Monday, April 12th - Welcome back, Comets!
Monday, April 12th - Last day to cancel 2021-22 contract.
Tuesday, April 13th -Pre-filled Registration forms for 2021-2022 will go home with the youngest child in the family. Please review the forms and update as necessary. Registration forms should be returned by MAY 15.
Saturday, April 17th - PTO Clean Up Part II 8:30am - 10:30am (see below to sign up)
Saturday, April 17th - Comets Flag Football (Click here for schedule)
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 2 Schedule this week (Days 6-10). 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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Today we celebrate the Feast of Divine Mercy. While the message of God's love and mercy is as old as Christianity, a specific feast dedicated to God's mercy is relatively recent and comes from St. Faustina, a Polish nun. The image associated with Divine Mercy shows the risen Jesus with rays of blue and red coming from his heart and an inscription that reads, "Jesus, I trust in you." The rays represent the blood and water which came forth from the side of Jesus when his heart was pierced with a spear following the crucifixion. We understand these rays to symbolize the sacraments of Baptism and the Eucharist. St. Benedict Church has the image in the front, beneath the crucifix. Here are some ideas for celebrating Divine Mercy Sunday with your kids (the favorite in our house is Divine Mercy "Sundaes").
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PTO Spring Clean Up - Part 2! |
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Please join us THIS Saturday April 17th for PART 2 of our Spring beautification of the school grounds. This week we need help munching all of the beds around the school. See the sign up link below to volunteer. |
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EISTC Tax Credit 101 Event over Zoom |
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Please save the date of WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 AT 7PM for our upcoming Zoom presentation to help educate our community about tax benefits of the Tax Credit program and how it creates scholarships for families who qualify at St. Benedict. Donors - individual AND corporate - can get a 65% state tax credit to reduce their state tax obligation, while helping to provide scholarships! Total win-win! By attending this program you receive a volunteer hour AND for every guest you invite who attends, you get an additional PTO volunteer hour! The presentation will be put on by the McMahon Parater Scholarship Foundation at the Diocese for our SBCS community - and will include tax and accounting professionals to help answer your questions. Please consider inviting business owners who can benefit substantially from the state tax credits this program offers. The Zoom link will be provided in next weekend's newsletter!
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Comets, are you looking for something great to read? Well, from April 19 - 30, the school library is hosting an online book fair through Good News! Book Fairs. If you purchase any of these quality books for your home library, the people at Good News! will share a portion with our school. Watch for the link - it will be in next week's newsletter and on the school website.
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Middies Volleyball Invitation |
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St. Gertrude Volleyball Clinics - Come learn and have fun with the Saint Gertrude Coaches. They have over 50 years of coaching and twice as many playing competitively!
Open to all 5th - 8th grade girls
$20 per clinic
Volleyball held 6:00-7:30 at the McMurtrie-Reynolds Pavillion (Benedictine's new gym)
Volleyball Dates: April 16, 23 and 30
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If You Missed This on Social Media... |
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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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