News & Updates

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Spring BBQ It&#8217;s short notice, but we would love to bring the Spring BBQ back to the community to celebrate the end of school. If you would attend this event, please take a moment to vote on which date you would prefer to attend the&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Lenten Diaper Drive Success! This week, 7th graders delivered 18,102 diapers, plus lots of baby wipes to Catholic Charities’ Marisol Services.  They learned firsthand from a Marisol employee how important these diaper donations are to their ministry and ultimately, to the many women and babies&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Article of interest For all of us who are so grateful that parents can choose Catholic education for their children in this country, it is important to know and understand some of the forces working against this freedom and this natural right of parents.  You&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Faith Rally &#8212; important note Parents, this coming Friday, April 22nd, is our all-school Faith Rally. There will be no hot lunch served that day. All students must bring sack lunches to school. Thank you! Deadline for Tuition Assistance Applications Seeds of Hope applications &#8211; April 15&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Deadline for Tuition Assistance Applications Seeds of Hope applications &#8211; April 15 ACE/Schmitz applications &#8211; April 30 SVdP TAP applications &#8211; April 30 For more information, go to http://svdpk8.com/index.php/ tuition-assistance/ Summer Art Camp with Mrs. Thomason This year, Summer Art Camp will run from June&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Thank you! A sincere thank you to our faithful parents whose registration and instructional fees were collected this month via FACTS. Your attentiveness and consideration is most appreciated. New families may have different due dates upcoming for their fees.. Please contact Joyce Haberkorn at jhaberkorn@svdpk8.com if you&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Yearbook Orders LAST CALL It’s time to order your yearbook online!  Visit www.ybpay.com, and be sure to use our school code, 4357122. The deadline is this Friday, March 25th! Book Recommendations for Your Family If you&#8217;re looking for enriching and engaging book recommendations for your child, check&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Instructional Aides Needed This Year Parents, we have a few immediate openings in the school for instructional aides from now until the end of the school year. If you are interested, or have a connection to someone looking for part time work (M-F 7:30-1:30), please&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Revised Calendar Dates for 2022-2023 School Year 2022-2023 Calendar Dates rev2.24.22 This new draft will be considered finalized once it is approved by the Archdiocese Office of Catholic Schools.  Please note the changes indicated at the bottom of the linked attachment. Instructional Aides Needed This Year&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Instructional Aides Needed This Year Parents, we have a few immediate openings in the school for instructional aides from now until the end of the school year. If you are interested, or have a connection to someone looking for part time work (M-F 7:30-1:30), please&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Billing for registration and instructional fees 2022-2023 Thank you to all our families who have completed their re-enrollment paperwork and may have also enrolled a new sibling.  We are preparing to process the registration and instructional fees for the upcoming school year. The fees will&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Change in Academic Calendar 2022-2023 Parents, please note a change in the DRAFT calendar for 2022-2023.  We have been asked by the Archdiocese to add a professional development day December 8 and/or 9th, so there will be no school on one or both of these&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Tuition Assistance Saint Vincent de Paul School is blessed to receive support from several sources in order to provide tuition assistance to those families who request the assistance. More detailed information will follow, but at this time, we encourage you to complete your 2021 tax&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Winter Open House SVDP Families! Our Winter Open House is quickly approaching &#8212; please encourage and invite your friends to sign up to tour our school on February 1st! You can help us warmly welcome prospective families by contributing home-baked goods and more. Thank you&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Gofundme for the Watson family &#8211; Last Call Some of the parents in the 8th grade have helped to establish a gofundme project for the Watson family, specifically Mr. Watson&#8217;s daughter, Aoife and her mom.  Please see the link below if you would like to&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements COVID Update Based on news about the Omicron variant, we anticipate that we will see some spread of the virus in the community, especially in the coming weeks.  We have had a handful of cases this week, but have not seen spread within the school&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Parental Controls for New Devices Are you gifting new devices to your children for Christmas this year? Check out this article from Common Sense Media on how to set up good filters and parental controls for these gifts! Athletics/CSAL Basketball Tournament Update This year&#8217;s 3v3 basketball&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Christmas Caroling Opportunity SVdP families are cordially invited to join together for caroling on Thursday, December 16 at 5:00pm! We will travel the neighborhood and bring the joy of the message of Christ&#8217;s birth to others by singing the songs of the season! Note that this&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements December 8 &#8211; School Mass for the Immaculate Conception The all school Mass next week is moved to Wednesday, December 8 in celebration of the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.  Parents are always invited to attend.  School Masses usually begin at 8:10 once children are seated.&hellip;</p>

<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Report Cards The second trimester of the year began on November 18th.  As of noon on November 24 student grades are available through the Parent Portal of FACTS. November 30 &#8211; Saddle Up Denim Day Students are invited to wear their Saddle Up t-shirts with&hellip;</p>