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The Weekly Message of
St. Mary Catholic School

Celebrating 145 Years in Forming Disciples of Christ

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May 6, 2021
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Principal's Message

Dear School Family,
 
Good afternoon and continued Happy Eastertide!
 
We’re celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week this week, and it’s easy to think of reasons to appreciate our St. Mary’s Faculty.
 
Our teachers are magnificent, magnanimous, loving, passionate, dedicated, hard-working, professional, kind, caring, skilled, mission-focused, conscientious, God-loving, cohesive, talented, professional, cheerful, zealous, genuine, selfless, realistic, positive, pro-active, generous, motivated, enthusiastic, creative, flexible, resourceful, disciplined, collaborative, loyal, determined, versatile, and the list could easily go on and on. 
 
Special thanks to our HSA parents for all their kind hospitality this week, and to all of you for the appreciation you always show to our fabulous faculty. 
 

God bless America and God bless our School and Parish Family!
Mr. Nicely

HSA MESSAGES
"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members."   
Coretta Scott King

 
SMCS HSA wants to thank every family that showed our incredible faculty and staff appreciation throughout the week and all year.  It’s our families, teachers, staff and their commitment to SMCS that make our school such wonderful place to learn.  
 
A special thank you to the Barnes Family (Patriot Eagle Services, LLC), the Campbell Family (River Bottom Roasters), and the Peteranecz Family (Charlie and Sam’s Bakeshop and Café) for supplying bagels, coffee, and treats.   
Thank you to Dog House for supporting the HSA in providing lunch to our faculty and staff. 

We appreciate all our teachers and staff and what you do each and every day for our students! 
HSA has created a new
SMCS
Family & Friends Business Directory

 fundraiser!
Read the informative letter 
HERE
on how YOU can help!
CATHOLIC CULTURE
May Crowning at St. Mary’s
 
Tomorrow we will have our May Crowning to honor the Mother of God who always leads us to her Son.
 
The Month of May is the Month of Mary, our school patroness, and we invite you to join us with the live-streamed ceremony after School Mass tomorrow, Friday, May 7th.
NOTEWORTHY NEWS
TAG Day Update

The April TAG DAY to benefit Camp St. Vincent
realized $248.75. 
Thank you to everyone for donating to this worthy cause!
NEW LINK!
Would you like to see a six-week
 
Summer Learning Program enhance your child's academics? Click HERE for more information from the Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Schools!
Grades 3 - 8.
Maryland BOOST Scholarship

DEADLINE TO APPLY EXTENDED – 11:59 PM, May 17, 2021
BOOST is a State of Maryland Program, enacted in 2016, to ensure lower-income students could afford the K-12 education best fit for their needs. BOOST provides scholarships to eligible students to enable them to attend a nonpublic school. 


Click
HERE for more information. 
Congratulations to the following winner from our
Weekly Raffle Fundraiser for:


5/3/2021
Thuy Ngo
 $50
Memorial Day
On Friday, May 28th, at 9am, we will anticipate Memorial Day with a special service.
 
YNC Martinez, senior enlisted advisor at the Naval Medical Logistics Command, will be training our St. Mary’s Color Guard in flag folding/etiquette that morning, and will lead us in a flag raising/lowering.  We will include special prayers for fallen heroes in this service.
 
Three classes will be outside and we will live-stream for everyone else.  Feel free to join the live-stream.
 
Please email Mrs. Beck by Monday, May 24th, with the names of any fallen heroes you would like us to include in the prayer.
GOOD SAMs
Sabella Anaglate - PreK
Caroline Goodman - Kindergarten
Aliya Patel - 1st 
Bailey Barbitta - 2nd 
Holden Westfall - 3rd
Trenten Ciucci - 4th
Mia Johnson - 5th
Emma Haren - 6th
Owen Ghattas - 7th
Lauren Stine - 8th
NURSE RADLEY'S HEALTH SUITE
NEW UPDATE for AOB Covid-19 quarantine guidelines.

Per the AOB- B.1.1.7 Covid variant is found to be more transmissible and an increasing concern amongst school age children. Health officials explain that Covid fatigue along with youth sports and extracurricular activities as the leading cause for this transmission increase. Please continue to be diligent and transparent as we navigate to the end of the school year. 
Students are required to have 2 masks in school.
Masks should be laundered every few days.


Valuable Websites:
UPDATE for AOB Covid-19 Guidelines 
Covid Mental Health Resource Guide for Families
Mass Vaccination Sites Opening
Testing sites
Student wellness survey
Link to COVID Parent Portal
SISTER CORDA'S KITCHEN
Please click HERE to see an UPDATED printable MAY/JUNE menu.
UPCOMING EVENTS

May 6 
Sweet Frog Restaurant Night 
12p.m. - 9p.m.

May 7
First Friday Mass & May Crowning

May 20
Jimmy John's Restaurant Night
4p.m. - 9p.m. 18340
Spark Dr. location


May 28
Memorial Day Ceremony 
9a.m.

May 31 
No school -Memorial Day
The updated monthly calendar can be accessed HERE.
St. Mary Catholic School empowers children in their faith journey and promotes academic excellence and life-long service inspired by the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a nurturing community.
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