St. Cecilia Spotlight - Oct 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024
UPCOMING DATES
- 10/17/2024 - Road Dedication - Katy Davis Lane
- 10/21/2024 - Out of Uniform - Students who raised $50 or more for the walk-a-thon are permitted to be out of uniform. Teachers were provided with this list.
- 10/22/2024 - Out of Uniform - The entire school is permitted to be out of uniform as the school has met their goal for the walk-a-thon.
- 10/25/2024 - Hurricane Relief - More info to come, but start thinking about your favorite sports team...
NEW ROAD DEDICATION
DEDICATION OF KATY DAVIS LANE
Thursday, October 17th after 8:00 AM Mass
After the dedication, the one way road from our ECLC to the upper lot will be available for use within the following parameters:
7:30 AM - 10:00 AM
2:30 AM - 6:00 PM
This road will be closed from 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM on school days to allow for recess on the upper lot and soccer field.
We will also be using this road for afternoon preschool pickups beginning the week of October 21st. Please look for a separate email if your child is enrolled in either of our afternoon preschool classes.
SOCKTOBER
OCTOBER 14 - 18
Beginning Monday, October 14th, St. Cecilia is having a Socktober event collecting new tube socks for the less fortunate. Each classroom will collect socks through Friday, October 18th.
Once collected, the socks will be taken to local shelters and handed out to those who need them. The classroom that collects the most pairs of socks will win a pizza party for their classroom.
DRAMA CLUB 2024-25
OCTOBER 17 - GRADES 5-8
Any student in grades 5-8 who wishes to be a part of "Alice @ Wonderland" will meet in the Media Center from 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM. A review of our play will be shown and audition papers will be distributed.
NOVEMBER 7 - GRADES 1-5
Any student in grades 1-5 who wishes to be a part of "Rappin' Beat Fairy Tales" will need to meet in the Media Center from 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM.
HALLOWEEN CANDY COLLECTION
NOVEMBER 6 - 8
Once again we will be collecting any leftover candy from Halloween to send to our troops. We will collect the week after Halloween. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION
NOVEMBER 14
Please take note of the date change. We would like to invite all of our Veterans to a celebration of appreciation on November 14.
- 8:00 AM - All School Mass
- 8:45 AM - Veterans to cafeteria for coffee and donuts
- 9:15 AM - Invite Veterans to gym to be seated
- 9:30 AM - All school presentation
BOOK FAIR
LITERATI BOOK FAIR
This year we are going with the highly recommended Literati Book Fair. This company offers a variety of quality books at reasonable prices, with few trinkets, so the focus is on reading. Our book fair will be November 18 - 22. An email will go out soon about schedules for volunteers. If you are not contacted and want to help out please contact Ms. Kohl. This year's book fair will offer digital shopping, gift cards and online payments. We are excited about this opportunity.
COUNSELOR CORNER
CAFETERIA VOLUNTEER
HELP NEEDED!!!
We really need help in our cafeteria on a daily basis. Great way to earn Parent Partnership hours. Kitchen Help will assist the cafeteria with serving food. Cafe Monitor will assist students with opening items and cleaning tables.
You must be VIRTUS compliant. Parent hours need to be logged in to Sycamore for approval!
WE'RE HIRING
CUSTODIAL DEPARTMENT
St. Cecilia Catholic School in Independence, Kentucky is seeking a part-time custodian to assist with daily cleaning tasks. The duties outlined below are included:
Cleaning: Cleaning classrooms, bathrooms, hallways, and other areas daily. Perform weekly, monthly, and seasonal cleaning as needed.
Sanitizing: Disinfect bathrooms, cafeteria, and touch surfaces such as door handles, switch plates, and trash receptacles.
Trash removal: Empty trash containers and transport materials to disposal areas daily.
Responding to emergencies as needed: Spills, illness, etc.
Moving furniture: Moving heavy furniture, equipment, or supplies manually or with hand trucks.
Setting up for events: Setting up, arranging, or removing decorations, tables, chairs, etc. for meetings and events.
Maintaining equipment: Maintaining small tools, equipment, cleaning supplies, and work areas.
Using chemicals: Using appropriate chemicals and cleaners safely and productively.
Maintaining professional relationships: Maintaining positive, professional relationships with staff, parents, and others.
Interested persons may submit a resume via email to info@stcindependence.org.
PARISH NEWS & EVENTS
ST. CECILIA HOMECOMING WEEKEND
St. Cecilia announces Homecoming Weekend, November 23-24, 2024
With an eye toward continuing to build the St. Cecilia community, we are excited to announce a wonderful new event on the weekend of the Feast of St. Cecilia: the Homecoming Weekend! If you are reading this – YOU ARE INVITED!
This is an ALL AGES and ALL STAGES of life invitation!
Festivities begin the night of Saturday, November 23rd, with the St. Cecilia Homecoming Family Dance, from 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Join us for a fun-filled evening with the entire St. Cecilia community family. It will be a night filled with music, dancing, photo booths and of course, food and drinks! The evening will conclude with the presentation of this year’s Cecilian Award. To help defer the cost of the event, we will request donations of $5 per person or $20 per family. Ticket sales will also help us anticipate the expected attendance.
Our Homecoming weekend continues on Sunday, November 24th from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm as we come together for an afternoon of food, fellowship, and fun. There will be plenty of games & activities for kids of all ages including face-painting, and contests with prizes. For adults attending Homecoming there will be fun too-beer, wine, split-the-pot, bingo, football on the big screen to name a few. Everyone attending must check in at the Welcome Table to receive a map for the event. Make your Homecoming journey around the undercroft and get your map stamped at every station to be entered into a prize raffle at 4 pm.
We are excited to host this NEW event, our 1st Annual St. Cecilia Homecoming. Our hope is that it will become a long-running tradition here in our community. Our Parish Council and Homecoming Committee have one objective for this event and that is to provide ALL parishioners a wonderful opportunity to come together in fellowship to make new friendships and strengthen others. Let’s welcome this opportunity to meet new people and discover the amazing plethora of community involvement and life enrichment opportunities that St. Cecilia has to offer. St. C. is truly the place to be!
OCIA REGISTRATION
Know anyone interested in learning more about the Catholic faith? OCIA is a program designed to help non-baptized, non-Catholics and non-practicing Catholics learn more about Catholicism through a series of classes, discussions, prayer times and ceremonies. This program helps people grow in faith and knowledge of God as they consider becoming Catholic.
OCIA Classes will be held on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM in the Middle School of St. Cecilia School.
DIOCESAN EXORCIST
Fr. Bob Rottgers, our diocesan exorcist, will be at St. Cecilia Catholic Church tomorrow, Wednesday October 16th, to give a presentation on angels, demons and spiritual warfare. All are invited. This event is free of charge. Presentation begins at 7:00pm
PTO UPDATES
WALKATHON
Individual and family awards were sent home last week. The Kindergarten class received the highest % of class participation and will be having a pizza party at a date TBD. We had 50 families bring in over $200! We have a list of these families and will be giving them $10 gift certificates to our Holiday Penguin Patch prior to the sale (starting December 2). Because we met our goal of raising over $20,000, the entire school will receive an out of uniform day on October 22. AND, those students who raised over $50 each will also receive another out of uniform day on October 21! Thank you again to all who donated and volunteered to make the walkathon such a success!
SPIRITWEAR SHIRTS
We have extra t-shirts for sale ($8 each)! Please email the PTO with your size requests/any questions!
TRUNK-OR-TREAT
Our Trunk-or-Treat was a lot of fun! Thank you to all who came out and volunteered for the event!
TEXAS ROADHOUSE FUNDRAISER
We will again be selling Texas Roadhouse gift cards. They make great Christmas gifts! Our sale will begin on Wednesday, Oct. 23 (Info will be sent home in your family's red folder on Oct. 23) and will end on Friday, Nov. 8.
DINE TO DONATE
Our next Dine to Donate will be Tuesday, November 5 from 3 to 9pm at Raising Canes in Cold Spring. Please be sure to show them the flyer or tell them you are there for the St. Cecilia Dine to Donate!
PTO MEETINGS
Our next PTO meeting will be on Tuesday, November 12 at 6:30 in the undercroft. You do NOT have to be a member to attend, just a parent (Pre-K through 8th Grade). We have a lot of fun events still planned for the rest of the year that we need to discuss and get your input on!
STAGETTE
Save the Date for our annual Stagette, Saturday, March 15 at Receptions in Erlanger. We are beginning to plan this event and are looking for items to raffle off! Please email the PTO if you can help!
SPORTS UPDATES
5TH GRADE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Crusader 5th grade girls volleyball finished the regular season 7-0, ranked first going into the tournament. The girls finished 3rd after losing a tight match in the semi finals. Congratulations Crusaders!!
ARCHERY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Archery is looking for help running their tournament on November 9th. This is a great way to get your service hours in.
SAVE THE DATE
2025 Men's Stag - Benefiting the St. Cecilia Sports Program
Last years event raised enough money to purchase out door basketball hoops for our school. Come out for another epic night for live music, food, drinks, games, and raffles.
Date: January 18, 2025
Location: St. Cecilia Undercroft
Time: 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Looking for bourbon donations/table sponsors please contact Josh Whisman.
SPORTS LEAGUE SCHEDULES
Want to come out and support your favorite Crusader? Click the link below to find out when they will be playing next...
We want to give a big THANK YOU to the Sports Committee for giving our gym doors a new look! These turned out great! The Sports Committee does so much more than just manage all of our students' sports leagues. From everyone at St. Cecilia ...THANK YOU!
UPCOMING EVENTS
All school events can be found below, on the Sycamore calendar, or the school website.
Wed 16 Socktober Collection
Thu 17 Drama Club Mtg.
Thu 17 Socktober Collection
Fri 18 Socktober Collection
Thu 24 Drama Club Auditions
Thu 31 Halloween Parties (1PM)
Fri 1 All Saints Day - NO SCHOOL
Mon 4 NO SCHOOL
Tue 5 DTD - Raising Canes (Cold Spring)
Tue 5 Election Day - NO SCHOOL
Thu 7 Drama Club Practice
Tue 12 SCPTO Mtg.
Wed 13 Spelling Bee Practice
Thu 14 Drama Club Practice
Thu 14 Veterans Day Program
Thu 14 Picture Retake Day (In Uniform)
Mon 18 Bookfair
*Calendar subject to change.
EXTERNAL EVENTS
Safe Environment and Catholic Schools
The offices of Safe Environment and Catholic Schools are working together to offer a presentation featuring Dr. Mandy Sanchez. Dr. Sanchez will be addressing the crisis of pornography in our world and the effects on children and families. This presentation is offered to ALL adults on Wednesday November 6th, 7:00 PM in St. Henry District High School’s Drees Homes Auditorium.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
ABSENT/TARDY REPORTING
To report a student absent/tardy or if you have a transportation change, please send an email to school@stcindependence.org.
*Submit all transportation changes by 1:30 PM.
CAMPUS RESERVATIONS
If you need to reserve a room on campus, please go to our Parish Website and click "Reserve Campus Space". Once you have finished filling out the form, it will be sent to the church office and you will receive a confirmation email once the reservation has been made.
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS
LINK YOUR KROGER PLUS CARD
St. Cecilia School NPO: 80154
The Kroger cards have been very profitable for the school and individuals. Register your Kroger Plus Card online and designate St. Cecilia School as your preferred rewards recipient. This is at NO COST TO YOU! You shop and St. Cecilia will receive a % toward community rewards.
Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 800-576-4377 and select Option 4.
QUICK LINKS
VIRTUS
UPCOMING TRAININGS
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024, 9:00 AM to 11:30 A.M.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Thursday, November 14th, 2024, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Thursday, November 14th, 2024, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Wednesday, December 4th, 2024, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Wednesday, December 4th, 2024, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Tuesday, January 14th, 2025, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Tuesday, January 14th, 2025, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Thursday, January 30th, 2025, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Thursday, January 30th, 2025, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Thursday, February 13th, 2025, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Thursday, February 13th, 2025, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Wednesday, February 26th, 2025, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Wednesday, February 26th, 2025, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Tuesday, March 11th, 2025, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Tuesday, March 11th, 2025, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Wednesday, March 26th, 2025, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
- Diocesan Curia, Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 1125 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011. Wednesday, March 26th, 2025, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
The October bulletin posted on Sunday, October 6th and will be due on Tuesday, November 5th, 2024.
** The monthly reminder of a new bulletin posted will come from system@pub.virtus.org.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: school@stcindependence.org
Website: www.stceciliaky.org
Location: 5313 Madison Pike, Independence, KY, USA
Phone: (859) 363-4314
Have any information that you want to include in the newsletter? Please email it to school@stcindependence.org by the end of business Tuesday of each week.