Number 10

Lord, we pray for all who suffer from the coronavirus.
May those who are infected receive the proper treatment
and the comfort of your healing presence.
May our caregivers, families and neighbors be shielded
from the onslaught of the virus.
Give solace to those who grieve the loss of loved ones.
Protect and guide those who strive to find a cure,
that our work may conquer the disease and restore communities to wholeness and health.

The light of God surrounds us,
the love of God enfolds us,
the power of God protects us,
the presence of God watches over us.

Wherever we are, God is. And where
God is, all will be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

Amen.

Dear Parent/Guardians,

What an incredible start to 2022!!! Our schools are under siege with the virus and everyone is trying their best to be safe, but the virus is getting the best of us. Please be safe and pray for our school community. We have been fortunate in many ways compared to other school communities and I pray we will be safe over the next few weeks.

May I express my gratitude to my wonderful staff who have worked overtime to keep the classes going and to supervise the students. Yesterday was a challenge with the testing but we were fortunate to have things in place so that Virus Geeks were able to assist our community in testing.

As of this moment, we have the majority of classes on modified quarantine for a 10-day period. Students will need to test twice during this period and in the letters you received, that information was indicated. At the end of the 10 days, the school needs to have a copy of a negative test result. The end date of modified quarantine for classes will be January 15th. If your child tested with Virus Geeks yesterday (01/06/22) and will again next Tuesday (01/11/22), disregard the submission date of negative results. If you utilized outside testing, please ensure your child has taken a test prior to the submission date. I do ask that you abide by these rules from the county health department.

Please contact Mrs. Gatmen for any questions mgatmen@ssfallsoulsschool.org.

San Mateo County Health release new guidance yesterday January 6th. We are reviewing them at the moment and the San Mateo County Education office will be updating their pandemic framework and we will follow suit. Our mitigation plan is posted on the school website and will be updated shortly.

It is critical that children be vaccinated and follow the guidelines from the county health department. I can assure you if I was not vaccinated that I would have been in more danger than I was.

At the moment sports practices are on hold and any other group activities. Once we overcome this surge, we can re-instate activities. We are having Mass online.

I wish to thank everyone who was generous in acknowledging the staff at Christmas time. Your gifts were much appreciated.

Thanks to those who contributed to the Annual Scholarship Appeal over the Christmas break.

Kindergarten and Preschool Enrollments: We are currently taking Kindergarten enrollments for the new school year. Please contact Mrs. Cierra at info@ssfallsoulsschool.org.

For preschool enrollments, contact Mr. Eric Liu at preschool@ssfallsoulsschool.org

We are attempting to bring Bingo back and is possible to have a start date in March. We will keep you informed as the time gets closer.

I wish you all good health and ask for God’s blessing on our school community.

God Bless,

Vincent Riener

Principal

To ensure internet and digital safety along with preventing distractions that arise with students having a cellphone in their possession, the School Advisory Board met on Tuesday, December 14th, and agreed on a policy update for electronic equipment. The updated policy will take effect January 2022.

8.9.3 Electronic Equipment

Electronic equipment, including radios, tape players, MP3 players, iPods, Walkman, electronic games, graphic calculators, pagers, laser pointers and other electronic wireless equipment are not allowed on campus. If a student in grades Kindergarten through fourth must bring a cell phone to school, the cell phone must be kept in his/her backpack and remain off while on school grounds and in the buildings. If a student in grades fifth through eighth must bring a cell phone to school, the cell phone will be collected by the homeroom teacher at the beginning of the school day. The cell phone must be turned off and will be kept in a secure and locked box inside the classroom. The homeroom teacher will return the cell phone prior to dismissal at the end of the school day. Emergency messages can be relayed to students via the school office. In the event a student is found with such equipment, the student is to surrender the item/s, parents will be contacted to come to the school office to collect such item/s, and a meeting with the principal or vice principal will take place.

Dear All Souls Families,

You can now pay and add credit to your child/children's cafeteria account through SchoolSpeak. Your payment will be processed through PayPal with a 3% convenience fee for all transactions.

Sign-in to your SchoolSpeak account and select "Lunch Order" in the quick links menu on the left. The "Pay" tab will direct you to your payment options. You may pay the cafeteria balance through your existing PayPal account or as a guest using your credit or debit card. You may also add credit to your child/children's cafeteria account. If you wish, you may still make cash or check payments to the school office.

Please note, for the families that have a credit card on file I will no longer be charging your credit card for lunch payments. You are responsible for paying and adding credit to your cafeteria account.

Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Regards,

Ms. Escobar

17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Holiday

18 School Board Meeting - 6:30pm

19 8th Grade Graduation & Club Pictures

24 Staff Development Meeting - 12:20pm Dismissal

25 School Assembly - 2:30pm

28 Faculty Meeting - 12:20pm Dismissal
30 Catholic Schools Week Mass - 10:30am - followed by Open House and Science Fair