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Parent Newsletter • February 12, 2015
MISSION STATEMENT
St. Martin of Tours Academy, in partnership with parents, is a Catholic parish elementary school that prepares students to be lifelong
learners through a curriculum that has a strong moral, spiritual, and academic foundation. Students understand the need for peace and
justice, and as responsible Catholics, are challenged to answer the call to service and become engaged citizens of the world.
Dear Parents,
Today, we begin our twenty-fourth annual Walkathon campaign. The event itself is a highlight of each school year and an occasion when we can clearly see the spirit, teamwork, and cooperation that typifies this community. This year’s Walkathon promises
to be as exciting and successful as in past years. Our chairperson, Tracy Giordano, has been working hard to make this year’s
event even better. We will once again enjoy the beautiful scenery and facilities at Santee Lakes.
Besides being an occasion to gather and celebrate as a community, Walkathons have a record of being successful fundraisers.
Last year we were able to add a new concrete play area, order large microscopes and keep our technology up-to-date. This
year we will use the funds from Walkathon 2015 to update our school’s website, purchase a 10-pack of iPads for the classrooms
and replace out-dated docu-cameras. Our goal is to raise $20,000 to fund these projects.
I encourage you to get involved; most importantly, to send out the donation request letters to relatives, neighbors, friends and
businesses. A separate Walkathon envelope is enclosed with form letters, envelopes and directions. Thank you in advance for
your spirit and support for this very important fundraiser.
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Toni Dimuzio, Principal
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Walkathon Campaign Begins!
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Walkathon T-Shirt /Volunteer Info:
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PeeWee Boys/Girls Basketball
Enclosed in this parent envelope are all materials needed to kick-off our “Paint a Bright Future”
Walkathon 2015! The school’s goal is $20,000. We hope to have 100% participation to reach our
goal. Teachers will also be explaining to the students about this worthwhile and fun event. Our
t-shirt color will be lime green. (The staff voted on the color.) The idea for our t-shirt logo was
created by one of our eighth grade students, Sarah Pearson. We thank Tracy Giordano for chairing
this large event and also Lee Ann Iagmin for the record keeping, Reina Castro for organizing the
lunches and Tiffani Fleming for the design of our donation request letters that we are using.
If you would like to order a Walkathon “Paint a Bright Future” adult t-shirt, the order form is enclosed. The order is due
Friday, 2/20 with payment of $10.00 each. Please note: a Walkathon t-shirt has already been ordered for every student. They
will receive it when at least 5 donation letters are turned in to the office for mailing. If you would like to volunteer for the
Walkathon please complete and return the form in the packet with your letters.
New this year is the opportunity for your child to begin basketball in the 3rd and 4th grades. Depending on the number of participants, we will have either an all boys or girls team or mixed. A coach is needed. Please contact Michael Mains at mmains@
stmartinacademy.org if you would like to volunteer. Basketball games begin on March 7.
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The Lenten Season At St. Martin’s
This Lent our school and parish will participate in the CRS Rice Bowl, a faith-in-action program that will help us experience Lenten spirituality by living in solidarity with people in need around the world. Every student will receive a CRS Rice
Bowl after the blessing of the bowls during Ash Wednesday’s Mass at 8:30am. We invite all families to attend Mass. Visit
crsricebowl.org for more information on the work Catholic Relief Services does around the world. We also invite you to the
Parish/Academy Community Dinner next Friday. Parent, Hector Casanova is catering the dinner with his excellent fish tacos! More information on the Rice Bowl will be in next week’s parent envelope. If you plan on attending the dinner, please
email the school office so we have a general idea how many are coming. ([email protected]) We hope to “Bring
Lent to Life” at St. Martin’s! Please come!
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Thank you!
The faculty and staff thank the kindergarten and first grade room parents and parents who donated the wonderful breakfast
and lunch items during conference week. All of it was appreciated! There are assorted dishes that need to be claimed in the
kitchen. Please come by to pick them up.
SMA news Bits!
REMINDERS
Save the Date!
√ Tomorrow and Monday - school
holiday 2/13 & 2/16
√ Bishop Flores Scholarship Fund
deadline: March 10th
bishopfloresscholars.org
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Pictures taken on and off campus
Track Meet @ Cathedral Catholic H.S.
Grades K-4 • April 26
Grades 5-8 • May 9
Pictures taken at school or at school events
are not to be shared on any social media
without the consent of all the parents of the
children in the pictures. This includes sports
games, field trips, classroom activities, etc.
Information will be coming out in
the next few weeks.
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Coaches Needed!
3 & 4 Basketball • JV Girls Basketball
JV Boys Soccer
In addition, the school’s name and any
faculty or staff are not to be identified.
PARISH / ACADEMY FAMILY DINNER
LAUNCHING OUR LENTEN JOURNEY
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015
5-6:30pm - Parish Hall
Enjoy a fish taco dinner* while learning more about what CRS
accomplishes through our Rice Bowl contributions.
• Witness worldwide “Stories of Hope”
• Speakers will include recipients of the CRS Rice Bowl grants here in San Diego
• Preview the Friday Night Lenten Speaker Series
* Casanova Fish Tacos
Taco dinners are $4 & $6 (cash or checks)
Let’s come together as a parish community to begin our
Lenten Season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
ENCLOSURES:
Walkathon Family Packet
Walkathon Adult t-shirt order (optional)
Walkathon Volunteer sign-ups
Spring Sports Flyer & Permission Slips (grs. 3-8)
Classroom newsletters (grs. K, 3, 6, 7)
Parish bulletin 2/8/15
Please keep in your prays for healing . . .
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Francis Pruitt, (grandfather to Timothy Mullaly. gr. 4)
Dan Mezzano, Rodrigo Sanchez, Denise Duppee,
John Rodosevich, David Doane & Tom Basinski
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