Wednesday Herald

October 27, 2021

This request was brought forward as part of a junior high Social Studies project. Students made a formal request to me, citing specific reasons why they should be allowed to wear shorts throughout the year. They then surveyed students and staff members to seek their input. The staff unanimously voted in favor of this proposal. Along with this, we will spend the rest of the year evaluating our entire uniform policy. A committee of teachers and school administration has been assembled to lead this process. They will make a formal presentation to the Education Board by the conclusion of the school year for any changes going into next school year.

Also, right after fall break, Guardian Angels will host a technology safety presentation on Thursday, November 4. This program is designed for students in grades 6-8 and will be led by Stephen Smith. Stephen is a leader throughout Cincinnati on this topic and presents to schools throughout the local area and beyond. Here is a link to Stephen’s website which has many valuable resources. A virtual parent presentation will be sent next week, as well. I strongly encourage all parents to view this presentation. November 4th will be a technology-free day at GA and we will ask that this continues through the home that evening.  

Finally, I would like to express tremendous gratitude to our PTA, especially Liz McElroy, Bridget Fesenmeier, and Becky Tiefenbach, for their work in the installation of our new playground! It looks great and students love playing on it already. Please join me in thanking PTA for their extensive work in this large project! Students at GA will benefit from the dedication of our PTA for many years ahead. 

God bless,

Corey Stoops

Did Your Contact Information Change?

If your home address has changed since last year, or you have a new email address, please email Melissa Boston, or call the school office. It is crucial that all of this information for each adult contact is kept up-to-date so we have the proper contact information on file for all of our students.

Mission Clothing Drive Ends Tomorrow

The Glenmary Sisters and our GA Mission Twinning Group need your gently used or new children's clothing. They are accepting all children's sizes - infant through size 16. No adult clothing is being collected.

Items are asked to be dropped off in the collection boxes outside the school office and the Religious Education office between now and October 28th.

More information is attached.

Mission PSO Collecting Halloween Candy Next Week

The Guardian Angels Mission PSO will be collecting candy for the children of the St. Bernard School on Standing Rock Indian Reservation. The students at the school and other boys and girls who live on the reservation, along with the elders look forward to receiving the boxes of candy every year. It is their biggest treat each year!

Students should bring in their extra Halloween Candy to school Tuesday, November 2 - Friday, November 5.

Picture Retakes Offered November 8th

Picture retakes will take place on Monday, November 8th. Students requesting a retake should simply return the original pictures on November 8th and the photographer will resubmit your order with the new image. Students who missed our September picture day, can also order online at mylifetouch.com - school code is EVTPXJ2RD. Any student who is having his/her picture taken on this day, may come out of uniform, but must follow the out of uniform guidelines stated in the Guardian Angels School Handbook.  

Guardian Angels Will Honor Our Veterans On November 11th

Veterans are invited to attend a prayer service celebration on Thursday, November 11th. Father David Sunberg will lead this service beginning at 1:00pm in the Church. RSVPs are due by TODAY - Wednesday, October 27th. To RSVP, click here.

We are asking for only veterans to attend; parents accompanying a veteran may attend and should be included in the RSVP. We are asking other parents to not attend in-person to allow more room in the church for students. We will stream this celebration for anyone to view who cannot attend in-person. Due to COVID precautions, there will be no reception before this event as there has been in previous year.

Music Boosters Is Selling Water Bottles

Since students need to have water bottles with them during school, why not have them show off their GA school spirit with a Polar Camel 32oz water bottle! The bottles are available in red or blue. For $37, you can order your child a laser engraved GA logo water bottle that has its own flip straw and a handler to carry it to every class.

Think your child will not know which water bottle is theirs? Have it personally engraved for an additional $2 (20 character limit). Order by November 12th and it would be delivered to the school office before Christmas. Plus you would be supporting a Catholic small family business and GA Music Boosters. An order form is attached.

If you have any questions please reach out to email Jason Claes, (president of GA Music Boosters.

GA Music Boosters thanks you in advance for your support!

Seussical Performance Tickets On Sale Now

Our ticket site is live and we are ready to sell tickets to Seussical!

Show Date - November 20th

Tickets - $10 for Adults, $7 for Students

Show Times - 3:30pm & 6:30pm (1 hour run time)

Purchase tickets by clicking here.

Order GA Sweatpants

Help support the 8th grade class and order GA sweatpants. These are approved to wear on out-of-uniform and spirit wear days. A portion of each sweatpant order raises money towards the 8th grade trip and activities each year. Pants can be ordered online throughout the school year.

Cafeteria Volunteers Needed

Calling all parents, grandparents and other SafeParish trained volunteers! We are still in need a few helping hands in the cafeteria over the next few weeks. We have consistently had 1 volunteer per day, but the increased social distancing measures have caused us to add more tables in the cafeteria. It would be tremendously helpful to have 2 volunteers per day to keep up with increased cleaning and monitoring of our angels at lunchtime. Can you spare time in your day to help? If you are able to help out, sign-up here.

Just a reminder: All volunteers must have transferred or be newly trained through SafeParish.

Lunch Accounts & Venmo Payments

If you have multiple children who buy lunch at school and want to avoid paying multiple service fees per account, please remember that you can pay a lump sum via Venmo to Collette Thompson @Kaldis. You would simply need to specify each child’s account that you would like to divide the lump sum for in the “What’s it for” line when making your Venmo payment. You will receive a message back from Kaldi’s when your Venmo payment has been applied accordingly.

More information about the lunch program, including a link to the menu, is below in the Reminders section.

Save the Date: A Night In Vegas

Please join your Guardian Angels PTA for

A Night in Vegas

Saturday, November 13th

7:00-11:00pm

Guardian Angels School Parish Center

Casino Glam attire requested, masks encouraged.

Tickets are $50 per person and include: 20 casino chips to enjoy Craps, Roulette, Black Jack, Let-It-Ride, Beat the Dealer, Big 6, Chuck-a-Luck, 1 drink ticket, heavy hors d'oeuvres.

This will be a cashless event. Night of purchases available include: 

• Silent Auction/Raffle 
• Split the Pot
• Cork Pull
• Additional Drink Tickets
• Additional Casino Chips

Ticket sales close at midnight on November 6th. Purchase tickets by clicking here.

Don't Forget To Pay Your Dues

Please pay your dues and classroom fees for the 2021-2022 school year through this link. Dues are $75 per family and includes fees for PTA, Athletic Boosters, and Music Boosters.

Teacher/Staff Gifts

Parents are encouraged to contribute towards teacher and staff gifts. It’s a great way to let them know how grateful we are for them. Contributions can be made through this link.

Fathers Team Meeting This Friday

GA Fathers, join us this Friday at 6:05am in Conference Room B (next to the undercroft) as we discuss a subject that is meaningful for dad’s. This week’s topic: Pushing Back on the Culture as Much as it is Pushing Down on Us. Too often, we don’t realize how much the culture is leading us astray. We need to develop a plan to stop our susceptibility and refocus our priorities on what really matters. Come solo, or better yet, bring a friend! Mark your calendars to join us this Friday in person or optionally join via Zoom. Contact us at [email protected] for the zoom information.

School Masses

You can find a full schedule of school Masses on the calendar in Rediker. At this time, our All School Masses are NOT open to visitors. We will be livestreaming all of the All School Masses through GA’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Families are welcome to attend grade level Masses.

Lunchroom News

Kaldi's offers a hot lunch option every day for our students. All meals must be pre-ordered before 8:30am the day of service; this is done through the Ez-Parent website. Students will have the option to buy additional items during lunch, as long as they have an established account with a positive balance. To set up a new account, or manage an exisiting account, click here.

If you have questions regarding the lunch program, please contact Kaldis at [email protected].

The menu is available on the school website.

Cookie Ministry 

Guardian Angels School Cookie Ministry teams up with the Parish Parish Peanut Butter group to feed families in need. The Peanut Butter group makes 1,500 peanut butter and bologna sandwiches. GA students donate cookies. St. Francis Seraph Church in Over-the-Rhine gives the food to families in need. Students are asked to bring in two dozen cookies, brownies, or rice krispie bars on their classroom's designated day. They do need to be bagged, two treats per bag. All pre-k classes are responsible for the next donation on Tuesday, November 2nd. Donations of juice boxes and prepackaged snacks are also needed. A complete schedule for the school year is attached. 

Attendance Line

If your child will be absent or late to school, please call the main school office by 8:00 each morning. We recently upgraded our telephone system. In doing so, we removed the former “attendance line.” All parents needing to report their child absent or late to school should call our Office Assistant, Melissa Boston, using the main school phone number - 624-3141.

Christian Service Program - Faith in Action

The purpose of the Christian Service Program is to enhance the religion curriculum at Guardian Angels Church. It is the duty of all Christians to reach out in service to those around them. Christ asks us to be His hands and feet on earth, keeping His mission of reaching out to those in need alive. The students will complete their service within the following settings: at home, the parish community/school and the community at-large. This outreach may be completed individually, with a partner, or in a group. 

This program will focus more on the meaning of the actual service opportunities rather than completing a prescribed amount of time. You will choose activities for each component—service to your family, service to your school/parish and service to the poor and vulnerable in our community. There is no minimum requirement of hours to complete. Grades 1-3 are required to complete at least 2 activities for each component; grades 4-8 at least 3 for each. You are certainly encouraged to complete more! See your Religion teacher, Mrs. Froehlich, or the parish website for a list of suggested activities and the log sheet.  

Questions? Contact Kay Froehlich, Director of Religious Education, for more information.

Box Tops For Education

The Guardian Angels PTA collects Box Tops and uses the funds earned to purchase indoor recess games and outdoor recess equipment. Box Tops is now on a digital platform. To participate, you’ll need to download the Box Tops App and scan your grocery receipt within 14 days of purchase. You’ll find more information here.

Kroger Community Rewards

Have you signed up for Kroger Community Rewards and designated GA as your beneficiary? The more families who register, the more money our school receives through the program. Kroger Community Rewards offers a great way for you to support our school's technology fund...and you don't have to spend a penny. You can search for GA or use our NPO number, 80200. The amount Guardian Angels receives depends on the points our supporters rack up while grocery shopping.

Amazon Shopping Supports GA

You can support Guardian Angels Parish when you shop at Amazon.com! GA is a participant in the AmazonSmile Program. You can sign-up to have a portion of your purchase sales come back to Guardian Angels. When you make purchases through the AmazonSmile page, and have GA selected as your beneficiary, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products back to GA. You have to be shopping from smile.amazon.com page of the site for GA to receive the benefit. 

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