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Wildcat Weekly
A Weekly Newsletter from St. Mary's Academy
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The Wildcat Weekly is a weekly newsletter for our St. Mary's Academy families published every Wednesday. Look for it to include information, updates and good news from the Premier Academy of the West!
Deirdre V. Cryor
Academy President
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9th Annual Graham Family Golf Tournament Raises More Than $70,000!
| Monday, September 17 was a beautiful day at Columbine Country Club,  where 107 golfers came out to support St. Mary's Academy at the 9th Annual Graham Family Golf Tournament. Thank you to all Sponsors, Players, Volunteers and In-Kind Contributors for making the day a success! Click here for more photos.
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SMA Fall Festival Volunteers Needed
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Sunday, October 7 
12 Noon - 3:00 PM, SMA Campus Quad
Fall Festival is a day of fun for the whole family. There will be arcade games, crafts, face painting, food, music and much more.
Advanced tickets are available to purchase for a discounted rate. Please pick up order forms from the LS or MS Offices. They will also be sent home in Friday Folders for the Lower School.
If you would like to volunteer please click here to sign up! Or contact Lisa Cowden at tcowden6@comcast.net or Yo Brooks at ms.yo@sprint.blackberry.net.
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Monday Morning Moon Shine with HS Astronomy Club
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Monday Morning Moon Shine with the SMA Astronomy Club starts 
October 1! Every first Monday of the month one of the school's telescopes will be set up at 6:30 AM behind the MS to view the moon and other planets and stars. Come out on October 1 to view the Harvest Moon. For more information contact Astronomy Club Advisor Pete Sniegowski at
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Get Your Re-Loadable Gift Cards!
| All SMA families and employees have received a re-loadable King  Soopers gift card with a $2.50 balance. If you shop at King Soopers, please re-load your card and and use it when you buy groceries and/or gasoline (Kroeger gas pumps only, including Loaf and Jug). When you participate, 5% of every dollar you re-load will benefit SMA. Last year, with just 10% of our families re-loading, we had net proceeds of $20,152. Imagine what we could do if every SMA King Soopers shopper starts re-loading! (If you want other gift cards such as Vitamin Cottage, Tony's, Sprouts or Safeway, please check in with our Business Office in Sanders House.) |
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Community News
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- Stanley British Primary School is hosting a film screening
 of Miss Representation, Thursday, October 4, 6:45 - 9:00 p.m. in the Stanley Ballroom. Miss Representation premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and aired on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. The film explores how the media's representations of women have led to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence. Included are interviews with teenage girls, politicians, journalists, activists, and academics. Please RSVP to jacky@stanleybps.org.
- SMA has a team again this year for the Komen
 Denver Race for the Cure on October 7. Participate, support, send thoughts and prayers!! Please click here for more information.
- The SMA Prayer Group, a monthly prayer group and 24-7 email prayer chain, has started meeting again, every first Tuesday of the month at 8:15 AM in the chapel next to the HS choral room. All petitions are honored and kept confidential.
- Empowering Parent Workshops hosted by Knippenberg, Patterson, Bordelon and Associates, instructed by Angie Rothkamp, MA, LPC. Click here for more information or email Angie at rothkamp@hotmail.com.
- The ACIS Circle of Influence (the ACIS counselor's group) presents, Helping Your Child with Life's Frustrations: A Primer in the Latest Techniques. Wednesday, October 17, 9:00 - 11:00 AM at Graland Country Day School. The forum is free and open to all ACIS school parents Questions and RSVP email Craig.Knippenberg@comcast.net.
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Lower School News & Events
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News:
- Lower School Picture Day will take place on Friday, September 28. Students may dress up if they choose. They may want to bring a dress code outfit to change back into for the rest of the day, or they can remain dressed up all day. Extra Lifetouch order forms are available in the LS office.
- CARPOOL REMINDER - On assembly and event days, please park in the North Lot once the spaces in the South Lot are full. Parking on curbs and in fire lanes is not allowed! NEVER park on University Boulevard. Cherry Hills police will write tickets.
- Parent Volunteers are needed for the Scholastic Book Fair,
 October 10-12 in the Lower School Gym. Please click here to sign up.
- The LS Assembly last Friday focused on the OLWEUS
 Program and recommitting as a Lower School Family to live by the Loretto Values of faith, community, justice and respect. Each home room made a poster representing the community's commitment. Click here to see more photos.
- LS 4th and 5th graders are sending 100 painted "tree cookies" (tree
 trunk slices) to the White House to serve as ornaments on our National Christmas tree. Ms. Kasberg's science students were invited to participate in this project through Project Learning Trees Fire Ecology Institute, a week-long professional development course attended by Ms. Kasberg this summer. Ms. Barksdale, SMA Art teacher, instructed students on proper painting techniques to create Colorado's blue spruce or poplar cottonwood tree as a theme for the ornaments. Click here for more photos.
Events:
- September 27, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM, 2nd Grade Field Trip
- September 28, LS Picture Day
- September 28, 8:15 - 8:45 AM, Assembly, 2nd Grade Presentation
- October 1, 8:30 AM - 12:05 PM, 5th Grade Visits the Middle School
- October 3, 12:15 - 2:15 PM, 1st & 2nd Field Day
- October 4, 8:00 - 9:00 AM, 5th Grade Parents Coffee at the Middle School
- October 5, 8:15 - 8:45 AM, Assembly, 1st Grade Presentation
- October 5, 10:30 AM - 2:45 PM, 3rd, 4th, 5th Field Day
- October 10, 3:30 - 7:30 PM, LS Conferences
- October 11 - 12, LS Conferences/NO LS Classes
- October 19, 8:15 - 8:45 AM, Assembly, 3rd Grade Presentation
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Middle School News & Events
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News:
- Middle School Overview Night on September 27 at 7:00 in the High School Forum.
- The Eighth Grade students and teachers have returned from
 Pueblo de Cochiti in New Mexico! Click here to see photos.
- Click here to check out the photo blog from the Sixth and Seventh Grade adventures at Diamond Tail!
- The MS Robotics Teams is off to a roaring start!
 There are three teams, each assigned a different morning. The first team 'event' is Saturday, September 29th at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science from 11am to 5 pm. Positions will be chosen based on skill, teamwork, attitude and availability.
Events:
- September 26, MS Pictures
- September 27, 7:00 - 8:00 PM, MS Overview Night, HS Forum
- September 28, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM, Family Lunch & CAT Games
- October 11 - 12, MS Conferences/NO MS Classes
- October 16, 7:00 - 8:00 PM, World Leadership School Peru meeting
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High School News & Events
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News:
- Last week, at the Colorado Convention Center, our own 11th grader Jigyasa Sharma addressed the Women's Foundation of Colorado annual luncheon. With more than 2,000 guests in attendance, Jigyasa spoke of her commitment to advancing the work of women and girls as a representative of the Girls' Leadership Council. Additionally, Jigyasa received the Lockheed Martin award.
- Rehearsals are well under way for the HS Fall Play, The Effect of
 Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Zindel. The director of the play, Terry Dodd, is a well-known, award-winning name in the performing arts community as both a playwright and director. He has worked at The Denver Center; Arvada Center; Aurora Fox; Paragon; Denver Victorian and Lake Dillon. Terry teaches playwriting at the University of Colorado Denver and Lighthouse Writers.
The play runs October 25 - 27 in the High School Forum. It is not recommended for young audiences.
- Dr. Jensen, the Associate Dean of the School of Engineering at
 Marquette University, and Molly Savage, a Mechanical Engineering graduate, recently spoke to Ms. Sharp's High School science classes. Ms. Savage spoke about all kinds of engineering degrees offered at Marquette and what kind of career paths an engineering degree can lead to. The visitors then guided the girls through a NASA Challenge to design a craft to help find ice on the moon. Click here for more photos.
Events:
- October 9, 7:45 - 8:30 AM, College Information for Juniors
- October 12 - HS Community Service Day
- October 16, 9:55 AM, HS Mass
- October 19, 8:00 PM, HS Dance sponsored by the Diversity Club
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Admissions News
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Calling all SMA families...
We are looking for Ambassador Families to welcome our new SMA families. Ambassador families serve in two main capacities: as welcoming partners and as communicators to a family who is new to the school. The Ambassador Family reaches out to the new family and provides them with support, social opportunities, resources, answers questions when possible and helps to foster connections to the school.
Top Four Reasons to Become an Ambassador Family:
- Meet and develop relationships with new families.
- Provide new families with another resource to find information, support and a sense of belonging in our community.
- Enjoy social and informational events that will assist the new family in assimilating into SMA.
- Contribute to the enhancement of a strong school community.
Expectations are a one-year commitment; call new families after they have been accepted to SMA; reach out once new families have been officially enrolled; attend Accepts Party Events and buddy with a new family.
If you are interested in becoming an Ambassador Family please contact Seely Greenberg in the Admissions Office at sgreenberg@smanet.org. We will be scheduling an Ambassador meeting in November.
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Advancement News
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- BINGO Night at SMA, Tuesday, October 30, 5:30 - 8:00 PM in
 the HS Forum. This is a community event, not a fundraiser. Bring the whole family! All ages welcome. Prizes & fun all night long. No charge for BINGO - one card per player per game. Have dinner with us, pizza, snacks and beverages available for purchase
- From Advancement Committee Chairman Byron Haselden:
Please remember that Annual Fund contributions, the cornerstone of our fundraising efforts, make campus and program improvements possible. By now you should have received two informational pieces related to this year's Annual Fund. Our goal is 100 percent participation by December 31, 2012. We look forward to your support and welcome your questions and input. Thank you.
- Academy Parents Certificates Booklet available for purchase in each Division office or online by clicking here.
- Fall Festival is Sunday, October 7. This is an All-Academy event from 12:00 - 3:00 PM on our campus. Volunteers are needed, please email Yolan Brooks at ms.yo@sprint.blackberry.netto sign up to volunteer.
- Academy Parents are looking for Parent Volunteers, please click here to check out all the opportunities!
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Alumnae News
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 Sarah Castle '02 was captain of the Women's Basketball team at the 2012 London Paralympics Games! Click here to read more about Team USA's visit to the White House.
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Alumna Paige Regan '06 has begun her year-long teaching assignment in Ghana; teaching at the school in Akokoamong, Ghana. This is the school the Sisters of Loretto helped to establish, and SMA students have raised funds to help build. The school is run by the Sisters of the Most Blessed Trinity. Check it out at paigeinghana.blogspot.com!
- Reunion Weekend 2012, October 5 - 7. Return to St. Mary's
 Academy beautiful campus this fall for Reunion Weekend. Click here for more details
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Athletic News
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- September 26:
- 3:30 PM, Coed MS Golf @ Foothills Golf Course
- 4:00 PM, Boys 7th/8th Soccer vs. Kent Denver @ Kent
- 4:30 PM, C Level, JV & Varsity Volleyball vs. The Academy @ SMA
- 4:15 PM, Varsity & JV Field Hockey vs. Grandview HS @ SMA
- September 27:
- 3:45 PM, 7th & 8th Navy Volleyball vs. Kent Denver @ SMA
- 3:45 PM, Boys 6th Soccer vs. Graland @ Graland
- 4:00 PM, MS Field Hockey vs. Kent Denver @ Kent
- 4:00 PM, 6th & 8th Silver Volleyball vs. Cherry Hills Christian @ CHC
- 4:00 PM, C Level, JV & Varsity vs. Lutheran HS @ LHS
- 4:00 PM, MS Tennis vs. Colorado Academy @ CA
- September 28:
- 3:00 PM Cross Country @ Dave Sanders Invitational, Clement Park
- 4:15 PM, Varsity & JV Field Hockey vs. Smoky Hills HS @ SMA
- 5:00 PM, Boys 7th/8th Soccer vs. Colorado Academy @ CA
- September 29:
- 10:00 AM, JV & Varsity Field Hockey vs. Colorado Academy @ CA
- October 1:
- 3:30 PM, 7th, 6th & 8th Silver Volleyball vs. St. Anne's @ St. Anne's
- 4:00 PM, MS Field Hockey vs. Graland @ Graland
- 4:00 PM, MS Tennis vs. Littleton Academy @ LA
- October 2:
- 4:15 PM, Varsity & JV Field Hockey vs. Palmer Ridge @ SMA
- 4:30 PM, C Level, JV & Varsity Volleyball vs. Jefferson Charter Academy @ SMA
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Inclement Weather Policy
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St. Mary's Academy encourages parents to use their own judgment about the safety of roads on snowy days. Teachers waive late arrivals and tests on severe weather days. 
In the event of inclement weather, St. Mary's Academy might call a "Delayed Arrival" for the campus. On a Delayed Arrival day, all classes will begin at 9:05 a.m.
For students who might arrive earlier than the 9:05 a.m. start time, school personnel will be present in the school buildings beginning at 8:00 a.m. In the Lower School, students should go to the gym.
The decision to announce a Delayed Arrival day will be made according to the following factors:
- quantity of snow fallen or forecasted;
- ability of students and staff to travel to school;
- ability to clear and maintain parking lots and pathways;
- ability of school function (heating, water, etc.)
As soon as the decision is made to change the schedule, we will put a message on our main phone line: 303.762.8300, and on our website, www.smanet.org. Usually this decision is made and posted by 6:00 a.m.
Further, we will announce any school closing or schedule change due to weather or other emergency by 6:45 a.m., as best we can, on television stations including: KCNC (TV) Channel 4, KDVR Fox 31 (TV) Channel 31, KMGH (TV) Channel 7, KUSA (TV) Channel 9, KWGN (WB2 TV) Channel 2; and on radio station 850 KOA Storm Center.
When school is in session and we have inclement weather, decisions related to activities/athletics will not be made until after 1:30 pm. Weather changes quickly in Colorado, and we will do our best to make the decisions as efficiently as possible. If school is cancelled due to weather concerns, activities and athletics will be cancelled. Information about cancellation of events or school closing is available by calling the school at 303.762.8300.
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Carpool Reminders
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Arrival times for morning drop-off:
Lower School: 7:45 South Lot
Middle School: 7:30 a.m. North Lot
High School: 8:00 a.m. North Lot
Arrival times for afternoon pick-up:
Lower School 3:00 pm South Lot
Middle School 3:15 p.m. North Lot
High School 3:45 p.m. North Lot
Lower School Carpool Guidelines:
- Always exercise patience and drive slowly when on Campus.
- Only K - 5 students should be dropped off in the south parking lot.
- Form two lines; do not change lanes. Two lanes is essential to stop cars from standing on University Boulevard.
- Students must be dropped off in the carpool lanes, not before. Carpool lanes are indicated by orange cones. Students enter school through the LS gymnasium.
- In order to keep the line moving have students ready to get our of the car (coats on, backpacks in hand, etc.). Please be considerate.
- The driver should not get out of the car. If this is necessary, please park in a parking space.
Friday Assembly: If you plan to stay for Lower School Friday Assembly please park in the North Lot once the South Lot parking spaces are full.
Parent volunteers and members of the SMA Advancement Team will be assisting Lower School Principal Mary Jane Frederick with carpool every morning beginning at 7:45 a.m.
Middle and High School Carpool Guidelines:
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