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Weekly News and Updates

June 4, 2021

The end of the school year is quickly approaching! Today we will formally celebrate our 8th grade class with Mass in the morning and the graduation ceremony in the evening. Congratulations to our 8th grade graduates! Thank you to their parents and families for supporting them! We are excited to see what our graduates will accomplish in high school and beyond.

Thank you to SEPO for organizing and running field day last week. In spite of the rain and wind, the students had a great time. The rescheduled activities for PreK-1st will take place today.

Each year we practice all state required emergency drills with students, including fire/evacuation, lock down, and tornado/shelter in place drills. The Chicago Police supervised a lock down drill yesterday morning and were impressed with how well our students did.

If you are registered for this year's Big Red Summer Camp, more information will be coming out next week about camp details.

On a personal note, my younger son will need emergency surgery next week, so I will be out of the building for a couple of days and not able to respond to emails. Thank you for your understanding; please pray for my son and family.

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

TRIP update: E-gift cards can be purchased anytime through the Raise Right app!
Next TRIP due date: 6/10/21
TRIP purchased now will be credited to the 21-22 tuition.

Please continue to report positive cases, close contacts with positive cases, and travel outside of Illinois to the office as soon as possible. If you have any questions regarding a positive case, close contact, quarantine dates, or anything else relating to our COVID procedures, please contact me. If you suspect a family member in your household of being sick, please keep your students home until we can determine next steps. We would rather one student be absent for a day than face the need to quarantine an entire cohort.

Congratulations to the St. Edward School Class of 2021!

If your family has been financially impacted by the pandemic and is in need for financial aid for the 21-22 school year, please complete an application through FACTS as soon as possible. We will start awarding scholarships in June based on need as determined by FACTS and on the amount of scholarship funds we have available and the number of families that apply. Click here for more information.

2021-22 Registration is open!

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!

In person tours are being scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:15 PM; virtual tours are also available! Email office@stedwardschool.com for more information.

2020-21 School Calendar

Upcoming Dates and Events

Friday, June 4: 8th Grade Graduation Mass and Ceremony

May 30-June 6: Virtual Big Red 5K

Monday, June 7: Mass with 1st-4th, 8:30 AM

-NUT Card Day

-School Board Meeting

Tuesday, June 8: Mass with 5th-6th grades, 8:30 AM

-NUT Card Day

Wednesday, June 9: Mass with 7th grade, 8:30 AM

-NUT Card Day

Thursday, June 10: PE Uniform day

-Celebration Ceremony for Room 3 and Room 4

Friday, June 11: Last Day of School, dismissal at 11:30 AM

-Regular uniform day

-Celebration Ceremony for Room 5 and Kindergarten Graduations

Check out our online school calendar for dates for the 21-22 school year!

Calling all Cheerleaders!

Ms. Carabio is inviting all current 5th, 6th, and 7th grade students to join cheerleading for the 21-22 school year.

Sign-up by clicking here!

Volunteers

If you would like to volunteer for summer t-ball, or other upcoming activities, use this link to sign up. Email Ms. Meenan to begin the compliance process whether your are a new or returning volunteer.

lmeenan@stedwardschool.com

NUT Card Update

Next week, students can use up any 19-20 and 20-21 NUT cards on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

Now that we are looking at some warm days next week, please make sure that shorts follow the same length guidelines as skirts (no shorter than 2 inches above the knee). Students who are wearing shorts that are too short will be asked to call home for a change of clothes.

Students should wear PE uniforms on Thursday, June 10 and regular uniforms on Friday, June 11.

Any 20-21 NUT cards left over can be saved for the 21-22 school year!

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