The Weekly Witness

Parents, for more details on these announcements, upcoming events, or general volunteer opportunities, please visit the official SMMS MAC Website.

We are hosting a MANDATORY meeting for all CYO families to meet our coaches and board members! Come learn about the upcoming season, schedules, and expectations, and get all of your questions answered.

• When: Monday, August 24, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
• Where: Jubilee Hall

We hope to see all of our Maverick families there!

Dear SMMS Families,

Special Projects would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of the students, parents, and families who joined us for the SMMS Reflect & Connect event! The evening was a wonderful success, filled with meaningful conversations, helpful information, and opportunities to strengthen the connections within our SMMS community.

Our goal was to bring our community together—to make new friends, reconnect with familiar faces, and take a moment to reflect on the experiences and moments that are meaningful to each of us. We are so grateful to everyone who helped bring that vision to life.

A special thank you to our MAC Committee members, Cheer, Athletics, CYO, and all of our wonderful volunteers for the time, energy, and support you gave to the evening.

We are also incredibly grateful to Father Will, the Parish, Faith Formation, and Mr. Gutierrez (aka Mr. G!) for sharing your time and presence with our families. Thank you also to Webby, PSSA Soccer, and Girl Scouts for taking time out of your day to support our SMMS family. Every contribution, big and small, played a part in making the evening special.

We couldn’t think of a better way to kick off another wonderful school year together!

• Lost & Found Alert: Following the Reflect & Connect event, we found two bags containing boys’ clothing. The items are safe and sound—and anxiously awaiting a reunion with their owner! If these items belong to your family, please contact the school office or a MAC Committee member to claim them.

With gratitude,
SMMS Special Projects

Calling all Maverick parents! We want to see how your family spent the month of August. Submit your favorite photos directly through the SMMS MAC Website using this link by Monday, August 31st to join the fun!

• Photo Guideline: To be featured, please ensure your children are wearing their SMMS uniform, spirit shirt, CYO uniform, or SMMS athletics apparel in the photo.

• The Reward: All shared photos will be showcased on the MAC site by Friday, September 4th. If your child's photo is submitted, they will earn a Free Dress Day on Tuesday, September 8th!

Don't miss out—send in those spirit-filled photos today and let's celebrate our amazing community!

There will be mass Wednesday at 8:30 am at Primero for Pre-K3-2nd Grade.

There will also be mass at Segundo on Thursdays at 2:00 pm for 3rd - 8th Grade (please note that, as we are still unsure about space constraints, the first mass will be staff and student only).

Our first "Whole School Celebration Mass" will be Wednesday, 9/2. On these days, labeled "Whole School Celebration Mass" in the Calendar below, there will not be the Thursday mass at Segundo.

Regarding uniform on mass day, the students in Pre-K3-2nd Grade may wear shorts to mass. Segundo students are to wear pants. Please note that all students may wear any colored Brainpower polo, the button down, or the SMMS guayabera.

Our Lady Mavs Volleyball Team and Maverick Football statred their seasons this week.

Congrats to SMMS Football, which routed St. Lukes by several touchdowns. Our Lady Mavs played well, but came up short against Holy Spirit; they look to bounce back in the next tournament game this weekend.

For Segundo recess, we separate the boys and girls when playing competitive sports like soccer, football, basketball, etc. The games tend to be pretty physical.

If you would like an exception to be made for your daughter in order for her to play these sports in a coed recess environment, then please email me giving such permission.

SMMS is a Catholic, dual language, co-educational school of empowerment. Students engage in a dynamic academic experience preparing them for college and heaven. SMMS cultivates a growth mindset, biliteracy and strong virtue inspired by the Gospel and Church Tradition. SMMS offers opportunities to grow in excellence through myriad faith experiences, including mass multiple times per week, weekly adoration, daily Religion classes and hourly prayer, Christian service programs, as well as diverse extracurricular programs, including Athletics, Clubs, and academic excellence programs. SMMS embraces and supports students with highly diverse abilities and needs through our Counseling and Academic Intervention programs. The student learning experience is infused with the latest in outdoor learning as well as educational technology, including a 1:1 Chromebook program, Imagine Español, Accelerated Reader, MYON and SuccessMaker academic software. SMMS prepares and supports Pre-K3 through 8th grade students to excel in high school and college through the Graduate Support Program.

St. Mary Magdalen Dual Language Catholic School aims to form lifelong disciples of Jesus Christ, who is its foundation and center. Our education, therefore, works in concert with the Church’s mission of salvation and evangelization to offer robust opportunities to experience personal encounter with Jesus Christ. Ours is a counter-cultural education that prioritizes absolute truth and community, imbuing students with the physical, moral, intellectual and spiritual gifts necessary to build the Kingdom of God. These gifts are strengthened through abundant and myriad experiences of prayer, Sacred Scripture and liturgical and sacramental tradition. Our school prioritizes partnership with parents and families. We recognize and support parents as the primary educators, who have the responsibility to raise their children in a loving, moral and faithful manner. As educators, we seek to extend and deepen this upbringing through our witness and sharing of encounters with Christ. These relationships are rooted in and guided by Trinitarian love, whereby the students learn to trust in Jesus Christ through personal and communal prayer experiences, of which the most important is the mass, the source and summit of our faith. At St. Mary Magdalen Dual Language Catholic School, we develop each student in virtue, educating students to recognize and celebrate their own Dignity as children of God, as well as others. This education in virtue is part of a cultural heritage that cultivates a Christian worldview. In transmitting this heritage, we strive to ensure that our students can think critically and grow in human and divine wisdom, going on to lead lives rooted in virtue and commitment to building the Kingdom of God.