October 14, 2021
We had a wonderful celebration of the Feast of St. Edward yesterday. Beginning our day by celebrating Mass was fantastic! Fr. Dominic reminded us of the virtues of St. Edward and how to model our lives on his. Thank you to SEPO for giving each student a St. Edward decal to stick to their water bottles or devices! We ended our day with an awesome Eucharistic Procession around campus. Each class received a benediction at the end. Thank you to Fr. Dominic, our altar servers (Gio, Katie, and Gabe), our 8th grade boys who carried the canopy (PJ, Parker, Jayden, and Axel), and Mr. Pino and our choir (Gemma, Calleigh, Cristina, and Margot) for providing beautiful music. The Procession ended a second before the rain started!
In addition to our Feast Day celebrations, this week is also Homecoming. The Varsity Football team and Cheerleaders handed out treats at the end of school yesterday. Today is Spirit Day and tomorrow we'll host the Homecoming Pep Rally outside at the end of the end of the school day. The Homecoming Parade will kick off from school at 9:30 AM on Saturday followed by JV and Varsity football games at Gompers Park. The Homecoming Dance is Saturday evening. This is a family event. See below for more information.
As if this wasn't enough for one week, tomorrow is also Walk-a-Thon! I am so thrilled to announce that we have exceeded our $20,000 goal and we still have one day left. Funds over our goal will go right back into the school for the benefit of our students and staff. THANK YOU to all families, friends, and extended families who have donated. It is amazing and inspiring to see the generosity of those who support our students, our staff, and our school!
Just a reminder that students should wear Walk-a-Thon t-shirts tomorrow with PE shorts or PE sweatpants. Thank you to Mr. Wu and the SEPO parents for providing Fun Lunch on Friday too!
The days are turning cooler, so the warm weather uniform policy will end next Friday, October 22. Beginning Monday, October 25, students may not wear shorts as part of their regular uniform or PE uniform, or on dress down days.
St. Edward, pray for us!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Sara Lasica
Principal
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Uniform Reminders
- Shirts must be tucked into pants, shorts, and skirts. The only exception to this is for girls who have the polo with the band at the waist.
- Belts must be worn with uniform pants/shorts for both girls and boys.
- Jumpers and skirts must not be shorter than 2 inches above the knee.
- Socks for PE and regular school uniforms must be solid white, black, or navy blue.
- Hair accessories must match the uniform colors.
- If you are waiting on uniform items that are backordered, please let Mrs. Lasica know so that teachers can be informed.
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Reminders!
- TRIP orders are due 10/28/21. Orders can be placed in the Raise Right app or submitting payment to the office.
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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.
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Week 1 Winner: Bailey Bitbabo
Week 2 Winner: Cynthia Davila
Week 3 Winner: Purvi Gordon
Week 4 Winner: Laura Albright
Week 5 Winner: Tony Weyers
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The Book Fair is back -Online October 4-17!
You’ll get to enjoy the magic of a Book Fair from the comfort of your home with our Online Book Fair.
Plus, check out these special virtual shopping perks:
• Access to over 5,000 products
• Direct shipping to your home and FREE shipping on book-only orders over $25
• 25% in rewards earned for our school with all purchases!
Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with virtual shopping:
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2021 Walk-a-Thon
October 15, 2021
St. Ed’s Fall Walk-a-thon will take place during school hours on Friday, October 15th. Students will walk around the St. Edward campus and neighborhood with their homerooms and teachers.
All students are encouraged to ask their parents, relatives and friends for pledges to support the school. This event is one of the school’s major fundraisers for the year and supports general school operations. Our goal is to raise $20,000 this year! To reach this goal, the suggested minimum pledge amount per student is $75.
Win Amazing Prizes!
Each student will receive a T-Shirt.
Each student who reaches $75 or more in pledges will receive a NUT Card.
The homeroom that raises the most funds will win an Ice Cream Party.
The family that raises the most funds will receive a $100 Amazon gift card.
Every family must sign the permission slip on the pledge form. If you have already made a pledge online, please return the signed permission slip to school.
Important Date:
October 15: Pledge forms and funds are due. Please return the attached pledge form, signed by the student(s) and a parent, and funds to the school office. Payments can be made through Pay Pal at https://stedwardchicago.org/walk-a-thon-2021.html.
Thank you for all of your continued support. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]
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The classes will walk at assigned times on Friday. Our part-time PK students are welcomed to join their classes if they are accompanied by a parent. We invite all parents to join on our walks.
Classes will walk north on Lowell to Wilson, west on Wilson to Kenton, south on Kenton past Mayfair Park, east on Sunnyside back to school. Classes will stop in front of church or school to take a picture. **PK and Kinder classes will be walking a modified route. Please check with your homeroom teacher for more information.**
We will also adjust the schedule as needed based on the weather to ensure that each class has the opportunity to walk.
8:30 AM--204 Belcastro and 201 Lohmann
8:45 AM--105 Cudecki and Zimmerman Room 5
9:00 AM--304 Sammon and 306 Bates
9:15 AM--205 Chun, D and 206 Klenkar
9:30 AM--PK 4 Holbach and Kindergarten, Room 1 K Chun
9:45 AM--202 Carabio and Fedanzo 101
10:00 AM--106 Swider and Malecki 102
10:15 AM--PK LoGuidice and Room 2 Frankos
10:30 AM--303 Gawlik and 305 Mortimer
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Upcoming Dates and Events |
October 1-15: Order hot lunches for November
October 4-17: Online Scholastic Book Fair
October 4-22: School Mission Project-Baby Bottles
Friday, October 15: Walk-a-Thon! Students wear Walk-a-Thon shirts and PE shorts/sweatpants.
-Fun Lunch (no hot lunch)
Saturday, October 16: St. Edward Homecoming
See below for Homecoming Week schedule!
Tuesday, October 19: School Mass, 8:30 AM, 1st-8th Grades
Wednesday, October 20: Early Dismissal (1:50/2:00)
Friday, October 22: Warm Weather Uniform Policy Ends (shorts may no longer be worn as part of the regular or PE uniforms)
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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
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Our Library needs your help!
Over the summer, the library underwent some summer cleaning. Much of the non-fiction book collection was thinned out because the topics were outdated. Book collections were moved around so that our younger students have more access to them, and some furniture was removed to make more space.
Thank you to Mrs. Starzyk, Mrs. Goon, and Mrs. Matejcak for volunteering to re-shelve books each week when the students return them. A school library is such a valuable aspect of the learning path for each student.
We are looking for some alternative shelving units that will make more of the books accessible to the younger students. If you know of any book stores closing or libraries renovating that would be willing to donate some library furniture, please let me know. Funds that we receive from our Scholastic Book Fair this fall will go toward new books and resources for the library too!
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Musical Theater is back!
All 1st-8th graders are invited to join!
Registration and payment should be returned to the school office.
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Save your pop tops!
St. Edward will continue to collect your pop tops from aluminum cans and donate them to Ronald McDonald House Charities.
This year, we will host a competition between homerooms to see which class can collect the most pop tops!
Return pop tops to school in a bag with your student's name/homeroom.
The class that collects the most pop tops between now and May will win a pizza party!
Thank you to Mrs. Belcastro for coordinating this effort!
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Illness Protocols
Please click here to review the illness protocols for the 21-22 School Year.
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If you are a previous school volunteer and have not volunteered since before the pandemic, please email Mrs. Lasica directly to unlock your Virtus account.
If you are a new school volunteer, go to virtus.org and register as a new user linking your account to St. Edward School. New volunteers must submit two references to the school office that we will contact before your first volunteer opportunity.
All volunteers must complete the following:
- Virtus's Protecting God's Children training session or Keeping the Promise Alive recertification.
- Criminal background check completed through your Virtus account.
- CANTS 689 form, completed and returned to the school office.
- Mandated Reporter Training completed through the State of IL training website. Certificate of completion must be turned into the school office.
- CANTS 22 form, completed and returned to the school office.
- Archdiocesan Standards of Behavior, acknowledged through Virtus.
The Archdiocese has recently announced, that in accordance with the recent mandate by Governor Pritzker, that effective October 31st, all “regular volunteers” in schools must be fully vaccinated or submit to regular COVID testing in order to continue to volunteer at school.
We appreciate the many volunteers that assist the school in providing support to St. Edward programs, athletics and events. Thank you for your continued support in assisting the school community with these events and for your compliance with the new policy.
What constitutes a “regular” volunteer?
Anyone who volunteers and is in close contact with students or personnel for more than 15 minutes on a regular basis.
This applies to: coaches, room parents, lunch/recess helpers, parents who want to help in the library or classrooms or with school events such as Fun Fair.
What is the compliance process?
All parents who want to volunteer must show proof of vaccination by October 31st.
Make a copy of the proof of vaccination and send it to Mrs. Lasica at [email protected]. Copies of your vaccination card will be kept confidential and on file with other volunteer required paperwork.
After October 31st unvaccinated individuals must provide a weekly COVID test in order to continue to remain on the approved volunteer list.
We appreciate your cooperation with this policy.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.
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St. Edward School participates in Amazon Smile!
Indicate St. Edward School/Parish as your preferred charity when shopping on Amazon!
We earned $156.20 through your Amazon purchases between April 1-June 30, 2021!
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Big Red Athletics Information
Grades 5-8 Boys Basketball
Fee : $100 - includes game shirts and jersey that you keep.
Time Frame:
*Practices begin 11/15
*Games begin 12/6
*Games are normally Mon - Thur, game times 5, 6, 7 and 8 PM.
*Practices are Mon - Thur between 3 - 9 PM
*Practice Schedule: Approximately
8th - 3 - 430 PM
5th - 430 - 6 PM
6th - 6 - 730 PM
7th - 730 - 9 PM
Coaches:
8th- Brendan Bresnahan - Mike Kelly?
7th- Chris Cusack - Anthony Catron
6th - Kirk Davis - Alec Butterfield
5th - Looking for 2 parents to coach
Coach Kelly needs registration by Mon 10/18. Please email [email protected] with the following information: Student name and grade, parent contact information (phone numbers and emails).
Boys and Girls 4th Grade Instructional League
Fee: $50
*The NWCC hosts a 4th grade instructional league on Saturdays from December through February. The kids could play up to 10 games. The games are instructional, no press, no guarding outside the Arc, etc.
*Practices are on Fridays between 5- 8 PM when the gym is available and there is available gym time when the older boys are playing on the road.
*The kids will receive a St Edward T-shirt with a number that they will keep.
*There are no records kept, playoffs or championship games. STRICTLY INSTRUCTIONAL and EQUAL PLAYING TIME.
* I am looking for 2 parents for each team to coach. Parents would have to be Virtus certified and be vaccinated.
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