Presentation of Christmas Snapshots, School Weather Delay, Important Bus Info, Spirit Wear, Financial Aid Forms, Workers XU Game & Christmas Break

St. Nicholas Academy


December 15, 2010

Dear St. Nicholas Academy Community,

It was wonderful to see so many of our families at the SNA presentation of Christmas Snapshots. I offer my humble thanks to Mrs. Carol Graler and Mrs. Karen Wijesekera for All of their work on this wonderful Christmas gift to our school community.

I have some updates for when it is necessary to delay the start of school due to weather. First, the call has to made no later than 6:00 A.M as we have students catching the bus as early as 6:45 A.M and teachers leaving for school even earlier. I will start the All Call as soon as a decision is made. I will also post delay/closing information on the local TV and radio stations. It is never an easy decision to make but the safety of our students and staff is the first consideration.

IMPORTANT BUS INFORMATION: If the Princeton and Sycamore School district are on a delay they will pick up students according to the delay time, for instance: If your normal pick up time is 7:15 A.M. and they are on a 2 hour delay the pick up time would be 9:15 A.M. If buses run in the morning then they will run in the afternoon. The Cincinnati Public buses that also serve Deer Park and Norwood will attempt to do the same thing for us. IF PRINCETON, SYCAMORE OR CINCINNATI CANCEL SCHOOL FOR THE DAY THERE IS NO BUS SERVICE IN THE MORNING OR THE AFTERNOON. When I send the early ALL call out I will attempt to have information on Bus Service from the three districts but please remember that this sometimes changes so you will have to watch and listen for this on the local TV and Radio stations. For those families using the Princeton Bus you can sign up for Alerts about bus service by going to http://www.princeton.k12.oh.us/; to the right of the page find Get Viking Text Alerts, click on this, then click on sign up page. Under special groups check mark Bus Drivers. You will need to enter a last name and a cell number or email address.

SPIRIT WEAR will be delivered on Friday December 17th at SNA. If for some reason there is a delay Mrs. Turner will contact individual families to make arrangements for delivery before Christmas.

The combined OLSH/Sts. Peter and Paul Reconciliation Service will be held at Sts. Peter and Paul Church this evening at 7:00 P.M.

Financial Aid Forms have arrived and can be picked up in the school office. We have begun working on the 2011 school budget and the Board will make a decision about tuition at the January meeting. If you will be requesting financial aid it is important to the forms filled out as early as possible because there is only a limited amount of money available from each of the three parishes for this. Financial Aid decisions are made by the Pastors.

WE ARE IN DESPARATE need of workers for the XU game this Saturday December 18th. If you could PLEASE help that would be wonderful. Workers are needed at 5:45 P.M. Paul DiMario is the contact person for this and you can call him at 631-8353 or 721-4657 or email him at Paul@peerlessprinting.com. WE ARE STILL 14 WORKERS SHORT SO PLEASE HELP US. Thanks in advance for your help.

We will have a pennies for peace collection at Mass on Friday.

The Christmas break begins at 2:30 P.M. this Friday December 17th. Classes resume on Monday January 3rd.

On behalf of the students, faculty and staff of St. Nicholas it is my honor to wish each of you a Wonderful, Blessed Christmas.

Sincerely,
Mr. Gerry Myers, Principal



Mom’s Night Out
Take a break and join us for a
Mom’s Night Out at Quatman Café!

When: January 11th
Time: 7:00pm

Contact Becky Kelly at 379-0510
to Reserve your seat..