Dear Parent/Guardians,
Let us keep in our prayers the families across our country who have been stuck with the recent hurricanes and have lost property or have damaged property. It certainly is a difficult time for these people.
Family Mass:
This coming Sunday is our school family mass at 10:30am. We look forward to seeing as many of our students and their families at the Mass.
Guatemala Appeal:
Our Guatemala appeal comes to an end on Monday. This will be last weekend to get supplies to donate for the appeal. We will be shipping all the supplies to Guatemala during next week. If you would like to contribute to the shipping costs you can do so by donating here: Click here to donate. Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.
8th Grade Retreat:
On Friday our 8th graders will be attending their Confirmation Retreat. This is a great day for the students to reconnect with each other and with their God. Thanks to Miss Cadelago for organizing the retreat team to work with our students.
Annual Report:
The 2021-2022 Annual Report was released recently, and you can access it from this link. Click Here. The report gives a great overview of all the school happenings and events from the previous school year.
Halloween:
We will continue with our Halloween Parade at 1:15pm on Monday October 31st. We will be able to have snacks after the parade in the various classrooms. Please be advised that the School Board members have agreed that we need to cut back on the amount of food for the children. Please remember that the students have had their lunch. We are looking at prepackaged snacks and drinks. No soda or peanut type of snacks.
Homework and Math Clubs:
As a result, from the recent teacher meeting, we have decided to offer students the following clubs that they can take advantage of. Students will sign in as they arrive for the club
Beginning Next Monday, October 3rd the clubs are as follows:
- Grades 3 - 8 Morning Homework Club - Monday - Thursday from 7:15am to 8:00am Cafeteria
- Grades 3 - 4 Math Club - Thursday from 3:15pm to 4:00pm - Grade 4 room
- Grades 5 - 8 Math Club - Thursday from 3:15pm to 4:00pm - Grade 6 room
- Grades 4 - 8 Afternoon Homework Club - Tuesday 3:10pm - 4:10pm - Grade 8 room
Students are to be collected from the school yard at the respective time and if you are late then you will collect them from Extended Care.
Parent/Teacher Conferences:
The annual parent/teacher conferences will be held from October 12-14. At these meetings teachers will discuss the progress of your child and you will receive a copy of the STAR test result. Your teacher will go over the GE and PR category on the reports. Other categories are not used with our diagnostics.
Staffing Up-Date
I wish to announce that we have been able to hire a music teacher, Mr. Christian Millena, an alum of 2014 class. He will start with us next Wednesday.
Archdiocesan Educator Conference:
On Friday, October 7th our teachers will be attending the Archdiocesan Educator conference with all the other teachers in the Archdiocese. The focus of the day will be centered around “Visible Learning”.
Parish Festival:
The Parish festival is just around the corner, beginning on Friday, October 7th through to Sunday, October 9th. Please ensure you have purchased the ride tickets prior to the start of the festival. Information has been given to all in previous emails. The flyer is attached to this email.
Drop-Off and Pick Up Procedures for next week.
The rides will be arriving on Tuesday afternoon after pick up. This is a day earlier than previous years.
Wednesday Morning Drop Off: There will be one lane in lower yard to drop off students. The other option is to drop your student/students on Miller Ave and Walnut St., and they can walk to the upper yard to enter the building. If the sidewalk is complete, then they could enter from Miller Ave.
Wednesday Afternoon Pick Up: [NO YARD PICK-UP – PARK ON STREETS]
1. Pick up will be staggered beginning at 2.30 pm.
2. Children from Grades k, 1 and 2 along with older siblings of these children will be picked up at 2.30pm. Pick up from the cafeteria
3. Children from Grades 3, 4, 5 and 6 along with older siblings of these children will be picked up at 2.45pm. Pick up from the cafeteria
4. Children from Grades 7 and 8 will be picked up at 3.00pm. Pick up from the cafeteria
Thursday Morning Drop Off
1. There will be no parking in the school grounds.
2. You will need to drop-off children on Miller Ave between the church and the convent or on Walnut. Children can enter the building from the Back door of the school near the Kindergarten room. Children dropped off on Walnut can come into the school via the upper yard into the cafeteria.
3. The children will then move directly into the building. No children are to be in the upper yard. This procedure is the same as we use for morning drop off.
Thursday Afternoon Pick Up: [NO YARD PICK-UP – PARK ON STREETS]
1. Pick up will be staggered beginning at 2.30 pm.
2. Children from Grades k, 1 and 2 along with older siblings of these children will be picked up at 2.30pm. Pick up from the cafeteria
3. Children from Grades 3, 4, 5 and 6 along with older siblings of these children will be picked up at 2.45pm. Pick up from the cafeteria
4. Children from Grades 7 and 8 will be picked up at 3.00pm. Pick up from the cafeteria
God Bless and Stay Safe,
Vincent Riener
Principal
