April 26, 2018

Volume 17 Issue 27

PTO 2

Upcoming Chess Events 2

Ice Cream Friday 2

Cinco de Mayo Celebration 2

Astros Catholic Family Night 2

Sports Banquet 3

Sports News 3

SMM Mother’s Day Out Program: Help Wanted

3

Persona Spirit Night 3

Lion Fund 4

Parenting the Love and Logic Way

4

Best of Humble Award 4

Book Fair 5

PTO Family Fun Night 5

Inside this issue:

Important Dates: 4/27-Jeans Day for Chess

Club

4/27-Astros Catholic Family Night

4/28-GHCAA Track Champi-onship

4/30-Spring Book Fair Be-gins

5/1- Teacher for the Day

5/4-Cinco de Mayo Celebra-tion

5/4-Spring Pep Rally

5/5-Parish Picnic

5/5-Chess Tournament

5/5-PTO Family Fun Night

5/10-May PTO Meeting

5/11-PreK Mother’s Day Tea

5/11-Sports Banquet

5/13-Mother’s Day/School Mass @ 11

COMMUNITY BASED-FAMILY ORIENTED CHILD CENTERED

Family Involvement Commitment Balance sheets will go home today. Balances are through April

18th.

Please look over the sheet closely to make sure every-

thing is correct. If you are un-sure, or know that something

is missing, please contact Trish at tduhon@smmcs.org

as soon as possible.

Final balance sheets will go home the first week of May. Balances (if any) need to be

taken care of by May 16, 2018.

Students are welcome to wear their favorite pair of jeans for one dollar! This week’s money will go to our Chess Club! Students will be able to

wear their uniform polo, spirit shirt, or any SMMCS organizational shirt!

St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Community is looking for a full-time Communications Coordinator. This position will be based out of the Parish Office and will work with all ministries of the parish, including the school.

Duties will include updating the parish website, bulletin boards, weekly announce-ments, Facebook page for the parish and using Flocknotes for communicating information to parishioners. The position will also publish the parish bulletin, parish news-letter, school newsletter, pamphlets and parish wide mailings. Other duties will be assigned as necessary to assist with office proficiency. This position requires excellent interper-sonal and communication skills, as well as writing and proofreading skills. E-mail résumé and cover letter to Wanda Conley at Wconley@st-mm.com.

Please join us on Sunday, May 13th (Mother’s Day) for the 11:00am Mass in celebration of SMMCS!

The school will be receiving the 2nd collec-tion for this Mass.

That’s Right!!! The successful bidders during the Spring Carnival’s Silent Auction will be the Teacher for a Day on Tuesday, May 1st!

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Please join us on May 10th @

6:30pm for our next

PTO Meeting!

All items are one dollar and will be bought and served during lunch.

Go to http://m.mlb.com/astros/tickets/info/catholic for ticket information.

The SMMCS Chess Club will meet tomorrow, April 27th and May 4th after school.

All students in grades Kindergarten through 8th grade are invited to participate.

Details are posted at chess.jliptrap.us/enterca.htm.

Please contact Coach Walsh at twalsh@smmcs.org with any questions.

SMMCS will host a Cinco de Mayo celebration before next Friday’s Spring Pep Rally!

Students are asked to wear tradition-al clothing from Mexico or blue jeans with a red, white and/or green shirt!

We would like to invite all of our SMMCS friends and families to join in on the fun.

Please contact Mrs. Rodriguez at crodriguez@smmcs.org should you have questions.

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Congratulations to Chimere Egesi and SaNya Southern, who both qualified for the GHCAA Track Championship this Saturday at Strake Jesuit High School! Chimere will be compet-ing in the 200m dash and SaNya

in the 400m dash. Good luck ladies!

Congratulations also goes out to the entire track team for their hard work and effort, as each student improved throughout the season. Way to go Lions! Gabby Docog: 100m, 400m, Shot put Thomas Docog: 100m, 400m Itzel De Leon: 100m, 200m, 400m Chimere Egesi: 100m, 200m, Long Jump Bryan Gibbs: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m Vera Huddleston: 200m, 400m, 800m Max Lanz: 100m, 200m, 400m, Shot put SaNya Southern: 100m, 200m, 400m

St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church is looking for experienced part time nursery attendants for its Mother's Day Out program, which will open later this year. The position will be 20 hours/plus per week. Applicants must have the following qualifications: Experience in caring for children between the ages of twelve months and three years Be at least 18 years of age Pass and complete a background check and drug screening Must adhere to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church Please submit your resume to Pat De Los Santos at pdelossantos@st-mm.com.

The SMMCS PTO would like to thank the families, friends,

students and faculty for coming out and showing their support on

Tuesday night!

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On March 22nd, SMMCS celebrated the $25,000 Lion’s Fund goal by building a Human Sundae! The students voted, and the “winner” was Coach Eddy, and as you can see from the pictures, the

students had a great time making him into a Human Sundae. Thanks to Coach Eddy for being a great sport and to the students who covered him with ice cream,

chocolate, sprinkles, and whipped cream!

$58,000

$71,000

We Are Almost There!

St. Mary Magdalene Catholic School is among a very small group that has won the Best of

Humble Award for two consecutive years. This distinction has qualified St. Mary Magdalene Catholic School for the 2018 Humble Business

Hall of Fame. Thank you to our families, friends and com-munity for all the love and support that has

been given to SMMCS!

St. Mary Magdalene Catholic School exists to develop

students who have academic strength, strong moral values and a deeper understanding of

their Catholic faith, so that they succeed as individuals who make wise choices, serve others and attain a deeper relationship

with Christ.

How you begin your education will influence your learning for the rest of your life.

Msgr. Paul Procella

St. Mary Magdalene Catholic School 530 Ferguson Street, Humble, Texas 77338 Phone: (281) 446-8535 Fax: (281) 446-8527

Accredited by the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department

Principal Joshua Raab jraab@smmcs.org extension 145

Director of Communications Trish Duhon tduhon@smmcs.org extension 218

Bookkeeper Kelli Pitt kpitt@smmcs.org extension 143

School Nurse Donna Mohrman dmohrman@smmcs.org extension 120

School Secretary Sam McKinney smckinney@smmcs.org extension 142

Development Volunteer Eddie Greene egreene@smmcs.org extension 144

Academic Coach Christy Keeling ckeeling@smmcs.org extension 159

Counselor Laura Valladares lvalladares@smmcs.org extension 160

Director of Admissions Laura Rocha lrocha@smmcs.org extension 146

SMMCS will again participate in All for Books! All for Books is an easy and effec ve way to unite the school community and provide more books for kids and teachers. All funds collected through All for Books are used to buy more books from the Book Fair.

Funds can be used to: · Give more students a chance to participate in the Book Fair. · Add new books to the school library. · Help teachers build and refresh their classroom libraries. · Donate to another school or community organization in need of books. Scholastic Book Fairs® then matches those monetary donations with a donation of up to $1 million in books from The Scholastic Possible Fund, which distributes books to children through organiza-tions such as the Kids In Need Foundation, Reader to Reader, Inc., and the National Center for Families Learning. By working togeth-er, we can help connect kids with more books than ever before! Book Fair Money Denominations for each day next week: Monday-Penny Day! Tuesday-Nickel Day! Wednesday-Dime Day! Thursday-Quarter Day! Friday-Any Denomination Day

The class/teacher who collects the most change daily will receive FREE merchandise from the Book Fair!

The class who collects the highest money amount in coins throughout the week will win a Chick-fil-A or

pizza CLASS PARTY! !