Please watch this video update from St. Cecilia Principal Jeff Matthews on next Friday's Celebrations of Learning Virtual Conferences as well as an update on our first quarter.

A Report Card will be emailed to all parents of Kindergarten - 8th grade students (via FACTS) to view on Monday, October 26. The Report Card provides information to parents about their child’s academic and non-academic achievement at the end of the first quarter. Additionally, Honor Roll information for 4th - 8th grade students will be shared via the Insider on Thursday, October 29th. If you would like to monitor your child’s progress more regularly, you may sign up to receive daily or weekly notifications in your FACTS account. Information on how to do that can be found in previous Insiders. Please make sure you have safelisted emails from FACTS information on how to do that can be found here.

Our Celebration of Learning parent-teacher conferences will be held on Friday, October 30th (there is no school on this conference day). All of the conferences will take place virtually, and parents will be given the opportunity to sign up for a specific 10-15 minute time slot. All parents are expected to have a Celebration of Learning Conference with their child present along with the homeroom teacher. Homeroom teachers will be reaching out to families to schedule the virtual Celebration of Learning Conferences. Families in 3rd-8th grades, you may sign up for a conference with other teachers once all families in that homeroom have signed up for their slot. We will let you know once that is available for scheduling.

We will celebrate National Red Ribbon Week the week of October 26th. This is a time we reflect and promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle for ourselves and our children. Our students will be participating in dress up days during the school week to signify their commitment to making the choice to be healthy and live drug-free. As we lead our community in making the commitment to remain drug-free, let’s keep the children worldwide in our thoughts and prayers.

*School uniforms can always be worn instead of dressing up if your children prefer.

Additionally on Wednesday, following our Weekly Assembly, we are excited to host two Zoom presenters for Red Ribbon Week this year. Dr. Crystal Collier will present to 5th-8th grades, and Dr. Ann Lee will present to PK3-4th grade.

Crystal Collier, PhD, is a therapist and educator who has been working with adolescents and adults suffering from mental illness, behavioral problems and substance use disorders since 1991. Her area of expertise includes adolescent brain development, prevention programming, parent coaching, and addiction. She possesses a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, and a doctorate in Counselor Education. Dr. Collier’s comprehensive prevention model, which teaches the neurodevelopmental effects of risky behavior to children, teens, teachers and parents, was selected for the 2015 Prevention and Education Commendation from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.

Many of you may know Ann Lee, MD, as a fellow St. Cecilia parent, or perhaps your child’s pediatrician! Dr. Lee is a native Houstonian who graduated from St. Agnes Academy. She completed her undergraduate degree at Texas A&M University and received her medical degree from the University of Texas at Houston Medical School. After completing an internship and residency in pediatrics, Dr. Lee served an extra year as Pediatric Chief Resident. She enjoys teaching and was voted “Best Resident Teacher in Pediatrics.” We look forward to Dr. Lee’s presentation on making healthy choices.

Please join school Principal Jeff Matthews for the 2nd Quarter “Java With Jeff” on Wednesday, November 4th. This will be a virtual “Lunch & Learn” session (via Zoom) from 11:30AM to 12:30PM. The topic for this quarterly meeting is “Assessment and Grading: Effective Feedback for Learning” one of our Four Pillars of Improvement. There is no need to register to attend, the link will be sent out to all parents earlier that day, and the meeting will also be recorded and shared in the Insider on Friday, November 6th).

Congratulations to our students who were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society earlier today. Here is a link to the Zoom recording of the ceremony.

The purchased 2019-2020 St. Cecilia School yearbooks were distributed to homerooms today, 10/23. If you did not order a yearbook and would still like to purchase, please complete this form. Once payment is received, your child’s yearbook will be sent home within a day or two of ordering. If your child graduated in the Class of 2020, we will contact you at a later date about a separate yearbook pick up. Our remaining supply of yearbooks is limited- first come, first serve! If you have any questions, please contact Kimberly Lowrey.

We celebrated Digital Citizenship Week at St. Cecilia this week. We expect our students to practice safe, responsible and respectful behavior when using technology. We watched this video during our Wednesday Assembly about being kind online. As we celebrated Digital Citizenship Week at St. Cecilia we reminded students that God has given them a conscience to guide them in making good choices and being compassionate and kind online.

Freeman Photography will be on campus on November 6th at 3:30pm to take pictures for Cheer & Football. Please click this link to order the photos.

St. Cecilia Catholic School is hiring! We currently have several open positions to fill immediately - both full-time and part-time positions are available including: Classroom Aide, Faculty Nursery and Substitute teachers. If you are interested in working alongside our amazing teachers and staff, check out the open positions currently available here and apply today!

St. Cecilia Parish Basketball is now open.  Registration will be open from October 23, 2020 and will close on November 30, 2020. Grades K-5th may register to play. We need coaches, assistant coaches, and volunteers. Also you will be put onto a waitlist at the beginning of registration and when we have enough players to form a team, then I will email and admit you and you will have to continue to checkout to be fully registered for the team. Please make sure to put the proper gender, age, and grade, as well as the jersey size. The smallest we run is Youth Small.  The season begins January 16th and ends March 6, 2021. The games are played on Saturdays (times, schedule, and locations will be given to coaches before the play begins.) Click this link and select Winter 2020/21 Basketball.