Dear Parents,

See below for the revised February calendar.

February 18th is a 12:10 dismissal with No Aftercare.

You can find our school calendar as a link on the main page of the school web page at: http://www.srlacademy.org

Here is a direct link to the calendar section:

https://www.srlacademy.org/calendar/school-calendar

Thank you,

Principal Tina Underwood

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Dear Parents,

Today Thursday January 20th, there is a 10:10am delayed opening due to inclement weather.

Due to the delayed opening pre k will start at 10:10am and end at 12:30.

Pre-school students may stay through 12:30 pm with no extra charge.

Sincerely, 

Principal Tina Underwood

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BOOK FAIR 2022 Important Reminders & Information 

The 2022 Book Fair at St. Rose of Lima Academy is next week! 

Date/Hours:

January 1/23: Book Fair Set Up

January 1/24 - 1/27: Class Visits, Fulfillment of Wish Lists, & Special afterschool shopping hours**

January 1/28: Book Fair ends/ Break down 

**After school shopping hours: Wednesday, 1/26 & Thursday, 1/27 3-4 pm 

Forms of Payment:

eWallet- Set-up here:

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=saintroseoflimaacademy

With eWallet, a convenient digital payment account, your child can shop the fair cash-free. Family, friends, and others can contribute to the eWallet! Set up your account today, so your children are ready! We’d love to encourage you to use this feature, but the Book Fair will of course also be accepting cash/check/credit card payment.

Volunteer: Sign up for set up, break down, to fulfill wish lists, or during your child’s class visit!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C48A9AD23A7FE3-book

Teacher Wish Lists: Be sure to check out your teachers Wish List at the fair. Our teachers will be making their own Wish Lists for their classroom! 

Gift one of these as well upon checking out! (Teachers lists will also be circulated by email.)

The Book Fair keeps our children reading and raises funds for our school. 

Please join us!

For more information, please reach out to the 2022 Book Fair Co-chairs

Alejandria Rodriguez 

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& 

Lauren Chapman 

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Reminder!

NO AFTERCARE this week.

Dear Parents, 

School will be closed Friday, January 7th due to inclement weather.

Sincerely, 

Principal Tina Underwood 

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Dear SRLA Families,

As Covid cases rise sharply in New Jersey due to the more-contagious Omicron variant, SRLA will take the following steps for next week:

Continue the half-day schedule next week.

This decision will continue to be made on a weekly basis.

(See next week’s half-day schedule below)

Continued recommendations for our students to wear masks and highly recommend the use of KF94, and N95 masks. Masks are readily available for all students, teachers and staff at the front desk.

No aftercare next week.

No lunch service next week

Desk barriers will remain in place.

As many questions have been sent my way, I would like to pass along the latest information sent to me from the Archdiocese.

CDC Guidelines for Abbreviated Isolation and Quarantine Do Not Apply at This Time to Schools: On 12/27/2021, the CDC announced a Recommended Isolation and Quarantine Period for General Population that shortened the recommended time for isolation and quarantine.  https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1227-isolation-quarantine-guidance.html It is important to note that this guidance does NOT currently apply to school settings. The CDC is updating guidance for schools and other specific settings to consider how updated isolation and quarantine timeframes should be applied in these locations. Once the CDC guidance for schools is released, the NJ Department of Health will review and/or update NJ guidance for schools.

For the NJDOH update of 12/30/2021 explaining this important distinction and links to the NJDOH 12/15/2021 guidance, which is still in effect, please see:

https://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/documents/topics/NCOV/isolation_quarantine_K12.pdf

Recommendations for Very High COVID-19 Activity Levels (Red): All four counties of the Archdiocese currently are classified as RED, meaning that they have very high Covid-19 Activity Levels. Please review your current mitigation strategies, and revise as needed to ensure sufficient distancing, limiting of student and staff interaction, and effective cohorts. NJDOH recommends that in addition to following current NJDOH guidance, K-12 schools located in regions with very high COVID-19 CALI activity levels (bolded recommendations are new) should:

·      Continue to adhere to mask mandates as outlined in EO 251.

·      Continue to promote layered prevention strategies such as physical

distancing, screening testing, handwashing, cleaning, improved ventilation, staying home when sick, etc.

Testing of Students: Testing cannot be required as a general condition of school attendance in RCAN schools, other than after a COVID-19 exposure or positive result.

Monitoring of Local Conditions: Please continue to closely monitor conditions in your school and general community, maintaining communication with your local public school district and health department. Deciding whether to close or move to a half-day situation should only be made for a week at a time.

Again, thank you parents, teachers and staff for your continued perseverance in the face of these rapidly changing metrics in our area. Your focus on the safety and continuity of learning for your students is appreciated.

Please remember, If you traveled outside of NY, NJ, CT, DE or PA, you must return a Covid Questionnaire upon your return. (click link here for your convenience).

 https://forms.gle/FVFMVTENPoJTFPRj6

Your child will be sent home if it is brought to our attention that you have traveled and forgot to tell us.

Stay well,

Principal Underwood

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Dear SRLA Families,

This is an update to our current schedule for this week.

The steps sent out earlier have not changed but we are extending the half-day schedule for the entire week.

That means a 12:10 pm dismissal for our K-8th grade population and 11:25 am for our Pre-School students.

We have all seen the news reports and heard about the local schools going remote for weeks but I do not want that for SRLA. Listed below are several steps that we will put in place to keep us all safe and in-seat.

There will be no aftercare all week.

No lunch service all week as well.

If you have ordered lunch, your orders will be canceled and you will be refunded. 

· This schedule will reduce the time our students are exposed to each other and eliminate the lunch/recess period.

· Masks will remain on and desk barriers will remain in place.

· Only an Executive Order can change our commitment to remaining open and in-seat.

· Remember, as we have learned in the past, SRLA can pivot quickly and successfully should the need arise.

Please remember to complete your Covid questionnaire (click link here for your convenience).

Parents, remember that should your student not feel well, running a temperature or just tired, please keep them at home. Our wonderful teachers will make sure that they are brought up to speed upon their return to the classroom.

We are all in this together. Let’s stay healthy and if you have any doubts, get tested just to be sure.

Sincerely,

Principal Underwood

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Dear SRLA Families,

I hope this letter finds you well rested and full of good food and great time spent with your family.

We have all seen the news reports and heard about the local schools going remote for weeks but I do not want that for SRLA. Listed below are several steps that we will put in place to keep us all safe and in-seat.

· Monday and Tuesday, January 3rd and 4th will be run on our half-day schedule. That means a 12:10 pm dismissal for our K-8th grade population and 11:25 am for our Pre-School students.

There will be no aftercare on Monday and Tuesday. 

If you have ordered lunch, your orders for Monday and Tuesday will be canceled and you will be refunded. 

· This schedule will reduce the time our students are exposed to each other and eliminate the lunch/recess period.

· Masks will remain on and desk barriers will remain in place.

· Only an Executive Order can change our commitment to remaining open and in-seat.

· Remember, as we have learned in the past, SRLA can pivot quickly and successfully should the need arise.

Please remember to complete your Covid questionnaire (click link here for your convenience). Also, below you will find he half-day schedules so that you may carry back to school only those books/binders you will need for each day as to lighten your backpack load on Monday.

Parents, remember that should your student not feel well, running a temperature or just tired, please keep them at home. Our wonderful teachers will make sure that they are brought up to speed upon their return to the classroom.

We are all in this together. Let’s stay healthy and if you have any doubts, get tested just to be sure.

Sincerely,

Principal Underwood

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Dear SRLA Families,

“For Unto you is born… a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.” -Luke 2:11

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Principal Underwood

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