Wednesday Herald

September 22, 2021

As we continue to prioritize the health and safety of our community here are a few reminders:

•  Please monitor your child daily for symptoms of COVID. If your child is experiencing any symptoms, please err on the side of caution and keep him/her home from school.
• When contacting the school to report an absence, please leave details on why your child is absent.
• If your child is being tested for any COVID related symptoms, regardless of the type of test (rapid, at-home, PCR), all family members should stay home from school until test results have been received. 
• Never hesitate to contact the school about any questions, concerns, or health-related issues. We are very happy to work with you to give guidance on our policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Thank you for all you do to help us keep our community safe!

God bless,

Corey Stoops

From The Nurse's Office

For those of you who suffer from fall allergies, the time is approaching (if not already here) for you to start feeling symptoms. If you usually treat your allergies with medication, it may be wise to start taking it regularly. Doing so may help you avoid allergy symptoms that mimic Covid symptoms.

8th Grade Fundraisers

Chipotle Fundraiser Is Tonight

Don't want to cook? Help support the 8th grade by dining out with Chipotle Anderson tonight, September 22nd. Please share the attached flyer or use the code 33M46MA when ordering online. The fundraiser runs from 5:00-9:00pm at the Chipotle located at 7630 Beechmont Ave.

Upcoming Car Washes 

The 8th grade class is holding one more car wash to raise money for its class trip and graduation activities. The car wash is held at McNicholas High School. Consider dropping your car off before Mass!

Sunday, October 17 (this is a date change) - 9:00am-1:30pm

Classroom Coordinators Needed

We are looking for classroom coordinators for the '21-'22 school year. All volunteers must be registered with SafeParish. If you are interested in volunteering in this role, click here. Please contact Ashley Gruber with any questions.

Activity & Organization Dues

Please pay your dues for the 2021-2022 school year through this link. Dues are $75 per family and includes fees for PTA, Athletic Boosters, and Music Boosters.

Classroom Party Fees

You will also see that Classroom Party Fees are listed on the dues payment page. PTA asks that $15 for each child is donated. Classroom coordinators organize parties for each homeroom for all grades.

Teacher/Staff Gifts

Parents are encouraged to contribute towards teacher and staff gifts. It’s a great way to let them know how grateful we are for them. 

Save The Date - Parents Night Out

Fathers Team Meeting This Friday

Fathers of Guardian Angels students: Join the GA Fathers Team this Friday, September 24th, at 6:05am in Conference Room B. Each week during the school year we meet early on Friday for one hour to discuss a topic that is meaningful for dads. 

Giving your children feedback; Having hard conversations. As fathers, we are tasked to help our children grow and succeed. When you offer feedback or advice, how do you do it? How do you balance praise, correction and direction that ensures continual growth? What techniques have you found to be successful...or not. Join in the conversation...or just observe. Come solo, or better yet, bring a friend!  

Again, mark your calendars to join us this Friday in person or optionally join via Zoom. Contact us at GAfathersteam@gmail.com for the zoom information, or to get on the GA Fathers Team email distribution.

The Feast of the Guardian Angel - RSVPS Due On Sunday

We are excited to celebrate the Feast of the Guardian Angel on Sunday, October 3rd! Our celebration will begin with the noon Mass and continues with a parish picnic at 1:00pm. All are welcome to attend! Guardian Angels will provide pulled pork and chicken from City BBQ. We ask parishioners attending to bring a side, salad, or a dessert to share. Please bring your dish to share in a throw away container. Please RSVP through the this link by September 26th. Be sure to all of the sign-up genius instructions carefully; this includes indicating how many people are in your party and what dish you plan to bring.

Monster Mash

Tickets are available now for our Monster Mash. All families in our parish community are invited to this Halloween bash. The event is Saturday, October 23rd from 6:00-9:00pm and will include music, food and a photo booth. Tickets are $50 per family or $15 per individual. To purchase tickets, click here. If you prefer to puchase tickets with a check, an order form is attached.

Volunteers for this planning committee are still needed. If you're interested, email Amy Armstrong Smith.

Cherub Hoops League: Pre-K Through 2nd Grade

The GA Boosters is proud to announce the formation of a fun and instructional basketball league for our littlest Angels beginning this Fall! Teams will be formed by age/grade: pre-k, kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade only. Cost will be $75 per child.

If you are interested in helping coach your son or daughter, please make sure to indicate that during the registration process. Please click on the “Volunteer” link at the top of the page and follow prompts. You will have to register your child first, then the team will show up on the “Volunteer” list.

Our intention is to have boys and girls teams at every level, if possible. However, based on registration/participation, we may have mixed teams (especially at the pre-k and kindergarten levels). Registrations must be completed by September 24th. Click here to sign-up.

Who: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd grade student at GA

When: Saturday mornings from October 23 - November 27th (6 sessions)

Where: PC Gym

Times: Subject to change based on number of teams/participation

• Pre-K: 8:00–9:00am
• Kindergarten: 9:00–10:00am
• 1st grade: 10:00–11:00am
• 2nd grade: 11:00am–12:00pm

School Masses

For the week of September 27th, students will attend an All School Mass on Wednesday, September 29th to celebrate the Feast of the Guardian Angel. Mass begins at 8:15am. 

You can find a full schedule of school Masses on the calendar in Rediker. At this time, our All School Masses are NOT open to visitors. We will be livestreaming all of the All School Masses through GA’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Families are welcome to attend grade level Masses.

Lunch Volunteeers Needed

Our Heavenly Cafe is reopened and ready for our Angels to enjoy their lunches. Volunteers are an essential part of our lunch operations. Please consider joining us to help supervise our Angels during their lunchtime. Volunteer shifts are from 11:00-12:45 each day. You can sign up here. Just a reminder: All volunteers must have transferred or completed SafeParish certification.

Lunchroom News

Kaldi's offers a hot lunch option every day for our students. All meals must be pre-ordered before 8:30am the day of service; this is done through the Ez-Parent website. Students will have the option to buy additional items during lunch, as long as they have an established account with a positive balance. To set up a new account, or manage an exisiting account, click here.

If you have questions regarding the lunch program, please contact Kaldis at ga@kaldiscatering.com.

The menu is available on the school website.

Cookie Ministry 

Guardian Angels School Cookie Ministry teams up with the Parish Parish Peanut Butter group to feed families in need. The Peanut Butter group makes 1,500 peanut butter and bologna sandwiches. GA students donate cookies. St. Francis Seraph Church in Over-the-Rhine gives the food to families in need. Students are asked to bring in two dozen cookies, brownies, or rice krispie bars on their classroom's designated day. They do need to be bagged, two treats per bag. All 4th grade classes are responsible for the next donation on Tuesday, September 27th. Donations of juice boxes and prepackaged snacks are also needed. A complete schedule for the school year is attached. 

Attendance Line

If your child will be absent or late to school, please call the main school office by 8:00 each morning. We recently upgraded our telephone system. In doing so, we removed the former “attendance line.” All parents needing to report their child absent or late to school should call our Office Assistant, Melissa Boston, using the main school phone number - 624-3141.

Christian Service Program - Faith in Action

The purpose of the Christian Service Program is to enhance the religion curriculum at Guardian Angels Church. It is the duty of all Christians to reach out in service to those around them. Christ asks us to be His hands and feet on earth, keeping His mission of reaching out to those in need alive. The students will complete their service within the following settings: at home, the parish community/school and the community at-large. This outreach may be completed individually, with a partner, or in a group. 

This program will focus more on the meaning of the actual service opportunities rather than completing a prescribed amount of time. You will choose activities for each component—service to your family, service to your school/parish and service to the poor and vulnerable in our community. There is no minimum requirement of hours to complete. Grades 1-3 are required to complete at least 2 activities for each component; grades 4-8 at least 3 for each. You are certainly encouraged to complete more! See your Religion teacher, Mrs. Froehlich, or the parish website for a list of suggested activities and the log sheet.  

Questions? Contact Kay Froehlich, Director of Religious Education, for more information.

Box Tops For Education

The Guardian Angels PTA collects Box Tops and uses the funds earned to purchase indoor recess games and outdoor recess equipment. Box Tops is now on a digital platform. To participate, you’ll need to download the Box Tops App and scan your grocery receipt within 14 days of purchase. You’ll find more information here.

Kroger Community Rewards

Have you signed up for Kroger Community Rewards and designated GA as your beneficiary? The more families who register, the more money our school receives through the program. Kroger Community Rewards offers a great way for you to support our school's technology fund...and you don't have to spend a penny. You can search for GA or use our NPO number, 80200. The amount Guardian Angels receives depends on the points our supporters rack up while grocery shopping.

Amazon Shopping Supports GA

You can support Guardian Angels Parish when you shop at Amazon.com! GA is a participant in the AmazonSmile Program. You can sign-up to have a portion of your purchase sales come back to Guardian Angels. When you make purchases through the AmazonSmile page, and have GA selected as your beneficiary, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products back to GA. You have to be shopping from smile.amazon.com page of the site for GA to receive the benefit. 

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