Please pray for the families and friends of our SMM community who have asked for our prayers. If you would like us to pray for a loved one, please send Coach Gay an email: gknock@saintmm.org.

The Pope and Church Leaders; all fire fighters, police, first responders and health care workers

Simone Boell, Michelle Cottam, Kristen Knock, Lisa Ferrer, Pete Hensley, Candi Longmyle, Jessica Bodron, the Forrest Family, Pachi Tycer, Ron Myers, Stephen Koch, JoAnn Maples, Mike Buckley, Barbara Koch,Tom McCarty, Jamie Sowels, Mel Williams, and Charlotte Donahue

For our SMM students and Families and all others whose lives and health have been impacted by COVID and Hurricae Ida

For the intercession of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, that we may be spared loss of life and property during this hurricane season.

During the month of October, the SMM student body prays a decade of the Rosary on the WSMM Morning Show Monday through Thursday. Members of the Mission Club lead our students in praying. Please join us as we live stream WSMM on Facebook each morning at 8:10 am.

In the near future, we will begin to live stream the morning show on the St. Margaret Mary School YouTube channel. We will also be able to live stream other events via iPhone if we have 1,000 subscribers. Please subscribe to our channel by clicking on the following link and ask your friends and relatives to do the same. Thank you.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNQ-E50pR0RJlPYiylLhEkw

Dear parents,

We are coming upon the holidays and would like to ask for your assistance. Please work with your teachers and Room parents to coordinate treats for the students. We want them to recognize the seasons and focus on the reasons and traditions of the holidays more than focus on food. Therefore, treats/snacks will be scaled down to meet the classroom needs to avoid excess. You guys are kind and generous, but excess food is like throwing money away and I would like to avoid that.

In addition, some activities will be scheduled to allow all parents to participate and some may be limited in scope. Please bear with us we still navigate the COVID-19 pandemic convoluted rules.

Thank you,

Chris Collins

Please do not send students to school with glass water bottles or containers.

Please, please, please make sure your children have masks for school each day. We no longer have the small white masks to give them; and we are having a hard time getting paper masks. We really do not want to have to call you to bering a mask to school.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Dear Parents,

We would like to invite all of our students in Pre-Kindergarten through 7th grade to dress as a favorite saint for our All Saints Day Celebration of the Eucharist on Monday, November 1, 2021. Students in grades Pre K 4, K, 1, 2, 3, 6, & 7 will attend Mass at 8:30am. Students in grades 4 and 5 will attend Mass at 10:15am.

If you choose for your child to participate, which is completely optional, we ask that costumes be very simple. An example is a tunic which can easily be placed over the regular uniform, with perhaps a veil or cowl. We want to be a source of reverence and not distraction. A card identifying the saint should be pinned to the costume or worn as a small placard around the neck.

Costumes may be worn (over the regular uniform) to school that morning. Students in costume will be asked to stand in place and be recognized during Mass. All costumes are removed in the classroom after Mass, so please send a bag for the costume to be carried home.

Thank you for considering this option on a wonderful holy day. It adds great joy to our celebration and reminds us all that the purpose of Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve), is that it is the night before we celebrate the saints! It is a reminder that we are not home yet! We are all aiming for eternal life in heaven.

If you have any questions, please contact me at aenright@saintmm.org.

In Christ,

Amy Enright

Religious Activities Coordinator

This year, St. Margaret Mary School (SMM) will undergo its Cognia accreditation process. An external review team will evaluate SMM on a number of criteria. One such criterion is our commitment to our stakeholders (parents, students, and associated members of the SMM community). Throughout the course of the year, you will be asked to help us in this process by responding to surveys and/or participating in small group discussions.

To learn more about the Cognia accreditation process that SMM will undertake in the spring of 2022 and how you can help, open the pdf below.

For more information on Red Ribbon Week, please open the pdf below.

In coordination with "Sock It to Drugs" day, we will have a voluntary sock drive to benefit Community Christian Concern on Thursday, October 28. We have been partnering with CCC for several years. Our sixth graders spend time twice a year with CCC and the Mt. Zion Feeding Ministry in Slidell sorting clothing, tending the garden, and helping serve food to the hungry. We have been blessed to be the recipient of Brown Foundation funding which helps us provide much needed food and clothing.

We are asking for socks in sizes children through adult, men and women. Our Cheerleaders and Dance Team members will be in the Thursday morning car line collecting your donations.

Thank you in advance for your generosity.

We are excited to welcome our SMM family members who are Veterans to our much-beloved Veterans Day Program on Thursday, November 11 at 9:30 am in the SMM gym.

We ask that you complete the Veterans Day Program RSVP which you can access with the link here: https://forms.gle/DCTiNveLJC5sXbMh6

Please RSVP by October 29, 2021

Seating will be limited. We ask that you please sit within your family unit and please do not intermingle with students who are not family members. Masks are required.

Only students who are currently on Cross Country, Volleyball or Flag Football teams may order sweatshirts now.

Only students who are currently in the SMM Choir may order sweatshirts now.

CAUTION: Have you heard about “Squid Game”?

Several people have approached us regarding this new NETFLIX series and its negative impact on young children. Please read https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/netflixs-squid-game-warning-parents-council-incredibly-violent for more information. The image to the right shows symbols from the series that students are creating. Please be vigilant with your children.

What makes SMM so special? We are a family! Once a Charger, always a Charger!

We love that Charger Alums are still involved with our school.

The Food Drive is a parish/school group service project in which we team with the Good Sams ministry at St. Luke’s to provide meals for the hungry and needy in our community. Our SMM school families donate food items assigned by homerooms. The Mission Club will collect items from homerooms and the High School Youth Group will sort the items and place in boxes. Donations from SMM provide a box of several meals for 25 families in our community. We will collect donations form November 7 - 18.

Please see the graphic below for homeroom assignments. Thank you for your generosity.

Please click on the link below for information.

Pre-registration for PJP Shadow Days is required. For more information about PJP events and registration, please click on this link: https://pjp.org/

For more information about St. Paul's events and registration, please click on this link: https://www.stpauls.com/

Monday, Oct 25 Pepperoni Pizza, Fries, Broccoli, Applesauce, Milk

Tuesday, Oct 26 Crispy Tacos, Cheese Cups, Lettuce & Tomato, Corn, Mandarin Oranges, Cinnamon Roll, Milk

Wednesday, Oct 27 Red Beans & Rice, Chicken Tenders, Creamed Spinach, Strawberry Cup, French Bread, Milk

Thursday, Oct 28 Hot Dog with Chili, Green Beans, Glazed Carrots, Pear Cup, Milk

Friday, Oct 29 Chicken Alfredo with Penne Pasta, Broccoli & Cheese, Peaches, Garlic Roll, Cake, Milk

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT MESSAGE

FROM SCHOOL FOOD & NUTRITION SERVICES

As it was last year, please call the office and/or contact Gay Knock at gknock@saintmm.org immediately if your child or member of your household tests positive for the Corona Virus. She is our COVID representative and communicates with the Louisiana Department of Health on a regular basis. She will get direction from the LDOH regarding protocols and quarantine restrictions.

We are not following the lead of the State Department of Eduction which allows parents to decide whether or not they quarantine their children who have been exposed to a positive person. We are following the Louisiana Department of Health's guidelines.

Fri, Oct 22

Dance Team Practice 3:15 - 4:30 pm Gym

Filmmaking Club 3:00 - 4:30 pm Art Room

SV Flag Football vs Our Lady of the Lake @ SMM 4:00 pm

Cornerstone Jr High Youth Group 6:00- 7:30 pm

Mon, Oct 25

FALL FEST WEEK BEGINS - BE UNIQUE DAY!

Student Council Mtg 3:15 - 4:00 pm Rm 11

JV Flag Football vs Lake Castle @ SMM 4:00 pm

SV Flag Football vs Lake Castle @ SMM 5:00pm

JV Volleyball @ First Baptist 4:00 pm

Tues, Oct 26

FALL FEST DAY TWO - SHADE OUT DRUGS

CC Practice 3:15 - 4:00 pm

JV Volleyball vs Mary Queen of Peace @ SMM 4:00 pm

SV Volleyball vs Mary Queen of Peace @ SMM 5:00 pm

Wed, Oct 27

FALL FEST DAY THREE - BEAT DRUGS

CC Practice 3:15 - 4:00 pm

Choir Practice 3:15 - 4:15 pm

SV Volleyball Practice 3:15 - 4:30 pm

SV Flag Football vs Mary Queen of Peace @ SMM 4:00 pm

Thurs, Oct 28

FALL FEST DAY FOUR - SOCK IT TO DRUGS

CC Practice 3:15 - 4:00 pm

Science Club Mtg 3:15 - 4:00 pm

SV Volleyball vs St. Peter @ SMM 4:00 pm

Fri, Oct 29

FALL FEST DAY FIVE - "RED" EE TO SAY NO TO DRUGS

School Mass 8:30 am Church 3rd Grade Honored - Parents Invited & Masks Required

Fall Fest Pep Rally 2:00 pm - Students Only

Filmmaking Club 3:00 - 4:30 pm Art Room

Dance Team Practice 3:15 - 4:15 pm

Cub Scouts Mtg 6:00 - 8:30 pm

Cornerstone Jr High Youth Group HALLOWEEN PARTY 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Sat, Oct 30

CC Meet, Info to Follow

Mon, Nov 1

All Saints Day School Mass - Grades PreK-4, K, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 @ 8:30

All Saints Day School Mass - Grades 4 & 5 @ 10:15

JV Volleyball Team Practice 3:15 - 4:30 pm

Men' Club Mtg 6:30 pm Gym

Tues, Nov 2

Students of the Month for Oct Grades K, 1, 2 on WSMM 8:10 am

CC Practice 3:15 - 4:00 pm

JV Volleyball @ First Baptist 4:00 pm

SV Flag Football @ Mary Queen of Peace 4:00 pm

Wed, Nov 3

Students of the Month for Oct Grades 3, 4, 5 on WSMM 8:10 am

Vocations Talk 4th & 5th Grade 12:45 pm E-Bldg

Vocations Talk 6th & 7th Grade 1:45 pm E-Bldg

Choir Practice 3:15 - 4:15 pm

CC Practice 3:15 - 4:00 pm

JV Volleyball @ Lourdes 4:00 pm

SV Flag Football vs Our Lady of the Lake @ SMM 4:00 pm

Thurs, Nov 4

Students of the Month for Oct Grades 6th & 7th on WSMM 8:10 am

Fire Prevention Day Grades K - 3

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Hebrews it.

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