School of Saint Mary FYI

1. December Events: This month is a whirlwind of excitement so I thought I would outline all the important upcoming events below....

Monday, 12/12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer Service (this will immediately follow our weekly Advent Candle Service)

Wednesday, 12/14: Confessions from 9:30-11:30 from Gr 3-8; Polar Express Day in Kindergarten

Friday, 12/16: Middle School Music 2nd Quarter Wheel Concert immediately following our last All-School Mass for 2022 in the Church.

Sunday, 12/18: Breakfast in Bethlehem Event in Our Lady of Grace Parish Hall- all ages welcome! (I am still looking for student volunteers to help with this event)

Monday, 12/19: Christmas Spirit Free Dress; Christmas Book Club Signing in Library (A.M.); Christmas Program Practice at 1pm; Christmas Class Parties, 2:15-3:15pm (Please check with homeroom teacher for exact times for each classroom)

Tuesday, 12/20: Christmas Program, 8:30am, Church; Early Dismissal, 1pm

***Note, Monday, 12/19 is FUN and FESTIVE Christmas free dress. Students may also wear red and/or green if they do not have holiday shirts. Tuesday, 12/20, is FANCY Christmas dress for the program. Students will return to class after the program so they are welcome to change into their uniform after if that is more comfortable.

2. THANK YOU: Needless to say, this has been a rough semester for the Maricle household with the loss of two matriarchs in our family and some crazy health issues with me. I just want to give a HUGE shout out to my staff for being amazing and keeping things going and for the community for being so patient with my absences. Words cannot describe how thankful I am to be a part of the Saint Mary family. I hope everyone has a blessed and relaxing holiday season.

UPDATE: Our matching donor has extended the giving time to December 30th. We recently determined that our playground needs a serious face lift so we are designating much of the funding from GGF this year to playground renovation. Please consider giving before December 30th so we can maximize our matching gift!

If you have already given and would like to edit or add to your post on the GGF page, you can email the information to lindsay.maricle@schoolofsaintmary.com and I will get it updated. This includes comments, photos and affiliations.

Please share the link to the fund homepage on your social media pages to help get the word out about our amazing Guardian Gift Fund.

Link: https://boostmyschool.com/sosm-guardian-gift-fund

Here are a couple of things you can share:

"The School of Saint Mary is a very special place-please consider supporting it with a donation to the Guardian Gift Fund today!"

"I just made a gift to the Guardian Gift Fund to support the School of Saint Mary. Consider joining me in making a gift as well-your contribution supports the school's greatest needs each year and makes a lasting impact on current and future Guardians!"

I have posted some tutorial videos in ParentSquare and will continue to do so for the rest of semester. If you ever have any issues, please contact the office.

***Reminder, ParentSquare is a web-based program that will send all posts to a designated email. You do NOT have to use the app.

Migration Timeline:

November 16th: All School of Saint Mary Basketball Teams now have a private group on ParentSquare for team communication.

December 1st: Volunteer Sign-up for Cafeteria will be housed in ParentSquare. Parents can start signing up for second semester dates on this day. (My apologies on the delay with this- the signup will be live in PS by December 14th)

January 9th: Teachers will move all class and home communication to the ParentSquare platform. This will lessen emails and texts/calls.

FLU season is here! Please watch for symptoms and keep your child/ren home if they are not feeling well.

Here is a short synopsis of the newest edition of our COVID policy.

• Student is positive – Day 0 is the day the student tests positive (even if asymptomatic) or displays symptoms and Day 1 is the first full day of COVID.
• Parent/Student chooses not to test for early release: The student should isolate at home for 10 days.
• Testing options to return to school on day 8:

1. 2 negative antigen tests (1st negative test on day 6, 2nd negative antigen test on day 8 and return to school)
2. Negative PCR collected on day 6 and return to school on day 8

• School Exposure – Parents will be notified that there has been a positive case of COVID in the student’s class. No masking or quarantine is necessary, but parents should monitor their child for symptoms and keep them home and test for COVID if symptoms occur.
• Positive Case of COVID in the student’s house, but student is not ill: Student may still come to school, but must try to isolate from the person in the household who is positive and must mask at school for 5 days after the last contact with the positive family member. Day 0 would be the last day the student had contact with the positive family member and Day 1 would be the following day. Please note that the count will begin again if the student is re-exposed.

THANK YOU for your patience with this program. The cafeteria financials are looking much better much to the dismay of food costs and Chef Lisa and I are very happy with the direction we are moving. We LOVE our cafeteria!

Ordering Portal Dates:

Week of December 12th: Portal closed Friday, 12/9 at 12pm

Week of December 19th: Portal closes Friday, 12/16 at 12pm

January Menu is uploaded and portal is OPEN for ordering!

There will be no orders listed on days that school is closed and when there is a Home and School prepaid pizza day.

I have created a video showing the steps on how to order as it would show on your screen as a parent. Here is the link: https://www.loom.com/share/cb49e8b4f12b4d43a79871b43541f1ed

Outerwear: In support of our branding effort, we are asking that new purchases of sweatshirts and jackets that students will wear at school have the new logo and the word "Saint" in Saint Mary spelled out. I am grandfathering in pretty much anything that has the school name or the school logo (old or new) this year but will be begin to weed out those items next school year. Home and School has worked incredibly hard on getting new items in the spiritwear store that have run through office approval.

Technology Update: iPads and tablets do not work well with Google Classroom. Therefore, if your students is using one of those devices for homework, it will not always be reliable and we do not have a way to fix it.

Congratulations to House of Knock for being the point leader for the November challenge! Our of uniform passes have been distributed by house leaders.

The December challenge is prayerfulness. Students are awarded points for their their house when they share their prayer life with others. Points are updated on the house board outside of 2nd grade.

PS Tippi Toes Program (Note: This is a parent pay program)

918.361.4134 * Tulsa@TippiToesDance.com www.TippiToesDance.com/Tulsa

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MOLTO: String Orchestra After School Program (Note: This is a parent pay program)

Grades: for students in Grades 5th-8th.

Teacher:

Mercy Rose, (918) 704-2631, Mercy’s Email: mercylrose@icloud.com

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Midtown School of Performing Arts has a theater class on Tuesday evenings. Caitlin is a St. Pius, Bishop Kelley, and OCU grad and she is our instructor for this musical theatre class called "Centre Stage". The class is geared for 1st-8th graders, boys and girls! Flyer attached to previous FYI's.

Playground: Our sweet little playground needs some love! We are currently in the process of getting bids to repair the hill and replace the wooden play toy. Please consider giving to the Guardian Gift Fund to support this project!

Roof: The new roof is done and we have NO LEAKS! The office and kindergarten staff did the happy dance after the last rain. Thank you for your patience with this project.

See December event list at the top of the FYI in the Principals Notes.

December 21st- January 3rd: Christmas Break

Popular Links:

Always current FYI: located in ParentSquare

Always current school calendar: located in ParentSquare

Always current lunch volunteer calendar: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d49a9ac22a3fdc52-20222023

• ParentSquare: Communication is coming through ParentSquare now. Please make sure you are connected and receiving announcements.

• Breakfast in Bethlehem: Please consider joining us for this fun event! It is free, however, you do need to rsvp here, https://www.churchofsaintmary.com/breakfast/

• Together in Holiness Conference: My name is Ellen Clements, and I am with the St. John Paul II Foundation. We are working alongside the Diocese of Tulsa to bring the sixth annual Together in Holiness marriage enrichment conference to the diocese on February 18, 2023.

• Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a Montessori based approach designed to help a child fall in love with God through scripture and liturgy. Registration is now open for ages 3-12 years old! For more information and how to register, please visit https://www.churchofsaintmary.com/catechesis-of-the-good-shepherd/.

Email: lindsay.maricle@schoolofsaintmary.com
Website: https://schoolofsaintmary.com/
Location: 1365 East 49th Place, Tulsa, OK, USA
Phone: (918) 749-9361
Facebook: facebook.com/schoolofsaintmary.com