Enrollment – Grades 1-8

We will have an automatic re-enrollment again this year.

The registration fee is required and will be automatically charged to your TADS account on March 1st.  Registration fees are $50 per student.

We will assume your child/ren is/are returning to SWS in the fall unless you make arrangements directly with Kim Doyle. Please contact Kim before March 1 to work out any details. kim.doyle@swsaints.org/952-758-3133

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Summer 2021
We are making staff arrangements and we appreciate your response ASAP. (For preschool and grades K-5)

Preschool – Mixed class of 3-5 year old children. Open 7:00-5:00 with academics 9:00-3:00 (same as school year)
This program is for exiting and incoming preschool children.

Club House – Open for Current SWS Kindergarten – Grade 5 students. – 7:00-5:30 every day.

Registration forms, listing all open dates, are now available on the school website.

Financial Assistance for K-8 continues for the 2021-2022 School Year!

This is a needs-based program. Families apply through TADS by filling out the TADS application. Financial Assistance will be distributed sometime before May 1 and will be applied to the 2021-22 school year.

Any family having significant financial hardship due to Covid-19 should reach out to the principal for opportunity of a “special grant”.

As always, help is offered to any family who would like their child to participate in our Catholic school but needs financial support with tuition. Parents should reach out to the principal to confidentially consult.

Travel

There is a significant number of SWS people traveling over Spring Break.  We ask everyone who is traveling to make prudent decisions as far as your exposure to others.

Here are some ideas:
Stay home upon returning with even 1 symptom.
Do a self-quarantine if you have been places with lot of people, at least over the weekend or 3-7 days.
Get tested 5 -7 days after returning.
If parent is ill, keep kids home from school until there is a solid diagnosis/negative test.
Adults should stay at least 6 ft away from other adults.

Here is a reminder of the guidance:

Travel outside the USA – student needs to do a 14 day quarantine and have proof of negative PCR Covid test before coming back to school. CDC Executive Orders are followed.

Travel outside of Minnesota – Discouraged
Families are asked to make prudent decisions about where they travel and by what mode. Families should assess the risk of exposure while on the the trip. Possible quarantine and negative covid tests may be required. Test five days after returning with a virual PCR test not a rapid antigen test. Students must have zero symptoms to return to school after travel.

If parents travel alone leaving kids at home, this does not affect school attendance decisions unless the parent has been exposed to a positive person, has any symptoms, or has tested positive for the virus. For these situations, the parent must have a negative PCR test – following the MDH Decision Tree.

Mask Check!

The kids grow – some of their masks are getting too small – especially seen in grades 3-7.  Some kids need to move away from a child size and wear an adult size. 

Noses must be covered and the sides must not bow out but fit snuggly to the sides of the face. If their nose pokes out or over the top of the mask when talking, then the mask is not the correct size.

Masks must be two ply fabric with straps that go behind the ears covering the full mouth and nose.  

Our safety plan says that students should wear regular masks but If your child has been allowed the accomodation of a gaiter – please make sure they are made of 2-ply fabric. We see some kids with gaiters with terrible posture and the gaiter does not stay up like a mask thus causing a spread of more germs.

The State of Minnesota has given all students in K-8 another new mask. These were sent home last week in the backpacks.

Remember to wash the mask everyday – and each student needs a back-up mask. Neck lanyards help so much as well to keep track of masks.

Paper masks are given out to any child who needs one at any point during the day. We also have a limited supply of shields. You are welcome to have your child wear a shield in addition to a mask if you would like the added protection but not instead of a mask.

SWS will continue to follow MDH/CDC and Archdiocese guidlines for masking at this point

Dial back safely for our children

As time moves forward and as we find that the covid positive cases are lower in our community and the number of people getting immunizations are higher, then we can slowly makes changes in school.

1. We are now including some singing in some of our music classes.  We can do this safely with the children.  We may also include some student led singing at our Wednesday Masses.

2. We will make a few of our clusters larger, allowing various classes to play with each other on the playground and/or participate at various points throughout the day where they can be more social.

Covid Update as of 2/22/21
Number of positive staff cases = 0
Number of positive student cases = 0
Number of staff quarantined = 0
Number of students quarantined = 0

Pot-O-Gold Tickets
Here is your chance to win $20,000 in cash!

Tickets are $100 each and only 650 will be sold.  
Drawing will be at our summer golf event on June 11.
1 = $20,000
4 = $1000
2 = $500
Total of $25,000 cash prizes

We appreciate if each family would consider buying 1 ticket!  Send a check in and we will send your stub home.

Can you help sell 3-5 tickets?  We will not send blank tickets home with the children.
Contact sherry.hartman@swsaints.org to arrage to pick up tickets.

Volunteer Requirements

As we head into the second half of the 2020-21 school year, the St. Wenceslaus School Advisory Council, has decided to waive the volunteer requirement for this school year (and the fee if chose not to volunteer). This is a one time waive as we see most of the big fundraising events will be virtual or being planned differently and we have less opportunities to volunteer. We recognize some may not be able to volunteer for various COVID related reasons.

We are very grateful for the generosity of time and talent of our families and look forward to the days when we can gather under more normal conditions.

That being said, we do have many activities coming up and will appreciate many of our school parents freely volunteering to help. (Starry Night, Fish Fry, Pot-O-Gold, Golf Tournament)