Principal Weekly Update: 12/8/23
Please take time to read through these important details.
From Mrs. Stanczak's Desk:
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Registration Deadline for 24-25 is MOVING UP.
Happy Advent St. Clare Families,
Please know that the tuition letter and registration updates are in process. I hope to share this information with each of you shortly after Christmas break. I am asking you to mark your calendars for a few important updates:
1. Catholic Schools Week: January 29th-February 2nd
2. Mass and Adoration with Bishop David Ricken on Thursday, February 1st at 8:05am
3. Registration for the 2024-2025 School Year will open on January 29th. It is REALLY IMPORTANT for the school budgeting process and the overall planning of the operations of the school to receive your enrollment/registration for next year as soon as possible. I know and fully respect that this is a big decision for each family. I whole-heartedly respect your decision to select St. Clare's as the educational option for your child/ren. St. Clare School CANNOT be successful without YOU.
Please watch for the annual tuition increase letter and registration information to go out in January.
Thank you,
Katie Stanczak
Please plan to register for 24-25 between Jan. 29-Feb. 29th.
Advent Reflection for our very own: Deacon Mike Madden
Advent: Here we go again!
Do you ever get tired of Christmas? Advent and Christmas, aren’t they always the same every year?
Don’t you get tired of that? Do you ever get tired of your loved ones, your spouse, your kids, your
grandkids? Of course not!
As humans, we are creatures of habit. We celebrate the same things every year, in the church and in
our families. We celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, and other important dates and times. We do the
same stuff every year. That’s important to us. It’s how we grow, and how we cement memories in our hearts and minds. It’s how we learn to see the depths of the mysteries around us, little by little, year by year, by living them out repeatedly, so that they gradually etch themselves into our souls.
The days of Advent and Christmas are days of wonder and joy, of anticipation and hope. The wonder and joy simply grow greater each year, as we contemplate them anew each time. Of course, some of us have lost loved ones, or maybe the “holidays” are times of difficult memories. But, even then, there is an opportunity for the joy and hope of Christmas to replace the sorrow and bitterness that sometimes companies life in this world.
Yes, we do the same things every year at this time, but let us never grow tired of the wonder of it all.
Let us never put off allowing it to grow stronger in our hearts. Let us never grow weary of learning more and more about our God, so he can go deeper and deeper into our souls. Come, Lord, into our world, into our hearts, once more this year.
St. Clare Cares: Advent Cause & Community Project
COVID-19: What to do if you or someone at home is positive and/or symptomatic:
PLEASE DRESS FOR THE WEATHER!
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Students are very sad if they are at school without the required gear to play in the snow with their friends. Please remember to help them pack a snow bag the night before school with boots, snow pants, a warm hat, and mittens/gloves. They will be required to stay on the blacktop only if they are without this gear.
Thank you,
Katie Stanczak