Summer Insider #2 - June 28, 2022
Calendar At A Glance
School Supplies Reminder - Purchase Deadline is Midnight, Friday, July 1st 2022
As a reminder, the deadline for purchasing your school supply packs from our new partner 1st Day School Supplies is this Friday, July 1, 2022. You will be able to purchase throughout the day on July 1st as the deadline will be at midnight that night. Delivery of the school supply packs will come directly to school in early August and be placed in your child’s homeroom.

Click here to order your school supply packs for next year.

If you do not wish to purchase the packs, you can click the link for the 1st Day School Supplies site, and print out the list of necessary supplies from there to purchase on your own.
Summer Assignments and Enrichment Opportunities
At St. Cecilia Catholic School we are committed to the ongoing education and enrichment of our students even throughout the summer months. In an effort to continue to review previously learned grade level math skills, foster a love of reading, and inspire continual learning in our students, your child’s teachers have curated summer Math and Reading assignments which can be found on the St. Cecilia Summer Assignment and Enrichment Website. This website will serve as a hub for all of our St. Cecilia students entering PK3 through 8th Grade. Click here for a screencast on how to navigate the website and an overview of the grade level assignments. All Summer Assignments for students entering 1st through 8th grade are due on August 17, 2022. Your child’s teacher for the 2022-2023 school year will follow up with your child at the start of the school year for all completed summer assignments. If you have any further questions you should contact your child’s current teacher or Cindy Orlando the Director of Teaching, Learning and Innovation.

Important Summer Assignment Information
Campus Security and Security Training Update
With the tragic incident at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde in May, we wanted to provide a reminder to our current families and share this information with our new families regarding our security on campus, and the upgrades that have been implemented over the last three years.

Over that time, with the support of our families, St. Cecilia Catholic School has invested nearly $750,000 to improve the safety and security of our campus and for our students. These improvements include:

  • A multi-year, multi-vendor bidding and proposal process
  • Final scope of work reviewed and validated by a third-party security consultant.
  • Installed 80+ security cameras in and around campus.
  • Installed new access controlled doors at all school entrance/exit points – all doors are locked at all times.
  • Installed security film on front doors/windows of the school.
  • Upgraded access control for enhanced video intercom and monitoring of school entrances.
  • Installed new access controlled gates at the athletic field and in the back of the nursery building.
  • Conducted an active shooter training with Hedwig Village Police Department.
  • Annual reviews of our Crisis Management program.
We are scheduled in August to have two additional active shooter training sessions. One will be with just our faculty and staff during our inservice days in August that will be led by the Hedwig Village Police Department, and then another once students are back on campus. As we did in the past, for the training with students, we will communicate with families well in advance as to the date of the training, and share age appropriate material links so parents can talk with their children in advance of the training. Communications will also be sent home following the training as an update for parents.
Fall Sports Sign Up & Pre-Participation Medical Physicals

The beginning of the school year is fast approaching and so is the start of middle school athletics. Parents, please take a look at the following form to see if your son or daughter is signed up for a sport. Once you have viewed this document, please fill out the interest form if you need your child removed from or added to a sport.

Please keep in mind that all of our sports require an annual Pre-Participation form filled out by a doctor and parent before your son or daughter may participate in the first practice. This includes any team try-outs so please make sure to get this form completed, and then scanned and sent back in as soon as possible.

Please note that our Cross Country team is the ONLY team to allow for athletes to begin in 3rd grade. All of our other school sports require students to be in 6th-8th grade. Feel free to email Ashley Gomila at agomila@saintceilia.org if you have any questions about athletics.
HSA Caring Committee
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.
Our mission at St Cecilia Catholic School is the ongoing Catholic formation and education of the whole child in mind, heart, and spirit, in preparation for an adult life of commitment and service.