As mentioned in Mr. Matthew’s video last week, and illustrated in the Annual Report, Annual Fund gifts support every aspect of the school.

In an effort to continuously advance the mission and the long term viability of St. Cecilia Catholic School, this fiscal year we have more than doubled the allotment of funds to our Financial Aid program than we have in the past. The need is greater now more than ever. Supporting the Annual Fund enhances our Financial Aid Program, allowing every one of our students the opportunity to receive the Catholic education they deserve.

Free Dress Pass for your students on Thursday, December 17th if gift is made by Wednesday, December 16th.

St. Cecilia PopSockets and Sunglasses for the family!

Two St. Cecilia Insulated Coffee Mugs

Invitation to our Donor Thank You Cocktail Party

As we begin this season of giving, please prayerfully consider a generous contribution to our school and to the opportunities afforded to your children.

We have many new items for our Booster Club membership levels this year - including our brand new yard signs!

On Tuesday, December 8th, HSA had their December monthly meeting. You can view a recording of that meeting here.

A long standing tradition at St. Cecilia Catholic School in each December is the “Sweet Treats” for Faculty & Staff. Traditionally, this is a day organized by our HSA where families make and deliver their favorite sweet treats to share with the Faculty & Staff of the school.

Because of current restrictions, Sweet Treats wasn’t able to happen as it has in the past. However, our HSA Teacher Appreciation Committee and our HSA Executive Board felt strongly that they wanted to keep the tradition alive in the way that they could. Click here to learn more.

If you have not yet had a chance to participate in the annual HSA sponsored Faculty & Staff Christmas Fund, the deadline to do so is the end of the day this coming Sunday, December 13th. 

Each year some families choose to gift their child(ren)’s homeroom teacher a gift in addition to/or in place of participating in the HSA fund. While this is not required, we realize for many families this is a tradition. Please keep in mind, especially for our younger students, that any gifts must be carried in by that student or fit in their backpacks to give to the teacher - so please no gifts too large that students cannot carry in on their own. Electronic gift cards that can be emailed directly to teachers are also a great idea. Please note it is very important: gifts may not be dropped off in the front office or dropped off in carpool. 

The December School Board Meeting will take place at 6:30PM on Tuesday, December 15th. Board meetings are open to parents to attend, and are currently being held on Zoom. If you are interested in attending a meeting, please contact our School Board President Nadine Balombin.

Computer Science Week was a huge success at St. Cecilia this past week. Students in 3rd - 6th grade participated in Hour of Code by coding their own dance party. Click here to see a short video that was shown at our Wednesday Assembly to highlight some of their dance parties. PK4, Kindergarten and 1st grade students learned about coding with Bee-Bots using our Genesis Digital Makerspace. Our 6th and 8th Grade Robotics electives spent the week exploring the world of robotics and coding using Dash and Cue. Click here to check out the work of one of our 6th grade groups in the Robotics elective. It was a great week at St. Cecilia learning more about the power of coding.

Thank you to our Music Teacher of the last two years – Mr. Craig Edgar. Mr. Edgar will be leaving St. Cecilia very soon, and we are grateful for his time and service to the school - we wish Mr. Edgar all the best of luck in the future! Please click here to read a note from Mr. Edgar to our families.

If you are experiencing a hardship of any kind please contact the HSA Caring Committee for support or prayer requests. They are here to help!

The HSA Caring Committee is a volunteer group that supports St. Cecilia Catholic School families who are dealing with illness, death, or crisis.