St. Michael School

This week's newsletter

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Update: We are still on a 2 hour delay. The Georgetown and SMS bus will run exactly 2 hours later than normal. Ripley is closed, so there will be no Ripley bus service. If anyone feels that their specific situation is unsafe due to road conditions, absences will be excused. See you in a little bit.

Newsletter 3/1/2026

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Good morning, SMS is now closed due to icy roads and sidewalks. Have a good day

Good morning, I apologize for the late notice, but SMS will be on a 2 hour delay today. All buses will run exactly 2 hours later than they normally would. This is due to slick road conditions.

Congratulations to all who worked so hard on their science fair projects this year! The judges were very impressed, and gave lots of great feedback for our young scientists. The following students were awarded with ribbons and will be representing St Michael School at the Brown County Science Fair this Saturday, February 21 at the Brown County Educational Service Center. 3rd Grade 1st place-Josie Layman 2nd place- Charlie Burke 4th Grade 1st place-Kate Noel 2nd place-Oakley McJoynt-Griffith 5th Grade 1st place-Annabelle Burke 2nd place-Oscar Sentney 6th Grade 1st place-Justin Nead 2nd place -Adelyn Earhart 7th Grade 1st place- Zoey Durham 2nd place- Josie Sentney 8th Grade 1st place- Owen O'Connor 2nd place- Ella Seip Overall School Winners 1st place- Annabelle Burke 2nd place- Josie Layman Again, congratulations to all of our students who worked so hard on their projects!

Update: 2/16/2026

Newsletter 2/16/2026

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Update!

I apologize, I forgot to put this in the newsletter, but this Friday, February 13, we ask that students pack their lunch due to the Science Fair being held in the Parish Hall. Normally we would get pizza, but we just had pizza Monday, and will soon be having pizza on Fridays of Lent. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Hello SMS Families,
During Lent, traditionally our students get cheese pizza from one of the local pizza places due to the Hall being used for the fish fry. We can make this a normal charge for lunch, no problem, but over the past few years we have had some generous donors who have insisted on purchasing pizza for the entire school. I have already had people asking me about this year. The cost to feed all of the students for a day will be about $350. Again, please do not feel obligated to do this, but if you would like to please send me a private message and let me know the date you would like to do it. Below are the dates:

February 27
March 6
March 13
March 20
March 27

I was waiting to post about the SMS Gala until I had all of the pictures and everything in, and I still will. BUT, we have the final numbers on what we were able to raise Saturday night. Together, we raised $35,835! UNBELIEVEABLE! Even better than that, the feedback we have been receiving has been incredible, and I think this will only get bigger, which will be a huge blessing for our school. I can't begin to express my gratitude to everyone who worked so hard to put this together. More to come, but wanted to share that great news!

We are now above the break-even point for the $10K Giveaway! Everything from here on out is profit. If you haven't turned in your tickets yet, you have 11 days before the first $1,000 drawing!

This week's newsletter!

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The hill is mostly cleared off now. We should be able to have pickup as normal. Please remember there are no Georgetown or Ripley buses. If you need your child to ride the SMS bus, make sure to let us know. Otherwise, you should be able to line up on the hill like a normal day, and there should even be a little parking on 4th street because there will be no other buses.
Special thanks to Mr. Frebis, Deputy Johnson and the Village of Ripley for keeping the hill clear for us.