Parent Memos

PARENT MEMO 28: March 16, 2022 Dear St. Patrick Catholic School Families, 2nd TRIMESTER AWARDS 2nd Trimester Awards were recorded this morning, March 16, 2022. If you were not able to tune in this morning, Ms. College will post the recording on Teams this afternoon. SPRING PICTURES We will have spring pictures on March 23, 2022. This day will be Spring Dress-up Day for students. Send your child to school dressed in their Spring attire. Everyone will be photographed, and proofs will be sent home. Ordering the photos is optional. Spring Portraits information will be sent home today with your child. [...]

PARENT MEMO 27: March 9, 2022 Dear St. Patrick Catholic School Families, 2nd TRIMESTER AWARDS 2nd Trimester Awards will take place on Wednesday, March 16th after morning prayer. Your child’s teacher will notify you if your child is receiving an award. SPRING PICTURES We will have spring pictures on March 23, 2022. More details to follow. REENROLLMENT If you have not sent in your reenrollment forms, please do ASAP. We will open enrollment to new families next week. OPPURTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP There is good news to share about the Opportunity Scholarship Program. The scholarship award amount was recently re-calculated and is now [...]

PARENT MEMO 26: March 2, 2022 Dear St. Patrick Catholic School Families, COVID UPDATE Today, Saint Patrick Catholic School moved to mask optional, but recommended. If you did not fill out the parent preference form your child will remain masked indoors but unmasked outdoors. We are currently entering our third week with 0% positive COVID 19 cases. Please know that if our numbers rise a to 5% positivity rate the school will return to mask mandatory policy. • If we have an outbreak in certain classes, they may have to go to mask required for 5 or 10days. • If your [...]

PARENT MEMO 25: February 23, 2022 Dear St. Patrick Catholic School Families, COVID UPDATE Today, Saint Patrick Catholic School moved to mask optional, but recommended. If you did not fill out the parent preference form your child will remain masked indoors but unmasked outdoors. If you did not fill out the form, please do so now. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=_VBFl400cE6sntPLOMA_rNseBNK2e1pMp99cyhouFQlUMVhNNlZQNlZRUlVTQVJYM1NWVElONkFUSS4u Please know that if our numbers rise a to 5% positivity rate the school will return to mask mandatory policy. • If we have an outbreak in certain classes, they may have to go to mask required for 5 or 10 days. • If [...]

PARENT MEMO 24: February 16, 2022 Dear St. Patrick Catholic School Families, COVID UPDATE Saint Patrick Catholic School will fall in line with the Cumberland County Schools and move to mask recommended on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Please complete this questionnaire so that the faculty and staff know your preference for your child(ren). Please know that if our numbers start to rise, the school will return to mask mandatory policy. If your child does test positive, your child will have to stay home for 10 days or stay home for 5 days and wear a mask to school indoor and outdoor [...]

PARENT MEMO 23: February 9, 2022 Dear St. Patrick Catholic School Families, COVID UPDATE We are still under the watch of the North Carolina Department of Public Health due to another cluster of cases at the school. However, the number of cases at the school has significantly slowed down. Outdoor activities are no longer considered close contacts. Due to this change in the guidance Saint Patrick Catholic School will move to masks being optional when outdoors. We will start this on Monday, February 14th. Ms. Shea and I will continue to keep in contact with the Cumberland County Health Department for [...]

PARENT MEMO 22: February 2, 2022 Dear St. Patrick Catholic School Families, REENROLLMENT Please look for information on reenrollment to be sent home via email and with your child(ren) on Friday. CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK Schedule Thursday, Feb. 3rd (Celebrating the Vocations) ▪ Notes & cards made for the Priests and Deacons. ▪ Baskets for the Priests and Deacons. Friday, Feb. 4th (Celebrating our Families & the Faculty) Rosary ▪ Treats sent home ▪ Rosary (11:00) Will be recorded. ▪ Early Dismissal (12:05); No Aftercare SPELLING BEE WINNERS Middle School Bee Champion: Azaleyah Mosqueda 2 nd Place: Linsey Adholla 48 rounds Winning [...]

PARENT MEMO 21: January 26, 2022 Dear St. Patrick Catholic School Families, CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK We are very excited to celebrate Catholic Schools Week next week. Please see the fun activities we have planned for the school. Schedule Thursday, January 27th Final Home Basketball Game • Please join us to support our girls’ and boys’ basketball team and cheerleaders in their final home game • Admissions to the game is free for St. Patrick students and families Monday, Jan. 31st Celebrating the Community • Jersey Day – Bring in a canned good or dry food and wear your favorite Sports jersey/shirt [...]

PARENT MEMO 20: January 19, 2022 Dear St. Patrick Catholic School Families, THANK YOU Thank you to all the families that adjusted their schedules to accommodate the online learning this week. We have had several additional positive COVID cases over the past few days with both students and staff. Due to the high number of cases the school is considered a cluster and is being monitored by the North Carolina Department of Public Health for the next 28 days. As always, please contact the school if your child has COVID like symptoms or tests positive for COVID so that we can [...]

PARENT MEMO 19: January 11, 2022   Dear St. Patrick Catholic School Families,   COVID CASES We have several families that have tested positive for COVID over break and now the cases are coming from students in school. Please be extra careful and diligent about hand washing, mask wearing and social distancing to help us keep the spread of COVID out of our school. There are new guidelines about isolation and quarantine. Please see below. However, we will always call the health department and go over each individual exposure to get specific guidance per each case. NCDHHS has updated the StrongSchoolsNC [...]