02/01/2010                            February Announcements

Reminder to every one that tomorrow 2/2 is not on a special lunch schedule.  We will have a hot dog lunch on Thursday for student appreciation day.

 I hope everyone had a chance to see the article in the Catholic Review 1/28.  The title is: Excitement makes SUS a model parish school !   You can read it on line at the Catholic Review.

Our  schedule for Catholic Schools Week (January 31-February 5, 2010) was sent home  (1/13), so that parents who work, may be able to get time off to visit classes.  Teachers have sent out individual schedules of rotating classes for Feb.2-3-4 visits.

We invite new or perspective parents to visit our school this week.  We have reserved Monday Feb.1 for new parents only so that there will be plenty of room.  If you can't make it Monday , you are welcome to come the other days but it will be a little more crowded!

The Baltimore County Health Dept. is offering FluMist vaccine (for the seasonal flu) at our school on Feb. 11.  If you would like to have your child receive the vaccine, please contact the Health room for the consent form.  All information must be received by Feb. 8, 2010.

Information on our tuition, a letter from the school board, and the re-registration information for next year  was sent home  Thursday 1/21.   Please look in folders.

Lots of people have sent in their service hours cards.  Thanks!      All families that chose Plan A or C must finish service hours. Ten hours must be finished by January 31.  Please send in your cards if you have not done so as yet.   Bills will be sent out.   For those who work the BB tournament, remember no more than 10 hours can be done at the tournament. 

Keep the Box Tops coming!   We are ? in all Maryland schools.  We have had more new people sign up on the Box Tops web site. It gives us more credit.  If you haven't done so why not?  Our first check for $2500 arrived.

The  drawing for Lucky 1500 is happening each week.  If you have not turned in your tickets please do so before the next drawing.  I

If you shop at Giant, we ask you to re-register.  Our Giant number is 01634. You will need to go to www.giantfoods/a+bonusbucks.com to re-register.  The new program started on October 9, 2009.  Presently, we  have 68 families registered for the SUS account and we believe more than that number shop there at least for the sales.  This is another way of helping tuition costs stay lower.  We have made $484 with the 68 families.

f you are shopping for school supplies at Office Depot, don't forget to use our school ID #70047107.  We receive 5% back from the store.

In the case of high absenteeism, the following steps have been recommended by both the Archdiocese and State Superintendent of Schools.  Reports will be made to the archdiocese and the Baltimore County Health Department and all guidelines will be followed.  I quote Nancy Grasmick State Superintendent of Schools in a recent letter, " Therefore, I reiterate here, all non-public schools certified by MSDE must comply with public health and safety rules.  Only the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in consultation with the school official and with the Maryland Department of Education may make the decision to close a school due to H1N1."  St. Ursula School will comply with all the directions and guidelines given to us. 

If you wish you can designate United Way Funds for St. Ursula Extended Day.  Our number is 3596.

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