Saint Maria Goretti Catholic School is a living testament to our Lord's work in his youngest disciples, exemplified by academic excellence, spiritual formation, and compassionate service to others.

I will continue to pray that we all take the time to reflect and pray with our families as we journey into Holy Week.

We are looking for student volunteers (all ages) to come to evening Masses in uniform on Holy Thursday and Good Friday to serve as greeters. We will need approximately six volunteers for the evening Mass on Holy Thursday and six volunteers for the Good Friday evening Mass. Please contact nbenson@smgschool.org if your child is interested in helping serve as a welcomer or greeter.

I am so very grateful and will continue prayers of thanks for the opportunity to serve among such faith-filled and passionate people of God. Thank you for sharing your most precious gifts with us. Our SMG students are filled with so much love and so many talents and gifts. It is so inspiring to watch each student mature and grow. What a blessing it is to have such a dynamic and Christ-centered community!

Monday, April 3

Spots are filling! Any current families needing to complete re-enrollment or have any questions, please contact Judy de la Pena to ensure enrollment for the 2017-2018 school year.

Wednesday, April 5

School Mass @ 8:00AM

Friday, April 7

Spirit Day! (SMG shirt and jeans or uniform bottoms with uniform shoes)

Passion Play in the church @ 2:00PM

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Wednesday, April 12

School Mass @ 8:00AM

Class Pictures - Mass Uniform

Thursday, April 13

Holy Thursday - NO SCHOOL for Unused Snow Day

Friday, April 14

Good Friday - NO SCHOOL

Monday, April 17

Easter Monday - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, April 18

Back to School - Regular School Day

Home and School Meeting @ 7PM

Our first BidPal release will be a pre-event auction for CLASS OUTINGS. Class Outings are fun, teacher-hosted parties that your children will be eager to attend! There is a limited number or spots available for each outing, therefore we encourage you to bid early. This event will close the Saturday before each outing is scheduled.

To participate in the pre-event auction for Class Outings, please visit our event website at https://bidpal.net/smgschool to register and start bidding!

Thank you for all of your support and stay tuned for more Dinner Dance news!

Claudia Clark & Robyn Coffey
2016-2017 Dinner Dance Chairs

On Sunday, April 30, 2017, SMG will once again participate in the Stephen Breen Memorial Foundation Spirit Games. This foundation has been a tremendous help in offering financial assistance to those families seeking the traditional values and academic excellence SMG offers to students and families. At present, the Stephen Breen Foundation has helped several SMG families with tuition assistance. This is an incredible blessing, and we are so very grateful for the help received from the foundation. We would like to be the number one participating school this year to show our gratitude! Please visit the SMG website and click on the Stephen Breen Memorial Foundation link to register online for this fun-filled event. Students may wear their Stephen Breen Memorial Foundation Spirit Game t-shirts to school on Friday spirit days.

See you on Sunday, April 30th to celebrate Mass with the Bishop on Nolan's football field, enjoy live music by our very own Mr. Smith, and have lots of fun with SMG's sponsored dunk booth along with many other booth activities and field events!

Thank you to our amazing fifth grade families for providing such a wonderful breakfast for the third quarter Building Champions Breakfast! Thank you, also, to our eighth grade leadership team for guiding the fifth graders through team building and leadership activities. What a great way to build our leaders!

Congratulations to Nina Marquino for earning a spot on the Nolan Cheer Team at last week's tryouts!

Eleven delegates from the NCHS Model United Nations team traveled to San Antonio to participate in the St. Mary's Hall MUN Conference. The theme was "Finding an Equilibrium," and as delegates representing the United Kingdom, South Korea, and characters in two very interesting crisis committees, our Viking students did us proud. SMG graduate and Nolan Senior, Kurt Hardee, won Best Delegate (the highest committee award!) for his role as King Richard the Lionhearted in a crisis committee dealing with the Third Crusade.

Below are a list of official calendar changes for the remainder of the 2016-2017 school year.

Our May snow day has been moved from Friday, May 5th to Monday, May 1st.

Grandparents Day, Band Concert, and Sports Banquet have been moved from

Friday, May 12th to Friday, May 5th.

May Crowning has been moved to Tuesday, May 9th @ 10AM.

Candle Passing will be on Wednesday, May 17th.

Thank you for your patience and flexibility. Please direct all questions, conflicts, or concerns to Leah Rios.

Lord, may we all take the time to reflect on the opportunities and challenges you have placed before us during this Lenten season. May we all be grateful for the blessings you have offered. Give us the strength to continue your work in educating and growing your children closer to you. Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to serve your children as parents, educators, and faith-filled supporters. Please grant us the courage to turn to you and be open as well as accepting to your call. Amen.

Email: lrios@smgschool.org
Website: www.smgschool.org
Location: 1200 South Davis Drive, Arlington, TX, United States
Phone: 817-275-5081