Mrs. Herrity's 5th Graders have created their own stations so that they can pray the Stations of the Cross together as part of their class Lenten Journey. |
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Monday, March 15th - SBCS Mask Ordering Deadline. See below.
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Wednesday, March 17th - St. Patrick's Day TAG DAY! $2 to wear your festive GREEN!
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Friday, March 19th - End of 3rd Marking Period - NO SCHOOL!
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Saturday, March 20th - Flag Football Games - check the schedule HERE for the latest!
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Monday, March 22th - Teacher Professional Development Day - NO SCHOOL!
Coming Up....
Thursday, April 1st - Holy Thursday. Spring Break begins at 12:30pm (No lunch; No ASE)
Monday, April 12th - Classes Resume.
Monday, April 12th - Last day to cancel 2021-22 contract.
Planning Ahead? Always check out our school calendar on the website HERE!
Need a past newsletter? Check out our archives on the website HERE!
Middle School - you are on the Week 1 Schedule this week (Days 1-5). Not sure? Check ParentsWeb on our website! (Once in ParentsWeb, go to Student - Schedules to see your child's class schedule.)
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Congratulations Ms. Carter!
I'm very happy to announce Ms. Mary Lou Carter as the nominee from St. Benedict for the diocesan Excellence in Catholic Education Awards. Each year, our school is able to nominate one of our teachers for this award, based on faculty input. These awards serve to highlight and honor the hard work, dedication, and professionalism of our educators who serve our children and our communities while exemplifying the mission of the Office of Catholic Schools. For all of our students who have had Ms. Carter for 1st grade, they will always remember the fun they had with the stories, skits, and plays, as well as the honor of being Student of the Week. Ms. Carter reminds me of Matthew 5:16, “Let your light shine before others that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven." She is always a light in our school. Thank you and congratulations to Ms. Carter!
Uniform Attention, Please
Parents, proper uniforms begin at home, and we need your help. If you ever have any uniform questions, everything is included on our website HERE. There are a few things we have noticed that need to be addressed and corrected:
- Students need to wear the proper logoed school PE shirt, not a plain, white t-shirt.
- Elementary students should wear all-white tennis shoes on PE days.
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Logoed, SBCS Sweatshirts should only be worn on PE days.
- Sweaters and fleeces may be worn on any day - but if they are not St. Benedict logoed, they have to be removed upon arrival at school.
- Middle school students - Solid color navy, black or brown loafer, oxford or saddle shoe everyday, except PE day which is the ONLY day you are allowed to wear tennis shoes/hi-tops.
- The PTO is planning a Spring Uniform Swap, so stay tuned to the newsletter for a date!
Carline Kindness
Please don't forget to show your fellow SBCS parents and our neighbors your consideration while you are in carline. It is very important that we keep the opposite lane open on Cleveland to keep traffic moving and try not to block our neighbors as they pull into and out of their garage spaces. Thank you!
St. Benedict Academic Decathlon Team
Congratulations to our St. Benedict Academic Decathlon Team (shown below)! Our team competed a week ago against teams from Catholic schools across the country. The competition involved logic puzzles, individual subject tests, and a game show-style Super Quiz. The team included students from all middle school grades: Stella Peters, Liam Wasson (not pictured), Luca Moore, Ira Eckhardt, Liam Cruess, Charles Hughes, Eric Wagner, Lemma Wheatley, and Noah Mikkelson. A special congratulations to Noah Mikkelson, who placed 2nd in the individual Religion event.
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EISTC Presentation Viewing
Don't forget - I encourage each of our families to learn more about our Tax Credit program by viewing OUR EISTC SLIDE PRESENTATION. You may count this as 1 volunteer hour. We will be scheduling a virtual presentation of the EISTC program in April, and I encourage you to think about who you know who might be interested in learning more.
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PTO Spring Clean Up is March 27th! |
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Saturday, March 27 * 9am - 12pm
Let's get our St Benedict School Campus ready for spring! Volunteer to garden, pick up trash and generally tidy up the grounds. Please bring gloves, shovels, hedge trimmers, leaf blowers and other useful gardening tools.
This is an adult only volunteer opportunity, please no kids.
All volunteers must follow the safety protocols in place on the day of the event, which may include health screening, physical distancing, and masks. As protocols change in response to current conditions, they will be sent out 3 days before the event.
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Mask sales are going gangbusters!
Show your SBCS school spirit and order your very own SBCS mask today!
Ordering ends THIS MON. 3/15,
so don't delay!
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Some of our Newbery Honor and Newbery Medal winning books are just too well-read to keep. Food stains, yellowed pages, broken spines - these should all be replaced with bright, inviting copies.
saintbenedictcatholicschool has loads of fiction and nonfiction (our students LOVE nonfiction!) that are bound to last. Click "view wishlist" and keel scrolling to see them all.
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If You Missed This on Social Media... |
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CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO TAKE YOU TO THEIR ROCKIN' VIDEO! |
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Keeping Our School Healthy and Together... |
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Covid Question? Email:
And remember...
ONLY COME TO SCHOOL IF….
- Your temperature is under 100.4 degrees.
- You do NOT have other symptoms of COVID-19, without an alternative diagnosis. Other symptoms include chills, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea
- You have NOT had a positive diagnostic test for the virus that causes COVID-19 in the prior 10 days..
- You have NO known exposure to a COVID-19 case in the prior 14 days; exposure being less than six (6) feet for greater than 15 minutes over a 24 hour period, without wearing the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
UPDATED December 14, 2020
If you are keeping one student home because they have COVID-19 symptoms with no alternative diagnosis, then you are reminded to keep all of your students home.
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Taking Care of our Comet Family |
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Please remember that we are one community that is supportive and respectful. As in any year, from time to time teachers and students may be out of school. Please respect privacy and don't jump to conclusions. Whenever a member of the school community has a confirmed case of COVID-19, we will work with the Diocese and the Health Department to make sure close contacts are notified so they may take appropriate action inline with CDC guidance.
Also, here's some other helpful information:
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CDC recommendations for gatherings.
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Differences between COIVD-19 and the Flu here.
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