St. Lawrence Every Friday Note
April 8, 2022
Weekly Update
The season of Lent is coming to a close with holy week being next week. During this time, we see the celebration of Jesus' arrival into the city on Palm Sunday followed by the persecution and impending death of our Savior on the cross. This is a dark time, but the victory will soon come.
I always feel like the events of holy week mirror my own relationship with Jesus. So many times we celebrate Jesus, only to turn around and disobey him. At Christmas, we celebrate his arrival on Earth with parties and church services, only to return back to our busy lives in January and allow the joy of Christmas to end. Or sometimes we catch a big break in our own lives and we thank Jesus and acknowledge that this came from Him, yet get caught up in the stressful things in life. Many of the same people who celebrated Jesus on Palm Sunday wanted him dead by Friday. So much happened during that week. There are many lessons for us to learn. For instance, on Thursday, Peter, one Jesus' closest friends, disowned Jesus 3 times. However, Jesus still chose Peter to lead his church! What would you have done if you were Peter? Or Pontius Pilate, the man who ultimately sentenced Jesus to death at the demands of the crowd. I know what the answer should be, but would we have done things any different than those two? This is such an important week for Christians. This week provides many opportunities for contemplation and self-assessment. I pray that each and everyone of us examines our own lives, looks at what Jesus did for US and continue to grow in love of Jesus who sacrificed his life for our mistakes. Next week, the message will be happier!
- Mark your calendars****
8th Grade St. Joseph's Dinner
Our St. Joseph dinner was a special night celebrating the men in the lives of our Eighth Grade students.
Thank you to Kathleen Prechtel for a delicious meal and to Danny Lopez our speaker. He reminded the guests there to work hard, learn that foreign language, and always be present when you get time together. Also, special thanks to Greg and Carol Stephens for all of their help in planning and executing the event.
St. Joseph Dinner
St. Joseph Dinner
St. Joseph Dinner
PFO Spring Flower and Trash Bag Sale
Order forms for our spring trash bag sale will come home with students after spring break. We will have a flower sale similar to last year on Friday April 29th. There will not be any advanced orders for flowers. This will also be our trash bag pick up date. The profits of this fundraiser directly benefit the school and students. Thank you for your support!
First Communion Retreat
Registration for the 2022-2023 School Year is Underway!
Registration Procedures
- Our preschool accepts the On My Way Pre-k voucher and enrollment is open at http://www.onmywayprek.org The child must be 4 by August 1st to qualify.
Registration for 2022-2023 opens on Monday, March 14th!
Current and new families will be registering at the same time. Registration will be open until May 13th.
All you need to do at this time is to register online through our website on the enrollment tab.
CURRENT students should be registered through the current student form and NEW students should be registered through the new student form for K-8.
If you have a CURRENT Preschool student registering for Kindergarten in 2022/23 - you will use the CURRENT K-8 student form.
If you have a CURRENT or NEW preschool student registering for Preschool in 2022/23 - you will use the Preschool registration form.
On April 1st, Mr. Maxson will take a first look at all of the students that are registered. Current students that are not on conduct or academic probation or delinquent on tuition payments, will be pending accepted. At that time, you will receive a letter from the school office with your student's pending accepted status, registration paperwork for the school office and financial aid paperwork for Mrs. Handley. You will also receive a bill for the registration fee which will be due in full by May 1st.
Parents of NEW students will be contacted by the school office after the registration is received to obtain required paperwork for Mr. Maxson to determine if they can be accepted.
If your student IS on conduct or academic probation or if you are delinquent on tuition payments, you will receive a letter that your student's registration is not accepted at that time.
On May 13th, registration will close for new and current families. Mr. Maxson will take another look at students that are registered and make changes to their status, if necessary. If you register between April 1st and May 13th, your registration fee will be due 30 days after the paperwork and bill noted above is sent to you.
On June 6th, Mr. Maxson will take a final look at those students that are registered and make changes to their status, if necessary. Any students that were pending accepted and finished the school year without conduct or academic probation, whose parents have paid their tuition bill and the registration fee, and financial paperwork has been returned to Mrs. Handley - will be marked accepted and added to class lists.
At that time, if we still have openings in our classes, we will reopen registration on June 13th.
Please note that if your student is on conduct or academic probation or your tuition payments are not current, your student's registration will not be accepted and their "spot" will not be held on the class lists. It is our hope that those students currently on conduct or academic probation will achieve positive growth before the end of the school year so they can be accepted for next year. It is our hope that those families delinquent on tuition, will make and keep payment agreements with the goal of tuition bills being paid in full by the end of the school year. Please contact Mr. Maxson or Mrs. Handley if you would like to enter a payment agreement so that your student can be considered for next school year. We are willing to work with our parents on payment agreements. Please reach out today!
A note from Mrs. Handley: If you will be applying for any form of financial aid - CHOICE Scholarship, SGO - Tax Credit Scholarship or Father Beechem Educational Fund Scholarship, please bring or email me a copy of Page 1 and 2 of your 2021 FEDERAL Tax Form 1040. Please see samples below of what these pages look like.
Father Beechem Backyard Bingo is Almost Here!
The first announcement has to do with the return of the Father Beechem dress down days. These days will be on Mondays from February 7- Monday March 21, the exception being February 22nd which is the Tuesday after President's Day. There are 8 total dress down Mondays. Students may participate in these dress down days in two different ways. First, students may pay a $5 upfront payment which will cover all 8 days. $5 must be paid by January 31st. Second, a student can participate by paying $1 for each week on the day they want to dress down (total of $8). The first option is the best value, 8 dress down days for the price of 5!
Father Beechem Dress Down Flyer (Spanish)
Father Beechem Backyard Bingo
Father Beechem Dress Down Flyer (English)
Father Beechem Backyard Bingo Invite
Free On-Line Tutoring
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s AskRose Homework Help is a free math and science tutoring service for Indiana students and other students in grades six through 12. Students can call 877-ASK-ROSE, email, video, or chat live with a friendly tutor to work through and better understand homework assignments. Students may also visit askrose.org to get started.
Attendance/Mass Policy
A note to this. If you are late arriving on a Wednesday or Friday, which are our scheduled school mass days, please take your child to the church prior to 9:15 am. Mass is a special opportunity to spend time twice a week with Jesus in worship. It is a part of our school day and one of the truly special opportunities that students enrolled in a Catholic school get to participate in that they would not be able to otherwise. This is considered part of our curriculum. Please make every effort to ensure that your child is in school to be able to be a part of this time.
Covid 19 Updates
For the week of March26- April 8:
Confirmed Positive Results: 0
Quarantined students: 0
School Lunch Box
School meal programs nationwide are experiencing many of the same supply chain issues that have impacted restaurants and grocery stores throughout the pandemic. Our school nutrition team is committed to ensuring students have access to healthy meals each school day. Just as families had to make substitutions on grocery lists last year, St. Lawrence may have to make some last-minute changes to our regular menus, based on availability. We hope parents and students will be patient as we sort through these supply chain issues, particularly with breakfast items such as cereal. PBJ Uncrustables are not available either. The upside? Ingredients for our many scratch prepared foods are more readily available and we've been trying new recipes weekly. We remain committed to providing nutritious and delicious meals so that students are ready to learn!