WEEKLY NEWSLETTERApril 13, 2018

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S . MatthewCATHOLIC SCHOOL

First Holy CommunionOur second grade students celebrated their First Holy Communion this past Saturday. Fr. Dennis presided over a beautiful Mass, Mrs. Stach led the students in song, and the children were precious angels as they received Christ’s Body and Blood for the first time. Special thanks to second grade teachers: Mrs. Castilleja, Ms. Kincer and Mrs. Ramos.

Upcoming Events

Monday, April 16 Iowa Assessment/CoGat Testing continues for some grade levels

Tuesday, April 17 Re Feo Visit, SMCS Fiesta kickoff, 1:30 pm

Baseball/Softball: @ Home vs. St. Pius X, 4:30 pm

Weds., April 18

Thursday, April 19 School Council Meeting, 7:00 pm

Friday, April 20 Mass at 8:15 am. Please wear Dress uniforms.

Class assiting with the Liturgy: Dylla (6th grade)

For Next Week

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April 23 SMCS Fiesta Float Parade

April 24 SMCS Bike Rodeo

April 27 Battle of Flowers Parade Holiday

April 28 PSIA State Competitions

April 29 SMCS Theater Arts Performance

April 30 School Council Nominations Due

May Weekly Rosary Club each Tuesday

for the Month of devotion to Mary

May 4 May Crowning ceremony at Mass

May 4 Early Release at Noon

May 11 Sports Banquet

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Second grade little buddies gave their 6th grade big buddies a loaf of bread with a special request last week: each time the 6th grader eats a piece of the bread he/she needs to offer a prayer for their little buddy who made their First Holy Communion on Saturday.The big buddies surprised the 2nd graders with handmade cards to congratulate them on making their First Communion. submitted by: Kathy Dylla

Prayer Bread

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On Monday our sixth grade Religion class delivered 6 boxes of books to Mr. Bill Cancel, who works with the St. Matthew Refugee community. The students learned about the purpose of the “Little Free Library” box and the journey some refugees have taken to join our church community.The students enjoyed filling the Free Library with their donated books from their Lenten Service Project: 40 Boxes of Books for 40 Days of Lent.

submitted by: Kathy Dylla

Call for nominations - now open!Application deadline - Friday, April 30thPlease submit all applications electronically along with a recent color photo to the Chair of the School Council Nominations Committee: Vivi Ramirez at vivi.ramz@gmail.com.

Nomination forms can be found on the Parent Resource page of the school website.

Election - Sat., May 19th and Sun., May 20th during all church Masses

The School Council assists, counsels, and advis-es the St. Matthew School administration and pas-tor and provides sound judgment on the direction of the school, its policies and procedures, and has the responsibility of approving the school budget each year. The School Council is made up of 10 elected members (5 men and 5 women), along with the pas-tor, principal, and other members of the parish and school administration. A three year term commitment is required of each School Council member. Three new members will be elected by the parishioners this May. Meetings are held every 3rd Thursday of each month or as determined by the pastor.

SCHOOL COUNCIL NOMINATIONS

Photos submitted by: Tracy Garcia & Stacie Smith

8th Grade Spiritual Retreat: Taking it to Heart

Photos: Christine Fernandez, Evelyn Clauss & Sylvia Lopez

Cardinal Tennis

Congratulations to our winners from this week’s Golf Tournament, St. Luke’s Shootout at Riverside Golf CourseSanti Rodriguez- Third, Masters divisionMeli Hornedo- First, Champions division JohnGabriel Duque- Second, Champions division Greta Atilano- Third, First Flight division

Photo submitted by: Ana Hornedo

Cardinal Golf

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Sam Greco (below, left) won 2nd place in boys singles at the AIAL district tennis championship! Sam & his partner Elle Reede also won 2nd place at the Tennis District Championship for mixed doubles!

Congratulations to Alvaro Gonzalez (above, left) and Matthew Fernandez (above, right) who won 2nd place in the Boys Doubles at the AIAL Tennis Championships!!!

Our Softball and Baseball teams have had a great week! They were victorious over Holy Spirit on Tuesday, and they did very well at the St. Luke’s Tournament last weekend. Our Girls came away with Third Place and the Boys (Baseball Team) won First Place!

All tourney players for Softball were: Juliana DeLuna & Melissa Hornedo. All tourney players for Baseball were: Ryan Perez, Cian Garza, Nathan Zavala,

Aiden Contreras, Guillermo Gonzalez, Joey SpicerWe wish them luck again this weekend at the St. Gregory Tournament. GO CARDINALS!!!

Softball & Baseball

Photo submitted by: Ana Hornedo

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First Place!

Our 6th grade students worked on an inventive project this week inventing an Olympian and creating a comic or myth about their“mythological” character.

Photos submitted by: Shar Pirro

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8th grade Religion classes had a lesson about Divine Mercy Sunday and then enjoyed “Divine Mercy” Sundaes...

Last Sunday, the stem club held its end of the year party with a lego challenge at the McDonald center, hosted by SA Bricks. During the party, 3 scholarships towards a STEM related summer camp were raffled. The club had an amazing season and we look for-ward to next year! An informational meeting will be held in early May for parents of incoming 4-8th graders. Spots will be very limited, so please be on the lookout and plan to attend!

STEM Club End-of-Year Party

The STEM club held its last meeting of the year last week, ending with fetal pig dissections, an amazing session led by NISD instructor, Mr. John McClaren. Students were able to learn about every organ system through this truly hands on experience!

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