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

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! It is a new month and that means we have a new virtue. This month we are celebrating the virtue of loyalty. Faithfulness is loyalty. We believe and trust in God that he is good, will provide for us, and will take care of us in the future. It requires us to bond ourselves to him and teaching this to the children is one of the most important lessons in our school. Bonding ourselves to God marks us with the sign of the Father. The lesson then, is that once we bond ourselves and we are loyal, we have an obligation to act. That is where our theme, "God's work, our hands", is manifested.

Upcoming Half Days/ Early Release Days/Days Off

1/5

• 8:00AM - All School Mass. No dress downs allowed. Parents welcome to attend.
• 12:00PM - Half day. All students will be released at noon.

1/8 - Spirit day - Students may dress down in their Borromeo spirit wear.

1/9 - Grades 6th - 8th mass at 8:00 a.m. No dress downs allowed. Parents welcome to attend.

1/10 - Grades K-5th mass at 8:00 a.m. No dress downs allowed. Parents welcome to attend.

1/12 - All School Virtue Mass at 8:00 a.m. No dress downs allowed. Parents welcome to attend.

1/15 - NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

1/16

• School resumes
• Grades 6th - 8th mass at 8:00 a.m. No dress downs allowed. Parents welcome to attend.

1/17 - Grades K 5th mass at 8:00 a.m. No dress downs allowed. Parents are welcome to attend.

1/19

• All School mass at 8:00a.m. No dress down allowed. Parents welcome to attend.
• Early Dismissal. All students will be released at 2:15p.m.

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

• January 22nd - Enrollment opens for current families enrolling current and new students ( i.e. new preschool or Kindergarten students).
• January 28th - Open House from 9:00am - 11:30am. Applications will open for new families and staff will be available for assistance.
• February 12th - New accepted families can enroll.

Please note there is a change in the mass schedule for this semester. The 6th - 8th graders will attend mass every Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. and the K - 5th graders will attend mass every Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. All Students will attend Friday mass as usual at 8:00 a.m.

Please keep in mind that there are "No Parking" signs along 5th street by the entrance of the Top Lot which are in affect during drop off and pick up and may be enforced by the city of St. Charles Police Department. If there is room for you to pull into the parking lot you must do so. Please also helping by making straight rows so we can fit more cars in the parking lot. Thank you!

If you are planning on picking up your student(s) earlier than school lets out please contact the school office and your student's teacher listing the student's name, their grade and homeroom teacher, and who will be picking the child up . Please arrive no later than the time have told the office you will be picking up your student. Thank you!

In the nurse's office I am looking for donations for hygiene products. There are times when a student may have forgotten to use these before they left the house and by having them handy, we will be able to encourage them to come to my office and feel more fresh. Items would include any travel or sample sizes that are unused:
Toothpaste

Toothbrushes

Deodorant

Saline Solution

Feminine Products

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.

Jan 5th - Half Day BASK offered till 5:30pm

Jan 15th - No School Martin Luther King Day

Jan 19th - Early Release 2:15 BASK is offered till 5:30pm

Friday, January 5th BASK will be in the gym and pickup will be at the gym doors.

BASK Phone Number: (636) 723-4419

Here is the link for Bask Sign-up.

January:

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

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

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

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 Jill Kesler through hsa@borromeoschool.com.

Food Service Consultants is looking for help in the Borromeo Bobcat Cafe! Duties would include helping to prepare lunch for the students, serving, and helping clean up afterwards. The hours would be 8:00-2:30. Please contact Brittany Powderly, manager, at fsccafe@borromeoschool.com or Debbie Hill, supervisor, at debbbie@foodserv.org. We look forward to hearing from you!

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