The Faculty Pickleball Champs have been decided! Congrats to Mr. Cruess & Mrs. Lehmann for the big win (and consolations to Coach King and Ms. Rutkowski for a great performance)! Now the stage is set for the SBCS SCHOOL PICKLEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP!! Get ready MIDDLE SCHOOL! |
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Monday, April 26th - Great News Book Fair continues! (see details below).
Wednesday, April 28th - Dress as Your Favorite Book Character! (If not dressing up in character, please wear regular school uniform.)
Friday, April 30th - EARLY DISMISSAL AT 1:40PM (ASE is available.); 4th Quarter Interim Reports
Saturday, May 1st -
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Middle School Track Meet hosted by Benedictine Schools of Richmond @ Benedictine, 9am-11:30am (Details below)
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Flag Football Games - see schedule HERE!
And Looking Ahead...(it's a BUSY TIME!!!)
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May 3-7 is Teacher Appreciation Week...see details below!
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Thursday May 6th: Family Dinner Pick Up from Polpetti Catering....order by May 3rd HERE! **
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Wednesday May 19th: NEW Family Orientation on Zoom, 7pm
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Thursday, May 20th: PTO Parents End of Year Celebration "Parent's Pop-Up Party on the Playground" (Due to Covid Limitations for Gatherings, this event is limited to PARENTS ONLY. No kiddos. Details and registration coming soon!)
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May 25-May 27: Middle School Exams
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Monday, May 31st: MEMORIAL DAY, No school!
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Tuesday, June 1st: FIELD DAY!
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Tuesday, June 1st: 8th Grade Graduation
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Wednesday, June 2nd: Junior Kindergarten's Last Day
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Thursday, June 3rd: Last Day of School! Pick up at 11am (no ASE)!
Always check out our school calendar on the website HERE!
Need a past newsletter? Check out our archives on the website HERE!
Middle School - you are on the Week 2 Schedule this week (Days 6-10). Not sure? Check ParentsWeb on our website! (Once in ParentsWeb, go to Student - Schedules to see your child's class schedule.)
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Thank you to all of our parents and board members who attended our presentation on the EISTC (tax credit) program this past Wednesday evening. Remember that you receive 1 volunteer hour for attending the program and an additional volunteer hour for every guest you invited who was able to attend. As you learned, using the EISTC program for your donation can multiply the impact of your gift, since you receive 65% of that donation back in the form of tax credits and can deduct the remaining 35% on your taxes. These funds are used to support financial aid for students who meet the income requirements for the program. This program also helps to keep our tuition down, while freeing up funds so we can continue to build our service offerings. Thank you to all of our parents who have already made individual and/or business donations through the EISTC program - we are very grateful for your support. If you were not able to participate in the presentation on Wednesday, you may view the recording here.
AND REMEMBER, if you want to support Catholic education and GIVE LESS to the state, EISTC is how you do it!
Here are the forms you need (as well as copies of the slide presentation):
And here are a few key slides from the presentation...
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Teacher Appreciation Week is May 3rd - 7th! |
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Take a Night Off of Cooking & Support Our PTO! |
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Our PTO is kicking off Carline Dinner Pick Ups! First up...Polpetti Catering will be offering a special SBCS ordering menu, so you can take a night off from cooking and pick up your meal immediately after carline in the St. Benedict Church parking lot! PLUS, our vendor is generously giving back 10% to support our PTO! Let's do this, Comets!
Here's how it works:
- Follow the ordering directions below by the DEADLINE.
- On Thursday, May 6th, pick up your children in carline, THEN, drive over to St. Benedict Church parking lot (park on the Church side) and pick up your meal. Meal pick up runs from 3:00pm-3:30pm.
- It's that easy! Dinner - DONE!
TO ORDER YOUR DINNER: In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, The Riccobono Family's POLPETTI will be offering a delicious menu of Italian inspired fare. Visit www.polpetticatering.com to view the special SBCS menu, order and pay online. DEADLINE TO ORDER IS MONDAY, MAY 3RD.
TO HELP SPONSOR TEACHER DINNERS: We will also be raising funds to underwrite the cost of our Teacher Appreciation Meals that Polpetti is making for our teachers special week, so CLICK HERE to chip in, show your appreciation and give your teacher a night off of cooking too! (Suggested donation is $10.)
Let's make this worthwhile for our participating vendors, a boost for our PTO, AND treat ourselves to delicious (and oh-so-convenient) family meals! Looking forward, if this is a success, we hope to host a restaurant each month during the school year for more delicious Carline Dinners! YUM!
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"So what should I be doing now to get ready for the Fall?"
#1. Complete and return your registration forms (provided in your student kit folder) by May 15, 2021. Please drop off in our mailbox located to the right of our front stairs on Grove OR mail to: St. Benedict Catholic School, Attn: Mrs. Autry, 3100 Grove Ave., Richmond, VA 23221.
#2. Schedule a physical with your child's doctor. ALL NEW incoming students are required to have a new physical or have had a physical AFTER August 25, 2020 and provide that paperwork from their doctors office. (Those forms were included in your new student folder.)
#3. Plan to attend our New Family Orientation on Wednesday, May 19th at 7pm over Zoom. The link will be emailed to you as we get closer to the date. This is when we will share all of the information you need about uniforms, schedules, carline, YayLunch, and so much more!
#4. Keep reading your weekly newsletter on Sundays! We'll be sending them out throughout the summer to keep you posted about everything you need to know, including SUMMER MEET UPS! Yay!
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Yay Lunch wants to know what you think. Take their Spring Survey and submit your email for a chance to win $50 of lunches. Open until Friday, April 30.
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Book Fair continues THIS WEEK! |
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Comets are celebrating the beginnings of a lifelong love of reading and the culmination of our school Reading Challenge in two ways:
Second, April 26-30 is I LOVE TO READ WEEK at school. We will be doing little things each day to notice how good it is to be able to read. Here are things that parents can do from home to make the week special:
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Monday - browse the virtual book fair together
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Tuesday - pack a poem in your child's lunch bag
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Wednesday - write a note that describes a book you loved, and pack it in the lunch bag**
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Thursday - pack a joke or riddle in the lunch bag
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Friday - pack a Mad Libs style paragraph in the lunch bag
**On Wednesday, students may come to school dressed like a favorite book character!
The school-wide Reading Challenge ends April 30th. See the library page on the school website for information.
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We'd like to share an online magazine with you - The Classical Teacher. It has some great articles about classical education, and while it's intended for teachers, there's excellent content for parents too. The magazine is published by Memoria Press, a leader in classical education and the publisher of the Latin workbooks that we use in our elementary grades. You can view the magazine here.
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FACTS Billing 2021-2022 - Next year will be here before you know it. Over the next month the Finance Office will be setting up next year's billing. Please watch for notices generated by FACTS to be sure your account gets set up properly.
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If You Missed This on Social Media... |
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Keeping Our School Healthy and Together... |
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Covid Question? Email:
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; exposure being less than six (6) feet for greater than 15 minutes over a 24 hour period, without wearing the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
UPDATED December 14, 2020
If you are keeping one student home because they have COVID-19 symptoms with no alternative diagnosis, then you are reminded to keep all of your students home.
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Taking Care of our Comet Family |
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Please remember that we are one community that is supportive and respectful. As in any year, from time to time teachers and students may be out of school. Please respect privacy and don't jump to conclusions. Whenever a member of the school community has a confirmed case of COVID-19, we will work with the Diocese and the Health Department to make sure close contacts are notified so they may take appropriate action inline with CDC guidance.
Also, here's some other helpful information:
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CDC recommendations for gatherings.
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Differences between COIVD-19 and the Flu here.
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