Keep Watching Our Social Accounts
We have a lot going on over on social media accounts. If you haven't followed our pages in the past, now is a great time to start! You'll find links to our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Pages below.
Virtual Field Day Tomorrow
Field Day is Tomorrow!! If you are able to tune in, please follow us on Instagram Live (
@gaisfamily) at 10am Thursday. Rain or shine, we will start off with an Opening Ceremony and dive right into Field Day. Most of the activities we will do can be done inside the home as well (we may skip one or two events if it rains). We are predicting Field Day will last about 30-45 minutes. If you are unable to join Instagram, no worries, attached is a
PDF for you and your child to follow whenever it is convenient for you. Can’t wait to see everyone on Instagram tomorrow and start praying for sunshine
!
Staff Mystery Read Aloud Series
Tune into our
Facebook page throughout the month for our staff mystery reader series! Staff members will be reading their favorite book for students to enjoy virtually. If you miss one, you can find them all on our
YouTube page
as well.
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Guardian Angels Teachers Available for Summer Tutoring
Guardian Angels teachers are available to tutor students over the summer months. Information can be found
here.
Yearbook Pictures Wanted
There are empty pages in our 2019-2020 yearbook that need to be filled with your pictures! Send
Mrs. VonderHaar pictures of your at-home learning experience to commemorate this unforgettable school year.
Summer Reading and Math Books
Mrs. Leach has created a
Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt
for all students to participate in over the summer. Additionally, specific grade level summer reading assignments can be found
here
. Any additional assignment information will be emailed to parents.
Summer Math books will not be a required assignment for students to complete.
However, if interested the summer skills Math workbook that has been used in prior years can be purchased online. The workbook is titled
,
Summer Solutions - Common Core Mathematics - grade XX
and
ordering information can be found
here
.
School Supply Kits for 2020-2021 School Year
School Supply Boxes for Grades 1-8 are now available to order online. They will be delivered at school before the start of the 2020-2021 school year. Please remember when ordering to choose your child's grade for the 20-21 school year, NOT the current grade. GA has changed school supply companies from previous years to 1st School Supply for the 20-21 school year. Please use the link provided to order from the proper source. Click
here
to order.
Orders must be placed by July 1st
.
Preschool and kindergarten families will get information from their teachers about their supplies.
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AngelsFest Event Postponed: BNB & Major Awards Go As Scheduled
Due to restrictions on public gatherings, our annual parish festival is postponed indefinitely. However, we will be having our Bid-N-Buy and Major Awards raffle during our scheduled festival weekend:
June 12-14
.
We hope you will still support our parish's largest fundraiser by purchasing raffle tickets and bidding on some of our great auction items.
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Bid-N-Buy - Register Now For Our Auction
Registration is now open for the Bid-N-Buy auction! You can view over 200 great offerings with more items being added daily.
All GA school children whose parents have already registered or register before June 1st on Qtego will be able to come out of uniform one day during the 2020-2021 school year; Mr. Stoops will choose the day at a later date.
The following donations are still being accepted:
1. Lottery tickets in any amount.
2. Season tickets to local sports events? We are looking specifically for Bengals, UC, Ohio State, and Notre Dame.
3. Cash/check donation to the rectory. Please make your check out to Guardian Angels and mark your check as "Bid-N-Buy Donation."
Guardian Angels Church
6531 Beechmont Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45230
The festival cart is set up in the gathering space if you visit the church. Take a tag and return it with your donation. Don't forget to include your name so we know who to thank! Gift cards are needed for entertainment, restaurants, and shopping.
Bidding on all items will go live on June 8 at 7:00 am
.
Thank you for your generosity!
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Major Awards
Major Awards raffle tickets are available for purchase now through June 12th. Tickets mailed to parishioners' home may be mailed to the rectory in the provided return envelope. We will have the following early bird drawings:
- May 31 (tickets must be received by 5/29)
- June 7 (tickets must be received by 6/5)
Congratulations to the winner the Lowden Family who won the $250 early bird drawing over the weekend!
Tickets must be received by June 12th for the Major Awards Prize of $10,000. The winner will be drawn by Father King on June 14th. More tickets are available at the rectory for purchase. You may request extra tickets be mailed to your home by calling the office at
(513) 231-7440
Monday through Friday from 8:30am-1:30pm or by
emailing Carolyn Schwettman
.
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Thank you to the businesses who have agreed to sponsor AngelsFest!
We appreciate your support of our parish during these times.
Gold Sponsors
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Red Sponsors
We would also like to thank Patriot Signage who prints our yard signs each year!
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GA Will Stream 10am Mass Each Sunday
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Changes Being Made For Camp GAudeo
Now is the time to register current 5th through 8th grade students for Camp GAudeo 2020 (
June 22nd – 26th
).
We are still operating under the hope that we can gather for camp on this scheduled week. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions on us and event venues we typically use, we will be switching models.
The camp will now be offered on campus without bus transportation to local venues
. We will be renting equipment or contracting services to come to us to still provide a slew of large-scale activities and an immense amount of fun. To ease the burden on families, our
price for the camp will be lowered to only $75 dollars per student
(with scholarships available), which brings the price to $15 per day. You can read more about these changes and the considerations being made by Bradley Barnes to run the camp safely by
clicking here
.
Camp GAudeo is a week of middle school ministry (led by adults and high school students) that includes fun tons of opportunity to pray and grow in our relationship with Christ. Camp is open to all students in the appropriate grades, regardless of school, parish, or religious background! Visit the
Camp GAudeo webpage
for more information or to register a camper, high school counselor, or adult volunteer.
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Help PTA Raise Money for a New Playground
PTA is hosting an online fundraiser with Boon Supply, which sells a curated collection of products across home, office, on-the-go and more. Through this fundraiser, Boon Supply will donate 40% of every purchase you make goes back to PTA.
Shop online
through the end of May to support Guardian Angels School PTA. We would love your help!
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GA Fall Girls Volleyball Registration is Open
The GCCYS has laid out a tentative plan for the fall season. As with everything during this time, this plan is tentative and subject to change. Across the parishes, gym access may not be available until August. We are not able to do evaluations at the end of May, as we typically do. The decision was made to push the start of the season back to starting practices 8/10 and starting matches the weekend of 8/29. This allows for the first week of August to do evaluations and set teams. Volleyball families know that practices usually begin at the end of July/early August, so vacations shouldn't conflict. Please keep 8/1-9 available for volleyball evaluations. Exact times and dates are TBD. Matches will be played Labor Day weekend this year, because the start of the season will be pushed back. Therefore, please keep Labor Day weekend open for volleyball matches.
VB registration is officially open and will close 6/13. This situation presents unique challenges for every family. Volleyball fees may be delayed at the time of sign-up, but need to be paid in full prior to evaluations. There are no refunds after teams are placed. If this presents a financial hardship for anyone, please
email Darlene Tierney
privately and confidentially. Please sign up at
gaboosters.org
. Please note, if your daughter hasn't played another sport since last fall at GA, there is a new system and an account will need to be set up.
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Girl Scouts Update
- We are looking for 2-3 parents ( moms or dads) to start a troop for our soon to be second graders in 2020-2021.
- Meetings are typically after school for an hour once a month with additional outings about 6 times a year.
- You can find out more information about being a Girl Scout leader by visiting https://www.gswo.org/
- If you are interested please email Amy Armstrong Smith.
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Box Tops Is Now Digital
Box Tops is going digital! The Guardian Angels PTA collects Box Tops and uses the funds earned to purchase indoor recess games and outdoor recess equipment. This year, Box Tops is switching to a digital platform. To participate, you’ll need to download the Box Tops App. No more cutting labels off boxes! Instead, you’ll go into the Box Tops app and just scan your grocery receipt within 14 days of purchase. You’ll find more information
attached
.
You can also watch a quick video showing how the new digital platform works
here.
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Kroger Community Rewards
Have you signed up for Kroger Community Rewards and designated GA as your beneficiary? The more families who register, the more money our school receives through the program. Kroger Community Rewards offers a great way for you to support our school's technology fund...and you don't have to spend a penny. You can search for GA or use our NPO number, 80200. The amount Guardian Angels receives depends on the points our supporters rack up while grocery shopping.
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AmazonSmile Is Now Available Through The Amazon App
Anyone using the AmazonSmile feature to benefit Guardian Angels Church can now do so through the Amazon App! If you shop on Amazon, y
ou can
sign-up
to have a portion of your purchase come back to Guardian Angels. Now when you make purchases through the AmazonSmile app OR page, and have GA selected as your beneficiary, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products back to GA.
To make the adjustments in the app, follow these steps:
- Open the Amazon Shopping App.
- Tap on the Main Menu in the App.
- Click on Setting.
- Click on AmazonSmile.
- Follow the direction to turn on AmazonSmile and start shopping.
This update will be available soon on IOS. Until then, those users will need to be shopping from smile.amazon.com page of the site for GA to receive the benefit.
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Stay Connected with GA on Social Media
Stay up-to-date with all things GA by following us on social media.
Guardian Angels is active on several social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Facebook serves as our primary social channel
to keep families informed about upcoming events, news, and other information regarding our school and parish. If you want to make sure you see information posted through the Guardian Angels page, please make sure you
go to our Facebook page
, click Following (just under the cover photo), and then choose See First. This way anything we share will still be seen in your newsfeed.
You will also be able to find links to our social media channels at the bottom of every Wednesday Herald.
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