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Volume 19, Issue 14
3:35 P.M. Dismissal Tomorrow
February 6, 2020
Lion’s Roar Newsletter Upcoming dates for your calen-
dar:
2/7 (Fri) ~ $1 Blue jeans day, Free Shoe Day (if you have signed up for Steps for Students), 3:50 Chess Club in Room 212, 6:30 Sweetheart Dance FLC
2/9 (Sun) ~ 9 A.M. All School Mass
2/10-14 (Mon-Fri) ~ NJHS 50¢ Bake Sale before school
2/10 (Mon) ~ Baseball @ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
2/12 (Tue) ~ Spirit Night at Spring Creek Barbecue (5 P.M. to close)
2/13 (Thu) ~ 6:30 P.M. PTO Meeting in FLC, child care in St. Mary’s Hall
2/14 (Fri) ~ Valentine’s Day, $1 Blue jeans day, last Free Shoe Day (if you have signed up for Steps for Students), 2:30 P.M. class parties
2/15 (Sat) ~Steps for Students
2/16 (Sun) 1P.M.-4P.M. ~ Cub Scouts’ Pinewood Derby and Blue & Gold Banquet
2/17 (Mon) ~ President’s Day, Teacher In-Service Day, NO SCHOOL for students
Notes from the Nurse 2
From the Principal’s Desk 2
Spelling Bee Results 2
Re-Enrollment 2
Chess Club 2
Msgr. Paul Procella Fund 3
Church Happenings 3
What HAVE We Been Up To? 4-7
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Race Day is coming!!!
Steps for Students is one of the 4 ma-jor fundraisers at St. Mary Magda-lene Catholic School. We would
like to thank every-one who has signed up to race next Saturday. If you aren’t able to race but you would like support us, you can make a contribution for one of our runners at https://www.steps4st
udents.org/donate?ca
mpaign_id=58696 .
All contributions are greatly appreci-ated!!!
If you did sign up to walk/run, make sure you attend the February PTO meeting at 6:30 P.M. on February 13th. We will be drawing the name of the winner of the Nintendo Switch at the meeting. Someone has to win and it could be YOU!!! Good luck to all of our participants!!!
Starting Monday, bring your appetite and 50¢ for
the NJHS (National Junior Honor Society) bake sale! It will be Feb. 10th through
Feb. 14th. Items will be available every morning from 7:40-8:00 A.M. at both school entrances.
Join us for our
next school
Mass on Sunday
at 9 A.M. Let’s
fill the pews with
all of our students
and families!!!
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FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK:
Our next major fundraiser for the school is Steps for Students on Sat-urday, February 15th. Thousands of students, families, faculty and staff from the Archdiocese all gather for a day of fun and competition (but mostly fun!. If you haven’t been to Race Day, please come out and join us. You can still register to run or walk in the race!
If you can’t make it out, consider sponsoring one of our students or faculty members who are plan-ning to attend. The registrant with the most funds raised will be awarded a hover board. So far, Fr. Felix is in the lead with $830!!! Will anyone be able to top that? Wait and see!!!
Mr. Raab, Principal
You are probably very aware of the fact that there are a lot of cold, Strep Throat, and flu germs circulating in our school at this time. This same situation can be found throughout the community, state and even across the country. In order to reduce the number of students, faculty and staff being exposed to these illnesses, we are asking that you care-fully review the attached list that has been provided by the Texas Department of Health. By keeping sick children at home, the chances of spreading the illness is greatly reduced. If your child shows any of these signs while they are at school, we will notify you immediately so that you can take them home until they have recovered. Should They Stay or Should They Go?
Fever of 100.3 degrees F or above
Persistent cough that the child cannot control.
Nausea, vomiting, or abdominal pain
Diarrhea-frequent, loose, watery stools
Unusual drowsiness or tiredness
Sore throat.
Runny nose (thick green/yellow discharge-non allergenic)
Red, inflamed or discharging eyes (non allergenic). Pink eye must be treated with antibiotic drop/ointment for at least 24 hours before returning to school
Swollen glands around jaw, ears, or neck
An unexplained rash
Symptoms which may suggest an acute illness Conditions needing treatment with an antibiotic may return to the classroom after at least 24 hours of treatment and a de-crease in symptoms.
Notes from the
Our Spelling Bee representa-
tives made us very proud in the
Archdiocesan Spelling Bees ~
Ishanna Gama made it to the 4th
round of the Middle School
Spelling Bee!!!
Sophie Sarmiento spelled her
way to 2nd place in the Elemen-
tary Spelling Bee!!!
Way to go Lady Lions!!!
Chess Club will be held in Room 212 Fri-day beginning at 3:50 P.M. Dismissal will be from the front office side at 4:50 P.M. Any stu-dent not picked up by 5 P.M. will be ad-mitted to the P.R.I.D.E. Academy.
An invitation to the Kingwood High School Scholastic Chess Tournament on Feb. 29 is attached to the newsletter.
Re-enrollment, which will be open on Friday, Feb. 14th, is open to all of our current students and any of their siblings. It will remain open exclusively to present SMMCS families until March 1st. The Student Registration Fee will be $350 per student. If the fee is paid in full before March 31, you will receive a $50 discount.
On March 2nd, the enrollment process will be open to the public on a first come, first served basis. We will not be able to “hold” any spots for our current families after March 1st.
Please contact our Director of Admissions, Mrs. Laura Rocha at [email protected] with any questions.
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How you begin your education will influence your learning for
the rest of your life.
~Msgr. Paul Procella
Principal Joshua Raab [email protected] extension 145
Office Manager Eddie Greene [email protected] extension 144
School Nurse Lori Eaves [email protected] extension 120
Director of Admissions Laura Rocha [email protected] extension 146
Curriculum Director Cathi Hughes [email protected] extension 159
Counselor Laura Valladares [email protected] extension 160
Bookkeeper Kelli Gonzalez [email protected] extension 143
St. Mary Magdalene Catholic School 530 Ferguson St, Humble TX 77338-8018 Phone: 281-446-8535 Fax: 281-446-8527
Accredited by the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department
Msgr. Paul Procella Legacy Fund Update
The Msgr. Paul Procella Legacy Fund was established to con-
tinue this wonderful man’s vision for our children. All donations
(including matching funds from your employer) to the Msgr.
Paul Procella Legacy Fund are credited 100% to your FIC
hours.
Our goal this year is $80,000. The next sub-goal we are
working towards is $50,000 and then somebody will be get-
ting wet!!!
Our heartfelt thanks to Christine and Brian Townsend, An-
drea and Jaime Sanchez, The Catholic Daughters of America
Court of the Cross #2374, Rosa and David Herrera, Arcer-
netta and Billy Williams, Mary and Bill Turner, Janet Orth,
Robert and Micha Rucka and our many anonymous donors for
their very generous gifts to the fund.
If you would like to add your name to our list of donors, you
will find a form attached to this week’s newsletter. Thank
you very much for any assistance you can give us! Mrs. Barbara Biehunko, Msgr. Paul Procella and
Mrs. Jean Johnson during our opening month.
Church Happenings February 9th ~ Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court of the Cross #2374 Bake Sale after all morning Masses (and breakfast tacos!!!)
February 11th ~ World Day of the Sick with Mass and anointing at 8:30 A.M. in English and 7:00 P.M. in Spanish
February 26th ~ The parish has 7 services scheduled for Ash Wednesday. See the attached file for times.
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8th grade has the privilege of teaching Junior Achievement to the lower grades as part of our mentoring program.
JA is an educational program that teaches about our global economy and exposes vocabulary and themes involv-
ing entrepreneurship, work readiness, and making smart economic decisions. Our 8th graders prepare lessons
through JA and deliver fun and interactive games for the students. Here are some of the group photos!
What HAVE we been up to???
Gabrielle Docog (Class of 2018) qualified for the state TAPPS (Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools) meet in San Antonio on Feb. 7th in the 500 freestyle, 100 freestyle medley relay and 200 free-style relay. Way to go Gabby!!!
Our K4 students enjoyed celebrating our 100th day of school on Monday, February 3rd too!
How many stores did Caitlin Purcell’s mom go to in order
to find 100 different bandages to celebrate our
100th day of school??
WOW!!! We have a VERY talented group of stu-
dents!!! Thank you to Mrs. Valladares and Mr. Whit-
worth for all of their work with the students. Everyone
did a fantastic job!!! Here are some pictures from Friday
night’s Talent Show.
Our M.C.s, Natalia Perez-Garcia and McKinley Davis, kept the
program moving along...
… and Jesar Flores kept the spotlight moving for all of
our acts!
We had singers who sounded like the angels
were singing, ...
… and more singers, ...
… and singers and dancers, ...
… and a couple of comedians who kept
us in stitches, ...
… and the finale was a song from some of our teachers and staff. And Fr. Felix joined in too!!!
… dancers who blew us away with their talent, ...
… plus some terrific magicians (some of
them got Mrs. Turner and Mr.
Tolar involved in their act), ...
… even dancers joining in from the audience, ...
