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Newsletter – March 29, 2017
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Dates To Remember
Mar. 29-31 Faith Knowledge Assessments (Gr. 3-8) Fri., Mar. 31 End Of 3rd Quarter NOON DISMISSAL Used Uniform Sale 11:30-4:30 PM Mon., Apr. 3 SPRING UNIFORMS BEGIN
Apr. 6-7 Science Fair Fri., Apr. 7 School Mass 10 AM; KFC Mon., Apr. 10 Spring Picture Day
Wed., Apr. 12 Report Cards Viewable NOON DISMISSAL NO AFTERCARE
Apr. 13-21 EASTER BREAK Apr. 24-28 Scantron 8TH Grade Thurs., Apr. 27 Take Your Child to Work Day Sat., Apr. 29 Face Of America Bike Ride All Day; KFC Parking Lot
Tue., Sept. 5 First Day of School 2017-2018
Apr. 10 & 11 NO HOT LUNCH!
Special Announcements
Volunteering At Mary Of Nazareth Starts HERE! We will hold a VIRTUS Child Protection class at Mary of Nazareth School on Wednesday, May 17 at 6:30pm in the Multi-Purpose Room. In order to volunteer at school, to coach a sports team, to attend a field trip, to help with lunch or with your child’s class as examples, you must be cleared through the Archdiocesan Child Protection system (VIRTUS). If you are not already cleared, consider doing it now. You do not have to complete the process every year. Click HERE for more information on the process.
sed Uniform Sale – This Friday! The MON Spring Used-Uniform Sale is this Friday, March 31 between 11:30 and 4:30.
We need VOLUNTEERS! If you or your Middle-School Student can help, please sign up HERE or contact Mrs. Paola Ortiz (301) 529-1818. In the event of rain, the sale will be held in the library. Thank you to those who are volunteering thus far: Sai, Pappano, Zeitler, Keith, Meyers & Doyle.
aint John's Catholic Prep Spring Open House You are invited to attend a Spring Open House at Saint John’s Catholic Prep on Thursday, April 27th from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM.
Saint John’s is a Catholic, coeducational, college preparatory high school now located at its new campus at 3989 Buckeystown Pike in Buckeystown, MD. Prospective parents and students can also visit Saint John’s online at www.saintjohnsprep.org. For more information about admissions or the open house, please call the school at 301-662-4210 or e-mail [email protected]
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Yearbooks are sold on a first-come, first-served basis so order now:
See Yearbook Order Form Here!
2017 Gala News
MoN Annual Benefit Gala Thank you very much to everyone who came out to attend the 22nd Annual Benefit Gala this past Saturday. We were 326 strong and enjoyed a wonderful night of fun and fellowship to support our school community. A special thank you again to Mamma Lucia and the Fabi family, Preciado Catering, our event sponsors, auction and wine donors and those who solicited donations for the event and to all volunteers who took the time to transform the KFC into our very own Polynesian Paradise - the creativity and effort was beyond inspiring! Congratulations to all auction item winners including our Tuition Raffle Winner - the Koufios family! Development will be tallying all auction items this week and sending invoices out to all winners. Credit cards on file from ticket purchasing will be used as form of payment for invoices unless you contact Tara Weyer in the Development Office with your alternate payment method. For anyone who would like any of the available decorations, they are available on a first come, first served basis on the KFC stage. Thanks again to everyone for being part of #anighttoremember! A special thanks to the following for their hard work and support: Nicole Pappano, Vivi & Song Phommachanh, Jonathan Jenkins, Colleen Shea, Alejandra Bahreini, Laura Schneider, Paola Ortiz, Claudia & Luis Cuellar, Carlos Sansoulet, Kathy Ives, Evelyn Castillo, Janeth & Allan Caban, Karen Woolery, Sophia Yang, Gloria Fernandez, Alan Englebrecht , Megan McGregor, Jerry Cruz, Dante Preciado, Jeannie Tucker, Ann Dundee
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HSA News
Restaurant Night – Noodles 4/11! Come Join Us at Noodles – Germantown, To Help Support MARY OF NAZARETH SCHOOL!!! 5:00 – 9:00 PM TUESDAY, APRIL 11th 2017. That’s right! Please come join us for some great food, good company and most importantly to help MoN raise money! Please come dine in or carry out with us or call for delivery and Noodles will donate 25% of your proceeds back to MoN! You may either bring the flyer (HERE or in the Wednesday packet) with you or tell your server that you’re here to support MoN and they will add you to the totals. Thank you for your support!
upport Our School By Purchasing Gift Cards! SCRIP is a prepaid gift card program from national and local retailers, used just like cash, and are the
same cards that you would buy at the store. Except when you buy them from MON you are helping raise funds for our school! No additional out-of-pocket expense outside of what you would normally spend on groceries, clothing, school and household supplies, pet supplies, dining out, and even travel and vacation! Use them for yourself and family, your household, or gift them for birthdays and special occasions. For more information, click HERE then HSA Fundraisers and scroll down to SCRIP Cards. Please notify Julie Fagan ([email protected]) if you need help and when you send your form through backpack mail.
Volunteer Round-Up
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alling all Volunteers!!! May Crowning is Friday, May 5th. Many volunteers are needed to make this large and memorable event successful for MoN’s 8th grade families. We need volunteers for Thursday afternoon beginning at 1:30 pm to help set up, as well as Friday morning to
pick up food and balloons, plate many goodies, help throughout the luncheon to serve and replenish food and for clean up after the festivities. Please click HERE to use SignUpGenius to volunteer. Access Code: mustang. If you have any questions please contact Jeanette Staton at [email protected] or Sharon Humphries at [email protected].
ot Lunch & Lunch Monitor Needs: Available to help on the following dates? No experience required!
• 3/30/17 1 Server 1 Monitor • 4/03/17 1 Server • 4/04/17 1 Server 1 Monitor • 4/05/17 2 Servers
Servers can sign up here (Password: mustang). Lunch monitors can sign up here (Password: mustang). Thank you: Barrow, Driscoll, Goldberg, Meyers, Adewi, Atkinson, Furlong, Dirlam, Dyer & Gilmore!
ost Families Needed We are seeking host families to help assimilate new families to the MoN Community. Host families answer questions on everything from uniforms to carpool to sports and
volunteering! Help support their transition to MoN. Click HERE to volunteer to be a host family! Thank you! Thank you to families that have volunteered thus far— Dyer, Hermann, Scherer, Melley, Diaz, Rascher, Yapur, Humphries, Beucher, D’Souza, Kelly, Sanders, Laffey, Souder, Williams, Reposa, O’Brien, Farago, Gomez, Miller, Soto, Maffeo, Pietras, Abreu, Pappano, Engel, Khoury, Boesch, Crispino, Powell, Keith, Fernandez, Duque!… THIS LIST IS GROWING!!!
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MON Sports
YO Soccer, Fall, 2017 Registration for CYO Soccer for Fall, 2017, is now open to all MoN children and the players at the 7 member parishes. You may register your child(ren) here: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/52367
Please see FLYER in the Wednesday Packet for more information. We will have assessments for team placement for U14, U12, and U10. For the U12 and U14 groups, we will have competitively selected teams based on tryouts. All players must participate in at least one tryout, and are strongly encouraged to participate in both tryouts if they want to make an "A" team. There will be no "make-ups" for reasons other than weather, as the small-sided scrimmages against other players is crucial part of the tryout process. We will address any player unable to make either tryout on an individual basis. The assessments will take place at Mary of Nazareth School as follows:
• U12 and U14 boys: Apr. 25 and 27; 4:30-6:00pm • U12 and U14 girls: Apr. 25 and 27; 6:15-7:45pm • U10 boys: Apr. 26; 4:30-6:00pm • U10 girls: Apr. 26; 6:15 to 7:45pm
Please contact Soccer Commissioner Jeff LaRochelle with any questions: [email protected].
pring T-Ball/Machine Pitch Registration Open for K-1 Students It’s time to start thinking about baseball again. The MoN Sports Committee is recommending that all MoN students in Kindergarten
and First Grade register through UMAC (Upper Montgomery Athletic Baseball Program). UMAC registration is now open and can be found at http://umacbaseballinc.siplay.com/site/. Be sure to choose or make a notation that you want your child placed on a Mary of Nazareth team. There should be a pull down option listing Mary of Nazareth, otherwise just place in the notation area.
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Coaches are needed for T-Ball and 6 Under Machine Pitch. We are trying to create all MoN student teams so we need coaches and players. If you have any questions, please contact Pete Driscoll the K-1 T-Ball Commissioner at [email protected]
After The Bell
QO Lacrosse Youth Day Join the Quince Orchard Boys & Girls Lacrosse Teams as they host YOUTH LACROSSE DAY! Open to Boys and Girls grades 3-8 and ONLY $30! Price includes skills clinics and demonstrations with QO Lacrosse players. Contests & Prizes! Bring your lacrosse stick and if you don't have one, don't worry, they will have extras. Complete the FORM and return by April 18th to attend.
Silver Knights & Roberto Clemente Middle School-Sponsored Chess Tournament! Open to MON Chess Club Members or any MON student! We would like extend an invitation to your students to participate in a chess tournament.
• WHAT – Clemente Classic Chess Tournament 2017
• WHEN – Saturday. April 1st. 1 pm – 5 pm.
Participants should arrive by 12:45 pm
• WHERE – Roberto Clemente Middle School, 18808 Waring Station Rd, Germantown, MD 20874
• WHOM – Open to all students from grades K- 8.
REGISTRATION AT - https://skenrichment.com/chess-tournaments/tournaments/product/3442-4-1-roberto-clemente-classic-1-pm-5-pm.html Minita Benipuri RCMS PTSA President.
itanic in Theatre! Good Counsel Theatre Company happily presents Maury Yeston and Peter Stone's Tony Award-winning musical Titanic, its first musical on the stage of our new Performing Arts Center! Come enjoy the gorgeous
musical score and share in the world of the legendary liner. The moving story takes the audience on this epic journey with incredible characters and their stories aboard the “unsinkable” ship of dreams. GCTC’s production of Titanic runs March 24 - April 1, 2017 in the Performing Arts Center at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School. Tickets can be purchased on www.showtix4u.com. Performances are Thursday, March 30 at 7:00pm, Friday, March 31 at 7:30pm, and Saturday, April 1 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm.
ereavement Camp for Children Camp Erin Montgomery County, hosted by Hospice Caring, Inc. and The Moyer Foundation, is a FREE, weekend-long bereavement camp for children & teens ages 6-17 grieving the death of someone close, no matter the cause of death or length of time that has passed
since the death. Campers participate in group activities focused on expressing emotions and addressing challenges associated with grief as well as developing coping skills. Additionally, campers take part in recreational activities such as
swimming, ropes course, and a campfire. Camp Erin 2017 takes place June 2, 3 & 4 at Bar-T Mountainside in Frederick, Maryland. Round-trip transportation is provided to/from Hospice Caring in Gaithersburg. Campers throughout the region are encouraged to attend (Montgomery County residency is not required). Please see the Wednesday Packet for application and brochure (English and Spanish).
enten Letter Writing Afternoons
Mrs. Ryba would like to invite students who enjoy writing letters to her classroom from Monday, March 27 through Friday, March 31. Students will be invited to write letters to relatives, area priests, or friends far away. This Lenten activity is open to MoN students (second grade or higher) who love a quiet, reflective setting and of course have a deep love for writing.
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Students who sign up must bring a book of stamps and addresses for 10 people they want to encourage during this time. Quiet/neat/healthy snacks may be brought. Sign up for one day, multiple days, or all five days. Students will be dismissed at 4pm to car pool. Please be on time for pick up in car pool. Please email Mrs. Ryba directly at [email protected]. This will be first come, first serve and space is limited to her classroom size. She will respond to your email.
Newsletter Committee Notes
ubmit Your Article Via The Mon Website: Click HERE for Submission Form. Don’t forget to attach Pictures, Logos and Flyers! The Newsletter Committee will send an email confirming receipt of your Article. Questions? Please email: [email protected].
Please read publication guidelines for submitting an Article to the Mary of Nazareth Newsletter:
● Submit your Article by Sunday, 8:00 pm. This is a firm deadline. Additions sent to the office may not be included in that week’s Newsletter.
● Articles relating only to school events, parish events or student(s) accomplishments will be included in the Newsletter.
● Articles will run 3-4 weeks unless specified. ● If you have a FLYER related to your item, make sure you
email it to the MoN Office: [email protected] for approval and posting.
Interested in joining the Newsletter Committee? Email: [email protected]
The MON Newsletter Committee:
• Sabrina Bailey • Karen Carvajal • Julie Kelsey • Kimberly LaRochelle
• Truong Le • Alison Melley • Jennifer Schlimm • Stefanie Marques
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