School Hours

7:45AM-3:05PM

Office Hours

7:30AM-3:30PM

1-810-385-4461

We at St. Edward on-the-Lake Catholic School, work together with our families and community to create a Christ-centered environment which promotes Catholic faith formation, academic excellence, and personal development. Our students will have the opportunity to become confident, independent thinkers, and life-long learners who are responsible to God, to themselves and to society.

Just a reminder that there will be NO SCHOOL this Friday, May 23rd and Monday, May 26th for the Memorial Day Holiday! School will resume on Tuesday, May 27th!

As the year winds down, we have a number of items in our Lost and Found Box outside the school office. Come in and take a look to see if any items may be yours. At the end of the year, all remaining items will be donated.

As the year goes on, we sometimes need to send out reminders on the dress code as it pertains to a couple of items.

Navy blue uniform shorts may be worn during August/September May/June. They may be no shorter than three inches above the knee. No cargo shorts.

Shoes: Solid black or solid navy dress or athletic shoes. No light-up shoes.

We have strayed from this a bit this year, and will be looking to tighten up on this for next year in terms of expectations. We have plenty of spirit days to express our originality and colors, as again, we have been pushing the envelope a bit with many different colors of tennis shoe being worn this year during off spirit and gym days. We appreciate your help with this.

Makeup: I know that we want to look nice for our end of year activities, but no makeup during the school day!

Our annual Field Day will be held on Wednesday, June 4th and we need your help! We are including the Sign Up Genius link below to sign up for the many volunteer spots that make this day a success. Cmon out and spend the day with us at one of our most popular events of the year! We are also including the flyer that will be sent home so you can save the date!

With Mrs. Marzolf leaving us at the end of the school year, we are posting the OPEN 3rd Grade Position. You can find the job posting below. Interested and qualified candidates can contact the office to speak with Mr. Metty about the position.

Position Description

St. Edward on the Lake Catholic School is seeking qualified candidates for a full-time teaching position for the 2025-2026 school year.

Qualifications/Requirements

We are seeking someone for our open 3rd Grade Teaching Position. All teachers in the Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Detroit shall be certified and /or approved for teaching by the Department of Education for the State of Michigan. Teachers are required to hold the appropriate endorsement for the subject(s) they are assigned to teach.

Essential Functions include but are not limited to:

· Prepare lesson planning materials and classroom for class activities.

· Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs.

· Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to learn at their pace and in their way.

· Assess students on a regular basis to check for growth, along with standardized assessments following school assessment schedule.

· Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress, and to determine their priorities for their children for the year.

· Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate and use.

· Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and review of the position.

· Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops in order to maintain and improve professional competence.

· Stay up to date on Best Practices as it pertains to any and all teaching initiatives

The ideal candidate will be working collaboratively with the teaching colleagues in our school. Successful candidates will demonstrate a passion for teaching and social-emotional wellness of young school students and their families along with a deep commitment to equity and inclusion.

Basic requirements include but are not limited to:

· Elementary Education Teaching Certificate

· Prior teaching experience preferred, but not required.

· Strong teaching ability; enjoy working with children.

· Ability to work well with students and colleagues; willingness to be an active, enthusiastic member of the St. Edward on the Lake Community.

· Willingness to work with a developing curriculum, as well as contribute ideas to enhance the respective academic programs.

· Must be able to exhibit excellent communication skills with parents, administrators and staff

· Maintain school and AOD protocols as it pertains to certifications, classes, and directives

Please send resume and cover letter to Denis Metty, Principal, St. Edward on the Lake School stedwardschoolprincipal@outlook.com . For additional information call 810-385-4461

Position will remain open until filled.

Our Outdoor Movie and Campout will be held tomorrow night!! We will be watching the cartoon version of How to Train Your Dragon before the remake comes out this summer! This is one of our big events of the year and we are looking forward to a fun evening tomorrow night!

The 2025-2026 St. Edward on the Lake School Calendar is below. A copy was sent home before break as well!

May

22-Kindergarten Dollar Store and McDonald's Trip

23-26 Memorial Day Break

27-Accelerated Reader Reward: Kona Ice

30-5th Grade Moving Up Mass

June

4-Field Day

6-Last Day of School Half Day 11:30AM Dismissal

Please find our May Breakfast and Lunch Menus attached below. You will also receive a weekly menu that needs to be returned the prior week, as this will give us an idea of how much food needs to be prepared on each day!

If you plan on utilizing the AOD Breakfast and Lunch Service this year, please see the attached information on how to set up or view your account. There is also information on filling out a Free and Reduced Lunch Application, if you feel you might qualify.

Please see below for the link to sign up to volunteer to be a Lunch Helper during our lunch and recess cycle from 11:15-12:30PM. Duties include: Assisting students in the lunchroom and monitoring our recess sessions. Please consider volunteering, as we are always in need of help during the lunch block.

The AOD Office of Child and Youth Protection has implemented new requirements for all employees and volunteers who work at the school, along with parents wishing to attend field trips with their child during the year. The Protecting God’s Children Program and training has been updated and anyone that completed their PGC class prior to January 1, 2021, are required to take a refresher course module online. Those that need to take this module should have received an email, but if you didn’t, due to using an older email at the time that is no longer in use, you can go onto the Virtus site at the below address, log into your account, and take the two-hour session. It is self-paced and doesn’t need to be completed in one sitting. Once you are done, please print a copy of the certificate for us to have on file here in the office. As was mentioned above, this refresher module will pertain to ALL family members that volunteer at the school, attend field trips, etc. We will have access to the list of people that need the refresher, and will be cross checking before you are allowed to work, volunteer or attend field trips with your child. If you took the PGC class BEFORE January 1, 2021, you will need to take the online refresher module.

https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/index.cfm

NEW AND RECERTIFIED TRAINING FOR ADULTS

New Employees and Recurrent Adult Volunteers

All new paid employees, stipend individuals, coaches, catechists, shared-time teachers, VBS staff, lunchroom/ playground volunteers, filed trip chaperones and tutors must complete:

• A live Protecting God’s Children training, available either in- person or via Zoom
• The online Vulnerable Adults 2.0 Module

The live in-person and Zoom sessions are two-and-a-half to three hours in length and include the Protecting God’s Children 4.0 module. Sessions are available in English and Spanish.

Registrants to the live sessions are automatically assigned access to the 40-minute online Vulnerable Adults 2.0 module, which they complete on their own time. The registrant can pause, save, and resume their position in the training if they cannot complete it in one sitting. Individuals in this category will receive certificates showing completion of the live module and the online Vulnerable Adults module.

New Intermittent/Occasional Volunteers

Occasional new adult volunteers who do not serve in a recurring role with youth (as listed above) may complete Protecting God’s Children certification either through a live session (in person or via Zoom) or by completing the Protecting God’s Children Online Awareness Session 4.0 and Vulnerable Adults 2.0 combined self- paced training module.

The online modules take approximately two hours to complete. The online modules are available in English and Spanish, with closed captioning, and Polish or Vietnamese subtitles. The registrant can pause, save, and resume their position in the training if they cannot complete it in one sitting. Individuals in this category will receive a certificate showing completion of the combined module.

Recertification for all current Adult Employees and Volunteers

All priests, deacons, employees, and volunteers who completed a Protecting God’s Children workshop prior to January 1, 2020, are required to update their certification by completing the Protecting God’s Children Online Awareness Session 4.0 with Vulnerable Adults Training 2.0 combined module. The module is self-paced and takes approximately two hours to complete. Individuals may pause, save, and resume their position in the training if they cannot complete it in one sitting.

Ongoing Triennial Recertification

All individuals will be required to complete the Protecting God’s Children

online recertification module within three months of the third anniversary of their previous Protecting God’s Children certification. The Virtus system will automatically send to a participant’s email on file a notification to prompt them to complete recertification. You can access the Virtus site at: www.Virtusonline.org

IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCESSING YOUR ACCOUNT, WE CAN RETRIEVE YOUR ID AND GIVE YOU A NEW PASSWORD. IF YOU ARE TAKING THE ACTUAL COURSE AND ARE LOGGING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU WILL NEED TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT BEFORE REGISTERING FOR THE INITIAL COURSE.

-Background Check Forms:

We recently sent home a hard copy Background Check form for our parents to fill out to be background checked. Per new AOD guidelines, everyone involved with our school that volunteers will also need to be background checked every TWO years. In the past, this was done one time, and you were good to go. This is no longer the case, as we look to ensure the utmost safety for our students and staff here at St. Ed's. If you have other extended family that volunteers or attends field trips at our school, they will also need to fill out the form and be background checked as well. If you have not filled this form out yet, please do so and send back to the office. We would like to get these completed this month before field trips and other on-site opportunities take place for our families to take part in. Thank you for your help with this.

Check us out at the link below! We try to post happenings at the school,. along with some cool pics of the activities going on at St. Ed's during the week!

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063497019809

Email: stedwardschoolprincipal@outlook.com
Website: https://stedwardonthelakeschool.org
Location: 6995 Lakeshore Road, Lakeport, MI, USA
Phone: 1-810-385-4461

We are the Lakers, Keepers of God's Creation!