We ended October in a huge way. The SMSPA Trunk or Treat & Harvest Dance was attended by over 400 people! Next, our Special Dress Day for Halloween gave everyone a chance to show off their creative side. And our Pumpkin Decorating Contest rounded out our events for the week. Here are the winning Pumpkin-Creators:

• Kindergarten - Victoria Reyes

• First Grade - Giada Schipani

• Second Grade - Seamus Neilis

• Third Grade - Kadar Harris & Jameson Flynn

• Fourth Grade - Joaquin Matos & Donovan Harris

• Fifth Grade - Ronit Shanker, Sarah Fulgencio and Anthony Lumagui

• Sixth Grade - Daniel Resua, Hudson Kearns, Mackenzie Osborn and Kaylie Alvarez

• Seventh Grade - Aurora Alday, Ruya Dennis, Ella Chernauskas and Addison Madamba

• Eighth Grade - Aliana Rodriguez, Olivia Cosgrove and Adriana Pietraj

Congratulations! There are pictures of our students and all the pumpkins, outfits and fun at our Facebook page. Click here to take a look!


The Student Council also organized Socktober, a collection of new socks for distribution to homeless in our area. The school community donated a total of 287 pairs of socks!

The NYC DOHMH has assigned our school with a new School Nurse. I would like to introduce to you all, and ask you to welcome, Ms. Karen Weeks, RN. Ms. Weeks will be with us 5 days a week from 8AM until 4PM.

A note to our 8th Graders and families. The TACHS Exam Admit Cards will be distributed to students on Thursday, November 7th. This helps eliminate possible damage or loss. These MUST be brought to the testing site. We also recommend students bring their School ID's with them to the test site.

The Fr. Murphy Jr. Intramural Basketball program is open to boys and girls   in grades 2-5.  The games play on Saturday nights at 6:30 or 7:30. Joe Woods Sr. Boys intramural basketball games are open to boys only in grades 5-8; the games play on Friday nights at 7:45 and 8:45. There are NO practices. All participants are guaranteed to play a minimum of 12 minutes per game. The cost per player is $25. Checks can be made payable to St Margaret’s Athletic Association. All games are played in our school gym. Games will begin the weekend of November 22 and 23.

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The Catholic High Schools notify us when our Graduates do well in school These five young men were recognized by Fordham Prep for their Academic Excellence during the 2018 - 2019 School Year. Congratulations gentlemen! 

• Michael Croke

• Famanh Diarrassouba

• Michael Homola

• Jon Legasa

• Jean-Marcos Matos

God's Blessings to you all.
Mr. Hugh M. Keenan, Principal