Check out our newsletter! SMS Cougar News – February 3, 2019 St. Mary Catholic School is dedicated to the Education of the Whole Child  February 2019 Calendar Feb. 4-8: NCEA IFG:ACRE Test for Grades 5 and 8 Feb. 6: 8:30am School Mass 1:30pm NJHS Induction in Church Feb. 9: Restaurant of the Month – Chipotle fundraiser for St. Mary Feb. 10: School Open House after 10am Mass Feb.11: 8th grade Bake Sale Feb. 12: For all families: Home and School meeting at 7pm in Parish Hall Feb. 13: 8:30am School Mass Feb. 14: 6th Grade Science and Math Olympiad at MCC 9:30am-1:30pm Feb. 15: WALKATHON with noon dismissal Feb. 18: President’s Day – NO SCHOOL Feb. 20: 8:30am School Mass Feb. 21: 2nd Trimester Report Cards and Spirit Day NUT Day Feb. 22: Middle School Spring Dance 6:30pm-9:30pm Feb. 25-March 1: Terra Nova Standardized Tests for grades 2-8 Feb. 27: 8:30am School Mass Brevard Mainland Science Fair SMS MIddle School students competed at the Brevard Mainland Science Fair at the Merritt Square Mall on Feb. 1-2, 2019. Congratulations to our students who won in their various categories and Special Awards! Thank you to Mrs. Dianne Alexis, our middle school science teacher, for her passion for science and dedication to her students. Special Awards Winners: Harris STEM Award: Christian Maynard and Jaden Brown Fla. Assoc. of Science Teachers (FAST): Angela Pickles NASA Award: Christian Maynard and Angela Pickles Rising Scientist Award: Brad Boncay and Allison Savage Student Achievement Award: Patty Glitto and Brad Boncay Place winners in their categories: 2nd Place: Chandler Baird. Iver McCorquodale, Hayden Dunton – Engineering (Engineering Mechanics, Material Sciences, Embedded Systems) 2nd Place: Amelie Stacy – Intelligent Machines, Robotics, and System Software 2nd Place: Angela Pickles – Plant Sciences 3rd Place: Jaden Brown – Biomedical and Health Sciences 4th Place: Meghan Ferris and Marissa MacKenzie – Plant Sciences 4th Place: Patty Glitto – Plant Sciences If you do not have a 60th year celebration St. Mary School Spirit Day shirt, there are a limited amount of shirts for purchase in the office! Our next Spirit Day will be in February. The SMS Annual WALKATHON will be on February 15! Information about the Walkathon was sent home in family envelopes on Friday. All students who turn in $50 worth of pledges will be eligible for the drawing to win great prizes weekly! More information is available on our school website http://www.stmarys-school.org THE SUNSHADE PROJECT IS ON ITS WAY! Construction on the Sun Hat to cover the new elementary playground equipment AND to add a covered area for picnic tables for our students to use will be starting soon. Thank you to Diane Braswell who secured an $8,000 grant and raised $14,000 from other generous donors to make this project come to life. We are excited for the extra shade over the playground and for a shaded area for our students to sit and enjoy the outdoors. A dedication ceremony is planned for May. Catholic Youth Sports 2019 Middle School Girls Soccer season 1/8-2/8 Middle School Boys Basketball season 1/8-2/8 Middle School Volleyball Registration 2/1-2/15 *Grade School Flag Football Registration open 1/9-2/18 GS Flag Football season 3/2-4/27  We need Grade School Flag Football Coaches…..must be fingerprinted. Please email Coach Olson golson@stmarys-school.org for more information. Accreditation Visit coming for our school! St. Mary Catholic School is a member of the Florida Catholic Conference (FCC) which is our accrediting agency. All Catholic Schools must go through a year long accreditation process every seven years, and we have been working on our accreditation for the past year. Our school accreditation visit has been scheduled for April 4 and 5, 2019. More information will be sent out as we get closer to our visit. Our Mission Statement The mission of St. Mary Catholic School is to create and encourage an environment of academic and spiritual excellence where children can grow in the knowledge of God and are formed to become the Catholic Leaders and Missionary Disciples our world needs. St. Mary Catholic School | 321-636-4208 | 1152 Seminole Drive, Rockledge, FL |www.stmarys-school.org ‌ ‌ ‌ Sandra Basinger | 1152 Seminole Drive, Rockledge, FL 32955 3216364208 Unsubscribe websitenewsfeed@stmarys-school.org Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by sbasinger@stmarys-school.org in collaboration with Try it free today