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St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic SchoolCatholic Education and Values for a LifetimeLocated in Beverly, MA on Boston's North Shore
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Parent's News
Check out the minutes from Parent's Committee meetings below 2009-2010 Classroom Moms
Parents committee meeting minutes December 8, 2009
Parents' Committee Meeting Minutes December
8, 2009
We discussed the Wreath Sale that
happened this week at school and at church. The sale
was very successful. We sold all but 6 wreaths and
those are going out the door today. Thank you to Kim
Dunham for taking on the project and Margaret Wilder for
tying all the bows. Also to everyone who made the sale
so successful. A great success for a new venture. Kim
is already thinking of ways to improve the process next
year.
Christmas Concert is
Dec
16th and there will be cookies and
cider downstairs in the lower church after the
concert. There will be an email going out asking
families to bring cookies for the evening. For
those of you who will be baking or buying, cookies
can be dropped off at the back of the church
(upstairs). Adoration will still be going on in the
lower church until 7pm and we do not want to disrupt
Adoration. We will bring the cookies downstairs via
the elevator at the end of the concert.
We will have Family Movie Night
on
Friday, December 18th. This includes
having families come and watch Polar Express and
have some movie snacks. Kids can come in their
pajamas with their
sleeping bags and pillows. Parents feel free
to bring your lawn chairs, sleeping bags, etc. so
you are comfortable for the movie. We were hoping
to have a toy drive for Toys for Tots but it is a
little too late for them so we changed to Cradles to
Crayons which means please donate a pair of
pajamas. If you already have a toy to donate bring
that along and we will make a donation to Beverly
Bootstraps with the toy donations. The local
charities can handle a toy delivery in December.
Grade Two will be hosting Teacher
Appreciation with a lunch this month.
Scoop submissions are due
this
Friday, Dec 11th. Please submit to Julie
Archibald. If you are having trouble completing the
scoop please let me know. I can ask the teacher of
that grade if they would be interested in handling
the writing of the scoop in class.
We will meet again in the New Year to discuss our
hospitality events.
September 18 and September 22, 2009
The Parent’s Committee is off to a great start this year. Two separate meetings were held to accommodate everyone’s schedules and between the two we had a good turnout.
We discussed the purpose of the Parents Committee for the year. The discussion was centered around “free fun” and improving the school.
Mrs. O’Donnell needs help finishing the automation of the library and it was suggested by Robin Harvey that the eighth graders help her out as a “graduation present” to the school. Everyone agreed that it was a good idea. We also talked about setting up a library committee to help Mrs. O organize her volunteers. Rosamond Martin and Kim Dunham agreed to take this on and went right to work on the project. Thank you Rosamond and Kim.
Friday Snack Day was discussed at length. The pro of it is the $90.00 give or take that the teachers get for classroom supplies. The con is allergy issues and parents not wanting their children to have a lot of junk food as well as the burden on the parents to supply snacks to sell. We discussed selling ice cream as a safe, easy alternative that would give the teachers much needed cash for classroom supplies. Along the same topic, it was discussed to have the teachers post their wish lists on the schools web site so if someone has something that is needed, then it can perhaps be donated. This could perhaps alleviate the need for snack day.
The Auction baskets and class art projects are underway. The donations for the baskets are needed by the 9th of October and should be followed up on from the Development Office.
Linda Fortini gave an update on the Arts Council. She has booked Neil Nichols and his Geography Game show to come to the school.
The float for the Beverly Santa Parade was discussed. We did not do one last year as it is a big task and no one wanted to take it on. A flyer will go out to gauge interest. It was also suggested by Carol Schroter to perhaps do a walking Nativity Scene in the parade. This could be a great way to get SMS back in the parade without the work of the float.
Kim Dunham suggested having a Christmas Movie Night at the school. Have the kids in their pajamas, blankets, popcorn, and a movie on a big screen. Everyone agreed this sounded like a great fun free thing to do.
Teacher appreciation will go on again through the year. We’ll do it once a month, maybe twice a month with various volunteers doing what they choose.
Lastly, we discussed the School Scoop becoming a student run newspaper. The students would write the stories they choose, there could be poetry, photos, student council happenings, etc. I will get in touch with the middle school students to discuss. Julie Archibald will still print it as she has done in the past.
Well, I think that is all for now. Thank you everyone for all you do for SMS!!!!! Janie Powers and Maureen McCarthy
Parental InvolvementSaint Mary Star of the Sea School offers many activities where parents can contribute to the educational and cultural experience of their children and the school as a whole. The School is supported by a School Board and a Parents Committee , made up of both parents and parishioners of Saint Mary School and Parish who generously give their time, talent and experience to improve school life on many levels.
If you are interested in becoming involved a listing of the current committee members is enclosed. There are other areas where parents can contribute their time and expertise on an individual level; volunteering in the Computer Lab and Library as a Class Parent, After School Enrichment programs, Office assistants, Coaching for Destination Imagination events, to name a few. There are many ways to help, have fun and enrich your child’s academic experience. |
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