Weekly Snapshot #6 - Week of September 29, 2025
St. Elizabeth School Weekly Snapshot
Week of September 29, 2025
Congratulations to all of you on the recognition of being named a 2025 Pennsylvania Blue Ribbon School! The work that you do each day with our students is the reason why we are being given this honor. Thank you to all who worked on our application. You helped us to stand out in a very crowded and qualified field. It is truly a blessing to be the only Catholic school in the state to receive this distinction.
We will have a Fire Drill some time during the week of October 5, 2025. Our next announced drill will be an Internal Lockdown Drill on October 22, 2025. Please be sure to start reviewing this procedure with your classes. This one is a bit more involved than our external lockdown drill. Please be sure that your doors are always locked so that you can simply move the magnet and pull the door closed in the event of an emergency.
Please respond to the Sunshine Club Interest Form attached to this week’s email. Sarah has offered to take this on as a labor of love. We have had 13 responses so far. To make October a bit more interesting, we are going to do an Underground Spirit Month with different themed days happening during each week of October. This will culminate with our Staff Halloween Costume Extravaganza on Thursday, October 30, 2025. Sandi gave us the wonderful idea of dressing as Toy Story characters. I will attach a list of characters and a Google Form to the email this week. Please know that these events are always OPTIONAL. You are not expected to participate but you are always invited to participate at your level of comfort. Check your mailboxes (or the attachment to this week’s email) for a schedule of Underground Spirit Month activities.
All teachers will receive a Meet the Teacher form in your mailbox this week. This came at the suggestion of one of our parents who is looking ahead to holiday gift giving. You are not obligated to participate. If you do want to complete your sheet, I ask that you please return that to me by Friday, October 10, 2025. I also ask all homeroom teachers to let Kathleen Brady know who your homeroom parents will be by Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
Please note that morning arrival duty ends at 8:05 AM. That should give enough time to get to your classroom for prayers. I aim for an 8:07 AM start time each day for prayers. If you receive doctor’s notes or absence notes, please keep them in a file in your classroom. They must be kept for one year. After a year, they can be discarded.
Words of Wisdom for the Week
“Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.” - St. Anthony of Padua
Virtue for the Month of September: Faith
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 faith. You are also welcome to discuss the virtue of the month in any class you are teaching. We will announce the names of those students on the loud speaker and place their names on stars which will be displayed for all to see. In this way, we share their light and shine a light on their goodness. We will get a photo at the end of the month and share with parents in our weekly communication. Virtue for October is reverence. Posters were placed in your mailboxes.
What is Happening?
Monday 9/29/2025
Teachers are expected to be in their classrooms by 7:30 AM.
Duty and Classroom Supervision begins at 7:45 AM.
Morning Duty
Car: Library/1A
Bus: Art
Lunch Duty (Recess)
Pre-K & K: Emily B./Melissa H..
Grades 1-4: Mary Ellen/Melissa N.
Grades 5-8: Sandi/Madelyn
Lunch Duty (Cafeteria)
Pre-K & K: Mary Boyce
Grades 1-4: Meghan
Grades 5-8: Kate
Dismissal Duty
Carline: Library (CFA) - Music/Tech - Honors Math
Bus Door: 8A/Art/1A
Tuesday 9/30/2025
Teachers are expected to be in their classrooms by 7:30 AM.
Duty and Classroom Supervision begins at 7:45 AM.
Mass Rehearsal @ 1:00 PM (see attached schedule)
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 10/01/25
Teachers are expected to be in their classrooms by 7:30 AM.
Duty and Classroom Supervision begins at 7:45 AM.
Lesson Plans due today
Faculty Prayer in Lobby @ 7:40 AM
HSA Staff Appreciation Breakfast in Faculty Dining Room
Mass @ 11:00 AM followed by Student Council Installation (see attached schedule)
Crafting Hands @ 3:15 PM in Library
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 10/02/25
Teachers are expected to be in their classrooms by 7:30 AM.
Duty and Classroom Supervision begins at 7:45 AM.
Kate - Meeting @ 12:00 PM at Lexus of Chester Springs
HSA Parents Night Out at The Stables (There are 10 FREE tickets available for staff)
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 10/03/25
Teachers are expected to be in their classrooms by 7:30 AM.
Duty and Classroom Supervision begins at 7:45 AM.
Blessing of Stuffed Animals with Father Donia (Pre-K & K)
You may leave as soon as you are finished with any duties today.
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 October
10/01/25 - Mass @ 11:00 AM with Student Council Installation
10/01/25 - HSA Staff Appreciation Breakfast
10/02/25 - HSA Parents Night Out at The Stables @ 7:00 PM
10/03/25 - Blessing of Stuffed Animals for Pre-K & K
10/03/25 - Red October Dress Down for Underground Spirit Month
10/07/25 - Grandparents Day @ 1:00 PM (Schedule to Follow)
10/08/25 - Bishop Shanahan Visit @ 8:30 AM for Grades 7 & 8
10/08/25 - Faculty Meeting @ 3:15 PM in St. John the Baptist Room
10/09/25 - Confirmation Parents Meeting @ 7:00 PM
10/09/25 - New Teacher Induction @ Cardinal O’Hara
10/10/25 - Kickball Tournament for Grades 5 through 8 @ 1:00 PM
10/12/25 - HSA Fall Festival @ 12:30 PM
Thank you for all you do to bring light to our school community!
