September

7 Prayer Service at 9:40 AM in SMCMS Chapel

7 7th grade Retreat/Team Building at Camp Tekakwitha 8:10 AM-5:00 PM

8 6th grade Team Building 14 Liturgy at 9:40 AM in FAEC 18-Oct 6 MAP Testing 21 Prayer Service at 9:40 AM

in SMCMS Commons 22 No School – Staff

Development 22 Meet Me In The Middle 6:00-9:00 PM in Commons 28 Liturgy at 9:40 AM in FAEC 29 SMCMS Picture Retakes 29 SPIRITUS Drop In 3:15-5:00 30 Connect 5

October 5 Prayer Service at 9:40 AM

in SMCMS Commons 6 MAP testing ends 10 MS Conferences 12 MS Conferences 12 Liturgy at 9:40 AM in FAEC 14 SMCS Fine Arts Family Feud

in FAEC

Basketball Signups

THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP FOR BASKETBALL IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

Please use the following link to sign your child(ren) up for basketball: 2017-18 Athletic Registration If you have already signed your child(ren) up, you do not need to do so again. If you are not sure if you signed your child(ren) up, please email Mr. Bates. We will be creating the game schedules in mid-September and hope to have all details (coaches, practices, games, etc.) finalized well before the season starts. Boys basketball practices will start on Monday, October 9 and girls basketball practices will start on Monday, November 6. If you have any interest in coaching, contact Mr. Bates. Meet Me In The Middle (MMITM)

St. Mary Catholic Middle School annual fundraiser is right around the corner. You don’t want to miss this year’s themed Blue Grass and BBQ event. MMITM, is Friday, September 22th from 6:00-9:00 pm. Click on the link to order your tickets. Keep scrolling for a Big Green Egg raffle flyer.

MMITM RAFFLE TICKETS - A BIG GREEN EGG GRILL This week an envelope went home with your middle school student (or oldest middle school student, if you have more than one). In that envelope are 5

Raffle Tickets, we are asking each family to sell those 5 tickets to friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, and any grilling fanatic you may know! If you would like to sell more than 5, please stop in the office to pick up more raffle tickets. All SOLD AND UNSOLD tickets along with all money must be returned to the office by Monday, Sept. 18th. We appreciate your support of MMITM and hope to see you there! Hurricane Harvey relief

In solidarity with our brothers and sisters who are struggling with the impact of Hurricane Harvey, St. Mary Catholic Schools is joining together with two drives to provide support. These are powerful opportunities to embrace our servant leadership theme and engage our families in living the gospel message of compassionate service and generosity to others. The Hurricane Harvey Relief Rally will take place next Friday, September 15 from 5:30-6:30 p.m., just before the home football game and SMCS Football Grade & Middle School Night. Entertainment and raffles will be featured, and non-perishable items and cash or checks made payable to Catholic Relief Services or The Red Cross will be collected. SMCS is also participating in the National Catholic Educational Association’s NCEA’s "Student to Student: A Catholic School Response to Hurricane Harvey" campaign that is asking every Catholic school family around the country to contribute at least $1 per child in their family to help Catholic schools impacted by the storm. Each SMCS campus will collect cash or checks made payable to NCEA, Student to Student Campaign now through September 21. We will be doing this collection at our Thursday Liturgy and Prayer Services this month.

September 6, 2017

FORMS

Thank you to all of the parents who turned in all their forms to SMCMS already. If you have not turn in the following forms, please do so ASAP.

*Medication Consent Form *Field Trip Permission Form (6th, 7th, and/or 8th grade) and payment *Student Emergency Information *Student/Parent Handbook Acknowledgement (Please read the 2017-2018 SMCMS Student/Parent Handbook) *Technology Acceptable Use Policy *Terms and Conditions/Accidental Damage Agreement and laptop insurance payment for 7th and 8th grade students *VIRTUS Diocesan Volunteer Code of Conduct (Must be signed every year)

All of these forms can also be found on our website. (www.smcatholicschools.org) On the top click Forms Medication

If you anticipate your child needing any medications, pain killers, etc. please send to school the medication consent form and the medication in the original package with his/her name on it. All the medications must be kept in the school office. We’ve received many forms without any medications. Parent Involvement

A sign up to help with lunch supervision and lunch help was sent out last Monday. Keep scrolling for more information about our parent involvement program. PowerSchool

Students received directions for the parents and students to log into PowerSchool at orientation. Parents received another copy of this at the back to school night session. If you have any questions about getting onto PowerSchool please let us know. If you are downloading the app for your android or iOS phone, the district code is: MNJQ. FIRST, VEX and VEX IQ

FIRST introduces students to real-world engineering challenges by building LEGO based robots to complete tasks on a thematic playing surface. Open for all students from 5th-8th grade. The SMCMS FIRST program typically meets 3 times a week for a total of about 7 hours (4:00-6:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 8:30-11:00 on Saturday). The season runs September-November, but could continue if team keeps advancing. Currently we have 5 positions open on the FIRST team this season. Our first meeting was September 5th. Contact John Ahles jahles@kcc.com for more information or check out the 2017 challenge on Hydro Dynamics. The SMCS Robotics Club is offering the opportunity for SMCMS 8th grade students to join a SMCS VEX Robotics team and compete in the 2017-2018 competition season. The teams meet on Wednesdays from 6:00-8:30 PM and Saturdays from 10:00-2:00 PM. The teams have the option to meet extra days during a week prior to a tournament. The season runs September-March. If you have any questions, please contact Greg Cheslock at gcheslock@new.rr.com. The first meeting for the 8th grade VEX students and their parents is Wednesday, September 13th at 6:00 PM in the STEM Center building.

*8th grade students will have to choose between one or the other. They cannot participate in both. *All groups (FIRST, VEX IQ, VEX Robotics) will charge a $75.00 participation fee.

You can find information about the following in last week’s SMCS Newsletter. SMCS calendar Hurricane Relief Rally & Grade/Middle School Night (9/15) CONNECT 5 (9/30) Traffic Update (updated 8/28) Booster Backers info SMCS Football Badger Bash (9/14) Booster Backers order forms MMITM: Bluegrass & Barbeque (9/22) SMCS Apparel SMCS Enrichment Program TASTE! A Brewfest Event (10/13) Booster Club Help Needed Zephyrs Gold Enrichment Registration Z-NIGHT (11/11) Community (SPIRIT ALIVE/SPIRITUS; FVY Hockey; Parish Youth: Taco Tuesday, Glo-Stick Corn Maze; John O’Sullivan; NPL Used Book Sale

Parent Involvement Program SMCMS requires 40 hours of parent involvement as part of having a child enrolled at SMCMS. Research

has proven that parent involvement and student achievement go hand in hand. Parents may choose to

pay the fee or give 40 hours of their time to SMCMS. Parents are billed $200 as parent involvement fee.

This fee may be worked off through volunteer activities ($5.00 per hour). Parents are responsible for

keeping track of the hours they work and hours are credited on a quarterly basis. Please provide all

dates and specific in the details. Service needs to benefit SMCMS, but only 10 hours can come from

Scrip or Z-Night. Some possibilities include:

Meet Me In The Middle

Serving lunch

Lunch supervision

Concession/gate/scorebook/clock at home games

Coaching/assistant coaching

Retreats/field trip chaperoning

6th grade teambuilding

Socials

Building cleaning/organizing

Forensic coaching

Math Team Help

VEX/VEX IQ/FIRST team mentors

Teacher appreciation lunch/supper

Classroom help (contant your child’s teachers) SMCS Committee or Board members

Helping in the Library

Student Council or Builder’s Club (formerly Jr. Optimist) parent helper

Attending parent meetings

Student/Teacher Conferences

Working the forensic/ Solo & Ensemble Performances

Z-Night Not parent Involvement:

Attending band/choir concerts

Attending sporting events

Attending forensic/ Solo & Ensemble performances *Can you work SMCHS games and count them as your 40 parent involvement hours for the middle school? We have determined that you can count up to 10 hours of involvement volunteering at the high school

events towards your middle school involvement hours. The purpose of the middle school involvement hours is to help increase parent involvement at the middle school level. However, you will still be expected to complete the necessary hours asked by the Booster Club. Parents can work as many middle school events as they want to count towards both their middle school parent involvement hours and Booster Club volunteer hours, even if your child in not in that sport.

SMCS Scrip - Valuable Information!

1. Shop LOCAL: Use the SEARCH symbol at www.shopwithscrip.com to find these local retailers.

* Denotes the HIGHER BONUS that is available on the local retailer versus the national retailer.

2. Kohl s is available as SCRIPNOW! Kohl's fundraising Scrip cards and SCRIPNOW can be used at

all locations. You can even use Kohl’s Scrip to make a payment on your Kohl's charge account.

3. Roundy s is RELOADABLE through Scrip and accepted at local Pick n Save stores!

4. Challenge! Pay your monthly bills online or by phone with Scrip using Visa, Discover or

American Express cards purchased through Scrip.

5. Don t forget those pets! PetSmart-4%; Petco-5%

Call the SMCS Business Office at 722-7796 with questions or to learn more about Scrip!

SMCS passes on 80% of the listed Scrip rebates to our families’ tuition accounts.

Ci der’s Appleto – 10% Keesler Orthodontics – 10% Sa gria’s Me ica Grill – 10%

Culver’s – 10% Kitz & Pfeil True Value – 5% Scanlan Studios – 10%

Dairy Queen – 10% * Krueger True Value – 5% Scheel’s – 5%

Do aldso ’s Clea ers – 5% Kwik Trip – 5% * Solea Mexican Grill – 10%

Fleet Farm – 5% * Laydwell Carpet – 5% Stone Toad – 10%

Four Seasons, Neenah – 10% The Learning Shop – 5% Third Street Diner – 4%

George’s Steakhouse – 10% Ma derfield’s Baker – 5% To ’s Drive I – 5%

Good Company/

Pull a ’s/Beefeaters – 10% McDo ald’s – 5% Vande Walle’s Ca dies – 10%

Gunderson Cleaners – 6% Meat Block, Greenville – 5% Va Vreede’s – 2%

Haen Meat Packing – 5% Memorial Florist – 5% Waverly Beach – 10%

Hu Hot – 10% Pappa’s Café, Nee ah – 10% Weather Vane Restaurant – 15%

Ji Joh ’s – 10% Perkins – 20% Wood a ’s – 5%

2017 RAFFLE

Prize Package Includes:

Large Big Green Egg

Delivery and Setup

Nest

Side Tables

Indirect Cooking Plate

Stainless Steel Kick Ash Basket

Grate Hook

Super Lifter

Basket Divider

BBQ Dragon

Looftlighter

Joetisserie (rotisserie unit)

Bag of Charcoal

Drawing will be held on Friday, Sept. 22 at 8:30 p.m. at SMCMS.

Need not be present to win.

TICKETS $20 each

St. Mary Catholic High School Football Grade School and Middle School Night

Friday, September 15 at 7:00 p.m.

All grade school & middle school students are invited!

FREE Gatorade & popcorn, FREE admission

Go ZEPHYRS, beat Rockets!

Hurricane Harvey Relief Rally * 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the SMCS FAEC * Listen to music from SMCHS Pep Band, St. Mary Singers, & student musicians * Suggested admission: canned goods, non-perishable items, or monetary donations * Proceeds to benefit Catholic Relief Services and American Red Cross * Raffles, prizes, and more!

HOW IT WORKS This raffle provides chances to win a GREAT prize each month -- November through April.

RAFFLE TICKETS: $25 EACHTickets are available at all five St. Mary Catholic Schools campuses and at the Festival Foods locations in Neenah and Menasha. Purchase your raffle tickets by November 11th to be eligible for every month’s prize drawings. All drawings will take place on the 11th of each month, November-April. Purchase tickets today to be entered into drawings for SUPER COOL prizes! If you are an SMCS parent, you must purchase your tickets at an SMCS school office to receive fundraising fee credit.

For every purchase of ten tickets, you will

receive an extra free raffle ticket!

2017-18 PRIZE SCHEDULE

NOVEMBER: Igloo 6.9cf Upright Freezer (value: $275) and $300 gift card from The Meat Block

Package value = $575

DECEMBER: Toro single-stage snowblower Package value = $650

JANUARY: $500 Scheel’s gift cardPackage value = $500

FEBRUARY: Circulon Premier Professional Hard Anodized Nonstick 13-Piece Cookware Set (value: $200)and $300 Festival Foods gift card

Package value = $500

MARCH: Yeti Hopper 20 Cooler (value: $300) packed with drinkware and $250 Pick ‘n Save gift cardPackage value = $550

APRIL: Weber Genesis II E-310 Propane Gas Grill (value: $850) and accessories (value: $100) Package value = $950

QUESTIONS Contact Michelle Dejno, SMCS Director of Fund Development and Community Relations, (920)722-7796 ext. 201 mdejno@smcatholicschools.org.

2017-18 RAFFLE

SPONSORED BY

Fee: $15/student -- $25/adult

$60/family [immediate family only]

Mail registration form & payment to:

St. Mary Catholic High School

c/o Run/Walk

1050 Zephyr Drive

Neenah, WI 54956or

Register online by clicking on the

CONNECT 5 box at smcatholicschools.org.Online registration closes on September 23rd.

After this date, you may register at the event.

Registration/Check-in: 8:15am - 9:15am

Start Time: 9:30am

Concessions: 10:00 - 12:30pm

T-shirts may be picked up at St. Mary Catholic Middle School on Friday, September 29th from 3:00pm - 5:00pm or at check-in on Saturday.

PARTICIPANTS WHO REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2017 WILL RECEIVE A T-SHIRT!

Public welcome! This non-competitive

run/walk will raise money for the

St. Mary Catholic Schools Booster Club

and Fine Arts Programs.

It will begin and finish at the St. Mary

Catholic Middle/High School campus,

1050 Zephyr Drive, Neenah.

Entertainment will be provided

after the event along with cash

concessions for all to enjoy.

Connect 5 5k Run/Walk

REGISTRATION FORM

Family Last Name______________________________________ Parent/Guardian_________________________________

Address__________________________________________ City____________________________ Zip_______________

Primary Phone_____________________ Email Address______________________________________________________

I cannot participate but wish to donate: Amount $_____________

Participant(s) Name

__________________

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Birth Date

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Circle Shirt Size

S M L

S M L

S M L

S M L XL XXL

S M L XL XXL

S M L XL XXL

Youth Adult

Participant(s) Name

__________________

__________________

__________________

Birth Date

__________

__________

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Circle Shirt Size

S M L

S M L

S M L

S M L XL XXL

S M L XL XXL

S M L XL XXL

Youth Adult

LIABILITY INFORMATION: By participating in the Connect 5, I agree to release and hold harmless Saint Mary Catholic Schools its parties, officers, directors, employees and agents, the City of Neenah, City of Menasha, or Town of Menasha from liabilities, losses, claims, actions,

costs, including fees resulting from injury to person or damage to property arising out of my participation.

Participant/Guardian Signature___________________________________________ Date____________ Fee Enclosed $______________

SATURDAY

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017Start Line at St. Mary Catholic Middle/High School Campus

Sponsorship: $_______________ Participant Name______________________________________________________________________