York Catholic Fund
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Thank you to all of our York Catholic families, faculty & staff, alumni, friends, and community supporters for making our 2019-2020 school year a great success! In less than a week, we will end our current fiscal year and if you haven't already done so, we hope you will consider a gift to our school. Thank you for choosing to invest in our mission. Every dollar has an impact on our success. Please click the Make a Difference button below by June 30
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to make an end-of-fiscal-year contribution. Thank you for helping to ensure a bright future for our students and school.
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Due to continued social distancing guidelines, we regret to share that we will not be able hold the rescheduled Prom on July 24.
We will communicate more information regarding summer athletic workouts/open gyms, logistics for graduation activities for the Class of 2020, and our August 24 school opening plans the week of July 6.
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Virtual Camps & Activities
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Mrs. Catalanello has added virtual summer camps and other free summer activities to the virtual media center website. She continually updates the site in general as she comes across new resources so be sure to click here to check it out or visit the York Catholic website and click on Current Students--Resources--Media Center.
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York Catholic High School is seeking to fill the following staff position for the 2020-2021 school year. In faith-based education, we place significant value in the cultivation of faith, mind, and heart. We take pride in partnering with our parents and the greater York Catholic community in supporting our students' scholastic and extra-curricular experiences.
Qualified candidates should demonstrate an understanding of the importance their position plays in all aspects of a student's developmental progress. Candidates must also be individuals rooted in faith, willing to support Gospel values, and willing to inspire students through their word and example to accept and live these values and teaching
Attendance Officer:
10 month position (available mid-August 2020)
York Catholic is seeking a part-time Attendance Officer. Duties include attendance and discipline database management and main office support. Requirements: High School diploma, strong interpersonal, computer, and organizational skills, state and federal clearances. Please send resume, Application for Non-Teaching Employment (see
www.yorkcatholic.org
), a copy of state and federal clearances, and letter of interest to the following:
Mrs. Sheila Gick
Office Manager
York Catholic High School
601 East Springettsbury Avenue
York, PA 17403
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If you have not received your bus transportation information from the school district where you live, please click on the link below to print and complete your form. Please mail your form to the school district where you reside immediately. NOTE: Forms for Central, Eastern, and West York have been updated with Mrs. Seufert's signature. If you have already mailed the previous forms, you do not need to resubmit. If you have not mailed the forms yet, please use these revised versions.
Southern You will receive information from York Catholic next month
Southeastern You will receive information from York Catholic next month
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Students are reminded their Summer Reading and Math assignments are due Friday, August 28. Each current student has received information regarding their assignments. The assignments are also available on the home page of the YC website at
www.yorkcatholic.org
in the Announcements section, titled,
"Summer Assignments,"
and on the
Forms & Documents
page in the Course Related section.
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| Medical Requirements for Back-to-School |
Immunizations
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has established school immunization requirements for all students. The regulations are intended to ensure that children attending school in PA are adequately protected against potential outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. A child must have the required medically-appropriate vaccines or a plan to complete those vaccines or risk exclusion from school.
Children in grades 7-12 need the following immunizations for attendance:
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4 doses of tetanus * (1 dose on or after 4
th
birthday)
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4 doses of diphtheria* (1 dose on or after 4
th
birthday)
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4 doses of acellular pertussis* (1 dose on or after 4
th
birthday)
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4 doses of polio (4
th
dose on or after 4
th
birthday and at least 6 months after previous dose given)
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2 doses of measles, mumps, and rubella (usually given as MMR)
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3 doses of hepatitis B
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2 doses of varicella (chickenpox) or evidence of immunity
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2 doses meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV)
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1
st
dose is given 11-15 years of age; a 2
nd
dose is required at age 16 or entry into 12
th
grade.
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If the dose was given at 16 years of age or older, only one dose is required.
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1 dose of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) - age 11 or older
* Usually given as DTaP or DTP or DT or Td
If you submitted doctor's documentation of the administration of these vaccines previously, you do not need to repeat this step unless an additional booster or immunization is needed or has been given in the past year. (Students entering grades 10, 11, & 12 - please note the dose requirements for the MCV vaccine.) All new students must submit doctor's documentation of the dates the above doses were administered to the York Catholic nurse by
August 20
. If any of the required immunizations will not be given by August 20, please click
here
for the PLAN form to detail the dates the immunizations are
scheduled to be given
.
Under Pennsylvania state law, students without the required immunizations or a plan with scheduled dates of administration on file, cannot be admitted to school.
 Incoming 11th Grade Physicals
The School Health Law of Pennsylvania requires that all children must have a medical examination upon entry into grade 11. A medical examination is also required for those children who have transferred to York into any grade from other states or from other Pennsylvania areas and who have not sent records of previous examinations. Please click
here
for the
School Physical Form to be completed by a private physician.
Return the form to the school nurse no later than August 20. Any student who does not return this form will receive a medical examination by a school physician.
 Incoming Parents - 7th Grade Dentals
The School Health Law of Pennsylvania requires that children receive a dental examination upon entry into grade 7.
Please click
here
for the
School Dental Form to be completed by a private dentist.
Return the form to the school nurse no later than August 20. Any student who does not return this form will receive a medical examination by a school dentist.
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Sports Physicals are on hold at the moment. As soon as information is available, it will be published in the "Irish Eye" e-newsletter. Please keep an eye on your Email Inbox each Thursday for an update.
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Previous issues of York Catholic's
Irish Eye e-newsletter can be found on the home page of the YC website at
www.yorkcatholic.org.
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York Catholic High School
601 E Springettsbury Ave
York PA 17403
717-846-8871
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