News & Updates

<p>• ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Upper Playground Update We&#8217;ve seen progress on the upper playground this week which is causing excitement.  I&#8217;ve learned that our construction site has been uncooperative &#8211; a nice way of saying &#8220;we didn&#8217;t expect to find all this pea gravel under the surface.&#8221;  The&hellip;</p>

<p>• ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements Back to School Nights are next week: Tuesday 8/27 begins at 6:30pm for Grades PK-5 in school gym Thursday 8/29 begins at 6:30pm for grades 6-8 in the school gym After a short presentation in the gym parents are invited to meet the teachers&hellip;</p>

<p>• ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST  Announcements FACTS News NEW TODAY 8/20/2019 &#8211; Within the parent profile, the option to mark your own contact preferences and directory items was enabled today.  Please set up, or return to, the FACTS login and complete your preferences.  On September 6 we will publish the&hellip;</p>

<p>• ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST •  Dear Parents of Archdiocesan Catholic Schools, Linked here you will find CSAL_Calendar_Dates for the 2019-2020 School Year.  Please note the following: 1.  Widget Basketball will now be a part of CSAL.  Schedules, games, tournaments, and anything related to Widget Basketball will now be overseen by&hellip;</p>

<p>• ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST •  Staff Listing Following is a list of faculty and staff for the 2019-2020 school year.  There are just a few new names and faces who will receive more introduction in the coming school year; please give them special welcome when you meet them in&hellip;</p>

<p>June 28, 2019 Dear Families of SVDP Parish and School, Your abundance of generosity at the Kentucky Derby Gala last month has kept me busy planning summer projects!  Thank you, again, for your sacrifices and for the financial gifts that make this a very exciting summer for the school. &nbsp; On May 23, 2019 the&hellip;</p>

<p>• ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST •  Announcements Extended Care Statements &#8211; Payments Due Currently, there is a total outstanding balance in excess of $5,000 for Extended Care services provided for enrolled students&#8217; before and after school care. Our fiscal year for the school ends June 30. In order to close, we are&hellip;</p>

<p>• ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST •  Announcements Survey for Strategic Planning We have had 35 respondents to the Parent Program Effectiveness Survey.  We are looking for 90-100 responses in order to use it as a wide sample of parent responses.  If you have not completed the survey please take a&hellip;</p>

<p>By All Accounts a Great Success Thank you Courtney Ranson and Julie Wright, gala co-chairs, have closed out our most financially successful gala to date.  These are big shoes (hats?) to fill!  Thank you Courtney and Julie for your yearlong commitment to this single event that is deeply impactful to the school community.  On behalf&hellip;</p>

<p>&nbsp; Need a Summer Camp?  Here are some available camps &nbsp; Summer Academy at SVdP with Mrs. Edmonds and Mrs. Yoder has been adapted to a day-by-day, week-by-week or term-by-term basis.  Click here to complete the registration and return to them by June 6th. &nbsp; For a great Catholic outdoor experience in the mountains.  Registration&hellip;</p>

<p>• ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST •  2019-2020 Staffing Announcements for Next School Year After finishing the last nine years of her career at St. Vincent de Paul School, Mrs. Jane Bancroft, computer and technology teacher, will retire at the end of this school year.  Read her letter to our parent&hellip;</p>

<p>• ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST •  Announcements Important Safety Notes Looking back on the week, I&#8217;d like to make a few comments on aspects of best preserving safety within the school: We continue to refine our practices, stay updated on best practices, policies, building safety features, and educating staff and&hellip;</p>

<p>• ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST •  Announcements Gala Information Hello from the Gala Committee! We are looking forward to seeing you this weekend in your fascinators, bow ties and derby attire! Can’t make it? You can still register for bidding only: https://svdpch.ejoinme.org/svdpgala2019. We hope that most of you saw the&hellip;</p>

<p>• ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST •  2019-2020 Calendar Dates August 19                    First Day of School//Noon Dismissal//No Extended Care 28                    Noon Dismissal September 2                      No School//Labor Day 18                    Noon Dismissal 27                    No School//Archdiocesan Inservice for all Teachers October 7-11                 Scholastic Book Fair 10/11               No Classes//Parent-Teacher Con

<p>• ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST •  Announcements Gala Information Online bidding opens on Thursday, April 25th at 5pm!  You will receive instructions on how to get set up via text message and email.  Happy Bidding!!! By now, you should have your gala catalog in hand.  If you didn&#8217;t receive a&hellip;</p>

<p>• ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST •  Announcements Gala Information Be on the lookout for gala catalogs coming home very soon!  This is your sneak peak at the amazing items our acquisitions team has pulled together!  Make sure to check out all the live auction items we will be showcasing the&hellip;</p>

<p>• ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST •  Announcements Gala Information Please come check out our website: https://svdpch.ejoinme.org/svdpgala2019 Please RSVP for the gala before April 17th to take advantage of early bird pricing! Prices go up on April 17th!! If you buy your tickets online and want to designate who you would like&hellip;</p>

<p>By: Jay Ezell &nbsp; Dang it! 7:56! Late again and it seems like a miracle we made it out the door at all. Kids not getting up on time. Not listening. Why do I have to repeat the same request over 3 times just  for my kids to barely even pay attention? And that’s just&hellip;</p>

<p>by: Sister Dominic April 2019   Dear Families of SVDP Parish and School, In this report, I am sharing the information about the Paddle Raiser Project identified for this year&#8217;s Kentucky Derby Gala on May 4th.  You will see much of this information again in the gala catalog and on the night of the Gala. &hellip;</p>

<p>Pre-Gala Item//Easter Pews for the 9:30am Mass! Make Easter morning even more beautiful and bid on a pew for the 9:30 Mass! This pre-gala item can be bid on with your name and phone number in the front office beginning Tuesday, April 9.  All bids must be in by 3pm on Friday, April 12. •&hellip;</p>