While we began the year dressing out for PE, due to the increase in COVID cases in our student body, we are going to temporarily suspend students in 5th – 8th grades dressing out for PE. We will evaluate and update our community when we can go back to dressing out for PE. 

St. Cecilia Catholic School will conduct a test of the school’s IRIS Emergency Alert system on Tuesday, August 24th. The message will indicate that it is a test of the system.

If you do not receive an IRIS Alert test via text message and/or phone call by 10PM, Tuesday, August 24th, please assist us by filling out this online form.

Meet the Teacher Night at St. Cecilia is an opportunity for our St. Cecilia parents to meet their child(ren)’s classroom teacher(s) and visit their classroom(s). It is also an opportunity to hear from our Pastor, Fr. Francis and our Principal, Mr. Matthews regarding the new school year. Meet the Teacher Night is intended to give parents (this is a parent-only event) a realistic understanding of the expectations, procedures, routines, and learning experiences their child(ren) will have this year. Parents will be experiencing first-hand what makes our school so special.

Session One:

Session Two:

A repeat of session one for any parents with children in multiple grade levels.

Next week will be the remaining "Java With Jeff" meetings. The dates and grades for each are as follows:

All sessions will be at 8:15AM, and available either in-person in the Auditorium or on Zoom. Recordings of each session will also be available at the end of each week. An email with the Zoom link will be sent out each morning to the specific grades for that day.

All of the photos are now updated on our website, and we are in the process of updating all of the bios as well.

Elizabeth Cotter - First Grade Teacher

Ashley Gomila - Athletic Director & PE Teacher

Maria Elena Grannen - Spanish Teacher

Helen Heap - Nurse

Mary-Katherine Herbst - 4th Grade Math Teacher

Gloria Kimball - 2nd Grade Teacher

Vivian Martinez - PK Assistant

Maggie Olson - Religion & Computer

Lauren Pavelka - PK3 Teacher

Stephanie Plant - 6th Grade ELA Teacher

Shirin Ragas - Kinder Assistant

Carrie Sherry - 4th Grade Science & Social Studies Teacher

Zach Stockton - Science (6th & 7th Grades)

Alexandria Trombley - Librarian

Gabriella Vance - Social Studies (6th & 7th Grades)

The HSA cordially invites parents to mix and mingle. The HSA will host events throughout the year where parents from two different grade levels can connect. Please see the following schedule for the date of your grade level mixer. HSA will provide light appetizers. We can’t wait for everyone to meet!

September 15th: PK3 & 5th Grade

October 20th: PK4 & 2nd Grade

November 17th: Kindergarten & 3rd Grade

February 9th: 1st & 8th Grade

March 9th: 2nd & 6th Grade

April 13th: 4th & 7th Grade

Click here for more information and to register.

Want to know more about the new Executive Board of our HSA (Home and School Association)? The school website now has pictures and bios for each member.

The HSA depends on the work of parent volunteers. The HSA welcomes any time you can spare to help, in whatever capacity. Please consider offering your time and talents as either a Room Parent or as an HSA committee member.

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Back To School Bash! A huge thanks to the St. Cecilia Knights of Columbus for all their help with the food and drinks! 

If you didn’t have a chance to attend or get your 2021 – 2022 Booster Club spirit items – they are now available for sale online. 

Also, we have available St. Cecilia Catholic School - car stickers, car magnets, and yard signs. There are a few different packages you can choose from. (Please note, we sold out of car magnets Friday night, but a second order has been placed and they will be in soon). 

Cross Country is starting! All students in grades 3rd through 8th are welcome. All participants must have an Athletics Pre-Participation form uploaded to the school. You can find a link to this form on our athletics page.

There will be a Team Meeting on Monday, August 23rd at 5:00PM and practice begins August 23rd. 

The practice schedule is as follows:

Bendwood Park is located at 12700 Kimberley Ln Houston, TX 77024.

PE and Pencil Bags can now be purchased online. School staff will deliver them to homerooms once purchased. Please note, at this time we are sold out of the standard style pencil bag - we expect a new shipment within the next two weeks. An update will be sent out when they are back in stock.

We are looking for a few volunteers to help organize the library collection and set up our new Learning Commons Library for our St. Cecilia School Community to enjoy. If you are interested in helping out next week click here to sign up. More to come on the exciting progress in our new Learning Commons.

ClassLink is a single sign-on platform that St. Cecilia allows students to use one username and password to access online resources being used to facilitate learning in and outside of the classroom. Please find more information about accessing your child’s account at home:

Need additional technology support? Please email the technology department.

Students should be able to install home printers as long as the printer is compatible with the wireless ‘cloud-based’ printing. Find the Google instructions here.

Please download and read the 2021 – 2022 ECI letter to parents here with information on their cafeteria program for St. Cecilia Catholic School. You can set up and manage your child’s dining account on ECI’s Dining Pay system.

Please note, students did not eat in the Cafeteria today due to the fact that we were finishing up the last of the tile updates in the Cafeteria space. Dining in the Cafeteria will begin on Monday.

Martial arts training for boys and girls for elementary and middle school ages will be available this year. Practice will be on Mondays from September to May. Click here to register for Fall 2021. For more information, click here.

St. Cecilia parish sport signup for Soccer is NOW OPEN for Pre-K through 5th grade. The season will run from September to the beginning of November. Registration will close Monday, August 23rd. Please click here to sign up.

Join us for Fall Fest 2021 on Saturday, October 2nd from 3 pm - 10 pm!

There will be games, food, a raffle, and more! All Fall Fest proceeds will go towards the renovation of the church. For more information visit www.SaintCecilia.org/FallFest2021.

Recognize your family/promote your business by becoming a sponsor! 

The deadline for inclusion on banners is Friday, September 10th. Forms, payment, and artwork must be received by the deadline. Easy ways to sponsor:

Click here to see our amazing Fall Fest Raffle Prizes! Raffle ticket sales will begin the weekend of September 11th after Masses. Want to buy your raffle tickets now? We will fill out your raffle tickets for you! Download the form, print it, and fill it out with the number of tickets you wish to purchase. Please turn in your form, along with your check or cash payment, either by placing them in the collection basket at Mass, dropping them off, or mailing the form to the Parish Office no later than September 29, 2021. Each ticket is $10. We are not able to accept online payments for raffle tickets.

If you are experiencing a hardship of any kind please contact the HSA Caring Committee for support or prayer requests. They are here to help!

The HSA Caring Committee is a volunteer group that supports St. Cecilia Catholic School families who are dealing with illness, death, or crisis.