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May 15, 2024
Dates to Remember
PLEASE NOTE:  DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
The online school calendar is available HERE  and on the website under "Current Families".

Fri., May 17:   Grades 4 through 8 Field Day 
     Deadline to register for Fall 2024 Soccer Assessments  (Register HERE )
Mon., May 20:   Kindergarten Screening for incoming 2024-2025
     Out of Uniform for students in Performing Arts - band, theatre, chorus, glee club, and choir.
Tues., May 21:   Kindergarten Screening for incoming 2024-2025
     Auction Out of Uniform Day #4
Wed., May 22:   HSA Volunteer Celebration 6:30 pm   - RSVP HERE
Thurs., May 23:  8th Grade Carpool Parade 2:30 pm  and last day for 8th grade students
     Patrol Picnic
Friday, May 24:   NO SCHOOL - Pastors' Holiday
Monday, May 27:  NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day Holiday
Tues., May 28:   Boys' Soccer Assessments for Fall 2024    Register HERE
Wed., May 29:  Girls' Soccer Assessments for Fall 2024     Register HERE
Thurs., May 30:   8th Grade Graduation - Mother Seton Parish  7:00 pm
Mon., June 3:   Last day for Pre-K students (full day of school)
Wed., June 5:   Kindergarten Graduation  KFC  9:30 am - Last day of school for Kindergarten students
Thurs., June 6:  NOON DISMISSAL
Fri., June 7:   Last Day of School - Mass 9:30 am -  NOON DISMISSAL -  NO AFTERCARE
Fri., Aug. 30:   2024-2025 Open House for students in grades K-8
Tues., Sept. 3:   First day of school 2024-2025 for students in grades 1-8 
Notes from the Office
  • All requests for  expense reimbursement for the HSA  for the 2023-2024 school year are due TODAY.  Submit all Disbursement of Funds forms (form HERE ) with supporting receipts to  owenstreasurer@gmail.com  or drop off in the HSA Treasurer mailbox in the main office.
  • Volunteers are needed for grade 4-8  Field Day on Friday.  Sign up HERE , and see the "Top Ten Things You Need to Know about Field Days".
  • Friday, May 17 is the last day to register for Soccer Assessments for the Fall 2024 season.  Register  HERE .   Assessments will be held on Tuesday, May 28 (boys) and Wednesday, May 29 (girls).  See information below under "Sports News".
  • Monday, May 20 will be an "Out of Uniform Day" for all students who participated in the Performing Arts- band, theatre, chorus, glee club, or choir.  
  • Don't forget to order your child's Yearbook.  Click HERE.    Limited quantities are available.  
  • The Athletic and Physical Education Departments are in need of old towels.  Larger towels are better.  Please drop off your clean and dry donations in the main office.  
  • The annual  HSA Volunteer Celebration  is on Tuesday, May 22 at 6:30 in the Community Space.  Anyone who has volunteered in any capacity during the school year is welcome and encouraged to attend.  Please RSVP HERE.
  • The  first day of school  for students in grades 1-8 for the 2024-2025 school year is  Tuesday, September 3.
Reminders:
  • The extended care phone will be manned between 7:00 am and 8:00 am (Before Care) and 2:45 pm and 6:00 pm (Aftercare). Please dial the school phone number (301-869-0940) and use extension 8214.  If there is no answer because the staff is attending to a student, please leave a message. 
  • Thank you to all who have given so far to the 2023 Annual Giving Campaign!  There is still time to give as the campaign runs until June 30, 2024.  Donate HERE .  
  • Please remember to put your child's name on ALL personal belongings including sweatshirts and all clothing, lunchboxes, water bottles, coats and jackets. 
HOT TOPICS

HSA Treasurer's Note 

As a reminder, all disbursement of funds forms with supporting receipts and documentation for expenses incurred for the school year are due by May 15, 2024. See HERE  for the Disbursement of Funds Request form. Please email the forms to  owenstreasurer@gmail.com  or drop off in the HSA Treasurer mailbox in the main office. Thank you!

FROM THE HEALTH ROOM - End of Year Medication Pick Up

The end of the year is quickly approaching!  This is a reminder for you to pick up your child’s medication in the Health Room on or before the last day of school.  The last day is Friday, June 7 th with a NOON DISMISSAL.  The school may not send medication home with your child; it must be picked up by an adult. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please call the Health Room.  Nurse Phillips will be available for medication pick up until 11:30 am on Friday, June 7, 2024.  If you need to make special arrangements to pick up your child’s medication, please call prior to the aforementioned date. 

Any medication left at school after the last day will be destroyed.

Spirit Day Final Tally
 
Thank you to all the parents and students who worked hard to make Spirit Day an exciting morning for everyone.  Thank you, too, to all the parents and friends who came to school to cheer on your students and their classes.  Here are the results of the staff voting:
  • First place – 2nd grade  Recipients of the 2024 Spirit Sticks
  • Second place – 4th grade
  • Third place - 8th grade

Book Fee/Pre-K Admission Fee - FACTS Information 
  • The  book fee and Pre-K admission fee  for 2024-2025 school year will be invoiced through FACTS as an incidental billing.  The invoice will indicate that your account is set up for auto-billing so you  will not  need to click the link or send in a check.   The fee will be automatically charged to your credit card or deducted from the savings/checking account that you have set up for all of your FACTS payments on  May 22, 2024.
  • Mary of Nazareth School has been approved to participate in the Nonpublic Student Textbook Program and will receive a textbook allotment from the State of Maryland. This credit, $65 per student, will be passed on to the families through a reduction in both the Book and Technology Fee and the Preschool Admission Fee. The fees for the 2024-2025 school year will be  $235 per student. 
  • If you have any questions about these fees, or if you need to make adjustments to your FACTS account, please contact Andrea Murphy at amurphy@maryofnazareth.org.

Gr. 4-8 Field Day is Friday!!!  
"The Top Ten Things You Need to Know about Field Days"
  1. Students should dress in PE uniforms.
  2. The majority of the day will be spent outdoors.
  3. Bring a water bottle and possibly a small towel to get wet to provide some heat relief. 
  4. Apply sunscreen and bug spray at home as teachers will not be allowed to apply those products to your children.
  5. Students will be given several opportunities to cool down and hydrate.
  6. Lunch  will be on the regular schedule.
  7. We need lots of volunteers!  Volunteers must be VIRTUS trained.
  8. Parent volunteers are expected to work their stations. We frown on parents just following their own children around. Volunteers will be trained on the games they will lead. 
  9. Kona Ice, sponsored by the HSA, will be provided for all students.
  10. Parents are welcome to come to watch the fun and games during the day!
Volunteers NEEDED…   Sign up HERE
Parent volunteers and student alumni are welcome and needed.  Volunteers will be assigned a station where they will stay for the duration of their volunteer time.  After your volunteer time, you may follow your child to additional stations.
 
Please meet the PE teachers at the KFC for instructions and station assignments.

We will run events simultaneously in the morning and afternoon.   Any amount of time you have to offer will be great!   

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Mr. Renehan at  trenehan@maryofnazareth.org

8th Grade "Car Parade" Thursday, May 23
Please note disruption to dismissal - may take longer than usual
 
Thursday, May 23 is the 8th graders' last day of school.  At 2:30 that day, prior to dismissal, we will hold the traditional 8th grade "Car Parade".  (8th grade parents decorate cars and then parade around the Horseshoe.)   Carpool will begin at the “Road to Nowhere” – the driveway will be blocked at that point.  The younger students will sit outside to cheer for the 8 th  graders.  Parents who want to watch should be in carpool line (with the carpool number displayed) by 2:15.   We will start the all-school dismissal as close to 3:00 as possible, however there may be a delay due to the parade.  The parade will flow around the horseshoe and through the KFC parking lot two or three times. 
If you need to pick up your Pre-K through 7 th  grade student early on that Thursday, please plan to be in the office  no later than 2:00 pm  to sign out. 

Yearbook Pre-Orders 
 
Yearbooks are selling quickly!  They are available on a first-come, first-served basis by pre-order (and pre-pay) at the link  HERE  or on the website under "Current Families", "Yearbook".  Yearbooks are $33 each.  
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HSA NEWS
                                            
HSA Elections

Congratulations  to our new Executive Committee members, who were elected on Monday night:

Kate Polcaro  – 2nd Vice President
Megan Coughlin  - Secretary

Calling all Volunteers!!!! 

Are you a Coach?...A Committee Chair?...A Room Parent?...HSA Executive Committee Member?...Theater Parent?...Etc?

We want to thank all of our Parent Volunteers for your time and dedication to our school and our students!  

Please RSVP using this link so we have enough food and drink.

 
K-5 Dance Party!
Thank you to the event Co-Chairs, Maj Roembke and Megan Coughlin, and all of the volunteers who assisted with set-up and clean-up and made the K-5 dance a great success.  Special thanks to the Hand family for all their help leading up to and during the event.

Please join the Mary of Nazareth School Community for our end-of-the-school year
RESTAURANT NIGHT FINALE!!!   WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2024   4 pm to 9m

MAMMA LUCIA Italian Restaurant
Fallsgrove Village Center
14921 Shady Grove Road
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 762-8805
Visit the Mamma Lucia Website
Order in-person, take-out, or online
MAMMA LUCIA WILL DONATE 20% of
MARY OF NAZARETH SALES to OUR SCHOOL
 
IMPORTANT: Please print a copy of this flyer  to present when you order!  Flyers will be required in order to earn credit for sales.
Please share this with your family and friends.  
SPORTS NEWS
 
ISO - K and 1st grade Soccer Commissioner

We are looking for parents who may be interested in serving as the  Kindergarten and 1st grade Soccer Commissioner! This is a fantastic way for parents to become involved and meet new families at the school. If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to Kevin Knapstein at  kknaps@yahoo.com.  
      For additional information about upcoming events, please access the UPDATED 2023/2024 Sports Calendar HERE .
PARISH NEWS

OLVP - Pilgrimage for Prayers

Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste

Join  Our Lady of Visitation Parish in the first annual Walking Pilgrimage on Monday, May 27 th  (Memorial Day) starting with 10:00am Mass and ending around 5:00pm. Pilgrims will journey together in prayer and fellowship as we walk from OLVP to St. Mary’s Barnesville.  This roughly 6-hour event will be filled with friendship and reflection, lunch provided, and is open to all, including families. Join us as we pray for the success of the Adoration Chapel and an outpouring of Adorers. For more information and a registration form, visit the parish website www.olvp.org
 
SUMMER CAMP INFORMATION 
 

Want to learn the fundamentals of basketball in a positive environment surrounded by fun? Register for Coach Dan Prete Basketball Camp this summer!
Register now to reserve your spot - space is limited.

Summer 2024 Camp Dates
July 1-3 (Mon-Wed) Boys/Girls: Ages 7-11 8:30-11:30am / Ages 12-16 12:30-3:30pm
August 5-9 (Mon-Fri) Boys/Girls: Ages 7-11 8:30-11:30am / Ages 12-16 12:30-3:30pm

Register online here:  www.danpretebasketballcamp.com  
Register by April 30th and SAVE $25!
For more information: Contact Dan Prete, info@danpretebasketballcamp.com
301-233-8644

 

VBS at OLVP

Scuba VBS is coming soon to OLVP!  Register at  https://olvp.org/summer-2024-vbs  by June 1st! We'll be offering an amazing underseas adventure with Scuba VBS at OLVP June 17th-21st from 9-12 Noon for ages 3 through 5th grade.  Together, we'll experience the ever-flowing, never-ending love of God and be immersed in the Word and discover what living water is really all about. The cost is $150 per youth including a camper shirt plus a daily snack/drink.  Families with more than one child registering can use SCUBA25 to receive $25 off their registration. Interested VBS volunteers (8th grade and older) can reach out to Erin Clegg at  eclegg@olvp.org. 
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