August 16, 2021 E-Backpack

August 16, 2021

School starts in a little over a week! We are excited to welcome back familiar faces and to give a warm welcome to many new faces this year.

Join us on Friday, August 20 for an Open House to visit the classrooms, meet the teachers, and drop off school supplies.

SEPO will host a uniform exchange during the Open House in front of school. If it is raining, the uniform exchange will be in the gym.

Stop by the office with your student's COVID vaccination card so we can make a copy. Sixth grade families can also pick up student Chromebooks in the office during the Open House.

Families can also turn in handbook agreement forms, family pledge forms, and emergency forms to the office during Open House.

Physical forms for all new students, all PK, Kindergarten, and sixth grade students are due by the end of August.

Join us Sunday, August 22nd, for the 11:00 Mass followed by the backpack blessing and ice cream social sponsored by School Board.

The first day of school is Tuesday, August 24th. PK will dismiss at noon and should bring a snack to school. K-8 will dismiss at 1:00 PM and should bring a lunch on the first day. Uniforms for K-8 are required on the first day as well. All students and staff regardless of vaccination status will be wearing masks as we return to school. Like last year, masks can be any design as long as they are school appropriate and fit the face well. Masks with vents are prohibited.

Students should find their teachers outside of school on Tuesday and will enter school at 8:00 AM with their classes.

I would like to welcome Mrs. Cynthia Frankos to the St. Ed staff as our new kindergarten teacher. I know you will join me in making her feel welcome to the St. Ed's community!

I am looking forward to the 21-22 school year and working with you to help all of our students grow in all aspects of their lives. We have a wonderful and supportive school community. Please reach out with any questions.

St. Edward, pray for us!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Sara Lasica

Principal

[email protected]

School Forms

The 21-22 school handbook is online. Please go over handbook policies with your students. The handbook agreement form, family pledge, and emergency contact form need to be signed and returned before the first day of school.

21-22 St. Edward Handbook

Handbook Agreement

Family Pledge

Emergency Contact Form

For our students who are fully vaccinated: bring your vaccination card to the office during the August 20th supply drop-off so office staff can make a copy of the card for your health records. The School requires a copy of the vaccination card as proof of vaccination. All health records are kept confidential.

Hot Lunch begins September 1st and online ordering for September closes on August 16!

NEW PARENTS

Go to: https://fspro.boonli.com (please bookmark this page)
Click Create an Account
Registration Password is: SE194
Enter information and click Submit
Enter information for your students, click Add Profile. Repeat for any additional students.
Click I’m Done and Sign In

RETURNING PARENTS

Go to: https://fspro.boonli.com (please bookmark this page)
Sign In: no need to create a new account
If you have forgotten usernames/passwords please click under “sign in” on the welcome page.
Update Profile(s): click on profile name, update information & click Update Profile
Delete Profile: if a profile is no longer needed, select profile & click Remove Profile

Before/After Care

(Creative Corner)

If your student(s) will be attending before and/or after care this year, please complete a family registration form. Because of capacity limits, families must sign up ahead of time for the days that they will be utilizing before/after care.

Creative Corner Program Information

Creative Corner Family Registration Form

Before Care Sign up

After Care Sign up (PK-2nd)

After Care Sign up (3rd-8th)

2020-21 School Calendar

Upcoming Dates and Events

August 20: Open House/Supply Drop Off, 2-6 PM

August 22: Mass at 11:00 AM followed by the backpack blessing and ice cream social

August 24: First day of school!

K-8, uniforms and lunches required, 8 AM-1 PM

PK, snack required, 8 AM-12 PM

August 25: Early Dismissal at 2:00 PM, all students must bring a lunch

August 27: Movie Under the Stars, 7:00 PM

Check out our online school calendar for dates for the 21-22 school year!

Email Coach Kelly if your student is interested in playing football or girls' basketball this fall.

Coach Kelly, [email protected]

School Supplies

Please visit the school website for supply lists for each grade. We also partner with School Toolbox for customizable school supply boxes shipped directly to your home. Click here to visit the School Toolbox website.

Uniforms

Students in Kindergarten-8th Grade wear uniforms daily. PE uniforms are worn twice a week; regular uniforms are worn three days a week.

Click here to access the uniform policy for 21-22. We work with three uniform vendors:

Regular uniforms: Schoolbelles and Land's End

PE uniforms: Land's End and Fantastic Lettering*

*Fantastic Lettering Order information: order by 7/29 for pick-up starting 8/12

New Family Information

It was great to spend time with some of our new school families at our New Family Q & A on August 3rd. If you were not able to join us, click here for the New Family Information Brochure!

Please contact the school office with any questions.

2021-22 Registration is open!

Registration is online this year. Click here to register!

New Family Referral Program

Refer a new family to St. Ed's for the 2021-22 school year and receive $500 off of your tuition after they register and attend during the 21-22 school year! Tuition credits will be applied to accounts in March 2022. You can do this an unlimited amount of times!

In person tours are being scheduled during the summer; virtual tours are also available! Email [email protected] for more information.

If your family has been financially impacted by the pandemic and is in need for financial aid for the 21-22 school year, please complete an application through FACTS as soon as possible. We will start awarding scholarships in June based on need as determined by FACTS and on the amount of scholarship funds we have available and the number of families that apply. Click here for more information.

Required Medical Forms

All physical forms are due within the first month of school.

Preschool/PreK--a completed medical form dated within one year of the start of school
Kindergarten--medical form, dental form, vision form
2nd Grade--dental form
6th Grade--medical form, dental form

Medical Form

Dental Form

Vision Form

Health and Safety Updates

This guidance is aligned with the most recent guidance from the CDC and local health departments. The Archdiocese of Chicago will continue to update guidance depending on the number of COVID cases keeping the health of our staff, students, and families the top priority.

All staff and students (regardless of vaccination status) are required to wear masks while indoors.
3 feet of distance will be kept between students at all times when possible without disrupting best academic practices.
We will continue regular cleaning of all classrooms and common spaces including multiple cleanings of high touch areas.
Visitors and volunteers are allowed in the buildings and are required to wear masks. All volunteers must have met all of the Archdiocesan compliance program requirements.
Classroom windows will be open to increase ventilation when the weather allows. Air purifiers will continue to be used in each classroom.
Students should have a reusable water bottle with them daily as the water fountains will only be used as refill stations.
If a student exhibits symptoms, regardless of vaccination status, the student should not attend school. If symptoms last longer than 24 hours, the student can return to school when symptoms subside with a negative COVID test and/or an alternative diagnosis. No student should return to school unless he/she is fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.
If a student tests positive, regardless of vaccination status, the student must quarantine for 10 days from the onset of symptoms or 10 days from the positive test (whichever came first). The student must be fever free for 24+ hours before returning to school even if the 10 day quarantine has ended.
Per CDC guidance, we will no longer need to quarantine full classes. Only unvaccinated individuals regularly within 3 feet of a positive individual must quarantine. Vaccinated students and staff do not need to quarantine if they are asymptomatic. A copy of the student's COVID vaccination card must be on record in the school office. Unvaccinated students and staff who are close contacts to positive household members, including siblings, must quarantine for 14 days from last exposure.
We will continue to follow Chicago Travel Ban restrictions. Students and staff who are vaccinated and who travel to an Orange State do not need to quarantine. Unvaccinated students and staff who travel to an Orange State must obtain a negative COVID-19 test no more than 72 hours prior to arrival in Chicago (or in Chicago) or quarantine for a 10 day period.

What is TRIP?

TRIP (Tuition Reduction Incentive Program) helps families lower tuition payments at no cost to the family! Purchase physical or e-gift cards through the Raise Right app at face value. A percentage of the purchase price of the card is donated back to your family's tuition account by the various vendors. Raise Right sells gift cards and e-gift cards for gas, grocery, stores, restaurants, hotels, and many other businesses. We have families who earn hundreds of dollars in tuition each year!

You can purchase e-gift cards anytime on the app or purchase physical gift cards through the school office. TRIP orders are processed the second and fourth Thursdays each month.

Email [email protected] with questions.

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