St. Jerome School Weekly Reminders
Week of January 24th, 2022
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.”
St. Francis de Sales
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.
*Please remember that priority registration for current students and new siblings extends through this Friday, January 28th. All that you need to do is return the continuous enrollment form (either on paper or electronically using the link here). The registration fee will be automatically added to your SMART Tuition account and spread over three months. After January 28th, we will begin open enrollment and can not guarantee seats for next year.
*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.
*Fr. Reilly will celebrate our January School Liturgy on Tuesday at 10:00 AM. Mr. Steven's 5th grade class will be serving as readers and gift bearers. The Mass will be live-streamed on our Church and School Facebook pages. Our Students of the Month for January will be recognized after the liturgy as well.
*Progress Reports (1st-8th) will be posted to OptionC on Thursday. The Second Trimester ends on Friday, March 4th.
*Valentine Paint Kits are on sale are on sale. Orders are due by Monday, January 31st and will be delivered by Friday, February 11th. Click here for the flyer and order form with more information; a copy will be sent home on Monday.
*Orders for Chick-fil-A Cooke Grams are due by Thursday, February 3rd. Click here for the flyer and order form.
*The Scholastic Book Fair will also be open during Catholic Schools Week in the Fuller Library. Click here for the schedule. More information and a copy of the schedule will be sent home in the Wednesday Folder.
*As one of our Catholic Schools Week service projects, each homeroom is going to assemble 2 birthday boxes --- one for a boy and one for a girl age-appropriate to their grade. Please click here for more information and the sign up sheet (you can sign up for multiple items and grades if you would like). Please note that all of the grades are on the sign up sheet, but you need to scroll to the bottom for Pre-K3 and Pre-K4. Please bring in all items by Monday, January 31st, so that we can assemble the boxes and deliver them to Catholic Social Services. If we have any extra items, we will assemble additional boxes.
*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 January: Fidelity (Being faithful to promises and commitments)
*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
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 the entire class. They will either recommend the quarantine of the whole class, students who sit near the student or staff member who tested positive, or to monitor your child for symptoms. 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.