This Week at MSS

Dear Families,

Progress Reports will go home with students today. Please discuss the report with your child. If you have yet to do so, please sign up for a conference with your child’s teacher(s). The opportunity to sign up will close on December 4 at 3:00pm.

On Sunday, December 1, we celebrated the first day of Advent and the first day of a new Liturgical Year. Advent is a time of preparation and anticipation. It is about reflecting on how we can prepare our hearts and homes for Christ’s birth in the world as it is today. As the season’s true meaning often gets lost amid the bright lights and jingle bells, Advent reminds us of the holiness of the season. We are encouraged to enter more frequently into silence, prayer, and scripture, all to prepare for celebrating Christmas.

Please note that Friday is a noon dismissal. Aftercare will not be available.

On Friday, we will celebrate the Feast of St. Nicholas. Below is a prayer that I thought you would like to recite with your family.

 

Prayer to St. Nicholas

God, our Father

we pray that through the intercession of St. Nicholas you will protect our children.

Keep them safe from harm and help them grow and become worthy in your sight.

Give them strength to keep their faith in you;

and to keep alive their joy in your creation.

Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord.

Amen

I hope to see you at our Breakfast with Santa event on Saturday. Thank you to Vanessa Chism and Barbara Lowman for planning the event and for all of the volunteers who have and will donate their time. It looks like it will be a great time.

Have a blessed week!

Sincerely,

Kathleen J. Kilty, PhD
Principal

December 3: Report Cards sent home

December 4: Conference Sign Up Closes at 3PM

December 5: Conferences by Zoom

December 6: Noon Dismissal, No After Care; Out-of-Uniform Day

December 7: Breakfast with Santa

December 9: No School; Conferences in person

December 12: Mass, 9:30am

December 13: Out-of-Uniform Day for students

December 16-20: Christmas Spirit Week

December 17: Christmas Program, 9:30am & 7pm *this is a change from the original date*

December 20: Out-of-Uniform Day for students; last day before Christmas break

 

Advent is a time of waiting, waiting for the birth of our loving Emmanuel. St. Vincent de Paul offers us a reflection on HOPE during this Advent season that I would like to share with you:

St. Vincent believed that God gives people exactly what they need, and that people should HOPE instead of worrying or comparing themselves to others. He said, “HOPE is a virtue that keeps charity alive and that it helps people turn to God without despairing”. St. Vincent, St Elizabeth Seton, pray for us.

Blessings on this first week of Advent and on your spiritual Advent journey.

“Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm!”  (Hildegard von Bingen)

Blessings,

Sister Regina Hlavac, Vincentian Voice

 

Our annual Christmas Program will take place on Tuesday, December 17. An all-school performance will be put on at 9:30am. Performance for families will start at 7pm.

Join the MSS Chorus as they take you on a journey through the Symbols of Christmas, featuring performances by the MSS Band and grades K-2.

For the evening performance:

• Students should wear festive clothing and comfortable shoes.
• K-2 students should arrive at their classrooms by 6:45pm.
• Chorus and Tech Crew should report to the Music Room by 6:30pm; Band reports to the library

Please be courteous to the students who have worked hard and to the rest of the audience. We kindly ask you to remain seated through the performance. You may pick up your students in their classrooms after the program is over.

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Mark you calendars for our Spring Dinner and Auction, A Night at the Races on April 12th! The HSA is just at the start of planning and organizing, so look for more details in the near future.

Want to be a part of the fun? Yes, it's hard work. But it's SO REWARDING when you see all your plans come to fruition and watch all that work you did pay off in a big way! Contact hsa@mothersetonschool.org if you'd like to be on the committee. The more hands, the lighter the work!