School Newsletter
February 14, 2019
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Parents –
Happy St. Valentine’s Day – the students had a wonderful day celebrating their friends and amazing teachers! It was fun to see everyone dressed in red and pink as they delivered their valentines throughout the building. I loved seeing their excited faces as they opened their Valentine cards from friends!
Registration will open next week for the 2019-20 School Year! Reminder, all financial aid forms are
due by March 22
nd
; any families who miss that deadline
will not
be eligible for aid. Don’t forget that Aim Higher offers wonderfully generous scholarships and their window closes
February 17
th
– so don’t miss out!
Again this year we are using TADS to assist us with registration and financial aid. You will receive an email from TADS with a link for your registration. All registration and financial aid requests must be completed online. If you have any questions about anything please call Ms. Linda in the school office, she will be happy to answer them for you. If you do not have access to a computer please contact the school office and we will make arrangements for you to use one of our computers. TADS is also a great resource if you have questions, they are very helpful!
I want to take a minute to stress to you the importance of completing
all
of your information by the stated deadline of March 22
rd
. All financial aid awards will be announced in April, and the largest amounts of money will be distributed at that time. While we will have money for new families to distribute at a later date, it will not be available to current families. So please do your best to complete the needed documents in March.
We were excited to welcome more students than expected last year and hope to do the same this year! Don’t forget about our amazing referral program – if you know of someone looking for a great school, send them our way. If they mention you, you will receive money off your tuition!
Thank you in advance for your kind attention to the registration process.
Nikki Giel
Principal
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Financial Update
Many of you have been asking for a financial update – as you should. Our School Advisory Commission has been hard at work looking over our current school year budget. Sue Reinart from the parish business office has been working with Robb Boros (the SAC chair) to help him better understand the numbers and how they were arrived at. As with all budgets, there is good news and bad news. The bad news is, we are behind in our fundraising efforts to date. The auction came in lower than expected, and since that is a line item in the budget; our budget took a direct hit. Hopefully the raffle, upcoming Beer Bust, and a spring alumni drive we have planned will all do well. Fr. Charlie is in talks with local granting agencies to see if they are interested in investing in Presentation and the good work happening here! The good news is that our enrollment is higher than expected so we are bringing in more each month in tuition. Many committed people are hard at work raising money for Presentation. If you have ideas of ways to save money or raise money, please contact Mrs. Giel or a SAC member.
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2019 Catholic Schools Raffle
The Movies; Presentation, Where Students Become Stars!
Our first raffle rally will be tomorrow – any student who has raised $150 will earn their raffle t-shirt! Raffle shirts can be worn on turn in days, like our next one, Tuesday February 19
th
. All students who have turned in at least $60 will be eligible to participate in the games. We can’t wait to find out what the Principal’s Challenge will be! Our goal is $20,000 and we have brought in just over $9,000, so we have a ways to go, but WE CAN DO IT! We are over half way there – keep selling those tickets.
Please see the calendar at the end of the newsletter for important turn in and rally dates. If you would like to sign up to sell tickets at our parish or one of the local parishes that are allowing us to sell, do so through this
Sign Up Genius
. There are still open spots so we are allowing families to sign up for more than one time slot per child. Take advantage of it! We are also in need of volunteers to help at the rallies and count tickets.
Click here
to volunteer.
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Auction Update
The 2018 Panther Pride Benefit and Auction was a fantastic success despite some challenges. While the December 1st weather was snowy and the venue and caterer were new, the event still managed to raise almost $30,000 all for immediate use at the school for the benefit of the children. Additionally, this year the auction had the largest number of sponsors. Generous donors gave money to fund uniform needs and NEW CHORMEBOOKS for the middle school, as well as many teacher requested items! The Silent Auction portion of the evening brought in the most money, followed by the Sponsors and Donations. The Auction Committee is grateful for the support from the Parish and School Community and is already looking forward to next year’s event, which will be held, again, at the Maplewood Community Center on November 2nd!
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Join Us!!
Please bring your family out for a FREE spaghetti dinner generously sponsored by members of SAC on Tuesday, February 19th at 6pm in Kenney Hall. We ask that if you would like to attend please complete
this RSVP
so that we can make sure to order enough food!
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2019 - 2020 Referral Program
Know someone looking for a great school community? Send them our way - we would love to meet them and show them all Presentation has to offer! When they register, tell them to mention your name and your family will be credited $250 for each family you refer!
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Click
here
to view February lunch menu
Please keep your lunch account current.
Log into:
https://educate.tads.com
Please contact the school office if you are having trouble logging in.
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Amazon Smile
Did you know that just by shopping on Amazon you can help raise money for Presentation of Mary Church? AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service. Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. Support Presentation of Mary Church by starting your shopping at
smile.amazon.com
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Still want a shirt but you missed the deadline? It’s not too late – fill out
this order form
and send it to school with payment and we will get you a shirt! We are so grateful to the 3 6
th
graders who planned this whole thing! Thank you Audrey, Nichole, and William for all your hard work! How amazing is it to watch our students in action, acting as Jesus for others! We raised over $400 to help offset Ms. Way’s treatment! Thank you for all your support – Ms. Way can feel the prayers you are sending her way!
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We have rescheduled the visit from RADD Zoo for Tuesday, February 26th. If you have not yet sent in your $5 for this event please do so. Thank you!
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Please join us Wednesday, February 27th for our next Presentation Movie Night at the Plaza Theater. The movie will be announced the week prior and will play at 6pm. Tickets are $3, and $2 of each ticket sold comes back to Presentation School. Invite your friends and family and come out for a night of fun. We hope to see you there!
The Plaza Theater
1847 Larpenteur Ave East
Maplewood, MN 55109
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Dynamic Pay/SCRIP
Dynamic Pay is an exciting new fundraising program to benefit Presentation School,
and is off to a good start. In the first 30 days we have 15 members registered and earning Cashback Rebates from our participating retailers.
To create more interest and excitement, we will be giving a free Pres shirt from the POPS program to everyone who signs up between now and March 1st. We will also have a drawing from all active Dynamic Pay members as of March 1st.
Two lucky members will each receive a $50.00 bonus deposited directly into their Dynamic Pay ‘digital wallet’. To enroll please
click here
, and check out
this flyer
for more info on the program
.
Sign up today so you are eligible to win!
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After careful planning and budgeting, it has been decided that we will be able to offer a summer program for the summer of 2019 for children entering kindergarten to 8th grade. The only condition to make sure this program is a success is that we need to have an average of 15 children each day. The School Age Summer Camp Program would run each day from 7 AM - 5:30 PM. Summer Camp will start on June 10th and run through August 23rd, 2019, but we would be closed the week of July 1st. The price per day will be $30.00 with field trip fees additional. We are asking families to register by March 7th so that we can be secure that we will have an average of 15 children a day. Please look for an email from Mrs. Hoemann coming soon with details of how to sign up. Do you know someone looking for care this summer? Send them our way, we’d love to have them!
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Registration Information
Just a reminder that you will need to register your child for the upcoming school year. Presentation School will again use TADS for this purpose. TADS will be open for registration soon. Please watch for an upcoming email regarding registration! However, you are able to complete the financial aid application for the 2019-2020 school year. We at Presentation School are so proud to partner with Aim Higher for additional scholarships. Please note that if your child has received Aim Higher in the past, you need to complete an application each year to be eligible. The window for Aim Higher applications closes
February 17
th
. Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! Click
here
for further information on their scholarship program.
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Presentation's Third Annual Beer Bust!!
The Beer Bust is just around the corner! Please join us February 23rd from 3-6pm at Roddy's in North Saint Paul for a great time and to raise money for this wonderful school. Tickets are only $5 now (they will be $10 at the door) and can be purchased in the school office, at Roddy's, or from Mary Davini or Tracy Aguirre. We have lots of great prizes lined up for the multiple drawings that will be happening. At this time we are also looking for volunteers to help out for short shifts selling drawing tickets during the event. Please contact Mary Davini or Tracy Aguirre if you are able to help. Hope to see all of you there!
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*SAFE ENVIRONMENT POLICY & PROCEDURES*
ALL
school volunteers (coaches, office helpers, tutors, playground supervisors, etc.) having regular or unsupervised interaction with children or vulnerable adults must have the following three items on file with the School/Parish. All of these required forms are available in the School and Parish Offices. Please let Linda Prazak know if you would like us to send these home with your child.
BACKGROUND CHECK
– A criminal background check will be conducted by the McDowell Agency, Inc.
VIRTUS TRAINING*
– This is a three hour training regarding safe environments. Trainings are held regularly at various parishes and schools in the Archdiocese.
CODE OF CONDUCT
– The Archdiocesan Code of Conduct must be signed and returned to the School/Parish office.
*Volunteers are able to attend any VIRTUS training session in the Archdiocese. Participants are not required to attend the session offered at Presentation.
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We participate in the Catholic Athletic Association. For the most current schedules and locations, please refer to their
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Our Mission: The purpose of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary School is to provide a Catholic community that fosters the religious and academic development of the individual student in a safe and welcoming learning environment.
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Our Philosophy: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary School creates a supportive Catholic community committed to the Gospel message that calls us to faith, service, and worship. An environment of respect, peace and justice fosters an appreciation of God’s gift of life in all people. Each student is empowered to develop their own potential, which will lead to excellence in academics, athletic activities and the fine arts.
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