Week of September 26, 2021 |
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For all in-person events, indoor masking is required regardless of vaccination status.
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Thursday, Sept. 30 - ST. JEROME FEAST DAY! Jerome House (ONLY) wear House Shirt with uniform.
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Friday, Oct 1 - School Mass & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
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Friday, Oct 1 - Comet Shop Open (Comet Shop is the students' little 5-and-dime shop with little treats and trinkets and a few basic school supplies if they need them.)
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Friday, Oct. 1st - 22-23 Admissions Season Opens for NEW APPLICANTS (not returning). See below for details!
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Saturday, Oct 2nd - SBCS Soccer and Flag Football Teams. Click here for details! GO COMETS!
PLANNING AHEAD IN OCTOBER...
- Tuesday, Oct. 5 from 3-3:30pm - Carline Dinner Pick Up from Polpetti (Italian Fare!) Details below.
- Wednesday, Oct. 6 @ 8:30am (St. Anslem) - COFFEE WITH MR. CRUESS - 6th GRADE PARENTS only.
- Wednesday, Oct. 13th @ 8:30am (St. Anslem) - COFFEE WITH MR. CRUESS - 7TH & 8TH GRADE PARENTS only.
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Wednesday, Oct. 13th @ 6pm - SBCS Virtual Fall Open House on Zoom (Tell a friend if they are interested in learning more about our school! They can register to attend our Open House on our website here!)
- Thursday, Oct. 21st @6pm (Cafeteria) - SBCS PTO Meeting (all parents invited and encouraged to attend).
- Friday, Oct. 22nd - EARLY DISMISSAL @ 12:30PM (no lunch, ASE is available)
- Saturday, Oct. 23rd, 5-9pm - SBCS Fall Fest!! 🥳 (Playground/St. Anselm/Cafeteria)
Check out our school calendar on the website HERE!
Need a past newsletter? Check out our archives on the website HERE!
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Counseling Services
We have a new school counselor this year. Ms. Cinnamon Langley has taken over for Ms. Opal Ritchie who was with us last year and moved on for a great promotion. Ms. Cinnamon is employed by Commonwealth Catholic Charities, and assists at St. Benedict on Tuesdays. She specializes in working with individuals who have experienced traumatic events. At St. Benedict, she will mostly work individually with students who are referred to her for extra help and guidance. She will also work with small groups or entire classes when needed. If you would like for your student to meet with Ms. Cinnamon, please notify your child's teacher.
Bible in a Year Challenge
It's not too late to join the Bible in a Year Challenge! So far we have 25 families and all of our faculty signed up to participate. We'd love to have 100% participation from our families. By committing to 20-25 minutes per day, you'll hear the entire Bible over the course of the next year with the extraordinary insights of Fr. Mike Schmitz. As families working to pass on the Christian faith to our kids, knowing the Bible is a vital foundation. If you have questions about how to get started, contact Patti Ramos, our Bible in a Year coordinator, at patti.marie@yahoo.com.
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22-23 Admissions Season Opens Friday |
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Attention Parents! If you have a sibling you wish to join us next school year, please be sure to submit your application beginning this Friday (and send an email to admissions@saintbenedictschool.org so we have you on our radar). OR, if you have friends interested in having their children join us next year, again, please encourage them to submit their application early - beginning this Friday, Oct. 1st. With class rolls being full or close to full this year, it is really important we know now who we can expect in the admissions pipeline for next year. (For example, with 20 current JK students rising to K next year, that only gives us 5 openings for Kindergarten next year.) Remember, this is application time for brand-new students to SBCS. Re-enrollment of current students takes place at the end of January.
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Please join us for our very first Carline Dinner Drive Thru of the school year on Tuesday October 5th. The PTO is happy to partner with local restaurants to provide easy and delicious meals for our SBCS families. Each restaurant will donate back a percentage of purchases made by our families to the PTO. Our Carline Dinner Drive Thru happens the first Tuesday of every month and orders can be picked up in the church parking lot directly after you pick up your student(s).
Our first Drive Thru partner is Polpetti Italian. Polpetti is owned by Comet Family Peter & Georgia Riccobono (Quinn in 4th grade!) and is providing delicious meal packages that can be ready and on the table within an hour. 10% of all sales will be donated to SBCS PTO. If you own or have connections with a local restaurant that would be interested in offering a carline dinner drive through option for our school, please email yoursbcspto@gmail.com.
When placing your order, please make sure to order from the "SBCS Carline Dinner Drive Thru menu" and select PICKUP as your option. Please have orders in no later than Sunday October 3rd.
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Helping Hands - Thank you! |
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Just a word of thanks to all of our amazing families for your incredible generosity towards the refugee collection for our Afghan brothers and sisters.
Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ - Matthew 25: 34-40
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Important Carline Reminders:
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If the gates are closed, you are late. You must park your car in a legal parking space and walk your student to the front door. We've witnessed some drop-and-go's and illegal parking - neither of which are allowed, even if you are running late.
- ONLY enter the carline on Hanover Ave. FROM NANSEMOND Street.
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Keep your blinkers on in carline so people see the line and can move around us.
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Be courteous to our neighbors in carline. DO NOT BLOCK THE GARAGES ON CLEVELAND PLEASE. We have families trying to get to other local schools at the same time as our carline and they need to be able to get out/into their garages.
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If someone else is picking up your child, please make sure you have informed the office and have instructed them on our carline procedures.
- THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR CARLINE MOVING EFFICIENTLY AND FRIENDLY :)
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ASE is the Place in September! |
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Indoor (Rainy Day) P.E. takes on Kid's Zumba! |
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For the Health of Our Community |
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Mask Policy (as of 8/13/21):
The statewide public health emergency order requires the wearing of masks in K-12 schools when indoors regardless of vaccination status. This Order was effective immediately and shall remain in full force and effect until the CDC guidelines for K-12 schools change, or unless this Order is sooner amended or rescinded.
• Indoors: Masks are required for all individuals aged 2 years and older, including students, teachers, staff, and visitors, regardless of vaccination status.
• Outdoors: Masks do not need to be worn when outdoors.
And remember...
ONLY COME TO SCHOOL IF….
- Your temperature is under 100.4 degrees.
- You do NOT have other symptoms of COVID-19, without an alternative diagnosis. Other symptoms include chills, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.
- You have NOT had a positive diagnostic test for the virus that causes COVID-19 in the prior 10 days.
- You have NO known exposure to a COVID-19 case in the prior 14 days.
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Please notify the school about a positive COVID test or possible exposure by sending an email addressed to pautry@saintbenedictschool.org, dlawrence@saintbenedictschool.org, and scruess@saintbenedictschool.org.
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