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St. Columba Catholic School - News every Friday - 3/26/21
We have officially made it through 75% of our school year. We have a total of just 43 school days left in the year! Wow! While those days will definitely fly by, we have a lot of special events and moments in this final quarter!
Next week, our 8th graders will lead us through a Living Stations of the Cross. Normally, this is a special event hosted in the church. This year, in true COVID fashion, this will be hosted virtually. I invite you to join our students on Zoom at 1:40pm on Wednesday for a watch party! Please see the Zoom link below.
As we head into Holy Week next week, I encourage you to take the time to reflect on Christ's passion and death with your children and how you as a family can make connections to these incredibly important moments in our faith.
Finally, I wanted to remind everyone that if you travel outside of San Diego County during Easter vacation, or any time for the remainder of the school year, you need to provide a negative PCR COVID-19 test result in order for your child to return to campus. We know that travel sports are starting to pick up, which means people are leaving the state at times for games. Some states, like Arizona (where a lot of travel sports play), have removed their mask mandates. This increases the risk and possibility of our students being exposed if they are traveling to these places. We want to remain open and in person for the remainder of the year, so please respect our expectations.
Here is a look ahead at the upcoming events on campus:
- Monday, March 29:
- Tuesday, March 30: All K-8 Student Mass (8:25am)
- Wednesday, March 31: K-8 Reconciliation Service; Living Stations of the Cross Zoom Watch Party (1:40pm)
- Thursday, April 1: 1/2 DAY FOR PRESCHOOL AND K-8; NO AFTER SCHOOL DAY CARE; No Student Mass; Report Cards Coming Home
- Friday, April 2: NO SCHOOL FOR PRESCHOOL AND K-8
Blessings,
Mr. Amann
Exciting Announcement!
As many of you may already know, Mrs. Bunker is pregnant!
Mrs. Bunker and her husband are excited to welcome a Baby Boy in September!
Please keep their family in your prayers!
Thursday and Friday Reminder
Don't forget that Thursday is a HALF DAY for all students.
There is NO AFTER SCHOOL DAYCARE on Thursday. All students need to be picked up by 12:30pm.
There is NO SCHOOL on Friday.
Living Stations Zoom Watch Party
Please see the info below to join our Zoom Watch Party of the 8th graders' Living Stations of the Cross on Wednesday, March 31st at 1:40pm.
https://stcolumbaschool-org.zoom.us/j/93832507844
Meeting ID: 938 3250 7844
Passcode: 856456
3rd Quarter Report Cards
Report Cards are coming home on Thursday, 4/1.
Please sign the Report Card envelope and return it when we return to school on 4/12.
Temperature Check Update
The State and County have lifted their requirement for schools to take student temperatures as part of the requirement for entry to schools.
In order for us to no longer take temperatures every morning, it is expected that parents are still checking students at home for symptoms, including fevers, before they send students to school.
To date, we have sent students home less than 5 total times in the morning due to high temperatures and none of them have been positive for COVID-19.
By no longer taking student temperatures, it will allow our Preschool teachers to have more time in the morning to plan and prepare to teaching. It will also free up Ms. Kathy to get into the classrooms sooner and start supporting students earlier!
As a reminder, if your child is presenting any COVID-19 symptoms, they should not be sent to school. To see a full list of symptoms, along with the steps we have to take if a student is symptomatic, please see the attached Decision Tree.
Discount Card Fundraiser
Discount Cards are in and available!
Please be sure to head over to Schoolspeak or touch base with Ms. Linda about purchasing!
This is an EASY fundraiser to sell to your neighbors and friends!
Once you have purchased, you may stop by the Welcome Center to pick up the Discount Cards or email Ms. Linda and she can send them home with your child.
It will be our expectation that each child buy/sell at least 2 cards.
Kindergarten Math Stations!
6th Grade Camp Class Photos!
4th Grade Creating Waves to Model Erosion on Beaches!
5th Grade Modeling Earth's Sphere Interactions with Water and Sugar Cubes!
St. Columba Catholic School
Email: welcome@stcolumbaschool.org
Website: stcolumbaschool.org
Location: 3365 Glencolum Drive, San Diego, CA, USA
Phone: (858)-279-1882
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StColumbaCatholicSchoolSD/