Parent Memo From Ms. Lorie

March 31, 2023

Parent Memo

From Ms. Lorie

St. Mary’s Grade School

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Friday, March 31

Dear Families,

Today, financial contracts for 23-24 will be sent home with every family. Please look for a large white envelope from your oldest child. Inside you will find the updated guidelines for tuition and fees for next year. Please sign the contract once you have read it and return it to school. If you are Catholic, the form to receive the Catholic tuition rate has been included for you to get approval from your Parish Pastor. This form needs to be at the school by Contract Signing in order to receive the Catholic rate.

On a fun note…Spring/Summer uniforms begin next week! Students may now wear tennis shoes Monday through Thursday. All tennis shoes must be worn with socks. Navy blue shorts are also permitted but must be a long short and loose fitting and not made of stretchy material. All shirts must still be tucked into the pants daily and a belt worn if there are belt loops on the shorts.

The HandS Easter Party Picnic is this Sunday, April 2, at the Clarksburg City Park in Nutter Fort. See details below. Every class has been assigned a specific item to contribute.

Monday, April 3, is Spring Picture Day! Students may wear regular clothes for this picture.

Have a blessed Easter and Spring Break!

Notes of Interest:

Homeroom Parents for Easter Party: Easter Parties will be Wednesday, April 5. PK3 and PK4 party planners will be admitted at 9:30 am. K-6 Party Planners will be admitted at 1:15pm.

PK4 Parents: You must have a WVEIS # assigned by Harrison County Schools to be eligible to apply for the HOPE Scholarship. Complete the Notice of Intent in our latest School Email and get this to the board for the assignment of the WVEIS #.

The HOPE Scholarship application is open from March 1 – May 16. You must apply with a WVEIS # to be eligible for this money.

Reminder: All PK4 students must complete an application online at our school website if you intend to return to St. Mary’s kindergarten next year.

Current HOPE Scholarship recipients: Please be sure to reapply for next year.

TAPs: Phase 1 of the Tuition Assistance Program application opened on Feb 1 for all Catholic families and closes on April 30. Awards will be announced in May. Phase 2 is now open to Catholics and Non-Catholics and closes on July 31*. This application should be submitted during Phase 1 and will not need to be resubmitted for Phase 2 awards. See further in our Latest School Email. * Note change of date!!! TAPS Phase II will now close July 31 instead of August 31.

SAVE THE DATE

*Easter Party

April 2^nd from 2-4pm (Sunday)

Clarksburg City Park at Nutter Fort

Lion’s Shelter

Bring the entire family and join us for an afternoon of fun including an Easter Egg hunt (bring your own basket), face painting, and more!

Please bring one of the following for each student:

Pre-K 3 – pack of juice boxes

Pre-K 4 – pack of juice boxes

Kindergarten – salty snack pack (box of individual bags of chips, pretzels, etc.)

1^st grade – salty snack pack

2^nd grade – sweet snack (cookies, cupcakes, etc.)

3^rd grade – sweet snack

4^th grade – case of water

5^th grade – case of water

6^th grade – gluten free snacks (salty and/or sweet)

HandS Elections

The following opportunities for service are available within the HandS (Home and School) Executive Committee for the 2023-2024 school year:

President

Vice President

Treasurer

If you are interested in serving our school through one of these opportunities, please text your responses to the following questions to Natalie Gigliotti, HandS President, at 304.629.3379. Elections will be held at the next HandS meeting on Wednesday, May 3 at 6pm.

See Latest School Email for the application.

HandS Shoe Fundraiser: The check has arrived!!! You earned $1083.60 for your unused shoes! What a blessing! Thank you for your generous support of this program. Pam and Kevin Leonard are Warriors!!!! Thank you!

Camp Carlo: Catholic Youth Adventure Camp, Huttonsville, WV. This camp is available for students in grades 3-12. For more information visit: campcarlowv.org

******CALENDAR ******

Watch for changes each week!

Upcoming Dates and Events:

April 2: Easter Party by HandS* see above

April 3: Summer Uniform goes into effect. Tennis shoes and shorts are permitted.

April 3: School Picture Day, Individual spring pictures, regular clothes are permitted

April 5: Easter Parties: PK3 and PK4 @ 9:30, K-6 @ 1:15

April 6: Holy Thursday, Tech Day

April 6-April 16: Spring Break

April 17: Return to school

April 17- May 12: MAP End of year testing

April 26: Mid-term, Progress Reports home