Important PowerSchool Information

It's a lot of words, so please bear with us!

Health & Registration Forms are being collected online in PowerSchool this year and are due on Friday, August 30.

If you need a prescription medication form for your doctor to sign-off on, you can find that here. You can also find a copy of it on our website here. It is fine to download, have your doctor sign, and then return the paper copy of this form to school. All other forms should be filled out online. Instructions for how to complete the forms are attached here. Please remember that these instructions are for the website, not the PowerSchool app. Although you can fill out the forms on the app, it is easier to do so from a desktop or laptop computer. The link to PowerSchool is below.

One very important form to fill out is the General Consent Form for Photo, Video & Audio use. As a a reminder, this is the photo opt-in form that gives St. Alphonsus permission to share your student's photo in our school newsletter, on our social media, and on our website. Without a form indicating YES, your student CANNOT be shown in any capacity.

Lunch fees can be paid online in the same portal that you pay tuition, called RevTrak. On a computer or laptop: to access, you need to click on the BALANCES button, not the Tuition button. Please note that we do NOT utilize EduTrak, which is what the Tuition button at the bottom of the desktop screen will take you to.

From the BALANCES page, you will see both tuition & fees listed as well as Meal Transactions. Click on the Make a Payment button on the right hand side of the screen to access RevTrak and set up your account/pay online. Please remember that you can always pay with Cash or Check by stopping in to the school office to make your payments. Online payments are not required, and everything will still be tracked in your PowerSchool account.

Drop Off & Pick Up Line Procedures

A quick reminder for Back to School: please remember to follow our car line procedures! 

3K, 4K, & 5K students AND THEIR SIBLINGS should be dropped off and picked up in the school courtyard car line. Enter via Loomis Road and proceed past the parish house. Exit will be on to Churchway. For the first few days of school, our early childhood staff will be outside in the courtyard to meet your children and help with separation anxiety.

All other grades, 1-8, should use the main car line by the gym doors. Enter from Loomis Road by the apartments and proceed up the fence line. Please do not try to enter the car line from Schoolway or Churchway. The exit for this car line is out the gate onto Schoolway or Churchway. Please also do not cut back through the parking lot to exit on Loomis. We are trying to keep car line traffic one way this year. As always, please be mindful of parishioners leaving mass each morning.

Please do not park your car on Churchway or Schoolway for pickup.  This is a violation of our agreement with the village.  In addition, please do not park in the main school parking lot and cross the car line in order to pick up your younger students. This presents a major safety concern, as the car lines move quite quickly, and cars may not always see you as you're crossing. Thank you for helping us to keep our students safe and our neighbors happy! 

Please let Ms. Parey know if you have any questions. As a reminder, parents should NOT park and walk their children into school.

Out of Uniform Passes Still Available!

You can still purchase Out-of-Uniform Passes from Home & School if you missed them at Meet & Greet Night. They are $20 each this year and good for an out-of-uniform day on the last Friday of each month for grades 5K-8th. Please send your money (cash or check; no change given) to the school office in an envelope labeled Out of Uniform pass and be sure to include your child's name. Checks can be made out to St. Alphonsus School. Passes will be sent home before Friday!

Out of Uniform Dates

We thought it might be easier for you to have a list of days that are Out-Of-Uniform either with a pass or with special circumstances for the whole month, so here are the Out-of-Uniform Days for August & September:

08/30

Last Friday of the Month

Out of Uniform with Purchased Pass

09/05

Summer Dine Out Night Out of Uniform Date with purchase at Cousins Subs in July (receipt required)

09/12

Out of Uniform with Dine Out Night purchase on 09/12 (receipt required)

09/19

Summer Dine Out Night Out of Uniform Date with purchase at Cousins Subs in August (receipt required)

09/26

Out of Uniform with Dine Out Night purchase on 09/25 (receipt required)

09/27

Last Friday of the Month

Out of Uniform with Purchased Pass

Cougar Club Calendars are now available!

Just as a reminder, St. Alphonsus offers Cougar Club at the end of each school day!

Cougar Club is an after school program open to all students in grades 3K-8th. Each day the students will have the opportunity to participate in outdoor playtime, gym time, arts and crafts, toys, games, and reading. They will also have the opportunity to work on their homework. The St. Alphonsus Catholic School Cougar Club is open every school day from 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Please note that Cougar Club is closed on Early Release Days and days when St. Alphonsus Catholic School is not in session. There is no fee to enroll in Cougar Club. Simply return a monthly calendar to Stacey Pagac, our Cougar Club coordinator, atcougarclub@st-alphonsus.org. Cougar Club calendars can be found on our website here, along with more information about the program, including fees.

St. Alphonsus Morning Care is available for students in grades 3K - 8th each day that St. Alphonsus School is in session. 

It opens at 6:45 am and closes when the morning bell rings at 7:30 am. At 7:30 am, the students walk to their classrooms.

St. Alphonsus Morning Care is held in Room 330 and lead by our first grade teacher, Mrs. Kathy Ramion. Parents may park their cars in the parking lot on the east side of the Parish House and enter via the 'back porch" of the school that is across from the Parish House garages. Please walk your child up the stairs and ring the doorbell. Mrs. Ramion will come and open the door for your child. Please do not leave your child unattended while waiting for the door to open.

While in Morning Care, students may draw, play games, play with Legos, do puzzles, read, study, and talk with one another. Breakfast and snacks are not served and may not be consumed during Morning Care.

The fee is $2.00 per student per day and is due each day when you arrive with your child. For questions, please contact Kathy Ramion.

The School Store Remains Open!

We are so pleased to be able to offer you a new online school store! Here, you will find everything from uniform shirts to spiritwear and more. All the items listed in our school store are uniform-code approved, and the school store will stay open all year long, with some new items being added throughout the year!

If you have not yet purchased your Mass Polo or required gym uniform (grades 5-8), please make sure you do so ASAP.

The store has a fast turnaround and will be open all year. Orders will turn around within two weeks and always be dropped off at school for you to get. St. Alphonsus Catholic School will also get $1-$2 per item for anything you purchase from the school store (except on the required items) so it's an easy way for you to support our school! Visit the store at this link.

Guitar & Ukulele Club is Back!

Mrs. Greco (formerly Miss Webber) will be offering a Guitar and Ukulele Club from 3:00-3:45pm on Thursdays in the music room. 

We will start on Thursday, September 12th and meet weekly through December. During the meeting time, students will receive both group and individual instruction on their instrument. Space is limited to 12 students in 2nd-8th grades. 

The cost for Guitar and Ukulele Club is $50. If you are not able to cover the cost but are interested in joining, please let Mrs. Greco know. 

Students interested in learning the guitar need to provide their own instrument. Students who would like to play ukulele can use a school instrument during the club meeting time, but they would need their own ukulele if they would like to practice at home. 

If your student would like to join Guitar and Ukulele Club or if you have questions, please email Mrs. Greco by Friday, September 6th.  

Gateway Organization Milwaukee is again offering band and orchestra lessons at St. Alphonsus this year!

Students in grades 3-8 are eligible for Orchestra. Students in grades 4-8 are eligible for Band.

The registration timeline is as follows:

• Signups for band/orchestra lessons will open August 1 and close September 4.
• Scholarship applications will open August 1 and close September 6.
• Lessons will tentatively begin the week of September 16-20.

You can get more information from the flyer below, read their welcome letter here, or check out their website here.

Online registration is available via the links below. Registration is due by Wednesday,

September 4.

Orchestra registration is here

Band registration is here

Lessons will begin the week of September 16!

Fall Extracurricular Registrations Now Open

Some of our most beloved extracurriculars are now open for registration! Check out the information for Chess Club, Coding Club, and STEAM Club below.

You can click on this link to register.

Signing up for SCRIP is easy! Stop by the SCRIP table when you see it after Mass, or use the app!

The enrollment code for new families is 2DB1B8CC1953. You can also check out our Enrollment Forms and FAQ on our school website. If you would like to order via paper order form, you can find that here.

Any questions, please call or email our SCRIP coordinator, Vickie Major at 414-704-0526 or via email here.

Room Parents Still Needed!

We are still in need of room parents for the following grades: 3K, 5K, 1st, 4th and 8th

Room parents provide valuable assistance to our teachers by being the classroom liaison between the teacher and classroom parents. If you are interested in being a room parent, please email Dawn Eisold and include your name, phone number, email, child’s name and grade. All room parents MUST be safeguarded.

Thanks for volunteering!