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April 7 , 2016 Page 1 of 17
News and Events
St. Mary School 2510 Middle Road, Glenshaw, PA 15116
www.stmaryglenshaw.org/school/
412-486-7611
Upcoming Events April 11
Kennywood Tickets on Sale
April 15
Totally 80’s Party
April 18
Spring Picture Day
April 19, 20, 21
Scholastic Book Fair
April 22
Flower Power Orders Due
Middle School Dance
7-10PM
In This Issue
April Dress Down Days –
Page 1
2016 Pittsburgh Regional
Science and Engineering
Fair Results – Page 2 and
3
Yearbook Orders – Page
4
Scholastic Book Fair –
Page 5
PTG Information – Page 8-
11
Flower Power Fundraiser -
Page 12
Guinness World Records –
Page 14
Kennywood Ticket Sale
Information – Page 15
April Dress Down Days
Dress Down Day coupons for the month of April are on sale!
There are three assigned dress down days each month. The
cost remains the same, $5.00 for the three coupons. April’s
dress down days are: Tuesday, April 12, Wednesday,
April 20th and Tuesday, April 27th.
If you would like to purchase Dress Down Day Coupons for
the month of April, please send $5.00 in an envelope marked
“Dress Down Days.” Please indicate the student’s name,
grade, and homeroom number.
Spring Pictures
Spring pictures will take place on April 18th. Please use the
order forms that were sent home previously. If you need an
order form, please contact the school office.
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2016 Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair Results
How PROUD are we of our St. Mary's Middle School Science Students? Words cannot express how
proud that we are. Our students conducted themselves with poise, enthusiasm and confidence as
they defended their investigations. This event hosted over 1100 students from 100 schools across 23
counties. When you think about the odds of our students winning anything at all, you may think it
may be impossible. Well, here are the results:
6th Grade:
Emma Bradley: Recognition Award from Alcoa Company.
Grace Gralewski: 3rd Place Category Award in the Junior Category in Physical Science. Grace
competed against over 120 projects in this category.
7th Grade:
Sam Little: 3rd Place Category Award in Intermediate Physics. Sam competed against over 90
projects in this category. Sam will receive a monetary award and a certificate.
8th Grade:
Julia Matschener: Recipient of the U.S. Metric Association for the best ude of the SI system. Julia also
received a Perseverance trophy for competing in PRSEF for three consecutive years.
Olivia Schoppen: Received a 4th place award for her project in the Health and Medicine Category.
Olivia will receive a monetary award and a certificate. Olivia competed against over 50 projects in
her category. Olivia also received a perseverance trophy for competing in PRSEF for three
consecutive years.
Sarah Watson: Received three sponsored awards for 50.00 each. Sarah received the Spectroscopy
Society of Pittsburgh award which will be given to her at a dinner held in her honor in May and a
medal. Sarah received money and a medal from Young Women in Biology, and Sarah also received
money and a medal from the United States Steel Corporation. In addition to these awards, Sarah
received a 3rd place category award in her category which was Health and Medicine. She will
receive a monetary award and a certificate. She competed against over 50 projects in this
category. Sarah also received a perseverance trophy for competing in PRSEF for three consecutive years.
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Emily Mullen: Received two Affiliated Sponsor Awards. The first was from the Society of InVitro
Biology and the second was from the U.S. Navy. Emily also received a FIRST PLACE in her category of
Biology. She will receive a monetary award and a certificate. Emily competed against over 60
projects in Biology. Emily's project will be on display at the Carnegie Science Center for the next few
weeks. Emily also received a perseverance trophy for competing in PRSEF for three consecutive
years.
Payton Roblaski: Payton received a monetary award and a certificate form the ASM Materials
Education Foundation. She also received a monetary award and a dinner in her honor in May from
the Society for Analytical Chemists. Payton also received a Perseverance Trophy for participating in
this Science Fair for three consecutive years.
The following 8th graders also received Perseverance trophies for their participation at PRSEF for three
consecutive years:
Emma Holtz Payton Roblaski
Joshua Maltese Anna Hamill
Sydney Heintzinger
Kylie Karam
Delaney McHugh
Gillian Mulchay
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Spring 2016 Scholastic Book Fair
Family Preview, Tuesday, April 19 2:30pm- 5:30pm
Wednesday, April 20 and Thursday, April 21 During school hours in Providence Hall.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 Thursday, April 21, 2016 8:30am Preschool 3year olds 8:30am Preschool 4 year olds 9:06am Kindergarten 9:06am Grade 8-4 9:49am Kindergarten Readiness 9:49am Grade 5 10:32am Grade 8-1 10:32am Grades 2 and 3 11:15am Grade 7 11:15am Clean Up 12:00pm Lunch 12:30pm Grade 4 1:14pm Grade 1 1:57pm Grade 6
All students who donate $1.00 for “All for the Books” will receive a Dress Down Day. 7% sales tax will now be added to each sale at the book fair so please account for that when you give your child money to purchase items at the fair.
Meredith Kandravy, [email protected] and Suzi LaGamba, [email protected]
© 2016 Scholastic Inc. 12716 • 171200 Permission to reproduce this item is
granted by Scholastic Book Fairs®
.
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ST. MARY’S TEACHER RECEIVES
NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHER ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP
TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
St. Mary’s teacher, Mrs. Lynne Mroz gladly accepted the National Science Teacher Association
Scholarship this year to attend the National Convention last week in Nashville, TN. Along with
over 30,000 teachers, Mrs. Mroz and 2 other teachers (Lisa Stough, OLMBS, and Betsy Kilmeyer
(St. Bede) attended workshops, meetings, forums, classes, and exhibits to collaborate, learn, and
share best Science practices focusing on STEM /STEAM criteria, inquiry science instruction, and
current trends and standards on a national and global level. Mr. Mark Krotec (Central Catholic
Instructor) has been spearheading the grant through local donations from various benefactors.
Mrs. Mroz and other attendees will meet in the summer to share and plan ideas and lessons
learned. Lesson summaries and transcripts are catalogued, recorded and evaluated for relevancy
to supplement the current Pittsburgh Diocese Science Curriculum. Mrs. Mroz will then teach
diocesan teachers the science concepts and lessons learned through a Share-a-Thon sponsored by
the Diocese of Pittsburgh ---offered to teachers in the fall.
“It’s always motivating and rejuvenating to learn from other teachers, but to learn from the
best and brightest minds throughout the country was overwhelming-yet exhilarating. It was so
much fun to be surrounded by elementary, middle school, high school and secondary educators
(& administrators) who are passionate about all science concepts --- from Bill Nye’s goal of
deflecting an asteroid to the Ornithological Society eager to catalog backyard birds----- excellent
science instruction is not only important, but a vital and urgent necessity in order to compete on
a global level. I hope to excite every student I teach to ask ‘what if’, to build and engineer new
creations, to take risks, and to care about the world we live in… I want my Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math passions to be contagious.”
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YEARBOOK PHOTOS NEEDED!
Please help with our yearbook by submitting candid photos of any school
activity such as classroom projects, special events, parties, academic
programs, or sports events!
Use the link below to submit photos.
(see bottom of page and image of a camera)
https://stmaryglenshaw.picaboo.com
The link will direct you to select the yearbook page you want your
picture(s) to appear.
Please direct any questions to Ms. Mech at [email protected]
Like us on Facebook!
St. Mary School is trying to increase our social media presence and is actively updating our
Facebook page with all of the great things that take place at school. There is information
about students, teachers, as well as special events. If you haven't "liked" our Facebook
page (St. Mary School- Glenshaw) yet, do it today.
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PTG Information
April 8, 2016
Thanks to everyone who attended this week’s meeting. We have a lot of plans for the end of the
year so please take a look at the meeting minutes and get back to us with any questions.
This is IT!!!! It is officially ONE WEEK until our biggest fundraiser of the year. The Totally 80’s Party is
HERE!!!! This was the last day to turn in forms to reserve tickets. If for some reason you did not get
your form in today, please email Marina ASAP if you would still like to attend. We are looking
forward to an amazing night.
Do your kids need some books to keep them busy over the summer? The spring Scholastic Book Fair
is also coming up quickly. The Family Preview Night is Tuesday, April 19 from 2:30 pm- 5:30pm. The
fair will run Wednesday, April 20 through Thursday, April 21 during school hours. Please see the
attached flyer for the times each class will attend. All parents should have received the email from
SignUpGenius to sign up to volunteer at the fair. Please consider volunteering a few hours of your
time to help make this event a success. PLEASE NOTE THAT BOOKS BOUGHT AT THE BOOK FAIR WILL
NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED TAX EXEMPT!!!!! THEREFORE WHEN YOUR CHILD BRINGS IN MONEY FOR
THE FAIR, REMEMBER THAT A 7% SALES TAX WILL BE ADDED ON TO ALL PURCHASES.
SAVE THE DATE!!!! Friday, May 20 is Family Fun Night. This PTG/SMAA event is a FREE night open to all
school families as well as any new families that have enrolled in the school. Plans are currently in
the works with regard to food, entertainment and FUN. So mark your calendars.
Remember that Bulb and Plant Sales forms are due back to office by Friday, April 22. Although it has
been on the colder side, plants do not ship until it is time for them to be planted. This is a great way
to get your gardens ready for summer.
Important Dates:
April 15- Totally 80’s Night 7-11pm Hampton Banquet Hall
April 19-21- Scholastic Book Fair, Providence Hall (during school hours)
April 22- Flower Power Orders Due
May 20- Family Fun Night
June 16-18- Parish Festival
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PTG Meeting
April 6, 2016
I. Old Business
a. Totally 80's Update
The last day to purchase tickets is Friday, April 8.
Ticket sales are great!
Thanks to sponsors and so many donated items we are already at a profit of $1600 and that is even after paying for all of the meals.
During the evening there will be a Silent Auction, Chinese Auction, TV Raffle, Mystery Box, Selfie Booth, Gaming Center, Money Wheel, dinner and all you can drink beer and wine.
This event is really going to help us raise money for teacher's wish lists and school improvements.
An idea was suggested to purchase a 3D printer for the school with funds raised at the 80's party. Mrs. Riegelnegg looked into it and found that many of the schools that have a 3D printer don't really implement it into the curriculum. Our students would probably enjoy a hands on science program like the Mad Science one more than having a 3D printer.
b. Book Fair
Starts next week and we still need a few volunteers.
Sales tax is now required on all book purchases.
c. Yummy Island at the Church Festival
We will need many parent volunteers for this. Mrs. R and Fr Tim are allowing parents to earn assessment hours for volunteering their time at the the Yummy Island. Since finding people to stay to clean up is the most difficult position to fill double credit hours will be given for volunteering during the last hour of the festival.
The Knights of Columbus will be grilling and preparing the food. We will reach out to them to see what else we can to do help.
d. Bulb Fundraiser
It's doing well! There is still time to get your orders in.
(continued)
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I. New Business
a. Family Fun Night
This will be on Friday, May 20th in Marian Hall.
PTG and SMAA will be sponsoring this event together. This is for school families and families who have enrolled to start next year.
For food we are going to order pizza. Mrs. R suggested looking into Rita's Italian Ice bringing dessert.
We need to think of fun activities and games.
Giggles the clown can come and do Face Painting, Balloon animals and a magic show.
b. Talent Show
Lisa Genton is going to work on this with the help of Mary Theresa Watson.
c. Field Day (Formerly R&R day)
Mrs. R is going to look at a calendar and set a date.
The Treat and Prize Patrol truck is going to come at the end to hand out treats.
All day fun with games and activities.
We will need volunteers. There is $200 in the budget for this.
d. Teacher Appreciation Lunch
Since there are no more half days a lunch would be difficult to coordinate. We are going to concentrate on our Teacher Appreciation Lunch before school starts.
e. Restaurant Nights
Should we do 1 more? Maybe Emiliano's?
We still need to talk to Casey's Restaurant because we didn't get a check from them.
f. SMAA 50th Anniversary Party
Next year is the 50th Anniversary of the SMAA. They are going to plan a BIG and exciting event in September. This would be our big school fundraiser for the year.
The plan is to bring back as many alumni as we can to this event.
More information will be coming and a planning committee is being formed.
Our next meeting will be Wednesday, May 4, 2016
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Shop Amazon.com and effortlessly earn money for St. Mary School. St. Mary School is a member of Amazon.com’s School Rewards Program, an easy way for you to
help us fundraise, simply by shopping as you normally do at Amazon.com. No forms, no sign ups, no codes – just visit Amazon.com using the unique
link: http://www.amazon.com?_encoding=UTF8&tag=stmarsch05-20
and shop as you normally do – Amazon does the rest. Amazon pays the school up to
10% of ALL purchases made by shoppers who made purchases from both Amazon and third-party sellers through our link.
Bookmark and Share Our School Rewards Link
You can click the unique: http://www.amazon.com?_encoding=UTF8&tag=stmarsch05-20 to get to Amazon, bookmark the link in your internet browser, and then use that bookmark for
future shopping. Make this your link to Amazon every time you shop Amazon.com. Help us cast a wider net by sharing the link with friends and family. Anyone who uses this
link, even non–St. Mary School families, can help us raise funds by clicking our link before they shop at Amazon.
The Facts
If you do not go through our Amazon link, your sale will not earn us funds. You have to click our link before you put anything in your cart.
After you put items in your cart, you have to check out within 24 hours. After 24 hours, you will need to re-link using
the http://www.amazon.com?_encoding=UTF8&tag=stmarsch05-20
If you go to Amazon.com through our link, complete a purchase, and then need to
make another purchase – you have to go through our Amazon link again in order for the second purchase to earn us funds.
You won’t see anything that identifies you as a St. Mary shopper. Don’t worry - as long as you used the http://www.amazon.com?_encoding=UTF8&tag=stmarsch05-20 your purchase
will count.
Thank you for your support. We appreciate your contribution. Happy Shopping!
Shop with Amazon and Support St. Mary School!
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St Mary School has partnered with Flower Power Fundraising for this season's fundraiser. Flower Power offers top-quality flower bulbs for our friends
and family members to purchase. All orders ship directly to our
customers' homes and come with a 100% money-back guarantee. And the best part,
we get to keep 50% of every dollar sold! Start now by sharing this link!
Here's how the program works:
We've created a special web page, dedicated to our organization. The page
features specific information about our group and explains how supporters can
help us achieve our fundraising goals by purchasing flower bulbs and plants
directly from Flower Power.
For every purchase made St Mary School receives 50% of the sale price which
counts toward our fundraising goal.
Now here's where you come in!
Automatically invite friends and family members to buy from our fundraiser.
Click here to personalize your invitations and add email addresses to our
fundraising drive.
Post your fundraising message on Facebook in just minutes. Click here to set
up your personalized landing page and, once complete, you'll be able to
"Share Now" with your friends and family.
April 7 , 2016 Page 13 of 17
SCRIP CORNER
Assessment reports were sent home with your youngest child this
week. Please take note if you have a balance due to send in your
payment by April 22nd. If you have a split credit, send back the form and
let us know if you want the credit applied to next year’s assessment or
tuition. Remember the money collected through assessment is used in
conjunction with tuition to fund the operating budget of the school and is
essential to the success of our educational program.
We have a limited supply of Bruster’s Ice Cream gift cards left. They will
no longer be available when the supply runs out.
Shoparoo!
Do you have an I-Phone or an Andriod? Are you interested in an easy way to earn
money for our school where you do not have to buy, sell, or donate anything? Then
you need to download Shoparoo!! Shoparoo is an app that allows you to take
pictures of your receipts in order to earn points. Those points equate to dollars and at
the end of the year Shoparoo will send our school a check. It’s easy. All you have to
do is Shop, Snap, Earn. All receipts count. This year PTG is going to encourage as
many people as possible to download this app and start logging points. If you are
not comfortable using the app, you can always send your receipts into the office in
an envelope labeled for PTG. We will simply log them into one of our accounts.
Please check out Shoparoo.com for more information and sign up today!
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Hello St Mary’s School,
Help set a Guinness World Record in Patriotism and here’s how you could be part of history!!
Guinness World Records attempt for “The Most letters of support and
appreciation sent to military personnel collected in one month” The DAR must
collect and then mail at least 10,000 letters to active duty service members in
one month’s time.
Myself, Emma Holtz, an 8th grader here at St Mary’s and every student, parent and extended
family member with St Mary’s school will help the DAR and the C.A.R show our gratitude to our men
and women serving in the USA military all over the world.
This all we have to do
1. Write a hand written note, either a letter or card. No full names or personal information please.
Every letter must have 3 components a) a greeting (e.g. Dear Soldier); b) and original
message of support/appreciation; and c) a closing (e.g. love, Thanks, sincerely) and a
signature to qualify.
2. Place the letter in an UNSEALED envelope (St Mary’s return address to be used)
3. Place a 49-cent First Class U.S. postage stamp on the envelope
4. Your teachers will collect the letters, or submit them to St Mary’s school.
5. Send all the letters through the school or classrooms to, Emma Holtz grade 8-1
I will be collecting the finished letters the entire month of April.
All letters MUST to be given to me, Emma Holtz 8-1, by April 29th.
Thank you for your help…..I look forward to hand delivering the bundled letters to Carol Downey
Fuller, the Regent of the DAR Kushkushkee Trail Chapter at the DAR’s monthly meeting in May held at
Wildwood Country Club in Allison Park PA. Mrs. Downey will hand deliver them at the Continental
Congress in Washington DC, held in June 2016. I am currently submitting my application to the C.A.R
to join The National Society of the Children of the American Revolution, I indeed, have proven to have two American
Revolutionary patriot soldiers in my family lineage and look forward to full participation in the C.A.R.
My mother will be confirmed as a full member in the DAR in the coming weeks.
Thank you again, Emma Holtz 8-1
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Tickets will be on sale
April 11th from 9:00-9:30 AM
Cash or Money Order Only
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St. Mary of the Assumption Parish Family Serving the People of God since 1834
2510 Middle Road Email: [email protected] 412.486.4100
Glenshaw, PA 15116 Website: stmaryglenshaw.org Fax: 412.486.4150
March, 2016
Dear St. Mary of the Assumption School Volunteer,
New amendments to the Child Protective Service Law took effect on April 22, 2015 and July 1, 2015 in Pennsylvania.
These amendments establish important requirements for those who work with children in reporting suspected child abuse.
The amendments also make failure to report child abuse a crime.
The Diocese of Pittsburgh is mandating that all persons who volunteer, having contact with children, complete the course:
Mandated Reporter Training.
This training is found on the Diocese of Pittsburgh website: diopitt.org
Please scroll down the left hand side of the home page, under Protecting God’s Children.
Find “Online Training for Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse.” Open that site.
Go to the top of the page, click on “Registration” and follow the instructions.
When you have completed the course, please print out the certificate and forward that certificate to my attention.
If you have any questions or need instruction, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for your time and consideration for the welfare of our children.
Susan A. Urso Administrative Assistant Safe Environment Administrator
St. Mary of the Assumption Parish Glenshaw, Pennsylvania 15116 412-486-4100 [email protected]
The diocese has scheduled two live Mandated Reporter Training sessions (that would be an option in addition to
the online MRT) at O’Connor Hall at the Seminary (2900 Noblestown Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15205). One is
being held Saturday, April 23, 2016 from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. The other is being held Thursday, May 12,
2016 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Registration for these sessions will be through Signup Genius and each
session is limited to 50 participants. The link to Signup Genius is
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0549a9ac2ca6f49-mandated.
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