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31 January 2013

Weekly Word with attachments 01-31-13

Attachments Included:
•Top 10 Reasons to Choose Catholic Schools
•Feb lunch menu
•Coke Rewards
•Bring Someone You Love to Lunch
Athletics Update!
 
7th and 8th grade boys play Thursday night against Heath in the Heath High School gym starting at 5:00pm.

7th grade girls play their first round playoff game against Bexley this Saturday at 12:00pm at St. Francis.

8th grade girls play their first round playoff game against Heath this Saturday at 11:20 at Lakewood Junior High.

MSL Junior High Wrestling tounament this Saturday morning at Newark Catholic High School.

Junior High night at the Newark Catholic boys home varsity game this Friday at 6:00pm!

25 January 2013

It's official!!!

Newark City Schools will be picking up our students 2 hours early.

ALL STUDENTS WILL BE DISMISSED FROM ST. FRANCIS AT 12:50pm.

Mr. Stenson will be sending out a message on our Ohio Alert system. If you have not signed up for this please see the Weekly Word for information on how to sign up. You can receive a text message or an email as soon as we have the information!
We have received word that the Northfork District will be here to pick up students at 1:00pm.

There are several other county schools that are closing early, but if we do not have students who ride those buses we will not be posting them.

Still NO WORD from Newark City Schools.
THE 8TH GRADE VOLLEYBALL GAME SCHEDULED FOR TODAY HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT FRIDAY, 2/1/13.

Some of the county schools have notified us that they are closing early and will pick up our students. Those districts are:
Southwest Licking (coming here at 1:00pm) 
Lakewood, (coming here at 12:30pm),
Johnstown/Northridge (coming here at 12:30pm - using one bus - #39 - for both groups of students)
Heath

We have NOT yet heard from Newark City Schools and since over 200 of our students use those buses, we will wait to hear from them regarding early closing.

7th/8th grade boys basketball has been cancelled.

There will be NO afternoon Preschool classes.

Please continue to check the Scoop rather than call the school.
Volunteer Hour Update

As mentioned in the Weekly Word, an email address has been established so that you can field questions regarding your volunteer hours.

This address is saintfrancisvolunteers@gmail.com

An update of hours recorded to date will be sent home next Thursday and will include hours that have been submitted to the office as of 1/11/2013. Hours turned it after this date will be included on the final update report which will be sent home by the first of April.

As a reminder – you have until April 30th to fulfill your volunteer hour obligation. Invoices for unfulfilled hours will be generated in May with a due date of June 30th, 2013.

--
Amber McCracken
Accountant
St. Francis de Sales Parish/School

24 January 2013

Weekly Word with attachments 01-24-13

Attachments Included:
•‘Food for thought’ Letter (on reverse)
•PickATime instructions for scheduling a conference
•Science Fair at The Works
•8th Grade History Day

17 January 2013

Weekly Word with attachments 01-17-13

Attachments Included:
• Tuition Assistance
• Grades 4-8 TeacherEase Letter
• Prospective Parents & Open House flyer
• Waves of Steel Biddy Wrestling fundraiser at Texas Roadhouse

11 January 2013

Questions regarding cafeteria balances:

Several families have inquired as to why they have received a letter indicating that they have a negative cafeteria balance.

Many families have called to state that they don’t use the Nutrikids service to apply money to the account; they send money in everyday. Nutrikids is the name of our Point of Sale (POS) system, so even though you do not use the online system to apply money to the account, your family still has a Nutrikids account on file. You have access to the transaction history via the Nutrikids website, so you can view when your child has purchased food at any time. If you need your log in information for Nutrikids, please contact Dave Stenson at
dstenson@stfrancisparish.net

Before contacting the school, we encourage you to review your family account history on the Nutrikids website. If after you review this information and talk to your child about whether he/she has been 'charging,' you still have questions regarding the balance due, please email Amber McCracken at amccracken@stfrancisparish.net. Please note: It can take up to 72 hours for a deposit/credit to apply to your child’s account.
Please keep in mind that each child is handed their cafeteria card in the lunch room and each child scans their own card when purchasing a lunch or a milk. Some days children come back for an extra milk or a second serving. These are charged accordingly.

Please keep in mind that we are all working to make this as effortless as possible. We appreciate your patience as we work through the transition period with new personnel. If you have specific questions regarding cafeteria charging policies and procedures or questions regarding second servings and extra milk purchases, please contact Mrs. Walsh.


10 January 2013

Weekly Word with attachments 01-10-13

Attachments Included:
• Tuition Assistance
• Prospective Parents & Open House flyer
• Winter Golf