School Year 2019-2020 | January 15, 2020



Patience

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."
Ephesians 4:2

Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary School
A National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
Catholic Identity
I hope you are getting excited about Catholic Schools Week, I know we are around here. Our Student Council has taken a big lead on many of the new events we have scheduled. I hope you will be able to participate in many of the activities and help us to celebrate what makes our school special.

Sunday, January 26
Please join us for 11:00 Mass. Students attending Mass in uniform will receive the golden out of uniform ticket to use sometime during the month of February (not a Mass day!). Following Mass until 2:00 is our Open House. You are invited to come and visit your child's classroom and see the amazing things going on at Mary Queen. Please bring a friend to our Open House - you all are our best marketers! Thank you for spreading the good word.

Monday, January 27
Skittle Day! It is going to be a very colorful day today. Not only will we be doing some guessing with color but we will also be colorful in our dress. Each child is asked to wear or bring a solid color (or as solid color as you can get) shirt with their uniform bottoms. We will be taking our school wide picture today.
Grades 7 and 8 - wear red
Grades 5 and 6 - wear orange
Grades 3 and 4 - wear yellow
Grades 1 and 2 - wear green
Grades PreK and K - wear Purple
We will begin our collection for God's Pantry today. Please bring your donations directly to the classrooms first - we are having a contest so you want to make sure that everything is counted.

Tuesday, January 28
STEM Day! We will be completing our STEM projects today with our buddies. We are still in need of a LOT of NEWSPAPER. Please drop off your donations in the office or you can take it directly to the Science Lab. Bring in a donation of socks today for the homeless - you won't want to miss today's sock throw challenge!

Wednesday, January 29
Dress like your teacher day! How fun is this going to be, students should come dressed like one of their teachers - keep a watch, there may be a few teachers dressed like students. Please bring a book or DVD to donate to Habitat for Humanity. The books or DVDs should be appropriate for the age of your child.

Thursday, January 30
Panther Palooza! Need I say more? Forms will be coming out next week to sign up for the social event of the year. And because the day will not be crazy enough, students may wear crazy socks and/or crazy hats to school on Thursday. Our donation today will be a penny war, any money collected will be sent to Transylvania University to support their sack project for the animals in Australia.
Family Mass Day today, please join us for school Mass at 8:15.

Friday, January 31
Student Day, lots of fun things planned that you just don't want to miss. A reminder that we do dismiss at 1:00 today, no aftercare, so that we can take all our teachers and staff out to lunch! Please bring a prize for the Bingo table today.
No School on Monday, January 20 in observance of Martin Luther King Day
Important Dates
Jan 13 - 23 - MAP testing
Jan 20 - No School, Martin Luther King Day
Jan 26 - 31 - Catholic Schools Week
Jan 26 - Feb 28 - God's Pantry Food Drive
Jan 31 - 1:00 Dismissal, no after care provided
Jan 31 and Feb 1 - Lion, Witch and Wardrobe performance
Feb. 14 - PreK Grandparents Day
Feb. 15 - Father/Daughter Dance
Feb. 21 - Night of Angels
Mary Queen Knights of Columbus Council 14372 will be having their 10 th  annual Pulled Pork Fundraiser the weekend of January 31 st -February 2 nd . All pork must be pre-ordered. Sales will be held after Mass the weekends of January 18-19 and January 25-26. Online sales are available at  https://squareup.com/store/knights-of-columbus-council-14372/ . Online sales are available until noon on Sunday, January 26 th . 

Click here for more information, you will also find the 2019 year in review for Council 14372 . This represents how the funds you donate are used for the benefit of the school, parish and community. If you have any questions, please contact the Knights at  kofc14372@gmail.com .
PAWS Parents Active with School

Next PAWS Meeting: Thursday February 6, 2020 - 7pm at MQ school. 

Are you interested in being an active member of your child's school? Then we want you to join the group of  P  arents  A  ctive  W  ith  S  chool. To learn more about how you can make a difference, please contact Colleen Bellas at colleen.bellas@gmail.com.
Instructions for generating a child care payment report from your FACTS account
 
  1. Log in to your FACTS account
  2. Click on “View Details” in the block with “Payment Plan and Billing”.
  3. Select the “Payments” tab under “Activity Detail”.
  4. Click on the “View Printable Payment Summary”, in blue.
  5. Change the “Select a year or date range” option to the appropriate year or date range you need.
  6. A report will generate detailing all payments you have made in the selected date range or year, broken out by school year. 
  7. The school address and tax id will print on the report.
  8. Select “Print” to print your report.
  9. If you have any questions regarding the report please contact the school office.  
Cold and Flu season is here. If your child is not feeling well and unable to come to school, please remember to contact the school and let us know they will not be here. You can call us at:
859-277-3030 and leave a message at ext 100 or
complete our online absence form on our website
A reminder that all absences and tardies are considered unexcused without a call or completed online form.
All parents, friends, staff, visitors - really anyone who enters the building when children are present must be in compliance with our Safe Environment Policy. If you were certified under the VIRTUS system, you are going to be asked to re-certify under the CMG system. If you are certified under CMG and your background check is 5 years old or older, you are going to have to re-certify. The whole process takes about an hour which includes a background check for $19 which will be billed to you through FACTS account. Thank you for your patience and good humor as we get everyone ready to volunteer for the new year!

  1. We will need you to complete the Volunteer application.
  2. Create or sign in to CMG Connect.
  3. Complete the training for Volunteers. Here is a flow chart with details on the process. 
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Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary School| 859-277-3030 | 858-277-1784 | becky.brown@maryqueenschool.org