GUIDE TO
Campus Life
Welcome to the 2022-2023 school year at St. Mary’s! There are many ways for you and your student to get involved and be engaged throughout the school year. Below, we have highlighted various aspects of student and family life on campus. To learn more about our programs, resources, events and activities, please visit the MyFalcon Resource Boards.
See you in September Falcons!
Community
• Welcome Back Coffee & PTF Events • Inside the Nest with Head of School & New Family Roundtables • Parent Education Series & Classroom Parties • Events & Cultural Celebrations • Service & Outreach Programs
Explore • International and Domestic Field Studies • Intersession & EEP Week of the Young Child
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The Nest Student Store DENNIS Uniform MyFalcon Resource Boards FLIK Dining Program
• Weekly Chapel • LS Community • MS Advisory & Houses
Resources
Enrichment Student Life
• Leadership: ASB & Ambassadors • Academic Clubs
(Mock Trial, MUN, Geography, Battle of the Books, Maths Quest)
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Fall, Winter & Spring Athletics After School Enrichment Arts & Threatre - Musical and Dance MS Student Clubs and Socials
Academic
Back to School Night PYP and MYP IB Programmes Writing Celebrations & Gallery Walks MS Student Learning Showcase All School Design Night
WELCOME TO THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR PYP and MYP IB Programmes Writing Celebrations & Gallery Walks Winter & Spring MS Student Learning Showcase All School Design Night Back to School Night
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2022-2023 MS New Student Orientation ASB Pre-Week Planning
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
Lower School Ice Cream Social EEP Meet the Teacher Labor Day - School Closed LS Meet the Teacher - All Kinder & All New Students EEP & LS First Day of School MS First Day of School & House Sorting Ceremony EEP Back to School Night Welcome Back Coffee (all parents) Family Treat Out, Dairy Queen New Family Roundtable - EEP Family Night Out, Tony Pepperoni Lower School Back to School Night MS Back to School Night New Family Roundtable & MS Social Spirit Week School Pictures New Family Round Table - All Grades New Family Rountable - MS Fall Pep Rally and Founder’s Day
OCTOBER
Parent Education Series Leadership Reception Professional Development Day (No School) Gr. 6 Catalina Field Study Gr. 7 Yosemite Field Study EEP/LS Movie Night Inside the Nest with HOS - EEP & LS Family Night Out Cancer Awareness Assembly Inside the Nest with HOS - MS EEP and LS Halloween Parade & MS Social Parent/Teacher Conferences - No School
NOVEMBER
Golf Classic EEP Voting Day Gr. 5 AstroCamp Gr. 8 Washington, D.C. Field Study Grandparents & Special Friends Day Thanksgiving Break - School Closed Lessons and Carols/Community Candy Canes Giving Week
DECEMBER
Gr. 8 Parents Holiday Party EEP/LS Movie Night MS Fall Concert & All School Winter Festival Christmas Holy Eucharist Christmas Wrapping Rally Alumni Holiday Party Christmas Break - School Closed
JANUARY
Professional Development - No School Martin Luther King Jr. - School Closed State of the School Lunar New Year Celebration & MS Social
8/30 8/31
9/1 9/2 9/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/8 9/9 9/9 9/16 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/26 - 9/30 9/28 - 9/29 9/28 9/30 9/30
TBD 10/5 10/7 10/10 - 10/13 10/10 - 10/14 10/14 10/18 - 10/19 10/18 10/21 10/25 - 10/26 10/28 10/31 - 11/1
TBD 11/8 11/9 - 11/11 11/12 - 11/17 11/18 11/21 - 11/25 11/28 11/28 - 12/2
12/1 12/2 12/8 12/12 12/16 12/18 12/19 - 1/2
1/3 1/16 1/19 1/27
FEBRUARY Parent Education Series Re-Enrollment for 23-24 School Year Dance Show Winter Pep Rally & Father Daughter Dance Gr. 3-8 ISA Testing NYC Field Study EEP Super Bowl Party Jog-A-Thon Winter Break - School Closed Gr. 4 Sacramento Field Study Trips
MARCH
EEP and LS Parent Conferences - No School for EEP or LS MS Social - March Madness Nowruz New Year B.O.B. Competition Tribute to Leadership Assembly & EEP/LS Movie Night 2023 Gala Family Night Out, Tony Pepperoni MS Student Learning Showcase
APRIL
Parent Education Series Italian Exchange France Field Study Intl. Trips, MS Intersession & EEP Week of the Young Child EEP Easter Celebration Spring Break- School Closed Holy Eucharist Gr. 1 & Gr. 2 Concert Mother/Son Game Night Gr. 3 & Gr. 4 Concert ASB Speeches MS Concert & Visual Art Exhibition Spring Pep Rally Track Invitational
MAY
Teacher Appreciation Week National Day of Prayer EEP Mother’s Day Celebration Spring Musical LS Visual Art Exhibition MS Social Book Fair All School Design Night Professional Development - No School Memorial Day - School Closed Gr. 1 Fairy Tale Ball & Play & Gr. 5 Concert
JUNE—SUMMER
Community Appreciation Breakfast Gr. 5 PYP Exhibition & EEP Father’s Day Celebration MS End of Year Field Trips Baccalaureate & Gr. 8 Awards EEP Celebration of Character & Gr. 5 Promotion/Reception Last Day of School Gr. 8 Graduation Summer Resort Starts
TBD 2/1 2/2 2/3 2/6 - 2/8 2/9 - 2/13 2/10 2/17 2/20 - 2/24 2/28 - 3/3
3/9 - 3/10 3/10 3/21 3/21 3/24 3/25 3/28 3/30
TBD 3/28 - 4/10 3/31 - 4/11 4/3 - 4/7 4/6 4/7 - 4/14 4/17 4/20 4/21 4/25 4/25 - 4/26 4/27 - 4/28 4/28 TBD
5/1 - 5/5 5/4 5/12 5/12 - 5/13 5/17 - 5/18 5/19 5/22 - 5/25 5/24 5/26 5/29 5/31
6/1 6/2 6/5 6/6 6/7 6/7 6/8 6/19