Email: principal@borromeoschool.com
Website: www.borromeoschool.com
Location: 431 Decatur Street, Saint Charles, MO, USA
Phone: 636-946-2713
Facebook: facebook.com/SCBSchool

This coming week is Catholic School's Week. Each day, our hope is that we can help the children in this school grow with purpose and conviction. Our pillars of growth are worship, learning, and service. There is no magic formula in education, every child is different. We celebrate that, because that is the intention of God's design. We take into account that God has a plan for each and every child and adult in this building. A day is made up of 86,400 seconds and students are in school for 28,800 seconds. The mission of school is manifested in how we use those 28,800 seconds.

This year our theme for the year is God's Work, Our Hands, but it just as easily could be God's Hands, God's Work. You see, we are God's Hands and we are God's Work. We belong and the work we do belongs to Him. As we close out the month focusing on the virtue of loyalty, I can't help but recognize the importance of our school being faithful to God's plan for His children. He wants them to know Him, love Him and serve Him. If we can help them live that life, well then the results of our mission are 28,800 seconds of God's work in our hands. Happy Catholic School's Week! Come and celebrate with us on Sunday from 9:00 am - 11:00 am for our Open House. All are welcome!

A letter went home last week announcing tuition for the 2024 - 2025 school year. Along with the letter, you received the At-A-Glance Calendar for the 2024 - 2025 school year. While this calendar is tentative, the dates for the year are mostly set. Please be aware of some highlights for the upcoming school year:

1. Student Supply Drop Off will be on Thursday, August 8th.

2. First Day of School is Monday, August 12th

2. Parent-teacher conferences are in October, before Fall Break

3. Fall Break is from October 31 through November 5 (Election Day)

4. Christmas Break is December 21 - January 5

5. Last Day of School is scheduled for Friday, May 23 (before Memorial Day)

Loyalty - Accepting the bonds implicit in relationships and defending the virtues upheld by Church, family, and country.

St. Bail and St. Gregory of Nazianzen lived in the 4th century and were great friends. They started a monastery together and remained friends. Gregory asked Basil to take on a very difficult assignment. Basil was very reluctant, but because of his loyalty to his friend, he took on the assignment and became the Bishop of Sasima. Later becoming Archbishop of Constantinople and Doctor of the Church.

The story is adapted from An Educator's Guide to living a Virtuous Life

Prayer.. Dear Jesus, Help me to be steadfast in my relationships and faithful to the duties those relationships entail, even when this may be difficult.

Upcoming Half Days/ Early Release Days/Days Off

1/26 - All School mass at 8:00a.m. No dress down allowed. Parents welcome to attend.

1/28

• Applications open for New Families
• Open House from 9:00am-11:00am

1/29 - 2/2 Catholic Schools Week - see flyer below

1/30 - Grades 6th-8th will attend mass at 8:00a.m. No dress downs allowed. Parents welcome to attend.

1/31

• Grades K-5th will attend mass at 8:00a.m. Parents welcome to attend.
• Dodgeball and charity dress down for Catholic Schools Week.
• Great Skate night - flyers sent home with students

2/1 - Dress down as your favorite movie/book character for Catholic Schools Week

2/2

• All school mass at 8:00a.m. No dress downs allowed. Parents welcome to attend.
• Noon dismissal. BASK until 5:30.

2/6 - Grades 6th-8th will attend mass at 8:00a.m. No dress downs allowed. Parents welcome to attend.

2/7 - Grades K - 5th will attend mass at 8:00a.m. No dress downs allowed. Parents welcome to attend.

2/9 - All school mass at 8:00a.m. No dress downs allowed. Parents welcome to attend.

2/14 - Ash Wednesday Mass - 10:00 AM - All School Mass

As Catholic Schools week approaches we are preparing for application and enrollment! Please take note of these dates:

• January 28th - Open House from 9:00am - 11:00am. The front office doors and the doors by the Bottom Lot will be open. Applications will open for new families and staff will be available for assistance.
• February 12th - New accepted families can enroll.

Congratulations Erlinger family on their newest addition!

Dear St. Charles Borromeo School Families,

We are excited to announce a heartwarming initiative to strengthen our school community's

spiritual bond - the Monthly Children's Mass! Beginning this Sunday, January 28th, at 11

a.m., our fifth-grade students will be hosting Mass at St. Charles Borromeo Parish. By actively

participating in the various parts of the Mass (Liturgy of the Word, Liturgy of the Eucharist) our

students will experience firsthand the sacredness of the Mass. Each month will be hosted by a

different grade. We invite all families to attend this inaugural Children’s Mass and show your

support as our children deepen their understanding of our faith. Let’s come together as a school

family to celebrate faith, love, and unity. We look forward to seeing you there!

-St. Charles Borromeo School Board

A friendly reminder to follow the handbooks guidelines for fever and vomiting:

Fever and Vomiting: following the general fever guidelines, a child with a fever of greater than 100.00 or 1-2 degrees above child’ s normal temperature will be sent home. Students must be completely fever/symptom free without medication for 24 hours before returning to school.

January BASK Link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040444ACAC28A7F58-46530879-bask

February BASK Link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040444ACAC28A7F58-46530881-bask

February: Important Dates

2nd- Half Day BASK offered till 5:30pm

16th-Early Release 2:15 BASK is offered till 5:30pm

19th- No School Presidents’ Day

Note: Starting February 16th to March 22nd BASK on Friday will be in the gym.

BASK Balances

Please check your financial account for outstanding BASK amounts and pay those as soon as possible. If you are unable to right now please email me and let me know.

BASK Phone Number: (636) 723-4419

To those families who have donated books to the library, thank you! The library is coming along but there is still a long way to go!

Please, consider helping build our library collection by purchasing an item from our SCB Library Books Amazon Wish List. Your donation will be greatly appreciated by the students. Simply visit our wish list, pick a book and add them to your own cart to buy. The books will be shipped directly to our school. You can add a note or donate them in secret! Thank you!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3D2SHKO7MCM9D?ref_=wl_share

Third through eighth grade students at SCB have participated in the National Catholic Math League for the past few years. Students complete four tests throughout the year. These are the school and student standings after taking two of the four tests. Scores are cumulative. We are very proud of our hard working Bobcats!!!

Click here to register for summer programs!

TTEF's online scholarship application opens: January 22, 2024 for the 2024-2025 school year. It is always best to apply as early as possible! See some important information below:

• February 28, 2024- Beyond Sunday, Catholic Families Tuition Assistance (CFTA), and the Parish Employees Endowment Fund (PEEF) applications close. To be considered for these programs, all families must apply between January 22, 2024 -February 28, 2024.

• March 2024 - Re-apply or apply new for Alive! In Christ and Help-For-Today, Hope-For-Tomorrow. Scholarships are available. Please see the attachment below for more information.
• March 4, 2024- Spring SVR open. Please be sure to sign the SVR online by March 22, 2024 to avoid owing the whole amount of your award.
• March 22, 2024- SVR Parent Signature closes.

Click here for more information!

The Mini Vinnies are continuing to collect food items! Students may bring in food items for the Minis to collect throughout the week. There are NO dress downs for these donated items. See below what the goal items for the upcoming months are.

Jan: Soup-er Bowl: Condensed Chicken Noodle, Condensed Tomato, Non-Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup, Non-Condensed Beef & Vegetable

Feb: Snack Attack: Rice Krispie Treats, Ind. Cheez-its, 6 pack Cracker sandwiches, Ind. Cookie Packages, Pudding Cups, Gardetto’s

8th-Grade Parents, please send a baby picture and a current pic of their 8th grader by 12/18 to yearbook@borromeoschool.com. Remember, the deadline to order yearbooks is 03/15!

Home and School Association

Are you interested helping organize events for school? The Home and School Association helps with school events, arranges fun fundraising idea like dine out nights, works with new families, and coordinates appreciation events for students and faculty. If you think you might be interested, please email hsa@borromeoschool.com.

Please note: We will no longer have Strawberry Shortcake as a Manager Special on Friday, January 19th.

Please submit any prayer requests to office@borromeoschool.com.

For military members, to continue to serve our country safely and according to the goodwill of all men.

For all of the quiet intentions held in the hearts of our St. Charles Borromeo Community members.

Any parent wishing to volunteer or attend parties at St. Charles Borromeo must complete the Archdiocesan Prevent and Protect training (formerly known as Protecting God's Children).

The link is below.

https://www.preventandprotectstl.org/

Dr. Dan Mullenschlader - Principal

principal@borromeoschool.com

Mrs. Michelle Winkler - Assistant Principal

michellewinkler@borromeoschool.com

Emily "Freddie" McCants - Office Manager

office@borromeoschool.com

Ms. Darlene Mueller - School Business Assistant

schoolbusiness@borromeoschool.com

Mrs. Megan Ambrose - Counselor

mambrose@ccstl.org

Mrs. Monica Barnes - Accountant

MonicaBarnes@archstl.org

Mr. Luan Nguyen - Technology Coordinator

SCBTech@borromeoschool.com