Cheetah Chatter

Greetings STM-STC Families,

We have made it through our first full week of school! Please make sure you are reading through the entire cheetah chatter for all the important dates and events coming up. On Monday we will be kicking off our first major fundraiser of the year, Chocolate! We have some really solid incentives this year, and all the money raised from the fundraiser goes to fund every day school operations.

Please make sure all families are filling out the family income survey below. It is important we have 100% participation as this survey determines levels of aide, grant funding, and more!

Please see the save the dates(above) for Parent Teacher conferences which will be held October 15th and 16th this year. In order to accommodate all parents, the October 15th conferences will be held via zoom between 4pm-8pm. On October 16th, conferences will take place in person, between 1pm and 8pm. A sign up genius will be forthcoming for both days. Meetings will be in 15min intervals. Middle School parents will sign up for each Middle School teacher they wish to meet with separately. It is first come first in terms of sign up, once a spot is taken it will be marked as so in the sign up genius.

I pray everyone has a blessed and restful weekend! Go Ravens!

Yours in Christ,

Matt Zipp

***Please Note: All items are subject to change based on availability.***

**Cellphones will be LOCKED in Homeroom Teacher's closet until dismissal.**

Our official kick-off for our World's Finest Chocolate Sale was on Monday and it was a blast!! Our special guest was none other than the Baltimore Oriole Bird!! The bird helped Mr. Tom Hayes from World's Finest Chocolate hand out candy bar prizes and each class had their picture taken with the Oriole Bird! It was the perfect way to kick-off our first fundraiser of the year!

We are doing AMAZING so far!! Boxes are flying out the door and selling like crazy!! Please keep up the great work! Our goal is to surpass $18,000 which is what we raised last year! At the rate we are going now, we can definitely reach that goal!! Please keep in mind the following:

• Only UNOPENED boxes of candy may be sent back to school. Once the box is opened, you are responsible for paying for the entire box.
• If you would like to request additional boxes, please send in a note complete with your child's name and grade and signed by a parent/guardian to Mrs. Kim Thayer. Please include a contact email or phone number. You may also call the school office or email Mrs. Kim at kthayer@stmstc.org to request more boxes.
• All money MUST be turned in by Friday, October 11th.

To view the full prize flyer please click the button below. Flyers have also been sent home with each student.

Calling all Middle School LEGO fans! A new LEGO club just for middle school students is forming! The club will meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month beginning on Thursday, October 10th from 3:00PM - 4:00PM. If you are in middle school and love building and creating with LEGOs - this is the club for YOU! If your student is interested, please complete the form below.

We are already seeing cases of communicable diseases and especially respiratory viruses among students. If a student has the following symptoms, they should stay home because their illness could affect their ability to participate in school and there is concern that they might spread an infection to staff and other students:

• Fever, including a fever with a new rash.
• Vomiting more than twice in the preceding 24 hours.
• Diarrhea
• Skin sores that are draining fluid on an uncovered part of the body and are unable to be covered with a bandage.
• Respiratory virus symptoms that are worsening or not improving and not better explained by another cause such as seasonal allergies.

Please review the email that was sent out to all families yesterday for more detailed information. As always, if you ever have any questions, please contact Nurse Missy on the "Nurse's Line" - (410) 497-8213.

We are in search of SEVERAL PARENT VOLUNTEERS who would like to take a shift and be Mr. Grinch or another non talking character for our 2024 Bazaar. Mr. Grinch should be clever, energetic, playful and ready to play jokes, cause low level mischief at the bazaar. Expect to have your photo taken as well. Costume will be provided and multiple Grinches will be needed to provide coverage for the entire event.

Grandma's Attic is a rummage style sale part of the STM-STC School Bazaar. We will be collecting toys, books, glassware, kitchenware, art and home decor. All items should be brought to the STM-STC school office by November 1st. NO donations will be accepted after November 1st.

**Please NO clothing, hygiene supplies, broken or stained items.**

If you would like to support STM-STC, we are in search of individuals to work Grandma's Attic Set-Up (Prior to the bazaar setting up donated items for purchase.) Please complete the sign-up form below.

If you enjoy baking, consider creating and donating individually wrapped treats for our annual Christmas Bazaar to be used at our baked good table (i.e. cookies, brownies, candies, fudge, etc.) We are also looking for donated unique craft items (i.e. knit items, key chains, hair accessories, etc.) Both items tend to be EXTREMELY popular. All items due by November 7th. Email sasturgill0@yahoo.com if you have any questions!

To purchase a beautiful mum for the HSA's Falling for Fall Mums sale, please click the link below!

"Pray, Hope, Don't Worry"- St. Padre Pio