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Notes From the School Office
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Thank You, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
What a wonderful Open House! All of the hard work and dedication offered by all who were involved to help make this year's event a success was amazing. I would like to take this opportunity to thank:
- the teachers for their preparation and being on hand to meet and greet all the visitors to their classrooms;
- Kris Dries for all her helpful assistance with the registration process;
- the many volunteers (parents and students who: spoke at mass, greeted, toured, displayed extra-curricular activities and offered refreshments to the visitors of our school;
- the maintenance staff for providing and setting up all the needed equipment and furniture, for shoveling, plowing and salting the sidewalks and parking lot;
- to the Boy Scouts who prepared and served a delicious pancake breakfast;
- to Jennifer Svastisalee for the architectural drawing of our new K3 classroom
- a SPECIAL thank you to the Open House Planning Committee (Margaret Thew, Molly Berens, Nora Mihm and Joanna McQuide) for their valuable input and time involved in planning this very special event.
Mrs. Tretow
Just at reminder to get your registrations forms in for the 2012-2013 school year. Some grades are filling up. We don't want to turn any St. Mary's family away because you didn't get your registration in. Please do it today!
Re-enrollment Letter
Re-enrollment Form
Financial Aid Form
Open House Update
The Open House Committee sends out a thank you to all the SMV families who helped promote Open House and encouraged family, friends and neighbors to come and take a look. Our school will continue to grow and thrive with the help and support of our current families so please promote SMV to your family members, neighbors and friends and let them know what a wonderful school we have. Families may call the school office to arrange a tour or shadow day at any time. You make SMV the school that it is and can continue to be. Thank you.
Thank you to our wonderful faculty and staff for all of their organization and time in setting up their classrooms and participating in the Open House. Thank you to our facilities staff for the set-up and clean-up.
We had 34 familiy tours and 11 registered at Open House!!
Parent Tour Guides:
Catherine and Ann Marie Raster
Young Greeters:
Michelene McQuide
Connor Mihm
Bridget and Ellie Berens
School Representatives at Tables in the Gym:
1) School Committee- Jane Carrig
2) Home and School & Spiritwear- Beth Parey, Katie Schmidt, Courtney Warren, Ann Scott, Tamara Ahrens
Auction- Bill and Evalyn Martin
3) Athletics- Mike McDonough
4) Market Day- Patty Steigerwald and Therese Flanner-Propp
Scrip- MaryKay Zukowski and Amy Sosnay
5) Christian Women- Mary Magnor, Molly Berens, Ellen Mary Raster
Catholic Formation- Dave Braun and Brian Magliocco
6) Boy Scouts- Brigid Harmeyer
Girl Scouts- Ann LaMarche, Therese Pickart
Molly Carrig, John Eberle, Katie Malloy, Emily Berens
SMV Advancement Committee/Open House Organization:
Carolyn Butler and Kristi Antonneau, chairs
Sue Benson and Diane Bodalski
Thank you to all the many wonderful families that donated their time to the Book Fair.
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Our School Community
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| Elementary Students, It's Forensic Time at SMV!
Elementary Students, the Forensics Meet is Coming Soon! The John Hochhaus In-House Forensic Meet is Friday, March 2, at 6pm for grades 3, 4 and 5. What is forensics? It's the art of public speaking, and SMV is one of the only schools in the area to offer an elementary forensic program. Students are invited to compete in one of several categories, including prose, poetry, demonstration, acting or infomercial. Enter as an individual or with a group! It's great experience and FUN! Trophies and pizza party awarded to the class with the greatest participation. Coaching sessions are available 3-4 pm February 6, 13 and 20. This event is sponsored by SMV Home and School. See link below for registration forms and category descriptions. Don't miss the fun! Questions? Contact Paula Eberle<paula@cap-prop.net> or Molly Berens <mmberens@yahoo.com>.
Elementary Forensics Registration Form
Six Flags Read to Succeed
Children in K5 through gr. 6 are invited to participate in Six Flags Read to Succeed. Any student who completes 6 hours of reading (independently or being read to) will receive a free ticket to Six Flags. Students received their forms this past week. Completed forms must be returned to school by February 24. Happy reading!
St. Mary's Students Earn First Place at State Championships
On Saturday, January 28th, five St. Mary's Junior High students competed in the annual Wisconsin State Spanish Pronunciation Contest Championships at Pius the XI High School.
St. Mary's made a clean sweep of first place presentations in both the prepared poetry and prepared reading competition.
Winning first-place honors in the Memorized Reading section were 8th grader Molly Carrig and 7th grader Elizabeth Janowski.
Winning first-place honors in the prepared poetry section were 7th graders Martha LoCoco, Madeline Thew, and Emily Steybe.
Congratulations to the students on their fine efforts!
Filtering and Parental Control Options
There are many products available that offer a wide range of filtering and parental control options. As parents strive to keep their children safe on the Internet it can be overwhelming. For information on some filtering options, see the Classpage titled, A PARENT'S GUIDE TO TECHNOLOGY AT SMV.
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Home and School
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| Save the Dates
Home and School has many great activities scheduled in the New Year for your family! Please mark your calendar and plan to join us for the following:
February 2 Matt Wilhelm Assembly
As a thank you for participating in Home & School's fall Magazine & Gift drive, Matt Wilhelm from "America's Got Talent" will be performing at an all-school assembly on Thurs., Feb. 2. Those students who met the sales goal of $100 in sales per student/max $300 per family are invited to participate in a Meet & Greet with Matt after the assembly. A small photo of Matt will be provided for autographs, but your child is welcome to bring something different to be signed. VIP passes will be handed out by the teachers.
February 3 Country Springs
Country Springs has just given us word that a limited number of wristbands will be available for purchase at the door for the reduced $12 rate. These will be available on a first come, first served basis. SMV Day is this Friday, Feb. 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. See you there!
February 17 Parent's Night Out - Bowling at AMF Bowlero
Looking for a break from the winter doldrums? Join your fellow SMV parents and get your (bowling) game on at AMF Bowlero Lanes in Tosa on Friday, Feb. 17 from 7-9 p.m. $11 per person gets you unlimited bowling and shoe rental. Food and beverages are available for purchase. RSVP and payment are due to the school office by Feb. 14. Contact Marie Metoxen (Dean) with questions at mmetoxen@reinhartlaw.com or 414-690-0547.
Bowling Flyer
Our "Island Paradise" Dinner Auction on March 10th, 2012 is approaching quickly!
Again, the auction committee wishes to thank those of you who have made contributions already in the form of donations, sponsorships and/or advertising. We do still need additional merchandise doantions, in-kind gifts or sponsorships to help underwrite some of our packages, so please give consideration to helping in any way possible. We do ask those who are planning on making donations or considering donations to do so by February 17th to help us balance our timeframe and last minute details/deadlines as we get closer to the event. Also, we are offering some special advertising rates for those who offer a discount coupon or percentage off in their ad. Not only will your ad be in our program catalog but it will be circulated throughout the entire parish the weekend following the event! If you own a business, work at or know of somewhere that you think would benefit from advertising in our catalog, see the donation form link or contact Bill Martin.
Also, don't forget about the Wine Pull! Please bring your bottles of wine (please no champagne, sparkling wine or liqueurs) to the school office by February 17th. We are in need of 75 bottles, so don't be shy!
Keep an eye out for Invitations and Raffle tickets ~ coming soon.
Thank you for supporting our Auction for Education.
Wine / Cork Pull Donations Flyer
Program Booklet Ad Space Pricing Form
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Fund Raising Opportunities
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Market Day
Orders Due Via Internet: Feb 4th by 11:00 P.M.
Paper Orders Due to School: Feb 3rd by Noon
Order Pick Up: Feb 8th from 4 - 5 P.M. in the Sr. Center
Cookie Dough
Buy 2, Save $1; Buy 3, Save $3; Buy 4+, Save $5
Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough, Chocolate Mint Cookie Dough; Lemon Cooler Cookie Dough; M&M Cookie Dough; Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Dough; Peanut Butter Cookie Dough; Snickerdoodle Cookie Dough; Sugar Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough; White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie Dough
Any questions contact Therese Flanner or Patty Steigerwald.
Milwaukee Admirals Hockey and Money Back for SMV!!
Join us for a night of faith and fun at Archdiocese of Milwaukee Night with the Milwaukee Admirals on Friday, February 3 at the Bradley Center. $2.00 from each ticket sold goes back to the Archdiocese AND $2.00 from each ticket sold comes to St Mary's School.
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Community Announcements and Opportunities
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Ash Wednesday Morning of Reflection
Sponsored by St Mary's Visitation Christian Women, all are welcome Wednesday, February 22, 2012 for a morning of Lenten preparation beginning with an All School Mass at 8:00AM.
Msgr. Shecterle will help us prepare our hearts for our Lenten journey during a reflection at 9:30am in the Atrium.
Stations of the Cross "With Mary, the Mother of Jesus" will be held at 10:30 a.m. in the Church.
Coffee/juice, muffins and hot cross buns are available prior to the reflection; light soup/salad lunch to follow. Cost: covered by Speed Pass or $8
RSVP to Ellen Mary Raster at ellenmary2@wi.rr.com or 262-797-6553
Valentines Date Night for Married Couples with Father Nathan Reesman
Join us February 11th from 7:00-9:00PM for dessert and coffee - without the kids - in support of your marriage. Babysitting is provided.
"You're Only Together For Life" Do you think people will be married in Heaven? And what can spouses do to help get each other there in the meantime? Father Nathan will talk about why a good marriage matters in this life... and in the next.
Please register, especially for babysitting For more information and to register contact Dave Braun: dbraun@stmaryeg.org or 262.782.4575 ext. 109.
Valentine's Date Night Flyer
Junior High Valentines Dance
All 7th/8th grade SMV school or EDGE teens are invited Friday, February 10th from 7:30-9:30PM at St. Dominic Parish. The cost is $6 plus the donation of a new pair of socks. Stop by the parish office to pick up forms or download them off of the parish website or in this newsletter. Please remember that if you have not filled out the junior high policy form to do so as well. Chaperones are needed for this dance. If we do not get a sufficient amount of chaperones, we will have to cancel the event. Registration is due no later than Monday, February 6th! Question, contact Brian Magliocco, Youth Minister, at 262-782-4575 x 108.
Dance Registration Form
Junior High Dance Policy
Alive Again: Reawakening Your Catholic Faith
Join us for a 3 day Lenten journey with national recording artist and inspirational speaker, Steve Angrisano. This is an event for all ages, from young children to seniors and everyone in between. You do not want to miss out on this spiritually rewarding week! The dates for "Alive Again" are March 5, 6, and 7 in the St. Mary's Visitation Church Atrium from 6:30-8:00pm. All are welcome and there is no cost to attend! Watch the bulletin for more information in the coming weeks.
For more information on Steve Angrisano, feel free to read his bio and if you'd like to hear him performing a song, click on the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgUIB39RV5E&feature=related
Steve Angrisano Biography
Sunset Playhouse's Song and Dance Man
Saturday, February 4
10:30am - 11:30am
Elm Grove Library, 13600 Juneau Blvd, O'Neill Room
Come and see the play "Song and Dance Man", a sweet story about the importance of family and its rich history, performed by Sunset Playhouse. Two children follow their grandpa into his attic and in the most forgotten section of that dusty room, there is an old trunk. And when the trunk is opened, the past sings and dances to remind the children how much fun it is to live life!
All children must be accompanied by an adult. Admission is free. No reservations required.
The Elm Grove Public Library is Celebrating 50 years.
Please join us in a community celebration of 50 years of the Elm Grove Public Library on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at the Elm Grove Women's Club, 13885 Watertown Plank Road, Elm Grove, WI. The reception and cash bar begins at 6:00 PM with dinner to follow at 7:00PM. The Library Cabaret Show and Candy Decker and Phil Smith begin at 8:00 PM.
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This Week in Athletics
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Athletic's Corner - January 28, 2012
January 28 Results:
8th Boys SMV White vs St Vincent Pallotti 29-17
7th Boys SMV Blue vs Blessed Savior 24-38
7th Boys SMV White vs St Sebastian White 25-14
6th Boys SMV vs St Joseph Tosa White 38-16
5th Boys SMV Blue vs St Dominic Black 17-32
5th Boys SMV White vs St Anthony MF 6-25
8th Girls SMV vs St Roberts 19-35
7th Girls SMV vs Brookfield Academy 19-14
6th Girls SMV White vs Christ King White 10-22
5th Girls SMV vs St Mary MF White 7-1
Upcoming games at St Mary's:
8:15 AM 6th Boys Waukesha Catholic White vs Mother of Good Counsel
9:15 AM 8th Boys SMV White vs Waukesha Catholic Blue
10:15 AM 8th Boys SMV Blue vs Mother of Good Counsel
11:15 AM 6th Girls Christ King White vs St John Vianney Whte
12:15 PM 6th Girls St Sebastian White vs St Dominic White
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