GMA Mercy Memo - 11.01.17

GMA Mercy Memo 11.01.17

A message from our principal, Mrs. Anne Knapke

Dear Gwynedd-Mercy Academy Family and Friends,

Thank you to all who joined us Monday evening for our 3rd annual Trunk or Treat festivities. What a fun and successful evening building community, Halloween spirit, and excitement for this year's musical! If you were unable to attend, we announced Monday night that our next musical will be the Broadway Jr. version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! I have no doubt that our 7th and 8th graders will thoroughly enjoy this production.

Please mark your calendars to celebrate our National Blue Ribbon School recognition on Tuesday, December 5, at 10:00 AM. Receiving such prestigious recognition for the second time in a ten-year period acknowledges GMA's commitment to excellence and acknowledges the strong engagement and effort of our entire school community. We hope you will be able to join us for this special celebration.

In Christ's love and mercy,

Anne W. Knapke, M.Ed.

Principal

The National Junior Honor Society Used Coat Drive was an overwhelming success. Thank you, GMA families, who donated to this worthy cause. This Friday, we will be delivering over 60 coats/jackets to the Community Center at Visitation, an outreach center located in the Kensington section of Philadelphia.

Thank you to all who supported the Homecoming Dress Down Day. Donations of over 400 pounds of nonperishable foods were delivered to Mattie Dixon Community Cupboard, Lamb Foundation in North Wales, and Interfaith housing Alliance food cupboard. Pictured above are Fionnán and Aodhán at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Abington, one of the food cupboards connected to Interfaith Housing Alliance.

Thank you for supporting last week's Dress Down Day and the 6th grade bake sale at Homecoming. A total of $785 will be sent to Living Beyond Breast Cancer. Once again, we are making Mercy Real in our world!

The second installment in our Middle School Speaker Series is coming soon! Mark your calendars now for your middle school student to join us on Thursday, December 7, 2017 from 3:30-4:30 PM. Jennifer Hinds, the Curriculum Manager from A Woman's Place in Doylestown, will join us for a presentation on Building Healthy Relationships. This talk will helps students learn how to identify and set personal boundaries; think about what is healthy and unhealthy in relationships; and how to help themselves or a friend in relationship situations. Please RSVP for this important program.

Thinking about what to do with all that Halloween candy? GMA is participating in Operation Gratitude, collecting candy for deployed military and first responders. The collection, facilitated by Keenan Motors, will run here at school from 11/2-11/10. Send in your extra candy for a good cause. Click here for more information.

Barnes and Noble Christmas Event! Save the Date - December 1 from 6-8 PM. Kick off the holidays with a special night at Barnes and Noble, stay tuned for more details!

Help us honor our country's brave heroes as we dedicate the month of November to GMA family and friends who are veterans or active duty military! We will place photos (a copy please - no originals) on our Wall of Honor. Include his or her name, and your family's name so we can identify each veteran or active duty personnel with a special name plate. Send in to homerooms as soon as possible.

The Giving Tree invites grades K-8 student volunteers to participate in its annual Fall Working Hands event at Wissahickon High School on Saturday, November 11. Click here for more information and to sign up.

SAVE the DATE!! GMA students in K-8 will be invited to Christmas Carol at Spring House Estates, a neighboring retirement center, on December 14 from 4:15 - 5:45 PM. This is a sign-up event for parents and students. Stay tuned for more details.

LAST CHANCE TO PURCHASE TICKETS!!

Looking for a night out with friends before the crazy holiday season is upon you....join us for a casual evening on November 10 at P.J .Whelihan's in Blue Bell. The cost is $35.00 per person and includes delicious light fare and two beverages. Purchase tickets here.

Join the GMA Senior/Junior Choir as they perform the National Anthem at the Wells Fargo Center for a Villanova Basketball Game! All families are welcome to come out for a fun evening on November 14! Deadline for ticket purchases is November 2.

Mercy Connect is a Math/ELA/Homework Helper Program where girls from Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School volunteer to come on Wednesday afternoons from 3:15 to 4:15 PM to assist children one-on-one or in small groups. Children in Grades 1 through 6 may participate. The next session will be November 15.

If you are interested in having your child participate in Mercy Connect, please print the form, fill it out, and return it to school to your child's homeroom teacher. It is necessary to check off the dates your child will participate so the high school knows how many tutors to send.

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