Monday NO SCHOOL

President’s Day

Tuesday

Wednesday Liturgy 8:30 a.m.

2:00 p.m. Dismissal

Thursday Box Tops Due

Friday Stations of the Cross 11:40 a.m.

12:10 p.m. Dismissal

Daily Scrip Sales before

and after school

Intent to Return Due

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES February 23rd—Spirit Day and Dining

Together at Texas Cattle Co.

Boys 7th & 8th Gr. Basketball

Wed. @ 3:30 p.m.—SMMS vs. Holy Cross @ SMMS

Sat. @ 10:00 a.m.—SMMS vs. Our Lady of Guadalupe @ Friedrich Pavilion Coach “C” Gym

Boys White & Blue 5th & 6th Gr. Basketball

Tues. @ 3:30 p.m.—SMMS White vs. St. Paschals 1

@ St. Paschals

Tues. @ 3:30 p.m.—SMMS Blue vs. St. Rose 1@ St.

Rose

Fri. @ 3:30 p.m.—SMMS Blue vs. St. Jude @

SMMS

Sat. @ 11:00 a.m.—SMMS vs. St. John’s Lutheran @ Friedrich Pavilion Coach “C” Gym

Girls 7th & 8th Gr. Basketball

Tues. @ 3:30 p.m.—SMMS vs. Holy Cross @ Holy

Cross

Thurs. @ 3:30 p.m.—SMMS vs. St. Augustine @

St. Augustine

Girls 5th & 6th Gr. Basketball

Tues. @ 3:30 SMMS vs. St. Paschal 2 @ SMMS

Feb. 15th — 19th, 2016

PRINCIPAL Mr. Michael Ronan

PARISH LEADERS Rev. Preston P. Passos, Pastor

Rev. Mario Arellano, Associate Pastor

Rev. Fidelis Omeaku, Associate Pastor 2015-2016 PARENT TEACHER

ORGANIZATION BOARD MEMBERS President: Laura Ayala

Vice-President: Erica Salazar

Secretary: Becky O’Brien

Treasurer: Laura Hrabovsky

Landmark of Faith, Character & Academic Excellence

February 15, 2016 www.smmschool.net

Go Eagles!!

FAITH CORNER During the season of Lent, we often hear about fasting and abstaining

from meat and as Catholics, we observe these requirements. Ash Wednesday and all Fridays are days of abstinence, which means that

anyone over the age of fourteen abstains from eating meat. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are also days of fasting which means that people between the ages of eighteen and fifty-nine eat one full meal and two smaller meals that do not add up to a full meal. While both of these practices involve giving something up, Lent can also be a time for feast-

ing and I encourage you to pray the prayer for Fasting and Feasting, which is also in your family envelopes.

Dear St. Mary Magdalen Families,

I hope you have all had a blessed start to the season of Lent. It was wonderful to have so many parents and grandparents able to join us on Ash Wednesday for Mass and during the season of Lent, all are welcome to join us every Friday at 11:40am in the Chapel for Stations of the Cross. While only 2nd through 8th grade students attend on a regular basis, parents of younger children are welcome to bring them over to the Chapel during that time as well.

Thank you to all of our families who have returned the blue Intent to Return forms to the office already. If you have not done so already, please return the form to the office no later than Friday, February 19th. We have applications for students in all grades and will begin to enroll these students in the coming weeks once we have returning students in place.

If you are currently receiving financial aid from the Children’s Education Fund, please check your family envelope for your paperwork to secure those funds for the upcoming school year. If you are foreseeing a need for financial aid for next year for your family, please contact the school office for an application for the Children’s Education Fund as well as apply for in-house financial aid via the FACTS Grant and Aid link on the school website. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly.

As we are in the middle of cold and flu season, please make sure to encourage your children to wash their hands frequently and to make good use of the hand sanitizer available in our classrooms. Also, if your child is sick and in particular has a fever please keep them home and remember they must be fever-free without medication for twenty-four hours before they return to class.

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Peace,

Michael Ronan

Principal

Save the Date

Friday, March 18, 2016

6:00 – 9:00 PM

Spanish Hills Country Club

Beginner Clinics Offered

February 27th

Get Your RSVP in by 2-16!

Tables are filling up!

* Live Auction

* Silent Auction

* Dinner and Dancing

More Precious Than Jewels

Congratulations

to the Geo Bee

finalists!

Marin Cronley 4th, Evan Henchy 5th ,

Quinn Sauers 6th, Dylan Vergara 6th, Rob-

bie Kelly 7th, Isaac Ayala 7th, Wolf-

gang Anza 8th, Jackson Stotser 8th, Kylie

Sherman 8th, and Jillian Romualdez 8th.

Congratulations to our

Classroom Winners and the Top 3 Overall Winners of the

SMMS Spelling Bee!

Classroom Winners

Francis Giron - 3rd Angie Alex - 4th

Marin Cronley - 4th Libby McConnell - 4th

Evan Henchy - 5th Julia Dal Pozzo - 5th

Jack Hogan - 6th Molly Lynch - 6th Kai Aquino - 6th

Regina O’Brien - 7th Robert Kelly - 7th

Jackson Stotser - 8th Wolfgang Anza - 8th Madison Mok - 8th

The Top 3

1st - Carson McWhorter (5th grade) 2nd - Neil Del Rosario (3rd grade)

3rd - Avery Tanaka (7th grade)