St. Mary's School ~ Niles, MI


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	St. Mary’s Parish Annual Fish Fry THIS Friday, February 24! St. Mary’s Parish will hold its annual Lenten fish fry on Friday, February 24, from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. in the School gymnasium. Proceeds from the fish fry benefit St. Mary’s School. The “all-you-can-eat” fish dinner includes potatoes, coleslaw, dinner roll, dessert and a non-alcoholic beverage. Ticket prices are $8 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. A $25 ticket package includes meals for two adults and up to four children (ages 12 and under). Tickets are available at the door and take-out orders will be available. For more information, contact St. Mary’s School at (269) 683-9191. It's time to think about the 2012-2013 School Year! St. Mary's All School Round-up Wednesday, March 7th, 2012, 6:00-7:30 pm. St. Mary's will be hosting an All-School Round-Up Information Session, on March 7th, 2012. A delicious Spaghetti Supper* will be served, from 6:00 to 6:45 in the school gym, (*Spaghetti, breadsticks, salad) and an information session for each grade will take place from 6:45 -7:30 in the appropriate classrooms. Childcare for the younger children will be provided. To RSVP, and/or for more information, please contact St. Mary’s School at (269) 683-9191. Come to our St. Pat's Dinner and Raffle Fundraiser! Saturday, March 17, 2012!! St. Mary’s School will be hosting its 18th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner & Raffle on Saturday, March 17, from 5 -11 p.m. Cocktails and hors d'eouvres will be served at 5 p.m. and dinner begins at 6pm, with a silent auction, prize drawings, 50/50 raffles and other activities throughout the evening. More info Information about School Uniforms Look for our Yard Signs!! For more information about St. Mary's School, please contact the school office at 269-683-9191.
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Our Mission Statement:

"The Mission of St. Mary’s School is to gather as a faith-filled community to provide an excellent, well-rounded education, and to form students through the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Catholic Tradition."

The "Straight Scoop" on our Scrip Program

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Scrip Form HERE

Some of our many participating retailers:

What is "Scrip"?

"Scrip" is another name for gift certificates. Companies that participate, sell gift certificates to our school at a discount, and we sell them at face value to earn money for our school. For instance, our school can buy a $25.00 gift certificate/scrip for $23.00, sell it for the face value of $25.00 and earn $2.00 as profit. Each company has its own percentage of discount it offers.

What is the "Scrip Tuition Credit" Program?

In 2006 we began our scrip tuition credit program. It is an incentive for school families and their friends to buy scrip. By splitting the profit from each scrip purchased between each family account and St. Mary's School, credit is earned for each family scrip account number used.

Did you know YOU can Give the Gift of Tuition to a Saint Mary's family?

Buy St Mary’s Scrip and a portion of revenue from your purchase can be designated to help pay the tuition for a St. Mary's School family of your choice! Ask your Scrip seller how!

Here's how it works:

Each family has been issued a Family Scrip Tuition Credit Account Number. You will use this account number each time you or your friend(s) buy scrip from our school.

With each scrip purchase, 40% of the profit goes into a family's scrip account - (the other 60% goes to the school). Scrip purchased under a family scrip account number earns money (in the form of a credit) all year long.

At the end of the school year, each family will receive a statement indicating the amount of credit their scrip credit account number has earned from scrip purchases.

You can do one of three things with this credit:

You can apply this credit toward your last tuition bill
You can apply this credit toward one of St. Mary's scholarship funds
You can donate your credit back to the school's operating expenses

Go to Scrip- Part 2: Common Questions about Scrip