As first teachers for our daughters, the mothers of the St. Agnes Academy's Mothers' Club come together to model support and assistance to the Academy as needed, while living the four pillars of Dominican Life. The St. Agnes Academy's Mothers' Club currently sponsors and/or assists with the many events and efforts listed below as we joyfully welcome you with love, respect and appreciation to join us in sharing our lives of prayer, study, community and service. Weekly MC activities are posted online in Tiger Tracks throughout the school year.

All SAA mothers are invited to attend monthly meetings held in the Fleming Room, adjacent to the Center for Sciences and Student Services Rotunda which begin with a light lunch at 11:30 a.m., followed by the business meeting at noon. These meetings offer a wealth of information about the ongoing events and activities at St. Agnes, a visit from the Head of School, Sr. Jane Meyer and another chance to meet new friends. I feel honored and delighted as I look forward to meeting and working with yet another amazing group of gifted, hard-working and generous women who are modeling for our leaders of tomorrow!

Peace and love to all,
Marina Cernoch

Mothers' Club Events and Efforts
Please see Board/Committees tab on the left for Chair contact information

• Gardening Moms - This committee attends to gardening and environment in the courtyard.
• Library Assistance -This committee assists the SAA Library staff with shelving, occasional data entry, and whatever volunteer requirements are needed for the increased efficiency in running the Academy Library.
• Care Committee -This committee offers support to families in crisis by assisting with meals, transportation and the hosting of receptions as needed.
• Prayer Line - Posts online community prayer petitions as requested and is a year round service.
• Bible Study -This committee meets regularly to discuss and share while using a Bible Study format to study scripture.
• Mothers' Club Hospitality and Hostess Committee -These committees provide the monthly lunches for the MC meetings thru solicitation/purchase of food. Additionally they create the nametags for Mothers' Club meetings and organize door prizes at Mothers' Club.
• Mothers' Club Aprons - The Chair of this committee takes orders twice a year for the traditional SAA Tiger Kitchen Aprons which can be personalized with the names and graduation year dates of your daughters. The first date for orders occurs during the Welcome Back Coffee.
• Mothers' Club Properties/Closet - The chair organizes and maintains all MC supplies in the MC Storage closet.
• Book Fair - The committee chair coordinates the on-line book sale with vendors and SAA library as well as the volunteers and is ongoing throughout the year.
• Welcome Back Coffee - A morning of coffee and light breakfast foods to welcome back seasoned families, greet and welcome new families to the community thru introductions with the administration and invitation to Volunteering; held the second day of Tiger Camp, traditionally the Friday before classes begin.
• Follow Your Daughter's Schedule - An evening devoted to spending a few minutes meeting each of your daughter's teachers/coaches, hearing their individual overview goals for the year and literally following her daily schedule. It is scheduled in early September. This committee provides refreshments and community support.
• Big Sister/Little Sister Meals - Coordinates with Sr. Class President to plan meals and activities for the incoming 9th graders and their senior big sisters during Fish Week in September.
• Chaperones - This committee is dedicated to recruiting chaperones for the SAA dances held in August-Orientation, December-Christmas, and May-Prom.
• College Night Dinner - Plans and coordinates an informal dinner for the college representatives who come to Houston for a night of information presented in a College Fair format. Approximately 250-300 representatives attend and this event takes place in October.
• Faculty Appreciation Lunches - Several times annually, families of students host a luncheon for the SAA Faculty and Staff on the Academy grounds in appreciation for their dedication and efforts. This committee organizes food, environment and servers.
• Counselors' Committee Chair - This individual coordinates refreshments and servers for each of the informational nights (12th Grade, 11th Grade, 10th Grade, 9th Grade) hosted by the Academy's administration & staff on the college preparatory process
• All School Service Day - All SAA students participate in an all school day of service. This committee works with the academy and helps to coordinate drivers for the student body and assists in participating thru modeling and guidance. This day is scheduled in November.
• All Saints' Day/Special Events - This committee provides light foods and refreshments and servers following particular masses and special events days.
• Prospective Student Open House - This committee assists the administration in welcoming prospective new students and their families and it provides refreshments and light MC literature for the evening. This event usually takes place in November.
• Christmas Committee - This committee organizes the gift fund for faculty and staff, decorates the front foyer for the Christmas holiday as well as disassembles and stores the decorations immediately before the Christmas holidays.
• Sorority Rush Information Nights - The Committee provides refreshments and servers for an evening in which all seniors and their families are welcomed to attend and learn about applying for college sororities.
• Career Day - This committee organizes refreshments, servers and helps to welcome guest speakers. This event is scheduled in January.
• Solidarity Day - This committee organizes refreshments and servers for the International Food Festival. This date is scheduled in February.
• Past & Current Mom Retreat - This Day of Reflection/ mini-retreat held off campus provides the Current & Past Mothers of our community a day for spiritual renewal. The committee secures a facilitator and location for the day, issues invitations and makes arrangements for lunch. This event is often scheduled during the Lenten season.
• New Student Registration - This is an evening for new students and their families to register, make arrangements for purchasing laptops and receive a wealth of initial new student/new family information. MC assists with providing refreshments, servers, fellowship and support. It is scheduled for an afternoon and evening in April.
• Mentor Moms - Coordinates the Mentor Mother groups and informational programs for incoming students' families. Usually held in late April the committee remains "in touch" with all Mentor Moms throughout the year by hosting an informal summer 'get-together' and sending regular informational emails top share with our new families.
• Mother/Daughter Luncheon and Senior Style Show - This is a spectacular event annually scheduled in April, which is designed to highlight and celebrate our graduating seniors and their mothers. It is a day of fun and fellowship where all students and their mothers can have professional photographs taken together, a beautiful luncheon is provided and a style show professionally coordinated by local vendors features the seniors as our models. This event provides yet another unforgettable tradition for the SAA MC. It takes place in late April.
• Underclass Awards Reception - This committee coordinates the reception and provides servers for this opportunity to celebrate underclass successes.
• Graduation Rehearsal Pizza Party - This committee coordinates and hosts an informal and fun after graduation rehearsal pizza party designed to provide a relaxing time of pizza and fellowship for the seniors and is scheduled for the end of May.
• Junior Ring Mass - This committee organizes a reception and serves refreshments following the mass. This event is held in May.
• Madonna Day Reception - This committee plans and organizes the reception following a Marion Mass/Senior Class Awards presentation, held in May.
• Used Book/Used Uniform Sales - The Chairs of these committees recruit and coordinate their committees to assist with providing an invaluable service to the Academy family by coordinating the collection and sales of Used Books and Used Uniforms during the final week of school.

Finally, the SAA MC assists the Academy in recruiting volunteers in the following areas

• Student Retreats - 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th
• Annual Fund
• SAA Annual Gala
• Office Help
• Raffle Collection
• Raffle Sales