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Weekly News and Updates

January 28, 2021

The Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas

Please continue to report positive cases and close contacts with positive cases to the office as soon as possible. If you have any questions regarding a positive case, close contact, quarantine dates, or anything else relating to our COVID procedures, please contact me.

I am happy to report that most of the St. Edward Staff and I received the COVID-19 vaccination this week. A huge thank you to Tony and Cindy Weyers for helping to organize the opportunity for the St. Ed Staff!

The K-8 students are in the midst of the 2nd I-Ready diagnostic test. When finished, each student will have an individualized lesson path in reading and math and the teachers will have data to use in the classrooms to maximize the growth of each student. The teachers and I will be reviewing the data and using it to inform our goals for the second half of the school year.

Catholic Schools Week begins this Sunday, January 31. This national week of celebrating Catholic Schools will look different than in past years, but our goal is the same: to celebrate St. Edward School, its students, families, and staff. See below for a schedule of events next week.

Registration is entirely online this year. Use this link to register for 2021-22. We will open registration to new and prospective students during Catholic Schools Week beginning January 31, 2021. We have many prospective families waiting eagerly to register for the 21-22 school year including families who have been on a wait list for this year.

I want to thank each family for your continued support of St. Edward School, for your adherence to our health and safety protocols this year, and for your ongoing prayers.

If you have any questions, please reach out.

St. Edward, pray for us!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Sara Lasica

Principal

slasica@stedwardschool.com

2021-22 Registration is open!

Register before February 28, 2021, to "freeze" your tuition at the 20-21 tuition rates and to secure your spot for next year!

Registration is online this year. Click here to register!

New Family Referral Program

Refer a new family to St. Ed's for the 2021-22 school year and receive $500 off of your tuition after they register and attend next year! You can do this an unlimited amount of times!

TRIP update: E-gift cards can be purchased through the Raise Right app at anytime!
Next TRIP due date: 2/11/21

Please review the illness protocols distributed by the Archdiocese based on updates from the CDC and local health departments by clicking here. By following these guidelines and taking care of your families outside of school, we can continue to learn together in-person this year.

Strong families foster strong children. As Catholics, our source of strength comes from God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and the best way to develop a relationship with our loving God is to pray! Pray as a family daily. Grace before dinner, a Hail Mary before bedtime, an Our Father on the way to school in the morning. Find a time, pick a prayer, and grow closer to God!

Missionaries from NET Ministries will be staying in our convent from January-May. These missionaries are college aged young adults who have sacrificed a year of studies to lead retreats for junior high and high school teens. They normally travel across the country leading retreats, but due to COVID they will be staying in our convent and lead virtual retreats. They are in need of assistance with meals! Can your family please provide these 11 missionaries (ages 19-22) with lunch or dinner a few days? Please click this link to sign up: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/e5q34l

Bags of Mercy

8th Grade Confirmation Service Project

As part of their Confirmation preparations, the 8th grade will be assembling Bags of Mercy that will be handed out to homeless individuals and including prayers and notes of support in each bag. The 8th grade needs your help in collecting items for the bags. Please send donations to school January 22-29. The 8th grade students will assemble the bags during Catholic Schools Week (January 31-February 6).

Preschool, PreKindergarten, and Kindergarten: gallon sized ziploc bags and individually packaged snacks

1st and 2nd Grades: pocket sized tissue packs and individual packages of hand wipes

3rd and 4th Grades: adult sized socks and masks

5th and 6th Grades: individual packages of crackers, granola bars, trail mix, jerky, mini water bottles

7th and 8th Grades: travel size toiletries

Please send in donations between January 22-29. Thank you for your support of our 8th grade students and their service project.

January is also poverty awareness month.

“Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” (Mt. 25:40)

2020-21 School Calendar

Upcoming Dates and Events

Saturday, January 30: Virtual Trivia Night!

Sunday, January 31: Celebrate our Parish--Attend Mass at St. Ed's or with St. Ed's virtually

Monday, February 1: Celebrate our Community--Bring in a donation for St. Leo's Home for homeless veterans and wear red, white, and blue dress down clothes

-Mass for 1st-4th Grades at 8:30 AM

Tuesday, February 2: Celebrate Vocations

-Mass for 5th-6th Grades at 8:30 AM

Wednesday, February 3: Celebrate our Nation

-Mass for 7th-8th Grades at 8:30 AM

-Community Night at McDonald's, 3:30-7:30 PM, 6125 N. Milwaukee

Bring the flyer with you or show it on your phone!

Thursday, February 4: Celebrate our Students--dress down day in school appropriate attire

-100th Day of School!

-Student Appreciation Fun Lunch (no hot lunch served today)

-Early Dismissal Thursday (1:50, 2:00, 2:10)

Friday, February 5: Celebrate our Staff and Teachers

-Late Start Day, arrive between 8:45-9:15, NO before care offered

-NUT card day

Saturday, February 6: First Reconciliation

Renew My Church Updates

Virtual Trivia Night is here!

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