Principal’s Desk News & Information Upcoming Dates High School Counseling

From October 22-24, administration and counselors engage in a process to verify grades. Therefore, Skyward family access will be restricted until 4pm Thursday, October 24th. After that time, Family Access will again be restored for students and parents to view and print Quarter 1 Report Cards.

Next week, students will be registering for J-Term ‘25 classes! Each student will be identifying a first, second and third choice option. I invite all high school parents to please click here for an electronic edition of this year’s J-Term Brochure, which includes all of the course options and the relevant policies associated with J-Term.

On Friday, October 25th, students will participate in the J-Term Assembly to learn more about all course options – including MPTC and Youth Apprentice options.

Our Lady of the Ledge, pray for us.

Eamonn O’Keeffe,
High School Principal

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The Ledger Fishing Club (LFC) will be holding its New Member informational meeting on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 5pm at the Fisherman’s Road Clubhouse.

This meeting is for all new/prospective members and parents.

The LFC is open to all St Mary’s Springs high school students whether you have ice fished previously or not!

If you are interested in learning more about the LFC, we encourage you to pick up a flier at the North Office, or print the flier below, and plan on attending the November 6th meeting to learn more about the club, events, and participation requirements.

Check us out on Facebook @ “LFC – Ledger Fishing Club.” We look forward to fishing with you this winter!

LFC New Member Meeting Info Page

The Student Council would like to thank you for donating to our homecoming food drive. It was a great success. The peanut butter, jelly, bottled water, and packaged snacks will be used to assemble bag lunches for the warming shelter. Every week from November through March the student council will oversee the making of 30 warming shelter lunches. Due your generous donations we should be able to accomplish our goal of contributing bagged lunches throughout these months.

It’s that time of year again! Time for St. Mary’s Springs Academy’s “Big Money Raffle” (BMR). Who will win $20,000 this year!?

This cash raffle is one of only three major fundraisers for SMSA that involves EVERY family, Pre-K through 12th grade. Each family receives 5 BMR tickets to sell and/or purchase. 

All tickets have been handed out, please review the information included in the envelope regarding this fundraiser.  Tickets may be returned to school with your child, or to the North, South or Scrip offices any time before the noon drawing on Friday, January 10, 2025.

If you have any questions, or if you would like to purchase additional tickets, please contact a member of the BMR committee, listed below.

Valerie Everson

920.251.3719

Stephanie Fessler

920.960.0556

Katie Mathos

920.979.6757

Lisa Shannon

920.539.2892

Sasha Smith

920.517.1693

SMSA student members of the National Honor Society will be offering tutoring and/or group study for any high school student who may need academic assistance or is interested in improving in a particular subject area. Tutoring will take place Monday and Wednesday from 7:15-7:45 a.m. in Mrs. Theel’s classroom (3043). Signup is not required. Information regarding this opportunity is being shared with the students, but parents are asked to encourage their children to take advantage of this service.

HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS ARE FOR SALE

High school yearbooks are available to purchase online at the SMSA website for $55. Prices go up on March 31, 2025 to $65. Get yours by clicking here!

Are you wanting to get more involved in our Parent Connectors Group? If so, look for the Parent Connectors volunteer form in your packet you will be receiving at the supply drop off day (3K-5th Grade). If your youngest child is in 6th grade or above, you won’t be receiving a form to fill out but can email Andrea Nuss, alnuss@charter.net, to share that you are interested in being a part of our group. Every year a new email group gets created so please submit your form even if you have done so in the past years. Also, only one form per family is needed to be filled out. Throughout the year, our group has various school family events as well shows our amazing SMSA Staff how appreciative we are for them. By being a part of our group, you will receive emails that shares ways you can help with these events through volunteering and donating. Our group wouldn’t be a successful without all of the wonderful people involved in it. Thank you so much! If you have any questions, please email Andrea Nuss, alnuss@charter.net.

Did you know? You can Refer-A-Family and receive tuition credit!

Click Here to Learn More!

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October 25 – J-Term Assembly
October 28-31 – J-Term Registration in Homeroom
October 30 – Parent Teacher Conferences 4-6:30pm

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Saint Norbert College – Friday, October 25, 2024 from 9:55 AM-10:35 AM
University of Wisconsin-Platteville – Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from 8:20 AM-9:00 AM

Admissions Counselors come to our campus to answer questions about the application process, scholarships, housing and much more. They are here for our students and are extremely knowledgeable. We highly recommend students attend these campus visits even if they don’t know if they will apply there. Meeting with these College Professionals gives students the opportunity to become more familiar with the application process and future plans. Please let counseling know by email if your student would like to attend any of the visits listed above for October.

SMSA is proud to participate in another year of Trade Tours through the Fond du Lac R.O.C.K. program, which stands for Retention, Opportunity, Community, and Knowledge. This program aimed at working specifically with high school seniors and juniors who are piecing together their plans post high school graduation. This program provides career exploration through business tours and job shadows. Fond du Lac R.O.C.K. is a program of Envision Greater Fond du Lac. Please let counseling know if your student would be interested in joining a future tour.

2024-25 Trade Tour Schedule:
October 29, 2024 — Holiday Automotive
November 12th, 2024 — Spark Ops.
December 3rd, 2024 — Eagle Flexible Packaging
December 17th, 2024 — Quality Truck Care Center
January 7th, 2025 — City of FDL Fire Department
January 21st, 2025 — CD Smith
February 4th, 2025 — Integrity Saw and Tool, Inc.
February 18th, 2025 — MEC Manufacturing Facilities
March 4th, 2025 — Kondex
April 8th, 2025 — City of FDL Construction & Maintenance
April 22nd, 2025 — JF Ahern & Co.

Please refer to the information provided at the link below, for local and state scholarships that SMSA seniors can apply for. This list is always subject to change and may not be all-inclusive.

Local scholarship opportunities (Fond du Lac area) are listed first, followed by opportunities for residents of the state of Wisconsin.

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