School Year 2019-2020 | March 11, 2020



Patience

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."
Ephesians 4:2

Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary School
A National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
Catholic Identity
Thank you for your continued support and patience as we navigate through the recent issues dealing with COVID-19. Our prayers and thoughts are with those throughout the world who have been affected by this situation. We are monitoring the situation receiving updates from the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department and the Catholic Diocese of Lexington. We continue to follow the guidelines established by them to help ensure the well-being and safety of our students. The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department does not recommend school closures at this time . 

Our Bishops have met and have determined that daily Mass will still go on as well as our weekend Masses but they are declaring a dispensation for this weekend. Because of this, I will not be taking our students to church on Friday for Mass. Mass will still be celebrated, if you want to check your child out and take them to Mass, it will be considered excused, no academic penalty.

Our Fish Fry scheduled for this Friday is cancelled. No decision has been made yet for any other further scheduled Fish Fries.

The teachers and I are working to prepare E Day procedures in the event we have to close for health reasons. We are making sure that everything that we put in place will keep students moving forward academically. Mary Queen School will follow the direction of the Diocese of Lexington and the Health Department in determining a possible school closure.

Thank you for all your help and support as we work to keep our families safe and healthy.
Important Dates
Mar 17 - NO EARLY RELEASE (as was originally on our calendar)
Mar 18 - Kindergarten Screenings
Mar 23 - 27 - Everybody Counts Week
Mar 27 - Panther Prance
Paver Party
Postponed
We are postponing our paver party for now. There are just too many kids out sick. We are working on establishing a date closer to the Week of the Young Child. As soon as we have that date established, we will let you know. If you have already reserved a paver, thank you! We will keep your form in the ready for the next party, if you are unsure and would like your reservation and your check back, please email Mrs. Cobb at michelle.cobb@maryqueenschool.org and we will send it home with your student.
Mary Queen School Scholarship Endowment Fund
Deadline for application is March 13 - this Friday
Panther Prance - March 27
Soccer Shots begins next week. We had a preview day yesterday in after school care and the kids had a really great time. If you are interested in this opportunity for your student PreK - grade 4, the contact information is below to sign up.
PAWS Parents Active with School

Next PAWS Meeting: Thursday April 16, 2020 - 7pm at MQ school. 

Are you interested in being an active member of your child's school? Then we want you to join the group of  P  arents  A  ctive  W  ith  S  chool. To learn more about how you can make a difference, please contact Colleen Bellas at colleen.bellas@gmail.com.
Tax Time - Instructions for generating a child care payment report from your FACTS account
 
  1. Log in to your FACTS account
  2. Click on “View Details” in the block with “Payment Plan and Billing”.
  3. Select the “Payments” tab under “Activity Detail”.
  4. Click on the “View Printable Payment Summary”, in blue.
  5. Change the “Select a year or date range” option to the appropriate year or date range you need.
  6. A report will generate detailing all payments you have made in the selected date range or year, broken out by school year. 
  7. The school address and tax id will print on the report.
  8. Select “Print” to print your report.
  9. If you have any questions regarding the report please contact the school office.  
All parents, friends, staff, visitors - really anyone who enters the building when children are present must be in compliance with our Safe Environment Policy. If you were certified under the VIRTUS system, you are going to be asked to re-certify under the CMG system. If you are certified under CMG and your background check is 5 years old or older, you are going to have to re-certify. The whole process takes about an hour which includes a background check for $19 which will be billed to you through FACTS account. Thank you for your patience and good humor as we get everyone ready to volunteer for the new year!

  1. We will need you to complete the Volunteer application.
  2. Create or sign in to CMG Connect.
  3. Complete the training for Volunteers. Here is a flow chart with details on the process. 
On AuOnonss
Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary School| 859-277-3030 | 858-277-1784 | becky.brown@maryqueenschool.org