Week of September 20, 2020 |
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Shaving cream letters in Mrs. Brunner's JK class! |
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Tuesday, September 22 - PICTURE DAY!
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Friday, September 25 - EARLY DISMISSAL @ 1:40PM ASE is available until 6pm. (Reserve a spot by emailing asedirector@saintbenedictschool.org)
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Friday, September 25 - Interim Grades. Be sure to check ParentsWeb (District code is "SB-VA")
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Planning Ahead? Always check out our school calendar on the website HERE!
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Need a past newsletter? Check out our archives on the website HERE!
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Dear Parents,
This Friday will be the interim for the first nine weeks of the school year. The interim is an opportunity for parents to check your student's grades and contact the teacher with any questions or concerns. For K-2 parents, teachers will send home an interim progress report on Friday. For 3-5, the teachers post grades every interim and at the end of each nine weeks. At those times, the grades may be viewed on ParentsWeb. For middle school parents, grades are always available for you to view in ParentsWeb, and teachers update them regularly. This helps us all to work together for our students' benefit!
Also, this Friday, September 25 is a 1:40pm dismissal. For anyone unable to pick their student up at 1:40, After-School Enrichment (ASE) is available until either 3pm or 6pm. If you are planning to use ASE, be sure to let the school know in advance, and let us know when you plan to pick up your child. Email asedirector@saintbenedictschool.org. Thank you!
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Picture Day is TUESDAY!
From our friends at Real Life Events: Picture Day is this Tuesday (9/22)! We have changed our procedure just a little. All students in attendance will have their Yearbook photo taken on picture day. (We are no longer doing preorders; this is a change. So not to worry, you have not missed your opportunity to order.) If your student is absent, they can have their photo taken on makeup day. (Oct. 20th)
All students should wear their regular school uniform and middle school students should wear their dress uniforms.
A letter will come home to you on picture day with ordering information. This will have your student’s information on it and how to view your student’s photo online (it will take 3-4 business days for the images to post). From the website link, you can view your student’s image, place your order, or request a retake. All orders and ID cards will be printed AFTER makeup day. We are following all CDC and Diocesan guidelines and are excited to see your students!
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Media Release Form
Parents, as you know, we try to capture images and videos of life at SBCS throughout the school year...special activities and even some of those small moments from the day that we think you would appreciate. These are also very important to our social media and marketing as a school. When you signed your SBCS contract each year, you also signed a photo release form. The Diocese would now like for all schools to use the same standardized media release form. Please print, sign, scan and email back to Gretchen Ridgely at admissions@saintbenedictschool.org or simply send it back in with your student. We need one form returned from every SBCS family by next Monday, September 21. If we don't receive your form, we won't be able to take pictures or videos of your students.
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Have You Logged Into ParentsWeb?
ParentsWeb is where you can check grades, log volunteer hours and check your middle school student's schedule. With interim grades coming out later this month, be sure to login. Don't know how? There are 2 ways:
1) Go to our website and click on ParentsWeb in the top left corner. (Need directions, click here).
2) Download the RenWeb Home app to your smartphone. It's available on Google Play and in the App Store. There's a $4.99 cost for the year, but it keeps everything conveniently handy if you like!
Lunches
Please remember to send in utensils and napkins in your children's lunchboxes each day. Since the children are eating in their classrooms at their desks, it really helps for them to have everything they need to enjoy their lunches.
Ordered YayLunch, but your child is sick?
Please email YayLunch asap at info@yaylunch.com ! They can usually cancel lunches if they are notified before 9am that day.
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Taking Care of our Comet Family |
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Please remember that we are one community that is supportive and respectful. As in any year, from time to time teachers and students may be out of school. Please respect privacy and don't jump to conclusions.Whenever a member of the school community has a confirmed case of COVID-19, we will work with the Diocese and the Health Department to make sure close contacts are notified so they may take appropriate action inline with CDC guidance.
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Yay Lunch! Order weekly by Saturday night! |
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Other Helpful Information |
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Attention 8th Grade Parents! St. Mary's High School Information Night
(From Jennifer Joss, St. Mary's High School Night Coordinator)
High School Information Fair - hosted by Saint Mary's Catholic School
this year, via Zoom! Thursday, October 1 * 7pm
Representatives from various high schools have been invited to give a 2-minute presentation. The zoom session will be recorded, so if that time doesn't work for you, there's still a chance to see it! While live participation is not required, we hope the reps will be available to answer questions in the chat box during the session.
In order to maintain privacy and security, we will not be posting the zoom link publicly, so we ask that you rsvp here, via this google form:
We will email the login information a few days before the event. If you know you are unable to attend, but would like the recording sent via email, please complete the form.
Attention Girls in Grades 5-8! St. Gertrude Middies Program (Grades 5-8)...
(From Fran Pochily, Benedictine High Schools of Richmond Athletic Director)
WOW! What a wonderful response for our Middies Field Hockey and Volleyball Teams!
It is clear that the girls want to play and I'm so happy to know that! I am currently working to contact the other teams/schools/leagues that we typically play. If we find that we don't have enough teams to compete with, we hope to run a series of clinics, once a week, for the girls to be able to learn and/ or advance in their sport, be with their teammates and work with the coaches. We plan to start at the beginning of October and run through early November.
For Field Hockey- we would continue to have our program at our Outdoor Athletic Center (490 Scott Road, Richmond, 23227). We will plan to host clinics (or practices if we can get some games on the schedule) on Mondays 5-6:30pm starting in October.
For Volleyball- we will now be practicing at the new campus, 12829 River Road, Richmond, 23238. In the past, practices were very late in the day (7:30-9pm) but with two gyms now, we can move this time up earlier so most likely a 6:30pm start time on a day to be determined. We may still enter the RVC League if there are enough teams to play, but again, we would host clinics if not.
Many of you have sent me questions, which I hope I have addressed here, but please let me know if there is anything I'm missing. If you'd like to attend the clinics/participate this year, please complete this form: https://forms.gle/b2JoUvgq4HeZTkMu5
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In case you missed this on social media! |
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Ms. Bykowski's 3rd Grade Art class enjoys painting with watercolors! |
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And remember!
ONLY COME TO SCHOOL IF….
- Your temperature is under 100.4 degrees.
- In the past two (2) weeks, you HAVE NOT presented symptoms of COVID-19, such as a fever, chills, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, with no alternative diagnosis.
- In the past two (2) weeks, you HAVE NOT been exposed - less than six (6) feet for greater than 15 minutes - to anyone who has tested positive for or exhibits symptoms of COVID-19 (with no alternative diagnosis), without wearing the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
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