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January 11th, 2021

Virtue of the Week - Forgiveness

Our virtue this week is FORGIVENESS - The strength to write off a debt of any kind and start fresh with a clean slate. To truly forgive someone from our heart is one of the hardest things we can ever do. It takes a tremendous amount of virtue. Let’s start by FORGIVING someone in our family who may have offended us in some way.
Lunch Menu Changes This Week
Wednesday
Corn Dogs
Potato Chips
Baked Beans
Pudding
Friday
Skinless Baked Potato
Green Beans
Roll
Cookie
Tuscan Pig Family Fundraiser


CASE Training (Ethics and Integrity Class)
***Required for parents who want to volunteer on campus***
English Only
Facilitated by Deacon Ruben Natera
To register, please contact Janet Collard (903)753-1657 or Melissa Aguilar (903)757-5855
You must preregister. Please bring a pen and wear a mask. Be certain to sign in to get credit. $16 covers back ground check
Volunteer Opportunities
- Litter pickup on weekends.
- Bathroom Monitors - Call School Office (903) 753-1657
- Sanitizing and cleaning church following weekend Masses - Contact Lea Kottwitz at ext 303
- Be a substitute teacher! Must have CASE training (see above). Contact Janet Collard (903) 753-1657 ext. 125 or jcollard@stmaryslgv.org
Please contact the school office for scheduling and more information

Mass Helpers
January 12 - Middle School Attending
Daisy Rodriguez – Reading
Clayton Kemp – Psalm
Carlie Nelms – Petitions
January 21 - 3rd - 5th Grades THURSDAY instead of Tuesday
Edie Wilson - Reading
Haley Hernandez - Psalm
Gracie Gaddis - Petitions
January 26 - Kindergarten - 2nd Grade
Brennan Billodeaux - Reading
Joseph Guilliams - Psalm
Jenna Cave - Petitions
January 28 - High School Only - CHANGED from January 21
Dominic Tucker - Reading
Loretta Tassin - Psalm
Lawrence Scribner - Petitions
February 2 - Middle School
Preslie Peyton - Reading
Blanton Mansfield - Psalm
Eithan Kammerling - Petitions
Important Dates
January 12
School Mass (Middle School Attending)
High School Basketball vs. Athens @home
January 15
High School Basketball vs. CHS @CHS
January 18
Civil Rights Day - No School
January 19
School Mass (3rd through 5th Grades attending)
High School Basketball vs. Regents @Regents
January 20
Family Fundraiser @ Tuscan Pig
January 21
High School Only Holy Mass
Middle School Basketball vs. LCS @home
January 22
High School Basketball vs. Northside @home (Boys Only)
January 25
Middle School Basketball vs. Athens @Athens
January 26
School Mass (Kindergarten through 2nd grades attending)
High School Basketball vs. Greenville @Greenville
January 28
Middle School Basketball vs. Full Armor @home
January 29
Noon Dismissal - No Lunches Served/No After-School Care
High School Basketball vs. Athens @ Athens
January 31 - February 6 - Catholic Schools Week
Cafeteria
If your student is on the lunch plan, they should check either Meal Plan Lunch Singles or Meal Plan Lunch Doubles.
If your student is bringing their lunch, they do not have to do anything.
Cafeteria Menu

2020-2021 School Calendar - Revised 12/10/2020

CLOSED CAMPUS STATUS
Lunches, forgotten homework, gym clothes, water bottles, etc should not be delivered to school. We will not be accepting food delivery services either.
Please call the school office to make an appointment.
Any child who does not have a lunch, will be served a cafeteria lunch and their account will be charged accordingly.
Community Health Safety Plan
Please do not hesitate to contact Cami Jo Harouff, our school nurse, or Darbie Safford, our principal, with any questions or concerns.
Carline Drop-Off and Pick-Up Etiquette
Do not cut in line.
Drop-off and pick up lines are moving more quickly every day. Please practice patience and, for the safety of the other families waiting in line, do not cut into the line.
Pull forward.
There is no reason to leave a car’s length of empty space in between your car and the vehicle in front of you. All of our St. Mary’s parents are trying to get their children to or from school every day and it takes much longer when parents do not pull forward.
Do not park in the line and get out of your vehicle.
The pickup and drop off lines are supposed to be moving lines. If you have to park for some reason, then find a designated parking spot and park your vehicle there. Otherwise, please stay in your vehicle during drop off and pick up times. Any conversations you need to have with your child should happen on the way to school or while waiting your turn in the drop-off line; our goals is to keep the line moving.
Get off your phone and pay attention.
Remember, no phones in school zones. Please put it down until you are at home or at work.
Make sure your child is ready to get out of the vehicle when they need to be.
School drop-off time is not the time to chat about after school plans, put on coats, find masks, or fill out forms. When it is time for them to get out of the car, please make sure that they are fully dressed and ready to go so you do not hold up the line.
Let your child out in a designated area only.
The school has designated drop off and pickup areas for a reason. Letting your student out in the middle of the parking lot may seem like a great way to avoid the car line when you are in a hurry, but having them run through cars in the car line is dangerous!
Pick up your student(s) and continue the flow of traffic...
Please do not take time to get everything organized or have a conversation about the day before you pull away from the curb. Have children buckle up and then pull away from the line when it is safe to do so, allowing other parents to pull up and get their children. If your child is in a car seat or booster and needs extra help with their buckles, please pull into a parking space to assist them.
Lastly, be patient.
We are all working to keep our children and families safe. Honking at other parents or kids or displaying any other form of road rage is not necessary and is not in keeping with the Christian environment which we promote.