Weekly Newsletter

Greetings St. Clare of Montefalco families,
 
It’s so good to be back to school. We are remaining face-to-face for now as we move through this next COVID Omicron variant. Please keep your children home if they have any signs of a cold or flu as these are the signs for COVID too. Parents, you are our first defense against this variant. All the other parents rely on you making sure your own children are healthy enough to come to school.  Here is the sign up for vaccination of anyone 5 and older. Registration forms will be sent for registered children.
  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBEyBPCcVzKONB98l3DT2OtVRPidW3WGLeDVrKL4-WUTZgYQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
 
School Safety
Families, due the to heightened awareness of safety in our schools following the Oxford School shooting, we are updating our Crisis Plan to address school safety under threats issued that pose harm to any student in the school. Please know while we are working on our plan, which will be approved by the Archdiocese of Detroit and the Grosse Pointe Park Public Safety Department, we will follow the procedures of the Archdiocese of Detroit. Those procedures have the principal call the Grosse Pointe Resource Officer from the Grosse Pointe Park Public Safety Department. At that point in time, the issue is in the hands of the Resource Officer. The Archdiocese of Detroit also states any student who makes a threat must receive an outside evaluation from a psychologist or psychiatrist indicating the student making the threat is not a harm to themselves or to others in order to return to school. The updated Crisis Plan will be sent home as soon as it is approved.
 
School Google Account
Devices will be used only during the school day at school unless other circumstances demand use at home. Please know if your child believes someone else is using their account, you must notify Ms. Cooley immediately for a new password and share why your child believes someone else is using their account.
 
Auction
The school’s biggest fundraising event is our Auction. It is February 19 ^th, just a month away. The Auction Committee needs volunteers in a big way. You may earn the volunteer hours and be part of making this a success.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4CA4A629A0F49-stclare 
Mrs. Corbett shared that parents need to start adding items for classroom baskets. Here are the class basket themes: PK - New Moms/Baby, K - Winter Fun, 1st - Family Game Night, 2nd - Books/Reading Night, 3/4th – Science, 5th – Sports, 6th – Crafts, 7/8th - I ❤ Detroit
 
Important Dates and Reminders:
 
1.      Tuesday, January 11 ^th - PTO Meeting
2.     Friday, January 14 ^th - End of Second Quarter
3.     Monday, January 17 ^th - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, No School
4.     Tuesday, January 18 ^th -Third Quarter begins
5.     Monday, January 24 ^th thru Friday, January 28 ^th Middle of the Year STAR Testing at school
6.     Wednesday, January 26 ^th - Virtual Parent Conferences 4:30 to 6:00
7.     Sunday, January 30 ^th to Saturday, February 5 ^th - Catholic Schools Week (Service Activities, School Spirit Activities, Jump Rope for Heart, Scholastic Book Fair)
8.     Saturday, February 19 ^th – St. Clare of Montefalco School Annual Auction
 
Peace and God’s blessing wished to you,
 
Ms. Crowley