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HSA NEWS
Hello SRS Community,
The next few months will be filled with more community building events and celebrations. Please mark your calendars with the following:
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BINGO TONIGHT, January 19th is CANCELLED, Due to inclement weather. Stay tuned for a new date!
- Catholic Schools Week, January 29th - February 2nd
- January 31st- Monsignor’s last day- details on how to help and celebrate will be shared in coming weeks. Please note parents are welcome to join 9 a.m. mass and the Knowledge Bowl in the Gathering Hall starting at 1pm.
- We are grateful to Ann Budzynski who will be chairing the Teacher Appreciation Luncheon on Friday, February 2nd. Thank you to the many volunteers who have already signed up to cover a classroom or lunch duty, help set-up, serve and/or clean up!
Since it would be a true gift to our teachers and staff to have lunch together at the same time, we will need coverage for all the classrooms in the main building and 2 classes in preschool from 11:15AM-12:15PM. We'd need a lot of volunteers to pull this off, so we hope to have enough volunteers for the coverage.
We would also like to ask parents to bake or donate baked goods and drink. You can drop these off on Friday, February 2nd between 8-10AM at the vestibule.
Please sign up here.
- Our next school-wide HSA meeting will be on Wednesday, February 28th. We encourage parents and staff to attend this meeting for updates on finances, events and information on fundraising efforts.
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Calling all SRS girls and a special adult male in their life (dad, grandfather, uncle, etc) in Pre-K through 8th Grade for the Sweetheart Dance, An Evening in Wonderland!!! Please join us on Saturday, February 24th from 5:00-7:30 PM. More details about registration to follow in the next few weeks. A special thanks to Carrie Sirois and Abigail Ferreira who are Co-chairing this event and to all the volunteers helping to make it a fun night for all!
Monsignor Weiss Scholarship
January 31st will mark the retirement of our beloved Monsignor Weiss. His long standing and unwavering commitment to Catholic education and St. Rose of Lima School has spanned over two decades. He has been a shepherd in the journey of our children's faith-based education. During his tenure at St. Rose of Lima, he has funded boilers, flooring, roofs, gifts for students, ice cream gatherings, and many, many more things that have had an invaluable impact on the academic, faith and financial health of the school. He has been a constant reminder and role model of how being a "doer" positivity impacts the lives of many.
As a tribute to his commitment, the HSA board on behalf of the current and alumni students and families would like to present him with the Monsignor Weiss Legacy Scholarship. The details are as follows:
- This would be given annually to two 8th grade students, one boy and one girl in the sum of $250.00 each
- In order to be eligible to be considered for the scholarship a student must be in good academic standing, have a strong, faith filled life, be active in serving their community and be attending a parochial high school.
- Those applying must write an essay explaining how parochial school education has had an impact on his/her life. Monsignor Weiss will read the essays and choose one that he feels rises most to the top. In partnership with the school leadership they will present a student name to the HSA board to for consideration.
We are asking current and alumni families to consider making a contribution to fund the scholarship. This money will be put in a separate HSA account and used only for the purposes of funding the Monsignor Weiss Legacy Scholarship. Contributing is NOT a requirement as we understand that families give in many different ways.
If you are considering a contribution please do so by January 25th, 2024. We will share with the SRS community, past and present, how much we collected to fund the scholarship. Donations can be made via PayPal (preferred) to hsa@srles.com or send a check to the school office made payable to "St. Rose HSA". Please be sure to put "Msgr Weiss Legacy Scholarship" in the notes section of your PayPal payment, or in the notes section of your check so the funds can be separated appropriately. Thank you!
We thank you in advance for your support and helping keep Monsignor Weiss' legacy alive at St. Rose School for many years to come!
Room Parent Communications
The HSA would like to explore the option of parents signing up to allow room parents to email them directly, in place of asking the very busy Lisa Sweeting to distribute for us instead.
In addition, to help keep our school community healthy, productive and safe, the HSA has been asked to form classroom Facebook pages. If you do not have Facebook or do not wish to join your classroom page(s), IT IS NOT REQUIRED. We simply aim to provide a safe and controlled space for constructive conversations and clarifying what classroom FB pages are used for.
Please complete the following form to opt in or out for one or the other:
Classroom Communications Option Form
Playground Project
We are still looking for volunteers to join our playground committee. With spring just around the corner, we would really like to get a foundational plan in place for budget and planning purposes! Please email us if you are interested in helping with this initiative.
HSA Links
Facebook: Join other parents on the SRS Parents FB Page!
HSA Registration: Enroll in HSA
HSA Paypal Account: PayPal, “St. Rose of Lima School HSA”
HSA Event Sign-ups: Signing up to volunteer
Your HSA Board,
Carrie Sirois, Michelle McRuiz, Co-Presidents
Mike Anstett, Vice President
Lisa Jackson, Secretary
Karen Walauskas, Treasurer
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