St. Jerome School Weekly Reminders
Week of February 7th, 2022
To be a servant of Christ is to be truly free.
St. Agatha
Reminders for the Week:
*Click here for the St. Jerome Parish Sunday Bulletin; please join us for Sunday Mass each week: 4:30 PM (Saturday Vigil), 6:30 AM, 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM (Children's Liturgy of the Word), & 11:00 AM. The Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) is offered on Saturdays from 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM or by appointment.
*Thank you for your support of our Catholic Schools Week events. We look forward to continuing our students' and staff's commitment to faith, excellence, and service by working together to continue to help each other grow in faith and knowledge day-in and day-out in each one of our classrooms.
*Our Scholastic Book Fair is still available online through February 10th at: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/stjeromeschool. Thank you for your support; the funds raised through the Book Fair are used to enhance the collections and resources of our Fuller Library.
*Friday is a red, white, and pink themed dress down day. There is no donation required for this dress down day.
*CYO Track: Attention all boys and girls in 4th through 8th grades (and 3rd graders born in 2012): We are now accepting sign-ups for track! Please fill out the Google Form below by Friday, February 18, 2022. Cost is $65.00 per athlete. Payment instructions and due date will be established later. Sign up here.
*Applications for financial assistance from the Children's Scholarship Foundation of Philadelphia are open. Please click here for a link to an online form that will help you determine if your family is eligible; if so, it will direct you to an online application. The number of scholarships that are awarding in 2022-2023 is increasing, but they do not have any applicants so far; we encourage all of our families to check this out.
*Band Lessons are on Wednesday. Please contact our band director, Mr. Morissette, with any questions: smorrisette@nemusicprograms.com
*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.
*Virtue of the Month for February: Cheerfulness (Looking on the bright side).
*Our school website's Communication Page contains copies of the flyers that we send home as well as an archive of the school newsletters.
*Our school website's Calendar Page has a listing of all events on a Google Calendar.
*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!
COVID-19 & Catholic Schools Onward Protocol Reminders
The Office of Catholic Education has been in contact with the Philadelphia Department of Health, and the guidance for quarantines for students who test positive for COVID-19 is still ten days for K-12 schools. We will be notified if a change is made, and we will let you know as soon as that happens. We are also still following the protocol and precautions for the school day as recommended by the Philadelphia Department of Health and the Office of Catholic Education.
Please continue to monitor your children for any symptoms, and have them stay home if unwell, if he or she tests positive for COVID-19, or was exposed to a person who tested positive for COVID-19. Please let us know so that we can help you determine a return date.
We are also ready to switch our students in K-8th over to virtual learning as quickly as possible. Please let us know, and we will prepare your child's books and lend a Chromebook if you need one. Pre-K teachers will work with families on an individual basis with suggested activities so that your child does not fall too far behind.
If a student or staff member who has been in a classroom tests positive for COVID-19, we will work with the Philadelphia Department of Health to determine close contacts and notify them of the need to quarantine. With the latest guidelines and mitigation efforts, quarantines of whole classes and classmates are generally not being recommended. Again, we will let you know their guidance and switch any students who need to quarantine to virtual.
Thank you for your help and support as we work to keep our students and staff safe and healthy while maintaining in-person instruction for our families and providing the best possible spiritual and academic experience for our students.