Trimester Ends

3/9—HASA Trivia Night

3/12—HASA Board Mtg.

3/22—Start of Terra

Nova Testing

3/28—Dress Down Day

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**3/15 –4/12**

Lenten Dinners will be

available every Friday

during Lent. See page

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Upcoming April Events

4/5– First Friday Mass

4/11—Spring Art & Music Show

4/13—Father/Daughter Dance

4/14 –Mother Son Event

4/16—School Reconciliation Service

4/17—Easter Holiday begins at close of school day

4/23—No School—Faculty Retreat

4/24—Classes resume

4/25—Spring Pictures

4/26, 4/27/ 4/28—Spring Musical—Lion King Jr.

Terra Nova Assessment Grades 3-8

Dress Down

Day $1

Parent Teacher Conferences

Student Council

Dance 7-9:30

Mass

9am

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Lego

Club

Ash Wed. Mass

9am all

students

Art Club Jr. Art Club

2nd Trimester

Ends

Stations of the

Cross 1:30

Reading

Olympics @

PJP 5:30/8:30

Lego Club

HASA Board

Mtg.

Stations of the

Cross 1:30

Report

Cards

Published

Lego Club

Grade 7

High School

Visitation

Art Club Jr.

Start of Terra

Nova Testing

Stations of the

Cross 1:30

Stations of the

Cross 1:30

Pizza Day

HASA Trivia

night 6:00

First

Reconciliation

10:30

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SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD UPDATE

Spring is just around the corner which means it’s time for our

annual golf outing and dinner social. Join us on Friday, May 17,

2019 at Brookside Country Club for the 6th Annual Golf Outing

and Dinner Social.

The event always sells out so sign up early! Register now and

take advantage of the Early Bird Golf Discount!!! There will be

prize winning competitions, Beat the Pro, Silent and

Live Auctions and Dancing. If you are unable to come to the

event please consider sponsoring or asking a local business to

sponsor.

Brochure and registration is available on the school website.

http://www.smsk-8.org/annual-golf-outing-1

If you have any questions please email Jill McCafferty at

[email protected]

Our Second Mardi Gras Night at the Races and Casino was a

huge success!! AWESOME!

Many thanks to all who gave of the Time, Talent, and Treasure

as volunteers. Thank you to all who sold horses, was a corpo-

rate sponsor and those who came to our fun filled event.

Thanks to our Saint Mary School students who worked very

hard in ascertaining many horses. Lastly, thanks to Chrissy

and Gerry Quinn, Gina and Frank Plonski, and their entire

team for such a successful evening for Saint Mary Catholic Edu-

cation.

Thanks to one and all!

SAB Members

Father Bellopede, Pastor

Catholic Identity

Suzette Moyer

Director of Development

Paulann Bellino

Member Alumni Relations

Kevin Conwell, Principal

Academic Programs

Maria Tosco

Advanced Giving

Frank and Gina Plonski

Advanced Giving

Jerry and Chrissy Quinn

Advanced Giving

Kathy Leach

Enrollment & Retention/Marketing

Mary Beth O’Connor

Parish Business & Operations Manager

Consultant

Kathy Wasniewski

Parish & School Bookkeeper

Consultant

Jill McCafferty

Advanced Giving

Karen & Matt Gribosh

HASA Advisor

Dawn Brown

Recording Secretary

Steve Bakey

Financial Council Representative & Chair Saint Mary School Finance Committee

SAB can be contacted via email at:

[email protected]

http://www.smsk-8.org/annual-golf-outing

mailto:[email protected]

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Coming Soon….

Look for C.A.R.E.S. survey through Survey Monkey to open soon.

A link to the survey will be provided through the weekly Principal’s

Pen. Thank you in advance for your participation.

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Participating Member Tuition Rate

As a reminder, to receive the participating member tuition rate, each Saint Mary

Parish family must contribute $1,400 directly to the school fund. You must use either

the yellow envelopes, FACTs or electronic giving so that your participation can be

tracked efficiently.

The most common question we receive is the following:

Do I still need to contribute to the weekly church collection beyond just using the

yellow envelope?

Absolutely. The expectation to financially support the church has not changed. We

encourage you to continue to contribute to the weekly offering at Mass.

We introduced the new process of the Participating Member Contribution going

directly to the School Fund so to clearly earmark the contribution for the operation of

the school and to simplify the tracking process.

As members of our church, your financial support of the church is important. Our

parish is blessed to have a parish school; the school is an integral part of our church’s

mission.

Also remember that the church subsidizes the school by giving 15% of the total

church’s weekly offering to support the school’s operation.

So the answer is yes, you should absolutely be contributing to the church in addition

to what you contribute to help run the school.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mary Beth O’Connor – Business

& Operations Manager at [email protected] or by calling the office

610 287-8156.


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Saint Mary Lent and Easter Mass

Schedule

THE “LIVING STATIONS” WILL BE PRESENTED BY SAINT MARY SCHOOL 7TH GRADE FRI-DAY, APRIL 12, 1:45 PM IN THE CHURCH AND AGAIN ON PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 14, AT 7:00 PM. PLEASE JOIN US AS THE PASSION OF OUR LORD COMES ALIVE IN DRAMA AND SONG!

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Mark your calendar….the

Father daughter dance is

scheduled for Saturday,

April 13th from 7:00—9:00.

Look for more details soon!

A Mother Son event will take

place on Saturday, April 14th

from 3:00—5:00 PM at Limerick

Bowl. More details will be out

soon!

Friday - 4/26 7:00 pm

Saturday 4/27 - 7:00pm

Sunday 4/28 - 2:00pm

Please Join us and support our

very talented 7th and 8th

grade students. You won’t

want to miss it!

FASNACHT DAY March 5th

HASA will be providing doughnuts

for those students who would like

them during their lunches. Please

contact Karen Gribosh with any di-

etary or allergy concerns.

Mother Son Event

Father Daughter Dance

Day of Giving Thank you!

On behalf of the students of Saint Mary Catholic School, We

would like to thank you for your most generous donations

made during our “Many Gifts, One Nation, Day of Giv-

ing” held on January 29th and 30th. We are very excited to

report that we have exceeded our school goal of $2,500.

Thank you, to the 48 generous donors who brought our total

amount collected to $4,355 in just 24 hours! With much

prayerful consideration and research, Saint Mary School will

be purchasing one SMART Interactive Flat Panel. The cost

for one SMART interactive Flat Panel will cost us $5,000. This one day of giving helps us get one GIANT STEP closer

to our goal!! We pray that you will join us next year during

Catholic School’s week in our Day of Giving campaign so to-

gether we can all make a difference!

Thank you and God bless you,

Suzette Moyer

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Please join us for the 4th Annual HASA Sponsored Trivia Night held right here at Saint Mary. This fun-filled evening will take place on Saturday, March 9th! Parish Hall Doors Open at 6:00 and GAMES will begin around 6:45. Must be 21 years of age to attend! This event runs about 4 hours which includes 8 rounds of 12 challenging trivia questions that will have you battling for the coveted 1st PLACE placement. This event is BYOB and in-cludes 50/50, raffle baskets prizes, door prizes, and fun with your friends! Team sales begin on Monday, Feb 4th and will end March 6th. See registration form on the next page. Don’t forget to JOIN our FACEBOOK Trivia Night EVENT found on Saint Mary School page, Saint Mary Roman Catholic Church page or Saint Mary CYO page.

If you have questions about Trivia Night please contact Karin Flanagan at

[email protected]


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