Defender News

School Day Office Hours:

7:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Office Phone Number: 419-423-2738

Fax Number: 419-423-2720

The school must be notified by 8:00 AM of a student absence. Please advise school of symptoms and expected length of absence.

PC forms are required to be submitted to the school office PRIOR to leaving for a planned absences, excluding illness and funerals. The form can be found here.

Phone: 419-423-2738

Email: attendance@findlaystmichael.org

Oct 10 - 8th Grade confirmation camp, Damascus

Oct 13 - No School, Professional Development

Oct 14 - Educational Apparel Sale, 3:00-6:00 PM

Oct 14 - 3A Field Trip to the Little Red Schoolhouse

Oct 15- 3B Field Trip to the Little Red Schoolhouse

Oct 16 & 17 - Jr. Drama Club presents Finding Nemo Kids, 7:00 PM

Oct 17 - End of First Quarter

Oct 22 -24 - 7th Grade Retreat at Camp Damascus

Oct 24 - Halloween Parade, grades KR-3, 1:00 PM

Oct 28 - 5th Grade Field Trip to Rosary Cathedral

Oct 28 - Student Council Out of Uniform

Oct 29- School Picture Retake Day and P3

Oct 30- Parent Teacher Conferences, evening times

Oct 31- PTC Glow Party, grades PK-4

Nov 3- PTC Meeting, 6:00 PM Teacher's Lounge

Nov 5- Parent Teacher Conferences, evening times

Nov 6- Veteran's Day Mass and celebration

Nov 13- 2nd Quarter Midterm

Nov 19- Student Council Out of Uniform

Educational Apparel will be here for the fall uniform sale in the lobby on October 14 from 3:00 - 6:00 PM. This is a great time to be sure you have pants, long-sleeved, and layering items to keep warm during the winter months

Our Jr. Drama Club cast and crew members will present Finding Nemo Jr. on October 16 and 17 at 7:00 PM in the auditorium. Tickets will be for sale at the doors starting at 6:30 PM each night. We hope to see many of you come out to support the 100+ students involved in this performance.

We are getting ready to host our first quarter PBIS celebration and are looking for some wonderful parent volunteers to donate their time or send it some needed items. The students are very excited and we appreciate your help in making this successful! Click here for the link for the list of items and volunteer slots.

Each year, our KR-3rd grade students dress up in costumes and walk in a parade around the school and their family members are welcome to come watch! The parade will be on Friday, October 24 at 1:00 PM outside the building.

Families may watch the parade outside from the main school entrance around the north side of the building to the gym doors, please line the sidewalks.

*If the weather is bad, we will move the parade and families inside the building.

If you would like to have your student's school picture retaken on 10/29. please follow the instructions below from Inter-State Studios:

• Let the school know you would like to participate in retakes. Email your child's teacher and Mrs. Lane at tlane@findlaystmichael.org
• Return the picture package and its ENTIRE contents to the school on (or before) retake day. Parents who ordered digital download products only should still have a Picture Package envelope with a Photo Statement to return. We are still waiting for these to arrive, they will be sent home when we receive them from Inter-State Studios.
• The items originally ordered will be reproduced using the new retake picture and shipped to the school four weeks after Retake Day.
• Inter-state Studio cannot exchange your order with the retake picture until the Picture Package envelope and it's contents have been returned.

For our P3 students and for any students who were absent on picture day, we will send home new order envelopes and order codes. If your student was absent and you have already placed an online order, no need to re-order.

If you have questions, please contact Mrs. Lane in the school office at tlane@findlaystmichael.org

Student Council will have 6 Out of Uniform days this year. Students who wish to participate donate a $1.00 which will be given to a designated charity of the student council's choice for the month.

Be sure whether you participate in the theme or just dress casual, that you follow the Out of Uniform Dress Code (attached below for easy viewing). Pajamas are not acceptable to wear for these Out of Uniform days.

Lost and found items will be on tables near the art room for parents to look through on both nights of parent teacher conferences. Please be sure to stop by and claim anything that belongs to your student. Any items not claimed after the last set of conferences on November 5th, will be donated.

We would like to honor the Veterans in our students lives on November 6, 2025. We invite our Veteran guests to join us for Mass at 8:35 AM and a light breakfast afterwards. If you are or know a Veteran, please open the google form to RSVP by Thursday, October 30th.

SMS is now hiring for various positions throughout our school. If you or someone you know is interested in getting more information please visit our website or email Mr. Eckel at meckel@findlaystmichael.org.

Our PTC organization is looking for a few good volunteers! If you'd like to participate, please check out the list of opportunities here. If you have any questions, please contact Lindsay Hosler, PTC President at liznmaher@gmail.com

PTC is hosting a Hallo-glow Bash on October 31st! Click here for donations requests and to RSVP for the event.

All students who plan to play a sport at St. Michael School will need a sports physical. Please take all paper work to be signed by a physician and then upload to Final Forms. Physicals must be completed before the athlete will be able to begin practices or play in games with the team.

Click here to order spirit wear for basketball, cheerleading, or general SMS spirit wear. Team warm-ups are also available at this link. Orders are due by October 19th.

Please note - if you select local pickup, these items will need to be picked up by you at Centennial Screen Printing; they will email you when your order is ready for pick up. They no longer allow the school to pick up the items for distribution.

K-8 School Mass: Thursdays at 8:35 am (during school year only)

Parish Mass Times:

Weekday mornings: 6:45 am (main church)

Saturday: 8:00 am & 4:30 pm (main church)

Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, and 12:00 pm (main church)

9:00 am (downtown chapel)

All families are enrolled in the Family Portal of FACTS using the email and cell phone provided on student enrollment forms. This allows families to:

• check student grades
• access your child's ID number to make a hot lunch account
• track student attendance
• receive behavior notifications
• check the school calendar

To access your account visit https://sms-oh.client.renweb.com/pw.

Our district code is SMS-OH.

Any new family will need to "Create New Family Portal Account" using the email address provided to the school. For more information about the Family Portal, please go to our FACTS page.

Did you know you can help earn money for St. Michael School while you shop at Kroger? Join their Community Rewards program with code BD113 to help benefit our school. Check out our Kroger Rewards page for more information.

Shopping for Dollars orders can be placed online, through the RaiseRight app, or through school. School orders are placed on the second and fourth MONDAYS of the month August - May. Order are usually here for distribution on Thursdays.

For more information please contact, Lynnsey Jordan at ljordan@findlaystmichael.org. New to SFD? Check out our SFD page to get started!

Principal: meckel@findlaystmichael.org

Dean of Students: hnusbaum@findlaystmichael.org

Attendance: attendance@findlaystmichael.org

Website: http://www.findlaystmichaelschool.org

Phone: 419-423-2738

Fax: 419-423-2720

723 Sutton Place, Findlay, OH