January Monthly Letter!

December 16, 2019

Dear Parents/Guardians,
     Greetings and Happy January! Let me be the first to wish you and your family a blessed and joyous New Year!   This month we remember Mary, Mother of God on January 1^st.
   Some SMA School news:

SMA Carol Night!!! December 19^th, 2019 7:00 PM Church (Children meet in Church Hall by 6:30) New this year! Children will sit in the back of the Church so front pews will be now available (First come first serve!) New songs added this year: “Cozy Christmas Classics” with two grades performing together, two Christmas songs each. At the conclusion join us in singing: “O Come All Ye Faithful” -“Joy to the World” “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” Children will be standing along the side aisles while we all sing together! Come and Celebrate the true meaning of the Christmas Season!
Dangers of Vaping Presentation for Grades 4-8 on the 15^th. SMA School Classes resume Thursday, January 2^nd / First Friday Mass on the 3^rd 9:30 / SMA Tutoring Club “B” 1/2/20 /Dare Graduation on the 14^th!
SAVE THE DATE! SMA School Open House 6:00 – 8:00 ~ Registration for the 2020/2021 school year begins on January 30. We have many ideas for the new 2020/2021 school year at Saint Mike’s!
SMA Junior Flower Show EXPO will be the same evening as our SMA Open House.

Last six years our top SMA School winners’ art work was displayed at the Philadelphia Flower Show in Philadelphia!

SMA Kampus Klothes Online Extended #1 School Winter Sale is on. Call 215-943-0222 for info to order. TY!

Kindergarten Christmas Show was wonderful! Reminder: This month we are halfway through the second trimester on 2/7/20. Time to check MSP.
2020-2021 Financial Aid Applications Are Open! Apply online on our website at www.sma-pa.org Click on FACTS link.
Catholic Schools Week 2020 is coming soon! We are starting the planning stages for many exciting activities for the week. (Some students may be principal for the day!)

The theme this year is Catholic Schools Week: 2020 Catholic Schools Communities of Faith, Knowledge, and Service”.

Dr. Martin Luther King Day on the 21. NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
Thank you for all your contributions to our SMA school library. (The books keep pouring in!) Your donations are greatly improving the book and media selections for our children.

A New Year’s Prayer: Holy Father, God of our yesterdays, our today, and our tomorrows. We praise You for Your unequaled greatness. Thank You for the year behind us and for the year ahead. Help us in Your new year, Father, to fret less and laugh more. To teach our children to laugh by laughing with them. To teach others to love by loving them. We accept Your gift of a new year and we rejoice in what's ahead, depending on You to help us do exactly what You want. I say it again, we rejoice! In Jesus name, Amen.
Felice anno nuovo! May your year be one filled with the peace and happiness of the love of the Lord!
Yours in Christ! Mr. Stephen D. DiCicco ~ Principal