Week of August 23, 2010

St. Cecilia Students came back to school well prepared and ready to learn for the first week of school.  We started school year 2010-‘11 with Monday morning Mass, and ended the week with the annual all school mass, The Mass of The Holy Spirit.  Father Mario blessed all students, faculty and staff, for a healthy and holy school year as we WALK WITH JESUS. Selected students carried plaques depicting the saint of their classroom.  The relic of St. Cecilia was also brought to the altar.  Following the mass, Parish members were invited to the school's foyer where Father Mario blessed the Wall of Tiles.

Media Center --- The new media Center is officially opened and in use.  Students may use Media Center in the mornings before school from 7:00-7:20, or after school from 2:15-3:00. These are additional times outside of regular scheduled library time.

After School Care--- After school care has been extended this year until 6:00 p.m. to accommodate our working parents.  If you are looking for a program for your child/ren after school, St. Cecilia has an excellent After School Care program. 

After School Specials-After School Specials will start the week of September 13th. More information will be posted next week regarding the After School Specials. 

Student Planners--- Students have been strongly encouraged to use their student planners this year. Teachers will be checking to see that homework assignments have been copied down. Some teachers will communicate with some parents using the planners.  Please make sure to ask your child/ren to see their planners.  Do not take the excuse I left it in school, or we don't use our planners.  If you do hear these excuses, please contact your child's homeroom teacher.

Grandparent Day--- Calling all grandparents to St. Cecilia's 3rdannual Grandparent's Day.  The day will start out with Mass. Grandparents will be served coffee and donuts in the school's cafeteria before they engage in their grand-children's classrooms. Grandparents will also have the opportunity to nosh on St. Cecilia's finest lunch.  Reserve this date.

Room Parents---Teachers are presently signing up Room Parents.  If you are Virtus compliant and would like to be a Room Mom or Dad, please contact your child's homeroom teacher.   

Cell Phones---For students who bring cell phones to school, they are to be brought to the office before school starts and are returned at 2:05. Most of our students who bring cell phones to school are very diligently following these rules.

Learning Objectives---What your child will be learning each week is posted on the school's web.  Just click on faculty and staff and then the individual teacher's names to see the Learning Objectives for each subject. Learning Objectives are newly posted by Sunday of each week.

Box Tops--- Don't forget to save your Box Tops this year. Last year we raised close to $600.00.

Thank You--- I would like to personally thank all our parents for sending us your most precious children to educate.  We do our very best to insure that our students receive top quality Catholic education and Walk With Jesus on a daily basis. We take our obligations very seriously and thank you for this charge.           

August 18, 2010
·        St. Cecilia had a great opening day on Monday, August 16th.  We started the school year off with Mass, and then        
      proceeded to follow a new schedule of classes.  Two hundred and five students are presently enrolled from K-8,             
      and 40 students enrolled in Preschool.                         
·    Parents please make sure that all emergency papers, enrollment papers, free and reduce lunch applications, and any            
      other forms that were sent home are filled out and returned as soon as possible.                          
·    Kenton County Transportation started Wednesday, August 18th.  If your child rides a bus to school and the bus
     is late, your child will not be marked tardy. We do hope all buses get here on time.                                  
·    We have hired a new receptionist, Katie Kennedy, who started Monday.  Please introduce yourself to her when      
     stopping by.  She is a graduate of St. Henry High School and EKU.                                                           
·    On Friday, August 20th, there will be an ALL SCHOOL MASS.  This is the official Mass in which Father Mario blesses       
     all the students, faculty and staff.  Directly following Mass is the Blessing of the Tiles in the Reception area of the school.                            
·    Don’t forget the Chicken Dinner sponsored by SCPTO on Sunday, August 22nd at 4:00.  Your child received yellow
    RSVP forms for families to complete so enough chicken is ordered.                        
·    Festival tickets are now on sale in the office of the rectory.                                         
·    Please pray for Tom Bach’s aunt whose funeral was today at St. Cecilia Church.  Also prayers are requested for June       
     Hurley’s mother who is seriously ill.                                                 
·    Our theme this year is WALK WITH JESUS.  We have bracelets for sale for $1.00 that are imprinted with this theme.        
     They will be sold on Friday’s during each students lunch period.                                                
·    Don’t forget to have your Parent Partnership hours signed as you work festival hours and any school volunteering.                                                     
·    I am wishing each and every parent a very happy, healthy and harmonious school year 2010-’11.  

August  9, 2010

Dear Parents and Students,   
                                                                    
Welcome back!  I hope that you all had a great summer and looking forward with enthusiasm to the new school year. School starts Monday, August 16th at 7:20.  It will be a full week filled with new books, new schedules, teachers and challenges. Our theme this year is WALK WITH JESUS.
                                                                                               
To make everyone feel comfortable and less anxious about starting school, we are holding Meet the Teacher night on Wednesday, August 11th   from 6-8 p.m.  On this night you may join SCSPTO, meet the members of the Board of Education, participate in a uniform exchange, buy used books for 25 cents, and sample some of Markets’ Day delicious entrees, and purchase Walk with Jesus bracelets for $1.00. Students will get a chance to find their new classrooms and meet their new teachers.                         
                                         
Every year we invite our parents----indeed urge them—to volunteer at St. Cecilia School. You can sign up to volunteer at Meet the Teacher night and learn how you may use your volunteer hours as Parent Partnership hours and help us out at the same time.           
                                                  
St. Cecilia School’s goal is to provide all students with a solid Catholic school education, to excel in academics, and to become positive, contributing members of our school and community. We will do that this year as we “Walk with Jesus.”                         
                                                     
I am looking forward to working with you this school year. Let’s make it the best one ever!
Sincerely, Dr. Carole Roberts, Principal 
                                                        
PS   Please remember that Monday, August 16th and Tuesday, August 17th are private transportation days.

Remember to check your child/ren’s grades and progress at grades.covingtondiocese.org

Accessing your students grades is easy:

Go to grades.covingtondiocese.org,

Type in your Family ID (if you don't know this email lkohl@stcindependence.org),

Type in the last four digits of your phone number,

Type in your pcode,

You are set to go!

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