| August 25: Hooray for the First Day of School!
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| It's the MOST wonderful time of the year... Back to School time!
We hope all of our Dragons had a fun and restful summer. We are so very excited to have our learning community back together. We also extend a very warm St. Michael's welcome to all of our brand new students, families and faculty! It is an exciting time to be at St. Michael's!
As the start of the school year is always so busy, this first weekly newsletter contains all of the info you need to get through the first week. Moving forward, please note that our "This Week @ St. Michael's" newsletter goes out every Sunday morning to help you prepare for the week ahead. Copies are posted as well on the St M website and social media. Not on social media? We also have a Media Gallery page on our website under News and Events so you can follow all of our St M social media in one place! Welcome Back, Dragons!
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Show your DRAGON PRIDE on the First Day of School!
A rite of passage each year is the taking of first day of school photos.
Show your DRAGON PRIDE by taking a photo of your child on the first day with the St. Michael's sign below and posting it on your social media with the hashtag #STMDragonPride. Or, email your photos to our Communications Office for posting.
Click HERE for the "Proud to be A Dragon" First Day of School sign.
Go BLUE! Go WHITE! Go DRAGONS!
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Back to School Forms and Summer Assignments
On that page, you can also find Summer Assignments by grade. Be sure to scroll down the page as they are at the bottom.
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| Carpool Line Maps/Directions
To help our families learn the carpool routine for campus drop-off and pick-up, please find maps and instructions by campus below. We will also have signs up at the Lower School directing folks.
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Directory Updates Needed
Did you move this summer? Has your email or phone number changed? Do you want School communications to go to a particular email address?
Please send any changes by Thursday, September 1, as we are finalizing the School directory and communications email lists.
Returning families need only to review their current listing (in last year's directory) and forward all new/corrected information (e.g., address, email, phone numbers, etc.) to Erbie Godwin at egodwin@stmschool.net. New families will be emailed separately to confirm contact info.
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Pack a Lunch for the First Two Weeks of School
Our hot lunch program WILL NOT BEGIN until Monday, September 11, so be sure to pack lunches for your child/children until then. NOTE: Lower School Milk orders WILL be served starting Tuesday, August 29. Middle School milk orders begin on Wednesday, August 30.
Order Hot Lunch ONLINE: St. Michael’s Episcopal School has partnered with Boonli.com (formerly orderlunches.com) to provide a secure, fast and easy-to-use online ordering system that allows parents to view our lunch menu, order, prepay and manage student lunches on the web. - Registration and Ordering opened on: Wednesday, August 23.
- Orders for the month of September must be placed by: Tuesday, September 5.
- The first lunch date is: Monday, September 11.
**Lower School Families: Please have your child bring a snack and a water bottle every day, including half-days.
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Add our School and Sports Calendars to your Own
We have calendar functions on the School website (under News and Events) so that you can:-
Subscribe to the following calendars so they feed to your own calendar program: Academic/School Holiday Calendar, Lower School Calendar, Middle School Calendar, plus all fall Middle School Sports calendars (Cross Country, Soccer and Field Hockey). Click here. (Subscription links are BELOW the monthly calendar.)
- View monthly and yearly master calendars of all School events, holidays, early dismissals, after-school activities, etc.
- View/sort events by Lower School, Middle School, Lower School Co-Curriculars and Sports and Middle School Co-Curriculars and Sports.
- To filter by specific calendars on the website master calendar, please click the downward arrow next to the "Agenda" tab.
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LEGO Robotics (Fifth Grade and Middle School) Interested in our Robotics teams? Beginning in fifth grade, our students may participate in the FIRST LEGO League robotics challenge. Working in teams, students design and program a LEGO robot to complete the challenge tasks as well as complete a research project.
- The Lower School FIRST LEGO League Robotics organizational meeting (for students and parents) is scheduled for Thursday, August 31 in the Bon Air Campus library at 3 p.m. Program meeting days will be determined by parent volunteers' availability.
- Middle School students will sign up for FIRST LEGO League Robotics during club signups in September.
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| Say Cheese! School Picture Day Plan
Lower School
School pictures will be taken at the Lower School on WEDNESDAY, September 13. Order forms will be available at orientation or the first day of school. Please complete and return the order form to your child's teacher by Wednesday, September 6, even if you're not ordering photos as all students will have a picture taken for the yearbook. Middle School
School pictures will be taken at the Middle School on TUESDAY, September 12. Order forms will be available at orientation or the first day of school. Please complete and return the order form to Erbie Godwin in the office by Wednesday, September 6, even if you're not ordering photos as all students will have a picture taken for the yearbook.
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Register NOW for Extended Programs at St M!
Don't forget to sign up for our Co-Curricular, Sports and Extended Day Programs. Details and registration links are below.
Lower School: Core Extended Day Program - Click HERE for the Enrollment contract. Please direct questions to Director of Extended Programs, Allyson Steele.
- For more more information about our Lower and Middle School Extended Day programs, click HERE.
Lower School/Middle School: After-School Enrichment & Sports
Click below to register for fall Lower and Middle School after-school enrichment classes and sports. (NOTE: We have new LOWER PRICE for Middle School Mountain Biking.)
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Dress Code
As our students select their clothes for the first day of school, please remember to refer to our updated 2017-2018 Dress Code. - Click HERE for a copy of the Dress Code.
Spiritwear: - Be sure to check out all the St M items available through our Spiritwear website! Dragon PRIDE!
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Let's Be Good Neighbors: Please Drive Carefully
As both of our campuses are in residential neighborhoods, thank you for driving slowly and carefully as you drive to and from School. Please note that we have been informed that Richmond City police will have an increased presence around both campuses monitoring posted 25 mile speed limits.
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Let's Be Friends!
Get connected to keep abreast of St M news, events, calendar changes and information. Current and past issues of "This Week at St. Michael's" are now archived on our website under "News and Events," as well as under "Community."
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| Dates to Remember...(Please check our online School Calendar for updates.) Click HERE for the UPDATED '17-'18 Academic Calendar
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| Monday, 8/28:
Lower School (LS) First Day of School (Half Day).- 8 a.m: Morning arrival begins. School starts at 8:20 a.m.
- 11 a.m.: Kindergarten dismissal
- Noon: Grades 1-5 dismissal
- NOTE: Please have your child bring a snack and a water bottle every day, including half-days.
Middle School (MS) Orientation: (Dress Code attire required)
- 9-10 a.m.: 7th and 8th Grade Orientation, followed by locker set-up (Parents please attend)
- 10:15 a.m.-3 p.m.: 6th Grade Orientation.
(Sixth grade parents should plan to attend from 10:15-10:50 a.m. and 2:15-3 p.m.) Locker step-up takes place at end of program - Students should bring a water bottle.
Tuesday, 8/29:
- First FULL day for ALL students
- Lower School: Arrival begins at 8 a.m. School hours are 8:20 a.m.-3 p.m.
- Lower School Blessing of the Backpacks: 8:15 a.m.
- Middle School: Doors open at 7:45 a.m. School hours are 8 a.m.-2:50 p.m.
- Lower School Extended Day Begins: Morning Gym opens at 7:20 a.m; Afternoon Extended Day: 3-6 p.m.
- Middle School Extended Day Begins: 3-4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 8/30: - Middle School Blessing of the Backpacks: 8:00 a.m.
- MS Cross Country Practice Begins: 3- 4:30 p.m.
- MS Soccer Practice Begins: 3- 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, 8/31: - Fifth Grade Lego Robotics Organizational Meeting, 3 p.m., Lower School Bon Air Campus Library (for parents and students)
- MS Field Hockey Practice: 3-4:30 p.m.
- MS Cross-Country Practice: 3- 4:30 p.m.
Coming Up: Monday, 9/4: - No School/Labor Day Holiday
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