Back to School Updates

Dear St. Serra Parents,

Below is some additional information to prepare you for the First Day of School. Please note that this Sunday's St. Serra Sunday News will have additional information.

Traffic Guidelines: Drop-Off & Pick-Up

There have been new enhancements to our traffic procedures. The Banderas gate drive through has been widened and made into two lanes which will help with the flow of traffic. Please read the document fully to ensure you are compliant with the new enhancements.

Read Traffic Guidelines

West Coast University Nursing

St. Serra Catholic School is pleased to announce that, for the 2022-2023 school year, we will again be partnering with the West Coast University Nursing program. This partnership will provide our school with student nurses completing their practicum on our campus. The West Coast nursing students will assist St. Serra students while learning more about the role of school nursing within the context of public health and pediatrics. The student nurses and their instructor will follow all SJSC and the Diocese of Orange Catholic Schools administrative policies, procedures, rules, and regulations. A RPN from West Coast University will be on campus supervising the nursing students and Mary Hogan will continue to oversee the Health Office as usual.

2022-23 School Supplies

St. Serra provides the majority of your students' needed supplies. There are a few items that need to be supplied by the parent. Please see the list of items that need to be purchased for your student(s):

22-23 School Supplies

Family Car Visor Placard Pick-Up

If you have not picked up your Family Car Visor Placard, they will be available for pick-up in the St. Serra Courtyard on the First Day of School (August 22). Families who do not pick-up their placards by 9 a.m. on August 22 will have theirs sent home with the family's oldest child.

Staffing Changes

We regret to inform you that both Mrs. Lynne Pantano, Advanced Plus ELA Teacher, and Mrs. Teri Schulist, Lower School Music Teacher, are no longer with St. Serra. They have decided to seek other opportunities. We sincerely thank both Mrs. Pantano and Mrs. Schulist for their service and wish them well.

School Counselor Update

Some of the funding to help support our school counselor for the 2022-2023 school year comes from EANS (Emergency Assistance to Non-public Schools Program) as part of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021, Congress set aside $2.75 billion of the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund specifically to provide assistance to students in non-public private schools and eligible non-public schools. Since we are receiving funds through this program the hiring process is in partnership with Catapult Learning, one of the two Educational Consultant groups approved by the state for this purpose. Our school counselor will be on site on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. once hired.

Campus Armed Security Update

Our school is the first elementary school within the Diocese of Orange to have armed security on campus. We will be partnering with Allied Universal Security for this position. Beginning Monday, August 22, we will have armed security on campus, with our permanent full-time security officer, Vlad Anderson, starting on Monday, August 29. Communication regarding Mr. Anderson’s background and qualifications will be sent to you in the very near future.

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