MS. RACHEL GEMO,
HEAD OF PARISH SCHOOL
April 25, 2024 | VOLUME 21 | ISSUE 35
THE BUZZ FROM MS. GEMO | LOWER SCHOOL NEWS - GRADES PRESCHOOL-3
UPPER SCHOOL NEWS - GRADES 4-8 | WEEKLY CALENDAR | HSA
Greetings SBPS Parents and Friends:
Tomorrow night, our 8th grade students receive the sacrament of Confirmation. Please keep our 8th Grade Confirmandi, their sponsors and parents in your prayers. We look forward to officially welcoming them to the Catholic Church. It’s a blessed event for our parish and school - we are please to welcome so many young people to the faith! It’s a wonderful celebration and is culmination of the reason why SBPS exists!
The school advisory board is accepting applications for new members to join next school year. We are seeking about 7 new members to help implement our strategic plan, Aspirations 2028. We are seeking school members who have interested and talent in school admissions/marketing, facilities/technology, service/volunteering, diversity & inclusion, finance. You can read more about our needs and the process in the post below. We encourage interested parents to apply. It is an opportunity to support our strategic, long-term efforts and help advance the mission of the school. Applications are due by April 26. The application link can also be found here.
We are off school tomorrow for a Archdiocesan-wide professional development day. We will be spending time preparing for the iReady Spring Diagnostics, looking at math and science curriculum, planning for the middle school Agora trips as well as participating in system-wide catechetical professional development. It will be a busy day here with the teachers, but it’s good to take time to grow professionally.
Speaking of iReady - beginning on Monday, April 29, we will begin our iReady final diagnostics. These are summative diagnostics for the year and the data is very important to us. It gives us a picture of what was achieved this year and what we need to reflect on for the coming school year. Anything parents can do to help our students be well rested and ready for the testing is a big help. Please encourage your children to do their best, take their time and listen to directions, etc. We will be sending out final iREady reports by the end of May so you can see how your children did. You can read more about iReady in the post below.
There’s a lot more important information below. Be sure to check out the following:
iReady Spring Diagnostics
Kindergarten and First Grade Summer Camp Options
New Extended Care sign up
Please find listed below important dates:
April 25, 2024 - 3rd Trimester Progress Reports emailed home
April 26, 2024 - 8th Grade Confirmation at 7PM in Church
April 26, 2024 - Advisory Board Applications are due
April 26, 2024 - No School - System-wide Professional Development Day - there is NO day off camp this day
April 29-May 3, 2024 - iReady Spring Diagnostics - see important information below
April 30 - Out of uniform - comfy day - Day 2 iReady Math
May 2, 2024 - Out of uniform - comfy day - Day 2 iReady Lang Arts
Friday, May 3, 2024 - Last day to order 2023-24 yearbooks - see post below
Saturday, May 4 - First Holy Communion
May 6, 2024 - National Nurse’s Day - Thank You Nurse Perez!!!
May 6, 2024 - no school for grades 6, 7 & 8 - Agora Prep Day
May 7-10 - Middle School Agora Trips
May 10, 2024 - No School - Professional Development Day
May, 11, 2024 - First Holy Communion
May 12, 2024 - Happy Mothers’ Day!
May 14, 2024 - May Crowning Mass for grades K-8 at 8:30AM in church
May 14, 2024 - Athletic Board Social for Third Grade parents and new families grades 4-7 not involved in athletics but want to learn more
May 15, 2024 - HSA Teacher Appreciation Luncheon - Thank you volunteers!
May 17, 2024 - 8th Grade Graduation Retreat
May 17, 2024 - Middle School Play - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - 6PM
May 21, 2024 - Spring Band, Strings and Choir Concert in GYM
May 27, 2024 - No School Memorial Day
May 31, 2024 - 8th Grade Graduation
June 4, 2024 - Last Day of Preschool and Kindergarten
June 5, 2024 - Field Day
June 6, 2024 - Last Day of School 11:30AM Dismissal
June 10, 2024 - Summer camps begin
May God be with us and protect us in this School Year!
Ms. Rachel Gemo, Head of School
Ms. Gemo’s Prayer Corner
An Easter Prayer
Good and gracious God,
Our most glorious Creator,
As we greet the signs in nature around us:
Of Spring once again regaling us in bloom,
In the songs of returning birds and fields soon to be planted,
We give you praise for an even greater sign of new life: the resurrection of your Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ, that we especially celebrate at this time.
The sadness and despair of his death has given way to the bright promise of immortality.
For the Resurrection is our guarantee that justice will triumph over treason, Light will overcome darkness, and love will conquer death.
As we celebrate, we also dare to ask for your grace that we may live the promise given to us,
By imitating the life of Jesus in reaching out to the poor, the marginalized, the least among us,
As we strive to be neighbor to all those we meet,
We ask your special blessings each and every day on our President.
Working with him may we strive to make this great country of ours a beacon of hope and justice in a world hungry for peace and so in need of your love.
We praise you in this Easter season. Change our lives, change our hearts to be messengers of Easter joy and hope.
We make our prayer through Jesus Christ, our risen Lord forever.
Amen.