ANNOUNCEMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS • NOTEWORTHY ITEMS OF INTEREST
Announcements
Student Advocate Miss Conner – please read letter of introduction
We would like to welcome Mary Kate Conner, our new Student Advocate to the staff. Click here for a letter of introduction.
COVID Update
Family decisions are the #1 factor in keeping COVID spread to a minimum in schools. This year is very different from last year, and much more normal. Thanks be to God. Please note the following updates with regard to COVID protocols.
- Parents provide masks for children. Disposable masks at school are available as a backup, but not regular daily use.
- Symptomatic children remain home until symptoms resolve, alternate diagnosis becomes known, or the child receives a negative COVID PCR test. Symptoms of concern include headache and body ache, low grade fever, cough, unexplained fatigue, sore throat, runny nose and GI issues, all of which may be indicators of COVID19.
- Monitor close contacts for 14 days by daily symptoms check, including temperature.
- Positive cases must still quarantine for 10 days from onset of symptoms, and must be fever free for 24+ hours without fever-reducing medicine, and symptoms must be subsiding, especially a cough.
- If a child with a positive case of COVID19 can be fully isolated in the home, close contacts and siblings are currently still permitted to attend school, unless they become symptomatic. If you cannot isolate the person/s with a positive case of COVID19, other members of the family should remain home for the duration of the quarantine.
- We are notifying parents of any homeroom class that has a positive COVID case, and we specifically notify parents of close contacts.
- We do not require testing; however if you are going to test, the professionally administered PCR is still the gold standard test that yields the most useful information.
- The quarantine guidance is provided in consultation with Denver Public Health.
Home and School
Mark your calendars for Oktoberfest! Saturday, September 25th from 4:00 – 7:30pm. This beloved Fall event will provide fun for the entire family with live music, steins, delicious food, a chili cookoff and even a dunk tank! The event will take place on the lower and upper playgrounds and Columbine Street. We still have a few volunteer spots we need to fill so CLICK HERE to sign up to help bring this event to life.We are holding a Pie Baking Contest again this year. Please CLICK HERE to sign up to participate.
SVDP Serves is still in need of several volunteers. If you’re interested in learning more about this great program, please email Lara O’Shaughnessy at lara_osh1@yahoo.com.
September HOME & SCHOOL SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER, click here to read!
Fall Raffle – Deadline Today!
Wanted: Crusaders for a Rafflin’ Good Time! Fall Raffle Incentives include:
- A ‘Free Dress Pass’ for every student in a family who returns ALL TICKETS SOLD by Friday, September 17th at 3pm
- Classroom Incentive Requirements: 100% Class Participation, at least one ticket sold per student, all tickets returned (sold and unsold) by Friday, September 17th at 3pm. Classrooms who meet these requirements will have the choice between: a themed dress down day, an extra recess with ice cream, or a movie and popcorn.
TICKETS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 17th – SOLD or UNSOLD – Let’s make this a record year! The raffle helps fund our spring gala, which is the largest fundraiser for SVDP. Please reach out to our Fall Raffle Chairs, Jennifer Harber, jennharber@gmail.com or Jameela Khadiwala, jameelamarie@gmail.com, with any questions. Thank you for your participation!
Golf on the Greens
Golf on the Greens SVDP Golf Tournament
Sunday, September 19, 2021
1:30 shotgun start
$1,000/foursome
Join us for a fun afternoon on the greens with the SVDP community! Grab your foursome and register here: https://svdpch.ejoinme.org/golf
Registration includes 18 holes, lunch, swag bag, contests & prizes and drinks! Foursomes will sell out, so don’t delay in registering! Please contact Nick Burns with questions, burns_irish@yahoo.com
SVDP Gala – Denim Days
Students/Staff are able to wear their Gala Shirts with denim Jeans (or skirts for girls)! This is a fun way to get excited for the SADDLE UP Gala on April 30th. Click here for the whole schedule.
SVDP Serves
Coat and Boot Drive
BRRRR!! With the arrival of the cooler temps, it’s time to make sure that your family has winter clothes that fit…AND time to donate the gently used coats, jackets, sweaters, long underwear, gloves, mittens, hats, boots, and shoes that could be better used by someone else! Please take the time to clean out your closets and bag up your extra or out-grown items. September 27th-October 8th, donations will be accepted by the flag pole and by the main entrance at drop-off and pick-up. Please include your children by having them deliver the bagged donations to our drop zones so they feel included in helping us serve those in need love! Donations will be going to Denver Rescue Mission and the Samaritan House.
Altar Server Training for Weekend Masses
The Altar Server Ministry got off to a fabulous start at the end of last year. We know it will just keep growing and getting better but we need you to do that. If your family attends Mass at St. Vincent’s on the weekends and you have a 4th grade or older child who is interested in serving at Mass, Father Hilton will have a training just for them. It will be September 21st from 2:00-3:30. Pizza will be served.
Please contact Beth Riviere at beth@saintvincents.org to register for a space. If your child attended the spring training, it is not necessary for him/her to attend this one. However, please send Beth an email to let her know you would like your child to be on the altar server schedule for the fall. Please remember, this training is only for students wanting to serve at weekend Masses. Students wanting to serve at school Masses will be trained at another time
