Sunday, November 17, 2013

Week of November 18, 2013

Catholic New York Article regarding Notre Dame Visit
Catholic New York reported in their weekly newspaper the visit by Notre Dame University. You may read the article by clicking the link above and looking on the school web site.

Report Card Day - November 21st
Report Card Day will be Thursday, November 21st. Fr. Antonio will distribute report cards to students in the classrooms.
Students who are experiencing academic difficulty will need to have their parents pick up their report cards during Parent Teacher Conferences from 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM.
Parents are reminded that teachers will only be able to speak to them for approximately 5 minutes so that all parents may have time to meet with their child's teacher. Teacher's will be able to make an appointment if here are more concerns that can be addressed at a later time.
Honors Assembly will be held after Mass on Wednesday November 27th - Parents invited.

Cornerstone SIS System
As some parents know the Cornerstone SIS was turned off this past week. There were a number of issues that needed to be fixed both on the school side and the Archdiocese's side. The report cards will be ready for distribution on Thursday, November 21st as planned. The system will not be turned back on for parents until November 22nd. I was surprised to see that last week when we sent the message through the Cornerstone system that 29 e-mails were returned due to an incorrect e-mail address. Parents who still have not received a password may see Alan on Thursday in the library to receive one. This will be the last opportunity for parents to obtain their password until Christmas break. We will be focusing on giving students in grades 4-8 their own logins and passwords during the month of December.

Thanksgiving and the Little Sisters of the Poor--Dress Down Day November 22nd.
This year the Confirmation class from both the 7th and 8th grade will be delivering turkeys and canned foods to the Little Sisters of the Poor for their outreach program with the elderly.
The class is collecting money on Friday November 22nd for dress down day to purchase turkeys - last week they gathered enough money to purchase 32 turkeys. They are hoping to do the same on Friday November 22nd.
The food and turkeys will be delivered on Tuesday November 26th.

Monday - November 18th -
Reading coach will work with students.

Tuesday- November 19th
Touring Tuesday - if you know a parent that is interested in turing the school please have them contact Alba in the office.

Wednesday - November 20th
Math coach will work with students in classroom.

Thursday - November 21st - EARLY DISMISSAL DAY 12:00 NOON

Report Card Day
Parent Teacher Conferences 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Friday- November 22nd
Ms. Kaplan will work with students in grades 1, 3, and 6.

Sunday- November 24th - Feast of Christ the King

Communion Class 12:00 noon
Mass at 1:00 PM for all students.