August 30, 2022

We're Back! Students pose for pics on the first day of school .

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• Upcoming Events
• School News
• Message from Bishop Fernandes & Superintendent Dufault
• School Lunch
• Arrival & Dismissal
• Flex Period Sign-Up
• After-School Homework Help
• Curriculum Night
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Spirit of Peace Counseling
• 2022-23 St Catharine School Calendar
• Home & School News
• Harvest Mum Buddies
• Community Night - Plank's
• Raise Right (formerly SCRIPT)
• SPICE News
• Oktoberfest
• St. Catharine Athletics
• Fall Athletics Registration
• Commissioner Opportunities
• St. Catharine Church
• ADORE
• Middle School Youth Group Kick-Off
• K of C Gold Outing
• Pilgrimage to Italy

Wednesday, August 31st

Curriculum Night - 7pm

Monday, August 5th

Labor Day - No School

Wednesday, September 7th

Fingerprinting - 5pm-6pm

Protecting God's Children - 6pm-8:30pm

Middle School Youth Group Kick-Off - 6pm-8pm

Saturday, September 17th

SPICE Oktoberfest

Wednesday, September 21st

Late Start - Doors Open at 8:45, School Begins at 9:05am

Thursday, September 22nd

Community Night - Plank's Pizza - 7am-11pm

School News

Please this video for a message from Bishop Earl Fernandes and Superintendent of Catholic Schools Adam Dufault.

Safety Patrol

Our 7th and 8th grade students officially start their Safety Patrol duties next week. This is an outstanding opportunity for them to develop leadership skills and show responsibility by making a small sacrifice of their time for the safety of others. We will ask all of our students and parents to please follow the directions of these student-leaders as they keep all of our school community safe.

Stay Healthy, Keep Others Healthy

Please keep your child home if they are showing any symptoms of illness. Click on this link to review the Office of Catholic Schools Sick policy.  

Ordering

School Lunches will be $4.00. Parents will be invoiced at the end of each month for all lunches purchased by students for that month via FACTS. Unfortunately, there is not an option to pay ahead for lunches at this time. Teachers will record all students who are purchasing lunches each morning which will be verified by Mrs. Tonnous at lunch. Please do not send cash with your child for lunches.

If your child asks for a milk in addition to their packed lunch, we will be invoicing parents $.50 for each milk. 

If you feel your family may benefit from the Free & Reduced Lunch program and would qualify based on the income eligibility guidelines, please complete the application by clicking on the link below.'

Please contact Erin Tonnous, Cafeteria Manager, if you have any questions at etonnous@cdeducation.org.

Wednesday, August 31st Lunch:

Cheesy Omelet, French Toast Sticks, Hash Brown, Apple Sauce

Well, we figured out why we couldn't find everyone's second car tag number. It's because we only ordered one for each family. My apologies for this oversight. We are in the process of ordering a second set for everyone. Thanks you for you patience.

How to to Make the Dismissal Process More Efficient

1.) Make sure your child knows if they are a walker or car rider. If this changes at any point, please call the office at (614) 235-1396 so we can relay the message to your child. 

2.) Make sure your child knows their pick-up number. These will remain the same for the entire time your family has children attending St. Catharine School.

3.) Assist your child in remembering what your vehicle(s) look like. Until we have a better idea of everyone’s cars, this will help our staff. It’s also a good idea to keep your kids safe. 

4.) When picking up your child(ren), please pull all the way around the circle to Mr. Oddi near the church. This is not only safer, but will speed up the process for you and everyone behind you. Your child will be fine if they have to walk a short distance around the cones. 

5.) Please try to have your child enter the vehicle on the passenger (right) side of our vehicle. With the amount of cars picking up, this will keep everyone safer. 

6.) Please do your best to stay in your vehicle when picking up your child. We can assist students by encouraging their independence or opening doors for them. Again, this is a good skill for them to learn.

Flex Period is a new program we are implementing this school year. This will be an opportunity for students to have a designated time to address academic needs while giving some autonomy for our middle school students. We feel Flex Periods will be an outstanding opportunity for students to dive deeper in their interests and provide more reasons to love our school. 

Groups will be split up in interest groups. We have a sign-up system which was sent to 5th, 7th, and 8th grade students and parents (6th grade will have Health during flex for the 1st quarter). Students will be able to rotate through various interest groups each quarter. There will be a cap for each group. These initial “clubs” would include:

• The Artist Club with Mrs. StewART
• Book Club with Mrs. Dimel
• Coding Club with Mrs. Asencio
• Music Workshop with Dr. Williams & Mr. Miglia
• REVIVE Discipleship Groups with Ms. Christiana Lee

We are looking to add more interest groups for the second quarter. For more information on Flex Period, please click in the ling for the slideshow below.

Students will select their top 3 choices. Club enrollment will be capped and all students will be placed in a club each quarter. All entries are timestamped, so if there are more first choices than the total number of slots, we will look at the order when students filled out this form. 

St. Catharine School will be offering After School Homework Help for students in 3rd through 8th grade, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, starting Monday, September 12th. 

Students will report to the cafeteria for a snack and then to a designated room to finish homework, study, silently read, work in small groups, or engage in enrichment activities. Parents should plan for their students to stay until 4:30 PM and will pick up their students in the front of the building. 

Curriculum Night will be from 7:00PM until 8:00PM.

All families grades K-8 will meet in the Monsignor Sorohan Parish Hall at 7PM. After a brief introduction and some comments, we will dismiss parents to their child’s classrooms. We will have two separate 20 minute segments to address families.

7:00 - Faculty Introductions 

7:05 - Brief Overview of school-wide philosophy on curriculum and grading 

7:15 - Parents dismissed to classrooms

7:20 - Classroom Presentation

7:45 - Classroom Presentation

8:05 - End of Evening

Diocese of Columbus OCS: Curriculum & Course of Study

Diocese of Columbus OCS: Standards-Based Learning

Diocese of Columbus OCS: Standards-Based Grading

Click on the vide below for a presentation on Standards Based Grading from last year's September Seminar Series

Ashley Daugherty MSW, LISW-S ashley@sopcc.org

614-442-7650 Ext. 05

Ashley is typically at St. Catharine School on Mondays

Maegan Flannery, MA, LPCC -

maegan@sopcc.org

614-442-7650 Ext. 16

Maegan is typically at St. Catharine School on Thursdays

We are in need of lunch and recess volunteers.

1. Cafeteria Duty (11:00 to 1:00)
2. Playground Duty  (11:00AM to 12:20PM)

Please sign-up below.

FBI/ BCI Fingerprinting for Background Checks

All parents or guardians who plan on volunteering at the school or coaching an athletic team are required to have their FBI/ BCI Background check completed and forwarded to the Diocese of Columbus Safe Environment Office prior to volunteering. We are hosting an opportunity for Fingerprinting (FBI/ BCI Background Check) on Wednesday, September 7th from 5:00PM until 6:00PM in the Undercroft (Lower Level of the Church).

Protecting God's Children Certification

We will be hosting a Protecting God's Children Certification at St. Catharine School in conjunction with FBI/BCI Fingerprinting on Wednesday, September 7th at 6:00 PM in the Undercroft (Lower Level of the Church).

All parent volunteers, coaches, and staff members must have their Protecting God's Children Certification within 60 days of their start date.

Click on the graphic for a printable version. You can also find these dates on the school Google calendar.

• Wednesday, August 24 - First Day of School
• August 31st - Curriculum Night
• September 5 - No School: Labor Day
• September 7 - Fingerprinting & Protecting God’s Children
• September 30 - No School: OCS Retreat
• October 7 - All-School Rosary
• October 28 - No School - Staff Development
• November 8 & 10 - Parent-Teacher Conferences
• November 15 - Open House
• November 23-25 - No School - Thanksgiving Break
• December 15 - Christmas Musical
• December 21 - January 3, 2023 - Christmas Vacation
• January 13, 2023 - No School - Staff Development
• January 16, 2023 - No School - Martin Luther King Day
• February 14 & 16, 2023 - Parent-Teacher Conference Day
• February 17, 2023 - No School - P/T Comp Day
• February 20, 2023 - No School - Presidents’ Day
• March 8-10, 2023 - 7th Grade Leadership Retreat
• March 13-17, 2023 - No School - Spring Break
• March 31-April 2, 2023 - 8th Grade Confirmation Retreat
• April 6,7 & 10, 2023 - No School - Easter Break
• May 12, 2023 - May Crowning
• May 17, 2023 - Fine Arts Night
• May 29, 2023 - No School - Memorial Day
• May 31, 2023 - Field Day
• June 1, 2023 - Kindergarten & 8th Grade Graduation
• June 2, 2023 - Last Day of School

Home & School Association Officers:

President – Jasmine Williams

Vice-President – Mike Berndt

Treasurer – Elyse Salisbury

Secretary – Andria Kuhlman

*Contact the HASA Board at Hasastcath@gmail.com

Home & School Committee Chairs: 

Buddy Family Program – Elyse Salisbury and Lindsay Boyden

Community Night – Alysia Plank and Elana Bowman

Creative Activities Program (CAP) – Cecelia Doenges

Directory Spot – Stephanie Weber

Flower and Mum Sales – Ronnie Esterly and Shannon Payer

Gym Uniforms – Leah Jahahn

Mulch Sale - Jasmine Williams

Monster Dash - Home & School Board

Playground Duty Coordinator – Sarah Gipe

Night At The Races – Home & School Board

Room Parent Program – Jennifer Hadden

Rummage Sale – Monica Juenger

School Supply Sale – Nell Vitale

Spirit Store – Stephanie Dokko

Tailgate Party – Home & School Board

Uniform Swap – Kate Allwein

Wreath Sale – Emily McFadden

*Please contact the HASA Board or refer to Directory Spot for contact information

Introducing... Harvest Mum Buddies!

This year we are partnering with JOCO Growers for our HASA fall mum fundraiser. 

Mark your Calendars.

Sale Kickoff: Friday, Aug 26

Paper Orders Due: Friday, Sep 9

Online Orders Due: Sunday, Sep 11

Curbside Pick up: Friday, Sep 23

Thank you for supporting St. Catharine HASA!

S.P.I.C.E. News

Join us Saturday, September 17th at 6:00pm for the Inaugural Oktoberfest Benefitting SPICE (Special People in Catholic Education)at the St. Catharine Parish Center.

Featuring beer from well known breweries, including local favorites, some German selections, but all delicious! All guests will receive a green mug, allowing you to get samples of 10 different beers.

Don’t like beer? We will have wine, pop and water options. To top it all off, Berwick catering will be providing amazing German food….what’s an Oktoberfest without a brat?

Cost:

•  $75.00 per person
• Mug and Food
• $100.00 per person
• Mug, Food, and T-Shirt

Upcoming Physical Gift Card Orders

Summer orders were July 8 and Aug 5th

Physical Gift Cards will be delivered to the 43209 area code and arrangements for outside the area code will be made separately.

One platform. One name. So many ways to earn.

We’ve officially rebranded our company to RaiseRight. By bringing all our program tools under the RaiseRight name, we’ve created one, consistent experience between our mobile app and website. Simply shop your favorite brands and earn when and how it works best for you!

Save money on your tuition!!

RaiseRight has daily bonus deals, which can be 5x as much. Check your RaiseRight app daily for these deals. If you're not signed up, please reach out to Alli Brinkmeyer and start earning money back on tuition, with your everyday shopping.

A great way to serve our community and receive all your family's necessary volunteer hours is to help with our Diocesan Youth Recreation program. We are currently looking for commissioners in the following sports:

• Girls Lacrosse
• Boys Baseball
• Boys Basketball

Please contact Paul Keiffer at 614-668-0134 or pkeiffer@gmail.com if you are interested in finding out more about these positions.

St. Catharine Church

Mass Schedule

Sunday 8:30a - 11:00a - 5:00p

Eucharistic Adoration Chapel

6:00a - 9:00p daily except Saturday

Saturday 6:00a -4:00p