Our annual auction is coming up on August 24 and it's time to buy your tickets! Grab your friends and come celebrate the end of summer with live entertainment, food and drinks, and stellar auction items while supporting the church, school and Early Learning Center.
Auction items include: first in line carpools, principal for a day, all-access sports passes to STM home games for the 2024-2025 school year, Monday night football parking and admission, student announcer for a home football game, and MUCH MORE!
Don't forget to grab your First Pick Raffle Ticket! The winning prize is your choice of the live auction items.
Visit stmbr.org/auction to get your tickets and fill out this form for donations.
Thank you for your support — we could not continue to build on STM's legacy without you!
A reminder that morning carpool begins at 7:15 a.m. All students must be present for morning assembly, which begins promptly at 7:40 a.m. To give everyone time to acclimate to the beginning of the school year and carpool, we are not counting tardies in student attendance records, however, beginning Monday, August 26, tardies will count.
When in line for morning and afternoon carpool, please do not block our neighbors' driveways. Thank you!
We are seeking adults and college students to join our Extended Care team. 21-years-old and older preferred; 18- to 20-years-old will be considered. Employment requires Child Protection Certification. Hours are 2:30-5:30 p.m., Monday - Friday. Applicants may email Extended Care Director Gretchen Thibodeaux at thibodeauxg@stmbr.org.
"Go to the poor. You will find God." - St. Vincent de Paul
Each month, our school community will participate in a service project to help the needy in our community. This month, we are asking for toiletry items (e.g. bar soap, deodorant, liquid hand soap) for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Baton Rouge. Items can be brought to your child's homeroom class or to the school office through August 30. Thank you for your generosity!
If you received medical forms from Nurse Rochelle and/or the Individual Needs Committee in May, they were due on August 7. If you have not yet turned in the forms, please turn them in as soon as possible.
Choir Club is open to all students in 4th through 8th grade.* If your child is interested in joining Choir Club, please email Mrs. Mallory Sollie at solliem@stmbr.org. After-school rehearsals begin Wednesday, August 21.
*Membership in Choir Club is not contingent upon enrollment in choir as a student's elective class.
All 5th and 6th graders are invited to Band Instrument Demo Night on Wednesday, August 28 at 5:30 p.m. in the St. Joseph Hall Commons. This will be a great chance for our new Band Director, Mr. Ben Buller, to meet everyone, give you information about our band program, and most importantly, for our students to try out some instruments. Guests from the Catholic High School and St. Joseph's Academy Band program will be there to demonstrate the sounds of instruments and help out your kids while they give them a try.
Please park in the church lot and enter through the gate on the south side of campus.
Note that if you are a 6th grader who was in Mrs. McGregor's beginning band last year and would like to stay on the same instrument, you do not need to attend unless you want to.
If you have any questions, please email Mr. Buller at bullerb@stmbr.org.
Save the date! The STM Mother & Son Tailgate is open to STM male students in grades K-8 and their mother, grandmother, godmother, aunt, or other important female role model. All activities will take place on the STM athletic field and in the school gym from 1 to 3 p.m. on September 28. Food and drinks will be served. We'll have indoor/outdoor games and inflatables. Feel free to bring your lawn chairs and tents! Stay tuned to your email, texts, and Eagle News for tickets.
Due to safety and liability coverage, we cannot allow any other children or siblings, younger or older, not enrolled at STM, to attend the Mother & Son Tailgate. Only boys enrolled in Kindergarten through 8th grade at STM may be present.
In observance of Labor Day, there is no school on Monday, September 2.
Students are invited to wear their navy STM spirit shirts only with uniform bottoms.
Text alerts are one of our administration's main forms of communication with families. To ensure you are able to receive our parent text alerts, text “START” to 317065 from your mobile device. The text alerts from STM will begin with “Parent_Alert: STTM-LA.”
When your child will be absent or tardy, email both attendance@stmbr.org and your child's homeroom teacher. Please provide the following: student name, grade, teacher, and reason for absenteeism or tardiness. This email may come any time prior to 7:30 a.m. Students arriving at school after 7:40 a.m. must report to the office for a tardy slip. For safety reasons, students must be accompanied by a parent or guardian when arriving late. After receiving a tardy slip, the student then reports to the homeroom teacher. If a child is tardy on a Mass day, he or she will wait in the office until Mass is over.
Parents are welcome to attend STM school Masses. You may sit with your child only at Masses designated for grade levels, i.e. K-4 and 5-8, but not at all-school Masses
FALL SPORTS REGISTRATION LINKS:
Cross country - grades 5-8 (closes 8/24)
Swimming - grades 5-8 (closes 8/24)
Tennis - grades 5-8 (closes 8/24)
All athletes in grades 3-8 must have a completed athletic packet. Click here to download the STM athletic packet. The STM athletic department will be offering an athletic physical day in the STM Gym. More information on the physical day and a sign up link will be emailed out later this month.
BEAT THE HEAT! Here are some tips to prevent heat related illness:
IMMUNIZATION RECORDS NEEDED: If Nurse Rochelle has contacted you by email or phone and asked to turn in an updated immunization record for your student(s), please send it as soon as possible. These records must be on file for every student at the beginning of August. If you have not been contacted then you can assume that the record we have on file for your student is up to date.
PRESCHOOL PARENTS: Immunization records for PK may expire throughout the school year. You will be notified when your child’s record is nearing expiration so that you can make an appointment with your doctor. If you go to an appointment and receive vaccinations, please obtain an updated immunization record and send a copy to school. Immunization records can be copied and sent to school in an envelope to Nurse Rochelle’s attention, scanned and emailed to rochelle@stmbr.org (photos do not print well), faxed to (225) 275-0376, or dropped off at the front office.
AUGUST 19: Back to School Night for grades 1-4 - 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the STM Gym (Adults only)
AUGUST 22: School Mass for grades 1-4, 8:45 a.m.
AUGUST 24
• STM Parish Auction (Adults only)
• Registration closes for cross country, swimming, and tennis (grades 5-8)
AUGUST 28: Band Instrument Demo Night for grades 5 and 6 - 5:30 p.m. in St. Joseph Hall commons. Please park in the church lot and enter through the gate on the south side of campus.
AUGUST 29: School Mass for grades 5-8, 8:45 a.m.
SEPTEMBER 2: Labor Day Holiday
SEPTEMBER 4: Wonderful Wednesday
SEPTEMBER 5: School Mass for grades K-8, 8:45 a.m.
SEPTEMBER 28: Mother and Son Tailgate
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