Week of May 2, 2021 -
It's Teacher Appreciation Week at SBCS!
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Monday May 3rd: Deadline to order your Polpetti Carline Dinner (to be delivered Thursday May 6) - See below!
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Thursday May 6th: Pre-ordered Polpetti Dinner Pick Up from 3pm-3:30pm in St. Benedict Church parking lot
And looking ahead....
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Wednesday May 19th: NEW Family Orientation on Zoom, 7pm
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Thursday, May 20th: PTO Parents End of Year Celebration "Parent's Pop-Up Party on the Playground" (Due to Covid Limitations for Gatherings, this event is limited to Current PARENTS ONLY. No kiddos this time.) See below for details.
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May 25-May 27: Middle School Exams
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Monday, May 31st: MEMORIAL DAY, No school!
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Tuesday, June 1st: 8th Grade Graduation
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Tuesday, June 1st: FIELD DAY!
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Wednesday, June 2nd: Junior Kindergarten's Last Day
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Thursday, June 3rd: Last Day of School! Pick up at 11am (no ASE)!
Always check out our school calendar on the website HERE!
Need a past newsletter? Check out our archives on the website HERE!
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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We have a small, tight-knit school, and that is truly a blessing. I want to remind everyone, though, of our dismissal procedures, because they exist to ensure the safety of all of our students. If a child is going to be picked up by someone other than their parent or the person who normally picks them up, please be sure to notify the school office no later than 2:30pm. If an adult we do not recognize comes through the car line to pick up a student, we will ask them to pull around to the front doors of the school. Once there, we will confirm that we received communication from the parents or they are listed on the child's transportation form. We will then verify their ID. If the person is not on the transportation form and we have not received permission from a parent, we will have to contact a parent before we can release the student. A student will not be allowed to go home with another student's parent unless we have received prior permission. We thank you for your patience with this process; we just want to take very seriously our responsibility to our students' safety.
Please remember while you are in the afternoon car line to put on your emergency flashers until you get into the St. Benedict Alley, and make sure your name card is displayed in the front windshield. This helps us to know who is in car line and which cars are through traffic. If you need a new name card, please notify the school office. Thanks to your help, our car line has been moving very efficiently!
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Take a Night Off of Cooking & Support Our PTO! |
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Our PTO is kicking off Carline Dinner Pick Ups! First up...Polpetti Catering will be offering a special SBCS ordering menu, so you can take a night off from cooking and pick up your meal immediately after carline in the St. Benedict Church parking lot! PLUS, our vendor is generously giving back 10% to support our PTO! Let's do this, Comets!
Here's how it works:
- Follow the ordering directions below by MONDAY, MAY 3RD.
- On Thursday, May 6th, pick up your children in carline, THEN, drive over to St. Benedict Church parking lot (park on the Church side) and pick up your meal. Meal pick up runs from 3:00pm-3:30pm.
- It's that easy! Dinner - DONE!
TO ORDER YOUR DINNER: In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, The Riccobono Family's POLPETTI will be offering a delicious menu of Italian inspired fare. Visit www.polpetticatering.com to view the special SBCS menu, order and pay online. DEADLINE TO ORDER IS MONDAY, MAY 3RD.
TO HELP SPONSOR TEACHER DINNERS: We will also be raising funds to underwrite the cost of our Teacher Appreciation Meals that Polpetti is making for our teachers special week, so CLICK HERE to chip in, show your appreciation and give your teacher a night off of cooking too! (Suggested donation is $10.)
Let's make this worthwhile for our participating vendors, a boost for our PTO, AND treat ourselves to delicious (and oh-so-convenient) family meals! Looking forward, if this is a success, we hope to host a restaurant each month during the school year for more delicious Carline Dinners! YUM!
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POP-UP PARTY ON THE PLAYGROUND |
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"So what should I be doing now to get ready for the Fall?"
#1. Take some time now to go over the review work (provided in kits) and summer reading assignments with your child. That way you can help them pace their work so it won't sneak up on them late in summer. Our Summer Reading (Grades 1-8) and Middle School Math & Latin assignments, can be found HERE on our website!
#2. Be sure to drop off (in the mailbox at the front of our big stairs on Grove Ave.) or mail in your registration forms (provided in your student kit folder) by May 15, 2021. (Mail to: St. Benedict Catholic School, Attn: Mrs. Autry, 3100 Grove Ave., Richmond, VA 23221)
#3. Schedule a physical with your child's doctor. ALL NEW incoming students are required to have a new physical or have had a physical AFTER August 25, 2020 and provide that paperwork from their doctors office. (Those forms were included in your new student folder.)
#4. Plan to attend our New Family Orientation on Wednesday, May 19th at 7pm over Zoom. The link will be emailed to you as we get closer to the date. This is when we will share all of the information you need about uniforms, schedules, carline, YayLunch, and so much more!
#5. Keep reading your weekly newsletter on Sundays! We'll be sending them out throughout the summer to keep you posted about everything you need to know, including SUMMER MEET UPS! Yay!
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Keeping Our School Healthy and Together... |
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Covid Question? Email:
And remember...
ONLY COME TO SCHOOL IF….
- Your temperature is under 100.4 degrees.
- You do NOT have other symptoms of COVID-19, without an alternative diagnosis. Other symptoms include chills, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea
- You have NOT had a positive diagnostic test for the virus that causes COVID-19 in the prior 10 days..
- You have NO known exposure to a COVID-19 case in the prior 14 days; exposure being less than six (6) feet for greater than 15 minutes over a 24 hour period, without wearing the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
UPDATED December 14, 2020
If you are keeping one student home because they have COVID-19 symptoms with no alternative diagnosis, then you are reminded to keep all of your students home.
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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.
Also, here's some other helpful information:
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CDC recommendations for gatherings.
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Differences between COIVD-19 and the Flu here.
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