Dear St. Giles Families,
We hope all of our Lions had a great start to the school year! Day two went off seamlessly thanks to our students, families and teachers. We love seeing our students fill the halls and classrooms again.
As we all get back into our school routine, we will be sharing key updates and reminders in special eNews communications, in addition to our Sunday edition. A few important reminders:
Students are dismissed at 2 p.m. every day this week. We’ve shared this in our eNews and PTO Facebook pages previously, but we want to make sure everyone knows that students are to be picked up at 2 p.m. tomorrow and Friday. Next week resumes our typical dismissal times of 3:10 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 2 p.m. on Wednesdays only.
Specials schedules and other classroom information can be found on teacher pages in the Family Portal. Please visit the website at stgilesschool.org and click on the Family Portal link. Once there, access content with the password Lions123. In addition to teachers’ pages, the Family Portal is also where you can find a link to Powerschool and School Rush -- two apps that are helpful to download and familiarize yourself with.
Friday is NOT a spiritwear day. Returning families will recall that we closed out the 20-21 school year with spiritwear Fridays. We will share information when spiritwear days resume.
Please review uniform standards with your students and ensure they are in proper attire each day. As a reminder, we have eased the footwear requirement this year, allowing for gym shoes every day -- not just on P.E. days. If wearing gym shoes, they must be neutral in color (i.e. navy, gray, black or white). Unless part of the uniform code, sweatshirts, zippies and jackets aren’t allowed.
Follow us on social! The PTO Facebook page is a great place to find last-minute reminders and also ask questions you might have that the community of parents can help answer. We also encourage you to follow the school’s pages -- @stgilesschooloakpark on Facebook and Instagram -- where you’ll find photos that give a glimpse of what our Lions are learning and experiencing! Check out a few of our “first day” photos posted earlier today!
