my
fellow Mavericks I come to you today with
big exciting news this
is our school is expanding to a second campus
the second Campus of St Mary Magdalene
school will be located at st. John the
Evangelist parish and operated by SMS
this expansion will give our students
and staff and even better education
we do this with the full commitment
of remaining one proud School Community
st. Mary Magdalen School specifically
are students in grades after
this
decision was not
lightly as we know it's quite the change it
was also not made quickly we just turned
for several years and this year as well as it lasts
we shared butter discernment at school Community
meetings and sign-in site from parents staff students
prisoners
another Maverick stakeholders as a parent
who's had children in both to Polly Hall and
in the Portables I'm really excited for my kids
to have a real classroom space like this one
where you can put something on the wall really
have that warm environments that learning
I meant that sometimes I'm couldn't be there when
you couldn't decorate the walls for example and Jubilee
Hall it's also really exciting
that this should help us have a smaller
teacher-to-student ratio giving
our students that individual
time the opportunity Pro flourish
I'm get the support that they really
need as a teacher I'm
excited to be able to have a
larger classroom space is to
enhance the
academic learning of students as
well as extracurricular activities
that can be implemented
and offered to the
other
campus this will give us an opportunity to
have you questions from the get-go it all
will also include a better our facility
science lab field
for the kids to actually run on they
security gates make it actually closed campus to the
students that are in the temp
buildings of the temporary units don't have to walk
outside during the middle of day I'm
really excited about this study
for
Capital campaign to build a new school built
the feasibility study showed that there is great Passion
support for such a building on the main
SMS campus that said
it would be about five years before we have such
a building there for the second campus expansion makes
even more sense ultimately we
this decision because we discerned that it significantly
Advanced our mission to empower students
our community to witness the gospel in your
faith academics and servants
here are the main reasons for the as
a secure building with a fence enclosure St John's
a better safety than either the hall or
the Portables with 14 classrooms
st.john's allows us to lower the student-teacher
ratio especially in middle school where we
will double space from one classroom to classroom
a gray building with a science lab
our room in large green space with an athletic field and
outdoor basketball court the students will have an array
of enriching education on screen
Big John's is closed only a 6 minute
drive from SMS will offer shuttle service between
campuses before and after school
all our students will still gather each Wednesday morning
at Saint Mary Magdalen Church or mass and other
community building activities the teachers in Upper
Elementary and Middle School will have their
own unique classrooms and will be in close proximity with
one another to enhance professional clothes
there will also be large dedicated
spaces for a counselors and minister to staff
members therefore
we will have the following things to ask
questions and to voice your concerns
Mavericks we have two goals College
in heaven two languages Spanish and English
and now two campuses SMS
main campus and SMS acting job
however we have one Mission this
Mission unites us but has also always
compelled us to be better and never get comfortable
a rest on our Laurels our mission Remains
the Same whether we're at SMS main campus
or SMS St John's
field trip sporting event or anything else rest
assured we will remain one proud School
Saint Mary Magdalen school was
Mary Magdalene and John were with Jesus
through thick and thin there at the foot of the cross with
Jesus and both of the Gospel to new place
Listen People when Mary Magdalene became the first
witness of the Resurrection she was overjoyed and
held on to Jesus don't
cling to me she hated those words
and folding and bravely brought the gospel to
First the apostles and then to the wall
they say Mary Magdalene and Saint
John be with us as we take our mission to
a new site and New Heights