Lower School Parents Night - Thursday, August 26, 2010

Upper School Parents Night - Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Middle School Parents Night - Thursday, September 2, 2010

First Day of School - Happy to be Back!!

Interim Headmaster The Rev. Walter Baer welcomes all St. Martin's students to the 2010-11 school year at an all school chapel service on Tuesday.

For more photos from the First Day of School visit the Media Library!

PARENTS COUNCIL

At the end of the past school year, the St. Martin's Board of Trustees approved the creation of a Parents Advisory Council to help better facilitate communication between parents, school administration and the Board of Trustees. Over the summer, parent volunteers representing all divisions and auxiliary groups worked with several Board members to further identify the role of the council, craft by-laws and develop a plan for representation on the council.

In the coming weeks, we hope to publish the finalized by-laws on the St. Martin's website. Until then, I wanted to summarize several key points. The council will consist of one parent representative from each grade (Cottage-12) and who will serve for a one year term. Any parent interested in serving on the council may submit their name. Should more than one person be interested in representing a grade, a name will be drawn randomly from those interested. Council meetings will be a minimum of four times a year and may meet more often as required.

Members of the initial council will be selected by September 15th of the school year. In order to assist the newly formed council, the group of volunteers which worked to craft the by-laws and identify the role of the council will remain on the council until the first election of officers in December.

The creation of the Parents Council is an excellent opportunity for all concerned to identify opportunities, challenges, communicate with one another and to help move St. Martin's forward for the betterment of our children's education and well-being. If you are interested in serving on the council, please submit your name (and child's grade you wish to represent) to Parents.Council@stmsaints.com no later than September 1, 2010. A member of the formation group will contact you to confirm your interest and answer any questions. Should you have any comments you wish the council to be aware of, please use the same email address.

Sincerely,

Parker Waters
Parents Council President
(Until December-2010)

The Flex Court is installed! Thanks again to the STM Mothers' Club for generously supporting the LS Playground renovation!

Please read the information below before placing your order.    (Link is located at the bottom of the page.)

PLEASE NOTE - ONLY Upper School students may purchase the MINI Computers.

Middle School News All students in grades 6th, 7th and 8th are all required to have a school approved tablet from our vendor CDWG with all necessary software for the 2010- 2011 school year.  The tablet technology is being utlized by the teachers in the middle school grades for student learning.  , facilitating the need for students to have this technology.  There is also an $150.00 Technology Fee charged to all students.

Upper School News  All 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students are required to have a school approved tablet or mini computer from our vendor CDWG with all necessary software for the 2010-2011 school year. There is also an $150.00 Technology Fee charged to all students.

All machines that are purchased will be shipped to STM, and the Technology staff will complete the necessary configurations to the machines and call you when they are ready for pickup.  All machines come with Office 2003, and a 4 year accidental damage warranty.

Technology Update:  Technology Tablet Order Site

If you have any questions please contact Michelle Snow - 504-736-9981, 504-628-7536 or e-mail Michelle.Snow@stmsaints.com.

SAINTSFEST! For more photos visit the media library! The 2nd Annual Saints Fest will be Friday, September 3rd!

The National Honor Society inducted 6 new members in its spring  tapping ceremony. The newest members are: Olivia Celata, Merryn Guidry, Emily Heine, Ambika Subramaniam , Eldy Zuniga and Chris Giambelluca.

Click here to read about The Louisiana Dept. of Revenue information concerning the 2009 State Income Tax Deduction for Tuition. This is what CEC successfully lobbied for during the 2008 Legislative session.

Please enjoy the 2009 St. Martin's Christmas Card by clicking on the link below

www.stmsaints.com/christmas.html