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St. Mary’s 2021 TRUNK or TREAT
REMINDERS! TRUNK OR TREAT IS THIS FRIDAY!
• All Trunk or Treat tickets, wristbands and vouchers for all children and adults in your car have
been sent home.
• PLEASE CHECK YOUR TICKETS, WRISTBANDS AND VOUCHERS – these will be checked at the
entry gate and everyone must be wearing their wristband.
• Absolutely no one will be admitted without a wristband, and only vouchers will be accepted
for food or drinks at the concession stand.
• Please bring enough candy for 250 kids! Remember candy must be bagged and handed out
and not individual pieces in a bucket.
• ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED
• FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN, WE WILL BE FILLING UP THE LOT FROM THE BACK TO
THE FRONT. UPON ENTERING, DRIVE TO THE REAR OF THE LOT AND PARK WITH YOUR
TRUNK FACING OUTWARD
• ENTERING AND EXITING THE LOT WILL BE GUIDED! FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR
CHILDREN PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE YOUR SPOT UNTIL A PTA VOLUNTEER SIGNALS YOU!
• Best Trunk and Best Costume Contests will be online and can be entered and voted on right
from your phone! Details will be provided the night of the event.
EVENING LINEUP
6:00 – 6:30 Arrive and Decorate Trunks, Food, Music 6:30 – 6:45 Welcome and Line Ups near the front gate by class group Trick or Treating, Photo Booths, Games and Balloons START times are staggered to promote social distancing. (Kids can take as long as they want to Trick or Treat) 6:45 Pre-School and Kindergarten START 6:55 1st and 2nd START 7:05 3rd and 4th START 7:15 5th and 6th START 7:25 7th and 8th START 7:45 – 8:15 Contest Winner Announcements 8:15 – 8:30 Pack Up 8:30 EXIT BY ROW orchestrated by the PTA!
Got Questions?
Missing a ticket or
voucher?
Email Danielle Zonis at
Call or text 215-520-2521
Halloween at SMS
October 29, 2021
Students are welcome to wear simple costumes or their favorite Halloween theme or colored clothing on Friday, October 29th. Examples might be a Halloween T-shirt, sports team jersey or sweatshirt, superhero shirt etc… Costumes must be uncomplicated and comfortable to wear all day. Large costumes and blow up costumes are not permitted. Regular face masks must be worn. Costume masks will not take the place of the face masks. Our Halloween celebrations will be in the afternoon on Friday, October 29th. For health and safety reasons, we are unable to have the parade this year.
Saint Mary School November 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1
Winter Uniform Begins Today Band School Mass 9:00 Scrip Orders Due
2 Lab Week B Individual Student and Staff Pictures Taken Today
3
4 5 12:15 Dismissal (No Lunch) Faculty Mtg.
6 Mass Schedule 4:00 p.m.
7 Mass Schedule 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
8 Band SCRIP Orders Due
9 Lab Week C
10 Ministry of Student Leadership 2:45 – 4:00
11
12 End of First Quarter Marking Period
13 Mass Schedule 4:00 p.m.
14 Mass Schedule 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
15 Band SCRIP Orders Due
16
17 Thanksgiving Luncheon Report Cards in RenWeb Parent Conferences 6:00 pm–8:30 pm
18
19 No School Parent Conferences 8:00 am–12:00 pm 12:40 pm–3:00 pm
20 Mass Schedule 4:00 p.m.
21 Mass Schedule 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
22 Band No Scrip Orders this week
23
24 12:15 Dismissal (No lunch, No Aftercare) School Mass 9:00 Academic Assembly following Mass
25 No School Happy Thanksgiving
26 No School Thanksgiving Holiday
27 Mass Schedule 4:00 p.m.
28 Mass Schedule 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
29 Band Scrip Orders Due
30 Lab Week D
Monday-November 1 Tuesday-November 2 Wednesday-November 3 Thursday-November 4 Friday-November 5
Baked Pasta w/Garlic Bread
Chicken Patty on a Bun Autumn Harvest Salad
Sides: Carrots w/ Hummus Fresh or Cupped Fruit
Oven Baked Chicken w/ BBQ Sauce
Cheeseburger on a Bun
Sides: Gotta Get’em Green Beans
100% Fruit Juice
Mini Waffles w/Sausage
Ham & Cheese Hoagie Grilled Chicken Salad
Sides: Tator Tots
Fresh or Cupped Fruit
French Bread Pizza By the Slice
Chicken Cheese Steak
Sides: Celery Sticks 100% Fruit Juice
Faculty Meeting
12:15 Dismissal No Lunch Served
Monday-November 8 Tuesday-November 9 Wednesday-November 10 Thursday-November 11 Friday-November 12
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Rib-E-Cue on a Roll Autumn Harvest Salad
Sides: Carrots w/ Hummus Fresh or Cupped Fruit
Nachos Grande w/Chips & Salsa
Chicken Patty on a Bun
Sides: Seasoned Rice 100% Fruit Juice
Bacon Egg & Cheese On a English Muffin Ham & Cheese Sandwich
Fiesta Taco Salad
Sides: Celery Sticks
Fresh or Cupped Fruit
Popcorn Chicken w/ Bread Stick
Cheeseburger on a Bun
Sides: Steamed Carrots
100% Fruit Juice
Pizza Dippers w/ Dippin Cup
Bagel Yogurt & Cheese Stick Tuna Salad or Hoagie
Sides: Broccoli Salad
Fresh or Cupped Fruit
Cel. Nat’l Pickle Day! Tuesday-November 16 Wednesday-November 17 Thursday-November 18 Friday-November 19
Macaroni & Cheese Homemade
Hot Dog on a Bun Autumn Harvest Salad
Sides: Pickle - Carrots w/ Hummus
Fresh or Cupped Fruit
Dutch Waffle w/Sausage
Rib-E-Cue on a Roll
Sides: Hash Brown Potato
100% Fruit Juice
Thanksgiving Meal Sponsored By the PTA
Turkey & Gravy w/Mashed Potatoes
Sides: Golden Corn
Fresh or Cupped Fruit
Personal Pizza By the Pie
Cheeseburger on a Bun
Sides: Celery Sticks
100% Fruit Juice
Parent Conferences
No School For Students
Monday-November 22 Tuesday-November 23 Wednesday-November 24 Thursday-November 25 Friday-November 26
Mozzarella Sticks w/Dippin Cup
Chicken Patty on a Bun Autumn Harvest Salad
Sides: Carrots w/ Hummus Fresh or Cupped Fruit
Pizzeria Pizza By the Slice
Chicken Quesadilla
Sides: Celery Sticks 100% Fruit Juice
12:15 Dismissal
No Lunch Served
Cel. Nat’l French Toast Day! Tuesday-November 30
French Toast w/ Yogurt Cup Hot Dog on a Bun
Autumn Harvest Salad
Sides: Carrots w/ Hummus Fresh or Cupped Fruit
Chicken Tenders w/Noodles
Cheeseburger on a Bun
Sides: Poppin Peas
100% Fruit Juice
CAFÉ CONTACT INFO: Food Service Director: Debbie Spasari
[email protected] Phone: 856-629-6190 ext 317 Milk: Skim White, Skim Chocolate, Skim Strawberry, 1% White
*Menu subject to change. Supply chain issues continue to permeate the food service industry leading to product stockouts. We are doing our best to serve what is
menued & when that is not possible choosing the best possible substitute. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
= Vegetarian Ingredients
DAILY ALTERNATES: Cereal & Yogurt
(Chicken Nuggets)
PB & J Sandwich
NOVEMBER Elem. Lunch Menu
St Mary’s Williamstown
©Nutri-Serve Food Management All Rights Reserved No portion of Nutri-Serve’s Menus may be reprinted or used in any form other than the use it was intended for without written permission of Nutri-Serve Food Management, INC.
Choose 1 Entrée. (3 Daily Specials & 2 Daily Alternates for the Month)
Lunch Includes: Protein ~ Grain ~Fruit~ Veggie ~Milk
Choose at least 3 out of 5 components. You must choose at least 1 fruit or
veggie. You may take 2 fruit & 2
veggie choices! Daily Fruit Offerings: Fresh,
Cupped, 100% Juice We Use Whole Grain Products! All
Salads Come With a Grain.
= Gluten-Free Ingredients
Meals are FULLY FUNDED by the USDA through June 30, 2022!
Saint Mary School Family Prayer Calendar
November 2021
Please pray for the following St. Mary School families each day during this month. These families will also be
remembered during our morning prayers.
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1
Dodd Family Dussell Family
2 Duxbury Family Elentrio Family
3 Emmanuel Family Engel Family
4 Esposito Family Falconi Family
5 Farally Family
Fauerbach Family
6
7 8 Fazzio Family
Fehon Family
9 Felmey Family
Fetfatzis Family
10 Fiorelli Family Francis Family
11 Franks Family
Freas Family
12 Freitas Family
Gaidis Family
13
14 15 Garber Family
Garduno Family
16 Gerst Family
Gibney Family
17 Godfrey Family
Gregorio Family
18 Grize Family
Gualtieri Family
19 NO SCHOOL
Parent Conferences
20
21
22 Guerrero Family
Guers Family
23 Gunson Family
Guzman Family
24 Haag Family
Hadley Family
25 HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
26 NO SCHOOL
27
28
29 Hagney Family
Halapchuk Family
30 Hall Family
Han Family
JOIN ST. MARY SCHOOL VIRTUALLY FOR A FACEBOOK LIVE OF OUR ALL SAINTS DAY MASS
Monday, November 1, 2021 at 9 A.M.
St. Mary School Monthly Mass Led by our 4th Grade
Watch our mass – LIVE on our official St. Mary School Facebook page
during a Facebook LIVE.
You can like our official St. Mary School Facebook page by searching on Facebook:
stmarysschoolwilliamstown
Or if you are not on Facebook, you can click our official Facebook page located on the bottom front of our website, www.smarys.org. Just click the Facebook icon—you may have to refresh the screen a few times before Mass begins or even during the Mass.
Facebook:
Stmarysschoolwilliamstown School masses will be held once a month. A few grades will attend the mass in the
church, while the other grades will participate in Mass in their classrooms via live stream through Facebook. Parents/guardians will not be able to attend the school mass but will
be able to watch through Facebook.
PICTURE DAY AT SMS
Students at St. Mary School will have individual pictures taken on the days listed below. Picture forms are being sent home today in Communication Folders. Tuesday, November 2nd Wednesday, November 3rd Tuesday/Thursday Monday/Wednesday/Friday Preschool Students Preschool Students Kindergarten – 8th Grade Students may wear either casual school appropriate clothing or their school uniform. Lors recommends colorful clothing. If your student has gym on Tuesday, November 3rd they are to wear their “picture clothes” and not their gym clothes. Please have them bring in sneakers to wear for gym.
St. Mary School and our Grandparent’s Club Presents…
Grandparents/Special Persons Prayer Service and Dessert!
WHEN: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
4:30 pm---Prayer Service Dessert will follow immediately after the prayer service in the gathering space outside of Church WHERE: Prayer Service
Our Lady of Peace Parish /St. Mary Church 32 Carroll Ave., Williamstown, NJ There is an elevator off the main parking lot closest to the parish center for anyone that may need it and handicap seating. For the health and safety of our school community, MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED. Dessert/Photos: IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PRAYER SERVICE outside of Church on the parking lot side.
Grandparents/Special Persons are invited to attend a special Prayer Service with their student/s honoring those who play a special role in the lives of our students here at St. Mary School. Following
the prayers service, grab and go desserts and photo opportunities will be available outside.
Please return the form below to your child’s homeroom teacher by November 15, 2021. Attn: Advancement Office
PLEASE KEEP THIS TOP PORTION OF THE FLYER FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE PRAYER SERVICE!
For more information, please contact Jackie Kern at [email protected]
Grandparent/Special Person Prayer Service and Dessert
Student/s Name:_____________________________________ Homeroom: __________________ _____________________________________ Homeroom:__________________ _____________________________________ Homeroom:__________________ For our planning purposes please also fill out the information below: ___________ I/We will attend _______ Total number of Grandparents/Special Persons attending Please mark if you are attending as a Grandparent or Special Person: ___________ Grandparent/s _______________Special Person/s ___________ Total number of students who will be attending
ST. MARY SCHOOL GRANDPARENT CLUB! St. Mary School would like to invite our grandparents to join our Grandparent’s Club.
We will be sending out monthly newsletters—so you can join even if you do not live close-by! We are also looking to plan some upcoming events.
Please fill out the form below so we can put you on our email list. You can send the completed
form back to school with your grandchild, Attn: Advancement Office
SAVE THE DATE: Grandparent/Special Person Prayer Service will take place on Tuesday, November 16 at 4:30 pm in church at Our Lady of Peace Parish, followed by Grab and Go
refreshments outside in our gathering space and opportunities for photos with your grandchild. An Information flyer is on our online communication folder and in the
preschool take-home folders.
If you would like to reach out to our Grandparent’s Club chairpersons you can contact:
Sally Ortiz at [email protected]
Debbie Porter at [email protected]
Thank you, Mrs. Mancuso Principal, St. Mary School
St. Mary School Grandparent’s Club!
Please return the completed form to school as soon as possible with your grandchild. Attn: Advancement Office
You can also scan and email the completed form or email the requested
information below to Sally Ortiz at [email protected]
Grandparent/s Names:__________________________________________________________
Student/s names:_______________________________________Homeroom/s:__________
Email:______________________________________________
Cell Phone:_________________________________________
_____ YES, I/we would like to be part of the planning committee for future events. Please contact me.
SMS Celebrates Thanksgiving
Every November, we celebrate with a special Thanksgiving Luncheon for our students. This year our celebration date is Wednesday, November 17th. The cafeteria will prepare the meal for the students to eat in their classrooms. It will be the only meal available through the cafeteria that day. If your student does not want to eat the turkey lunch that day please be sure to pack them a lunch.
SMS also joins our parish community in donating non-perishable food to contribute to the Thanksgiving Dinner of families in need. Your contributions could include stuffing, soup, cranberry sauce, pasta, pasta sauce, gravy, boxed potatoes, boxed desserts, canned vegetables and canned yams. This food will be kept in the classrooms and gathered on Wednesday, November 17th. Please be sure to check expiration dates on these foods.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!
The SMS Ministry of Student Leadership is selling “Turkey Feathers”. These feathers will be sold in the classrooms November 2nd-November 18th and will cost $.25 cents each or 5 for $1.00. The money will be used to purchase food for the Thanksgiving Food Drive. The homeroom that sells the most will get a dress down day.
Each year the St. Mary Ministry of Student
Leadership sponsors a “friendly
competition” among homerooms to see
who sells the most feathers and earns the
most money toward Thanksgiving baskets
for parishioners in need.
It is a win-win situation. The Our Lady of Peace Social
Concerns committee gets the much needed help for
this huge undertaking, and the homeroom that raises
the most money will get the much coveted Turkey
Feather champion bragging rights for the year! In
addition, the students from the homeroom selling the
most feathers will get a dress down day.
Turkey feathers are being sold for 25 cents each or
five for $1.00. Money can be put in a labeled
envelope and given to homeroom teachers.
As always, thanks for your help!
October 19, 2021
Dear Parents/Guardians, For your planning and convenience, FACTS Tuition Assistance application is now available for the 2022-2023 school year. There is a $20 application fee which will need to be paid online before submitting the application. All applications must be completed electronically at https://online.factsmgt.com/signin/3KGBP. You will come to the home page and then be able to log on using your username and password for your FACTS account. You will then see a link that will take you to the tuition assistance application. The 2020 tax returns will be used for your application. All required documentation must be submitted for the application to be processed. Only completed applications will be considered. It is the responsibility of the family to supply all necessary paperwork. The deadline for applying for tuition assistance is December 31st. If you have any questions regarding FACTS Tuition Assistance procedures please feel free to contact me. Sincerely,
Mrs. Patricia Mancuso Principal
BOO GRAMS St. Mary’s PTA is sponsoring a Halloween Boo Gram Sale! Parents, Grandparents, Sisters, Brothers, Aunts, Uncles and even Pets can send a Halloween Message to students. The cost is $1.00 per Gram which will include a lollipop and your Halloween Message. All grams must be purchased no later than Wednesday, October 27th. The grams will be delivered to the classrooms on Friday, October 29th. Please cut them out on the dotted lines. Child’s Name ________________________ Class Room _____ Halloween Message: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Child’s Name ________________________ Class Room _____ Halloween Message: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Child’s Name ________________________ Class Room _____ Halloween Message: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------- Child’s Name ________________________ Class Room _____ Halloween Message: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
Volume 21, Issue 9 | October 26, 2021
Focusing on Mental HealthFocusing on Mental HealthOctober is Mental Health Awareness Month
As athletes, it is critical that you pay attentionto your personal mental health. Feelings ofdepression, anxiety and challenged mindsetsare very real and should not be ignored orconsidered a sign of weakness. 15% ofstudent-athletes suffer from distressingmental health issues and concerns that wouldwarrant seeking counseling (Watson, 2005).And only 8-9% of student-athletes with mentalhealth issues actually seek out mental healthservices (Watson & Kissinger, 2007). Student-athletes have less favorable perceptionstowards seeking help from counselors than non-student-athletes (Watson, 2005). We canchange these attitudes and help each other focus on and achieve whole health andwellness. Some common mental health problems for student-athletes include ( Exzel,2007, Fletcher et.al., 2012):
Depression (feelings that go beyondbeing in a blue mood. It involvesyour body, mood and thoughts anddisrupts eating, sleeping and thinkingpatterns) Eating DisordersSuicidalitySubstance Use/Abuse
Anxiety (a feeling of worry,nervousness or unease typicallyabout an upcoming event with anuncertain outcome)Burnout (feeling tired, less able toperform well and less interested inplaying sports)
Risk factors increasing mental health challenges for student-athletes include:
Balancing Dual Roles of Student &AthleteMaintaining Peak Physical ConditionAthletic Success & Failure (notmaking a team or losing a largecompetition)
Balancing Sport and socializing(sport vs. friends)InjuriesBurnoutCareer TerminationThe Pandemic
Everyone experiences multiple positive and negativeemotions on a daily basis. Playing sports can be stressful ina variety of ways, including being put into high stresscompetitive situations, experiencing pressure to performand juggling busy schedules. Stress experienced duringsports can also come from outside sources, such asschool, friends, etc.
Good Mental Health is characterized by the ability to...
LearnFeel, express and manage a range of positive and negative emotionsForm and maintain good relationships with othersCope with and manage change and uncertainty
As a team have a conversation about mental health normalizing difficult emotions,explaining the signs and symptoms and always being compassionate, caring andsupportive of one another. Let teammates know that is is not only ok, but good to ask forhelp. Ask your coach or school counselor for local mental health services and support.Here are a number of national resources:
NIMH - nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/depression (or anxiety)Anxiety Disorder & Depression Research & Treatment - adaa.org WebMD -www.webmd.com/depression and https://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/default.htmADHD – www.ADDitudemag.com American Psychological Association - apa.org (search for desired topics)American Psychiatric Association – www.psychiatry.orgNational Autism Association - nationalautismassociation.orgAutism Spectrum Athletics – autismspectrumathletics.org
As a student-athlete, remember to practice Self-Care through self-compassion and mindfulness. Self-Care is taking an active role toimprove your health and well being psychologically, emotionally,socially and spiritually. If your own emotional “bucket” is empty,you’ll have nothing to share with others. Successful athleticperformance is a combination of mental and physical preparation -make time to train for mental health as well as physical health. Taketime as a team to read through and complete this Athlete Self-CareWorksheet created by Game Plan and the Canadian Centre forMental Health in Sports. It offers positive coping strategies, self-careactivities and a rubric to create a daily self-care plan.
Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication withthanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, whichpasses all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ~ Philippians 4:6-7
Invaluable Resource for Athletes,Invaluable Resource for Athletes,Coaches & ParentsCoaches & ParentsAuthor Misty Buck, a Performance & Life Coach with extensiveexperience working with athletes, has created a practical andextremely usable “Playbook” for understanding and dealing withcommon mental health issues faced by athletes of all ages. Thisplaybook provides concise explanations and easy-to-implemnentrecommendations for managing through a variety of mental healthissues, emphasizing the strength it takes for an athlete to ask forand accept help.
Topics include:
What is Mental Health?How Does Mental Health Affect Your Body?Emotional Intelligence in Sports
10 Super Powered Mindset ShiftsBalancing Sports & LifeSocial Media StrategyHow to Support Someone Going Through Mental Health IssuesTeam Mental Wellness Evaluation
A helpful feature of the playbook is the variety of Mental Wellness Worksheets and samplequestions to ask oneself to increase self-awareness and understanding.(ISBN: 9781675541357, Copyright 2020)
The Mysteries of the RosaryThe Mysteries of the RosaryThe month of October is dedicated to the Most HolyRosary. Play Like a Champion provides a resource forteams to participate in praying the Rosary with AthleticReflections. You can download the entire resourcehere: Play Like a Champion Sport Mysteries of theRosary.
Here is one example of a reflection on the Crowning withThorns that asks student-athletes to consider how theyrespond to unjust experiences and live the golden rule.
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the wholecompany of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, andthen twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his righthand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. After theyhad mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led himaway to crucify him. (Matthew 27:27-31)
Reflection: Have you or a teammate been mocked or insulted by an opponent? Theseexperiences are humiliating, hurtful and unjust. They should never happen, but if they do,dedicate yourself to always play with fairness, never stooping to retaliate. As children ofGod, we are created to lift others up and never tear down. Dedicate your team to living thegolden rule: do unto others as you have them do unto you.
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