St. Jerome School Weekly Reminders
Week of January 31st, 2022
“The true way to advance in holy virtues, is to persevere in a holy cheerfulness.”
Pope St. John Paul II
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.
*This week, we welcome back Mrs. Hayes! Mrs. Hayes will be working with Mrs. Leicht this week to set-up and transition. She will begin teaching next Monday, February 7th with music classes. She will then resume teaching art and music for the third trimester. Mrs. Leicht has secured a full-time position at SS. Simon and Jude School in West Chester; we greatly appreciate her work with our students and wish her well in her new position.
*All of our families are invited to attend the 9:30 AM Mass today (it will also be live-streamed as well). Even though we have postponed the other events because of the snow, we will still be here with the Book Fair and raffles after the 9:30 AM Mass.
*Click here for the Book Fair schedule; click here for Book Fair Information for families. Our Book Fair is also available online from January 28th through February 10th at: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/stjeromeschool
*Valentine Paint Kits are on sale. Orders are due this Monday 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.
*This week we have a Catholic Schools Week Cash Raffle; click here for the flyer and order form.
*We also have our annual Catholic Schools Week Raffle with many items for kids including principal for the day, lunch for your class from Fr. Reilly, and many themed baskets. Click here for the flyer with more information. Tickets will be on sale all week.
*CARES Fun Friday registrations for February are due this Tuesday.
*Last week, we sent out information to Kindergarten to 8th families about our spring musical, Aladdin Jr. Please see the information in the Google Folder here if you are interested. Play dates will be March 25th @7pm, March 26th @7pm, and March 27th @12pm and @5pm.
If you have any questions, please reach out to our director, Miss Natalie: natalie.graveley@gmail.com. We look forward to resuming our annual play!
*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 tomorrow, Monday, 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.
*Orders for Chick-fil-A Cooke Grams are due by this Thursday, February 3rd. Click here for the flyer and order form.
*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.
*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 February: Cheerfulness (Looking on the bright side).
*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.