As we turn toward Spring to enjoy warmer weather and more light during the late afternoon, the most dedicated St. Matthew Home and School Association is busy preparing for another fantastic auction. You likely remember the auctions from your time as a family at the school. They are not only one of our largest fundraisers each year, they are a time for community as we come together as a school family to enjoy the company of one another amidst the important work of providing an exceptional environment for our children to learn where educating minds and hearts truly matter.

The annual auction isn't just for current families and we'd love to have you join us! We've extend invitations to our Parish and greater community to come for this wonderful evening including dinner, silent and live auction items, and more. How exciting would it be to come back to an auction with friends from your child's SMS days...consider a table and join us for a great time!

We look forward to connecting again soon!

Liz

Liz Plasky, Ed.D.

Principal

We are pleased to share that through the most generous donations of our alumni families and community partners, we achieved our goal of $7,000. Being our first annual fund in several years, this is a tremendous accomplishment and in the spirit of this generosity, we are moving into S T R E T C H goal territory! Can you help us achieve $15,000!? May God bless your dedication to St. Matthew School. Bulldogs forever!

1. Online through our PayPal Portal

2. Mail a check to our school at 33 Welch Drive, Forestville CT 06010

As St. Matthew School continues to grow, we are always looking to improve with feedback. We'd love for former families and alumni to complete this survey to help us better understand your thoughts on our wonderful school. We are most appreciative of your participation and value your thoughts!

Admissions season is officially underway for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year! It is always an exciting time to welcome interested families to learn more about our amazing school and to have their children join us. We anticipate limited openings in Pre-K3 through Grade 8. It is important to know that the size of our Pre-Kindergarten enrollment has almost doubled in the past year. As a matter of fact, our Pre-Kindergarten enrollment for next year is already higher than this year and it's only March!

While we're planning to accommodate as many students as we can while maintaining small class sizes our children deserve, we do anticipate wait lists to form early for Pre-K3, Pre-K4, Kindergarten, and Grade 6 for 2024-2025. If you know of anyone interested in an exceptional school, including our early childhood programs, please have them visit our website at smsct.org or call Kate at 860.583.5214.

Once a student, you are always a member of our SMS family. We believe that it is important for our alumni, Parish, and greater community to keep up-to-date with all that’s happening at our school. We’d love to keep in touch!

Please let us know how to keep in touch…even if you think we already know how! Our first electronic edition of Memories and Milestones received over 500 views and we sent it to only half of those emails!

Many of our email addresses are for parents of our graduates. Please consider forwarding this message along and/or updating your contact information on our website.

Bulldogs forever!

Email: advancement@smsct.org
Website: smsct.org
Location: 33 Welch Drive, Forestville, Bristol, CT, USA
Phone: 860.583.5214
Facebook: facebook.com/stmatthewforestvillect