SECOND GRADE First Reconciliation Options - Google Form is Due Friday, February 12th
The choices are as follows:
HYBRID STUDENTS
1. Msgr. will come to school and hear the student's confession.
2. Both students and a limited number of family members will participate with school and prep on March 2nd, 7:00 PM at the church on 562 Boyertown Pike, Reading PA.
VIRTUAL STUDENTS
1. We will set up times on a Friday. Your child would come to the school that day at a specific time and Msgr.
will be here to hear their confession.
2. Both students and a limited number of family members will participate with school and prep on March 2nd, 7:00 PM at the church on 562 Boyertown Pike, Reading PA.
Please use this link https://forms.gle/pApHyN14kX6BsZem9 to fill out the Google Form with your choice. The form is due this Friday, February 12th.
Thank you!
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Chik-fil-A Day, Cohort 1 Pack a lunch if you did not order. | Chik-fil-A Day, Cohort 1 Pack a lunch if you did not order. | Once a Wildcat, Always a Wildcat Tees, with gym pants Wildcat Tees Spirit Wear Day! |
Chik-fil-A Day, Cohort 1
Chik-fil-A Day, Cohort 1
Once a Wildcat, Always a Wildcat Tees, with gym pants
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March 2, 2021 HSO Meeting...ALL are welcome
SCS Class Masses
Instead, Class Masses in homerooms are scheduled to begin the week of January 25th. For example 2nd grade, cohort 1 would be the only class participating in mass in their classroom if scheduled.
Monsignor Domin and Father Wehr will begin celebrating mass in the classrooms with the scheduled grade/cohort.
Thank you for your kind understanding and positive support in this matter.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mrs. Kraycik at mkraycik@scsreading.org
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Class mass with Grade 7A Teachable moments... | Catholic Schools:
| Class mass with Grade 6 Faith is a verb. |
Class mass with Grade 7A
Catholic Schools:
- Faith
- Service
- Excellence
Class mass with Grade 6
Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2021
The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments asked priests to take special anti-COVID-19 precautions this year when distributing ashes on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, including sprinkling ashes on the top of people's heads rather than using them to make a cross on people's foreheads. Sprinkling ashes on the top of people's heads, rather than marking foreheads with ashes, is the customary practice at the Vatican and in Italy.
2nd Trimester Grades Close March 5, 2021
Inclement Weather and Snow Days
If inclement weather or some other emergency necessitates a school delay and/or closing, it will be announced on TV and radio, posted on the school website (www.scsreading.org), and sent out via the emergency communication system (Option C) and Facebook. Late arrivals and early dismissals will be announced through Option C.
Transportation is based on the school districts’ schedules. In the event that Saint Catharine of Siena School is open and the public school districts are experiencing a delay, the parent may provide transportation or follow the school district transportation schedule.
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No school, Monday, February 15, 2021 | No school, Monday, February 15, 2021 | No school, Monday, February 15, 2021 |
No school, Monday, February 15, 2021
No school, Monday, February 15, 2021
No school, Monday, February 15, 2021
From Mrs. Miller, the School Nurse...updated 1.8.2021
*Please read the following information carefully and in its entirety.*
Dear SCS Parents and Guardians,
I hope that you and your families have had a beautiful and happy holiday season! As we forge on, with hope, into this New Year; I ask that you continue to keep in mind the health of our school community. I am grateful to those of you who have contacted our staff with updates to this point. I understand and appreciate the hardships that isolation and quarantine requirements present to families. You are playing a vital role in protecting others, and I cannot thank you enough for your honesty and selflessness.
Please continue to keep your child home and notify me or Mrs. Kraycik if
Your child or anyone in your household is displaying symptoms of illness (Please see attached list)
Anyone in your household is awaiting results of a Covid-19 test or has tested positive for Covid-19
Your child has been in contact with anyone displaying symptoms of illness
Anyone in your family has been in contact with someone who is awaiting results of a Covid-19 test or has tested positive for Covid-19
Your child has traveled outside of Pennsylvania
The SCS Pandemic Response Team continues to follow the most conservative guidelines outlined by the CDC and the Pennsylvania Department of Health. We are committed to doing so in order to safeguard the health of the members of our school community, all extended family members, and the greater community. This remains our top priority.
I pray that the New Year brings peace, hope, and comfort to each of you and your families; and I thank you again for your cooperation as we move forward.
Erin Miller
SCS School Nurse
Dismissal Commuter Line Update
Thank you to all who have been adhering to our dismissal policies and procedures. We are grateful to you.
Because the "big" buses have been arriving earlier than expected, the bus riders are being dismissed first to avoid "clogging" 23rd street. Feel free to NOT enter the lot until after 2:45 pm to avoid idling in the car line.
With the winter season approaching, the possibility of inclement weather increases. Although we do our best to keep our lot cleared of snow and ice, we ask you to practice these safety items:
- Keep speed to a minimum
- Keep a social distance between cars coming down 24th street.
- Keep a larger social distance between vehicles driving up the scary hill towards 23rd street.
- Continue to wait until a staff member directs you up the hill. We wait until all students in the 23rd bus line are "in the clear" before sending vehicles up the hill.
Thank you for all you do to keep our students safe during dismissal.
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Care for one another
| We are in this together
| Be socially responsible
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Care for one another
- Monitor the health of your family
- Stay home if sick.
- Give grace
We are in this together
- Keep home if the student is feeling ill
- Pray for healing
- Be kind
- Practice patience
- Be flexible
- Check-in (at a distance) on others
Be socially responsible
- Wear a mask
- Wash your hands
- Watch your distance
- Quarantine if you have had close contact with someone with COVID-19 for 14 days.
SCS SPIRITWEAR
Wawa Fundraiser
These certificates would make great Stocking Stuffers.
See form below.
Lunches
We encourage the packing of nut-free lunches this year. Due to COVID restrictions, the students are eating in various places around our campus. They are dining either in classrooms, the cafeteria, or alfresco if weather permits.
A nut-free table is not available this year. Therefore, we are asking that nut-free lunches and snacks be brought to school this year. We thank you for your support and your respectful cooperation in this matter.
The cafeteria will be serving a limited menu if the lunch service is needed. The EVER POPULAR meatball sub is back! Yum!
Scrip Volunteers Needed, please.
We are looking for a volunteer to sell SCRIP for the 2nd Sunday of every month, 1st shift (7:15am - 10:15a.m). If you are looking to volunteer, but your time is limited, this is a great option! You will sell 12x a year, and if you need a sub for a month off or want to switch a shift during any month, simply reach out to the other sellers!
Please contact Cristina Schmehl at scripprogramscs@gmail.com.
Please see attached documents for:
- Scrip Program Packet
- Scrip Order Form
- Great Lakes Ordering dates for the 2020-2021 School Year.
Dressing for the Weather
Saint Catharine of Siena School