St. Mary’s students compete in Scranton Prep Scholastic Bowl

Four students were chosen to represent St. Mary’s Assumption School, Pittston, at Scranton Prep’s Young Scholars’ Program on Saturday, November 7th. The program is a scholastic competition with schools participating from Luzerne and Lackawanna counties. Mrs. Anne Powers is the moderator for the group.

Pictured are Michael Conlon, Julia Mariotti, Dane Maricich, and Andrew Stuccio.

Holy Hour

Mass

Our next school Mass will be held on Thursday, November 18th at 10:30 a.m. Eighth grade will be preparing the celebration and Fr. Maloney will be the celebrant. Everyone is invited to join us.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parents, in Wednesday envelope there was a form (per child) with your appointment time for parent/teacher conferences. Each appointment is for a 10-minute time slot. Please be on time and, in consideration of those after you; please keep to your allotted time. This also means that there will not be any basketball practice during this time. Thank you for your cooperation.

Donations

In today’s envelope, you will find a request for food donations (from kindergarten through grade 8) and toiletries (from pre-school) from the Little Sisters of the Poor. Your donated item goes directly to local men, women and children in need during the holidays. Please get the donations in on time.

Early Dismissal/No School

On Tuesday, November 10th there will be an early dismissal day due to Parent/Teacher conferences. Dismissal will be at 11:00 a.m. The following day, Wednesday, November 11, we will not have school in observance of Veteran’s Day.

Permission Slips

Enclosed in today’s envelope, you will find permission slips for grades 5, 6, 7 and 8. They will be traveling to Holy Redeemer High School on Thursday, November 12th to see the play “Godspell.” The permission slip was due by Friday, November 6th. Please keep in mind that we have half day on Tuesday, Nov. 10th and we are off on Wednesday, Nov. 11th. If we do not receive a completed slip for your child then he/she will not be permitted to go and will have to stay here at St. Mary’s.

Girls Basketball Camp

Registration forms for Mark Casper’s Girls Basketball Camp were sent home a few weeks ago. Deadline for registration for the camp is Tuesday, Nov. 10th. Please send your form with payment as soon as possible so Mr. Casper can order the correct amount of t-shirts. Please make checks payable to Mark Casper. All food donations are to be brought the day of the camp and not to school. The food pantry will accept any and all donations but with Thanksgiving right around the corner they are especially in need of stuffing, cranberry sauce and instant potatoes.

United Way

The United Way 2009 Annual Campaign is currently under way. The Campaign provides much needed assistance to numerous Catholic agencies in the community. The United Way is the only community campaign that the Diocese asks our schools to support. We ask the students to please contribute $1.00 each. Coin envelopes will be provided in the weeks family envelope. Please return them to the school no later than Friday, November 13th. Thank you for your cooperation.

Play

Holy Redeemer High School will be presenting the play Godspell. On Thursday, November 12th grades 6, 7 and 8 will be attending a special presentation for the grade schools. The bus will depart from St. Mary’s at 8:15 a.m. and the students should return prior to lunch. The high school students will perform for the general public on Friday, November 13th and Saturday, November 14th. Both shows will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Holy Redeemer High School Auditorium.

Placement Test

The 8th grade students of St. Mary’s Assumption School will be taking the Holy Redeemer High School placement test in the near future. The test will be given during regular school hours. The placement test will be given to the general public on Saturday, December 12 at 9:00 a.m. Snow date will be December 19th.

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