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Thank You!
The PTA would like to say a special thank you to:
All of the St. Mary's Families who participated in the toy collection drive! You helped to make some families feel very special at Christmas. Thank you for your spirit of generosity.
Santa's Workshop Volunteers: Aliscia Archetto, Barbara Barrett, Patty Barse, Rhonda Bennett, Gaye Bisagnaro, Holly Buono, Kristen Buono, Carrie Bristow, Anita Calabrese, Claudia Cawley, Kristaan Corona, Kelly Davis, Jen Francesconi, Krista Henry, Maria Klekos, Carol Pepe, and Greg Meyers. Parents gave time to decorate, set-up, work the event and to clean-up, during a VERY busy time of the year. We can't thank you enough for your spirit of volunteerism.
Amy Barbera for donating a portion of the proceeds from sales of candy from Barbera's Chocolate on Occassion at Santa's Workshop to St. Mary's School.
Leslie Barretta, a St. Padre Pio Parishoner, for giving us items to sell at Santa's Workshop and donating $472.45, which was 50% of the proceeds, to St. Mary's School.
Moon Sunshine Decor Warehouse for donating 25% of sales to supporters of St. Mary's School, during select weekends in November and December, which resulted in $367.05 for our school.
All of the St. Mary's families and St. Padre Pio Parishioners who participated in TRIP at Christmas helping to make it a successful fundraiser for the month of December.
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Save the Date!
Sunday, January 29th: The PTA will host a social after the 10:30am Catholic Schools week Mass. Join us for donuts and refreshments in St. Mary School Gym from 11:30am-1:00pm.
The PTA/GPA Scholastic Book Fair will also be open. Parents and their children are invited to shop or browse in the book fair.
Monday, January 30th: SMS Parents will host Ethnic Lunch for the students. Each classroom has chosen a different country to learn about for CSW. Parents will provide food, dessert and refreshments that reflect the culture of the country the class is studying.
Saturday, February 4th: Join us as we celebrate the end of Catholic Schools Week with a Family Pasta Dinner and School Talent Show. Dinner will be at 6pm followed by the Talent Show. Donations of desserts would be greatly appreciated ~ Contact Mary Haddock if you are able to help.
maryhaddock07@comcast.net.
Thursday, February 9th: PTA general meeting. In addition to an update on PTA and School Activities, it will include a speaker from the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office on "Cyber Bullying and Internet Safety".
March 10th @ 7:00 p.m
Wine, Chocolate & Tapas Social: St. Mary School gym; featuring fine wines, decadent chocolates, delicious hors d'oeuvres, acoustic music, and premium baskets. Tickets are now on sale at a REDUCED PRICE of $45 until 12/21, $50 after 12/21. Get a table of 10 for $450. Remember this is our ONLY adult social fundraiser for the school year. Give tickets as a Christmas gift!
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EVERYDAY SHOPPING: Register your Target Credit card, collect recycleable items and various food product labels to raise money and points for equipment for St. Mary School!! It costs you nothing but SIGNIFICANTLY helps our school. Check out the School's Incentive Programs
Capri Sun Juice Pouches
Tyson Project A+ for Schools
Box Tops for Education
Campbells Labels
Recycle Program
Internet Search Engine
 Target
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PTA Officers
Honorary President,
Mr. Steven Hogan, Principal
principal@smrschool.org
Father Pete Saporito, Pastor
padrepio@comcast.net
Carol Kirchman,
Advancement Director
President, Patty Barse pta@smrschool.org
Vice President, Gina Giuliani gmgiuliani@comcast.net
Recording Secretary,
Maureen Merighi mmerighi@aol.com
Cooresponding Secretary,
Gina Merlino cmerlino4@comcast.net
Treasurer, Kristaann Corona kgcorona@comcast.net
Faith, Family, Fun Chair, Amy Barbera
amybarbera@comcast.net
Social Chair, Mary Haddock
Publicity Chair, Lourdes Kee
lourdeskee@yahoo.com
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PTA HAPPENINGS!
Next PTA general meeting is February 9th and will include a speaker from the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office on "Cyberbullying and Internet Safety".
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Highlights of December Events
Faith, Family, Fun Night: Over 150 people attended the movie "Polar Express". Parents had the opportunity to drop off their children and go Christmas shopping. Some 7th and 8th graders assisted parents in chaperoning the children who were dropped off. Each child receive a bell to ring to show that they believed in Santa...and when they rang it, Santa appeared, bearing gifts for all of the children. We collected 91 pairs of pajamas that were paired up with books from Scholastic and donated to local shelters in our area.
Santa's Workshop: The children all seemed to have a wonderful experience at Santa's Workshop. The buddy system was very helpful to assist some of the younger students with their shopping. Between items from the company, Kids Go Shopping, those purchased by the PTA, Littlest Angel, Barbera's Chocolate on Occassion, $5 TRIP gift cards, and items donated by parishoner, Leslie Barretta, the children had a wide range of gifts to select from for that "special person". The event raised $926.29 for St. Mary's School.
Classroom Parties: The children had a wonderful experience celebrating Christmas with their classmates. The students enjoyed making crafts with their buddies. Thank you to all of the parents who donated items for the party and gave of their time to assist in the classrooms.
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CLASSROOM CONTEST!!!!
Get your Box Tops, Campbell Labels, Tyson Labels, and Juice Pouches in to your students classrooms as soon as possible!!! We will be holding a contest for the remainder of the school year! The top 3 classrooms with the most combined totals of labels and pouches submitted will receive a prize. Periodically we will be giving out the current running totals. So get your labels/pouches in now to see who the top 3 classrooms are!!! Totals To Date: Pre K3- 0 Pre K4- 988 Kindergarten- 522 1st Grade- 33 2nd Grade- 708 3rd Grade- 0 4th Grade- 166 5th Grade- 0 6th Grade- 0 7th Grade- 30 8th Grade- 10 The deadline to submit will be May 25th!
Prizes to be awarded on May 31st.
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Fundraisers!
Last year's PTA survey revealed that parents did not want more than four fundraisers a year. Thus, the PTA Board asks you to please support these four fundraisers which, if successfully supported by you and our community, will result in the PTA meeting our goal to raise $60,000 for our children.
The PTA Board has worked very hard to design a plan for fundraising that meets the expectations expressed in the survey by our parents; provides an opportunities for everyone to get involved in fundraising (adults and children); supports the building of the community of St. Mary's; and is cost effective to maximize the profits for our children.
Remember, YOUR CHILD directly benefits from your support of these fundraisers. Some of the benefits to our children and families this year from PTA fundraising include: Welcome Back Breakfast, Kindgergarten Parent Social, New/Mentor Family Social, and the School/Parish Halloween Party.
Each of our fundraisers is unique.
One Adult Social ~
The Wine, Chocolate, Tapas Social ~ March 10th:an adult event to enjoy!
One Item to Sell ~ The Calendar Raffle ~ Sales will be January to May
One Children's Fundraiser ~ Laps For Learning ~ April 27th: an educational and fun experience for our children!
One Family Social~ The PTA Family Social ~ a fun family event to enjoy!
More Information about Our Fundraisers:
Wine, Chocolate & Tapas Social: Save the date: March 10th @ 7:00 p.m. in St. Mary School gym; featuring fine wines, decadent chocolates, delicious hors d'oeuvres, acoustic music, and premium baskets. Tickets are now on sale for $50. Get a table of 10 for $450. For more information, contact Amy Barbera at amybarbera@comcast.net.
Calendar Raffle: Tickets are $20 each. St. Mary's families will be sent five tickets to sell. There will be three winners each week:
1st prize: $100.00, 2nd and 3rd prize: $50.00 each.
Grand Prize Drawing ~ May 19th
1st Prize: $1000 2nd Prize: $500 3rd Prize: $250
Laps for Learning: April 27th ~ During the next few months, the faculty will be working with our children to help them write letters to obtain sponsors for laps walked outside on school property. Thus, the children will be learning proper letter writing and grammar skills as they compose sponsorship letters to send to family members and friends. Fun activities will be planned for our children to enjoy that day.
PTA Family Social: May 19th in St. Mary School Gym. Dinner and dessert for parents, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. to enjoy will start off our night. A Live Auction and Chinese Auction for family fun items will delight us. A Lip Sync Show featuring faculty, staff, and interested parents (hint, hint) will entertain us. The night will end with a bang when we announce the Grand Prize Calendar Raffle Winners!
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Building Our Community
St. Mary School Cookbook: The PTA cookbook committee is currently collecting recipes to be included in this special edition cookbook. We have received MANY Presale order forms however, we only have about 80 recipes. Your children would love to see your favorite recipes with your name in the St. Mary's Cookbook. Please take a moment to send them in. We would really appreciate it.Deadline for recipe submission has been extended to January 25th.
Pre-sale price $10.00 and a limited quantity is available. Cookbooks will arrive in spring of 2012 and will be $12.00.
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TRIP (Tuition Reduction Incentive Program)
TRIP Sales: every Friday from 8:30-10:00a.m. and the first Monday of the month from 5:45-6:45pm(cash, credit cards(min order $100) or checks accepted). Shoprite, ACME, WaWa, Walmart and other selected stores immediately available. Click on the TRIP icon under the PTA Tab on our school website for more information and an order sheet. 50% of your earnings go to the school and you keep the other 50% !
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GENTLE MARY STORE HOURS:
All gently worn uniforms $1.00 each piece
Open every Friday 8:30am-10:00am
Open the 1st Monday of each month in the evening: 5:45-6:45pm
By appointment -please call the school.
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"If this is to be a Happy New Year, a year of usefulness, a year in which we shall live to make this earth better, it is because God will direct our pathway. How important then, to feel our dependence upon Him!"
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St. Mary's School PTA | 735 Union Road | Vineland, New Jersey 08360 | 856-692-8537
Helping to build Faith, Family and Future!
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