The Family Handbook, and Discipline Handbook have been updated for this school year. Please take some time before school to review the handbooks – a summary of updates to the Family Handbook can be found on page 9 of that document. In addition, the Comprehensive Developmental Guidance Program Handbook from the Archdiocese has also been added to our handbook resource page online.

St. Cecilia Catholic Church has scheduled training for new altar servers. Servers who are trained through the Church and commit to serving at Saturday or Sunday Mass may also serve at the Wednesday School Mass.

Please note, there were some minor updates to the one-page calendar published originally in January 2022. Please click here for the updated one-page calendar.

The school's Google calendar has been updated with many of the events and information for the school year. The Google Calendar can be found here and the Google Calendar app can be downloaded to your mobile devices (highly recommended). More information on our various calendar resources can be found here.

This year our Mass Days and Spirit Days will be changing. Mass Day will now be on Wednesday each week, and Spirit Day (and our corresponding Weekly Assemblies) will now be on Fridays. Attire for Mass Day is the Mass Dress uniform, and attire for Spirit Days can be a St. Cecilia Catholic School spirit shirt, with either jeans or uniform bottoms. Spirit t-shirts can be purchased at the Back To School Bash on Friday, August 19th, or at our online Spirit Store.

Your child(ren)’s Homeroom information will be available on August 12th to families by logging into the FACTS Family Portal. You will be able to see your child(ren)’s homeroom information, and also do a search for the full homeroom and grade in FACTS.

If you have items to drop off for the Used Uniform Sale (happening on Tuesday, August 16th), they need to be dropped off the day before. Items will no longer be accepted on the day of or during the sale on August 16th. Drop off for items will take place on Monday, August 15th from 8:00AM to 10:00AM.

All new students and new families joining St. Cecilia Catholic School this year are invited to the school Cafeteria for a welcome reception. Following the welcome reception, new students and families will be taken to their students’ classrooms for the “Sneak-A-Peek” to view their classrooms and meet their teachers.

Students entering grades PK3 through 2nd and their families are invited to come to school and “Sneak-A-Peek” anytime between 9AM and 12PM. Your teacher will be eager to see you and welcome you to the new school year. Upon visiting the classroom, you will drop off any materials or supplies you have purchased for the new school year and pick up anything your teacher would like you to take home before the first day of school. This is intended to be a short visit and parents are expected to stay with their children during the visit. Students are not expected to wear their school uniform.

After the New Family Welcome and Sneak-A-Peek all families are invited to go to the Auditorium to buy used uniform items for their students. The HSA (Home and School Association) will also be there selling new St. Cecilia Catholic School pencil and PE bags.

Please note the school year starts on a Wednesday, and Wednesdays will be our weekly Mass days throughout the year. Since this is the first day of school, we will not begin having our weekly Masses until the following Wednesday (August 24th). So, for this first day of school, students wear their normal school uniform to school. Our weekly spirit days have moved to Friday of each week.

There is no morning carpool on the first day of school. We will have Classroom Drop Off for all students. Parents walk their children to their homerooms.

All parents are invited to the HSA Welcome Back To School Coffee in the Auditorium after doing Classroom Drop Off.

The first day of school is an Early Dismissal day. Also, there is no afternoon carpool, it is classroom pickup (parents pick up their children in their homerooms). Please note there is no after-school Bridges program until Friday, August 19th.

Our first Parent-Teacher conferences of the year are the Hopes & Fears Conferences. Parents will be given the opportunity to sign up for a specific 10-15 minute time slot. All parents are expected to have a Hopes and Fears Conference with each of their child(ren)’s homeroom teacher(s). Students do not need to be in the virtual Hopes and Fears Conference but are always welcome. The purpose of the Hopes & Fears Conference is for the parent(s) to share their hopes and their fears for their child specific to the upcoming school year. The teacher’s responsibility in these meetings is to listen, take notes, and learn as much as possible about each student. The homeroom teachers will be sending an email to parents with a sign up genius to schedule your Hopes & Fears conference after the homeroom lists are available in FACTS.

Regular morning and afternoon carpools will begin on the second day of school.

The second day of school is an Early Dismissal day. Regular afternoon carpool will begin on the second day of school. Please note there is no after-school Bridges program until Friday, August 19th.

Thursday is the second day of the Hopes & Fears Conferences. Please see the Day 1 information listed above for more details.

The third day of school is the first full day of school. Standard morning and afternoon carpools will both take place. Bridges also begins on this first full day of school.

Oldest and Only dismissal for PK3-PK4

Oldest and Only dismissal for Kindergarten and 1st Grades

Regular dismissal carpool

The Bridges after school program begins. Please see information in the next section below regarding Bridges.

Join us for Food, Fun, & Fellowship! The Knights of Columbus will be serving hamburgers and hot dogs, and obstacle inflatables will be set up in the gym. Some great tunes and beer will also be available - so come out and let's reconnect and kick off the 2022-2023 school year.

While at the Back To School Bash, families will have the opportunity to sign up for the Booster Club and this year’s Booster Club spirit wear t-shirts available for the families and other items will be available.

Please RSVP (this is a free event) by clicking here so we can accurately plan our food needs.

Families who enroll in the school’s after school program - Bridges, for full-time use pay monthly for unlimited use during the month. Families who wish to use Full Time Bridges must register in advance by filling out this online form. Only students signed up for our Full-Time Bridges program will be allowed to attend Bridges on Early Dismissal Days. Questions? Contact Bridges

If you missed the July 1st deadline to purchase online from 1st Day School Supplies, please click here to see the list for each grade supply list.

At St. Cecilia Catholic School we are committed to the ongoing education and enrichment of our students even throughout the summer months. In an effort to continue to review previously learned grade level math skills, foster a love of reading, and inspire continual learning in our students, your child’s teachers have curated summer Math and Reading assignments which can be found on the St. Cecilia Summer Assignment and Enrichment Website. This website will serve as a hub for all of our St. Cecilia students entering PK3 through 8th Grade. Click here for a screencast on how to navigate the website and an overview of the grade level assignments. All Summer Assignments for students entering 1st through 8th grade are due on August 17, 2022. Your child’s teacher for the 2022-2023 school year will follow up with your child at the start of the school year for all completed summer assignments. If you have any further questions you should contact your child’s current teacher or Cindy Orlando the Director of Teaching, Learning and Innovation.

The beginning of the school year is fast approaching and so is the start of middle school athletics. Parents, please take a look at the following form to see if your son or daughter is signed up for a sport. Once you have viewed this document, please fill out the interest form if you need your child removed from or added to a sport.

Please keep in mind that all of our sports require an annual Pre-Participation form filled out by a doctor and parent before your son or daughter may participate in the first practice. This includes any team try-outs so please make sure to get this form completed, and then scanned and sent back in as soon as possible.

Please note that our Cross Country team is the ONLY team to allow for athletes to begin in 3rd grade. All of our other school sports require students to be in 6th-8th grade. Feel free to email Ashley Gomila at agomila@saintceilia.org if you have any questions about athletics.

If you are experiencing a hardship of any kind please contact the HSA Caring Committee for support or prayer requests. They are here to help!

The HSA Caring Committee is a volunteer group that supports St. Cecilia Catholic School families who are dealing with illness, death, or crisis.