Principal's Announcements

Congratulations to our 3rd Graders who received First Holy Communion on Saturday. May God bless them and hold them in the palm of His loving hand.


St. Agnes Cathedral Virtual Parish Party: October 23rd-25th: A Message from the Chair people: Michael and Lorraine Smyth

Friday, October 23rd: 

• Prayer Service: 5:00-5:30 P.M. to properly providing a time of reflection and gratitude and as a spiritually-filled start to the weekend.
• Musical Happy Hour from 6-8 P.M. The $5,000 Progressive Raffle Winner will be chosen.

Saturday, October 24th:

• Food and Supply Drive from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M.

Sunday, October 25th:

• The installation of our new Rector, The Very Reverend  Michael F. Duffy at the 11 A.M. Mass.

Please check out the collection of information, photos, and videos from our various parish ministries on our virtual platform:
https://stagnescathedralparish.weebly.com/parishcelebration2020.html
Raffle tickets have gone on sale and can be purchased on the website (along with an option to give a gift of Thanksgiving to the parish).  
Visit the Facebook homepage and invite family and friends: https://www.facebook.com/saintagnescathedral/

1. On the right-hand side, go to the box that has community: 
2.  <Parish Homepage.png> 
3. Invite your friends and family.

Parish Celebration Flyer 


The winter gym uniform begins tomorrow, Monday, October 19th for grades 1-8. The gym uniform is comprised of the t-shirt, sweatshirt, and sweatpants. The Mothers’ Club ¾ zip sweatshirt is permitted. Please note, the heat will be on; however, the classroom windows will be open, and the fans will be on. Your children should wear layers under their gym uniforms to help keep them comfortable.


Google Classroom Guardian: St. Agnes Cathedral School has activated Google Guardian Email Summaries for use in Google Classroom. As a guardian, you can receive email summaries showing your child’s progress in class. Guardian email summaries include:

• Missing work—Work that’s late at the time the email was sent.
• Upcoming work—Work that’s due today and tomorrow (for daily emails) or work that’s due in the upcoming week (for weekly emails).
• Class activity—Announcements, assignments, and questions recently posted by teachers.

You can choose the frequency of the emails, such as daily or weekly. Please note, daily means Monday to Friday. You will not receive email summaries on Saturdays or Sundays.

You can unsubscribe or remove yourself from Classroom Emails at any time.
After submitting the form embedded below, your child’s teacher will add you to their Classroom Guardians.  

https://forms.gle/z9SLCV7ykPxPPqYo8

You will receive an email and must accept the invitation before you can receive email summaries.  Please allow a few days for the email invitation to arrive. If you have multiple children in grades K through 8, please submit one form per child.  For more information about Google Guardian click the link below.
https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6388136?hl=en

If you signed up for Google Guardian last year you do not need to fill out the form again this year. To view or update your email summary settings please follow the steps below:

• In your email program, at the bottom of any email summary, click settings if you haven't already, signed into your Google Account.
• Under Frequency, click the down arrow and choose when to get summaries: daily or weekly

iReady testing continues this week with the Math diagnostic. Students in Grades K-8 should get a good night’s sleep, eat a nutritious breakfast, and bring their fully charged iPads and earphones or earbuds to school.


AIS Screenings: This week, the first-grade students will be screened by our Academic Intervention Service, AIS, teachers. This screening, which takes place after the students have been in school for a month, along with the iReady Assessment, helps in selecting children who will benefit from participating in the program. Ms. Kathryn Burke is our AIS Reading Teacher, Mrs. Kim Kirby is our AIS Math Teacher, and Mrs. Erica Morello is the RVC School District’s AIS Teacher. The program is a pull-out program, 3 times/cycle. It is small group instruction to strengthen and reinforce skills to assist children’s academic progress.


On Thursday, October 22nd, the 6th graders will attend Mass in the Parish Center.


8th Grade Announcements:

• Yearbook: Calling all baby pictures. Please send them in. They are now due.
• TACHS: Registration to take the Test for Admission into Catholic High Schools closes on October 23rd at 5 P.M. If your child plans on attending a Catholic High School in the Fall of 2021, please make sure he/she registers to take this exam.

Announcements From Our Vendors

Paul Effman Band
Please click on the link below for information about joining the band. This year it is virtual. The registration date has been extended until October 21, 2020
Paul Effman Band Registration 
 
Lifetouch Photo Day: Absentees and Re-takes
Pictures for anyone who was absent or needs a re-take is on Tuesday, November 17th, for in-person and online learners from 8:30- 11:00 A.M.

My Food Days: The November ordering period is now open. Please place your orders. The ordering period closes on October 26th.


Announcement From the Mothers’ Club

Garden Potpourri Pumpkin Patch-Pick Up TODAY, Sunday 11-3 P.M.
174 Muirfield Rd, RVC
Don't forget your mask!

 Halloween Parade 


Announcements From the Fathers’ Club

Please click on the link below for information about the Super Raffle.
Super Raffle


Peace and blessings to you and your families on this 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time,

Mrs. Cecilia St. John, Principal

 

Previously Announced and Still in Effect

Walker Dismissal
For the safety of the children, please do not cross Clinton Avenue in the middle of the street. Please cross at the crosswalk by the Crossing Guard.
 

As the colder months are approaching, please be aware that the school will keep the classroom windows open to continue to pump fresh air into the classrooms. Please know the heat will be on. The children should wear their winter gym uniforms starting on Monday, October 19th. The winter gym uniform is comprised of the school sweatpants, gym t-shirt, and sweatshirt. The Mothers’ Club ¾ zip sweatshirt is also approved to be worn in school.  The key for comfort during these trying times is layers. The children may wear thermal underwear under their gym uniforms. If your child needs to take a layer off, he/she can.


Reopening Plan Updates
Please complete the health screening checks no later than 7:30 A.M. every morning. This is extremely important for the bus students. As the colder weather arrives, it is not possible to get an accurate temperature reading on your child, putting many at risk. Please be socially responsible. Students who are frequently not temperature checked, 2 or more times/week, will default to online learning.

Synexis standalone air purifiers were purchased and installed in both the Carlin and Newman Cafeterias. These units provide sustainable, wide-area reduction of microbial levels in occupied spaces. The patented Dry Hydrogen Peroxide (DHP) technology uses a building’s ambient humidity and oxygen to continuously achieve safe, green, natural, reduction of viruses, bacteria, and mold in the air and on surfaces. In addition to the installation of these units in the cafeterias, a unit was installed in each of the faculty rooms. Click on the link below to access more information about this technology.

Synexis 

TACHS Prep Class: Our five-week prep class for the Test for Admission into Catholic High Schools, TACHS is in progress. Students who registered should be picked up from the Newman Doors at 4 P.M.
 

A Message from Our Nurse, Mrs. Keating:

NYS Law mandates health appraisal forms for the following grades: Kindergarten, 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th grades.

6th-grade students are mandated to have a Tdap adolescent booster vaccine.  This vaccine must be administered at the minimum age of 10.  The student must receive the Tdap vaccine on or before their 11th birthday, but not before they turn 10 years old.  

7th-grade students are mandated to receive a meningococcal vaccine upon entry into 7th grade.  The minimum age for the first dose of meningococcal conjugate for grade 7 is age 10.   

PLEASE NOTE, THERE IS NO IMMUNIZATION ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THOSE STUDENTS MISSING IMMUNIZATIONS DUE TO COVID-19!

If you have NOT submitted your child’s forms, even if remote learning, they must be by this Friday, October 8. Please click on the link below to access the forms.

Medical Forms
 

Water bottles and Snack Coupons: Will be sold every Monday through the main office. A sheet of ten water bottle coupons cost $10.00. A sheet of twelve snack coupons cost $9.00. Please place the exact amount or a check made payable to St. Agnes Cathedral School, in an envelope with your child’s name, his/her teacher’s name, and your order will be filled and returned to your child through his/her teacher. Please note, the school’s Venmo account cannot be used to purchase water bottle or snack coupons.
 

Pick Up Patrol: Please continue to use Pick Up Patrol to report your child’s weekly health screening and daily temperature check. Thank you to all who have been consistently submitting your child’s screening on time. The cut off is 7:30 A.M. Starting this week, it is necessary to submit it by that time in order for your child to be permitted to enter the building.
 

Bus Students MUST wear their masks on the bus. I am receiving reports that students are standing up in the back of the bus and NOT wearing their masks. Not only is this a dangerous situation to the physical wellbeing of those students because they are not seated and wearing seatbelts, but it is also undermining the health and welfare of all the students on the bus by promoting the spread of disease instead of containing it. I will be following up with the bus drivers to instruct them to follow the bus protocol to pull over when students are out of their seats and include pulling over when masks are not worn.  Parents, please speak to your child about proper bus behavior and mask-wearing.

 

Morning Drop-off: Thank you to all the volunteers who are working the Morning Drop-off. Please see a few reminders below:

~All vehicles entering the back-parking lot in the mornings must use their turn signals to help security identify those coming into the parking lot.

~Parents, please watch your speed when exiting the parking lot after dropping your children off as there are a number of K-1 parents and students walking in the parking lot.

~Children need to exit their vehicles on their own as security cannot touch the cars, the students, their backpacks, etc.

~K/1st Grade placards should be visible on the dashboard of your car as it makes it easier for security volunteers to know. There are more available if needed. 

Students who are in-person learners and joining in remotely when they are absent from school do not submit work electronically and do not participate in tests unless otherwise directed by their teacher.

 

Perrotta Consulting has reviewed our playground set-up and is permitting the students to socialize with students who are in another cohort (homeroom) during recess as long as the students are in the same grade and they stay 6 feet apart utilizing the social distancing/mask free zones on the playground. Each mask-free zone permits 20 students.  The students may take their masks off when they are in the social distancing/mask free zones. Once they move out of the mask free zone, they must wear a mask.
 

Personal Grooming: I realize that during the quarantine it was not possible to get a haircut; however, now is the time to schedule one. Boys’ hair should be neat, not in their eyes, and not be longer than where a dress shirt collar would fall. Besides the hair length, neat grooming is essential. Girls’ hair should not be dyed unnatural colors. After September 30th, Personal Growth Codes will be impacted for being out of compliance with these standards.

The 8th Grade Yearbook is underway. Grade 8 Parents, please click on the link below to access important information regarding the Yearbook.
Yearbook 
 

Social Distance Correctly!

Wash your hands and say your prayers because Jesus and germs are everywhere.
Emails are checked regularly at cstjohn5546@stagnes-school.org and it is the best method of contact. 

 

Pacella Family Contributions