Friday Update: March 11, 2022

Dear St. Matthew’s Elementary School Families,

Spring Break is upon us! I hope each and every family enjoys a joyful and blessed time with your children and look forward to seeing everyone back at SMES on Monday, March 28, 2022 at 8:45 am. Enjoy!

Sincerely in Christ,
Miss Welsh

BIBLICAL WORDS OF WISDOM:The Lord is my light and salvation.

(Psalm 27)

Dates of Note

Monday, March 14 – Friday, March 25, 2022: SPRING BREAK – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Monday, March 28, 2022: SCHOOL RESUMES AT 8:45 AM

Tuesday, March 29, 2022: HEAD CHECKS

Thursday, March 31, 2022: NON-UNIFORM DAY – WEAR BLUE/YELLOW FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD Bring a loonie or toonie for children suffering from cancer in the Ukraine

NEWS FOR THIS WEEK

A MESSAGE FROM OUR FRASER HEALTH MEDICAL OFFICER

Starting this month, in addition to the COVID-19 vaccine, several of our COVID-19 immunization clinics will offer childhood immunizations. This will provide an easy opportunity for all school-aged children to get up-to-date on their immunizations. This is in addition to the school-based immunization clinics.

Please CLICK HERE to access more detailed information.

Sincerely,

Dr. Ariella Zbar MD, CCFP, MPH, MBA, FRCPC

Medical Health Officer – Medical Director

STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES

Today your child’s second term progress reports went home. These reports will provide you with a snapshot of how your child is doing spiritually, socially, academically, and athletically.

The next opportunity for you to get specific information on your child’s growth and development at school will be on Friday, April 29, 2022. We will hold in-person Student Led Conferences. During these conferences your child will show you samples of their work as well as demonstrations of their learning – please mark your calendars!

FAVOURITE ANIMAL CHARACTER NON-UNIFORM DAY

We had some interesting animal characters roaming our hallways this past Wednesday! Please CLICK HERE to view some pictures.

10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY VIDEO SERIES

Next up in our 10th year anniversary video series features one of our SMES alumni: Juliana Manalo, a member of our first Grade 7 class. Click HERE or on the image to the left to see her memories!

ONGOING REMINDERS

LENTEN MORNING MASSES

We will continue our annual Lenten sacrificial tradition of inviting our Grades 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 classes to attend 8:00 am morning Masses during the season of Lent. Please see below for the scheduled days and time.

March 30: Grades 2,3
March 31: Grades 4, 5
April 1: Grades 6, 7

April 6: Grades 2, 3, 4
April 7: Grades 5, 6, 7

April 11: Grades 5, 6, 7
April 13: Grades 2, 3, 4

DAILY HEALTH CHECK

Students and staff are to stay home when sick. Parents should do a Daily Health Check before sending their child to school – please click on the Daily Health Check image for access to the Thrive app – the most up to date Daily Health Check. Thank you for doing your part in keeping us all safe!