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It’s time for our annual SMA PUMPKIN DECORATING CONTEST!!!!!!! If you want to participate in our contest, please decorate your own pumpkin according to the categories listed below. You may bring it to school starting Monday, 10/28/19. Prizes will be awarded based on the following categories. All pumpkin entries must be brought home on Thursday, 10/31. (Any pumpkins remaining in school will have to be discarded.) SMA PUMPKIN DECORATING CONTEST CATEGORIES Most Original __________ Funniest __________ Scariest __________ Largest Decorated __________ Smallest Decorated __________ Best Celebrity TV/Movie/Music __________ Best Book Character ___________ Best Self Portrait __________ Best Carved __________ Best SMA Spirit __________ Best Sport Teams: Eagles – Flyers – 76’ers – Phillies __________ Add Your Own Category! ___________ Happy Pumpkin Decorating Everyone!!!! PLEASE RETURN THIS ENTIRE BOTTOM PORTION. PLEASE DO NOT CUT IT APART. TY! Student’s Name: Pumpkin Creation Name: _________________________________ ______________________________ Grade : __________ Room: _________ Grade : _________ Room: ______

We are proud to present our SMA STUDENT OF THE MONTH September 2019 – Courage PreK 1 ~ Brayden Steele PreK 2 ~ Cayda Ditzler Kindergarten ~ Brodie Hutcheon Grade 1 ~ Alexa Smejkal Grade 2 ~ Savannah Andrews Grade 3 ~ Allison Duran Grade 4 ~Matthew Saxton Grade 5 ~ Bobby Goldey Grade 6 ~ Matthew De Stefano Grade 7 ~ Erin Byrne Grade 8 ~ Tyler Pinkham Congratulations to these wonderful students!

Soft Pretzels are back at St Mikes!!! Greetings! Awesome news! After meeting with NDS to be sure we are in compliance with wellness guidelines, St. Mikes will again be offering daily sales of pretzels along with our SMART SNACKS! Tuesday, October 15 is the first day. The pretzel will be smaller and wheat based. We will keep the price at 50 cents (Even though wheat pretzels are more expensive to bake.) To make the purchasing easier, Mrs. Wurtz will again send out a preorder form to purchase pretzels and our Smart Snacks for the coming week. Since we are on a pretzel theme, this is the trivia question I asked our students today, “Which state consumes the most pretzels per year?!” Answer next week in your school messenger phone call! Pretzel 50 Cents Smart Popcorn 50 Cents Chex Mix 50 Cents Fruit Snacks (2 Types) 50 Cents Apple Sauce $1.00 Thank you! God bless, Mr. “D” ~ Principal

Dear Parents/Guardians, Greetings! SMA Report Card Conferences will be held on Thursday, 10/24/19 3:30 – 8:00 PM and Friday, 10/25/19 9:00 - 12:00 AM. This is a great time for you and your child’s teacher to touch base and discuss strengths and/or weaknesses. Conferences for all students PreK-8 will held on: 1. Schedule: Thursday, October 24 3:30 – 5:00 6:00 – 8:00 Friday, October 25 9:00 – 12:00 2. It will be the shared responsibility of teachers and parents to keep to specific times allotted for each conference. In respect for each other, please be prompt. 3. STUDENTS GRADES 5 – 8 ARE EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT WITH YOU AND THEIR TEACHER FOR THIS CONFERENCE. IT IS OPTIONAL FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES PREK – 4 4. Option this year! Phone conference. 5. This is the perfect opportunity to set goals as well as evaluating what has been accomplished so far this school year. 6. Each child has received this letter and each child in the family is asked to return the form below to his/her homeroom teacher by Wednesday, October 16th . 7. Teachers will send home confirmed times of your conference by Friday, 10/18 Thank you! God bless, Mr. Stephen D. DiCicco ~ Principal --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please return by Wednesday October 16 TY! _____ I do not wish a conference at this time. _____ I prefer a phone conference: Time available to call____________Phone number to call #__________________________. ______I am able to come to a conference at any of the times. ______I prefer to be scheduled: (Check off all possibilities) Thursday, October 24 3:30 – 5:00 ____ 6:00 – 8:00 ____ Friday, October 25 9:00 – 12:00 ___ Teacher (s) I wish to contact: _____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Student’s Name Grade Room # Parent’s Signature I have children in the following rooms: Student’s Name __________________________________ Scheduled conference: Thursday, October 24 ________Friday, October 25 __________ I am looking forward to meeting with you and your child at this time. TY! ________________________________ Teacher’s Signature

Acclaimed author Sarah McAnulty of "The World Ends in April" and "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" joining us last week with an excellent assembly!

Saint Michael the Archangel School 2019 Walkathon Saint Michael the Archangel School 2019 Walkathon! Dear Parents/Guardians, October 2019 Greetings! Our school children will again be participating in the annual SMA Walkathon. This is a wonderful way to promote Catholic education and build school community. As SMA School continues to use new technology, our SMA 2019 Walkathon pledges & donations will be online! (SEE OTHER SIDE OF THIS PAPER) With this new method, no pledge sheets will be needed or sent home. If you wish to make a cash or check donation write “SMA Walkathon 2019” and your child’s name on an envelope and send to school. Below is additional important information about the event: TIME: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2019 Students may wear SMA gym uniforms. They also may construct SMA spirit posters. All students will receive a treat when they return to school. We ask you to please be as generous as possible. A prize is planned for the top ten students who collect the most money. The top three will also win special prizes. Top classrooms win a pizza party/ice cream party! The online SMA Walkathon donation page will open until FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25th. SMA House Decoration Contest: Anyone who lives along the SMA Walkathon route may decorate their house to show their SMA School spirit! The top decorated house will receive a prize! Our Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic School thanks you for your great support of our school. God bless you and your families! Sincerely yours, The Walkathon Committee Mr. Stephen D. DiCicco ~ Principal Online Pledge Link - Walkathon https://independent.pledgebrite.org/fund/annualwalk13

Thank You Everyone Fox 29 Day & Eagles Day!!! Thank You Everyone for an Awesome Fox 29 Day & SMA Spirit Eagles Day!!! Video of the visit will be available soon! The Fox 29 producer told me our visit was the best ever. We also set the tone for a great Eagle's win last night!!! (Maybe they watched it!)

Thank you everyone for a wonderful SMA Ice Cream Social! The following are the names of the Service Club members that were a HUGE help at the Ice Cream Social!!! Calleigh Joyce - Erin Byrne -Sammy Drake Jameson Long - Bobby Goldey - Aiden O’Brien - Isabelle Ginchereau - Noel Crespo - Alex Finby - Kiera Ward - Brianna Byrne

Prayer for the Canonization of Blessed Louis Brisson, OSFS Lord Jesus, Who has told us, “Ask and you shall receive”. We address our prayer to You through the intercession of your priest, Louis Brisson. Attentive to the signs of the times and in obedience to Your Will, he founded the double family of the Oblate Sisters and the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. Confident in your providence and joyful in hope, he knew as a good father, how to make himself all things to all people. Grant us, through the intercession, the favors which we ask of You, Especially, (Add your special intention here)…….. May Holy Church rejoice in glorifying, This priest after Your own Heart Who gave himself totally to Your Love. Amen.

SMA School Writers Published In Young Audience Writers Contest!!! Winners! > Mary Citron - Samantha Drake - Erin Byrne - Aiden O'Brien Super news! We just received a letter from the "Young Writers Crazy Creatures Contest" stating that from over 8,000 entries ALL the stories sent from SMA School were picked to be printed in the next publication of "Young Audience Crazy Creatures 2019"! They also sent this: "Congratulations to Saint Michael the Archangel School. We are sure your students will keep up their great writing." Congrats to the 7th (last year’s 6th Grade) grade winners and Mrs Umek their ELA teacher! God's joy, Mr. "D".

Hello everyone!! It was very gratifying to be nominated as a top school in a second Bucks County Contest the “Best of Bucks Courier Times”! It is equally awesome to be named as a finalist and the top Catholic School in Bucks County! (See results below) This award is a testament to our Pastor Father DiIorio, Business Manager Jane Brown, all our excellent teachers and staff, volunteers, our wonderful, supportive parents/guardians, our great parishioners and of course our amazing students! Together we are achieving what the mission of St Mike’s school and parish set out to do many years ago: Faith – Family - Excellence. Let’s enjoy and celebrate this second achievement together! God’s light! Mr. Stephen D. DiCicco Principal of the Number #1 Catholic School in Bucks County!!!! WINNER The Pen Ryn School (Fairless hills) TOP TWO FINALISTS Saint Michael the Archangel School (Levittown PA.) New Hope Academy (Yardley, Pa.)

More great news! Our SMA Home and School just purchased and installed a beautiful state of the art water fountain for the first floor! We just received a $10,800 grant to purchase Science Fusion for our students for the next five years!!!!

Greetings! I just received great news! Through a grant provided by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia totaling $10,800.00 Saint Michael the Archangel School will now provide the state of the art Science Fusion Program for the next five years! See below for a detailed description of this excellent educational and fun to learn multi-learner science program for our students. God’s joy! Mr. “D”. Five Year SMA Science Fusion Program!!!! Written for today's learners, Science Fusion offers students the opportunity to ask and answer questions, investigate and draw conclusions through textbook reading, digital lessons, and virtual labs. It's truly a course that will appeal to all types of learners. The comprehensive, worktexts cover all pertinent topics in the areas of life science, earth science, and physical science for the 3-5 Grade levels with separate modules available for Grades 6-8. Units within each book are divided into lessons which are done weekly. These workbooks are colorful and inviting for students and all information is included right at the student's fingertips on perforated pages. Each lesson begins with an Essential Question which encourages the student to search for the answer in their reading, and/or Engage your Brain activities which include a prediction activity. Active Reading, Visualize It, and Do the Math activities guide the student through the lesson, and Lesson Review activities aid in comprehension, application, and reasoning skills, and a unit review concludes each unit. At Grades 6-8, the curriculum is divided into modules which can be used at any time during those grades. Labs are included in the books with demonstrations in the video lessons. The online component is actually a video lesson that includes simulations, animations, and video demonstrations and teacher management center/student tracking system assists you in planning, teaching, assessing, and tracking progress and 24/7 parent resources. This curriculum is great for those who want a lesson taught to their students who learn better with a visual/auditory element. Science Fusion programs also provides online support. This series is a fusion of virtual learning and hands-on learning and brings a new dimension to science curriculum.