Marist New Parent Support Volunteers Needed
Time has come again to ask if you would please consider becoming a Marist New Parent Support volunteer. The Marist New Parents Support Program was established for current parents to contact the parents of all new students entering Marist in the fall. Experience has shown that the new parents have as many questions and concerns as the new students.
We handle communication with our volunteers entirely via mail and e-mail, no meetings! Thank you in advance for welcoming new families to our Marist community.
Please click
here to complete and submit the form. Thank you so much!!!
Marist Tour of Homes
Friday, May 11: Marist Tour of Homes
Four beautiful Chastain Park-area homes and poolside luncheon: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Wednesday, March 28: Non-uniform day
Give your kids a break from wearing that uniform and at the same time do something really nice for yourself AND Marist School. All you have to do to accomplish all three things at once (multitasking at its best) and participate in the non-uniform day is:
1. Complete a ticket order form and send in with your child/children on March 28, along with a check made payable to the Marist Parents' Club for $35 per ticket purchased. Click
here to access the form. Or, feel free to complete and send in the ticket order form along with your check right now while you are thinking about it, per the instructions on the form. We will keep a running list of all participants in order to check off your child/children on the March 28th non-uniform day.
Another way to purchase your tickets to the Marist Tour of Homes is through our Eventbrite Site. Click
here for access to that site. You can print off the confirmation sheet and send it in with your child/children on March 28th for the non-uniform day. Or again, purchase your ticket(s) on the Eventbrite site today and since we are able to track the site we will have a running list of all participants so we can check your child off on March 28th.
2. An even better way to participate in the non-uniform day is to become the newest member of the Home Tour Hundred Club as a parent patron. Send in a completed Parent Patron Order Form with your student on March 28 along with a check made payable to the Marist Parents' Club for $100. Benefits include two tickets to the home tour and special recognition of your generous support on both our website and in the home tour booklet which serves as everyone's admission ticket to each of our featured homes as well as a delicious luncheon catered poolside by Cafe Pharr. Click
here to access the Parent Patron Form to join your friends and become our newest member! Again, feel free to complete and return this form and your check right now, per the instructions on the form. A running list of participants will enable us to check off your child/children as they arrive out of uniform on March 28. Please contact the parent patron chair, Kathy Cote, at
kcote@att.net with any questions.
3. For all of the above information and so much more, please go to our website at
https://www.marist.com/tourofhomes. Please also remember that the success of the Marist Tour of Homes depends on three things: ticket sales, sponsors, and volunteers. If you have a business or do business with a contractor, designer, doctor, car dealer, landscaper, restaurant, etc., please consider asking them to sponsor this highly anticipated and well-attended event. Sponsorship levels and forms are available on the website or click
here.
Calling all volunteers! Please contact our volunteer chair, Peggy Jackson, at
tourofhomes@marist.com to sign up right now while you are thinking about it. Peggy will schedule shifts so all volunteers are able to tour every home and enjoy the poolside luncheon.
Margaret Nelson and Carla Kalil, co-chairs of the Marist Tour of Homes, are looking forward to checking your kids off on the non-uniform day, March 28, and personally greeting you and your friends on Friday, May 11, on the home tour. Remember, Friday May 11th is the start of Mother's Day weekend. Treat yourself; you so deserve it. Or, drop a hint or two or three to your family that a ticket to the Marist Tour of Homes would make a great gift! See you all May 11th!
Marist Families In Action
Tuesday, March 20th, 8:15 am, Fr. Brennan room (Lower Cafeteria)
Please join us for a workshop for parents, moderated by Connect with Kids founder Stacey DeWitt as we discuss "Technical Difficulties: What Parents and Kids Need to Know about Navigating Today’s Increasingly High-tech World−Texting. Sexting. Facebook."
7th Grade Parents’ Fiesta
The 7th Grade Parents’ Fiesta is coming up on Saturday, March 24. You can RSVP by clicking
here. We hope to see you there!
A Season to Savor
Looking for that perfect gift for Mother’s Day? Or maybe you just want to grab some quick & easy recipes for some delicious food during the upcoming spring months. The Marist cookbook,
A Season to Savor, is available online on the Marist website at
https://www.marist.com/cookbook, at the Marist front office, or at the Campus Shop–three easy ways to pick up this fabulous cookbook filled with tried and true recipes. At just $10 each, $30 for a box of 6, or $50 for a box of 10, this is a real bargain to treat all your loved ones to some scrumptious meals!!
8th Grade Parents Host Faculty Appreciation Luncheon
Attention 8th Grade Parents! Our turn is quickly approaching to say THANK YOU to the Marist faculty and staff by generously supporting the Faculty Appreciation Luncheon on Tuesday, March 20. It's not too late to prepare a dessert or donate a door prize. Too busy to cook or shop? We would be grateful for a financial contribution as a quick and easy way to support this event! For volunteer and contribution details please contact Angela Perry via email at
perry5fam@comcast.net. Thanks to everyone in the Class of 2016 for pitching in to make this a wonderful day!
Campus Shop News
The campus shop would like to remind you that all tees are 20% off from March 15-31 (in stock items). We are also selling the senior yard signs and war eagle wildcards.
Campus shop hours are 8 a.m.-1p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Thanks for your patronage!
Grandparents’ Day
Attention Marist Families!
SAVE THE DATE: Grandparents’ Day is Friday, April 20, 2012
This special day provides an opportunity for current grandparents to visit Marist School, learn the history and educational philosophies of the school, and interact with their grandchildren.
Not sure we have your grandparents’ updated contact information?
Please contact Annie Minor in the Advancement Office at (770) 936-1366 or
minora@marist.com.
Invitations will be mailed this month.
