Weekly News and Updates
March 11, 2021
The Big Red House Party is less than two weeks away! THANK YOU to all of the families that have donated items and purchased raffle tickets so far. Register for the event by clicking here!
Second Trimester report cards will be distributed next Wednesday, March 17. Your student will bring home his/her report card. If you would like to request a conference with a teacher, please mark the report card envelope and send it back to school signed. Conferences will be virtual during the afternoon of March 26.
If you are planning to travel over spring break, please let the office know where you will be going and your return date, so we can plan a return to school date for your student(s). With current Archdiocesan guidance, travel to "orange" states requires a 10 day quarantine to return to school. This is not meant as an inconvenience to families rather as a way to ensure that our staff and students are kept healthy and learning in person.
I want to thank each family for your continued support of St. Edward School, for your adherence to our health and safety protocols this year, and for your ongoing prayers.
If you have any questions, please reach out.
St. Edward, pray for us!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Sara Lasica
Principal
slasica@stedwardschool.com
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2021-22 Registration is open!
New Family Referral Program
Refer a new family to St. Ed's for the 2021-22 school year and receive $500 off of your tuition after they register and attend next year! You can do this an unlimited amount of times!
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TRIP update: E-gift cards can be purchased through the Raise Right app at anytime!
- Next TRIP due date: 3/25/21
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Please continue to report positive cases, close contacts with positive cases, and travel outside of Illinois to the office as soon as possible. If you have any questions regarding a positive case, close contact, quarantine dates, or anything else relating to our COVID procedures, please contact me. If you suspect a family member in your household of being sick, please keep your students home until we can determine next steps. We would rather one student be absent for a day than face the need to quarantine an entire cohort. |
Prayer for Lent
Almighty and ever living God,
you invite us deeper into your world, your people, your Lent.
May this time be one of outward focus;
seeking you in those we often ignore.
Help us live a Lent focused on freedom, generosity, and encounter.
Give us hearts hungry to serve you
and those who need what we have to give.
- Author Unknown
-Xavier.edu
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Strong families foster strong children. As Catholics, our source of strength comes from God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and the best way to develop a relationship with our loving God is to pray! Pray as a family daily. Grace before dinner, a Hail Mary before bedtime, an Our Father on the way to school in the morning. Find a time, pick a prayer, and grow closer to God! |
There is still time to donate to the Tax Credit Scholarship program and receive a 75% tax credit on your IL taxes. We have over 20 students on our waiting list for scholarships for next year! |
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Big Red House Party
Virtual Live Auction
and Comedy Show
This year's Big Red House Party virtual auction and stand-up comedy show featuring Pat Tomasulo will be held on Saturday, March 20 at 7 pm. This is our single biggest fundraiser of the year and we need everyone's help to make it a success!
The Auction along with the Fall Walk-a-Thon and Advent Raffle are fundraisers to meet the needs of our operating budget. Tuition does not cover the full expenses of the school, so we rely on these fundraisers to meet the budget gap. Many Catholic schools have mandatory fundraising fees that cover the difference between tuition and budget needs; we do not require families to pay a fundraising fee.
Stay tuned for more information in the weeks ahead!
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Registration for the Big Red House party is now open! Text bigred to 76278 OR you can go to bigred.givesmart.com.
- Registration will allow you to bid on all of our amazing auction items. Bidding opens a week from today, Thursday, March18th!
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Our first Big Red House Party raffle winner will be announced tomorrow! Purchase raffle tickets here!
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Sourced Craft Cocktails offers you three Big Red House Party Cocktail kits while you tune into the show! Each kit contains enough ingredients for six cocktails. Orders placed by March 16 will be delivered to St. Ed’s for pickup in the kitchen of the gym at end of school pickup on Friday, March 19. $15 of every order will go directly to St. Edward!! Note, when ordering, please specify 4343 W. Sunnyside as delivery address. You can link direct to the beverage choices from the bigredhouseparty.com website.
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We also have dinner covered! Avvio (4358 N. Elston Ave.) has created a special dine-in / carry-out menu and will generously donate 20% of their night of auction proceeds to St. Edward! You can view the menu here, https://bigredhouseparty.com/avvio-menu
bigredhouseparty.com
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Upcoming Dates and Events |
Friday, March 12: NUT card day
Monday, March 15: Mass with 1st-4th Grades, 8:30 AM
-NUT card day
Tuesday, March 16: Mass with 5th-6th Grades, 8:30 AM
Wednesday, March 17: Mass with 7th-8th Grades, 8:30 AM
-2nd Trimester Report Cards sent home
Thursday, March 18: Confirmation practice, Group 2, 7:00 PM
Saturday, March 20: Big Red House Party! Click here for more information!
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St. Edward School Board Openings
The St. Edward School Board will have three open positions at the end of this school year. The School Board is an advisory board that helps to guide the principal and pastor on various aspects of the school including fundraising, marketing, enrollment, financials, culture, long-term planning, among other areas. Meetings are approximately once a month, and positions are open to adults who are school parents or parishioners of St. Edward Parish. If you are interested or have questions, please email Ann Schultz at annmschltz@gmail.com. |
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3C Survey
The Archdiocese is utilizing the 3C Survey through the University of Chicago 5Essentials Survey this spring. Results from the survey given to current parents, teachers, and students in grades 4-8 will be used to plan our school improvement goals as well as the Archdiocesan improvement goals. Each parent is invited and encouraged to participate in the survey, which should not take more than a few minutes. You can access the survey here. The survey is open until March 26. |
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SEPO Updates
Question/Answer from SEPO
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When you buy Big Red House Party raffle tickets online, do you get actual tickets or just a receipt? The office fills out all raffle tickets purchased online. If you would like your ticket stub, please contact Ms. Meenan and we will send them home with your student.
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What about spring break? Will a quarantine be required? If so how many days? Is reporting travel on the honor system? Spring break will take place April 2-11, and we will return to school on April 12. With current Archdiocesan guidance, students who travel to an "orange" state must quarantine for 10 days upon arrival in Chicago. We want to both ensure a safe learning environment for all of our staff and students as well as make this an easy process for our families, so I ask that if you are traveling, please let me know so we can work together to set a return to school date for your student(s). During any quarantine period, the teachers will post lessons and assignments to Seesaw (Preschool-3rd Grades) and Google Classroom (4th-8th Grades). The quarantine period is not a punishment nor is it meant to inconvenience families; we want to maintain a safe learning environment for all of our students.
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Originally the school calendar had said that the last day of school was June 4th, but it now shows the 11th. Did the date get pushed back? The last day of school has always been June 11th for preschool-7th grade and June 4th for 8th grade. If you hover over the "Last Day of School" title on the school's online calendar for June 4th, it will expand to say "for 8th Grade". Because we were able to transition to remote learning during our two snow days, we do not need to extend the school year.
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Help us tell the good news about St. Edward School!
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Submit your good news to our school site by clicking here.
- Post positive reviews on any of these sites:
Facebook.com
Yelp.com
Niche.com
Greatschools.org
Privateschoolreview.com
3. Nominate a member of the St. Edward staff for #SchoolHero recognizing his/her work to ensure a safe and productive learning environment this year.
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