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.

Monday, January 30

Family coffee with Admin from 7:15AM - 8:30AM

New PK and Kinder Visit 9:30AM - 11:30AM

Students who bring a donation for the SOS Drive may wear their favorite college or high school shirt with spirit wear bottoms

Tuesday, January 31

Crazy socks and any tennis shoes with uniform

Wednesday, February 1

MASS Uniform

Alumni reception in the library following Mass

Parents are invited to have lunch with their students

Thursday, February 2

Wear your faith day - students may wear shirts, socks and/or sweaters depicting their faith with uniform bottoms and uniform shoes

NJHS Bake Sale - all items $0.50

Friday, February 3

FREE DRESS day for students who attended Mass and Open House in uniform, all other students have regular dress down

8th Graders may wear their theme for the volleyball game

Volleyball Game begins at 10:00AM - Parents welcome

NOON Dismissal

Monday, February 6

Registration begins!

Please join me in sending a huge THANK YOU to the Tompkins family and Eugene Kim for organizing, yet another, successful Spaghetti Dinner in the spirit of tradition. Hats off to our meatball crew, noodlers, and servers! Thank you to all who came out this weekend to Open House and to support the Spaghetti Dinner! It was such a joy to visit and see all the smiling faces and community of parishioners, alumni, students, teachers, and parents interacting in the spirit of Christ.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Peace and Good!

Our first Festival of Praise was a resounding success! 342 folks showed up in the church to lift up their voices in praise and in prayer to the Lord! God is good!

My thanks go out to Ali Poteet and her Praise Team, and to all of you for being there!

I invite you to join us at our next Festival of Praise, with Eucharistic Adoration, on:

Sunday, February 26th, from 5:00-6:00pm in the church

All are welcome!

God bless,

Fr. Luke

The next SPIRIT Hour Report for the school year will go out in mid-February. Please turn in any hours you have worked by January 31st to have them included on the next report.

Upcoming SPIRIT Hour Opportunities:

• Lunchroom and Playground Volunteers, daily : we are in desperate need of volunteers to help during lunch periods as Milk Server, Table Monitor, and Playground Monitor
• H&S Meeting, 1/23: Earn 1 SPIRIT hour per parent in attendance
• Basketball Concessions: Volunteers are needed to work concessions at basketball games January 14th - February 25th. High school volunteers are welcome.
• Father-Daughter Dance, 2/11 – help is needed to set up before and clean up after the dance

For more details or to sign up, visit: http://www.signupgenius.com/index.cfm?go=c.SignUpSearch&eid=0BCACCDEF5C4F866&cs=09B1BAAE8FBE8B107B0A64035BCE9BC8

Are you an SMG Alumni?

Come join our team of alumni and share those "glory day" stories and get involved with the SMG campus! If you or anyone you know is an alumnus, please send your contact information to Abbey Lewis at alewis@smgschool.org. The SMG Alumni committee will be sending out special invitations to all alumni. Please feel free to share this message with friends and family.

Lord, please guide our every step and help us to grow closer to you each day. Amen.