Dear SMCS Families,

Thank you for all your patience and support during this time. Please know that we are working hard to prepare for school to reopen with student and staff safety as our priority. 

Our reopening plan will follow the guidance of state and local officials as well as the Archdiocese and the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops of Education Department (TCCBED). The guidelines from TCCBED can be viewed  here . The latest edition of our reopening plan is available to view here.

Late last Friday afternoon, the Archdiocese sent out a letter for reopening schools. This letter can be viewed here.   This letter was sent out in response to a letter from the Attorney General giving private religious schools the right to determine when it is safe for their communities to resume school in person. The letter from the Attorney General can be viewed  here.

We continue to work on our reopening plan in preparation for holding classes in person on campus. Our reopening plan will include protocols to protect the health and safety of both students and staff. These protocols will include:

We will continue updating these protocols as needed. 

We also continue to work on our plan for Distance Learning. We would transition to Distance Learning if this became the safest way to deliver instruction to students or if directed to by the Archdiocese with state and local authorities. At this time, the letter from the Attorney General exempts us from the recommendations given by Judge Hidalgo. 

We know that you are anxiously awaiting information about what school will look like this fall. In person classes will look different with face masks, social distancing, and more cleaning and disinfecting of frequently touched objects and surfaces. 

We will offer remote learning for families who do not feel comfortable sending their students to school in person. More information about remote learning is available here. Please click here  to fill out a form to request to start school with remote learning. If you choose for your student to begin the year with remote learning, this choice will be binding for the first quarter which ends on October 30.  Remote learning requests must be completed by Friday, August 7.

At this time, we have decided to delay our start of school until Tuesday, September 1 . This delay will give us the additional time that we need to refine our reopening plan as well as to get the supplies and materials needed to keep students and staff safe during in person learning. 

On Monday, August 31, we will have meet the teacher by alphabet groups.  On August 27-28, PLUS will host popsicle parties by grade level to hand out yearbooks from the 2019-2020 school year. More information about back to school activities will be sent soon. These events will follow proper social distancing and safety protocols.

The updated school calendar with the Tuesday, September 1 start date can be viewed  here.

Thank you again for your patience and support. We will continue to send out updates and information as they become available.

Blessings,

Dr. Kathleen Cox