The diocese if aiming for 100% school participation for this inaugural event! Please click on this form to order your tickets. Order forms are due by THIS FRIDAY, January 11th. Tickets include a concessions voucher. Our SD Catholic All-Star Choir will be singing the National Anthem!

Schools with the highest PERCENTAGE of tickets sold will be invited to participate in the following:

• Teacher free-throw contest at half time
• Game ball delivery student
• High five tunnel
• Student court wipers

AND…

• The Division 1 USD Toreros basketball team will visit the school that sells the most tickets to deliver ice cream to the students and play basketball with them during recess!

ALSO…

There will be special pregame events for students AND teachers! All ticket purchasers will receive a detailed email prior to the event to RSVP.

• A pregame admissions event for students in grades 8-12
• A pregame field day with the USD Toreros for students in grades PK-7

YEARBOOK: Sponsorship Pages and Love Lines-Due March 1st

Click on the links below to read more about how you can help with publishing our yearbooks. Please contact and send Sponsorship Pages or Love Lines to Mrs. Zack, kzack@stellamarisacademy.org.

Sponsorship Page:
We are looking for page sponsors to offset the cost of printing our fabulous FULL-COLOR, ORIGINAL DESIGN yearbook. For $50 your family or business can show your support and school spirit by sponsoring the page of your choice in the yearbook!

Love Lines:
This is your opportunity to let your favorite SMA student know how proud you are of them and how much they mean to you.

Love lines are short messages addressed to a student and included on special pages in the yearbook. These messages mean a lot to the students and they hold lasting memories.

This year we are partnering with Father Joe’s Villages. Students will be going and serving lunch at their facilities, making items for Father Joe’s, and helping out in various ways.

During the month of October, we will be collecting socks for Father Joe’s Sock Drive. Father Joe’s is in need of 1,000 PAIRS OF NEW SOCKS.

Please bring your donations to the office or to your child’s classroom.

Thank you so much for helping us with this great cause.

The Scholastic Book Fair is Coming Soon!

Save the Date!
October 8th through October 12th in our library

Can’t wait to see you there!

Our first PTO meeting of the year will take place next Tuesday, September 11th in the STAR Center at 8:15. EVERYONE is welcome! Please hope to see you there!

Save the date, November 9, for an amazing experience for your middle-school student soccer players!

The University of San Diego would like to welcome our Catholic school soccer players to a Men’s Soccer game against Santa Clara, which will include a pregame meet & greet with the new Head Coach, Brian Quinn, and the Director of Campus Ministry, Michael Lovette-Colyer.

Coach Quinn and Mr. Lovette-Colyer will share with the students what it takes to become a Division I soccer player and the importance of faith and spirituality.

You are invited to join us this week for our Back to School Nights.

Our first Back to School Night will be for parents with students in Transitional Kindergarten through fifth grade on Wednesday, August 29th beginning at 6 p.m. in the Parish Hall.

6:00-6:25 Welcome from Principal and PTO in the Parish Hall
6:30-6:55 First Session of Back to School presentations
7:00-7:25 Second Session of Back to School Night presentations

Our second Back to School Night will be for parents with students in middle school (grades 6-8) on Thursday, August 30th beginning at 6 p.m. in the senior yard in your child’s homeroom.

6:00-6:10 Welcome from Principal and PTO released to homeroom after to follow schedule through until 7:40 p.m.

We hope to see you there!

Please stay current and check out our August 8th newsletter

Hello everyone,

Summer is quickly coming to an end and it is time to think about school supply shopping and the various forms the office will need in the coming weeks. Please click on the SUMMER MAILING link to see a copy of our newsletter and access to all our forms.

We hope you have had a wonderful summer and can’t wait to see all of you on August 22nd at 7:50 am.

Want to come back to school in the fall and attend our ice cream social? What about having the math department serve you pancakes? If either of these options interest you, please take a moment and check out the information below.

Every summer our students are asked to read and complete math assignments (grades 4-8) to help prevent the summer slide. Below you will find the links needed for these assignments.

Mrs. Marcelino’s Ice Cream Social Summer Reading Log – Students in kindergarten through third grade are asked to read and record 10 books. Students in fourth and fifth grade are asked to read five books, and middle school students are asked to read three books.

Middle School Reading (6-8) – We are asking all students to read at least two books over the summer and complete the work attached. Read the letter to find out more about what is being asked of our students.

Summer Math (4-8) – Students in fourth through eighth grade are asked to complete 8 ALEKS assignments over the summer with a score of 90% or higher. If students score lower, they can use the Quick Retake option to simply redo the problems they missed. Assignments can be found in the upper left hand corner of ALEKS by clicking on the three lines and selecting “Assignments”. It is strongly suggested that students complete the 8 ALEKS topics before working on their personal pie if they are close to finishing their pie so as to not lose their work on the assignments.

Thank you! We hope you have a wonderful summer and look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, August 22nd.