Happy Advent! As we prepare ourselves for the coming of the Lord, our school is decorated for the season. Our lobby and hallways celebrate the season with amazing artwork from our children. The lobby tree is now awaiting your family ornaments. The pillars of the lobby have been transformed into an advent wreath. This week we will be hanging a new magnificent stained class creation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, made by Mrs. Beth Zanotelli, our Religion Coordinator and middle school teacher. We are so excited to have this beautiful artwork in our school. We are blessed with such talented and faith-filled teachers.
This week we will be bringing grades three to eight to St. Peter on Tuesday to participate in Reconciliation with our Parish priests. This will help our children's hearts prepare for Christmas. Further, there is no Mass on Thursday. Instead, Mass is Friday at 9:30 AM as we celebrate the Immaculate Conception. This is a Holy Day of Obligation and we invite all our families to join us.
All Saints has been invited to decorate the Pastoral Center Christmas Tree. This Wednesday, select members of the choir will be singing and hanging hand-made ornaments with the Bishop. This year's theme is "Peace on Earth" and our middle school students have made over 100 beautiful ornaments to hang on the tree. This is an honor and we are so excited to attend this event with all the Pastoral Center employees. We will most definitely be sharing photos.
Registration for our existing families for the 2018-2019 school year begins December 18th. Our Open House is January 19th and at this time registration will open for new families. Please make sure you register early, particularly in those classes that are at full capacity. Last year, we almost lost some long time families for this issue. Mrs. Lavelle is wonderful at sending reminders to our families, but registrations must be completed to hold a place. This year tuition has increased by $150. With the added cost to every aspect of education and maintaining a facility, we needed to do this. However, we did try to keep the increase to a bare minimum. Thank you for your understanding.
Just a reminder to parents, as we try to have routine in our daily schedules, we want to enforce our dress codes during the holidays. We are well aware that Christmas brings such excitement to our children. Too often hats, hair accessories and other clothing items can be a distraction. Beginning on Monday, December 18th and until we begin our break, students will be allowed to wear festive hats, socks, and hair accessories. Please help us hold onto the normalcy of dress code until then.
