School Year 2018-2019| August 21, 2019



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
Mass tomorrow will be in celebration of the Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, please come and join us for 8:15 Mass.

Attendance is important. It is a great habit to get into, even as young as our preschool students. We want our kiddos here healthy for sure but if they are not running a fever and have not thrown up in the last 24 hours, we want the kids to come to school. If a child is going to be out of school, please don't forget to call school: 859-277-3030 and let us know they will be out. If there is an issue we need to know about, please let us know so that we can do what we need to do here at school.
Middle School Night
Tomorrow evening is our Middle School Night for parents. Ever wonder what your child's schedule is like? Want to walk in their shoes for just a bit? Thursday night, we are inviting our middle school parents to come to MQ, get your child's schedule (we modified it just a bit so don't bring a copy of their schedule) and every 10 minutes you will be moving from class to class and get to hear about all the amazing things the teachers have planned for this year. Everyone should be in homeroom by 6:30 pm - don't be tardy!
School pictures are next Thursday and Friday, August 29 and 30. Be on the lookout for the picture schedule coming out next week. On picture day, students may be out of uniform.
Our first school dance of the year is next Friday, Aug. 30 from 5 - 7. All 6th - 8th grade Mary Queen students are invited to attend. Dances have a $5 entrance fee and students must be signed in and out of the dance. A flyer will be going home next week with more details. All money raised goes to support our 8th grade class trip to Washington, D.C.
5th grade students don't fret, you can start attending the dances beginning in October.
Speech and Language, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Psychological Services.

I am excited that we have partnered with Horn and Associates to be able to provide these services during the school day through your insurance! If you are already seeing one of the therapists here and would like to have your child receive therapy during the school day, talk with them about moving your appointments to MQ (we have a space!) or if your child needs one of these services, contact us about next steps.
Important Dates
Aug. 22 - Middle School Night
8th Grade Parent Fundraising Meeting
Aug. 26 - Band Instrument Rental Evening
Aug 26 - MAP testing begins
Aug 29 and 30 - School Pictures
Sept. 2 - No School, Labor Day
Sept. 5 - PAWS Meeting
Oct. 11 and 12 - Fall Festival
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Welcome Alicia McCollum

While Alicia McCollum is technically a new teacher at Mary Queen School, she is long familiar with the community as both a Mary Queen parent and parishioner.
“My children attended Mary Queen for many years and I am thrilled to have my son, Cooper, return this year in 5th grade,” Ms. McCollum said. “My daughter, Colleen, is now a freshman at Lexington Catholic.” 
For the past seven years Ms. McCollum has taught middle school Language Arts and Religion at Saints Peter and Paul School. This year at Mary Queen she will be teaching middle school Social Studies and 8 th grade religion. “I am very excited to be back teaching Social Studies,” Ms. McCollum said. “Not only is it my Master's degree, but my entire background in undergraduate work was in history and languages. It's wonderful to be able to share that again with students.”
Ms. McCollum is happy that social studies allows middle school students be active learners. “Social Studies has such a wide variety of engaging activities and hands-on learning opportunities that I am thrilled to include in our curriculum this year,” she said.
Overall, Ms. McCollum said the transition to working here at Mary Queen has gone smoothly. “I am very excited to join this thriving Mary Queen community of families and teachers,” she said. “I have felt so welcome by all!”

Fall Festival is just six short weeks away, are you ready?! Would your company or someone that you are visiting over Labor Day be willing to be Fall Festival Sponsor ? We will proudly display your company name during the Fall festival and also have shout outs on our social media for all of our sponsors. Great advertisement to all the friends and family of Mary Queen.
Have you signed up to volunteer for the Fall Festival? The Fall Festival couldn’t happen without the support of you! Volunteers are asked to work one shift per child at MQ. Follow the link to sign up to volunteer:
All school children will receive a free Festival t-shirt!  The shirt will go home with them in early September courtesy of White, Greer, and Maggard and MQ School and Church! We are making it possible for all other family and friends to order their very own MQ Festival t-shirt (Thank you to Moira Rolfes, MQ’s own 6 th  grader who was the winning designer)! Please find order form attached and send into the office no later than August 23 rd . Fall Festival shirts are $12 each. Just send in the $12 with your size and we will send it home with you.
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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