Weekly Snapshot #16 - Week of December 8, 2025
Week of December 8, 2025
Well, that was a wild one! We made it - not without some bumps and bruises - but we made it! Enjoy your extra day of rest this week and get ready for a week that may have us nostalgic for this one. Remember - this is a fun time of year to be a child. We hate all the disruptions. I am planning them and hating them, but the children do enjoy it. The next nine days will hopefully fly by in a blink.
Our first trimester ends TODAY. You will need to have five grades for each subject area. No grade below 60 may be recorded in Option C. Please note that anything marked as X on M in the gradebook counts as a zero. Those Xs and Ms will need to be entered as 60s if they are still missing at the end of the trimester. All grades must be finalized in Option C by Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM so that I have time to check and Teri has time to print.
I am working on Wednesday’s detailed schedule for “Minute to Win It.” The actual schedule is included in this week’s email. I am also working on teams for the games. You will have that as soon as I finish.
Our St. E’s Twelve Days of Christmas continues. Participation is optional. Please see email for details of daily events. If you are feeling like this is overwhelming and you need one less thing to worry about - take it off your list. We will not think you are a Grinch.
I am attaching our December Survival Guide - Finding JOY in the Chaos just in case you need it. I hope it helps to know when the bad teaching days are happening.
To help you get through these crazy days, I just wanted to mention that the Hallow app is available to you free of charge. There are countless prayer resources on there to uplift, inspire, and calm us. I highly recommend it! Here are the instructions:
Go to Hallow.com/redeem on your web browser. If you have an existing premium subscription, cancel that before this step.
Use code SaintElizabethParishPAGP2527free
Follow the instructions to create an account or sign in.
Download the Hallow app and sign in.
Go to the "community tab". If you have not already, join the parish page.
Start praying!
Words of Wisdom for the Week
"Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, not even if your whole world seems upset. If you find that you have wandered away from the shelter of God, lead your heart back to Him quietly and simply." -St. Francis de Sales
Virtue for the Month of December: Generosity
All teachers are teachers of the faith in our school, so all teachers may send to the office at any time throughout the month names of students who are modeling the virtue of stewardship. Be on the lookout for those students who give from the heart without expecting anything in return.
What is Happening?
Monday 12/08/25
No school due to Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception - Holy Day of Obligation
Tuesday 12/09/25
Teachers are expected to be in their classrooms by 7:30 AM.
Duty and Classroom Supervision begins at 7:45 AM.
Kate is in Hershey for the Blue Ribbon presentation.
You can watch the presentation here beginning at 12:15 PM.
Day 4 of Twelve Days of Christmas - Stop by the office for donuts
Trimester 2 Begins today and ends in March
Graduation Photos & Retakes
Grade 8 will have their Graduation Photos taken today
Five gowns will be on a rack in the office for students to use
We will begin as close to 8:15 as possible
Retakes will take place after Graduation Photos beginning with Grade 7
Confessions @ 9:00 AM in Chapel for Grades 7 & 8
Father will review format for Reconciliation
All will pray Act of Contrition together
Two Reconciliation Rooms in Chapel will be used
8th Grade should be finished photos in time
Grade 4 “Keep Christ in Christmas” posters are due in office
Grade 6 Rehearsal for Christmas Program on 12/19 @ 11:15 AM
Morning Duty
Car: KA/7th
Bus: 5th
Lunch Duty (Recess)
Pre-K & K: Amy M./Emily G.
Grades 1-4: Carly/Sarah
Grades 5-8: Andrew/Jen
Lunch Duty (Cafeteria)
Pre-K & K: Emily B.
Grades 1-4: Lori
Grades 5-8: Sandi
Dismissal Duty
Carline: Music/Tech (CFA) - Honors Math - 7th
Bus Door: Art/1st/4th
Wednesday 12/10/25
Teachers are expected to be in their classrooms by 7:30 AM.
Duty and Classroom Supervision begins at 7:45 AM.
Faculty Prayer in Lobby @ 7:40 AM
Lesson Plans due today
Day 5 of Twelve Days of Christmas - Wear Blue Ribbon Shirts
Blue Christmas Celebration
All students & staff will wear Blue Ribbon shirts
There may be media coverage of our event
We will begin with a prayer service in the Gym @ 10:00 AM
We will have nine stations of Minute to Win It Games around the gym with two staff members assigned to each station
Directions for each event will be provided at the stations
Students will be in mixed teams - Pre-K through Grade 8
You will receive team assignments on Monday, December 8
The morning festivities will end by 11:00 AM
An ice cream social will be held at 1:15 PM in the Social Hall
You will receive a schedule for this extravaganza on Friday!
Grades are due today by 5:00 PM so that Kate can check before we print
You need five grades for each major subject (ELA, Math, Religion, SS, and Science)
No grade can be below a 60 in Option C. No final grades can be greater than 100.
Any Xs or Ms must be adjusted to a grade of 60 if items are still missing unless you are excusing a student from an assessment or assignment.
Please let Kate know when you are finished.
Irish Dance @ 3:15 PM in Gym
Kate & Kathleen have an Enrollment Committee Meeting @ 1:00 PM
Morning Duty
Car: 2A/4th
Bus: Kate
Lunch Duty (Recess)
Pre-K & K: Mary Boyce/Pat
Grades 1-4: Mary Ellen/Sarah
Grades 5-8: Madelyn/Amy L.
Lunch Duty (Cafeteria)
Pre-K & K: Amy M.
Grades 1-4: Melissa N.
Grades 5-8: Maria
Dismissal Duty
Carline: PE (CFA) - 6th - 3rd
Bus Door: 8th/2B/5th
Thursday 12/11/25
Teachers are expected to be in their classrooms by 7:30 AM.
Duty and Classroom Supervision begins at 7:45 AM.
Day 6 of Twelve Days of Christmas - Wear Red & Green for Santa’s Shop
Santa’s Shop will take place in the Art Room Schedule
Grinch Day for Kindergarten & Pre-K
Confessions @ 1:15 PM in Chapel for Grades 4 & 5
Father will review format for Reconciliation
All will pray Act of Contrition together
Two Reconciliation Rooms in Chapel will be used
Grade 6 Rehearsal for Christmas Program on 12/19 @ 11:15 AM
Morning Duty
Carline: 6th/PE
Bus: 2B
Lunch Duty (Recess)
Pre-K & K: Emily B./Melissa H.
Grades 1-4: Meghan/Erin
Grades 5-8: Madelyn/Amy L.
Lunch Duty (Cafeteria)
Pre-K & K: Amy M.
Grades 1-4: Carly
Grades 5-8: Andrew
Dismissal Duty
Carline: PE (CFA) - 4th - 5th
Bus Door: 2A/2B/3rd
Friday 12/12/25
Teachers are expected to be in their classrooms by 7:30 AM.
Duty and Classroom Supervision begins at 7:45 AM.
Day 7 of Twelve Days of Christmas - Cocoa Express will be visiting with hot cocoa
Santa’s Shop Make-up Shopping Schedule
Mass @ 11:00 - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Schedule for the day will be in the Weekly Snapshot
Participation certificates & awards for Keep Christ in Christmas poster contest will be awarded after Mass by the Knights of Columbus
Christmas Bingo brought to you by Student Council @ 2:00 PM
Grades PK -3 in Social Hall from 2:00-2:20 PM
Grades 4-8 in Social Hall from 2:25-2:45 PM
Each group will play three rounds of Bingo
Report cards will be distributed today. Please make sure all report cards stay in backpacks.
Morning Duty
Car: 8th/Music
Bus: 3rd
Lunch Duty (Recess)
Pre-K & K: Mary Boyce/Pat
Grades 1-4: Lori/Virginia
Grades 5-8: Maria/Jen
Lunch Duty (Cafeteria)
Pre-K & K: Melissa H./Emily G.
Grades 1-4: Erin
Grades 5-8: Kate
Dismissal Duty
Carline: Library (CFA) - 7th - Spanish
Bus Door: 2A/KA/6th
Notes for December
12/8/25 - Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception - No School
12/9/25 - Blue Ribbon Presentation in Hershey - Kate in Hershey
12/9/25 - Trimester 2 Begins
12/9/25 - Graduation Photos & Picture Retakes
12/10/25 - Blue Christmas Celebration at St. Elizabeth @ 10:00 AM
12/10/25 - Enrollment Meeting @ 1:00 PM (Zoom)
12/11/25 - Archbishop’s Dress Down Day - Christmas Theme ($2.00 Donation)
12/11/25 - Santa’s Shop - See Schedule for Details
12/12/25 - Santa’s Shop Shopping Make-up - See Schedule for Details
12/12/25 - Christmas Bingo @ 2:00 PM; Report Cards Distributed
Thank you for all you do to bring light to our school community!
