WEEKLY BROADCAST FEATURED NEWS As we enter the last full month of the school year, I can't help but be overwhelmingly proud of this entire school community. The teachers and support staff continue to work tirelessly to meet the spiritual, social, emotional, and academic needs of the students. The students continue to exceed my expectations with their effort and perseverance during this difficult and confusing time. The parents and family members are doing so much to ensure the children continue to grow, develop, and stay safe all while doing the work that is required of them in their careers. I am extremely optimistic about what the future holds for all of us.
During this month of May - let us remember our Blessed Mother Mary.
Matt Langsdale, Principal
SCHOOL NEWS St. John chess club on Mondays at 11:30 AM on Zoom St. John is starting a pilot program for the chess club on Mondays from 11:30 to 12 noon. If there are students who are interested in participating, please contact Mrs. Vincent at dvincent@rcsmn.org. St. John's Literary Journal-Winter Issue We're excited to share the newest issue of Time for Literature, the St. John's/St. Pius literary journal, with our school community. For this issue we had 5 St. John's students, along with 22 St. Pius students, contribute their writing. We were happy to receive so many great stories, and hope you enjoy reading them! Please click here to read. We will be having a spring issue of Time for Literature as well. It will look a little different since we won't be able to meet in person, but we would still like to offer interested students the chance to share their creative writing. If your child is interested in participating, please contact Mr. Amundson (bamundson@rcsmn.org) for more information. Mrs. Montoya and Mr. Amundson Counselors Site Here is the link to the site from our counselors Robin Alcala and Nate Tuma. https://sites.google.com/ Schulze Foundation - Grant We are blessed to have been provided with a challenge grant from the Schulze Foundation. The funds from this grant will be used to help make our school even better than it already is. A parent letter can be found by clicking on this Parent Letter link and a flyer regarding how the funds impact the school can be found on this Schulze Flyer link . Please consider helping our school and sharing this with your family and friends.
SYSTEM NEWS It is with sincere regret that the RCS Board of Trustees has accepted the resignation of Chris Smith, principal at Holy Spirit Catholic School, effective at the end of June. Mr. Smith will continue to serve in Catholic education in his new role as principal at Faithful Shepherd Catholic School in Eagan, MN. Since joining RCS, Chris has been vital in creating a Christ-centered, learning environment for the students, staff, and families of Holy Spirit Catholic School. His commitment to culture permeates throughout the classrooms and hallways at Holy Spirit. “I have enjoyed my time working alongside Chris at Holy Spirit and consider him a great friend. On behalf of the RCS system, we wish him the best as he shares his beautiful gifts of faith with the community in Eagan. We thank him for his amazing presence at Holy Spirit and for all that he has done for the RCS system. He will be missed dearly," said Father Tom Loomis, Co-Chair, Rochester Catholic Schools Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees will begin work on filling this position in alignment with the current and future goals of Holy Spirit Catholic School and the entire Rochester Catholic Schools system. Scrip will continue to be available on a monthly basis effective immediately until further notice. Orders will be due on the second Monday of each month by 10:00 a.m. Pick up schedule will be the following Wednesday and Thursday of those weeks from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Lourdes High School Activities Wing entrance (Ex: May 11 - orders due by 10:00 a.m.; May 13 and May 14 - order pick up). We encourage you to use ShopWithScrip.com to place your orders. If you would like to register, please contact Teresa Goodrich (tgoodrich@rcsmn.org). You may also email your wish list to Teresa with the same order deadline. Only pre-orders will be accommodated. No walk-up sales will be available.
Unfortunately, the June 2020 RCS Washington D.C. Trip has been cancelled. All travelers will receive a full refund. Below is a message from Legacy Travel on the refund process. To receive your refund for this year’s trip, please follow the instructions listed here: Rochester Catholic Schools offers Extended Day AM and PM Supervision Programs at Holy Spirit Catholic School for K-5, St. Francis of Assisi School for K-8; and St. Pius X School for K-5. Extended Day AM runs from 6:30 a.m. - 8:20 a.m. and Extended Day PM begins after school until 6:00 p.m. The Extended Day AM Supervision Program is also offered at the Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Middle School for grades 6-8. Now is the time to sign up if you will need this service for the 2020 -2021 school year. You will have the option to utilize the service everyday, specific days per week, or on a drop-in basis. The fee for the Extended Day AM program is $10.00 per day/per student, and the fee for the Extended Day PM program is $10.00 per day/per student. There will be a $10.00 late fee for every five minutes that students are in the Extended Day PM program after 6:00 p.m. Staffing is determined by the number of students signed up by May 20, 2020. Please click here to sign up by May 20, 2020. The Catholic Foundation of Southern MN is pleased to again offer financial support from the Seeds of Faith Catholic School Tuition Assistance Endowment for the 2020-2021 school year. The Seeds of Faith scholarships are need-based, and these funds are available to families who wish to have their students attend Catholic schools but have limited income and work opportunities. This is not an academic scholarship fund. The application deadline is May 15, 2020.
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