NEWS
Hi! I hope you enjoyed your first week of summer vacation. I had the privilege of getting to spend this week with ten of our future sixth graders helping them get acclimated to the idea of middle school. I hope your week was as good as mine was. There are just a few things I wanted to email about, then I will leave you alone for a while. June and July Tuition Payments When we raised tuition for this school year, we offered the opportunity to pay tuition over 12 months, instead of ten. We did that for two reasons. First of all, we wanted to help our families. Adding the two payments over the summer kept the monthly payment the same. Secondly, this ensures we have income over the summer to pay our bills, including payroll. We used what was selected on the contract when your student was registered to split your student's tuition into either ten or 12 payments. If you selected 12 payments but really wish you hadn't, be sure to let us know for next year so you can change your contract to ten payments. Keep in mind that Gradelink assigns a $35.00 late fee on the 5th of each month. Thank you for making you summer payments. All accounts should have a zero balance by July 31, 2025. Uniform Closet To make room for our expanding Robotics program, we had to clean out our uniform closet and stop accepting new donations. However, we were able to find space, so we will continue with our uniform closet. If you would like to donate gently used uniforms, we will accept them when the office reopens in June. We will also have the uniform closet open if you would like to take some items. Thank you for your patience while we figure out places to put things as we grow. Summer Office Hours The office will be open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays beginning June 10 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. I will be working most days through June 20. I am always available by texting or calling my cell at 936-554-8752, and through email. If I can help in any way, please don't hesitate to let me know. Baby, Pet, and House Sitting Alex Burnham, our 2nd grade religion teacher, is available this summer to take care of practically anything you need taking care of. Her number is 505-609-3310. Mrs. Wood's son Junior is also available to help, his number is 505-320-3269. Chipotle Fundraiser Hopefully you will be missing our SHCS families by June 14 and want to see everyone at our Chipotle fundraiser from 4 to 8 PM. Download the flyer here. School Uniforms Dennis Uniforms, the company that has provided our school uniforms for many years, went out of business this year. We have a new supplier called All Basics. They can provide the same girls' jumpers that Dennis did. I am still waiting on them to send me a link to their online store and will send it as soon as I get it. Immunizations With the outbreak of measles getting uncomfortably close to Farmington, will you please make sure your student is up to date on all immunizations prior to returning to school in August? We are required by the health department to follow all immunization requirements. Staff Updates Kami Donald will be teaching Middle School Language Arts. Mr. Idzerda will be expanding our robotics program to all grades. Cindy Morphis will be teaching 5th grade. Nikki Franchini will be coordinating our IXL program. August Our back-to-school picnic is Friday, August 8 from 4:00 - 6:00 PM, and school starts Monday, August 11. I hope you have a wonderful summer.
Dear Parents, Well, it's finally here... the last week of school for the 2024 - 2025 school year. I will do my best to not bug you over the summer unless I feel you really need the information. Thank you to Coach Katie and EVERYONE who made our Field Day great. The kids had a wonderful time, and it is always so nice to see our parents at our school. Beautiful weather, super organization, fun activities, and wonderful adults...the perfect day. On Monday our school will be audited by the Safe environment office beginning at 1:00 PM. That's just FYI. On Tuesday the 6th graders will be going bowling from 10:45 AM to 1:15 PM. On Wednesday, we will have a special morning prayer in the gym. It will be the last time we have prayer on the current gym floor. Since it is the last time our students will have morning prayer with their current teacher, we will also have our moving up ceremony . We will start with 7th grade who will move to the space usually taken by our 8th graders, then sixth grade will go to 7th, and so on. Mrs. Head will be taking the 7th graders to play tennis, and we will have our first PreK graduation at 2:00 PM in the family center. We will not have snack on Thursday , and students will be dismissed at 1:00 PM . Students who purchased a yearbook can stay from 1 - 2 with their parents for a yearbook signing party . We will not have after-school care on Thursday. Teachers will have their grades complete by 3:30 PM on Wednesday. Report Cards will be given out Thursday. New Information Dennis Uniforms, the company that has provided our school uniforms for many years, went out of business this year. We have a new supplier called All Basics. They can provide the same girls' jumpers that Dennis did. I will send the link to our school's store next week when everything is finalized. FHS is having their tennis camp May 27 - 29. Mrs. Carla has a copy of their flyer in the office. FMS is offering Free Meal Delivery for all kids in the community ages 1 - 18. They will deliver meals to your home each day beginning June 2. Call 505-599-8623 to register. There is a free reading program for students that begins in June. Go to Literacy.NM.gov for more information. We also have a flyer for that in the office. With the outbreak of measles getting uncomfortably close to Farmington, will you please make sure your student is up to date on all immunizations prior to returning to school in August? We are required by the health department to follow all immunization requirements. On Saturday, June 14 from 4:00 to 8:00 PM, we will have a fundraiser at Chipotle . This is a great opportunity to see friends from school over the summer. We will send out the flyer as it gets closer to June 14. I want you to know how much I have loved getting to be the principal at our wonderful school for the last two years. I love each one of our students and I love getting to know our families. I cannot wait to see everyone in August at our Back-to-School picnic on Friday, August 8. I hope you have a great last week of school and a great summer.
Dear Parents, Two more weeks of school! And they will go by so fast!! I have to start this week's email with an apology. We have to plan so far in advance that I got ahead of myself by an entire year. As published in our official school calendar, dismissal on the last day of school for this year is at 1:00 PM . (NEXT year we will dismiss at 3:15 PM after a 2:00 PM Mass with Father Tim.) I am so sorry about that and extremely grateful to Mrs. Carla for always keeping this straight for our school. This means that our last Mass together as a school is this Friday, May 16, which is 8th grade graduation. I hope you can join us. Huge thanks to everyone who made our teachers feels so appreciated last week during Teacher Appreciation Week . I saw our sweet students walk in carrying flowers and treats for their teachers, and one family brought a gift for every member of our staff. Gigantic thanks to the parents who covered classes so our teachers could have a nice long lunch on Friday, and to the parents who helped feed the teachers in the family center and the parents who held feed our students in the gym. But the biggest thanks of all go to each parent who supports our school in the most important way, by sending your student to us and praying for our school. Our families, teachers, and staff are the greatest asset of our school, and the biggest blessings. Thank you to each one of you. Ms. Alysia and her yearbook staff have done a fabulous job of getting our yearbook to the printer in time for us to have it before the end of school. Yearbooks are $20 each and your student can give their money to Ms. Alysia in their computer class next week if they want to buy one. From 1:00 - 2:00 on the last day of school, students can get their yearbook signed outside on the playground, if parents would like to stay when they come to pick up their student at 1:00 dismissal. The teachers will not be on duty, but Ms. Alysia, Mr. Dylan and I will be out there to watch our first yearbook signing party . If you drove past the school on Friday and saw two buses, you were not seeing double. We have another bus! This one is a full-size bus and can carry 44 passengers. St. Bonaventure Indian School in Thoreau donated this bus to us, just like they did the other one. Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin for going to Thoreau last Thursday to get the bus for us. This one needs a little more love than the other one so if anyone is looking for a project...let me know. This week, we have lots of exciting things happening: Monday, May 12 - Our 3rd and 5th graders will be going in our smaller bus to the museum in Albuquerque. Please pray for safe travels. Tuesday, May 13 - We will celebrate May birthdays at morning prayer. (We forgot last Wednesday.) Mrs. Benally and her kindergartners will be going to the Bolack Museum, and the 8th graders will be planting their rose garden in front of the middle school as their Legacy Project. The 8th graders will also get to eat lunch with Father Tim. Wednesday, May 14 - We will celebrate June and July birthdays at morning prayer. After morning prayer, Seniors from our local high schools who graduated from 8th grade at SHCS will walk the halls in their caps and gowns. Ms. Beasley's kindergartners will be going to the science museum and our 8th graders will be going on a field trip to Civitan Park with Mrs. Head. Thursday, May 15 - Field Day! Thanks to Coach Katie for organizing the events for field day. After Field Day, we will have our first Student Council meeting for students in grade six and seven who are interested. This informational meeting is open to parents as well. We will meet from 3:15 - 3:45 in the workroom. Finally, at 6:00 PM, we will have our middle school awards celebration in the family center. Friday, May 16 - 8th grade graduation at 8:15 AM Mass Congratulations to our seven 8th graders who will be participating in graduation on Friday: Letysia Chavez Zoilo Chipman Dasan Collins Ben Franchini Jenesis Ortega Rosa Schwenk Rhys Wauneka After graduation, Father Tim will bless the 8th grade shadowbox in the main building, and the 8th grade rose garden in front of the middle school. Everyone is welcome. I hope you have a wonderful week.