Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 January 27 School Mass 8am 29-Feb.3 Catholic Schools Week 30 1 st Reconciliation 6pm 31 Candy Bar Distribution February 1 Candy Bar Sales begin 1-3 Catholic Schools Week 3 School Mass 8am 10 School Mass 8am Middle School Dance 17 School Mass 8am 20 President s Day NO School 21 Candy Bar Sales End 24 School Mass 8am 24-26 Diocesan Basketball Tournament 28 Fat Tuesday (Bury the Alleluia 2pm) DATE CHANGE: The Father/Daughter Dance which was scheduled for Saturday, February 4 th has been reschedule to Saturday, March 18 th. Please be sure to mark your calendars accordingly. 2016-2017 PTO Officers Kylie Clarke John Miller Dianne Jelinek Megan McDonald Debbie Floyd From the Principal We have reached that point in the school year where we celebrate Catholic Schools Week! In this week s Tuesday Envelope we distributed a flyer listing the activities for this special week, which is also listed below for your convenience. Did you know that if all Catholic school students enrolled at the local public school, it would cost : State government: $39,992,362 Federal government: $9,215,232 Local government: $48,012,946 TOTAL: $97,220,540 This is an important figure used to lobby for school choice so that more children can attend the school of their choice. Think about taking the time to write a letter to your legislator about the need to support Catholic Schools. If you are interested, I can provide this information to you. I also wanted to take a moment to ask our parent s to continue to help and support us in an important matter. We take pride in how our students look. Their uniform represents that they are a member of our school family. It is very important that the complete uniform with the correct components are worn each day. Teachers are taking notice and will be issuing Pink Slips for incorrect items such as missing belts, no-show socks, skirts being too short, wrong shirts, missing ties, etc. Please support us and help your child come to school with all the correct components of our uniform. Catholic Schools Week ~ Daily Themes Sunday, January 29: In Our Parish Faculty will speak at the Masses on Saturday, Jan. 28 th and Sunday, Jan. 29 th Monday, January 30: In Our Community All faculty and students pay $1.00 to dress down and money collected will go to Birthright. Classes will make a card/letter for nursing homes/ems/fire/police Pep Rally for all students led by SMCS Cheerleaders/Basketball Team Tuesday, January 31: In Our Students Door decorating contest. (Upper grade students will assist their younger buddies) School-Wide Bingo in the morning Wednesday, February 1: In Our Nation Morning Prayer around the Flagpole for the servicemen/women Dress down - Students to wear a red, white and blue top with uniform bottoms Student handprints to form the American Flag. Thursday, February 2: In Our Vocations Pray a novena to honor the Patron Saint of St. Michael PreK 2 nd grade will tour the Church with Fr. Ed/Fr. JP Fr. Ed/Fr. JP will speak to the 3 rd 8 th grade about vocation Each class will adopt a seminarian to send cards/write letters Friday, February 3: In Our Faculty, Staff and Volunteers Faculty will conduct the 8:00am school Mass Faculty/Staff vs. student s trivia (are you smarter than an 8 th grader???) Lunch provided to the faculty & staff by the PTO Saturday, February 4: In Our Families Special blessing at the 6pm Mass followed by a family potluck dinner (see page 2)
Volume 8, Issue 19 Page 2 Almighty Father, You sent forth your Son as a beacon of hope for all people. As Teacher, he has given us the prime example of the importance of education. As disciples, we look to him for inspiration and strength. Thank you for the many sisters, brothers, priests, and laypeople who have dedicated their lives in service to our Catholic schools. Thank you for the teachers and administrators who sustain our schools today. Thank you for the parents who have given support and witness to the importance of Catholic education in their daily lives. Thank you for the students who work hard to further their education. Bless St. Michael Catholic School and the many people who advance our mission. May our building be a home for those who seek to grow in faith, knowledge, and service of others. May our community always support one another and exhibit hospitality to newcomers. Fill our minds with knowledge and wisdom. May our understanding of the world help us to grow in appreciation for it. Fill our hearts with gladness. May we always turn to you in times of need. Fill our hands with the tools we need to serve others. May we show them your unceasing love through our actions. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, pray for us. St. John Neumann, pray for us. St. Michael, pray for us. Amen Our faculty and staff have been working very hard on planning fun and exciting activities for St. Michael Catholic School to participate in during Catholic Schools Week. Each day of the week starting Sunday, January 29, 2017 we will celebrate Catholic Schools Week highlighting various members of our St. Michael Catholic School Community. Traditionally in years past, the school has not participated in Saturday s theme which is Celebrating Families. This year we would like to change that. The faculty has proposed that we host a family potluck in the Duffy Center on Saturday, February 4, 2017. Prior to our family celebration, we ask that all families join us at the 6PM Mass at St. Michael Catholic Church, where we will all receive a special blessing from Father Greg. In order for this to be a success we need one very important piece, YOU! The faculty and staff are really looking forward to hosting this event, so please consider attending. All family members would be welcome to participate, including those that are too young/too old to attend St. Michael Catholic School. If you would be interested in attending, it would be greatly appreciated if you could RSVP using the link below: http://evite.me/jguf5jfrkg
Page 3. THANK YOU!!!!! On behalf of the students, faculty, staff, PTO, and co-chairs Mark and Cathy Simmons, thank you for your help and support with this year s soup bowl fundraiser. The family s did a wonderful job with our soda drive as well as all of the baked goods for our bake sale. Additionally, a BIG thank you goes to all of those individuals that solicited for soups, followed up on the donations, and picked up the soups. For those who came in to help deliver lunch to the classrooms, you made it a seamless operation so thank you to those volunteers and Mrs. JoAnn and Ms. Vivian. Thank you also to all the volunteers who worked in the kitchen, served soups, served as runners from the kitchen, helped to set up and clean up and of course purchased tickets and attended. A special thank you goes to Roy Burton, Nancy Mahoney, Monica Raynor, Kylie Clarke, Megan McDonald for the never ending help and support. Our biggest thank you goes to Mark and Cathy Simmons who served once again as our co-chairs; congratulations on a job well done! While we are still awaiting some final expenses, we took in approximately $7,100, which is very close to last year s amount! Thank you again!! Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition Winners! Boys Girls 9 years old Trevor Olive 9 years old Margaret Truluck 10 years old Issac Chavez 10 years old Elizabeth Joseph 11 years old John Truluck 11 years old Sophia Damore 12 years old Aaron Brown 12 years old Lucy Joseph 13 years old Joey Parisi 13 years old Mia Reno 14 years old Michael Cunia 14 years old Terah Lesko Music Department Our Music Department is in need of new or gently used instruments of all types. If you or someone you know has an instrument that is no longer being used, please consider donating it to our Music Department. Thank you! Any questions, please email me at the following email address: mcarpenter@saintmichaelsc.com. Marie Carpenter - Music Teacher First Reconciliation Mrs. Damore has been working with her second grade class to prepare them in receiving the Sacrament of First Reconciliation, which will take place on Monday, January 30 th at 6pm in the church. Please keep our second grade students and their families in your prayers! Lunch Duty Volunteers Needed in January & February We have created a Sign Up Genius link for January and February lunch duty. Please note: All adults must have completed training and a background check before volunteering for lunch duty. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0449acab2ba7fc1-lunch11 - January & February Want to submit something for the weekly publication of the Gator Bites? Email Nancy Esposito nesposito@saintmichaelsc.com and cc Ms. Walters at pwalters@saintmichaelsc.com All submissions are subject to approval.
Page 4 Chocolate Bar Sales World s Finest chocolate bars will be sent home on Tuesday, January 31 st and the cost is $1 per bar. Each child will receive 1 box, containing 60 chocolate bars. We will be awarding several exciting prizes for boxes sold, including gift cards and a five pound chocolate bar! This fundraiser will run through February, 21 st. Should you choose not to participate in this fundraiser, please return the unopened box of chocolate bars to your child s homeroom teacher. Opened boxes cannot be returned. Additionally, we will be selling chocolate bars after Masses starting February 11 th & 12 th. Parents can earn one fair share hour for each Mass that they help to sell the bars at there will be a signup genius in the next edition of Gator Bites for signing up for the various Masses. END OF THE MONTH~ Box Tops, Labels for Education & Tyson Project A+ Just as a reminder, Saint Michael Catholic School is running a label collection competition! Each group will be broken down by grade. Collect labels for your class grade and turn them in to your teacher. Please be sure they are marked with your child s grade in case they get separated from the collection for that grade. There will be a prize awarded to the class with the most labels per student every month. Bring in your labels and make sure you designate what grade they go to. Earn an additional 10% for your class each month by cutting the labels on the dotted lines. Thank you for participating.
St. Michael Catholic School 2017 Basketball Schedule Please note that schedules below are subject to change. Boys JV Basketball Schedule 01/31 @ 5pm St. Andrews St. Michael Duffy Center 02/02 @ 4pm St. Andrews St. Andrews, Myrtle Beach 02/03 @ 5pm & 6pm Low Country & St. Anthony s St. Michael Duffy Center 02/06 @ 4pm Conway Christian Conway Christian, Conway 02/08 @ 4pm Low Country St. Michael Duffy Center Girls JV Basketball Schedule 02/03 @ 4pm St. Anthony s St. Michael Duffy Center 02/08 @ 5pm Low Country St. Michael Duffy Center Girls Varsity Basketball Schedule 01/27 @ 5:45pm Wilmington St. Michael Duffy Center 02/02 @ 5pm St. Andrews St. Andrews, Myrtle Beach 02/06 @ 5pm Conway Christian Conway Christian, Conway G A T O R Boys Varsity Basketball Schedule Faith 01/27 @ 4:30 & 7pm Wilmington (7 th gr. 4:30pm/8 th gr. 7pm) St. Michael Duffy Center 01/31 @ 6pm Christian Academy St. Michael Duffy Center 02/02 @ 6pm St. Andrews St. Andrews, Myrtle Beach 02/03 @ 7:15pm St. Anthony s St. Michael Duffy Center 02/06 @ 6pm Conway Christian Conway Christian, Conway 02/08 @ 6:30pm Coastal Academy St. Michael Duffy Center G A T O R The League Tournament will be held February 13 th 16 th. The Diocese of Charleston Tournament will be held February 24 th 26 th in Greenville, SC.