Joyfully Embracing Our Mission

St. Clare School Family News | 12 September 2021

Journeying in Hope and Love: Building a Culture of Accompaniment

The Road to Emmaus

As they approached the village to which they were going,

he gave the impression that he was going on farther.

But they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.”

So he went in to stay with them.

And it happened that, while he was with them at table,

he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them.

With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him,

but he vanished from their sight.

Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning [within us]

while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?”

Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way

and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

~ Luke 24:28-32, 35

Dear St. Clare School Families,

Thank you for your positive partnership during Back to School Night. It is very important to remember that this endeavor called school can only be achieved when there is reciprocity, respect and kindness. After all, we are doing this for the good of the students. Just like in every classroom, every boardroom, every factory, we all come with a variety of gifts and talents as well as a variety of skills we are continually honing. This is what inclusion is about: to understand that together, we can work towards educational equity by removing all obstacles preventing our students to be more of who God intends for them to be.

Soon, we will be scheduling our Parent-Teacher-Student (most grades) Conferences. This is a dedicated time for your child’s learning team to honestly assess the path to growth for your child. This is the height of the partnership between home and school: the ability of all to work together to provide the best possible opportunity for the learner. This and hopefully many more opportunities will exist to engage in honest conversations for the good of the child.

I am grateful to Msgr. Fran for his homily at today’s mass reminding us that our work as servant leaders is not easy. As Christ sees himself as a suffering Messiah, he asks, "Who do you say that I am?" He, himself was aware that public opinion isn't always truth. Jesus wants us to see Him as human, even though we know that He is divine. I hope we, too, see one other as human, capable of weakness, but worthy of respect. After all...aren't our efforts for those other than ourselves? As parents and educators, we will experience challenges, but we must persevere because our work is holy work. Thank you for compassionate and understanding partnership.

SPECIAL SILVER BOX HONORS

Students who go above and beyond to take the initiative to do the right thing will receive our weekly Silver Box Honor. One student is honored in the Elementary Campus (Lower School-Grades TK-5) and one student is honored in the Middle School Campus (Upper School-Grades 6-8) each week. They will be recognized in our weekly newsletter.

This week, we honor Victoria Adams and Ryan Shek who took the initiative to clean up after their peers during lunch recess. Victoria and Ryan saw the value of maintaining a campus that we can be particularly proud of. They prioritized our environment over their own self-interest to play before cleaning up! Congratulations Ryan and Victoria for your Silver Box mindset!

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20: NO SCHOOL, NO CKZ | GOLF TOURNAMENT

To allow our faculty and staff and parents to attend the Golf Tournament, there will be no school and no CKZ on Monday, Sept. 20. This has been on the calendar since the start of school and has been communicated as early as the beginning of August. We appreciate your support of community events and we look forward to many more chances to gather in the future! For more information on the Golf Tournament, please read ParentSquare posts from PTG and your Room Reps.

NEXT WEEK IS NATIONAL MIGRANT WEEK SEPT. 20-26

https://justiceforimmigrants.org/take-action/national-migration-week/

We encourage families to participate in acts of service that support the wider “WE” that is up to us to build. Here’s a good organization for families to support: http://farmworkercaravan.com/

Reach out to Chiqui Tañedo, chair of the SAC Mission and Catholic Identity Committee if you are interested in helping out! Contact your Room Rep and classroom teacher if you would like to put together an effort for your class to support.

SERVICE LEARNING

Learn more about our Service Learning Program which involves Buddies and Faith Family Groups, Classroom Outreach, and the Middle School Service Block. Reach out to your classroom teachers if you have any questions.

VIRTUS | Protecting God’s Children

Part of the religion curriculum is implementing the VIRTUS program in the classroom. In the next few weeks, you’ll hear more about this program from your classroom teachers.

SAVE THE DATE AND REMINDERS

PTG Inaugural Golf Tournament, Monday, Sept. 20
No School on Monday, Sept. 20
OMG Tea St. Clare Community/PTG Fundraiser until Sept. 30
Wednesdays are ALWAYS 12:30 dismissal days
Drop off supervision begins at 7:45 and ends at 7:55. Gates are locked by 8 A.M.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENCOUNTER

Even if volunteer opportunities have been filled for yard duty, if you are able to join us, kindly email Ms. McKinnon (teresea.mckinnon@dsj.org or stclare-office@dsj.org). We could always use your help.

Remember to log your hours in ParentSquare under PARTICIPATE>Volunteer Hours.
You can check your progress towards completing your volunteer requirement of 30 hours per family (15 hours for single parent households).

On Sunday, Sept. 26, we will need volunteers to set up and take down tables and chairs for the Bishop’s Circle Reception. Student/alumni servers may be needed. We will post volunteer opportunities on ParentSquare. Please reach out to stclare-office@dsj.org if you are interested.

Students in grades 6-8 can earn service hours for this
The St. Clare Silver Box Choir will be performing at this event

Support the Golf Tournament through sponsorships or direct donations.
Sept. 23 - A Cup with the Principal, 6-7 P.M. All School Zoom. Invitation to Come.

May this week give you the opportunity to see God in all things.

With humble gratitude,

Mrs. Cecile Mantecon, Principal

Twenty-Fourth Sunday In Ordinary Time

2021-22 School Calendar

Below, you will find the Calendar Grid for the school year. Some find this difficult to navigate, so I’ve created the Calendar Highlights document which I hope will make it a bit easier for you to consume.

Some changes since the end of the school year: we added September 20th as a NO SCHOOL DAY and our School Year will end a day earlier. The original calendar had us attending 183 days of school, knowing that we had three days over the required 180 days. We are keeping the 181 days in the event we have to close for an emergency due to poor air quality.

Other options to view the calendar include a Google calendar synched to ParentSquare, or subscribing to the St. Clare School Public Calendar below:

Google Public Calendar

You are invited to subscribe to the St. Clare School *PUBLIC* Google Calendar which is also synched to ParentSquare.

PUBLIC URL TO ACCESS FROM A WEB BROWSER

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=drexelschools.org_u0vj6uj1r91qlk8hu9uk1t7qro%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FLos_Angeles

PUBLIC ADDRESS IN iCAL TO ACCESS FROM OTHER APPS

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/drexelschools.org_u0vj6uj1r91qlk8hu9uk1t7qro%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics