St. Jerome School Weekly Reminders
Week of April 12th, 2021
“The patient and humble endurance of the Cross – whatever nature it may be – is the highest work we have to do.”
St. Katharine Drexel
Reminders for the Week:
*Click here for the St. Jerome Parish Sunday Bulletin
*Calendar Change: There will be NO SCHOOL on Tuesday, May 4th for our annual faculty retreat. Wednesday, May 5th will be a FULL DAY of school instead of a noon dismissal. Fr. Dalin, pastor of St. Martha Parish, will be our guest presenter and confessor for the retreat.
*Our Home and School Clothing Drive is from 6:00 PM-8:00 PM this Wednesday and Thursday. Click here for the flyer with more information. We also need help (7th & 8th graders as well as adults) with unloading cars on Wednesday and Thursday as well as loading the trucks on Friday. Click here to signup to help.
*Please help us reach our goal by donating to our Race for Education here. Please help us reach our goal of 20,000 to directly benefit the students of St. Jerome School! Our Race for Education will take place on Thursday, April 29th.
*The St. Jerome School yearbook is back. Order forms and more information will be in the Wednesday folder. We will be taking orders during the month of April, and the yearbooks will be delivered in June with 64 full color pages celebrating all that we have accomplished at St. Jerome School this year! In order to receive a yearbook, you must pre-order.
*Registrations are open for this summer's Camp Jerome. Please click here for the brochure with more information. Questions may be directed to our camp director, Mrs. Lerlo: campjerome@sjsphila.org.
*Support St. Jerome School while shopping on Amazon; click here to designate St. Jerome as your chosen organization. Then, go to smile.amazon.com when you shop. St. Jerome will earn 0.5% of each purchase (at no cost to you)!
*Please remember to call the office and report your child's absence (215-624-0637); you can leave a message of the office is closed.
*Mr. Dooley is available for tech support for our Virtual Lions (as well as our in-person students and our faculty): tdooley@sjsphila.org
*Virtue of the Month for April: Justice
*Remember that Box Tops have gone electronic, but you can still use them to support St. Jerome School; click here for more information.
*Have a great week!
Student Health Reminders
Our reopening plan calls on every member of the school community to support our values of mutual respect, integrity, willingness to sacrifice for the common good and foster community bonds across generations. Commitment to the policies will assist in protecting the health and welfare of all members of our school community.
In an effort to keep all children safe, we ask that Parents monitor their children’s Health daily. Below are the expectations related to the health monitoring.
I attest to :
Fever of 100.4 or above,
chills,
Cough,
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing,
Fatigue,
Muscle or body aches,
Headache,
New loss of taste or smell,
Sore throat,
Congestion or runny nose,
Nausea or vomiting,
Diarrhea,
My child has not had any contact with anyone with COVID
My child has not traveled a location designated as a “Hot Spot"
I am following all CDC recommended guidelines and limiting my/my child’s exposure to risks such as above
If any of these symptoms present, please keep your child from school and contact the school. If the symptoms are serious please seek immediate medical attention. Always call before visiting your doctor or health facility.
We will keep you informed if the list of symptoms, listed above, changes in any way.