We are preparing for both new admissions enrollment and re-enrollment for the 2021-22 school year, and as we begin reaching out to the surrounding communities to look for new students for our incoming classes, we rely heavily on you, our current school parents, to spread the word and share the St. Louise story.

Thank you not only for choosing St. Louise as your child's school, but also for sharing our story with your friends and neighbors! You are probably aware that St. Louise School provides an incentive of one-month's free tuition (valued at our in-parish one-child rate) to a current school family who refers a new family to us. There is a place on a new family enrollment form which asks if a current school parent referred them. If your name is listed as the referral-source, and if that family indeed attends here next school year, you get that month of free tuition - valued at around $750!

We would love it if you would encourage a prospective new school parent to visit one of our upcoming Open Houses, so they can tour the school and meet our fantastic faculty. Our first Open House is on Thursday, February 4, between 4:30-7:30PM. Your neighbor/friend/co-worker with an upcoming preschool to 8^th grade student simply need to go HERE to sign up for their unique Open House time on February 4, which will include a private tour.

In addition, we are holding a “virtual” Open House on February 18, at 7:00PM. This one will be streamed live, and we ask that you let your neighbor/friend/co-worker know about it by directing them to this Zoom-webinar. They may sign up HERE.

If you are a school parent new to St. Louise this year, a required class is our "Safe Environment/Called to Protect" class. Please read more about this requirement HERE. This class explains about child abuse prevention and is required to be attended by all newly enrolled school parents as well as all newly hired school personnel.

Most new school parents completed this required virtual class either last June or August, but for those who are more recent school families and missed this class, the next training that is available is Wednesday, January 27 at 7 PM. It will be a 2-hour class held via Zoom. To register, please send an email to safeenvironment@stlouise.org. This required class must be taken by both mom and dad of every school family when they initially join a Seattle Archdiocesan Catholic school. Thanks for your cooperation.

Our school photographer, Yuen Lui Studios, will be here for two days - February 9 & 10 - to take individual school photos of every St. Louise student. These photos are for our school yearbook, and will also be available for families to purchase. You may place your pre-order now by clicking HERE.

Usually we take group photos of each homeroom for the yearbook and for purchase. This year to be more cautious and to avoid classes grouping together on risers for a group photo shoot, Yuen Lui will create a class sheet using each individual photo made into one class composite, similar to the example shown below.

However, unlike this example, for St. Louise, of course, all students must be in full school uniform on February 9 and 10, including the school sweater or fleece (no hoody). The 8^th grade students will have their photos taken in caps and gowns over their uniform.

Any students who are 100% online-learning in February will be encouraged to come to school for this brief time for their individual photo shoot. Homeroom teachers will let their online-learning families know the exact day and time of their classroom's photo shoot.

If you have questions, please contact Julianne Read. If you would like to be a volunteer to help on February 9 and/or 10 with situating students for their photo shoot, please let Julianne know.

Our friends at the New Bethlehem Project in Kirkland sent a wonderful thank you note for our All-School Supply Drive from November:

“We were blown away at your generosity during the holidays! The thousands of items and supplies will immediately be put to work helping families in need. Thank you for your partnership and helping us through this trying time. Your donation allow the staff to focus on families instead of buying diapers and supplies.”

King County Public Health has updated the protocol for when students and staff can and cannot go to school, due to COVID-19 symptoms and/or positive tests. With this, St. Louise has similarly updated our COVID-related procedures. Please read the two revised documents on our website so you will both refamiliarize yourselves with our procedures for health-safety and for remote learning. This revision includes the new "flowchart" from Public Health seen below, that diagrams when your child can or cannot attend school.

If you have any questions about illnesses and absences, please contact our school nurse, Jane Reynolds RN, or our secretaries, Mindy Morgan and Tracy Brown. Thank you for your continued vigilance about daily checking your child for COVID-19 symptoms and leaning on the side of caution if you have doubts if he/she should come to school when not feeling 100%.