From the Principal’s Desk: Dear STM families, Today we had Wearing of the Green Day here at STM to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The students looked great decked out in all their green! The Book Fair ended today. Thank you to everyone who came and supported it! Just a friendly reminder that the deadline for ordering Spring pictures is March 29th. This coming Tuesday, March 19th, is our Panera school fundraiser. The wonderful difference to this fundraiser is that it is ALL day! So whatever time you can stop in at Panera on Randall Road it will benefit our school. We hope you come out to get some food and visit with friends! Please see the attached flyer following the newsletter. Please remember to continue encouraging your children to be collecting some money in their Hope for Haitians box. Boxes are due back to school by April 17th. We continue doing Stations of the Cross every Friday during Lent at the church for grades 1 – 8 at 2:15 PM. Please note that on this day students will be dismissed from the church. You can attend Stations with the school or just wait for your child in the normal pick up area. Teachers will be walking the kids over afterward. Spring Break begins next week on Saturday, March 23rd, and ends on Monday, April 1st. Lastly, this coming Friday, March 22nd is the last day of the third quarter. Fourth quarter begins on Monday, April 1st. As always, thank you for all your continued support. Have a magnificent weekend! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Blessings, Mrs. Sonja Keane

Upcoming events: Saturday, March 16 Daddy-Daughter Dance Tuesday, March 19 Panera Fundraiser, all day Friday, March 22 End of 3rd Quarter Saturday, March 23 Regional Science Fair at NIU Mon., Mar. 25 – Fri., Mar. 29 Spring Break Monday, April 1 School Resumes & 4th Quarter Begins Tuesday, April 2 Grades 1-4 Field Trip to Hemmens Theatre Friday, April 5 7th Grade Retreat at STM Church Friday, April 5 7/8 Grade Dance @ STM

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St. Thomas More Catholic School 1625 W. Highland Avenue, Elgin, Illinois 60123 (847) 742-3959 www.stmcentral.org

March 15, 2019

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St. Thomas More

Book Fair

This week STM held its annual Spring Book Fair. Students were excited by the selection of books to purchase at the fair. They had fun shopping and boosting their reading skills at the same time. Proceeds from the Book Fair helps to purchase books for our school library. Thank you to all the families that supported the Book Fair!

The STM’s girls’ basketball team was honored at 8th Grade Night earlier this week. The celebration was held at their last home game and included a team win too! The girls, along with their families and friends, enjoyed an evening of recognition and best wishes as they approach graduation from STM.

PI Day Celebration

On March 14th, 5-8th grade students celebrated PI Day in Mrs. Harris’s Math class. They wrote the number PI as far as they could, enjoyed pie, and created a chain demonstrating the number. The chain ended up being 64 meters long (just under 210 feet)!