Congratulations to Our SMT Students!

Our students continue working on the six Pillars of

Character in the Character Counts program, helping them

become the best they can be! For January, teachers

recognized the following for their Trustworthiness: Simon

Bolivar, Diana Arias, Aryelle Charles, Briana Marin, Duc

Hieu Tran, Junior Diaz, Iris Sanchez, Kennedy Fuller,

Valeria Albarouki, Destiny Vera, Angel Martinez, Nhi Lam,

Jordin Carr, Anne Chen, Jossia Joseph, Kiara Hicks,

Jonathan Buritica, Diancy Fernandez, Leah Barnhill,

Tommy Quach, Elijah Cain and Averleen Charles.

And KUDOS to the following students who are recognized

for earning the most Marty Tickets in their class for

January: John Solano, Naria Alvarez, Andy Ha, Michael

Eniola, Joseph McKee, Charles Eleazu, Jacob Arias,

Kennedy Fuller, Tabitha Stein, Isabella Wong, Destiny

Vera, Favor Akaluka, Lizmarie Corsino Garcia, Kiara

Hicks, Fiona Li, Mia Tamburini, Saani Evans, Nicholas

Ehling, Ashley Rojas, Jayla Connor, Tommy Quach and

Averleen Charles.

For the month of February, the following students were

recognized for the character trait of Citizenship. We

congratulate the following: Gabrielle Naranjo, Andrew

Garced, Jeanina Banks, Juniel Chavez, Aliyah Figueroa,

Asia Davis, Alyssa Brown, Luis Chavez, Michael Quao,

Isabella Perez-Murillo, Christine Brown, Jeffer Dong,

Jalen Mawell, Vincent Clary, Nicholas Savino, Kayla

Dougherty, Victory Eleazu, Terrell McElveen, George

Harris, Brianna Maignan, Geovanny Pineda-Velasquez,

Sophia Rodriguez.

The students who were highest in each class for earning Mary tickets will be recognized next

month!

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Celebrating 100 Days of School!

Children in Pre-K 3 and 4 celebrated this milestone on February 19 by counting 100 things and pasting them on the number 100, putting themselves into the shape of the number, and taking turns, putting 100 “goldfish” into a fishbowl! They are 100

days smarter!

Kindergarteners enjoyed their celebration by working in groups to form the number 100 using manipulatives; celebrating with MARTY; drawing pictures of what they'll look like when they are 100 years old. They formed the number 100 using their bodies; read lots of stories about the 100th day; did 100 jumping jacks and had lots of fun celebrating being 100 days smarter!

The first grade celebrated their 100th day on February 12th. They each brought in 100 things in sandwich bags for example, 100 buttons, pennies, fruit loops, and so on. They had 100th day centers: they filled in 100 charts using number tiles, they read stories about the 100th day of school, they used place value manipulatives to model the number 100 in different ways, they were able to share their 100 things that they brought into class, and they completed a 100th day packet. The packet included journal

prompts such as: When I am 100 years old I will.... and if I had $100 I would buy ... The students illustrated a drawing of what they would look like when they turn 100 years old, they found different ways to make 100 cents using pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. The first grade classes also skip-counted to 100 - by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s and they read 100 sight words! They really are 100 days smarter, too! Article Information Contributed by Mrs. Higgins – Grade 1 and Mrs. Conti - Kindergarten

There is a slide show of pictures of the 100 Days Celebration on our website:

www.stmartinoftoursphila.org under News and Events!

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The Lenten Season…and Our Promises to Change

For the children in St. Martin of Tours School, the season of Lent is a time of

spiritual preparation for the great Feast of Easter. On Ash Wednesday, each

student wrote on a paper heart their own special promise of a sacrifice or

action they would work on during Lent to help bring them closer to Jesus. All

of these were place in a basket at the foot of a large cross that

the children would see each day, reminding them of these

promises. In art class some of our older children made special crosses while

others designed and painted the Stations of the Cross. The younger ones made

their own pictures of ways that they look to Jesus to

show them the ways they can become better. All are

looking forward to the Seventh Grade presentation of

the Living Stations…and hope that you will join us at

7:00 pm on March 22nd in the upper church.

SMT’s Engineering Club

St. Martin of Tours celebrated National Engineers Week with a

NovaCane assembly. NovaCane is a partnership with Villanova

University to bring engineering to St. Martin of Tours 6, 7, &

8th grades. These students meet once a month with Villanova

Engineering majors to learn some of the basic tenets of

engineering. Each class usually ends

with an activity demonstrating that

month’s lesson. For National

Engineering Week, representatives from AECON, a local

engineering company, discussed with the students the many

jobs in the engineering field. After the presentation, the

students worked in groups to construct domes made of

gumdrops and toothpicks. (Mr. Pavonarius – NovaCane Coordinator)

Burger King Night Winners! We are happy to recognize the following

students who held the winning tickets from recent visits to our monthly Burger King Nights: November: Kaylis Fabian, December: Benjamin Legagneur, January:

Jacob Arias, and February: Ryan DeLima. We hope to see you this Thursday, March 10th!

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Read Across America Day!

The National Education Association is building a

nation of readers through its signature program,

NEA’s Read Across America. Now in its 19th year,

this year-round program focuses on motivating

children and teens to read through events,

partnerships, and reading resources. On March 2,

our SMT students participated in this wonderful

project and enjoyed a surprise visit from “The Cat

in the

Hat”

himself!

First grade students also received certificates

for reading at least 20 books during

February…and got their picture taken with

“The Cat” as a bonus! They also enjoyed their

“Green Eggs and Ham” as part of celebrating

Dr. Seuss’ 112th Birthday!

Some upcoming events to note on your calendar:

March 9th First Penance – Lower Church at 7:00 pm

Congratulations to our children receiving First Penance!

March 11th End of the Second Trimester

March 13th Begin Daylight Savings Time…turn your clock forward!

March 15th Deadline to re-register your children for next year!

March 22nd Living Stations – Upper Church at 7:00 pm…thank you, Grade 7!

March 23rd Noon Dismissal…School Closed until Classes resume on March 28th

Happy and Blessed Holy Week and Easter to all our families!Happy and Blessed Holy Week and Easter to all our families!Happy and Blessed Holy Week and Easter to all our families!Happy and Blessed Holy Week and Easter to all our families!