Hello Families,
Attached please find the newsletter and lots of other information for you to review. Enjoy your long weekend, and please pray for the teachers who will be here doing professional development tomorrow.
Blessings,
Eileen Michalczyk, President
Many thanks,
Mr. Luke Gion
Music Teacher
Frassati Catholic Academy | Thornton, CO
We have a small change in our drop off time for the 2024-25 school year. Drop off will now be from 7:40-7:50 a.m. School will start at 7:50 a.m. Please make sure you have your child at school by 7:50 a.m. daily.
We are excited to announce that students in grades 5-8 will be attending mass four days per week this year! They will attend mass Tuesday through Friday. This beautiful shift is what prompted the slight change to a 7:50 a.m. start time. By making this small shift in the start time, no learning time is lost and the students are able to have mass four days per week. Students in grades 2-4 will attend mass on Tuesdays and Fridays. Students in grades PK3-1st grade will attend mass on Fridays. Pre-K students are not required to wear a mass uniform. Students in grades K-8 are required to wear mass uniforms on Fridays only.
If you have not yet gotten your school uniforms, you will want to do so right away! Attached you will find the flyer for Dennis Uniforms. Your best bet to find items in stock is to go to the store rather than ordering online. We are also having one more used unform sale here at the school on Wednesday, July 31st, from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Families interested in shopping for items may come anytime in that time frame to see what is available. Please bring cash, though many of the sellers may accept credit cards or Venmo. Families wishing to sell uniforms need to bring your own table, change for cash or a way to accept electronic payments, and pricing for all uniform pieces you are selling. You sell it, and you keep the money from your sales. You must man your own table. The school building will not be open during the sale, so there will not be restroom access. If you have any questions, please email Stephanie Pino at stephaniepino04@gmail.com. Finally, the Facebook Marketplace for Frassati uniforms is also available. https://www.facebook.com/
Morning Drop Off Procedures Revised 8/20/24
Please follow the following procedures for morning drop off each day:
1. If you are parking and walking your child up to the door, you MUST ONLY enter from
the red gate on Garfield Street. You MUST ONLY exit through the parking lot of the
church to the west of Frassati.
2. If you are going through the hug and go car line, you MUST ONLY enter through the east
driveway entrance for Frassati off of Cottonwood Lakes Blvd. You MUST ONLY exit
through the west driveway of Frassati off of Cottonwood Lakes Blvd.
3. All cars exiting through Frassati’s west driveway (cars coming from car line) may ONLY
TURN RIGHT onto Cottonwood Lakes Blvd. from our driveway. Left hand turns will
not be permitted as they back up traffic and cause car line to run late.
4. All cars that park and walk students up to the door will be directed through the
neighboring church’s parking lot to exit. You MAY NOT exit through the red gates on
Garfield Street.
Thank you for giving us two weeks to get these procedures down. If you are able to volunteer to
help direct traffic one or more mornings a week, please click on this link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AA9AB2DABFDC43-50434973-morning
Our afternoon pick up procedures and locations will remain the same as they were last year. Pre-K parents will need to go to the classroom door to pick up their child. Students in grades K-3 will line up outside on the blacktop next to the playground and parents will meet them there for pick up. Students in grades 4-5 will line up in the courtyard by door 12 (near the office) to be picked up. Students in grades 6-8 will line up in the courtyard by door 10 (south east corner of the building) to be picked up. Pick up time is from 3:00-3:15. All parents must park, either in the parking lot or the u-shaped driveway, and exit the vehicle to pick up your child. You cannot wait in the car to have your child come to you. There will be NO PARKING on the left side of the u-shaped driveway.
Cell Phone Policy – Students are not allowed to have cell phones on campus, even in their
backpacks or lockers. If your child has a special case (such as going to a different house after
school) and you need him/her to have a cell phone that day, then the parent must turn in the cell
phone to the office first thing in the morning, and the parent must pick up the cell phone from the
office after school. If a student is caught with a cell phone during school, the phone will be
confiscated and returned only to the parent.
Medications – Students are not permitted to carry any medications themselves, even cough
drops. Students who have an inhaler, epi pen, or other meds must have signed forms in the office
and the medication must be kept in the office. If a student is caught with medication during the
day, the medication will be confiscated and only returned to the parent.
Jewelry – Students are allowed to wear ONE simple religious necklace. No other necklaces are
allowed. Students are allowed to wear ONE simple bracelet. Girls are allowed to wear one set
of earrings, and the earrings may not dangle below the earlobe.
When you sign the back page of the handbook, you will notice that it states you are also signing in agreement with the Statement of Community Beliefs. This document is also attached separately to this email. This statement was written by Archbishop Aquila as a way of clarifying the expectations of parents, students, and families who are part of our Catholic school communities. This document helps us partner with you in your child’s education, and brings all of us together with a common understanding of our roles and expectations. Please read the document thoroughly.
