ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST
Announcements
COVID Vaccines – Catholic Bishops of Colorado
The Catholic Conference of Colorado Bishops has issued a letter for the faithful on the use of the vaccine for COVID. It is attached here for your reference. 2020 12 14 CCC Bishops Statement on Vaccines_FINAL
Year of Saint Joseph Dec 8, 2020-Dec 8, 2021
Pope Francis announced this week a year dedicated to Saint Joseph, on the 150th anniversary of his predecessor Blessed Pope Pius IX’s declaration of St. Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. We will find ways to celebrate this year in the school and hope you will join us in your homes!
The Holy Father wrote an Apostolic letter Patris corde (“With a Father’s Heart”), hailing especially those people who live ordinary lives in the midst of trial and tribulation, such as the pandemic has caused. Saint Joseph was a man who went largely “unnoticed, a daily, discreet and hidden presence” who yet had “an incomparable role in the history of salvation.” The readings during Advent feature Joseph in the Gospels. It is good to meditate on his silence, his confusion when he learned of Mary’s pregnancy, his readiness to respond to God, despite this confusion. Pick up the Gospel of Luke to learn more about St. Joseph.
7th Grade Bucket Drumming Video
Mrs. Smeltz has gotten extremely creative with lessons this semester. Please enjoy a class bucket drumming video here performed by our 7th graders: https://youtu.be/D7tXBIzkPqQ. Locations include the upper playground, the backyard of the newly acquired house, and the auditorium-turned-music room-for-spacing-purposes.
Calendar Item – Noon Dismissal 12/18
December 18th, the Friday before break is a noon dismissal.
Free COVID PCR Testing sites from CDPHE
CDPHE has easy registration and free testing for PCR test at these sites https://www.tchd.org/827/Free-COVID-19-Testing-Sites
If you travel or partake of gatherings, you may wish to have your family tested prior to returning to school. The experience of people who have gone to these sites (WaterWorld, Centennial Center Park, and South High School were specifically mentioned) has been positive with easy registration and short or no lines for testing, and reasonable response times.
SVDP Serves
5th Grade – In lieu of a visit to Catholic Charities ECE where 5th graders typically read to the young children, the 5th graders did videos at home of themselves reading a book that they then donated. So the ECE will have a fresh load of books and also video entertainment from our 5th graders!
Home and School
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Home and School. See you in 2021!
SPIRIT WEAR: Friday, December 18th is Spirit Wear Day. Remember to wear your spirit wear top and uniform bottom! Students are also allowed to wear Christmas accessories with their uniforms or spirit wear.
Home & School December Newsletter, click here to read.
Gala In the Garden 2.0 and Golf on the Greens
Gala in the Garden 2.0
Missing those holiday parties this year? Plan a class or adult party to auction at the gala in the New Year! Sponsoring a party is a great way to come together as a community (when it’s safe!) and raise money for our school. Look for more information coming after break from your gala reps on class and adult parties for 2021.
Volunteer Meeting Reminder- Our next volunteer meeting is Friday, December 18th at 8:30am and will be held over zoom. Please check your email for an invite from Melissa. If you are interested in joining our Gala team, it’s never too late! Contact Melissa Regan or 410.336.7097 to join.
Coming Soon: Online re-enrollment
We’ve been forced to catch up with the rest of the high tech world and will be moving to an online platform for re-enrollment. HOWEVER, in advance, we beg your patience. Because this is the first year of an online enrollment platform, a LOT of information will need to be input on the family side. You will see this in January, after Christmas break. The online FACTS platform will gather all of the same information that you needed to submit each year at re-registration, and it will likely treat you as a “new family” with regard to the amount of information that you would need to input. It will make your life better going forward, but it will be an effort this year!
Dennis Uniforms
Click here for Dennis Uniform Holiday hour information and when to expect online deliveries.
Good Quality Programs available to watch now available on FORMED
If you are looking for good Catholic content to watch, we now have a subscription to FORMED.org. Click here for how to access this amazing collection of Bible Studies, movies, documentaries, Catholic teaching and programming for kids.
