Week of December 13th
This Monday we will welcome all of our students to school continuing our celebration of the season of Advent.

Please know that our wonderful teachers and staff along with the Archdiocese want our students to continue to grow in their faith and education.  The recent vaccine mandate has created a difficult situation. The Archdiocese and our school share your frustration. Please direct your questions or concerns regarding the mandate to the elected officials who have enacted this policy. We look forward to seeing all of our students on Monday.

Have a blessed week!

Mrs. Olsen

Updates/Reminders

Christmas Cutest Cookies
Christmas Cutest Cookies orders may be picked up in front of the elevator in the Cardinal Cooke Center (PreK building) on Friday, 12/17/21 from dismissal - 5:00 p.m.

Nucci’s Lunch
Nucci’s Lunch Service is off to a wonderful start! Thank you, Mrs. Gardella and our lunch parents for all of your help in getting the program up and running. Reminder--orders must be ordered and confirmed by 9:00 p.m. the night before. Please be sure to confirm your orders for all siblings. Once confirmed, the order will show on the menu page as purchased. Directions for signing up for Nucci’s lunch and for locating student numbers can be found on the school website (current students/parent memos).

Spirit Wear
Spirit Wear orders will go out next week. Please note that a few items are back-ordered. We hope to have them in shortly.

Home School (PTA)
Please join us for our first Home-School (PTA) virtual meeting on Thursday, December 16th at 7:00. At the meeting you will have the opportunity to hear from our Pastor, Fr. Arthur and meet our new Assistant Principal, Mrs. Eileen Griffo. Given the large number of participants expected, we request that questions you would like discussed during the meeting be submitted via email to [email protected] by 12/14/21. The Zoom link for the meeting is:  https://zoom.us/j/93019823290?pwd=dUtUd1NEWGlQNXN5SmVQenFvWGtQdz09.

Pageant Tickets
We are looking forward to our upcoming pageants and Christmas videos.

8th-grade families will receive 2 tickets to attend the 8th-grade pageant on Friday, December 17th at 7:00 p.m. in the church. Tickets will be sent home on Wednesday, December 15th. Please note that masks must be worn as this is a school event.

Kindergarten families will receive 2 tickets to attend the Kindergarten pageant on Tuesday, December 21st at 12:00 in the church. Tickets will be sent home on Friday, December 17th. Please note that masks must be worn as this is a school event.

Our PreK students are hard at work practicing for a special video presentation they will be creating for their parents. The PreK teachers will be providing additional information shortly.

8th Grade Sunday Mass
Our 8th graders will lead our 10:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, December 19th. We hope to worship with many 8th-grade school families at the Mass.

Registration for Next Year
Please call the office as soon as possible if you have a child who you would like to attend St. Clare next year who isn’t currently in our school. We want to give our current school families the opportunity to apply before our application process begins with the general public. We have already begun receiving calls from new families interested in attending our school so it is important that you call the office as soon as possible.

Memorial Wreaths and Christmas Raffle
Memorial Wreaths and Christmas Raffle Tickets are still available. A special thanks to the St. Clare Father’s Club for donating the wreaths. We appreciate your support! Please see the school website for the raffle ticket forms. Only a few Memorial Wreaths are still available.

Midterm Exams
Midterm exams in all core subjects (religion, ELA, math, science, social studies) will be administered to students in grades 6 - 8 the week of January 17th and on Monday, January 24th. Students in grades 3 - 5 will only be administered a religion midterm the same week. Teachers will be providing more information shortly.

Coming Up
Monday, December 13th--Jesse Tree service. All grades participate in their classrooms
Wednesday, December 15th--class collection for teachers due
Wednesday, December 15th--1st-grade virtual field trip to ‘Peter Pan’. 1st-grade students are invited to dress for the ‘theatre’.
Thursday, December 16th--Home - School (PTA) virtual meeting 7:00 p.m.
Friday, December 17th--8th-grade pageant 7:00 in the church
Monday, December 20th--virtual Advent service for our students led by the 7th grade
Tuesday, December 21st--Kindergarten pageant 12:00 p.m. in the church
Wednesday, December 22nd--Red & Green dress down; Christmas Treat provided by our class reps; last day of school before Christmas break
Monday, January 3rd--Return to school from Christmas Break