SCS News Brief
November 14, 2019
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Quick Updates
SCS Spirit Wear: Thank you for all your support of the recent spirit wear sale! Delivery has been delayed until the week of 11/18 due to the increased interest and extension of the sale. More details to come.
Please remember, students may wear their SCS Spirit Wear on Monday, November 25th.
Miracle Express: Students are permitted to wear Christmas PJs (or regular PJs if you don't happen to have your Christmas PJs ready just yet) to school with a suggested donation of $2 in support of the Miracle Express project. Students are not permitted to wear slippers- they must wear sneakers. Students may wear their Gym uniform if they do not wish to participate.
Dear Pope Francis Book Tour
We thank the Chiszar family for their thoughtfulness and generosity, donating several copies of Dear Pope Francis to our school library, the main office, and all of our classrooms in grades PreK-3 through grade 5. We greatly appreciate this wonderful gift and loved sharing all of Pope Francis' insights and thoughts about our faith. Now, we turn to our students at St. Catharine School to write letters to Fr. Damian regarding any questions they may have about God and our faith. We look forward to sharing the letters with you later in the school year!
Upcoming Events
11/15 Miracle Express Christmas PJ Day
11/13-11/15 Early Dismissal Parent Teacher Conferences
11/25 Spirit Wear Day- Wear your SCS School Spirit Clothing
11/26 Pie Order Pick Up
11/27 Thanksgiving Prayer Service 9:00 AM Early Dismissal 12:30 PM
11/28-11/29 School Closed- Happy Thanksgiving!
12/4 Uganda Ice Cream Sale Day
Santa Sale Grades Pre-K through Grade 5
12/6 First Friday Mass 9:00 AM
*****12/7 SCS Christmas 5K*****
12/9 Wear your SCS Christmas 5K shirt to school day (students may wear their Gym sweatpants)
12/19 Christmas Show
Doors open at 6:00 PM
Show starts at 6:30 PM
Thank you PTA for our new door emblems!
Emergency School Closings and Early Dismissals
Emergency School-Wide Early Dismissal:
In the event weather becomes inclement OR there is a school emergency and we must close during the school day, our emergency procedure is as follows:
- Administrators & staff will notify the bus companies, police, & TV stations.
- Our School Messenter Alert System WILL be activated.
- Every child will then be dismissed according to the plan you established with your child in September and wrote on the “SCS School-Wide Emergency Dismissal” form. You should have the yellow parent copy. If you need to change your plan, anytime during the school year, please send in a written request for a new form, then return the updated completed form to school the very next day.
- Buses will run as usual.
- All car students will be brought to the gym.
- After the buses leave, parents/guardians may enter the school via the front door and report to the gym to pick up the children. Administrators & teachers will be present to insure that the students go home with the designated person.
NO STUDENT WILL BE RELEASED BEFORE THE STATED DISMISSAL TIME.
PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE SCHOOL’S MAIN OFFICE. WE NEED TO KEEP OUR PHONE LINES OPEN.
Let’s be prepared: If the weather looks intimidating in the morning, please remind your child of the established dismissal procedure before the children leave for school. The school will strictly enforce the plan you submitted to your child’s teacher.
We realize that during emergencies, you are concerned about your child , but keep in mind that as administrators & teachers, we are responsible for the well being of every child.
St. Catharine School
Email: rdougherty@stcatharineschool.net
Website: www.stcatharineschool.net
Location: 301 2nd Avenue, Spring Lake, NJ, USA
Phone: (732)-449-4424
Twitter: @scsprincipal