Welcome!

We are excited to welcome you back for the 2022-23 school year! There is a lot of important information included in this Virtual Backpack, so please read thoroughly. Class lists are being sent out in a separate email. 

We do want to highlight our Wellness Policy for this year. Since the beginning of the pandemic, St. Mary’s Visitation has followed the CDC and the Waukesha Health Department guidelines, in order to protect our school community and to protect the greater community. Our goal throughout the past two years has been to keep St. Mary’s open, so that our students would have in-person learning experiences and our parents could go to work. Due to all of us working together, we were able to keep our doors open. We created a community, and through all this our faith led us to experience an extraordinary level of kindness and a love of our neighbor.

We’re looking forward to having open doors this school year! The most important thing is that when students or staff are sick, they stay home. For illnesses other than COVID, students and staff should remain home until they are free of fever, diarrhea, and vomiting for 24 hours, without the use of medication. 

When students or staff are diagnosed as having COVID-19, please notify the office of this. While we will no longer contact-trace on our end or send exposure notices out, it is important that we know why students and/or staff are absent from school. Here is a link to the CDC information about the latest guidelines for people with COVID-19.The use of masks will remain a personal choice. 

With your help, we look forward to a safe and healthy school year!

School Office Notes

We need this form returned!

It's critical for us to have updated information about your child and family.

Here is the link to the forms.

We ask every family to complete this form and submit it by September 1st. This is our way of having all the correct contact and emergency information needed for each student.

School Supplies

Here are the school supply lists.

Lunchtime Playground and Cafeteria Volunteers

Families completing a total of six(6) shifts during the lunchtime, either playground or cafeteria duty, will be credited their $200 deposit (collected with tuition).

**All volunteers must sign in at the office prior to their shifts. Bring a photo ID.**

Please see the sign-ups for Playground and Lunchroom duty under the Permanent Links section for details and to sign up. 

Volunteering at SMV

Parents who would like to volunteer in any capacity (classroom, recess duty, coaching, etc...) MUST take a Safe Environment Training session, pass a background check and sign the Code of Ethical Standards before they may volunteer. Information can be found on the Milwaukee Archdiocese website:

https://www.archmil.org/Offices/Safe-Environment.htm

If you have any questions, please contact our Safeguarding Coordinator, Chris Kinzy - ckinzy@stmaryeg.org

Medication

If your child needs to have medication that is to be kept at school, please make sure to fill out the correct forms. The forms can be found under Permanent Links.

Hot Lunch

We are so excited to serve SMV for this school year! Just a few notes for you. 

·        All menu options include fruit and/or vegetables.

·        Along with our entrees, there are daily soup or salad options. 

·        “Large” orders are available for students with growing appetites. These orders have an additional $1.50 fee for an increase in portion.

·        There is an ordering service fee charge of $.50 per order placed (NOT per meal) for all transactions.

·        Orders can be paid via credit or check. We do ask to please place orders with as much advance notice as possible (i.e. ordering 2 weeks of meals at one time vs. ordering once each day) to allow us to plan for expected fees. 

The link and instructions for ordering can be found in the Permanent Links section

Thank you and we look forward to serving you!

-Jake and Heather Zappa of Pizza Ranch, SMV Parents

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