August 6, 2020

Dear SDS Families,

Howdy! Next week, we are looking forward to your Suns being back in our physical and remote hallways. Included in this letter is information looking ahead to the end of this week and next week.

Clarification of Stars and Suns Caravan--Friday, August 7th
Noon Pick-up for all NEW grades K-8 Suns and families @ Veritas Circle (this includes our new families who have selected remote learning for their Sun)

1:00 p.m. Tech/Supplies/Book Pick-up for grades K-6 remote Suns @ 30 Avon Rd. Entrance-updated location

1:00 p.m. Tech/Supplies/Book Pick-up for grades 7-8 remote Suns @ Veritas Circle
2:00 p.m. Tech Pick-up for all returning grade 7 on-campus Suns @ Veritas Circle

3:00 p.m. Pick-up for all returning grade 8 on-campus Suns @ Veritas Circle

3:00 p.m. Pick-up for all returning grades K-6 on-campus Suns @ 30 Avon Road Entrance
  • The purpose of the Stars and Suns Caravan is to welcome our Suns back to school, for students to see their teachers, and to send home items such as carline cards, emergency forms, PE shirts, etc. and, if remote; tech, supplies, and books. 
  • All returning K-8 Suns (excluding 7th grade, who will receive their laptop on Aug. 7) who are learning on campus when we begin school will be assigned their iPad or laptop during the first days of school. 
  • If you cannot make the caravan, we can send home your materials with another family, schedule a time for a pickup the week of Aug. 10, or send home on your child’s orientation day. Please email your child’s teacher and Diane Pirozzi so that we are aware and can plan accordingly. 

Call for Substitute Teachers

We are looking to enhance our substitute list. If you know someone or if you are able to be a substitute please contact Dean Burke, cburke@saa-sds.org or Diane Pirozzi, dmpirozzi@saa-sds.org. Interested applicants will need to do the following:

Parent Tech Training Recorded Zoom Video

Please click here to access the Parent Tech Training Zoom Recording from August, 4th. 
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K-8 Meet the Teacher Zoom Meetings w/ Parents

Grades K-6
  • Tuesday, August 11 (Grade level teachers will send Zoom meeting invitation with meeting ID)
  • Kindergarten @ 3:00 p.m.
  • 1st grade @ 4:00 p.m.
  • 2nd grade @ 5:00 p.m.
  • 3rd grade @ 6:00 p.m.
  • Wednesday, August 12 (Grade level teachers will send Zoom meeting invitation with meeting ID)
  • 4th grade @ 4:00 p.m.
  • 5th grade @ 5:00 p.m.
  • 6th grade @ 6:00 p.m.

Junior High
 
K-8 Meet the Teacher Zoom Meetings w/ Students

Tuesday, August 11 @ 9:30 a.m. 
  • Grades K-3 Meet the Teacher Zoom Meeting with students (Grade level teachers will send Zoom meeting invitation with meeting ID)
  • Grade 7 Meet the Teacher Zoom Meeting with students
  • https://zoom.us/j/2098293277
  • Zoom meeting ID: 209 829 3277
  • Grade 8 Meet the Teacher Zoom Meeting with students
  •  https://zoom.us/j/4945601545
  • Zoom meeting ID: 494 560 1545
 
Wednesday, August 12 @ 9:30 a.m. 
  • Grades 4-6 Meet the Teacher Zoom Meetings with Students (Grade level teachers will send Zoom meeting invitation with meeting ID)
 
Reminder: Dress Code Update for K-8 Boys

The dress (Mass day) uniform is suspended for the 2020-21 school year. The Junior High boys will also be allowed to wear khaki shorts during the fall and spring uniform season. Cargo shorts are not part of the dress code. 

Orientation Days

To ensure that our students have a smooth transition into the 2020-21 school year, each child will attend a half-day orientation. K-6 parents should have received a letter indicating which day your child’s orientation day will be held. If you have not received this letter, please contact Diane Pirozzi at 901-435-5801 or dmpirozzi@saa-sds.org. Junior High parents see the grade level orientation days below for both on-campus and remote Suns. 
K-6 On-Campus Suns: Thursday, Aug. 13 or 14, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

K-6 Remote Suns: Thursday, Aug. 13, 1:30-2:30 p.m. (Grade level teacher will send Zoom invite)

7th Grade On-Campus Suns: Thursday, Aug. 13, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

7th Grade Remote Suns: Thursday, Aug. 13, 1:30-2:30 p.m. (7th grade teacher Julia Schuster will send Zoom invite)
8th Grade On-Campus Suns: Friday, Aug. 14, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

8th Grade Remote Suns: Thursday, 1:30-2:30 p.m. (8th grade teacher Melissa Buntin will send Zoom invite)
SDS Town Hall Slides


Pillar of Prayer

We start and end each day in prayer and begin and end each week in community at St. Dominic School for Boys. I have included a prayer from Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. titled Jericho Road. Rev. King said, “ True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. Compassion sees that an edifice that produces beggars needs restructuring.” Continue to remind your son to pray daily. May he walk and talk with God every day.

Ever-present God, you called us to be in relationship with one another and promised to dwell wherever two or three are gathered. In our community, we are many different people; we come from many different places, have many different cultures. Open our hearts that we may be bold in finding the riches of inclusion and the treasures of diversity among us. We pray in faith.
Faithfully in Mission,
Chris Burke, Dean
St. Dominic School for Boys