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Family Flyer #23
MARCH 19, 2015
Notes from the principal
Wednesday March 25, 2015
Mass 8:30
Friday March 20, 2015
Prayer Service 2:40
2nd Grade
Spring Plant Sale is underway!
Orders due on April 10th.
See inside for details.
May 21—new date for Spring Concert
2nd Grade Storytelling Night
March 26
St. Thomas More
Catholic Community Mass
Times
Mass
Saturday, 4:30 pm
Sunday, 8 & 10:30 am
Tuesday-Friday, 7:15 am
Reconciliation
Saturday, 3:30-4 pm
Dear School Families,
Thank you so much for responding to the recent
survey we sent out. It will help provide clear direction as we assemble our strategic plan this
spring and summer. You will receive a letter soon
that will detail the strengths and challenges of
our school brought to light in the survey. Thanks
also for the many positive comments that were
made about St. Thomas More School.
I have great news! We currently have 20 kindergarteners (and counting) registered for the 15
-16 school year. This is more than double the
amount we had registered at this time last year
and the year before. We are very close to having
two classes in place next fall. If you have not yet
registered your kindergartener, please do so
soon.
Congratulations to Evelyn Haselmann and the
Preschool team for passing their accreditation review with flying colors! It was a great deal of
work and we are grateful for the team’s dedication to excellence in our preschool classrooms.
We are making good progress on our K- 8 accreditation process and are looking forward to
hosting our review team in the fall.
Mrs. Volkenant
REGISTRATION FOR 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR
Everyone has a link to our new online registration system. If you are
having trouble registering, please contact Laurie Barrett in the school
office. Please complete your registration as soon as possible so we can
budget for next year! Thank you!
Good Luck to our STM
swimmers as they compete in the CAA Prelim
meet this weekend and the
CAA Finals next week at
the U of M! Go Team
GO!!!!
Enjoy Wine? Good Company? Great Food?
Join in on the fun at the St. Thomas More Auction
wine tasting party on March 28, 2015 at 7 p.m.
At the Gleeson Residence at 1189 Summit Ave
RSVP: abgleeson@comcast.net
Cost: $40 per person. This money is a donation to the
school.
WINTER SPORTS
CELEBRATION
All swimmers and basketball
Thank you to Rachel Wachlarowicz for
being our Box Tops Chair. Our school
earned $92.30.
players and their families
are invited to a pizza celebration
in the Auditorium on Monday
March 30th at 7 p.m.
Please continue to send in box topsevery dime counts! Thank you!
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Spring Sports Registration
Sign up now for baseball, softball and track. Forms are on our
school website and in the office. BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL
teams are already forming and numbers are limited so get your
registration in soon!
WE NEED TRACK COACHES for both the K-5 and Middle School
teams! As in past years, both teams will practice at SPA on
Mondays and Thursdays from 6-7 p.m. Middle School meets are
on Wednesdays. Please contact Mr. Halverson if you can coach.
BIRTHDAY BAGS—21 years and going strong!
This K-2 service project provides “birthday bags” to our local food shelf, Neighborhood
House. Now through March 26th, we are collecting:
Cake mixes
Canned frosting
Boxes of candles
Cash donations
New or gently used books
Small gifts for boys and girls age 3-12
Save the Date!
We will be having a K-5 Spring Concert and Art Night on
Thursday May 21 at 6:30.
Stay tuned for further details.
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MORE Blessings
This month, the STM Community would like to thank Phil Lynch, our new community business administrator. Mr. Phil, as the kids in the STM school call him,
joined us last fall. He has a background in accounting and has led STM through
the transition to the ParishSoft accounting system that the Archdiocese unveiled
last summer. Mr. Phil does the accounting work and business management for
both the school, working closely with Mrs. Volkenant, and the parish, working
closely with Patti Day and Nicole Johnson. Mr. Phil has also been known to pinch
hit with the maintainance staff! The STM Community is very blessed to have Mr.
Phil as part of our community. Thank you to him and to all those who work with
him to ensure the long-term viability of St. Thomas More.
MARCH OUT HUNGER
The 3-5 Student Service Team is sponsoring a food drive for the remainder of March as a part of March Out Hunger. Please bring in
nonperishable food items to your classrooms by Tuesday March 31.
Thank you for your donations!
CONGRATULATIONS to Tor Cox, Dylan DeGroot and Zach
Maher whose high school placement exam scores qualified
them as Cretin-Derham Hall Scholars. Well done!
Congratulations to the Sweet family—winner of the drawing for
the $50 Target gift card for registering before Spring Break.
THANK YOU to everyone who has registered! It helps us a lot!
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THE SNOW QUEEN
Come see STM’s own Vivian Scheel perform in The Snow Queen (the timeless fairytale that inspired Disney’s Frozen!) March 20-19 at the Wellstone Center Theater
on St. Paul’s West Side. The Snow Queen features a talented all-youth cast and
crew from around the Twin Cities. YAI is know for the high quality of its productions which have delighted audiences of all ages for 11 years. Tickets are $10 for
adults, $8 for seniors and $6 for youth at YoungArtistsMN.org
SPRING PLANT SALE IS UNDERWAY
Calling all gardeners! The 7th graders are selling plants
from Gertens as a fundraiser for their 8th grade trip to
Washington, D.C. Order forms are in the office and on
the school website. Orders are due by Friday April 10.
Plants will arrive on May 20. See the attached order
form.
AUCTION
The Auction Committee needs your donations!! Cabin stays, food, wine,
beer, parties, tickets to events are some coveted items! Interested in joining
the fun on the Auction team? We could use your help! Please contact this
year’s chairs—Molli Kozachok or Matt Engstrom.
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Congratulations and Good Luck to 7th graders Ainsley Cox, Sophie Rabins, and Hannah and Nathan Omodt whose scores at the
Regional Science Fair qualified them to compete in the State Competition this weekend!! Great work!!
Congratulations to 8th graders Ally Kelly, Manny Cerkvenik, Zach Maher, Dylan DeGroot, Tessa Johnson, Noah Blohm, Noah Dehne, Tor Cox, Alice Lesch,
Emily King, Ella Dickson, Frannie Miller, and Catherine McCafferty whose
scores on their History Day projects qualified them to compete in the Regional
Competition.
In a buzzer beater, the 8th grade boys basketball team defeated St. Ambrose
40-39 to win the CAA championship!! Way to go!!
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