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2019-2020 Back to School Information

Office Hours: 7:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.   
Website: www.sacredheartschoolsi.org
Instagram: sacredheartschoolsi
Tel: 718-442-0347

Administrative Assistant - Mrs. Rita Danischewski          
PKFA Administrative Assistant – Mrs. Kristine Mullen

Opening Schedules:

PRE-K for All (PKFA) 3 & 4 year olds Wednesday, 9/4/19 : On the first day the child and one parent will meet teachers in the School Auditorium (Main Building).  The parent with children whose last names begin with the letters A- H will attend the first session 8:30 AM – 10:00AM.    Parents with children whose last name begins with the letters I – Z will attend the second session from 10:30 AM to 12 noon.  Parent and child activities are planned.  Information, paperwork, meet the teacher and visiting the classroom will take place during this first day.  Thursday, 9/5/19, 8:00 -11:00 a.m. (Children only).  Friday, 9/6 will be a full day and lunch will be provided.  Parent Orientation will be held on Tuesday, September 10^th 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. in auditorium/then classroom.
 
Grade  K- 8:

Thursday, 9/5/19,  7:50 a.m. – 12 noon
Friday, 9/6/19, Full Day 7:50 a.m. – 2:30 PM  lunch will be provided for all including Pre-K for ALL 3 & 4 yr. olds
 
All children will enter the red doors facing the lawn (convent building)

REGULAR Weekly SCHEDULE for ALL Grades:  Begins Monday, 9/9/19 – this includes bus service, lunch, morning and after-care.

GRADE K – 8:   7:50 A.M. – 2:30 P.M.                                                                                                                                                        
PRE-K for All:  8:00 A.M.- 2:20 P.M.

PK-3 yr. olds: 8:00 A.M.- 2:20 P.M.
 
Early dismissal may be at 11:00 A.M. or 12:00 noon depending on the faculty meeting schedule. Early dismissal for faculty meetings/conferences will be noted on the monthly school calendar.  Faculty meeting dates will vary.
 
PARENT ORIENTATION for All Grades including Pre-K for All (PKFA) (Mandatory):

Tues., 9/10/19, 6:30 - 8:30 P.M. - Auditorium  

iPAD Membership Orientation for 7^th & 8^th  Grade Parents (Mandatory)

Thursday, 9/12/19 @ TBD – St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School

ARRIVAL: Please plan good morning routines so your child may be on time and ready to have a good day.   Students must be present in the auditorium by 7:50 A.M. to be on time.  Students arriving at school 7:51 and beyond will be considered and marked late.  Please check handbook for consequences regarding continuing lateness.  Students will use the red doors leading to the auditorium to enter the school. If using the “Stop and Drop” procedure, please refer to separate letter outlining details.  We will begin to open car doors at 7:30 A.M. as school begins at 7:50 A.M. for grades K – 8.  Teachers will open the red doors at 7:35 a.m.  They will proceed to the auditorium where they will be met by their teachers.  “Stop and Drop” begins Monday, September 9^th.

3K for ALL:  Arrival: (First full day of school) Please arrive and enter through the After-Care doors on North Burgher Avenue.  Doors open at 8:00 AM promptly.  Doors close at 8:15 AM not a minute later.  Please park somewhere in the vicinity on North Burgher, Cary Avenue or other side Street and walk your child in.  You may walk them up into the classroom if you wish.  If you arrive after 8:15 AM, you must enter through the main entrance on North Burgher.  Dismissal: 3 year olds only will be dismissed through the side red doors that face the North Burgher driveway.  Parents can drive into the parking lot through Cary Avenue only and park in the school yard area.  All cars should back in facing out (front of cars should face out into the parking lot).  Pick up your child from the teacher and please hold your child’s hand and proceed to your car for exiting through Cary Avenue ONLY.

Pre-K for All (4 yr.):  (First full day of school)  Arrival:  You may use the main parking lot Castleton Avenue entrance only or use the Church parking lot across the street.  Arrival doors are your child’s classroom door.  The teachers will indicate for you which door to use on the first day of school.  Doors open at 8:00 AM promptly and close at 8:15 AM (not a minute later).  If you arrive after the doors close you must come to the main building North Burgher entrance to sign in and then walk your child over once we’ve alerted the teacher that you are coming.  Dismissal:  Pre-K for All parents must use the Church parking lot for picking up their children from the PKFA program.  The Church parking lot is located on Castleton Avenue right across the street from the PKFA building.  Our parking lot can not hold all parents picking up from our Kdg. – 8^th grades and 3K program so these rules must be adhered to in order to keep all the children safe and prevent any accidents from happening.

DISMISSAL – Students Gr. K- 4 are dismissed to the side patio area (red doors).  Gr. 5-8 will be dismissed from the glass doors.   Parents should enter only through the Castleton Avenue driveway, park your car, retrieve child/children and exit using Castleton Avenue.   Children will be dismissed only to parents or parent authorized persons written on the school emergency contact form. There may be no Fax or phone requests.
 
 
PARKING LOT for K-8 & PKFA

****There is no parking in front of the school building at any time.  This area must be kept clear for our school buses arrival and dismissal.  You will no longer be able to park in the school yard section of the parking lot as done previously, we are utilizing that section to dismiss our 3 year old program.  Please do not remove any barriers that are present in order to try and park in that area.

If we do not have everyone’s cooperation regarding the proper process for dismissal, then other measures will have to be taken which could include closing the parking lot to everyone.

Please PARK in the school parking lot away from the building during dismissal. *Please note that the church parking lot is also available for parking.   Children will be able to walk from the dismissal doors safely if there are no moving vehicles in the dismissal/patio areas. Double parking or parking on the side of the building is prohibited.  No exceptions.  Please respect parking lot rules for the safety of all.   
 
***To all Parents:  Please note if you are sending someone else to pick up your child who has not picked up before, please provide them with the information regarding our dismissal procedures.

 TUITION/FEES

Tuition accounts and school fees must be up-to-date before the first day of school. 

UNIFORM – Pre-K-Grade 8

Flynn & O’Hara Uniforms: Supplier of all uniform clothing items and uniform shoes            
                                                                                                                  
2645 Forest Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10303 
Telephone: 347- 682 -2221

Please refer to the parent/student handbook posted on our website for uniform guidelines. Please follow the rules regarding uniforms, general grooming, hairstyles, jewelry, etc.  New or clean uniform required.  Everyone must be in the new uniform implemented last year.  Students (Gr. K-8) may wear their summer uniform: (optional) black walking shorts with gray polo shirt and all white sneakers until October 30^th, weather permitting.    PKFA 3 & 4 year olds may wear their summer uniform (Gray gym T-shirt and black nylon shorts with all white Velcro sneakers) until October 30^th weather permitting.
 
LUNCH

Students in K - 8 may bring their own lunch or purchase lunch from Nucci’s beginning Friday, 9/06/19.  School lunch is provided daily for the PKFA 3 & 4 yr. old programs beginning on Friday, students may not bring their own lunch.  
  
MORNING CARE/AFTER SCHOOL
Please request and complete morning care /afterschool enrollment forms if needed by Monday, 9/9/19.
 
We will begin morning care on Monday, 9/9/19, for the students who need early arrival.
Early arrival begins at 7:00 A.M. and children may enter the school through the front entrance.
 
The afterschool program will begin on Monday, 9/9/19, 2:30 - 6:00 P.M. 

Payments for After-Care will now be collected through SMART Tuition.  Details will follow.
 
NYC SCHOOL BUS:  The first day of school bus service will be Monday, 9/9/19.
Parents are required to submit a school bus service request form to obtain service. School bus service will be assigned by the Office of Pupil Transportation to students eligible for NYC school bus.  

STUDENT MTA METRO CARDS: Parents must submit the school bus service request form in order to request a MTA Student Metro Card for an eligible student.  Metro cards will be distributed to eligible students the first full week of school.