Saint Michael the Archangel School has been invited to participate in the annual What’s So Cool About Manufacturing video contest created by the Manufacturers Resource Center in Allentown, PA. This contest invites students to explore cool manufacturing careers and produce profiles of companies throughout Pennsylvania. The company we have been assigned is IMET located to Southampton, PA and we have visited the facility on a few occasions. Judges in each regional contest bestow a variety of awards, and each contest features an online vote at WhatsSoCool.org for its Viewers Choice Award The teams of students and teacher coaches receive camera equipment, software, and professional guidance as they learn to script, record, and edit their video stories. The contest’s objective is to change students’ perceptions about manufacturing careers.

New cell phone and phone number for our SMA Morning / Afternoon Cares Program!!! The phone number is 267-592-1400. Please call this number 267-592-1400 (not the school main phone number) when you need to contact CARES. CARES staff will have the cell phone with them during all activities which will greatly improve CARES communication. TY! God's grace, Mr. "D".

2018 SMA Walkathon Winners!!! 1st Brooklyn Demi 1,055.00 2nd Grade 2nd Natalie Heise 1025.00 1st Grade 3rd Austin Stutler 456.00 1st Grade 4th Wade Wallin 250.00 Pre K4 5th Savannah Andrews 245.00 1st Grade 6th Jarrod Exume 235.00 2nd Grade 7th Kali DeZolt 185.00 1st Grade 8th Francesca Simeone 175.00 3rd Grade 9th Christoper Brusgard 155.00 5th Grade 10th TIE! Caleb Basmajian 150.00 Kindergarten & PreK Nicholas Lombardo $150.00

Applications for BLOCS Scholarships for the 2019-2020 school year are now open. If your child is planning on attending an archdiocesan grade school, high school or select private schools, please use the below link to apply with FACTS. If you are unsure if your school uses FACTS for financial aid applications, please check with your school directly. In order to apply, you will need to have your most recent tax documents available. If you applied last year and uploaded your 2017 tax documents, you will not need to upload them again provided you use the same login that you used last year. For questions about the application process, please contact FACTS at 866-441-4637. Questions on awarding should be directed to your school. Thank you, Bill O'Brien Executive Director BLOCS 555 Croton Rd. Suite 310 King of Prussia, PA 19406 See what's happening on our social sites Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter View our profile on LinkedIn BLOCS, 555 Croton Rd, Suite 310, King of Prusia, PA 19406 SafeUnsubscribe™ sdicicco@sma-pa.org Forward this email | Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by info@blocs.org in collaboration with

SMA SCHOOL STUDENT EARLY PICK UP & CHANGING STUDENT DISMISSAL POLICY Parents/Guardians Must Send a Note to the Teacher: 1. If a child is being picked up early. 2. If your child is going home with someone other than parents/legal guardians. 3. If a student is changing the way she/he is going home that school day: BUS / CAR / CARES/ WALKING. Emergency Change of a Student’s Dismissal Policy: Emergency change for a dismissal of a student due to traffic issue / car problem / family issue, etc.: A phone call to the school office may be made to verbally confirm the dismissal of a child, however a note or email stating this change must be sent to SMA SCHOOL the next school day. This is a very important safety issue. Thank you! God bless, Mr. “D”.

Information and applications for need-based grants and merit-based scholarships are now available! Click on the follwing link: http://www.aopcatholicschools.org/financial-aid Or access the Scholarships & Financial Aid tab on the AOP Catholic Schools website to access the online applications for the Maguire Scholars Program, Howley Family Foundation Scholarship and all other opportunities available. TY! God bless, Mr."D".

We congratulate our new SMA Student Council members!!! SMA Student Council Officers for the 2018/2019 School Year Rylee Joyce ~ President T.J. Silvestro – Assistant President Savanna Hayden – Secretary Pete Hoffman ~ Treasurer SMA Class Representatives 5th Grade Sofia Adamo Autumn Johnson Matthew De Stefano Alternate Jameson Long 6th Grade Jake Scott Calleigh Joyce 7th Grade Noel Crespo Gabriel Scarborough 8th Grade Aiden Kelly Andrea Duran Congratulations to all the candidates for a fine job!

Greetings!!! Check out our SMA website at www.sma-pa.org for the latest info! A voice message is going out today at 3:00 PM. If you do not receive, please email me at sdicicco@sma-pa.org. to get you on the School Messenger list. Great news! We are now an official Google School. We also won two Connelly grants - Young Audience Music Assembly and the Peace Program for the 3/4 grades. The 4 grade also won a Kimmel grant. We also will receive an extra $10,000 in NPIS monies and our foreign language program K- 8 grades is renewed for the next three years. Our Bishops Tuition Transfer Grant is going strong. 4th graders will receive iPads so that all students in Grades 4-8 will each have one. (All staff have an IPAD, Smartboard, apple internet TV device, and doc reader/projector. New! SMA School will receive this year additional Title IV monies of $1000.00. Finally, we just upgraded our entire Internet SMA WIFI network to run faster. We also won an achievement of excellence award for outstanding growth in our Terra Nova scores. It’s been a busy summer. God is good! TY! God bless, Mr. "D".

Greetings! I was presented at the principals meeting by the new OCE superintendent, an Certificate of Achievement Award for SMA school for outstanding academic growth based on improvements on our Terra Nova scores! Our hard work is paying off! Congrats to our dedicated teachers and staff, our super parents& guardians, and our awesome students! God's light, Mr. "D".

• We ask parents/guardians to acquire the following for each child . • Every student Grade K – 3 must acquire for the language class an integrated USB head set with microphone. (NO PIN) The system recommends Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 . • Every student Grade 4-8 must acquire earbuds for their IPad.

This is another important advancement in our Technology Program at Saint Michael the Archangel Cathoilc School.