Fast Friday Facts

Through Campaign Week and Halloween, our Saints have had a great opportunity to practice the virtue of Creativity! Next week we focus on the virtue of Courage.

Please take quick note of these upcoming dates:

Sunday Nov. 3

- Consider attending the Parish Fall Supper at the Immaculate Conception Church! This annual fundraiser promises great food and fellowship! Admission is $25/ adult, or $60/ family.

Monday Nov. 4

- Staff Meeting, all students will be dismissed at 2:30pm. Please ensure that all students are aware of their safe plan to get home at that time.

Tuesday Nov 5

-Official Swearing in of Saints' City Council! We are blessed to have Archbishop Pettipas as well as other dignitaries join us for the official swearing in of our newly elected MicroSociety mayor and town council! Parents are welcome to join us, with presentation to begin at 1:00pm.

-Atomic Volleyball practice afterschool.

Wednesday Nov 6

- Hot Dog cash pre-orders to the office please. EMT orders can be submitted through the Booster Group on Tuesday to FFSYSBooster@gmail.com.

Thursday Nov 7

-Hot Dog Day, presented by the fantastic parent volunteers of our Booster Group!

-Orders for our next Hot Lunch, Popeye's, to be served on Thursday November 14th are dune online by midnight.

-Atomic Volleyball after school.

Friday Nov 8

- We pause to remember, and give thanks to those who have made sacrifices for our freedom during our Remembrance Day Ceremony, hosted by grade 4/5. As always, families are welcome to join us, with services to start at 10:40am.

Mon Nov 11- Remembrance Day, School Closed. Metis Week begins!

Wed Nov 13- JH to Energy Innovation Day

Thurs Nov 14- Popeyes lunch if ordered.

Fri Nov 15- Kinder, Rock Your Mocs

Tues Nov 19 & 20- PTI's 4-7pm. SignUp to follow.

Fri Nov 22- PD Day, no school.

Many blessings on your weekend!

Our Saints brought their classroom lessons to life by diving into citizenship, government, and the electoral process. Brave student candidates, nominated by their peers, ran campaigns for positions on the town council and even for mayor! Through campaign strategies and community engagement, these future leaders learned to make their voices heard. The week concluded with speeches and voting on Friday, where students experienced firsthand the power of their votes. Congratulations to all the candidates, including those who have been elected to council for the year, and to the citizens who voted!

Our virtue of the week is Creativity, and Halloween was the perfect opportunity for our Saints to showcase it! From tackling exciting challenges in our STEAM Spooktacular to enjoying a costume parade and class parties, the school was filled with fun, faith, and learning all day long!

We are very grateful to the many parent, community and parish volunteers who blessed us with their time today. Your efforts made our Spooktakular run seamlessly, and helped to build our school community to be even stronger.

St. Mary's would like to give a HUGE shout out to all of the parent, community and parish volunteers who volunteered for our STEAM Spooktacular this week! We had 13 amazing volunteers who guided students through various STEAM stations, enhancing the learning and making it fun too!

We are grateful for all of the support we receive for our students!

We have a hot dog day this Thursday November 7th! For your convenience, you're welcome to etransfer payment for your order to ffsysbooster@gmail.com before Tuesday at midnight, or send your cash order the the office on Wednesday.

Hot dogs are $2 each, $1 Juice, $1 Treat.

Tired of the same old sandwiches? We’ve got you covered! Log into your PowerSchool Parent Portal and order hot lunches from our favorite vendors. Orders for our next Hot Lunch, Popeyes, are due on Thursday November 7th at midnight, for lunch to be served Thursday November 14th. While in PowerSchool, feel free to order ahead for dates leading up to Christmas—it's a one-stop shop! (Reminder: Orders close about a week before the scheduled date, so you don’t have to order all at once, but you can if that's easier for you!)

Need help with your PowerSchool account? Call Mrs. Nelson, she's here to help!

https://gpcsd.powerschool.com/public/

St. Mary's does not charge base fees for the academic year, however, certain programs do have fees attached.

Fees for our Pre-K program are due monthly by the 5th of each month.

Junior High CTS classes have been invoiced and emailed home. Statements will reflect fees for the whole year, however, only fees associated with Term 1 are due on October 31st.

Extra Curricular and sports teams also have fees attached, and are due before the first event for each team.

Fees can easily be paid online through the PowerSchool Parent portal, or in person in the office. Please don't hesitate to contact the office if you have any questions or would like to make arrangements for payment.

https://gpcsd.powerschool.com/public/

St. Mary's Catholic School is located on the beautiful lands of Treaty 8 Territory. We respectfully honour the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples who have lived on and cared for these lands since time immemorial and who continue to do so today.

Email: stmarys@gpcsd.ca
Website: stmarys.gpcsd.ca
Location: 9001 103 St, Sexsmith, AB, Canada
Phone: (780) 568-3631
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StMarysSX