Weekly Insider - October 9, 2020
Calendar At A Glance

Monday, Oct 12th
  • Faculty & Staff In-Service Day - No School

Tuesday, Oct 13th
  • 8:30am HSA Monthly Meeting

Wednesday, Oct 14th
  • Spirit Shirts can be worn with either jeans or uniform bottoms
  • 8am Weekly Wednesday Assembly
  • 1:05pm Student Council Monthly Meeting

Thursday, Oct 15th
  • 2:00pm Practice for Living Rosary
  • 4:30pm Football Away Game vs. Woodlands Christian

Friday, Oct 16th
  • First Quarter Ends
  • All School Mass - Dress Uniform Required for all students
  • 2:00pm Living Rosary (Virtual)
Living Rosary Live Stream – Friday, October 16 at 2PM
We celebrate Our Lady of the Rosary by honoring October as the Month of the Rosary. The rosary is an invitation to experience the grace of Mary’s spiritual motherhood as she leads us to her Son, Jesus. The Living Rosary has been a long held tradition practiced at St. Cecilia. Here, students from Kindergarten through 8th grades participate as “beads” while we pray the Rosary aloud. This year, The Living Rosary will be live-streamed from the church as we invite our students and their families to participate virtually by watching and praying the Rosary with us on Friday, October 16th at 2:00 pm. What a powerful moment in prayer it will be for the St. Cecilia Catholic School community to unite in praying the Rosary together as we honor our Holy Mother, Mary. Let us offer our prayers during our Living Rosary for the quick recovery of our neighbors in Louisiana impacted by the hurricanes this season.
School Email Resources Document
St. Cecilia Catholic School uses Constant Contact for sending mass email communications to parents including: the weekly Insider newsletter, Insider Alerts, Daily Prayers and other event specific emails throughout the year. The school also uses FACTS Family Portal to allow teachers to send emails to parents – either individually, as a homeroom, or as a grade level. Depending on the email platform you are using, sometimes those emails can go to a promotions / spam / junk folder. We have compiled some resources from Constant Contact and FACTS to assist parents in safelisting the emails from St. Cecilia Catholic School so they go directly to your inbox. These resources will help ensure that you are not missing important information being sent from the school.
HSA Monthly Meetings
The St. Cecilia Home and School Association (HSA) will be holding their first monthly general meeting of the school year on Tuesday, October 13th, at 8:30AM on Zoom. Earlier on Tuesday morning, we will email out the Zoom link to join the meeting if you would like to. Meetings are held once a month on the second Tuesday. There will be a reminder in the Insider each month, the week before the meeting, and the Zoom link will be sent out the morning of the meeting each month. The HSA Zoom meetings will be recorded and links to the recordings will be posted on the HSA page on the school website. Attending the HSA meetings is a great way to meet the school administration, other parents and to be informed on everything going on at school. It is the perfect time to give your input. Join us!
FACTS Parent Sign Up for Notifications
1st - 8th Grade Families
If you would like to monitor your child’s academic progress more regularly, you may sign up to receive daily or weekly notifications through your FACTS account.  

Instructions for FACTS Parent Sign up for Notifications
  1. Sign into your FACTS account
  2. Select Web Forms
  3. Select Family Demographic Form
  4. Select the Custodial Parent Form
  5. Scroll down to Parent Preferences
  6. Click the triangle next to Auto Email Gradebook Progress
  7. Select: Daily or Weekly depending on your needs
  8. Click Save
Employment Opportunities
St. Cecilia Catholic School is hiring! We currently have several open positions to fill immediately - both full-time and part-time positions are available including: Classroom Aide, Faculty Nursery and Substitute teachers. If you are interested in working alongside our amazing teachers and staff, check out the open positions currently available here and apply today!
Mills Uniform Store Re-Opening
The Mills Uniform store in the Echo Lane shopping center near school (9331 Katy Freeway, Suite B Houston, TX 77024) is now open to in-person shopping during regular store hours. Parents do not need to make an appointment to shop. The number of people in the store at one time will be limited.
Free Faith Books for K-8th
Loyola Press is offering 3 eBooks for free available until Oct 15th.
Directions for downloading are on this link.
Prayers for Our St. Cecilia Catholic Community
Healing Prayers:
  • Terri Raines, Aunt of Jackson Ambrose

Prayers for the Deceased:
  • Mildred Thibodaux, Grandmother of Ronan Torlucci
Our mission at St Cecilia Catholic School is the ongoing Catholic formation and education of the whole child in mind, heart, and spirit, in preparation for an adult life of commitment and service.