Dear Parents,

May your days be filled with love, peace, hope and joy this Christmas season.

As always, thank you for your support of Saint Brigid of Kildare School.

Merry Christmas!

Kathy O'Reilly

Christmas Festivities

Our Christmas fun continued with a PJ Day, ugly Christmas sweater dress down day, Pep Rally, Living Nativity, and our kindergarten and second grade Christmas plays. Click the link below to view more photos from all the fun activities.

To view more photos and recaps of our many Christmas activities, click the photo to view our Instagram page below.

Stuff the Stocking Delivery

Our 8th grade service team visited the Ronald McDonald House of Central Ohio on Tuesday to deliver their collection from the Stuff the Stockings project. Kindergarten through 8th Grade had a hand in sewing and decorating the stockings, as well as donating items to "stuff" the stockings.

In total, we sewed 280 stockings, collected hundreds and hundreds of toys and personal hygiene items for the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House this Christmas season.

Thank you to Nancy Davis and Sherri Johnson for helping to organize and plan this outreach project.



Thank you to our school community for supporting this service learning opportunity.

Thank You Annual Fund

Thank you to all the families that gave their gift to the Annual Fund this year. The Annual Fund allows the Home and School to provide Christmas festivities for our children. This includes the St. Nicolas Day celebration and the live Nativity scene shown below. 

Please consider giving a gift to the Annual Fund before December 31, 2022.

Home & School Meeting Jan 5

All are welcome to attend the next Home & School meeting on Thursday, January 5 at 10AM in Hendricks Hall, or join via the Zoom link below.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82943756170?pwd=Uy9hSFhhWmhHMkVOaFZWQldHMkdxZz09

Earn Money for Our School by Submitting Your Box Tops

Submitting Box Tops is getting easier and easier. Download the Box Tops App onto your phone and start scanning. You only have to scan your receipts and Box Tops dollars are directly deposited into our school account. 

Betty Crocker Baking Schools Better Sweepstakes: From 12/1 to 12/31, every time you scan or submit a qualifying receipt with the Box Tops app you’ll be entered for a chance to win 10,000 Bonus Box Tops for your school and the NEW Betty Crocker Cookbook for you.

For more information about the sweepstakes and to download the Box Tops App visit:

https://www.boxtops4education.com/

Help Earn Rewards for Christmas through Amazon Smile

Remember St. Brigid of Kildare School when you do your holiday shopping on Amazon this year! With every eligible purchase, AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% to the charity of your choice. 

1.         To set St. Brigid of Kildare School as your preferred charity, visit smile.amazon.com and search for St. Brigid of Kildare. 

2.         Save smile.amazon.com to your desktop favorites OR add a shortcut to your phone’s home screen. 

3.         Remember to use smile.amazon.com each time you shop on Amazon! 

Prospective Families Open House

Sunday, January 22 from 3-5 PM

This is the perfect time for interested friends, family or neighbors to explore our three-time Blue Ribbon School. Prospective families can tour our school and see first-hand how Saint Brigid of Kildare School provides a quality Catholic education in a warm environment. There will be representatives from Saint Brigid of Kildare School’s many programs available to answer questions.

Click here to RSVP.

Spread the word to anyone you know who might be interested in applying to Saint Brigid of Kildare School for the 2023-2024 school year! And remember, families who refer families can receive tuition credits. Learn more about this program here.

New Student Application Open

The application for new students is now open. The deadline to apply on time is Monday, January 23, 2023 at midnight. Applications are not processed until January 24.

(If you have a currently enrolled St. Brigid preschool student wishing to move on to Kindergarten, you will fill out a re-enrollment packet beginning January 13th. Completing this re-enrollment packet for Kindergarten will place you in the general queue for review/acceptance along with all other Kindergarten applicants. As a reminder, you will be notified via email of acceptance/wait list status on or before January 31, 2023.)

Save the Date: Free Bi-Annual Uniform & Spiritwear Exchange Feb 12, 10 AM - 1 PM

For the first time since 2020, there will not be a sign up to attend, so please add it to your calendar so you don’t forget to come! All items are free and you don’t need to donate to “shop”!

While you’re decluttering in January, please gather up the gently used uniforms that your children no longer need to donate to the Uniform and Spiritwear Exchange! Items accepted include all logo and non-logo uniform items AND spirit wear and PE uniforms. Donations can be brought into the main office after January 3rd during school hours or placed in a bin in the Hendricks Hall collection closet.

Emmaus Road Scholarship Fund: Donate by Dec 31

Thank you for the overwhelming support of the Emmaus Road Scholarship Fund, a diocesan fund that uses 100% of your donation for tuition assistance for children enrolled in our Catholic Schools.

This fund is a new state program that allows donors to receive a tax credit on their Ohio tax return up to $750 ($1,500 if married and filing jointly).

What does that mean for you?

This typically means for an individual who earns $45,000 in Ohio, he/she can expect to pay $761 in Ohio income tax. If that individual donated $750 to Emmaus by December 31, they would owe the state only $11. If the tax had already been paid, the state will issue a refund to that taxpayer. Make sure you consult a tax advisor if you are unsure of your tax liability.

We wanted to remind you to take advantage of this program by December 31, 2022 so that you will receive the tax credit reimbursement of your donation on your 2022 tax returns.

2023 Spring Sports Registration is Now Open

SBAA is happy to open up the Spring Sports Registration for 2023.  Offerings for the spring are Baseball, Softball, and Track & Field.  All three are available to boys and girls in the 4th - 8th grades that are students of St. Brigid or parishioners of St. Brigid.

Registration will be open until Saturday, Feb 25th, with the first practices to start shortly thereafter.  Please register soon to not miss out on any communication around practices and forming of teams. You can Register on the GoWolfhounds.com Registration form.

Early Bird Registration - Use Coupon Code "EarlySpring23" until January 28th for 10% off your registration.

Baseball & Softball:

Season will be made up of 8-10 games with a season-ending tournament planned for grade 5-8. Registration fees are $160 and include your jersey & St. Brigid hat. Practices will be at Brigid's Green along with about 1/2 of the games at St. Brigid and the rest at other Diocese schools.

If you have questions about Baseball or Softball - please contact Commissioner Will Malerich at baseball@gowolfhounds.com

Track & Field:

Season will consist of 4 meets + the Diocese championship starting around April 1 until May 14.  Practices will be held at Karrer Middle School or at St. Brigid/Avery Park as needed. Registration fees for track & field are $85.

If you have questions about Track & Field - please contact Commissioner Dan Workman at track@gowolfhounds.com

Knights of Columbus Youth Free Throw Competition

Save the date for the Knights of Columbus Youth Free Throw Competition which will be held February 5, 2023 at 2:30 in the St. Brigid School Gym.

The registration link and details will be sent out in January.

St. Charles Future Cardinal Hockey Day

January 8 at 2 PM

Calling all future Cardinals!

Come wath the Cards take on Dublin Coffman at the Ice Hau.

Pizza and drinks prior to the puck dropping at 2:30.