The Teachers Report
Welcome Back to School!
CATECHETICAL SUNDAY FAMILY MASS
At the 9:30 A.M. Mass on Sunday, September 19th, our St.
William teachers will be recognized as catechists—teachers of
religion—before the parishioners of St. William. Father Robert and I
are urging all our families to join us at this Mass to support our teachers
of religion and as a sign of your commitment to your children’s religious
education. We look forward to seeing you all there!
ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
We are required to have a new Acceptable Use Policy
signed at the beginning of every school year, so a copy of the policy and
signature sheet (per child) are included in this packet. Please keep
the page explaining the policy and return the signed sheet(s) as soon as
possible. Your child(ren) will not be allowed access to the Internet
until the signed AUP is received. Please discuss the rules and
regulations regarding use of the Internet with your child(ren) so that they
understand what is and is not allowed.
WEDNESDAY COMMUNICATION/OLDEST AND ONLY
We will continue to send home communications
with the oldest or only child in each family on Wednesdays, using the
inter-office style brown envelope. Please remember to ask your child
for this envelope every Wednesday, read the enclosed materials, complete and
return any required forms and fees, and sign and date the envelope.
These envelopes must be returned by Friday each week, and there will be a
charge for replacement of lost envelopes. On occasion it will be
necessary to send home communications on days other than Wednesday, but we
will try to keep this to a minimum.
Younger siblings in the family will also be issued inter-office envelopes
for the handouts that are given to them to bring home. As with the
oldest/only child’s envelope, please sign and date the envelope and return
it to school with any forms and fees.
In an effort to become more “green” we will begin sending some
communications by email early this school year. We will use a system
called Constant Contact, which is not yet set up—we will update you on this
new communication tool soon.
If any non-custodial parents would like to receive copies of school
newsletters, calendars, report cards, etc., they should send self-addressed,
stamped envelopes to the office, and communications will be sent to them on
a monthly basis. Please share this information with the appropriate
persons.
ASSIGNMENT NOTEBOOKS
All students in grades 2 through 8 are
required to use the St. William assignment notebook.
These assignment notebooks help students develop good organizational skills
and make it easier for teachers to check that students are writing down
their assignments. There is also a space for
communication between teacher and parent.
BIRTHDAY INVITATIONS
All children love birthdays, but birthday
party invitations sometimes result in hurt feelings.
In an attempt to avoid this, we ask that parents and children not
pass out invitations in or around school unless the whole class (or all the
boys or all the girls) is invited to the party.
Your child(ren)’s teacher(s) may give you additional guidelines
regarding birthday celebrations.
