I hope everyone is enjoying their summer with much needed rest and family time. We are so excited about the upcoming school year, and the beginning of our new school St. Thérèse Academy. Everyone is hard at work getting the classrooms ready and making preparations for the first day of school. It is amazing to see all of the progress and to feel Christ in all that we are doing to create an amazing new school.
Over the next few weeks you will be receiving correspondence about school related topics. I am hoping that by next week the e-mails will be coming from our St. Thérèse e-mail. Thank you for your patience and understanding and please feel free to e-mail me regarding any questions you might have.
Blessings,
Shannon
Important Upcoming Dates and Information
Open House, July 20, 2019, 10am – 12pm We will host an Open House for our current families and any prospective families on July 20, 2019, from 10am – 12pm. Come meet the teachers and see all the progress we have made this summer!
Registration Day, August 6, 2019, 1pm – 5pm Final registration day for currently enrolled students will be held on August 6, 2019, from 1pm – 5pm. A list of fees will be emailed to parents by the end of July.
Uniforms Uniforms are available at Shiro’s School Time located at 5008 W. Esplanade Avenue in Metairie. Visit their website at
https://schiros.com/store-hours.html.
Shoes can be purchased at Ponseti’s located in Clearview Mall. Visit their website at
https://www.ponsetis.com/.
Lunch For the 2019-2020 school year, St. Therese will not be able to offer hot lunch service. The day-to-day logistics of hosting a satellite lunch program with the start of a new school are just not feasible at this time. We will be working with the PTC to potentially host pizza days during the school day, as well as offering microwaves for the students.
School Hours and Early Dismissal School hours will be 8:15am to 3:30pm. On Tuesdays, we will dismiss at 2:15pm for our teachers to attend professional development.
Bus We are in the process of finalizing bus transportation and must get everyone who is interested registered. In order to provide private bus service a minimum number of students must register for the service. In the event the required number of students drops below the minimum at any time during the year the service will be discontinued, and the $100 registration fee will be refunded. Parents will be given a month’s notice of discontinuation.
Email Nicole Alvarez at [email protected] to be put on the list for bus service and for instructions to register on FB&T.
Monthly Fee: $200/per month for 10 months beginning in August. Hub pick-up and drop off in 2 locations, Orleans Parish near Carrollton and Claiborne and the Westbank, off the Westbank Expressway. Payment will be due at the end of each month for the next month’s service. If a student is not paid for on time, that student will be dropped from the list of bus riders until payment is brought up to date.
Registration Fee: $100
School Supply Lists Our teachers are working to put together school supply lists for students. These will be posted to the website by the end of July.
STA Calendar at a Glance
August 7, 2019 First Day of School
September 2, 2019 Labor Day Holiday
October 14, 2019 Fall Break
November 4, 2019 Archdiocesan PD Day
November 25 – 29, 2019 Thanksgiving Holidays
December 23, 2019 – January 3, 2020 Christmas Holidays
February 24 – 28, 2020 Mardi Gras Holidays
April 10 – 15, 2020 Easter Holidays
April 24 and April 27, 2020 Spring Fest Holidays
May 13, 2020 High School Graduation
May 22, 2020 Last Day of School