Dear Families,
Welcome to the New Year. We are excited to start 2024 back at school, ready to learn and grow individually and collectively. The start of the year is busy at St. Mary’s with a number of special events including Mother/Son Kickball, Father/Daughter Dance, Mindset seminar for parents, Catholic Schools Week, Open House and our Annual Mardi Gras Gala.
It is great to see everyone at school this week. Please remember, you are always welcome at Prayer Square, Weekly Mass as well as any time you would like to join us at school.
Wednesday, January 17th we will be recognizing our Christian Leaders – Disciples and our Honor Roll students at the end of mass.
Important Upcoming events:
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Mardi Gras Gala – February 10, 2024 – Get your tickets for the social event of the year. Tickets can be found using this link – Mardi Gras Gala Tickets . The website has a plethora of information about the event including your chance to enter a tuition raffle, donate to the event, and sponsor the event. Please bookmark the following link for ongoing access to the event information.
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Mardi Gras Gala Volunteer -There are only 3 volunteer positions remaining. If you are interested in helping at the social event of the year, please use the following link – Volunteer
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Mother/Son Kickball – Father/Daughter Dance – January 20th is a great day to have fun with your students. Please see the linked flyers for more information about the events on January 20th. To register, please use this registration link.
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Open House – St. Mary’s is hosting an open house with school tours on Thursday, February 1st. Please share with all your friends and other acquaintances the wonderful opportunities St. Mary’s has to offer.
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Mindset Seminar – St. Mary’s is blessed to have Mrs. Geile, a trained professional in Mindset. Mindset is a dynamic and useful set of skills which greatly aids with communicating with children. We participated in the training as a staff and are happy to be offering the opportunity to our parents. Please see the linked flier for more information.
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Annual Hallissey Invitational will be February 23-25. All 7th and 8th graders are encouraged to play for the Spartans in this fun and unique basketball tournament. More information coming from Mrs. Sullivan.
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Spartan Fund – St. Mary’s is incredibly grateful to all the families who graciously donated to the school scholarship fund over the past few weeks. St. Mary’s uses the dollars donated to the Spartan Fund to aid our students in pursuit of a high quality Catholic education. St. Mary’s Spartan Fund is available year-round for contributions, whether that be lump sum or monthly. Thank you again.
Please mark your calendars for important dates:
- Mother/Son Kickball – Father/Daughter Dance – January 20
- Catholic Schools Week – January 29 – February 1st
- Mindset Seminar – January 23, 2024 – 5:30-6:30
- BK New Student Information Knight – January 29 at 6:30
- Open House – February 1 – 10:00-12:00
- Opera Idaho – 1:00 pm on January 26
- Mardi Gras Gala – February 10, 2024 – Get Your Tickets Now!
Welcome to 2024 and God bless.
Kevan Grant
St. Mary’s Catholic School- Principal
Other Items of Interest
- St. Mary’s has become a member of Niche, the nation’s leading K-12 school search site. We are using the platform to market to families and students, both locally and in other states, to share all the wonderful things happening at St. Mary’s. Please check out our profile and leave a review about the school.
- Whole Family Religious Education – Contact Rusty Bang for more details
- Instrument Donation – Do you have slightly used music equipment? Check out this link…
- Important information from the School Nurse – Return to School Policy
- Get your Spirit Wear from Educational Outfitters – New Spartan Design
- Calling on all 3rd – 6th grade basketball players – The 3rd annual Catholic School Invitational is planned for March 15th through 17th in Boise
- Mexican Dance Group – Wednesdays at 3:30. No need to sign up, you are welcomed to stop by and try – More details HERE