We will have a book fair next year with Ignatius, but if you are interested in purchasing books now, here is an opportunity.
Good luck to Emma Wireman and Lucia Burrows who will be representing SMS in the Brown County Spelling Bee tonight at 6:00!
Highly recommend!
Pizza will be free for all students this Friday. Thank you John Wood Insurance!
This Sunday, register today!
Week 2 was a little slower, but we still had a great week raising $5,650.41 at the fish fry! We had a great volunteer crew, especially at close which made cleanup much better. Let's keep it up! We are on pace to raise over $36,000 for the fish fry. That would be a record season. Thanks to all who have and continue to volunteer!
We also had a big week in the $10K Giveaway fundraiser. Congratulations to this week's $1,000 winner Carrie Elliott! We have 3 more $1,000 drawings and the $10,000 drawing on April 11. So far we have raised $29,480 in this fundraiser. Great job everybody!
Happy Sunday, SMS Families!
I failed to mention in the newsletter that I sent out on Thursday, that we will recognize World Down Syndrome Awareness Day this Thursday, March 20. Students may wear Down Syndrome Awareness t-shirts from any year (or plain blue/yellow thsirts) with jeans or uniform pants. The actual World Down Syndrome Awareness Day is on Friday, but we will observe it on Thursday due to Friday being a Mass day. Have a great remainder of your day!
SMS Mother - Son Night
Coach Coleman, the cheerleading coach from RULH will be here on Friday to talk to any 8th graders who will be attending RULH high school next year and are interested in cheerleading.
Good morning, and thanks again to everyone who made our first fish fry a huge success! As always, we are continuing to make your experience with the fish fry the best it can possibly be, and with our location, parking and navigating the street for the drive thru can be a little tricky. So we are taking steps to make the drive thru run more smoothly.
First, please do not park on the hill on Market Street beside the church in the evening. We need to ensure that cars can still get up and down the hill, and if the drive thru stays to the right, there should be plenty of room.
Second, if you plan to use the drive thru, we highly recommend calling your order in ahead of time so we can keep the line moving. If you order when you get to the cashier, depending on the size of the line, we might ask you to park somewhere else so we can keep the line moving, and we will bring your order to you.
Finally, we have sought the help of the Brown County Sherriff's department, and will have an officer on duty, to help with traffic flow for the fish fry.
When we grow, adjustments need to be made, and we are confident these steps, will effectively address some of the traffic concerns at the fish fry.
So, make sure you come to the SMS Fish Fry this week! The weather is going to be great, and we look forward to serving you!
There will be NO VR club on Wednesday March 12th or Monday March 17th.
Pizza this Friday will be free of charge for all of our students! Thank you to the family of Emma Wireman, for buying pizza for everyone!
The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, who are based in Cincinnati will be visiting
St. Michael School on March 26. The sisters will talk to the students on the
vocation of religious life and of being a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur. Sister
Judi Clemens will give a special presentation on “Sharing My Life With Dorothy
Stang in Brazil and How I Remember Her Today.” Sister Dorothy Stang was a
citizen of Brazil and the United States. She spent nearly four decades defending
the rights of poor settlers as well as working to save the rain forest from powerful
ranchers bent on destroying it. She was martyred and left to die when she was 73
years old. Sister Dorothy was born in Dayton, Ohio and entered the Sisters of
Notre Dame de Namur in 1948. Sister Dorothy Stang is the first North American
woman whose relics are included in the Shrine of Modern Martyrs at the Basilica
of St. Bartholomew in Rome. Special thanks to Linda Mulvaney for making this visit possible for our students.
Great evening, and great turnout tonight for star-gazing at the Rankin House. Thanks to Mr. Pedigo and the Burke family for putting this together for our families!
Virtual Reality is here! The first ever SMS VR after school club will be starting this coming week on Monday March 3rd. The Monday and Wednesday groups are posted in the Science Room. The club will meet after school in the Science Room and dismiss at 4pm.
Ripley baseball and softball registration for grades pre-k through 8th grade is open until March 14.
Use this link:
https://playpass.com/rybsaoh/ripley-youth-baseball-softball-association-AVDyQU3?
or parents can contact Jamie Brierly directly at (937)779-0793
Congratulations to all of our young scientists who participated in the Brown County Science Fair last Saturday! In each grade level an outstanding project and an honorable mention project were recognized. Congratulations to the following students!
Josie Sentney- Outstanding Project, 6th grade
Elli Hedges- Runner-up, 8th grade
Makynli Hauke- Outstanding Project, 8th grade
Chess Club Championships Wednesday. Our SMS school-wide tournament will conclude on Wednesday February 26th after school. The finals will consist of the following students: Kowin Offutt, Griffin Ernst, Luke Brookbank, Easton Swearingen ,Dempsey Swearingen, and Zoey Durham. Congrats to these students for making the championship round and good luck to all!
SMS Chess Finals! Our end-of-season tournament is in full swing. Preliminary rounds were completed on Friday so this Monday February 24th we will continue the march to the championship after school in the Science Room. I will need the following students to attend:
Kowin Offutt, Weston Wireman, Zoey Durham, Easton Swearingen, Griffin Ernst, Luke Brookbank, Cooper Bonar, and Demspey Swearingen.
Parents are permitted to attend, I just ask that you don't distract the players during the matches.
We can't wait to celebrate with our Favorite Fellas and Little Ladies tonight. We just want to remind everyone that we are at a NEW venue! It's at the Ripley Library Annex Building, 19 Main Street, Ripley, Ohio 45167.
