Advent Activities

Prayer Services for the entire school
Nov. 30 – Hope 9:15
Dec. 7 – Love 12:45- followed by blanket making
Dec. 14 – Joy 10:00
Dec. 21 – Peace 8:00

Class Prayer
Lighted Advent wreaths and prayer each day

Special projects
1. Christmas Star – each child will create to decorate the PAC hallways with a holy scene.
2. Christmas ornaments made for our special trees
3. Classroom door decorating

Service
Fleece blanket making for the homeless shelters – We will do this with our family groups.

Santa Secret Shop  – This week!

We have a special shopping opportunity for all of the students on Thursday and Friday of this week.

Preschool put $10 in an envelope for a gift for mom and dad.

K-8 use the special Santa Shop envelope. Then mark who to purchase for and how much to spend. Put that amount in the envelope.

All kids will get a chance to shop, have their gifts wrapped and tagged.

Fun “Christmas Sweater” Day

All students and staff are invited to wear a fun Christmas sweater or shirt on Friday, December 17.  Red/Green outfits are also acceptable.

Club House and Preschool Extended Care
—- closing for one afterschool time.

We are closing both of these programs on the afternoon pick-up time on Friday, December 17.

K-8 pick up – 2:30
Preschool pick-up – 3:00

This is to allow all of our staff to attend our Staff Christmas Party which takes place after school on this day.

Parents – please make other arrangements.

Parents – Mark your calendar and get a babysitter!

Parent Gathering
Preschool through grade 8 parents and staff are invited to Giesenbräu Bier Co. party room.
Thursday, December 16 at 6:00 PM

Beer and snacks!
Meet someone new!
Come alone or bring a friend who is thinking of joining SWS!
Christmas Sweaters encouraged!
Give aways and prizes!

Covid Update

Please continue to closely monitor your family for symptoms of COVID.  STAY HOME WITH SYMPTOMS!

Please test and report Covid when you face this in your family. The school can then allow others to take care.

Our response as Christians is to also protect the more vulnerable people of our community and families, thus we need to be alert about spreading the virus.

The SWS families have been awesome in keeping kids home when ill. Please do not let up.

All family members are required to stay home (14 days) if anyone living in the family home has tested positive!
(There are exceptions to this based on the MDH Decision Tree.)

If you need more information about how to deal with Covid, do your research with the  MDH -Minnesota Department of Health and the CDC- Center for Disease Control.

Schools in some communities are closing – We want to stay open, so please follow the rules and do your part!

 Lack of Substitutes for the classrooms

We do not have enough people to cover all of the classes at school when a teacher needs to be absent. So far we are doing lots of juggling of things to cover it all.

If you have a Bachelors Degree in any area, then you can be a sub. Please let Kim or Sherry know if you are interested and available on short notice.

If a teacher/sub cannot be found for a particular class – then we will close the class and keep the kids at home or send them home after arrival. This may sound extreme, but this is what is happening at other schools similar to ours. If the teacher is not ill but cannot come to school, they can do distance learning from home with all students. If the teacher is ill, there will be no lessons until the teacher is able.  Please pray this doesn’t happen.

Sweepstakes Tickets

K-8 families – 30 tickets.
Preschool families (with no K-8 kids) – 10 tickets.
Tickets are $10 each.

This is 2nd of our 3 required fundraisers. The ticket sales/drawing is not until the end of January.
You can offer them to family and friends in the holiday weeks ahead.

Wanted: Parents willing to help with our Starry Night

We are building our teams to help with our amazing Starry Night – to be held live this year. This event will be held on March 26. 

Please talk to Colleen Sullivan or Sarah Kallal to join a team.

Kim will connect you if you do not have their contact information.

Registration is now open
          for kindergarten and preschool?

Reserve a spot for fall 2022.
Spread the word to families who might be interested in enrollment. We appreciate our current families helping us make connections.

Tours of our programs are welcome. We will also hold a preschool open house in January and a kindergarten preview evening in February.

Registration forms are available on our main school website:   swsaints.org