WEEKLY NEWSLETTERMarch 23, 2018

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S . MatthewCATHOLIC SCHOOL

Wednesday was class picture day.

Smile!

Mrs. Lund’s 7th grade Homeroom 5th graders in Mrs. Bloom’s class

Mrs. Dylla’s 6th grade Homeroom

Mrs. Delgado’s Kindergarten class

Mrs. Vallot’s 1st graders

3rd graders

Mrs. Cardenas’ 3rd graders

Upcoming Events

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

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Holy Week April 4 Spirit Night at Ajuua

April 6 Parents-as-Partners Hours are DUE!!!

April 7 First Communion ceremony

April 11 PTC General Meeting

April 9-20 Iowa Assessment Standardized testing

April 23 SMCS Fiesta Float Parade

April 27 Battle of Flowers Parade Holiday

Saturday, March 24 PSIA regional competitions, Cross Lutheran School in New Braunfels

AIAL Track Meet

Monday, March 26 Mass at 8:15 am.

Please wear Dress Uniforms.

Tuesday, March 27 Mass at 8:15 am.

Please wear Dress Uniforms.

Baseball/Softball @ Home vs. St. Luke’s, 4:30 pm

Wednesday, March 28 Mass at 8:15 am. Please wear Dress Uniforms.

Living Stations of the Cross, 2:00 pm

Thursday, March 29 Holy Thursday: Bad weather make-up day.

School in session. No Mass.

Friday, March 30 Good Friday, NO SCHOOL

Monday, April 2 Easter Monday, NO SCHOOL

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Get your SMCS 2018 Fiesta Medal today!

a big thank you for your support during

Together we raised over $12,000 for SMCS!

Photo: Today’s Catholic

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Spirit Night!

Call for nominations - now open!Application deadline - Friday, April 30thPlease submit all applications electronically along with a recent color photo to the Chair of the School Council Nominations Committee: Vivi Ramirez at vivi.ramz@gmail.com.

Nomination forms can be found on the Parent Reource page of the school website.

Election - Sat., May 19th and Sun., May 20th during all church Masses

The School Council assists, counsels, and advis-es the St. Matthew School administration and pas-tor and provides sound judgment on the direction of the school, its policies and procedures, and has the responsibility of approving the school budget each year. The School Council is made up of 10 elected members (5 men and 5 women), along with the pas-tor, principal, and other members of the parish and school administration. A three year term commitment is required of each School Council member. Three new members will be elected by the parishioners this May. Meetings are held every 3rd Thursday of each month or as determined by the pastor.

SCHOOL COUNCIL NOMINATIONS

The fourth grade students in Mrs. Luft’s class have been designing experiments about force. Students worked in groups to design an experiment to test the effects of differ-ent forces. They have gone through the entire scientific process, learning how to write testable questions, make hypotheses, and write procedures and conclusions.

Forces of Nature

Photos submitted by: Mrs. Luft

Parents-as-Partners volunteer hours are DUE on Friday, April 6th. You are responsible for entering your own hours! Each family is responsible for 10 hours and must document them on Renweb.Instructions are as follows:1. Login to your Renweb account.Our District code is: SM-TXYou will also need your login & password.2. You will see a tab on the main pagecalled “Family Information.” Click on this tab.3. On the “Family Information” page, you will see tabs with the names for each Parent and Child in your family. Click on the name of the individual who volunteered their time. You will see tabs for“Contact Info” & “Service Hours”.4. Click on the Service Hours tab. In the new window, click on “Add Service Hours”. Scroll through the description box and select the appropriate category. If you do not see an accurate descrip-tion of your contribution, you may select “Other Donation or Service” and add a description in the “Note” section.5. Remember to enter the number of hours youserved and SAVE your entry. Done!

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PTC

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Our Baseball Team was victorious this week, winning 15-1 over St. Anthony on Tuesday.GO CARDINALS!!!

We were able to purchase a new BBQ pit for the School. This comes from the hard work of our Booster Club and the Golf Tournament held on Presidents Day. On behalf of Coach Juarez, we would like to thank the Booster Club for their sup-port of the Athletic Department and the school.

Thank you, Boosters!!!

Photos by: Christopher Knight

Congratulations to our SOFTBALL Team for their 2 wins this week against St. Anthony

and Providence! Great job, ladies!!!

Photo by: Ana Hornedo