Take Home Tuesday December 12th

Thank you for all the support so far with purchases from the Book Fair! Our school gets a credit for 55% of sales to purchase books and classroom materials for students and teachers to use!

Donuts with Grownups was a huge hit, and we are so grateful for the staff and volunteers who made it happen, and the families who came in to shop! 🍩

12/14 - All School Mass @ 8:30 AM

12/14 - Operetta Auditions @ 3:30 - 5:30 PM

12/15 - PJ Day & pictures with Santa! Wear pajamas (no uniform).

12/15 - Operetta Auditions @ 3:30 - 5:30 PM

12/19 - Advent Prayer Service @ 8:30 AM

12/20 - Christmas Spirit Day! Wear Christmas shirt or sweater with uniform bottoms.

12/21 - All School Mass @ 8:30 AM, Assembly @ 9:45 AM, & Christmas Parties @ 11 AM

• Operetta Auditions (5th - 8th grade)
• Parent packets are due next Wednesday or they cannot audition!
• Auditions are December 14th & 15th from 3:30 - 5:30 PM (grades 5 - 8 only). Check audition sign up time for student's exact date/time.
• CLICK HERE to purchase the Operetta shirt for this year! Students are able to wear this for the performances in the chorus as well (so no sweaters if they have a shirt). Store closes on 12/26 (great Christmas gift idea)!
• All late lunches must be called into the school office and left in a voicemail prior to 8:30am to guarantee a school lunch.
  
• Dress code items to remember:
• Pants or leggings (black, grey, navy) must be worn if the high is less than 50 degrees.
• Earrings must be studs or very small hoops which hug the ear lobe.
• Hair cuts for male students must keep hair above their eyebrow.

During the Christmas season, our Home & School Association is organizing the Annual Staff Christmas Bonus Gift for St. Cecilia Teachers & Staff!

Our hope is for everyone to combine resources in order to provide a much-appreciated Christmas bonus to every staff member. We are thankful for ANY monetary contribution to their Christmas bonus. All amounts and donor information will remain confidential. Teacher gifts will be from “The St. Cecilia School Families.” Support from you, our families, has been overwhelming in the past! Teachers and staff have shared their deep appreciation for the generosity and overwhelming support expressed through these donations.

Please send your contribution by Wednesday, December 20th.

You may deliver your gift in one of four ways:

1. Send to school with your child in a sealed envelope marked St. Cecilia Home & School. Have your child give it to their teacher to turn into the office. Make checks payable to St. Cecilia’s Home and School.

2. Drop it off in the Office in the box labeled ‘Christmas Donation Drive’

3. VENMO: @StCeciliaHomeandSchool

4. Paypal

If you're available to help prepare lunches and serve our kids, please consider signing up to volunteer by clicking here! THANK YOU to all of the volunteers who have helped serve our students this year!

Sign up for basketball concessions & scoreboard! No training necessary. Shorter shifts this season to accommodate only being there during your child's game! https://stceciliacathedral.ivolunteer.com/basketball2023

Home & School - Meets first Tuesday of the month @ 6 pm in the STEAM Lab. Contact Candice Towey, president, at zcandice@hotmail.com with any questions!

Activities Booster Club - Meets first Wednesday of the month @ 7 pm in the STEAM Lab. Contact Tony Vaccaro, president, at tonyv78@yahoo.com with any questions!

Click here for the full video link!

We are so proud of all the hard work our students are putting in during their time in PE, and want to highlight their progress and performance so far this year! Last week students in grades 2-8 completed their second PACER Test during Physical Education. This assessment relies on an audio cadence to help measure cardiovascular endurance. 2nd and 3rd graders run 15 meters in length per each round (down is 1, back is 2) while 4th through 8th graders run 20 meters. Each minute the amount of time decreases by half a second to run the designated distance. On average students improved by an outstanding 44.77%! 🎉 The most improved class through the first 15 weeks of school is Mrs. Gerken's 2nd grade class. They had an average growth of 63.38%. Further data highlighting homeroom results is displayed to the right and posted in the gym. Students will have two more opportunities to improve their scores as the school year continues. The next opportunity will be during the week of February 19-23. If you would like Coach Dunn to provide you with your child(s)'s individual PACER Test data, please reach out to him via email (jdunn@stcecilia.net). Way to go, Cardials! 🤩