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 for 5 days. Children that are exposed to someone that
has tested positive will also have to wear a mask to school for 10 days but can remain in school so
long as they are symptom free.
Please fill out the following form to let the school know if you would like your child to continue
wearing a mask or not.
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=_VBFl400cE6sntPLOMA_rNseBNK2e1p
Mp99cyhouFQlUMVhNNlZQNlZRUlVTQVJYM1NWVElONkFUSS4u
REENROLLMENT
Please look for information on reenrollment that was emailed on Friday, February 4th. The
reenrollment period for current students goes to the end of the month.
LENTEN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS
We will have two projects to participate in during Lent. The first is a baby shower for Catholic
Charities. See attached flier. The class that collects the most items will earn a pizza party. The
rest of the school will earn a free dress down day for participating.
The second Lenten project is Rice Bowl. More information to come on this.
Both service projects are completely optional, but we encourage families to participate in one
or the other as a part of the alms giving during Lent.
SAINT PATRICK DAY CELEBRATION
We are excited to announce our plans for our Saint Patrick Day Celebration on March 17th. This
day will include attending 9:00 Mass and having a parade with police escort. The students will
be allowed to dress in green.
YEARBOOK
Please use this link to order your 2021-2022 Saint Patrick Catholic School Yearbook.
www.treering.com/1015544792994061
SYNOD 2021-2022
Earlier this year Pope Francis called on the entire Church to begin a synod process. Synod is a
Greek word meaning, “journeying together.”
Bishop Luis is inviting everyone in our diocese, including those no longer affiliated with the
Church, to provide feedback through an online questionnaire. Following the survey process,
which begins this week, in-person meetings will be held throughout the diocese to help the
Church hear the voices of the Holy Spirit and of its people.
Synod Survey
https://dioceseofraleigh.org/synodsurvey
English Prayer Card Spanish Prayer Card
SCHOOL HOURS
Morning care is open from 6:30 to 7:30 daily. If you arrive before 7:30 you must stay with your
child until carpool starts or take them to morning care. The tardy bell rings at 8:00am. If you
drop off after 8:00am you must walk your child into the office and sign them in.
Afternoon carpool starts at 3:05pm and ends at 3:15.
The front office is open from 7:30am to 4:00pm. Please do not come to or call the office during
afternoon carpool, which is from 3:00 to approximately 3:20.
COVID TESTING
If you would like your child tested for covid at school, please click on the following link to
register.
https://home.color.com/covid/sign-up/start?partner=tf-stp-1272-students
UNIFORM POLICY CHANGES
There are some uniform policy changes that will occur over the remainder of the school year.
Sneakers: Students should wear sneakers to school daily, but they do not have to be solid black.
Moving forward sneakers should be “mostly black”. That means the sole may be white (or a
color other than white) and the sides may have an additional color. For example, the sneaker
may have a white Nike Swoosh, New Balance N, Adidas stripes, etc….on the sides of the
sneaker.
Leggings: students may wear plain, solid black leggings under their school uniform jumper,
skirt, or skort in place of tights.
Hair bows, headbands, and barrettes: Students may wear any color hair accessory to school.
VOLUNTEERING AT ST. PATRICK CATHOLIC SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS
We will be allowing limited volunteers in the school this year. If you want to volunteer at the
school, you must complete the volunteer application which includes attending a Safe
Environment Training (SET)class. There are some online training courses each month. Please
see below.
Safe Environment Training Calendar
In addition to attending the SET training, all volunteers need to complete an application with
the Diocese of Raleigh. You can turn your completed application into the front office.
Volunteer Application in English
Volunteer Application in Spanish
CALENDAR
February 21st- No School, President’s Day
February 25th – Spirit Day- wear your green and gold
March 2nd – Ash Wednesday; students will attend Mass
March 11th – Report Cards available online
March 17th- St. Patrick Day Mass and Parade; students can dress down wear in green this day.
SCHOOL DIRECTORY
Our school directory is ready. You can find it on the school website or via this link:
The directory is password protected: 4SPfamilies2View