Mrs. Menzies students celebrated the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi finger-knitting necklaces to hang a medal on for their favorite stuffed animal! |
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Monday, October 12th - NO SCHOOL! Teacher Workday
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Tuesday, October 13th - School Mass for Grades 3, 4, 5
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Wednesday, Oct. 14th at 12pm - Zoom Lunchroom for 7th and 8th Grade Parents - Getting Ready for High School! with Mr. Cruess (Link HERE)
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Thursday, Oct. 15th at 6pm - PTO Virtual Meeting & Social
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Friday, October 16th - Middle School Mass (students wear dress uniform every Friday for Mass)
SAVE THE DATE:
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Wednesday, Oct. 20th - Make Up Picture Day! (If you would like your child's picture retaken, please contact Andee at andee@reallifeevents.net
- Friday, Oct. 23rd - NO SCHOOL (This is a change!) - End of Quarter. (See Office of Catholic Schools note below from the Diocese).
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Planning Ahead? Always check out our school calendar on the website HERE!
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Need a past newsletter? Check out our archives on the website HERE!
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Middle School - you are on the Week 1 Schedule this week (Days 1-5). Not sure? Check ParentsWeb on our website! (Once in ParentsWeb, go to Student - Schedules to see your child's class schedule.)
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Community and relationships are an important part of our families, our school, and even each one of us as human persons. Even our Christian understanding of God is relational. God is a trinity of persons, and he created us to love and to be loved. Our personal relationship with Jesus is incredibly important, but Jesus also left us a church to feed our natural need for community. Unfortunately the COVID pandemic has made it much more difficult for us to interact in meaningful ways. With that in mind, I would like to encourage you to attend our "Virtual" PTO meeting this Thursday evening at 6:00pm. During the meeting I will share some information about our House system, which may be new to some of our families. We'll also do a little Catholic trivia game for fun and to earn some House points. Finally, the PTO would like to end the meeting with Virtual Class Socials, so grab a beverage and get a chance to reunite with some friends from previous years and meet some of our new school family members! As an added bonus, each PTO meeting earns you 1 hour of volunteer time toward your yearly total. Let's take advantage of this wonderful opportunity for community growth!
From the Office of Catholic Schools:
The Office of Catholic Schools announced Thursday that they are adjusting a few days off in all school calendars. Currently the last day of each grading quarter is scheduled as early dismissal days for students. Those days will now be full days off for students. This will allow for the schools to conduct a quarterly deep cleaning and to give the teachers, administrators, and staff a well-deserved small break. End of quarter dates when school will be closed are as follows: October 23, 2020, January 15, 2021, March 19, 2021, and June 4, 2021. The final day of school for students will now be June 3, 2021. Thank you for your continued support of our school!
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Mrs. Bykowski, our wonderful art teacher and ASE Director! She recently got married and will now be Mrs. Nwoko (sounds like No-wo-ko).
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First (Virtual) PTO Meeting of the Year is THURSDAY on Zoom! |
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Please join YOUR SBCS PTO for our first PTO meeting of the year on Thursday October 16 at 6:00 pm. Our PTO meetings are an opportunity for parents to socialize with each other, plan school events and promote our annual goals.
Our meeting will feature a short presentation by Mr. Cruess about our House System followed by the always favorite House competition-Catholic Trivia. Get in the spirit and wear your House Colors. The House with the most participants and the one that wins Catholic Trivia will both win points for their respective Houses.
We will end the meeting with a Class Social virtually hosted by your PTO Class Reps. Grab a drink and jump into the Zoom to say hi, put faces to names, and ask any questions you may have!
Zoom links are as follows:
General PTO Meeting (6pm)
Class Socials (Starts immediately following PTO meeting)
Lower Elementary
Meeting ID: 748 6250 8723 Passcode: nNReK0
Upper Elementary
Meeting ID: 789 2203 2780 Passcode: 4dunH5
Middle School
(will stay in the original Zoom session)
Comet Shop Coordinator
The PTO is in search of a Comet Shop Coordinator. Our Comet Shop is a great resource for parents to shop for spirit wear, school supplies and a fun little place for our kids to snag items like small toys, pencils and other items.
Typically the Comet Shop Coordinator will open and staff the Shop on select Fridays during the lunch period to allow kids a time to come in and shop. They also work to ensure we have supplies purchased and stocked.
Right now, this position is being remotely handled and supply ordering is being done online. Currently we need the Coordinator to work to procure Spirit Wear items as well as coordinate ordering for those items.
Please email YOURSBCSPTO@gmail.com for additional questions or if you are interested in filling the role.
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Volunteer Opportunities Start Next Weekend! |
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Attention Families - we have lots of opportunities coming up to earn your PTO volunteer hours (remember - 20 hours per family for the school year). This is an important way we support our school community. Please check out our October SIGN UP GENIUS for upcoming opportunities - beginning next Saturday, Oct. 17th! On that day we'll be taking care of some outdoor projects including staining benches, painting hopscotch stencils and playground equipment and doing some yard work! Click here to see how you can pitch in! Shout outs to PTO leadership Juliet D'Agostino and Kevin Clark for helping to organize these events!
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A Birthday Reminder for Parents... |
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Birthdays are so special and its even more special when your child gets to celebrate with treats for classmates. So if your child has an upcoming birthday and you would like to send in treats for the class, please remember that they must be individually portioned and individually packaged by the food manufacturer. Our teachers are not allowed to pass out a tray of cupcakes, cookies or dougnuts. The last thing we would want to do is disappoint the birthday boy or girl by sending things back home, so please help us by sending in things like: ice cream novelties, pudding cups, Little Debbie snacks, candy bars, etc. Just be sure to check with your classroom teacher to see if there are any food allergies first. Thanks so much for doing your part to keep our Comets healthy, while keeping up our much-loved traditions!
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Have you noticed the pothole as you enter St. Benedict Alley from Cleveland St.? It is something the City of Richmond will need to take care of. You can help us get it repaired by reporting the issue at:
Just follow the directions below and cut and paste the info provided. It only takes a minute! The more requests they get, hopefully the quicker we can get this addressed and our cars can have a smoother transition onto the alley!
Click: (on the left side) Request Service - Roads/Alleys/Sidewalks - Repair Alley
Complete form: Subtype - Asphalt Alley Repair
Description - Street Transition to Saint Benedict Alley from Cleveland Street needs to be filled in. Cars bottoming out.
Location:- 215 Cleveland St Rear, 23221
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Taking Care of our Comet Family |
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Please remember that we are one community that is supportive and respectful. As in any year, from time to time teachers and students may be out of school. Please respect privacy and don't jump to conclusions.Whenever a member of the school community has a confirmed case of COVID-19, we will work with the Diocese and the Health Department to make sure close contacts are notified so they may take appropriate action inline with CDC guidance.
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Yay Lunch! Order weekly by Saturday night! |
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Other Helpful Information |
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In case you missed this on social media! |
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Mrs. Herrity's 5th graders grab the yoga mats to go and pray the Rosary in our Mary Garden at the Church for the Feast Day of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary. |
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And remember!
ONLY COME TO SCHOOL IF….
- Your temperature is under 100.4 degrees.
- In the past two (2) weeks, you HAVE NOT presented symptoms of COVID-19, such as a fever, chills, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, with no alternative diagnosis.
- In the past two (2) weeks, you HAVE NOT been exposed - less than six (6) feet for greater than 15 minutes - to anyone who has tested positive for or exhibits symptoms of COVID-19 (with no alternative diagnosis), without wearing the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
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