Weekly Insider - September 4, 2020
Calendar At A Glance

Monday, Sept 7th
  • Labor Day - No School

Tuesday, Sept 8th - First Day of School
  • All grade levels on campus
  • Regular carpool in both morning and afternoon
  • No classroom drop-off or pick-up
  • No Early Dismissal-it is a full day of school
  • Bridges begins-for both full time and drop in

Wednesday, Sept 9th

Thursday, Sept 10th

Friday, Sept 11th
  • All School Mass - Dress Uniform Required for all students
Happy Labor Day!
Wishing everyone in our St. Cecilia community a fun, happy, healthy, & safe Labor Day weekend!

We look forward to starting school on Tuesday, September 8th, so please have socially distant celebrations, continue to wear masks, and wash your hands and we'll celebrate with a great first day on Tuesday the 8th!
Carpool Updates
As a follow up to the Carpool email sent earlier this week, a reminder that the Carpool page on the school website has been updated with all of the information and changes for carpool. Those include:

  • Self Screening Information
  • Morning Drop-Off changes
  • Afternoon Pick-Up changes
  • Helpful videos on new procedures
  • Carpool flow maps
  • Update on carpool tag distribution

Please carefully review the page and the updates prior to the start of school on Tuesday, September 8, 2020.
Lunch / Cafeteria / ECI
All families should have received emails from our Cafeteria food provider - ECI - yesterday. If you did not receive the email, please check your spam or junk folders for the email from eci@ecimanagementgroup.com - if you did not get the email please contact ECI at that email address.

Please note, ECI is putting into place a new system to order lunches this year, so if your child wants to order a lunch, you will need to setup this account.

Students can still of course bring lunches, however this year because the students are eating in their homerooms - microwaves will not be available. Lunches may not be dropped off at the front office at this time.

The Cafeteria page on our website has also been updated with the menus for September.

Please follow the steps and information below to setup an account to pre-order lunches.

ECI Management Group and St. Cecilia Catholic School are pleased to inform you that we are offering a pre-order online service. 
Create your account at https://MyMealOrder.com
Add your profile (as Student) with the “Student ID” sent to you via email

Dining Pay Funds from Last Year:
We have this pre-order system in place to prevent gatherings and promote social distancing. Once we get by these times, your funds will return to the Dining Pay system and your funds will be there for use. If you have any additional questions or comments regarding your account setup, feel free to respond back to this email or give us a call. Thank-you for choosing ECI for your dining needs.

ECI Management Group
Customer Service: 713-722-7773
Main Office: 817-887-8460
Parent Tips for Returning to School
We know returning to school may be a challenge for your children. We have compiled some helpful tips to help your family return to school successfully. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us; we are here to support each family’s unique needs!
Parent Webinar for Remote Learners

Thank you for joining the Partnering with Remote Learners parent webinar on Monday, August 31. We look forward to working with you throughout the school year. Please find the recording and slides presentation from the webinar below.


Please know that the Technology Department is working to produce some additional support videos and tech guides for our remote learners. Please check the Remote Learner section on our technology website for updates. http://bit.ly/remotelearnertechsupport
4th - 8th Grade Emails
The Technology Department is pleased to announce that we have enabled a restricted email for students in 4th - 8th grade to communicate with teachers and fellow classmates. We believe that enabling this version of email for students will improve teacher and student communication, promote student agency and responsibility for their learning, and fosters important executive function and soft skills such as communication and collaboration. The email address will only function within our @saintcecilia.org domain or address. Students will only be able to send and receive emails to users that have an @saintcecilia.org email address. Below are a few resources for you to review for more information.
Java With Jeff
Mark your calendars for the annual start of the school year "Java With Jeff" sessions with school Principal Jeff Matthews which begin on Monday, September 14th.

All sessions will be virtual on Zoom.
The Zoom links will be sent first thing in the morning at the start of the week of September 14th. The time for all sessions is 8:15AM to 9:15AM. The dates for the specific grade level events are below.

September 14th - PK3 - Kinder
September 15th - 8th Grade
September 16th - 1st & 2nd Grade
September 17th - 3rd - 5th Grades
September 18th - 6th & 7th Grades
Bridges After-School Program
The St. Cecilia Catholic School after-school program, Bridges, is available to all students until 6PM on most school days. Students will have a safe, productive place to complete homework and participate in fun activities with classmates until pick-up time. 

Families who enroll in full-time Bridges, pay monthly (or by semester or annually) for unlimited use during the month. Families who wish to use full-time Bridges must register in advance by filling out this online form. If families would like to choose to pay annually or by semester, that option will be available as well. Please note that on the full-time Bridges registration form, and you will be billed accordingly.

Questions? Contact Bridges 
Pencil and PE Bags
If you missed purchasing the pencil or PE Bags at the Used Uniform sale this past week, you can now purchase them online. When you purchase them online, the school will deliver the items to your child's homeroom.

With our current restrictions in place, purchasing online is the only way to buy pencil or PE bags as we will not be selling them in the front office and taking cash and checks.

Please note: Pencil bags are required in Kinder and 3rd Grade. Even though students will not be dressing out for PE this year, the PE bags are still available for sale and delivery.
School Supplies for 2020 - 2021 School Year
The online option for ordering school supplies ended on June 14th, and supplies have been delivered to Campus. If you did not order, and need to purchase school supplies, please see lists below. Please also note that there are additional required supplies, outside of the EPI school packs, that need to be purchased. Please see below for ALL lists.

Click on the below links if you would like to purchase the items independently:

Questions? Contact Leslie Moeller
Summer Assignments Reminder
As a reminder the Summer Assignments are not due until the start of school - September 8th. Here are the links below as a reminder.
Our mission at St Cecilia Catholic School is the ongoing Catholic formation and education of the whole child in mind, heart, and spirit, in preparation for an adult life of commitment and service.