Dear Parents and Guardians,

I am excited to share our schedule of events for Catholic Schools Week 2021! For those of you who are new to our school, Catholic Schools Week is a National celebration highlighting the many accomplishments of Catholic Schools across the country and especially our beautiful Saint Aidan School. We especially thank our students, teachers, staff, families and parishioners for their support.

Although this year will look a little different, we are committed to showing how we live out this year’s motto of Faith, Excellence and Service.

Attached below you find the schedule of events for the week.

Catholic Schools Week Schedule 

I would like to further explain our events here:

Sunday, January 31

• 9:00 AM Liturgy will be livestreamed at www.staidanparish.org
• Open House tours for prospective families can be made here https://calendly.com/saintaidanschoolwp. Share with neighbors and friends!
• Our VIRTUAL BOOK FAIR will kick off today and run through February 13. Support our school and shop online at https://www.scholastic.com/bf/staidanschool1. All purchases benefit our school and will ship directly to your home. 

Monday, February 1

• We will bring our students, teachers and staff together via Zoom for an opening Catholic Schools Week Prayer Service. We are sad to not come together in St. Aidan Church however we will prayerfully enter the week proud of our FAITH.

Tuesday, February 2

• Upper School Students (Grades 3-8) will celebrate STUDENT APPRECIATION DAY. We will host a fun St. Aidan School Trivia Kahoot Challenge and there will be NO HOMEWORK or TESTS ASSIGNED for 2/3.
• Upper School Students will be treated to LUNCH, SNACK and a DRINK from our very own St. Aidan School Cafeteria! Parents, PLEASE fill out this GOOGLE FORM for EACH child in these grades. Please fill the form out even if your child does not want this special FREE LUNCH. This will give us an accurate lunch count for the day. All lunches will be delivered to the students at their lunch seat to comply with safety protocols. We are excited to celebrate them in this special way!
• Mrs. O’Gara’s N-6 Class will be treated to a choice of a SNACK from our very own St. Aidan School Cafeteria! N-6 Parents, PLEASE fill out this GOOGLE FORM for your child. The snack will be delivered to their classroom. We are excited to celebrate them in this special way!

Wednesday, February 3

• Lower School Students (Grades Nursery-2) will celebrate STUDENT APPRECIATION DAY. Students in Pre-K-2 will participate in a fun Virtual Author Presentation and there will be NO HOMEWORK or TESTS ASSIGNED for 2/4.
• Lower School Students in Grades Pre-K-2 will be treated to LUNCH, SNACK and WATER from our very own St. Aidan School Cafeteria! Parents, PLEASE fill out this GOOGLE FORM for EACH child in these grades. Please fill the form out even if your child does not want this special FREE LUNCH. This will give us an accurate lunch count for the day. All lunches will be delivered to the students at their lunch seat/classroom to comply with safety protocols. We are excited to celebrate them in this special way!
• Classes N-1 through N-5 will be treated to a choice of a SNACK from our very own St. Aidan School Cafeteria! Nursery Parents, PLEASE fill out this GOOGLE FORM for your child. The snack will be delivered to their classroom. We are excited to celebrate them in this special way!

Thursday, February 4

• “Like A Good Neighbor, SAS Is There!” School Service Project/Dress Down Day- All students in K-8 are invited to DRESS DOWN today with a donation of at least $2 per student. ALL money collected will be donated to help two very important groups of people in our Williston Park Community. First, the money collected from each grade will be used to purchase gift certificates to local restaurants who have been impacted by the pandemic. Then, these gift certificates will be given to homebound neighbors who are not able to get out as a result of the pandemic and can use the gift certificate to have food delivered. We will work with Ms. Rosemarie Cavallaro from the St. Aidan Parish Social Ministry to support these individuals. This is a WIN, WIN, WIN! The students get to dress down, the money gets donated to food establishments in our Williston Park Community and we help parishioners, neighbors and friends who need help during these uncertain times. We know our students, teachers and families will graciously support this SERVICE effort!
• Students in Grades Pre-K-8 will participate in a Virtual “Safety First” Presentation with Cohen Children’s Medical Center to learn about topics like pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, injury prevention and more. 

Friday, February 5

• It is FACULTY APPRECIATION DAY! We always appreciate our dedicated faculty and staff but this year more than ever! Special thanks to PACE and family contributions, the teachers are invited to a safely designed luncheon in our Upper School Cafeteria.
• Like every Friday this year, it is St. Aidan School Spirit Day! Students are encouraged to wear their favorite St. Aidan’s attire to school.
• There will be an EARLY DISMISSAL at 11:30 AM and NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM TODAY.

I would like to thank our Catholic Schools Week Committee and all our teachers and staff for working so hard to bring this SPECIAL Catholic Schools Week to us this year. Our school windows highlight the completion of 70 Years of EXCELLENCE in Catholic Education and we should all be very proud!

Sincerely,

Mrs. O’Connell