WELCOME BACK to the KNIGHT TIMES

Welcome to the 2010-2011 school year and to the home page of the Knight Times. The latest news will be published here and updated regularly from September through June.

Please send your submissions to Judy Foster at jfoster@st-thomasmore.org

Back to School Night for the.......

• LOWER SCHOOL will be held tonight, September 1st at 7 PM and will begin in the Lower School Hall (old gym.)
• MIDDLE SCHOOL will be held tomorrow night, September 2nd at 7PM and will also begin in the Lower School Hall.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Walking Club for 4^th & 5^th graders.

11:30 each day the 4th and 5th grade students are invited to walk our new sidewalks, on our beautiful campus with Sister Catherine.  They can come every day a week, one day a week or as many times as they like.

Anyone who attended a Child Protection Training session in 2005 is required to retrain in order to continue to volunteer.  If you were unable to attend a training session this year,  please click here to view the training sessions scheduled for 2010.  If you have any questions please contact Judy Foster.

 An easy way to raise money for our school..............................

• As many of you are probably already aware, this year instead of selling gift wrap we are selling Citipass Coupon Books.  We have a coupon book for Durham/Chapel Hill and a book for Raleigh.  The Durham/Chapel Hill book has approximately $4500 in savings and the Raleigh book as approximately $7500 in savings.  These coupons are for restaurants, sports stores, and various events around the area.  They are good starting now through December 2011.  I have attached the scatter sheet for each book in order to give you an idea of what types of coupons are in the books. If you are interested in purchasing a book they will be sold at both Back to School Nights or you may kidmail me a check (Morgan Katz 7B).  Thanks for considering supporting the HSA!       Chris Katz  
• Target Visa Program:  Don't forget to link your Target Visa to the "Take Charge of Education" program by calling 1-800-316-6142 (our school code is 17852) or go on-line to www.target.com/tcoe .  You can also enroll at an in-store kiosk.  Questions?  Contact Cathy Elmore at celmore@nc.rr.com
• Link your Harris Teeter VIC Card to support St. Thomas More School.  Our link number is 1821. 
• Food Lion please link your MVP card to 214536.
• If you shop at Whole Foods please purchase vouchers.  Orders are due on Dress Down Day each month.  The order form can be found in your child's backpack the week before Dress Down Day or at www.stmhsa.org/fundraising.

  Register now for the STM Basketball Clinic and Alumni Games

Saturday, October 23rd in the New Gym  
The alumni games will be for FORMER MALE/FEMALE ALUMNI BASKETBALL PLAYERS AND COACHES ONLY.  Registration is required for both the clinic and alumni games by September 15th.  There will be no charge to participate in either the clinics or the alumni games and participants will receive a T-shirt.  For more information, be sure to read the flyer here!

Middle School Parents --
Thank you to everyone who has RSVP'ed back to me about the upcoming Knight Fest.  It's going to be a fun night!  I also want to update you on some of the changes that we have made to the event.  Our planning group of three met with Sr. Catherine and Judy Foster to finalize plans for the event and we decided to make the event into more or a fun "meet and greet" evening for families and students with less emphasis on competition.   Upon Sr.'s recommendation, we have also decided to keep our events to just athletic events and not include the academic events.  In her words, "When I hold a Middle School dance, everyone attends."  So please see the attached revised plan for the event and share it with your Middle Schooler.  The time, date, and all the locations have remained the same.  We will still attend Mass together as a group at 5:15 and have dinner afterward together.  The events will now be as follows:

1. "Shoot Around" Event
2. "Knock Out" Event
3. "Walk the Plank"
4. "Scooter Obstacle"

Sheets will be handed out to Middle Schoolers on Thursday in homeroom for students to complete.  Even if I have already heard from you that your child is or is not attending, please ask your child to fill out this sheet on Thurs.

Thank you to everyone who has offered to help with this event!  We're looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Joanne Vance, HSA President and Anne Marie Clifford, HSA Vice President