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Dear St. Alphonsus Families,
We hope you have been having a great summer! There's still lots of time left to enjoy the sunnier, longer days and time with your families. Thanks to everyone who came out to walk with St. Alphonsus for the 4th of July Parade here in Greendale! Our float was amazing!
We have been hard at work all summer getting ready for the new school year, so we wanted to send you this quick newsletter with some updates & tips for when it's time for you to get ready for back to school. Please also make plans to stop by the Greendale Farmers Market on Saturday, August 15 as St. Alphonsus School will once again have a booth! We also had a booth in July and it was great fun to be out in the community talking about our school.
Some quick updates from me:
Our enrollment for the upcoming school year is currently at 157 students, with the growth mostly in our Early Childhood wing and inquiries still coming in! As such, we have made the decision to expand the 3K part time classroom to 12 students with a teacher & aide, so we are currently hiring for a part time MWF aide if you know of anyone who is interested! That wing has also received some updates this summer, including new flooring and paint. We are excited to have a busy early childhood wing and several new families joining our school! We are also excited to welcome the new teachers to our Early Childhood staff this fall! Please check out their bios below.
Our school office hours in August will be Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9am to 1pm. Regular daytime office hours resume with the first day of school, Tuesday, September 1, when the office is open from 7:15am to 3:15pm. Please note that for next week, July 27 through July 31, the school office will be CLOSED as the first floor is being waxed.
We are also excited to announce that we are again welcoming parent volunteers to assist with lunch and recess duties this year! This is an easy daytime commitment of about an hour, and we would love to be flexible to your schedule! We are splitting our recesses this year, with our early childhood recess from 11:00am to 11:30am with lunch immediately following. Lunch and recess for the remainder of the school runs from about 11:40am to 12:30pm. We do assign lunch & recess monitors to the same day each week, so please note: this is a weekly commitment of about an hour or so on the same day every week. Life happens though, so subs are available for a day you might not be able to make it. If you are interested in serving as a Lunch/Recess Monitor, please email Mrs. Sagat directly with your name, contact information and availability. All volunteers must be safeguarded--you can find more information about Safeguarding below.
Tuition Contracts were physically mailed out on Friday, July 10 to all families. If you have not received yours or have any questions, please email Mrs. Andresen in the School Office and she will be happy to assist you. As a reminder, we would like the contracts back in the School Office by August 1. PowerSchool Credentials for new families and information regarding required back to school forms will be sent by August 7th. Tuition payments will also be entered into PowerSchool by that time so that all families can log-in and set up your lunch accounts and make any online tuition payments before the August 15th deadline. Again, for any questions, please contact Mrs. Andresen, and remember that tuition can always be paid by cash or check by dropping by the school office.
Meet & Greet Night will take place on Thursday, August 27 from 3-5pm. Park in the main church parking lot and enter through the church doors, because the first stop is the Community Room! Here you will take your student's school picture, pick up necessary forms & information, and be able to buy out-of-uniform passes, shop the uniform closet sale, and more! After that, you can head to your child's classroom to drop off supplies and meet the teacher. We look forward to seeing you all there!
We will start to email you more information for the new school year in the early parts of August, but be sure to check out important information about things like unity shirts, school uniforms & school supplies below!
In addition, Mrs. Schermetzler asked me to remind you to always check out our website for the most up-to-date information during the summer. The "Parents" tab will have the most valuable information for you, but you can also always check our newsletter archive too.
Have a great rest of your summer and we will be back in your inboxes in August!
Best regards,
Mrs. Sagat, Principal
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