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Hello St. Catharine Families:

Every week is filled with joyous opportunities to live our faith and experience more of the normal school activities that our students have been missing. This week is especially eventful with School Pictures, programs, guests, and an All-School Rosary.

Thank you again for your patience and flexibility with our added Teacher In-Service Date. If you are still in need of School-aged Child-care with our latchkey program, we have spots available. Latchkey on Wednesday, October 6th will be from 8:00 am until 3:00 pm. The cost is $45 per student, for the day. Please register using this link.

If you are dropping off your student before 7:45 am, please understand they will be unsupervised. The school cannot be responsible for the safety of students, even on school/ parish property, before 7:45.

Subsequently, students should not go directly to the playground after dismissal. Once again, there is no adult supervision by staff and the school cannot ensure the safety of our students after school hours.

We are thrilled to begin incorporating Altar Servers into the Liturgy once again, and to offer additional serving opportunities at Tuesday evening Mass and Adoration on Thursday evenings.

This training is for all current and new Altar Servers who would like to be trained to serve at St. Catharine Church. 

All interested students in 5th through 8th grade will stay after mass on Wednesday, October 20th for training.

Our Virtue for this week is Kindness. Kindness is one of the related virtues of Justice.

Kindness is expressing genuine concern for the well-being of others and anticipating their needs.

May God Bless all of you and your families during this time.

Yours in Christ,

Mark Watts

If anyone in your household would have a Positive COVID-19 test result, or if any student has knowingly been in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, you must notify Mr. Watts by calling or texting (614) 949-7713 as soon as possible, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

We are required to post positive cases of students and staff on our website weekly. Currently, we have 1 active case and

2 cumulative cases with students and staff for the current school year.

One of the factors the Diocese is monitoring is the 7-Day Average Case Rate in Franklin County per 100,000. As of now, we are at 242 (down from 278). Once that number gets below 100 (like it was before school started), the Diocesan task force will make a decision on how to move forward.

Starting immediately we will be asking all families to send an email to attendance@stcathschool.com to report their student's absence. No need to call the office. This is a much more efficient way for our office staff to track attendance.

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*All parents who attend will receive two service hours and a Free copy of the eBook Bullying Redirect: Strategies for Christian Parents by Frank DiLallo.

Space is limited, please RSVP by using this link.

Frank DiLallo is a highly experienced veteran facilitator of professional development with educators, specializing in a Christian response to bullying, and parent trainings on creating a successful bridge between home and school. Frank is a frequent regional, state, and national conference speaker and consults with educators and parents around the country on the topic. June of 2019, Frank presented at the World Anti-Bullying Forum in Dublin, Ireland. As a professional educator/counselor, Frank is passionate about promoting peace and the compassion of Christ in Catholic and other Christian schools. To his writing Frank brings the additional perspective of being a husband, proud father of four children, three grandsons, and a practicing Catholic.

For more information about Frank DiLallo, you can visit his website here. Here is a short article Mr. DiLallo wrote, Bullying: A Perceptions and Perspectives Problem. This summer, Frank was featured in the Catholic News Agency for his Christ-Centered Anti-Bullying Curriculum. You can read the article here.

St. Catharine School is seeking substitute teachers for grades K-8.

Candidates should possess at least a bachelor’s degree or an appropriate teaching license.

Candidates must have current BCI and FBI background checks (less than one year old), which are sent electronically to the Diocese or on file at the Ohio Department of Education, attend a VIRTUS Protecting God’s Children training (they are available online), and complete the online substitute teaching application for the Diocese of Columbus.

We will reimburse fingerprinting costs and substitute application costs to any candidate who is hired.

Please contact me directly at mwatts1@columbuscatholic.org with questions or to express interest.

It's time to stock up on St. Catharine School Spiritwear!! Please note that many of the items in the store are Uniform Approved for wear during the school day -noted in the description. Our online Spiritwear store closes October 10, 2021, at midnight.

Any questions please contact Stephanie at stcatharinespirit@gmail.com

All sales are final. Sorry, No Refunds or Exchanges due to the specific decoration. Due to unpredictable availability in apparel due to the pandemic, we cannot guarantee that the exact item offered will be available. If it is not available we will substitute it with a comparable item. 

St Catharines ID: 168A39F61LL94

You can also save with Kroger Community Rewards. Use organization #:81633 to register

E-gift cards and Reloads can be done at any time through the website or app (RaiseRight).

Volunteers are an invaluable group of individuals who provide a sense of community for the many parish and school activities at St. Catharine. It is the expectation of the St. Catharine Advisory Board that each parish family fulfills their obligation to actively support and participate in the parish and school. In addition, it is expected that parents volunteer their time and talent in helping with church and school-sponsored activities and programs. Such involvement is not only necessary for financial stability, but parents can provide a valuable service to the school and to the children by their dedication and support. In order that tuition rates may be kept at a reasonable level, parents are asked to volunteer for a minimum of 50 hours.

Registration opens Thursday, September 30 at 9 pm for Middle School and 10 pm for High School Registration.

Use the code: STCATS2022-100

Thank you to the Christina Ann Allwein Catholic Retreat Fund for supporting our Parish families.

Sunday 8:30a - 11:00a - 5:00p

6:00a - 9:00p daily except Saturday

Saturday 6:00a -4:00p