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Message from the Principal :

STCS Families,

Welcome back! I hope that you had a wonderful Easter Sunday, had a bit of a break as a family and found some time to relax and revel in His love for us all. Our staff is eager to get back to the daily school routine and interact with your children throughout the school day via google classroom, Zoom and google meet.. We look forward to seeing our preschool through 1st grade families tomorrow as they pick up supplies. More details below!

We look forward to working alongside you to make the remainder of the school year go smoothly. The teachers are working hard to make sure our students don’t miss a beat! We have some fun in store for the final few weeks of school despite the distance, so stay tuned for updates in the coming weeks ahead.

As always, reach out with any questions or concerns! Our STCS community continues to be in my prayers daily!

Sincerely,

-Mrs. Zander

Calendar updates:

If you didn't get a chance to see these updates in last week's Wednesday notes here they are again. You can access our 2020-2021 planning calendar here too!

The leadership team, Mrs. Zander, and Fr. Chuck have worked hard to plan for the 2020-2021 academic year. We have taken into account instructional time, parent preference, and input from the School Advisory Board and have made a few changes that we feel will maximize instructional time, student learning, and teacher preparation. These changes are listed below.

Starting next year, Fridays will no longer include lunch and a second recess. Instead dismissal will be at 12:20pm not 1:20pm. We suggest parents pack a “heavy snack” to get their child through till Closing Prayer which will begin at 12:10.
The first day of school for all students will be on August 11. This is an Orientation Day to allow students to “meet the teacher” and drop off any supplies. Families will be invited to “drop in during a set time” the rest of the day will be a final work day for faculty and staff. Details to be shared with parent before the start of the school year.
School will officially begin Aug 12
August 12, 13, & 14 will all be half days/early dismissal at 12:20 to ease into the year.
The last week of October, 26-30 will be Parent/Teacher Conferences with early dismissal (12:20) for our students.
Our last day of school is Friday, May 28. It will consist of an end of the year school mass at 8:30 followed by goodbyes and dismissal by 10:00am!

Attention Preschool, Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st Grade Parents:

(**There are no items to pick up for 2nd or 3rd grades this time.)

Preschool, prek, kindergarten & first grade students only have packets to use over the next few weeks. Please swing by tomorrow,Monday April 20 from 7:30am -10 am to grab these items.

If you can't make it during this time frame...

We will have the packets outside the pedestrian gate from 10-2pm Monday, April 20th. For a different pick up time, email Mrs. Zander @ jzander@stcs.us

**This process will be similar to the previous pick up as we'll be distributing items in a "drive thru" manner. Cars will enter at the light, make a right into the front lot and receive the packets from the staff. T o maintain social distancing, please stay in your car and items will be handed to you through your window. Cars may exit out the northwest corner of the front lot or loop around and exit at the light. Details shown in the image below.

Attention all 3rd-8th Grade Families:

If there are any other students in need of a chromebook to borrow for the remainder of the year please email Mrs. Zander@ jzander@stcs.us and we’ll have one ready for you during this pick up window..

Students with SSPs

ALL our STCS students' success during this transition time is very important to us.

Please feel free to reach out for additional support from

Mrs. Johnson at kjohnson@stcs.us or

Mrs. Kreshock at skreshock@stcs.us .

They are both available to provide you and your child additional support. The teachers are working hard to create a “barrier free” distance learning experience for all our students.

Reach out with additional questions!

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Additional Resources:

Please continue to help "slow the spread" by following health recomendations and staying up to date with these sites:

CDC

AZDHS

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