Week of April 19, 2021 Announcements

 Feast of St. Anselm

April 21st

April 2021 Calendar

 (subject to change- please make sure you read the weekly blog for changes or updates)

April 18th - Third Week of Easter

April 19th - Notices will be sent home regarding outstanding tuition/report cards.

April 20th - Parent letters regarding the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be sent home.

April 21st - Feast of St. Anselm 

Secretary's Day

Please make sure you call Alba and thank her for her work.

Coach will work with teachers and students Grades 3, 6, and 8

April 22nd - Earth Day. 

New York State ELA Test Grades 3-8 for in person students - Session I only

April 23rd - Early Dismissal Day 12:00 noon for all students, all grades.

Third Quarter Report Card Parent Teacher Conferences  from 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Last appointment at 5:45 PM.

April 25th - Fourth Week of Easter 

April 26th - National Pretzel Day 

                    Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel - Mass at 9:00 AM 

                    Honors Assembly for in person students following Mass.

April 27th - Sacrament of Reconciliation 10:00 AM  

NYSESLAT Speaking administered.

April 28th - Coach will work with teachers and students today.

                    Feast of St. Peter Clanel 

April 29th - NYSESLAT Speaking administered.

April 30th -  Feast of St. Pius V.     Arbor Day.      National Raisin Day  

Tuesday April 27, 2021

10:00 AM 

Parent letters will be sent home with students this week about guidelines for parental attendance. 

Report Card Progress and Summer School

The third quarter report card will notify parents if their child will be required to attend summer school in order to be promoted to the next grade.  There is ample time -- 2 months of school remaining for students to improve their grades in order to avoid summer school.

The report card will note that Summer Summer in PERSON is a requirement for promotion.

Please speak to your child's teacher on Friday during the scheduled report card time.

The summer school program is free and open to open to all students. Students who are failing will be required to attend in person for the whole program which will be held here at OLQM.

Also as listed in the parent/student handbook children who have been absent more than 20 school days will be retained in that grade.

As always parents may see Mr. Woods on Sundays from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM with any of their concerns regarding their child's progress, summer school or promotion to the next grade.

There is no appointment needed for parents to see Mr. Woods on Sundays.

As Kim Marshall a national educational leader has stated in his most recent article:

Go with in-person instruction. The difficulties with online instruction that educators and children have experienced in 2020-21 will only be magnified over the summer, and studies conducted before the pandemic show few gains from summer programs conducted remotely.

New York State Tests Grades 3-8

The New York State Education Department has decided that students will be administered the NYS tests in ELA and Mathematics this year. Students in grades 4 and 8 will be administered the NYS Science Test in June as scheduled.

Only one session of the test will be administered. The test will also only be administered to in-person students.

             New York State ELA Test                 Thursday April 22nd 9:00 AM 

Makeup - Friday April 23rd

Registration for September 2021 has begun  

           Registration for the 4 year old program closes                Monday April 19th 

  For information please call Ms. McGarry at 212-567-3190.

Students in the 3K classrooms of  Ms. Sanchez and Mr. Taraza's rooms will need to register for PreK For All (4 year old program).  Priority is given for those students who are registered at OLQM. Please speak to Ms. McGarry if you have questions. Parents may also ask Mr. Woods questions during drop off in the morning or at pickup in the afternoon.