Monthly Archives: March 2024

Bus 116 is running 30 – 40 minutes late this morning due to the weather.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  The entire staff at St. Aloysius wants to welcome all of you back from the March Break.  We hope you had time to rest, relax and recharge as we head into the last leg of the school year.  There is a lot going on at St. Aloysius and we want you to stay informed.  Please read below to make sure you are aware of what is happening at our school!

Wear Green for St. Patrick’s Day!  We will be a day late, but please wear your GREEN on Monday, March 18th to show your St. Patrick’s Day Spirit!  It will be great to see so many in green!  Stay tuned to our X account and Newswire for pictures of the day.

This week is Neurodiversity Awareness Week. This is about creating a more inclusive and supportive environment for our neurodiverse children and challenging stereotypes, myths, and misconceptions about autism, learning differences and neurodiversity.

The Lenten Season is still upon us!  We are continuing our focus on the Paschal Mystery in our daily Lenten Reflections.  Each morning, following our land acknowledgment and our national anthem, we engage in a school-wide Christian Easter Reflection as expressed in the story of Benjamin’s Box: The Story of the Resurrection Eggs.  This allows us to quiet our minds and focus on what God has to say to us.

The ECLIPSE is coming!  We have moved our PD Day from Friday, April 19th to Monday, April 8th, 2024.  There will be no school for students on Monday, April 8th, 2024.  This is because of the timing of the total Eclipse.  It is expected to peak during “travel time” for the students when they can not be adequately supervised and when their safety cannot be guaranteed.  This is between 2:30 – 4:00pm.  As such, we have moved our PD Day so that we can get your help in ensuring the safety of all.  We will be learning all about the eclipse and what it means.  We look forward to the learning opportunities that this creates even though we will not be together on the actual date.

The condition of our yard is not great.  As always, at about this time of the year, our yard becomes very muddy, and many parts are unusable.  As a staff, we will work diligently to identify and mark off unsafe play spaces but we also need to make sure that students are using common sense and staying out of the worst areas.  It is also a good idea to bring a change of clothing to leave at school in case of an emergency.  Outdoor shoes are a must as well!  Please make sure your children are making good clothing choices when they come to school so that we can focus on the learning that needs to happen and not worry about interrupting parents to bring extra clothing.

Goal Setting and Our Common Message:

As we get back from March Break, we will be encouraging our students to set goals for themselves.  Personal goals, academic goals, social goals, and spiritual goals.  It is important that we work to articulate our goals – we are much more likely to achieve them!  We will do this as we start to roll out the message that will carry us through June:  Finish Strong!  We have all worked so hard this year and have already achieved so much!  It is important that we continue working hard right through to June.  We want everyone to Finish Strong so that in the end, we can be proud of what we have accomplished.  Please encourage your children to set goals, write them down, and create a plan to reach them.  We look forward to working with you in helping your children, our students, to achieve these goals!

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to the main office.  Thank you for your continued cooperation and support.

Sincerely,

Mr. McKinnon and Mrs. Fundak Bonsma

The staff and students of St. Aloysius would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all of our Lunch Hour Supervisors. You are outside in the rain and the cold, you cover our classes for us, you support in classrooms when we are short, but MOST importantly, you build relationships with our entire school community!  Our schools would not be the same without you and we are so thankful for you! You are truly superheroes and today we want to say THANK YOU!