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Last day of school is Tuesday June 26, 2018
Dismissal will be at 1:00 PM
After School Program Initiative
A survey link will be posted on this blog from the Office of
Dr. McNiff the Superintendent of Schools
regarding parents wishes for programs for the
After School Program for the 2018-2019 school year.
The program will be coordinated by Kids in the Game
and they will be offering a variety of activities.
Please do the survey as soon as possible.
The links for Our Lady Queen of Martyrs are as follows:
if your are having difficulty with opening the link or need any help
with the survey please see the office staff or Eric in the After School Program.
Tuition Suspension Day June 11, 2018
Tuition Suspension letters will be sent home on Thursday
regarding outstanding balances due the school.
The final payment date for this year is June 5, 2018.
As of today there is $78,761.11
in outstanding tuition due by 51 parents
At this time of year there are no payment plans and
students will be excluded from school until the balance is paid.
All students in the After School Program
also will not be able to attend the program if there is an outstanding balance.
Parents will be able to meet with Mr. Woods on Sunday
from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM should they have concerns about their balance.
Graduations and Moving Up Ceremonies
Tuesday June 19, 2018 - Kindergarten 10:00 AM
Wednesday June 20, 2018 - PreK - 1 Mrs. Fundora's Class 10:00 AM
Thursday June 21, 2018 - PreK -2 Ms. Rodriguez's Class 10:00 AM
Monday June 25th - PreK For All - 10:00 AM
Ms. Gonzalez, Ms. McGarry and Mrs. Serbones class
Tuesday June 26th 10:00 AM - End of Year Mass and 8th Graduation Exercises
Friday June 15, 2018
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The school uniform company will be here to measure students for uniforms.
Science Room - First Floor
The Overprotected American Child
an excerpt from The Wall Street Journal
June 4, 2018
Anne Marie Albano, director of the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders in New York, reminds parents that the ultimate goal is to have their children be self-sufficient by the time they leave home for college or the workplace. She and her colleagues have come up with a list of milestones that adolescents should achieve before high-school graduation, including being able to advocate for themselves with teachers and other authority figures, seeing a doctor without a parent and waking themselves up in the morning on their own. “We have parents who call their college student at Harvard or Michigan and wake them up every morning,” she says. You do not want to be that parent.
A PATH TOWARD INDEPENDENCE
- Age 2 to 3: Put dirty clothes in hamper; put toys away.
- Age 4 to 5: Feed pets; choose own clothes.
- Age 6 to 7: Make a sandwich (but no sharp knives, yet); take a bath unsupervised.
- Age 8 to 9: Use the stove to make a simple meal; help arrange playdates.
- Age 10 to 13: Wake up in the morning without parental prodding; be at home alone; walk or bike to school without an adult.
- Age 14 to 17: Schedule and go to a doctor’s appointment without help; get an after-school or summer job; make and follow a budget; take an out-of-town trip alone.
Sources: Rebecca Rialon Berry, Anne Marie Albano, American Academy of Pediatrics, familyeducation.com
Even when children are thrilled to gain some independence, parents often have to learn to cope with their own anxiety. Heidi Thompson, lives with her husband and two children in Calais, Vt., a town where children often run around unsupervised. Still, Ms. Thompson, a psychotherapist, was nervous when her daughter wanted to participate in a ritual for neighborhood kids the summer before seventh grade: camping overnight without adults on an island in the nearby lake. Ms. Thompson reluctantly gave her OK. “I was up all night,” she said. In the morning, however, her daughter, “came home so excited. We want them to feel that the world overall is a safe place,” says Ms. Thompson.
Of course, when children try something on their own, it doesn’t always go smoothly. They may take the wrong bus or choose not to study for a test—and then bomb it.
Such outcomes point to the one autonomy milestone that parents find particularly difficult, says Joseph F. Hagan Jr., clinical professor in pediatrics at the University of Vermont and the co-editor of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Bright Futures guidelines for health professionals. “Part of independence is to make your own decisions,” he says—including “the right to make a wrong decision.”
Parents who would want to read the complete article should e-mail Mr. Woods and he will forward the whole article .
Monday June 4, 2018 ----Parents are requested to check their Smart Tuition Accounts Calendars for the Month of June will be sent home with students.
Tuesday June 5, 2018 - Feast of St. Boniface Archdiocesan End of Year Religion Exam Grades 3-8
Wednesday June 6, 2018 Feast of St. Norbert New York State Science Exam Grades 4 & 8
Thursday June 7, 2018 -- PreK For All Program Closed - Professional Development Day Tuition Suspension Letters will be sent home with students.
Friday June 8, 2018 - School Closed
Sunday June 10, 2018 Parent meetings regarding Tuition 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Monday June 11, 2018 - Tuition Suspension Day Early Dismissal Day 12:00 noon - Faculty Meeting
