New at School

New Security System
During the summer months, we installed a new camera security system within our school and around our parish campus. We now have cameras monitoring the entire outside of our school, church, playground, parking lots, all entrance doors, and rectory.  We also have cameras located within the school and church buildings. Camera are on 24/7 and keep recordings of all activities that take place in the hallways and especially at each entrance.  We hope this will keep all of us safer and keep bad people away.  We have one more addition still to install at the preschool doors where we are adding a buzz-in feature for preschool staff to use to allow parents into the building at pick up and drop off times via video camera and speaker.

New Shades
108 new shades were installed into the school. They are wonderful and are keeping the sunshine controlled within the classrooms. They will also make our classrooms look so much nicer from both inside the building and from the outside too. We still have 5 more windows to complete to make our entire school new with our window coverings. Thank you to our Starry Night Gala donations from Fund-a-Need.

New Clevertouch boards
Funded totally by our Starry Night Gala donations, we are so excited to have 11 new Clevertouch boards in our classrooms. Basically, they are like giant computer screens that teacher use to instruct the children. All teachers went through a full day of training to use their new board. We are so appreciative that our school community supports our ambitions and strong drive to make our school so advanced in the use of technology thus enabling the studetns to grow using the best instruction tools. 
—–(A huge shout out to Joan May, our technologist,  who works hard all year long and worked all summer making our school a top-notch place for education that is filled with the finest devices and premier programing that is availalbe. We are so lucky to have her.)

Dozinky Parade – Calling all parents
and kids preschool to grade 8

We have a float in the Dozinky parade on September 17 at noon. We need as many parents, staff members, and kids in all grades to join us. Little ones can ride the float and adults and kids can walk along.

We are unit #30 our of 90 parade units.

Please wear:
Red “Property of Saint Wenceslaus School ” t-shirts or another bright red shirt.

Dozinky Parade Candy

We need lots and lots of candy for tossing in the parade. Please help if you can:

1. Send a cash donation ($5 or $10) to the office and one of our School Advisory Council members will make a trip for candy and deliver it to our float on parade day.

OR

Bring a large bag or two of tossing candy when you join us to walk in the parade.

Each person, student or adult should bring a bucket like the kind from ice cream to carry the tossing candy.

Red “Property of Saint Wenceslaus School ” t-shirts

For kids and adults!
$15 each

 Call the school office to get your t-shirt. 952-758-3133

Looking for Grandparents and Friends of the School

We want to add you to our email list so that you receive all of the weekly updates.  Send email adresses directly to kim.doyle@swsaints.org

Put money in your family lunch account!
One account per family.
Each time the student has lunch, milk/juice then the funds get deducted. You get an automated text when your account falls below $20.

If your family qualifies for free lunch with K-8 students, then be sure to still have funds for milk/juice selection at snack time or for a 2nd lunch.

Lunch PreK-8 = $3.00
Milk at lunchtime with a lunch from home = $.50 per carton
K-8 Snack time milk/ juice selection = $.50
Extra 2nd or double up lunch = additional $1.50

Parent Information Night – Save the date

Teachers in grades K-8 will each hold a 30 minute session in their classroom on Monday, September 19. They will tell you about class procedures, special things for the year in that grade level, homework, curriculum, and more.

Watch for a specific schedule to come out for each grade level.

Car Pick up and Drop off

For K-8 cars:  Dropping off K-8 students in the am between (7:10-7:25) and pick up at (2:30- 2:40).

Please drop off/ pick up in the back parking lot only.

All cars should do one of the following:

1. Park your car in the 2nd tier lot away from the school. Walk your child to the crossing guard to cross at the cross walk and enter at the Parish Activity Center Doors.

2. Drive-by drop off. All cars need to enter the drop off line from the south. Please pull as far up in the drop off area as possible. Have all kids jump out of the car on the school side of car only. Exit in a line heading north towards the hospital.

Cars – Please do not weave in and out trying to get ahead of the car in front of you. Take your turn and wait in line to move forward.

Pick up at the end of the day is the same routine. Either park and have your child cross over the crosswalk to meet you or do the drive by pick up.

Preschool parents –all drop off and pick up at the preschool doors located on Columbus Avenue. Parents are welcome to bring the children inside.  Those who pick up at noon or at 3:00PM will usually find the children on the playground and they will dismiss from there (wait outside of the gate)