4 September 2026

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MAP Testing — Tuesday through Friday, 8:30–10:00 AM
Please help your child come well-rested and on time each morning this week, as this window cannot be made up once testing begins.

September 11 — Prayer Service, Parent Coffee, and Patriot Day

If your child has done the Idaho football summer reading log to bring it to the office so Mrs. Quesnell can get it turned it. Each student who turns in a reading log gets free ticket to a football game.

Dear St. Mary's Families,

Our theme this year is "Come Forth, Every Day — with God, Grit & Grace" (John 11:43) — and this month's virtue, magnanimity, is a perfect match for it.

Magnanimity means having a big heart — being confident enough in God's love for you that you're willing to do great, generous things. (Also: it's a five-syllable word, so if your child needs an extra reason to work on their grit, try getting them to say "magnanimity" three times fast at the dinner table.)

Big heart, though? That's the grace part. It means believing you're loved enough by God to be generous, brave, and kind — without needing to earn it first.

"God gave you a big heart. Magnanimity just means using it."

A prayer to pray together this week:
Sacred Heart of Jesus, You loved us even to the point of death. Give me a big heart! Give me Your heart! Help me to love others with all my heart!

A few questions to try at dinner:

• What's one big, brave, kind thing you could do this week?
• Who do you know with a really generous heart? What do they do?
• Where did you see God's goodness in yourself today?

📖 Family Book of the Month: Slowing Down to the Speed of Joy by Matthew Kelly

If magnanimity is about having a big heart, this month's family book pick is about making room in your life to actually use it. Kelly writes candidly about his own struggle with busyness, and offers a practical, faith-rooted path toward trading "busy and urgent" for real presence, rest, and joy.

It pairs naturally with our theme: grit to slow down when everything says speed up, and grace to trust that joy — not hurry — is where God meets us.

We'd love for families to read a chapter or two together this month and bring conversations home from it, the same way we do with our virtue of the month.

With gratitude for partnering in raising big-hearted, unhurried kids,
Dr. B

Our hallways are better with your faces in them — help us build a wall that celebrates the whole St. Mary's family.

• Email your photo to office@stmarysmoscow.org
• Photo size: no larger than 8" x 11"
• We'll hang each one up as it comes in, so our community keeps growing right there on the wall!

🐺 Pledge Sheets is Linked Below — Let's Run Wild!

It's almost time to kick off the 2026 Sister Inky's Jog-a-Thon! Pledge sheets will come home with students next week, and every dollar raised goes straight back into your child's classroom — new curriculum, updated technology, and the tools that make a first-class Catholic education possible.

Getting started is easy:

• Watch for your child's pledge sheet to come home next week.
• Start collecting pledges from friends, family, and neighbors — per-lap or flat-rate, and don't be afraid to get creative with who you ask (grandparents, neighbors, and coworkers count too!).
• Each student's goal: a minimum of $200 in pledges.
• The sooner you start, the more chances you'll have to earn tickets for the Jog Shop prize raffle — the first shop is Friday, September 25.

Questions about pledges or getting started? Reach out to Krista and Greg Shisler:
📧 fundraisers@stmarysmoscow.org | 📞 Krista: 406-600-1747 or Greg: 406-600-3136

Tuesday mornings starting Sept. 1 at 7:30am We will be gathering in the cafeteria as a school community to pray the Rosary before school. Please come join us as you arrive. It only takes about 20 minutes and you can be off to work by 8am and the students will still get a morning recess after the rosary. This is for EVERYONE, all students, parents, families, parishioners and teachers, Catholic or not. We have rosaries and prayer cards for you to borrow if needed. What a great way to start our day together in prayer every Tuesday morning at 7:30am

I am excited to work with Dr. Marie to extend the invitation to join the Junior Whitepine Basketball League. This is open to 1st & 2nd Grade students; this is a co-ed league open to boys and girls.

Please follow the link below to register. $25/ player for registration fees, players receive a shirt to wear for their games. Fees are due to the school office by 9/25.

Practices will be at the St. Mary's School gym and games will be at various locations (Genesee, Troy, Deary, Juliaetta or Kendrick) and hopefully some at St. Mary's too.

Games are on Saturdays, typically in the morning.

Practices will begin the second week of October, games will begin at the end of October and the season will conclude the second week of December. Games will not be scheduled on the weekend before or after Thanksgiving.

Please reach out with any question AND if you are interested in coaching this team please let me know.

Volunteering at St. Mary's? Here's What You Need to Know

Every hour you give — a booth, a Saturday with a paintbrush, an ongoing role — builds the community our kids call home. Here's where we could use your hands this season.

ONGOING ROLES

• Auction Decorating Lead — Bring a creative eye to this fall's auction, as much or as little as you'd like. → fundraising@stmarysmoscow.org
• Archivist — Flexible, meaningful role helping preserve our school's history. → Dr. B, mbordeleau@stmarysmoscow.org
• Help Us Think Through Volunteering — Grab coffee with Dr. Bordeleau to help shape a simple, sustainable volunteer approach. No commitment required. → mbordeleau@stmarysmoscow.org