Weekly “Knights” News
December 19, 2019
Please make sure your child/children have proper clothing for outside. (Coats, Hats, Gloves)
Reminder – Tomorrow, 12/20 is a half day- All Children Must Be Picked Up At 11:00AM. There is NO CASE Program.
St. Jude the Apostle School 2nd Annual Tuition Raffle – Drawing Tomorrow, 12/20 @ 8AM.
Christmas Recess 12/23/19 to 1/3/2020. Classes resume on 1/6/2020.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Christmas Pageant – December 24th at 4PM Mass-St. Jude the Apostle Church – Please join us at the 4PM Mass when some of our children from our Catholic Community reenact the Nativity. Last practice is this Saturday, 12/14 from 10:30AM to 12PM at St. Jude Church.
Luck of the Irish – Luck of the Irish tickets will be sent home in January this year. However, if you would like tickets before Christmas, they are available in the main office. Tickets are $10.00 each for a chance to be a winner of $100.00 to be drawn each day in March. March 17th (St. Patrick’s Day) there will be a drawing for $1,000.00!
From the Nurses Desk/Cold and Flu Season – It is that time of year again, Cold and Flu season. Please remember that if your child is experiencing any of the following symptoms, to please keep them home to rest and limit exposure to other students and staff.
- Fever
- productive cough
- discharge from the eyes, this may need doctors care if itching and redness accompanies the discharge
- sore throat with white patches or swelling, may also have stomach ache &/or headache
- vomiting
- diarrhea
The student may return to school when: their temperature is controlled without medication, no vomiting and/or diarrhea x 24 hours, and their cough is under control. Please seek doctor’s care if symptoms persist.
Thank you!
Brenda Vermilya, School Nurse, [email protected]
phone (518) 283-0333
fax (518) 283-0475
Snow Days/Delays – The policies we follow at St. Jude the Apostle School for snow days and delays will be communicated to families using the following methods as soon as a decision is made:
- Announcement on all LOCAL radio and television stations along with the websites associated with those stations (WNYT, WRGB, WTEN, The Times Union, FLY 92, B95.5, WGNA, The River, etc.)
- A “SwiftK12” email AND text blast will be sent to all families (phone calls WILL NOT be made). Forms were sent home for any changes (phone/email)-please return with changes.
- Posting on social media (Facebook, Instagram)
In the event of a 2 hour delay, the school doors will be opened at 9:30am. Students should not be dropped off any earlier than 9:30am and should never be left unattended at the front door. For the safety of our faculty and staff, they are not expected to arrive before 9:30am.
It is unlikely SJS will have an early dismissal due to weather; HOWEVER individual school districts may make the decision to close early and will send a bus to pick up students. If your local school district (district of residence) decides to have an early dismissal and your child normally rides the bus, they will be dismissed when the bus arrives. We will do our best to communicate this to you using SwiftK12, but it is truly the responsibility of the parent/guardian to stay connected through local radio, television and websites. Many websites now have the ability to send notifications for a district of your choosing. If you choose to not have your child ride the bus home in the event of an early dismissal by your district, you must communicate this to the school office in a timely manner.
Please know that CASE (Community After School Enrichment Program) is always an option for you and your child. Students are welcome to stay here at school until transportation can be provided. The daily drop-in rate for CASE is $20.
Spirit Monkey Key Chains are still available – If you are still interested in purchasing a Spirit Monkey Key Chain for your child/children please send the order form with $5.00 for each key chain in as soon as possible. We will be selling some fun spirit sticks for the key chains during lunch periods on Fridays, for $1.00 each.
Quick resources:
January Lunch Menu
https://www.stjudetheapostleschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/StJude_LunchMenus_January2020.pdf
January Calendar
Revised Yearly Calendar
https://www.stjudetheapostleschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SJS_Calendar_2019_2020_v2f.pdf
Please notice that 5/15 is now a day off.
As always we have our running fundraisers! So please continue to keep us in mind!
School Store – Hannaford Helps Schools – Do you shop at Hannaford? If you do, look for the shelf tags on more than 1,500 participating products to earn money for our school. At check out if you receive any school dollars deposit them in our collection tower in the store. Easy!
Colonie Center School Bucks – We came in 9th place this year. Let’s work on climbing up the ladder for this year. When shopping at Colonie Center for your school items please remember to save your receipts! Christmas is around the corner, so if you are shopping at Colonie Center please remember to turn in your receipts! Send them to school if you need to. Thank you!
Price Chopper – Go to https://www.pricechopper.com/tools-schools and register your Price Chopper Advantage card with school code 15906.
Amazon Smile – Go to https://smile.amazon.com/ and choose St. Jude the Apostle School as your charity of choice. Every time you shop at Amazon, use amazon.com when you shop and .5% of every purchase will go to support the school.
School Store – No one has won the golden ticket worth $100.00 yet! Could it be you! Information about our school store has gone home. If you did not get one just let us know. Your children will be eligible for prizes if you participate!
December Reminders
12/20 Half Day 11AM Dismissal
12/23/19 through 1/3/2020 Christmas Recess No School
January Reminders
1/6/2020 Classes Resume
1/6/202 PCA Meeting 6PM
1/20/202 Martin Luther King Day-No School
1/26/2020 Annual Open House- 12:30-2:30PM. Do you know anyone that would be interested in our school? Send them to our Open House!
1/26-2/1 Catholic Schools Week
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