June 8, 2020 * Comet Newsletter
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In light of recent events in our community and throughout our nation, I ask everyone to join me in prayer. We pray for the consolation of the family of George Floyd and for eternal rest for his soul. We pray also for the police officers involved in this crime, that their hearts may be turned to the mercy and forgiveness of God. Finally we pray for an end to the evils of racism, violence, injustice, and hatred, asking God for his spirit of peace, unity, love, and respect for all human life.
Finally brothers and sisters, rejoice. Mend your ways, encourage one another, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you. (2 Corinthians 13:11)
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House Cup Winner: Augustine House!
I want to thank our Houses and our House Prefects (A.J., McKenzie, Ella, and Siobhan) for their hard work and service this school year. The winner of this year's House Cup, with a total of 126 points, is:
AUGUSTINE HOUSE
"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you." -St. Augustine
Here's the final tally:
Jerome House - 116
Ambrose House - 108
Gregory House - 80
Registration Packets
A new school year always brings lots of paperwork. To help make it easier we have pre-filled many of the forms we need from your family.
Last Wednesday at the Summer Send Off you received a packet of forms (in a bright yellow envelope) for you to update and
return by July 1
.
(Registration - 1 per student, Health Clinic - 1 per student, Testing form - 1 per student, Family Information - 1 per household, Parent Involvement Program - 1 per family). We are holding off on the Handbook and Transportation Forms until we have completed more of the planning for the fall - please don't turn those in now. New students will also need to submit a Demographic Form (available on our website
HERE
).
Library Books
Thank you to everyone who returned books. Mrs. Clark has alot of books to check back in. As soon as she is done, we will reach back out to parents for books that still seem to be missing. Thank you for your patience.
Yearbook Update!
The 2019-2020 Yearbooks have been printed, but due to COVID-19, there has been a delay with delivery. We are going to wait to take orders until the yearbooks arrive. Thank you to Mrs. Houghton for all her work to put these beautiful memories together for all of us!
Lost & Found
We can't have parents going through our Lost and Found items right now due to Covid, so we will hold onto everything for the Fall. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Autry at pautry@saintbenedictschool.org.
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Spread the word about our wonderful school! Refer a friend and get a $75 tuition credit! How it works: You will receive a $75 (2020-21) tuition credit on the first day of school for every new family that starts the school year
and
who listed you as having referred them to Saint Benedict. Only one $75 referral credit will be awarded for each new family. If the new family mentions multiple families on their application, only the first family listed will get the credit.
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Share Your Support...Thank you families!
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With school being closed, we can no longer give tours or host Open Houses, which means we have to take our admissions virtual. Your recommendations for our school ARE SO HELPFUL!
So, if you send a short video (1 minute or less) or simply email what you value about our school or why your family attends St. Benedict School, to
admissions@saintbenedictschool.org
we will gladly thank you for your help with
1 PTO Volunteer Hour for the 20-21 school year!
That's an easy hour and does SO MUCH GOOD for your school in this time! THANK YOU!!
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Principal - Sean Cruess
(scruess@saintbenedictschool.org)
Administrative - Pam Autry
(pautry@saintbenedictschool.org)
Financial/Technical - Elizabeth Hanson
(ehanson@saintbenedictschool.org)
Admissions/Development/Communications - Gretchen Ridgely
(gridgely@saintbenedictschool.org)
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Nurses Corner...Get Ready for Fall!
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It is a state requirement that
all students
entering Kindergarten and new to the school in grades 1-8
have a physical, including up-to-date immunizations, completed by their local doctor within the year. There is a state-mandated form (
found on the school website here
) that needs to be completed by the doctor at that visit.
We will need an immunization record from a health provider for
all incoming JK students
.
All students entering 6th grade
are required to receive a Tdap booster and must provide the clinic with a copy of this immunization update.
And a reminder to all students with emergent/as needed medications kept in the clinic, such as Epipens and inhalers, the required medication administration forms, found on the
school website
, need to be completed by a physician within the year.
All of the above forms are required for the first day of school (but turning them in sooner is greatly appreciated). Stay healthy!
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This summer, plan to honor your child's birthday (or any special occasion) with an act of charity that benefits the school library.
The Birthday Book Club is still active! Select a book from our wish list and personalize it with a donor bookplate. Your child will receive the new book at school in the fall, and when he/she returns it, the book will go into circulation for everyone to check out!
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Time to get ready for next year!
As part of getting ready for the new year, over the next few weeks the business office will be setting up new billing agreements. The Business Office has notified you if you indicated that you were seeking the Catholic discount and we have not received your form.
Also, in order for the business office to set up your new FACTS agreement, you MUST have valid banking information. Now is a great time for you to log into FACTS and make sure all of your information is up to date.
As a reminder you will have two FACTS accounts, one for tuition and one for incidentals.
Going forward Incidental charges will be entered in FACTS and be due on 5th of the month. Unlike the tuition account, the incidental account can be changed so payments are not automatic.
Incidental invoice emails will contain a payment button that allows you to make payment without logging into to your FACTS account. Consequently, the email can be forwarded to allow someone else to make payment if you desire.
For 2020-2021, families who are paying tuition in one lump payment will pay $10 to have both a tuition account and an incidental account. Families who are paying tuition monthly will pay $45 to have both a tuition account and an incidental account. Families who need a second incidental account will pay $10 the additional account.
If you make a partial payment, it is applied proportionally to charges that are due. If you need the payment applied another way, you should make the payment by phone with a FACTS representative or send in payment to the school office.
FACTS Payments:
Please be advised that FACTS is experiencing a heavier than normal call volume. If you need to adjust a payment date you have the following options:
1. Log into FACTS and
-- for payments on the tuition plan, move the payment up to 10 days yourself
-- for payments on the incidental plan, you can turn off automatic payments
2. Email
ehanson@saintbenedictschool.org
. You will normally get a response within 3 hours, but you should allow 24 hours. Be as specific as you can with your request.
(Please be advised, that if you call FACTS, the first thing they will ask is if you have reached out to the school.)
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