St. Jerome School Weekly Reminders
Week of March 15th, 2021
"May Christ be with us, Christ before us, Christ in us, Christ over us. May thy Salvation, O Lord, be always ours this day and for evermore."
St. Patrick
Reminders for the Week:
*Click here for the St. Jerome Parish Sunday Bulletin
*We are experiencing problems with our telephone carrier; they are working to resolve the problem. In the meantime, please email the office (info@sjsphila.org) or use our temporary phone number: 267-768-4173.
*The April Hot Lunch form is available here.
*Please remember to return your Continuous Enrollment Form as soon as possible. If you have any new siblings enrolling at St. Jerome School, please add them to the continuous enrollment form. We will then send you any addition forms that need to be for new siblings.
*During Lent, we will be attending the 8:00 AM Mass one day each week (the day will rotate each week); one class will attend in person and the rest virtually. We will also be praying the Stations of the Cross at 1:00 PM on Fridays with two classes in Church and the rest attending virtually. All liturgies will also be livestreamed for our virtual students.
*Terra Nova testing continues this week. Please make sure the students are prepared with #2 pencils. The students should also aim to get a good night's sleep, eat a good breakfast, and be on time for school. These tests are an important, additional measure of your child's achievement, and will be used along-side classroom tests, assignments, and teacher observations for the purposes of curriculum planning and instruction.
*On Wednesday, students may wear the St. Jerome St. Patrick Day shirt from last year or another green shirt, appropriate for school, in place of their uniform shirt. Green socks may also be worn with their uniforms as well.
*Tickets are on sale for the Home and School March 50/50; click here for more information.
*Second Trimester report cards will be posted to OptionC this Friday, March 19th. Please contact Mr. Dooley (tdooley@sjsphila.org) if you need your OptionC credentials.
*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)!
*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 March: Mercy
*You can still donate to our Race for Education here. Please help us reach our goal of 20,000 to directly benefit the students of St. Jerome School!
*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.