St. Viator Parish School

Eighth graders had their Baccalaureate Mass today. During this Mass, we celebrate our graduates’ connection to St. Viator Parish School with the traditional ribbon ceremony. Our students read aloud to share what ribbons mean to us.

"We've made it! We are graduating soon! Ribbons stream downward and we look at them proudly as a badge won after eight years of hard work. They are a recognition from our school, from our principals, our teachers, our pastor, priests, and brothers that today is our day to be honored. Ribbons are a sign and symbol of celebration! Let us celebrate these ribbons as ties of blue and gold that bind us to St. Viator Parish School, to each other, and to Jesus."

Each member of the St. Viator Parish School Class of 2023 receives this ribbon, which will bind them to the history of this school forever.

We thank staff member Mrs. Janet Santos for making the 8th grade ribbons for the Class of 2023. We thank our students and our families for joining us in the Baccalaureate Mass today, and we thank Father Rinn for presiding in our school's last Mass of the year.

On Friday May 26 PK and Kinder will have graduations during the school day. If your family plans on having an older sibling from grades 1-7 attend either graduation, please keep your child at home with you, and do not send them to school for an early out. Your older child will have an excused absence. With 70 graduates and even more siblings, the school cannot accommodate early outs for that volume of sibling students. It’s disruptive to the classes and overwhelming for the office. Thank you for your understanding.

Please congratulate our 2023-2024 NJHS Officers!

President: Arren F.
Vice President: Keiralin M.
Secretary: Madeline A.
Treasurer: Jolina H.

The Kindergarten, First and Second grade students celebrated a successful year of their Superkids reading program by dressing up as their favorite character.

Dear Parents,

There is still time to pick up the art posters. The school’s Artsonia Annual Poster Art Show is still going on. Artsonia has enlarged your child’s art to poster size and we are offering it at a special price to you this year at $3.00 each. If you have multiple students at SVS it's $5 for the whole family.

Please turn in exact change or check to the office with the yellow order slip. The office will make sure that your order is processed and your posters are given to you quickly.

These posters make a great gift!

The posters Pre-K - 5 are displayed in their grade classrooms. 6th-8th are displayed in the Fine Art Room.

Blessings,
Mrs. Kulwin

Yearbooks will be distributed by Monday, May 22nd. 8th Graders should have received their yearbook on Wednesday, May 17th. If you did not order a yearbook and would still like one, they will be sold on a first come-first serve basis on Tuesday, May 23rd for $65. Parents will need to come to the office to purchase one. *no reservations, limited copies available

Parents will be invoiced for Extended Care up to May 12th. All extended care fees are due by May 26th. Note: Reports cards will be held until fees are fully paid.

The last day for morning and extended care is May 31st. From May 15th - May 31st, parents are asked to pay each day as needed to extended care staff (cash or check only).

One of the things I’ve worked on the most with your students this year has been on “resetting” the day. A reset is when we choose to be proactive about how the rest of our day is going to go after a we have been triggered or upset. I found that most kids believe if one negative thing happens at some point during the day, then the rest of their time on campus is a wrap! They throw the rest of the day away by refusing to engage in their schoolwork, continuing to be rude to their classmates, and feeling as if they are totally out of control of their emotions. I’m not sure how they are when they climb into the car with you at the end of the day, but I’m willing to bet some of this spills over into your evening with them. Am I right? Not an ideal way of beginning a long evening of after school activities, homework, chores, and family time.

So, let’s talk about how to reset with your child (these tips might be useful to you as well. Wink, wink!)

1. Take a deep breath – repeat as many times as needed.

2. Name the feeling – mad, scared, hurt, worried.

3. Notice your surroundings – can they name something they see, feel, hear, smell, or taste?

4. SAY a positive mantra / thought - I am safe, I am loved, I am forgiven, etc.

When we pause, we give our brains a chance to catch up to the emotion we’re feeling and we have tools in our pockets to deal with the feeling instead of reacting to the emotion. I’ve seen these techniques work with your students! The summer vacation would be a perfect time to continue this practice with them – you might benefit from it as well. 😊

Blessings!

Monica

Your child's medication(s) from the nurse's office will need to be picked up before the end of the school year. Those students with emergency medications such as EPIPENS, asthma supplies, or other medications may choose to wait until the last day of school to pick them up. All unclaimed medications will be disposed of after Thursday, May 25, 2023. Please contact Nurse Palacio with any questions: 702-732-4477 x134 or apalacio@stviator.org

Students entering 7th Grade next school year (2023-2024) must have been vaccinated against Pertussis, also known as Whooping Cough with the Tetanus, Diphtheria and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) vaccine; and effective July 1, 2019, against Neisseria meningitidis (meningitis) in the form of a quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4). Students not in compliance with the immunization requirements will be excluded from attending school. A flu vaccine is recommended annually for 6 months and older, and 11-12 year olds are also recommended to receive the HPV vaccine.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Mrs. Palacio at apalacio@stviator.org or 702-732-4477 x134.

As we wind down the school year, all fees should have been paid including Scrip and Tuition. The final tuition payment was due on April 15th.

Reports cards/diplomas, certificates or any transcript request will be held until your account is paid in full.

If you have any questions, please contact Renee Alex at ralex@stviator.org.

The last day to order scrip for the summer is May 24th for delivery on May 26th. During the summer, you are encouraged to use the reloadable or downloadable features available for scrip purchases. Scrip will resume August 16th. Orders need to be in by Wednesday at 10am. Thank you!

Dear Parents,

This school year your child has been working very hard and has made lots of progress in his/her reading & math development. We would like to thank you for all the work you have done at home to make this possible. We are very proud to work with your children and you should be proud of them as well. Many times, a child will make a lot of progress during the school year, but when they don’t practice their reading and math facts/skills daily, they regress, and can come back to school in August below grade level. Teachers call this "Summer Slide."

Summer reading & math research affirms that students are best served if they continue their academic development in reading and in practicing math skills daily over the summer. Researchers have found that children who participated in summer programs that included a focus on mathematics tended to score higher on standardized math tests and had higher math class grades than students who did not participate in such programs.

St. Viator will initiate a Summer Reading & Math Program in the summer of 2023 in preparation for the 23-24 school year for all students of incoming grades K-8. Each teacher will communicate the specifics of her required summer assignments. St. Viator will provide most of the materials needed for the Summer Reading & Math Program (students will still need to access books at the library or purchase books). Please look for your child to come home with the Summer Reading & Math Program specifics and materials in the last week of school.

In gratitude,

Mrs. Katie Kiss

Monday: May 22, 2023

Tuesday: May 23, 2023

Wednesday: May 24, 2023

• No Liturgy
• 2nd Grade Field Trip to Lion Habitat

Thursday: May 25, 2023

• Minimum Day
• 10 AM Grade 8 Brunch in the Parish Center
• 1 PM Grade 8 Graduation in the Church

Friday: May 26, 2023

• Minimum Day
• 9 AM PreK Graduation in the Church
• 11 AM Kindergarten Graduation in the Church