Thank you for reading through this week's newsletter for a variety of important updates! In addition, to the many activities taking place this week, report cards for our second trimester will be share via email with all families at the conclusion of the school day tomorrow. As a reminder, report cards are ONE measure of an overall child's overall academic strengths and areas for growth. We encourage all families to talk through these documents with your child/children. Perfection is not the goal. We would not be doing our job as an institution if ALL of our students received perfect grades ALL the time. Our goal is to help each child develop in such a way that they are able to reach their own unique potential. I've linked a few infographs / charts below that explain the topic of fixed and growth mindset. This is a great approach when trying to talk and share with your kiddos. As always, PLEASE reach out to teachers with any questions you may have!

Wishing you continued blessings,

Dr. Voelkl

We are very pleased with our enrollment so far. We are getting a lot of interest in many grade levels, but most importantly our preschool. PRE-K 4 is now on a waitlist. Sending in the enrollment fee is the way to secure your child's spot for the 2022-23 school year. Enrollment fee is $100 per child in grades K-8, and $150 for PRE-K 3&4. You can send payment of cash or check made out to SCB to the school office.

We are putting a March 18th due date on enrollment fees for all current students. After this date we can not guarantee your child's spot.

*** Pre-SchooL**** this is especially important for you as PRE-K4 is full at this time.

The store that supplies our uniforms is moving and the first day they will be open at their new location is April 12th. * THIS WILL BE THE LOCATION TO USE FOR THE FITTING WEEK TUESDAY MAY31st -JUNE 4TH!

New address:

3773 New Town BLVD

St. Charles, MO 63301

An updated flyer will be coming soon!

Wednesday, March 16, 7 p.m., SCB Café

Wednesday, April 27, 7 p.m., SCB Café

If you plan to volunteer for spring or end-of-the-year activities and have not already attended a Protecting God’s Children workshop, please sign up for one of these -- at our own parish! Create an account through the Archdiocese at preventandprotectstl.org, complete the steps for a background check, sign off on the code of conduct and register for a PGC workshop.

If you have previously attended a workshop but have not done the online update through the Prevent and Protect, please go to the website above, create an account, and complete the steps.

See more information and detailed instructions at www.borromeoparish.com/prevent-protect. If you have any questions, please contact Rosanne at pgc@borromeoparish.com.

Lenten Mass Journals have been sent home! After Mass each week from this Sunday through Easter, have your children fill in where they attended Mass and what they remember from the experience. After Easter, return completed journals to school for a reward!

Students all received RICE BOWLS at school this week. Almsgiving is another part of our Lenten journey. Please use the link below for more information on how these donations are used.

https://www.crsricebowl.org/

We are still in need of servers for all of our weekend Masses! If your child is trained (especially the new 4th graders!) to serve, please sign up for a slot at https://bit.ly/scbservers.

Please see the information below to participate in this year's HOME AND SCHOOL MARCH MADNESS FUNDRAISER! All entries must be in by the 16th of MARCH!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO completed the google form to let us know they would be attending this event.

Please note: If you come between 7:15-7:30 please wait with your child in the Café until the bell rings at 7:30 so your child has supervision in the classrooms, the teachers are getting ready for the day and may or may not be in their rooms until 7:30. Please park on the bottom lot, street, or top lot and walk into the Café doors, we will unlock them for the morning. The tree lot will have most of our teacher parking so there may not be much room there. Thank you!

Home and School Association

Join SCB and the Ancient Order of Hibernians Thursday, March 17th for a Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, along Historic Main Street! This fun, family-friendly event celebrates Irish Heritage and the Patron Saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick.

Plan: Wear attire that supports Ireland, Saint Patrick, or St. Charles Borromeo!

Bring any candy or trinkets you would want to hand to patrons watching the parade. No political endorsements, please.

All children must be accompanied by an adult. If you cannot participate, but want your child to participate, please plan with another family to have your child attend with them.

There may be some porta-potties near the gathering site at the Foundry, but nothing along the route. Plan accordingly.

Parade Start: The parade STARTS at 4:00pm, from The Foundry Art Centre (520 N. Main Center). Please lineup no earlier than 2:30pm. Our group number for “mustering” will be shared shortly.

The Route: We will march from the Foundry, down Main Street ~1mi, ending at Schlafly Bankside (920 South Main Street). At the end of the route, we will disburse, to watch remaining floats or walk back to vehicles. Waggons welcome.

Any questions, or if you want to sponsor a giveaway, please call or text John Donovan 314.440.6785

The parade is being organized by the City of Saint Charles and the Saint Charles branch of The Ancient Order of Hibernians (www.stcharlesaoh.com).

Below is the link to order your yearbook if you have not done so already. If you log in you can see if you have already place your order. Please let us know if you have any issues.

Thank you.

Mother’s Day Fundraiser: Homegrown Flowers in Hanging Baskets!

Help the youth group travel to Springfield, MO for the Steubenville Conference in July 2022

Pick-up Sat. May 7th & 8th after all Masses (except the 6 pm) in the cafe.

Online payment preferred through Faith Direct link: bit.ly/steubyfundraisers. No Faith Direct registration required. Please make checks out to SCB. Cash is also accepted. Turn in the form below with your check to the Parish Office or School Office attn: Kristin Williams no later than March 28th!!! You can also fill out the form & pay online here: bit.ly/hangingbaskets22.

Questions: Call Kristin at 636-946-1893 (office) or email youthminister@borromeoparish.com.

Totus Tuus is a program that is brand-new to St. Charles Borromeo this year and we are very excited about it! The mission of Totus Tuus is to bring young people into a relationship with Christ and His Church for lifelong discipleship. Emphasis is placed on dynamic sharing of the faith, Sacraments and a whole lot of joyful fun! College missionaries lead the program and have a profound impact on the youth that attend. It will be held at Borromeo June 5-10th. There is a day program for rising 1st-6th graders and an evening program for rising 7-13th graders. You can register your child(ren) and find out more info here: bit.ly/totustuusregistration. We are also in need of volunteers to assist with drop-off, pick-up, helping the missionaries, lunch, snack, etc. We will also need 2 host houses for our missionaries to stay at that week, as well as lunches and dinners for the missionaries. See the volunteer sign up genius for more info. You can sign up to volunteer here: bit.ly/totustuusvolunteers.

Kristin Williams

Youth and Young Adult Minister

St. Charles Borromeo

(636) 946-1893

601 N. 4th St.

St. Charles, Mo. 63301

We need your feedback for the All Things New Archdiocese strategic planning initiative! The Disciple Maker Index survey is now live: https://bit.ly/scbdisciplesurvey

Please take 20 minutes to fill out the survey by April 4! Paper copies are available in the church vestibule and will be at March parish events.

Data collected through the DMI will be key to the decisions made later. Therefore, it is important that as many people as possible complete the DMI.

Over the next two weeks, we will use our social media accounts to provide more information on the DMI, and the All Things New process.

In the meantime, if you want more information, or if you’d like to view Archbishop Rozanski’s video regarding All Things New, click here: https://allthingsnew.archstl.org/.

We also have a committee of parishioners who will usher our parish through this process. You can contact them at any time with questions or for more information:

Fr. Eddie Godefroid: frgodefroid@borromeoparish.com, 636-946-1893
Barb Bott: bjbott@msn.com, 636-947-3939
Mary Lee Hardy: mleehardy50@gmail.com, 314-229-5370

Jaime Romero: himerolo@gmail.com, 636-284-6182 (bilingual/bilingüe)
Ann Tollefson: aktollefson@gmail.com, 314-608-4615
Paul Woody: paulfwoody@gmail.com, 636-359-0769

Fish Fry Volunteers
THANK YOU to everyone who volunteered at our FIRST FRIDAY FISH FRY! We still need your help next week!

Below are dates for specific grade levels ~

Week of March 18: Grades 3, 4, 5

Week of March 25: Grades 6, 7, 8

Week of April 1: Grades PreK, K, 1, 2

Week of April 8: Grades 3, 4, 5

https://bit.ly/22fishfryvolunteers

If you have any additional questions, please email Tammy Buehler at scbfishfry@gmail.com.

DESSERT DONATIONS

Fish Fry is SILL IN need of desserts for this weekend! You can drop them by the Café on Friday afternoon at pick up. Please do not bring them earlier or to the parish or school office. It is always helpful to make them in disposable containers. If NOT PLEASE label your pan or container so that we can ensure it makes its way back to you. Thank you to everyone who shared their treats last week!

PLEASE see the flyer linked below for details related to this year's FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE. Registration and payments can be turned in to the main office. THANK YOU in advance to our organizers!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTNUED SUPPORT! TO DATE we have RAISED OVER $16,000!!!

SCB is participating in the Kids Heart Challenge to benefit the American Heart Association. The challenge runs from Feb. 21st thru Mar. 14th. Our school goal is to try and raise $5000 and has at least 18 kids complete Finn's mission. Your child should have come home with additional details and information last week. THANK YOU in advance for your support!

As a faith-based organization, we are mission-driven and mindful of our Catholic identity. Together, we strive to not only build community but further build the kingdom God. The purpose of the Board is to advise the Pastor and Principal in making policy for parish educational programs. Through this rich collaboration, we enhance the academic and overall experience that each child receives. We are still accepting applications for open positions on the School Board.

https://forms.gle/Xc1pNeco3acACErJ9

• Our School Board is an eleven-member board that advises the Pastor in determining the general policies and plans for the Parish full-time school. Additionally, the School Board assists the Pastor and Administration in formulating philosophy, objectives and long-range plans for the full-time school, interpreting and applying the policies of the Archdiocesan Board of Education, preparing the annual tuition rates and calendar.
• School Board member applications are open each year in the Spring and members serve 3-year terms. When looking at selecting new board members, our goal is to create a board that has members with diverse backgrounds. This allows the board to represent our school in the most effective way possible. The School Board meets on the every other month.

Please use the form linked below to share interest and feedback related to ZERO DAYS camp and other potential summer programming.

https://forms.gle/1BjyohNUZT8JnAf88

“Primrose School of St. Charles at Heritage offers a full-time summer camp for children who have completed kindergarten through third grade. The Summer Adventure Club hours are 7a-6p Monday through Friday for the entirety of the summer. A healthy breakfast, lunch and 2 snacks are provided to all children. At Summer Adventure Club, children try a variety of hands-on activities—like sports, robotics and arts—that help build skills around literacy, creative problem solving, STEAM and more in a fun and exciting way. The school has its own bus and takes the children on weekly field trips. There are several Borromeo children already enrolled so there will be familiar faces for your child. Contact Borromeo Parent and Primrose Owner Jamie Ovlia for more details. jovlia@PrimroseStCharles.com 636-317-6200 You can also check out the website at https://www.primroseschools.com/balanced-learning/summer-adventure-club/ for general information. “

Duchesne Athletic Camps

https://www.duchesne-hs.org/onlineatleticcamp.html

Duchesne Academic Camps

https://www.duchesne-hs.org/onlineacademicgradeschoolcamp.html

Saint Charles has a composite team with a program called NICA and it is a racing league for cross country mountain bike racing geared towards 6th to 12th grade students. The official website is www.missourimtb.org. We teach kids the skills to successfully ride a mountain bike and if they wish, they can race as well on a real MTB course. The season starts July 1st and goes into the first few weeks of November with races across the state. Any skill level is welcome the kids just need a helmet and a properly functioning Mountain bike. I will have more info to share as the season draws near. Anyone interested can email me at aschuetz@charter.ne

Please find a copy of our 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR pictured and attached below. We have pulled out some important dates for you to assist with any future planning. One item of note / change from previous years' calendars. Every third Wednesday is marked with an aqua blue square to indicate a 2:15 dismissal for all students. Students who cannot be picked up at this time will be able to stay and care will be provided free of charge. Any students remaining after 3:00 pm will be filtered into our BASK program and BASK rates will apply. This time will be utilized by teachers to work in Professional Learning Communities to further their growth as instructional leaders.

We will be sharing the final version of our 2022-2023 school year calendar shortly. For planning purposes please the following important dates ~

First Day of School...................AUGUST 16 - NOON DISMISSAL

Fall Break..................................OCTOBER 24 - 31

Christmas Break...................... DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 2

Spring Break.............................MARCH 20 - MARCH 24

Last Day of School...................MAY 26

We will continue to operate our before BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL KIDS program for the upcoming school year. We will accept BASK enrollment forms for the new school year when school enrollment opens. The form for enrolling in the program is included below. All paperwork can be turned into the main office. While this information is not typically sent out until closer to the start of the new school year, we wanted to provide a complete financial picture sooner than later for those families potentially in need of this care. All families and students are welcome to register for our BASK program at any time throughout the school year. If you have a high school or college aged student who is interested in working in our BASK program we are always looking for new responsible employees as well!

We are continuing with Mask Optional protocols at this time...

• Please send in 2 masks in a zip lock back with your child's name on it to keep at school.
• Masks may be used at the discretion of the teacher (group activities that require students to be close to each other)
• If there are 3% of the student body out with COVID, masks will be mandatory for 5 days- parents will be notified.

THANK YOU again to all who have continued to support us on our COVID journey. While we would LOVE to say that those reaching out with symptoms of runny noses and mild sore throats are suffering from spring colds that is simply not the case. In our experience most of these symptoms have resulted in a positive COVID case. We want our kiddos in school and need staff to teach them. Continuing to monitor symptoms and returning when they have subsided will allow us to do so.

If you have received your COVID vaccine and want it to be documented in our FACTS system please send records to Nurse Quarando at nurse@borromeoschool.com. Please note this is not a requirement.

Please remember to bring water bottles to school, we are going through a lot of cups recently.

THANK YOU to everyone who continues to turn in their BASK and CAFE payments. BASK payments can be made via check made out to St. Charles Borromeo and turned in to the school office. CAFE payments can be made via check made out to St. Charles Borromeo or via paypal to @fsccafe. For any questions related to bask please email bask@borromeoschool.com. For any questions related to Cafe bills please email cafe@borromeoschool.com.

We are grateful for ALL OF OUR Cafe helpers. Our first session (11:00-12:00) is a slower pace with K-3 students and is mostly helping open items, pass out disposable silverware and condiments, help kiddos stand in line patiently for recess, and help wipe off tables. The second session (12:00-1:00) is a much faster pace yet has lots of kiddos 4-8 grade in and out of the Cafe in less than an hour. This is mostly monitoring/walking the room and helping wipe off tables. Thank you in advance and thank you to those who have helped in the past and continue to help!

Sign up here!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b084fada628a0fd0-bobcat

Mar: Be Cheesy: Mac N Cheese boxes

Apr: It's What For Breakfast: Full Size Boxes of Cereal

May: Grains For Brains: NutriGrain Breakfast Bars, Granola Bars

We are excited to give you the opportunity to purchase additional items from our on-line Spirit Wear store!

*Foobadap is experiencing shortages and longer shipment times for their inventory, so orders might be slightly delayed. Foobadap appreciates your patronage and patience.

https://borromeo21-22.itemorder.com/sale

The password is: borromeo

The store never closes but order cut offs are the 1st and 15th of every month. School Delivery will then be after the 8th and 22nd of every month.

If you have any items you would like to see added to our collection PLEASE let us know so tht we can work with our spirt wear reps to offer them.

For people of Ukraine and all world peace.

For all the members of our SCB family who have lost loved ones in recent weeks.

For all those suffering from and continuing to heal from COVID, especially members of our Saint Charles School families.

For all the members of our United Stated military who continue to serve our country.

For all of the quiet intentions held in the hearts of the members of our St. Charles Borromeo Community.

Please share your prayer requests with us so that we can add them to our weekly bulletin.

THANK YOU to home and school for their help planning donuts with dad and March madness squares.

THANK YOU to ALL helping to organize, arrange and plan for our Lenten Fish Fry Fridays.

THANK YOU to ALL who volunteered their time at this Friday's Fish Fry.

THANK YOU to ALL of our coaches and assistant coaches who led their teams over the course of the basketball season.

THANK YOU to EVERYONE who has reached out or added their name to our CAFE helpers sign up. While not the most glorious of jobs it is truly appreciated.

THANK YOU to all who continue to support us in our COVID journey as we strive to keep our school community healthy.

THANK YOU to all who have given of their time, talent or treasure to help Saint Charles Borromeo continue to grow and thrive.

THANK YOU to all who have donated to and continue to our Mini Vinnies this year.

* March 16th - Donuts with Day - 7:15 am - 7:45 am SCB Cafe

* March 21st - March 25th - Spring Break

* March 28th - Incoming Kindergarten Screening - NO SCHOOL for current Kindergarten

* April 29th - Field Day

* May 1st - 8th Grade Confirmation Practice 5:00 PM

* May 4th - 8th Grade Confirmation

* May 9th - May 12th - Middle School Camp Week

* May 19th - 8th Grade Last Day of School

* May 20th - 8th Grade Graduation 7:00 pm

* May 27th - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Dr. Jacklyn Voelkl - Principal

principal@borromeoschool.com

Mrs. Michelle Winkler - Assistant Principal

michellewinkler@borromeoschool.com

Mrs. Angela Schneider - Office Manager

office@borromeoschool.com

Mrs. Casey Quarando - Nurse

nurse@borromeoschool.com

Fr. Eddie Godefroid- Associate Pastor

frgodefroid@borromeoparish.com

Mrs. Megan Ambrose - Counselor

mambrose@ccstl.org

Mrs. Monica Barnes - Accountant

MonicaBarnes@archstl.com

Mr. Luan Nguyen

SCBTech@borromeoschool.com

Email: jackievoelkl@borromeoschool.com
Website: www.borromeoschool.com
Location: 431 Decatur Street, Saint Charles, MO, USA
Phone: 636-946-2713
Facebook: facebook.com/St.CharlesBorromeoSchool