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CASSEB FOUNDATION GRANT AWARD
The Casseb Family, a local family who supports literacy initiatives, presented us with a check for $5,000 to build up our Spanish literary resources. We will be able to significantly enhance our Spanish language literacy resources with this donation. Many thanks to the Casseb Family and their commitment to literacy in memory of their daughter, Frankie.
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Congratulations to 5 young men who were accepted into another one of our great Catholic High Schools, Central Catholic! We are so grateful for our Marianist connection that enabled these boys to earn Scholarships to attend the only all boys Catholic School in our city. From left to right is Matthew Diaz-Carillo who received the Marianist Urban Student Scholarship with an award of 2/3 tuition paid for all 4 years, Jacob Hernandez, Vincent Salazar, Marc Jacob Juarez and David Garza received the Marianist Connection 20% Scholarship given to only SMMS students. Congratulations to these young men and thank you to Central Catholic High School.
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Congratulations to Kaitlyn Nadeau who is the recipient of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas Scholarship. This Scholarship was awarded to a select few students in our Diocese who demonstrated leadership in faith and academics! We wish her many blessings in her High School journey at Providence High School!
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BRAINPOWER CONNECTION SCHOLARSHIPS
Eleven of our students were awarded coveted Brainpower scholarships to St. Anthony's High School and Incarnate Word High School. In high school, the students will have the opportunity to take college level classes on the campus of the University of the Incarnate Word.
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PRE-K 4 SA GRANT AWARD

Pre-K 4 SA awarded our school with a grant for $122,000!

$50,000 of which will be used toward our second outdoor learning lab, located around the gym.

The courtyard lab will be completed in early summer, and will have a STEM focus. The second outdoor learning lab will have a nature/art focus and be ready in Fall 2019!
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We did it Mavericks and we couldn’t be more proud of our awesome community for smashing our record last year as well as the goal we set for 3,000lbs😲 Overall we donated over 6,500lbs of food during our 40 cans for Lent food drive to Catholic Charities! As a result we have won 2 trophies for most cans donated per student as well as most food donated overall in our Diocese🎉 Great job Mavs and what a beautiful showing of service to our community! You all are truly a blessing and together we’ve certainly demonstrated the power of unity in mission!
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Be apart of our SMMS Capital Campaign and make your pledge online by visiting the link below http://www.stmarymagdalensa.org/united-in-spirit-mission/
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Please join me in congratulating and celebrating Ms. Anna Nuñez, who was selected as our 2018-19 Teacher of the Year! Ms. Nuñez teaches Pre-K3, and has taught at SMMS since 2015. Ms. Nuñez has high standards and expectations for herself as well as for her students. She helps her students and her colleagues live out our mission by being a consistent witness of empowering students and our community to witness the Gospel and grow in excellence through faith, academics and service.

Here are some of the things her colleagues shared about Ms. Nuñez:

"Ms. Nuñez carries herself with poise and professionalism."

"Ms. Nuñez contributes to the spiritual growth of her students."

"She knows a lot through her years of teaching, and also implements new things she learns through continued professional development to empower her students. Moreover, she shares these methods with her colleagues."

"Ms. Nuñez always stays organized and focused."

"Ms. Nuñez is patient, trustworthy, and always wants the best for her students and the school."

"She makes teaching fun, and is always full of great ideas for our students."

"Ms. Nuñez is able to take the lead on so much event organizing for our school, and does so with good planning and communication."

Congratulations, Ms. Nuñez!
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