ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST
Announcements
Online Enrollment: January 22-February 5
Please read the registration letter attached to the text of the email in which you received this Friday Forecast Link, and also look for an email from admissions@svdpk8.com later this afternoon (Friday, Jan 22) by which you will have access to enroll for next year. Enroll by February 5 in order to be guaranteed a seat for the 2021-2022 school year.
Calendar Dates for SPRING 2021
Per the November 2020 Sister Direct, the full allotment of required professional development days for teachers and staff was not included in the published calendar for this 2020-2021 school year. At the time of publication there were too many unknowns to predict how to best schedule these days. SVDP is required to schedule nine professional development days between August teacher inservice days and the final day of school. Four have already been scheduled and used. Following is the schedule for all non student days for the spring semester.
3) February 12 – professional development day and necessary parent-teacher conferences* – Zoom (new to the calendar)
Home and School
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
While Catholic Schools Week may look a little different than years past, we are very excited to celebrate our amazing school community and all of the groups who make is so special. Here is some initial information to help you get ready!!
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 and SUNDAY, JANUARY, 31: Parish Appreciation Days
We are inviting students to participate in the weekend masses to show our appreciation for our SVdP Parish support. Please consider signing up your child(ren) to help out here.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1: Parent Appreciation Day
Dress “like a parent” to honor them – choose their favorite sports team, college colors, or anything to represent your parents/family!
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2: Clergy Appreciation Day
We will pray a school-wide Rosary on Tuesday morning for and Father Hilton and the priests of the Archdiocese. What a powerful way to show our appreciation for our clergy! Tuesday is also “Red and White” dress up day, with judging for class participation, most red, most white, most school spirit, and wackiest.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3: Student Appreciation Day
Free Dress Day – the perfect way to celebrate and appreciate our students! And be prepared for some other fun activities and surprises for the students on Wednesday.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4: Teacher Appreciation Day
Our teachers are all super heroes – especially this year!! Please plan to honor them by dressing up as your favorite super hero! We will also host a special all school mass (some classes will attend in person, others will stream in) on Thursday morning at 10:00am (note special time).
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5: NO SCHOOL!!
DINE OUT: Support a local SVDP favorite, take the night off from cooking, and pick up dinner from Brightmarten on Thursday, Jan 21. Their in-person dining is very limited so will create a special SVdP takeout menu on their website. Order dinner from that menu and they will donate 15% of sales back to our school. They’d very much appreciate advanced orders, by Tuesday the 19th, but will accommodate day-of orders. Click here to order from our special SVdP takeout menu.
Home & School January Newsletter, click here to read.
Gala In the Garden 2.0 and Golf on the Greens
Plan a class or adult party to auction at the gala! Hosting a party is a great way to come together as a community (when it’s safe!) and raise money for our school. We ask each grade to host 2-4 parties (end of school, back to school, plus 1-2 family, children or adult parties). For parties ideas, click here. If you are ready to host, please use the new online party donation form:
https://forms.gle/QYki9UNmSLdk57YZA
Please note that the deadline to submit all details via the online Party Donation form is March 1, 2021. Questions? Please contact Party co-chairs Aly Tonkin (aly.tonkin@gmail.com) and Lauren Josephson (lologott@gmail.com) with any questions.
Thank you to the families and businesses that committed as sponsors for The Garden to the Greens in 2020! There is still time to sponsor the Gala, the Greens, or both! To become a sponsor, complete this form. For additional questions, please contact Melissa Regan or 410.336.7097.
Novena for Life
Join SVDP Parish in praying the Novena for Life starting Friday, January 15th and ends January 23rd. Fr. Hilton will say Mass at 10:00 am and host Adoration following on January 23rd. Click here for more details.
Uniform Sale – January 26-29, 2021
Dennis Uniform is holding a sale from January 26-29, 2021. Click here for more information.