Number 11

Dear Parent/Guardians,

The last two weeks have been a whirlwind with COVID, but we hope to see the light at the end of the first tunnel. We come out of it and then head into the next tunnel. That has been the feeling with the pandemic over the past two years. But, we are getting through what COVID is throwing at us. We are ready!!!!

I wish to thank everyone for your support during this time. What I do need from you is to rally together to increase our Kindergarten enrollment. We have had a slow start for the new Kindergarten class. That will help us a lot to maintain the quality of education that we are used to.

At our last school board meeting, the discussion centered around revising the participation category. We have an extraordinary meeting scheduled to review it in more detail and look at possible options. One of the suggestions is to do away with categories and replace them with hours. Another option is to keep what we have with revisions, especially around Bingo.

This coming week we celebrate Catholic Schools Week. Students will be involved with Spirit week activities and on Friday with virtual Bingo, which has proven to be a fun activity. Students will receive a wristband and a magnet to celebrate the week.

The Open House has been canceled and replaced with a virtual Open House on Tuesday, February 1st at 7pm. Contact Mrs. Cierra for the Zoom link. The Open House is for prospective parents. Please pass this information to friends.

Some of our Junior High students are actively preparing for the Academic Decathlon, held on Saturday, March 5th.

I sent out an update regarding revised guidance from the county health department this morning, and I will place that information here also. The biggest time consumer with COVID is the reporting and contact tracing aspect when there is a positive case.

We are stepping up our testing program with an additional testing company, "Predicine." I will pass out the registration information to register your child. We anticipate testing on Fridays so that you will have results by Sunday. This will be in addition to Virus Geeks, who have stepped up with the return of test results. It's best to have a backup plan.

Regarding masks, we would ask that you supply N95, KN95, surgical masks, or double mask your child. This will assist in providing a higher level of protection for students against the virus.

Unfortunately, we will not be having the Crab Feed again this year. This is usually a wonderful night that we all enjoy, and hopefully, we will be able to have it again next year.

I wish you all the best over the next two weeks.

God Bless and Stay Safe,

Vincent Riener

Principal

Catholic Schools Week is a national celebration of Catholic education and an opportunity to recognize the importance, the value, and the contributions of Catholic education to the Church and the world. Catholic Schools Week is sponsored by the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA).

• The integration of faith with academic subjects, culture, and everyday life
• The emphasis of living out the faith as missionary disciples
• Catholic virtues and values and Catholic Social Teaching, which contribute to productive citizenship and responsible leadership
• An environment that encourages and nurtures prayer and is safe, welcoming, and supportive for children
• A favorable student to teacher ratio
• High graduation and college attendance rates
• Teacher commitment

Student Proof of Vaccination Form

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

28 Faculty Meeting - 12:20pm Dismissal

30 Catholic Schools Week Mass - 10:30am - followed by Open House and Science Fair

1-11 Star Testing
3 Archdiocesan 8th Grade Day

6 School Family Mass - 10:30am

7 Early Dismissal - 2:30pm - Faculty Meeting

13 Rite of Enrollment for Confirmation - 10:30am

14 Staff Development Meeting - 12:20pm Dismissal

15 School Assembly - 2:30pm

15 School Board Meeting - 6:30pm - Annex Meeting Room 21 President's Day - Holiday

16 Grade 8 Grad Portraits NEW DATE!!

23 Spring Pictures

24 First Communion Parent Meeting - 7pm