Friday Forecast :: Week Ending October 19

Fall Open House, School Spirit, and YOUR Feedback

Tell your friends and neighbors! It’s the SVDP Fall Open House: Wednesday, October 24, 8:30-10:30.  This is a perfect time for prospective families to learn more about our school, talk with faculty and staff and parents, and take a tour. Look for our social media posts next week and please share widely.

Help spread the good word about SVDP by signing up for a free yard sign and car magnet. If you received one last year but need a new one or just a new stake, we have you covered!

https://goo.gl/forms/FJbwksvHPkLMjv2K3

If you have a moment to provide the Marketing and Communications Committee with feedback, we’d be grateful.

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Finally, please follow SVDP on Facebook @SVDPCatholic and Instagram @SVDPDenver.

We look forward to chatting about your ideas anytime.

Sharon Alton (sharonalton99@gmail.com)

Heather Bacon (heatherbaconhomes@gmail.com)

Kate Crisham (mcgreevy@gmail.com)

Extended Care –  Session 2 Fall Enrichment and RSVP for attending November 1st (half day)

Sign up for the next Fall Enrichment by clicking Enrichment session 2, Fall.  If you are currently registered for Extended Care and plan to have your student attend on November 1st, please RSVP to Monica Wooley by October 30th to ensure they have space for your student.  You can email her at mwooley@svdpk8.com or call her at 303-777-3812 ext. 108.  It is a first come, first serve basis.

News from FACTS Management Tuition Payment Plan

FACTS Management has acquired a company, RenWeb, in order to offer broader services to schools. As a result, they have updated their website, FACTSmgt.com. We have been asked to pass the following information onto our school families.

Parents who preferred to log into their FACTS account from a bookmark or from a link on their school website can continue to do so. Parents who preferred to log into their FACTS account from FACTSmgt.com will follow a similar process. Once on the new FACTSmgt.com, home page,they should click Parent Log In in the upper right hand corner and select Pay Tuition/Apply for Aid.

No matter which method parents choose to log into FACTS, their credentials (username and password) will remain the same. This change does not affect the functionality of FACTS for parents in any way.

If you prefer to receive withdrawal reminders via e-mail, make sure that FACTS messages are not blocked or being directed to spam. If you would like to receive a text message rather than e-mail, you mail log into your account and make that change. FACTS representatives at 1-866-441-4637 are available to assist with any questions you may have.

The Home and School Newsletter contains information news and highlights for the coming month.  Read the September newsletter here.

If you ordered a directory, they were delivered via kidmail this week.  If you ordered one and did not get it, please contact Stephanie Carreira. Moreover, if you did not order one and would like one, we have just a handful left and the cost is $10.  Please email Stephanie Carreira (stephaniecarreira@yahoo.com) if interested.

King Soopers Rebate Update

Thank you for using your reloadable King Soopers and Safeway cards.  You are helping our school.  Our rebate for King Soopers as of 10/9/2018 is $1,203 and year to date is $3,707.75.  If you need a card, please stop by the Front Office and pick up a pre-loaded card for $2.50.

Dennis Uniforms Free Shipping – October 18-20

Dennis Uniforms is offering free shipping on purchases over $25, along with a 15% discount on any full-priced items.  Shop online here: https://www.dennisuniform.com/ or visit the store.

Save the Date: Sat, May 4th at the Cable Center (DU) 5pm

Theme: A Night at the Derby, hats off for SVdP!!!

Ladies grab your hats and gents grab your bowties, you won’t want to miss our biggest fundraiser!

Gala Class reps will be planning donation parties in the coming weeks, so be on the lookout for invites and make every effort to attend.

We are looking for someone to help with sponsorship administration.  This chair would need to help with tracking down sponsorship payments, logos and the communication efforts with the gala sponsors.  Please email Courtney Ranson if you are interested or know someone who would be: CRanson@perryandco.com

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SVDP will offer a Spirit Wear Day which will allow students to enjoy a modified dress down opportunity by wearing some sort of SVDP Spirit Wear top. Spirit Wear tops include anything recently purchased through the Born Fit Spirit Gear Campaign, previous years’ faith day t-shirts, eighth grade t-shirts, and SVDP sports jerseys. Uniform shoes, pants/skirts/bottoms, remain the as on a uniform day. [Note: the eighth grade has the privilege of wearing their t-shirt on any C4G scheduled days, which is one to two times each month.]

The Spirit Wear Days for the next few months: October 19th, November 16th, December 14th. Thanks for supporting SVDP and showing your spirit. Magnets and yard signs are available as we enter into a season of Open Houses and tours!

Interest in attending?  Find more information here: Daddy Daughter Dance

 on what each class is assigned to bring to help the poor this year.  If you have questions, or would like to donate more items, contact Bevin Wallace at bevinwallace@comcast.net.

Picture retake day will be from 9 am – Noon on October 23rd.  If your student was absent during picture day, please have them ready to take their picture. If you would like to have your students picture retaken, they will be called down during that time on that day.  For Preschool, if your student does not have class that day, you can still bring them to the auditorium for pictures.  Pictures can be purchased directly on the Lifetouch website at mylifetouch.com with the school code:  CG028248Y0

Tell your friends and neighbors! It’s the SVDP Fall Open House: Wednesday, October 24th from 8:30am-10:30am.  This is a perfect time for prospective families to learn more about our school, talk with faculty and staff and parents, and take a tour. Look for our social media posts next week and please share widely.

Kelly Archer and Laurel Eyer will be on campus after dismissal on Wednesday, October 31st to pass out dress down passes.  The passes have the date of November 7th as the designated dress down day.  If you have time, please allow your children to trick-or-treat at Kelly & Laurel’s in the school gym.  PLEASE be aware of intersections whether you are helping children to cross or driving. Thank you.

If you have a friend or family member that has served (or is currently serving) in a branch of the military, please reach out and invite them to our annual Veteran’s Day Celebration. Our students are hard at work preparing a patriotic and heartfelt program in which to honor and show appreciation to all service members past and present. A reception for veterans and their guests will begin at 1:30pm in the school conference room. The assembly will begin at 2:10pm in the school gymnasium.  Please RSVP at your earliest convenience to: Suzanne Meyer – (303) 777-3812 x102 or smeyer@svdpk8.com if you are able to attend. Please let us know if you will be bringing a guest and what branch of the military you served in. We look forward to seeing you on November 9th!

The SVDP School Community (adults only) are invited to attend a presentation hosted by Good Shepherd Catholic School on the topic of suicide prevention. The presentation will be held at Good Shepherd on November 14th from 6:30-8:00 pm.

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer – the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. People trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. This evidence based training goes over national and state statistics about suicide, warning signs, and detailed explanation of how to talk to someone who may be in a suicide crisis. This training is designed for anyone including parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, advocates, etc. to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide.

The presenter is Alexandra Yannacone, a mental health professional trained in suicide prevention with an extensive background in implementation and trainings for prevention and intervention of mental health services and education. Ms.Yannacone provides current and relevant information regarding suicide prevention and addresses parent questions related to this topic.