Good Afternoon SMS Families,

We have a couple busy weeks ahead of us before Thanksgiving. Please be sure to read the weekly newsletter, so you can stay in the loop.

Sunday is our annual Harvest Dinner and Cake Auction. Thanks to everyone who signed up to volunteer, donate desserts for the dinner, and items for the cake auction. Please be sure to eat with us in person, or get a carry out order on Sunday between 10:30 and 2:00! Also, please consider bidding on our desserts in person or on our Facebook Page! We could probably still use a little help at cleanup if anyone is available.

Monday, we will have pizza from Giovanni's in Ripley. This will be charged as a normal lunch charge.

Tuesday is Fall Picture Retake Day. Only students who missed picture day, or are reordering pictures will have their picture taken. All students should be in uniform.

Our annual SMS Family Thanksgiving will be Tuesday, November 24. Our entire student body and staff will eat together in the Parish Hall. Special thanks to Mrs. Caitlin and the lunch volunteers for all they do, but especially for how special they make this day for our school.

Also on that Tuesday, we will have Mass in the morning, as well as early dismissal. We will dismiss at 12:30, and there will be no Ripley afternoon bus service. There will be Georgetown and SMS bus service.

I am excited to announce that we will have a float in both the Georgetown and Ripley Christmas parades! Special thanks to Amber Craig, Amanda Layman, and Kristin McRoberts for taking the lead on the float!

Don't forget to reserve your place for the 2027 SMS Knight to Remember!

I have heard through the grapevine that there are some people with concerns about their Option C account balances in regards to how we are charging tuition this year. Whether you did not see the article I put out about it this summer, or I was not clear about it, please understand, no family will owe more than they did last year. If you did not read the article, please do so, and if you have questions, please ask me any time. For those of you who have asked me, thank you for reaching out, and I ask that you encourage others to do the same. We do all we can to be completely transparent regarding these matters.

At the principal's summit I attended earlier this week, I found out even more extremely positive news that could affect our school funding in the future. The bottom line, is this, I am trying to take advantage of all possible avenues I can to keep the burden of our school funding off of our parents shoulders. In order to be able to fund our wonderful school environment, and potentially even extend our program through high school, we need all of our supporters to help any way they can. We are at our best when we work together. That might sound corny, but it's true. Let's do this together.