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Weekly News and Updates

January 21, 2021

Please continue to report positive cases and close contacts with positive cases to the office as soon as possible. As reported in an email communication from Dr. Rigg to all families on 1/20/21, the Archdiocese is requiring a 10 day quarantine for students who travel out of state. While this differs from the Chicago Travel Ban, the 10 day quarantine is best practices for our students and staff. If you have any questions regarding a positive case, close contact, quarantine dates, or anything else relating to our COVID procedures, please contact me.

Before care will begin again on January 25 starting at 7:00 AM. Please sign up ahead of time using this link. If you have questions regarding before or after care, please email creativecorner@stedwardschool.com.

Registration is entirely online this year. Use this link to register for 2021-22. We will open registration to new and prospective students during Catholic Schools Week beginning January 31, 2021. We have many prospective families waiting eagerly to register for the 21-22 school year including families who have been on a wait list for this year.

I want to thank each family for your continued support of St. Edward School, for your adherence to our health and safety protocols this year, and for your ongoing prayers.

If you have any questions, please reach out.

St. Edward, pray for us!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Sara Lasica

Principal

slasica@stedwardschool.com

2021-22 Registration is open!

Register before February 28, 2021, to "freeze" your tuition at the 20-21 tuition rates and to secure your spot for next year!

Registration is online this year. Click here to register!

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 next year! You can do this an unlimited amount of times!

TRIP update: E-gift cards can be purchased through the Raise Right app at anytime!
Next TRIP due date: 1/28/21

Please review the illness protocols distributed by the Archdiocese based on updates from the CDC and local health departments by clicking here. By following these guidelines and taking care of your families outside of school, we can continue to learn together in-person this year.

Strong families foster strong children. As Catholics, our source of strength comes from God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and the best way to develop a relationship with our loving God is to pray! Pray as a family daily. Grace before dinner, a Hail Mary before bedtime, an Our Father on the way to school in the morning. Find a time, pick a prayer, and grow closer to God!

Missionaries from NET Ministries will be staying in our convent from January-May. These missionaries are college aged young adults who have sacrificed a year of studies to lead retreats for junior high and high school teens. They normally travel across the country leading retreats, but due to COVID they will be staying in our convent and lead virtual retreats. They are in need of assistance with meals! Can your family please provide these 11 missionaries (ages 19-22) with lunch or dinner a few days? Please click this link to sign up: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/e5q34l

Bags of Mercy

8th Grade Confirmation Service Project

As part of their Confirmation preparations, the 8th grade will be assembling Bags of Mercy that will be handed out to homeless individuals and including prayers and notes of support in each bag. The 8th grade needs your help in collecting items for the bags. Please send donations to school January 22-29. The 8th grade students will assemble the bags during Catholic Schools Week (January 31-February 6).

Preschool, PreKindergarten, and Kindergarten: gallon sized ziploc bags and individually packaged snacks

1st and 2nd Grades: pocket sized tissue packs and individual packages of hand wipes

3rd and 4th Grades: adult sized socks and masks

5th and 6th Grades: individual packages of crackers, granola bars, trail mix, jerky

7th and 8th Grades: travel size toiletries

Please send in donations between January 22-29. Thank you for your support of our 8th grade students and their service project.

January is also poverty awareness month.

“Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” (Mt. 25:40)

2020-21 School Calendar

Upcoming Dates and Events

Catholic Schools Week Student Appreciation Fun Lunch Order Forms are coming home today and are due Thursday, January 28.

Thursday, January 21: Early Dismissal Thursday (1:50, 2:00, 2:10)

Friday, January 22: Midpoint of the 2nd Trimester, NUT Card Day

Monday, January 25: NUT Card Day, Before Care begins

Thursday, January 28: TRIP Orders due, Fun Lunch Orders due

Saturday, January 30: Virtual Trivia Night--More information below!

SAVE THE DATE: Spring Virtual Auction, March 20, 2021--Big Red House Party featuring Pat Tomasulo!

Minutes from the January SEPO Meeting

Click here.

Virtual Trivia Night is here!

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