We have had a great week at SMS! We know everyone is excited about spending time with family, and we hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! Here is what you need to know for this short week.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Paper Pie Card Box fundraiser. It sounds like we raised over $900 for SMS! Special thanks to Ali Doss for doing all the legwork on this fundraiser.
Monday is Spirit Day! Students may wear SMS Spiritwear with uniform pants or loose fitting jeans (no holes or rips). Also no sweatpants or jogging pants.
Also on Monday, we will be sending home SMS folders with the youngest in each family. These folders will have each families first ten $10K Giveaway tickets. There will also be a letter explaining how this fundraiser works. The SMS $10K Giveaway is a mandatory participation fundraiser, that raises over $25,000 for SMS each year. Each of our families are required to sell at least ten tickets, and are encouraged sell as many as possible. Any family that sells at least 30 tickets will have next year's registration fee waived. Also in the folder you will find permission slips for all students for the concert rehearsal at the Gaslight Theater, and for grades 5-8's trip to see "It's a Wonderful Life" at the Maysville Opera House. Please make sure to go through your folder, and return the permission slips in the folder on Tuesday.
Tuesday is an early dismissal day, and there will be no Ripley afternoon bus. If you need help with transportation, please let us know asap. We will begin the day with Mass. At approximately 10:45, our entire student body will gather in the Hall for the SMS Family Thanksgiving Dinner. Students will then be dismissed at 12:30. The SMS and Georgetown buses will run as scheduled.
It's a short, quick week but there are lots of memories to be made for sure! When we get back, we will be in the season of Advent, and there will be a lot going on in the three school weeks leading up to Christmas break. I will have a newsletter to prepare you for that next week. Have a great weekend everyone!