Dear St. Jerome Families,

Sister Margaret Rose was very impressed with her visit to our school. She very much enjoyed visiting all of the classrooms and getting to interact with our students and staff. Thank you all for your help. We will see her again next week, Dr. McLaughlin our superintendent, and the Philadelphia North principals as we will be hosting the January District Meeting.

Tomorrow, Thursday, we our having our monthly St. Jerome Spirit Wear Day; all donations will help us offset materials for our Catholic Schools Week service project (purchasing the bakery boxes for the birthday boxes) as well as the bags and materials for making breakfast bags for our end of the year service project. Any remaining funds will be used to purchase materials for the STEM lab, including supplies for a fun STEM challenge that Student Council is planning for March.

We are looking forward to a great evening on January 27th at our Pasta Dinner to also kick off Catholic Schools Week! We are in need of some volunteers and donations to help make for a successful and fun event on the sign up sheet here. All proceeds that we raise that evening will benefit the students of St. Jerome School. Donations of water and desserts may be dropped off to the school office on Friday, January 27th. Thank you for your help!

Due to her schedule at St. Charles Borromeo School, Mrs. Shinkle. will be taking leave through the end of the school year. We are grateful for all that she did to move the library and get it set up this year. In the meantime, Mrs. Amanda Blumenstein is going to take on the library for the rest of the year. Mrs. Blumenstein has substituted in the classrooms and at lunch time, has her undergraduate degree in social work, and is working to finish her master's degree in social work. Mrs. Blumenstein has had the opportunity to work with Mrs. Shinkle for a smooth transition, and Mrs. Carolan and I will both help her get settled. Mrs. Blumenstein is able to be with us on Wednesdays as well as Fridays, so we will be able to have time for all of our classes to either visit the library to check out books or be visited by the librarian to be read to.

Have a great rest of the week; St. Jerome and St. Lucy, pray for us!

If you are registering a new sibling, please indicate that on the paper or electronic form. Then, an application will be sent home by Mrs. Bacanskas for you to fill out.

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. We will have 2 bakery boxes to put the items inside, and the outside will be decorated by the students

All the birthday boxes will be donated to the Catholic Social Services Family Service Center. These birthday boxes will allow families in need, who come to Catholic Social Services for food and clothing, to provide for a special birthday for their child, especially in these challenging times.

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 30th, 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. Thank you!

Archbishop Ryan Musical Theater is holding auditions only for the role of Jojo, which can be played by either a girl or boy. They must prepare the song, “Alone in the Universe” and must be a 5th to 8th grader with theater experience. This audition will take place on Wednesday, February 1st from 3:30-4:30pm.

Grade schoolers should enter the back of the school at the North Café entrance and someone will be there to take them upstairs. PARENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO WATCH.

There will be a participation fee that will be paid later.

If you have any questions, please contact the Student Affairs Office.

Mrs. Kaitlin Freiling

215-637-1800, ext. 6041

Ms. Amanda Hill

215-637-1800, ext. 6042