August 25, 2021
Welcome back to school! It's been wonderful and busy welcoming our students to school this week. It is an honor that you have chosen St. Edward to educate your children.
Lots of activities are already starting this year! See updated calendar events below.
Handbook Agreements, Family Pledges, and Emergency forms are due this week. Links to these form are below and are required of each family.
Physical forms for all new students, all PK, Kindergarten, and sixth grade students are due by the end of August.
With the protection of all of our students our top priority, students must be masked when they arrive on campus in the morning and as they are finding their ride after school. All parents and family members dropping off or picking up students, regardless of vaccination status, are also asked to wear a mask outside during drop-off and pick-up due to the number of individuals gathering outside the school buildings.
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
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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 no later than Friday, August 27.
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Reminders!
- TRIP orders are due 8/26/21. Orders can be placed in the Raise Right app or submitting payment to the office tomorrow.
- Ice Cream orders for the 8th grade fundraiser are due before Friday.
- Family Pledges, Emergency Forms, and Handbook Agreements are due by Friday!
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For our students who are fully vaccinated: bring your vaccination card to the office 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. |
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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Upcoming Dates and Events |
Thursday, August 26: TRIP orders due
Friday, August 27: Big Red Auction NUT card day (Students who pre-purchased this opportunity at last year's Auction will receive the NUT card from the homeroom teachers.)
-8th Grade ice cream sale at dismissal
-Movie Under the Stars, 7:00 PM
Monday, August 30: Creative Corner (after care) begins at 3:00 PM; sign up online
Tuesday, August 31: First School Mass of 2021-22, 8:30 AM, 1st-8th grades
Wednesday, September 1: Hot lunch begins; 2:00 Dismissal
-Community Night: McDonald's, see flyer below
-School Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
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Email Coach Kelly if your student is interested in playing football or girls' basketball this fall.
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We are looking for parent volunteers to regularly help supervise lunch for both the Dominican Learning Center (PK-K) at 11:30 and in the main school cafeteria at 11:00, 12:00, and 12:30. Volunteers must be fully compliant with Virtus requirements. If you are interested in volunteering or have questions, please email Mrs. Lasica at [email protected] |
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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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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.
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SEPO News
- Come out and celebrate the new school year at Movie Under the Stars on Friday, August 27. The main parking lot will open at 6:30 and the movie "Luca" will be shown at dusk (around 7:30). This is "Ravinia-Style", so feel free to bring your own beverages and snacks. The 8th Grade will also be providing concessions and a taco truck with items for purchase as a fundraiser for the Class of 2022.
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SEPO is also looking for Room rep volunteers for each classroom. Room reps send out emails on behalf of upcoming school / SEPO events, communicate with the teacher regarding classroom needs, organize classroom parties and are in charge of creating the classroom basket for the Big Red Auction. If you are interested in helping out in this vital role, email Jacquie, [email protected]
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Who's ready for some football? Our first major fundraiser is underway just in time for football season. Buy your Football Mania tickets. Each ticket is $25 and St. Ed's will have at least one guaranteed winner each week of the regular NFL season.
For every 3 tickets purchased, your family will earn a NUT card! Tickets can be purchased online or by sending tickets and payments to the school office. Paper tickets will go home with students on Thursday, August 26. For more information or with questions, email [email protected]
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2021-22 Registration is open!
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!
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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Indicate St. Edward School/Parish as your preferred charity when shopping on Amazon!
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