Saint Leo's

CATHOLIC SCHOOL / Elmwood Park, Nj

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2/1/2023

- Parent Portal

2/1/203
CORRECTION TO SCHOOL CALENDAR!!!!!

FEBRUARY 3RD IS A HALF DAY FOR ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS.

AFTERCARE WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 3 PM.

Scholarships for the 23-24 School Year are Now Open!!!!!

Tri-County County Scholarship Fund is currently open. Families can apply at online.factsmgt.com/aid. The deadline for applications is February 15, 2023. Remember, you must apply for this scholarship every year.

Emla Rimmelspacher Scholarship Fund (NEW SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY) - This scholarship is open for students from K-8th Grade. If awarded, students will receive $600. per year up until the day they graduate high school. The paperwork for this scholarship is attached below. Applications will only be accepted from May 1st to June 15th. No applicants will be considered after June 15th.

Scholastic Fund For Inner City Children - The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children will be opening up the online application for the tuition assistance awards on February 1, 2023. The application will be available on https://sficnj.org/parent-student-portal/. SFIC will also be having an application night on March 1, 2023 from 5pm - 8pm for those parents/families who are having trouble filling out the application on their computers at the Archdiocesan Center at 171 Clifton Avenue, Newark. Please call 973-497-4283 to schedule an appointment and for more information.

Please remember, these are independent scholarships and they have no affiliation with the school. Any questions or concerns you have should be directed to the individual organization.

B6T Forms
The B6T form is a reimbursement program to provide aid-in-lieu of transportation for grades K to 8 only. The Aide in-lieu is reimbursement of up to $1,000. mailed directly to the families from their home district. In order to be eligible for the aide-in-lieu, you must live at least 2.2 miles from the school, complete the attached form and return it to the school by March 3rd. You can email or drop off the completed form to the school.

If your town is not listed, please call your town directly to confirm.
2023-2024 Districts that provide transportation
- Elmwood Park
- Clifton
- Saddle Brook
- Maywood
- Belleville
- Garfield
- Paterson (application will not be accepted without 2 forms of ID confirming address)
- Passaic
- Teaneck
- Wayne
2021-2022 District that DO NOT provide transportation (you do not need to fill out the form)
- Hasbrouck Heights
- Hackensack
- Lodi
- Little Ferry
- Wallington
Upcoming Events

Catholic Schools Week
2/2/23 - Donuts for Dads and Muffins for Moms (PK-3) - Please RSVP If you plan on attending your class parents, not the school office. Times are  8:00 - 8:30 am - (PK - 4) 8:30-9 am - (5-8). (Students should pack a snack).

2/3/23 -  Blue and Gold Day - 12:15 pm dismissal Aftercare until 3 pm Dress Down Day Wear Blue and Gold! SLS Basketball Game at 10:15 to 11:15 am (7th and 8th Grade parents only are invited to attend)

Students are having a great time and so is the staff!!!! Please be sure to visit our Facebook pages for lots of fun pictures!

RE-REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR THE 23-34 SCHOOL YEAR

Link for Registration https://forms.gle/7F6xRjpv6pDVeUu88 (Tuition Rates attached)

SLS Lunch Program
Francesca's Lunch Program: https://elmwoodparkpizza.com/st-leos-lunch-program/

HSA Fundraisers

Reminder - when SLS has a half day no extra pizza/cookies/water are available for sale, so please make sure if you haven't ordered pizza then you should pack lunch.

8th Grade Fundraiser

Chocolate Raffle donated by Genevieve's Chocolate - proceeds to benefit the 8th graders (see attachment)

Inclement Weather

Recess - NJ Recess Law requires that education institutes provide outdoor recess for a minimum of 20 minutes unless there is severe inclement weather. SLS policy is that we will send students outdoors for recess unless the temperature dips below 32 degrees or in the case of extreme weather conditions (rain, snow, etc.). We suggest that all students dress appropriately for the change in weather (hats, gloves, etc.). Leggings are allowed to be worn under skirts during the cold weather.

Snow Closures/Delays - This time of year is fast approaching. Please be advised the SLS does not use Robo Call. In the case of school closings and/or delays, all families will be notified no later than 6 am the day of the closure by email. In addition, our website and social media pages will always have the correct information.

Housekeeping Items

Email Correspondence - It is very helpful to our school staff and teachers if you include your child's name and grade in your correspondence, many families have different last names or just provide an email, which makes it difficult to determine who the child is.

School Payments - please be sure that all payments to the school are separate, we are unable to make changes and monies go to different organizations (HSA, School, Classroom, Sports Group, etc.) Any funds received as a "grouping" or need, will be returned to the family. We will assume any extra money is a donation.

Deadlines - we can not express enough the need to adhere to deadlines and cut-off dates. Starting October 1st, any payments, notices, etc. that are received after a deadline will be returned to the student. Our school, HSA, and teachers work very hard to ensure that fundraisers, lunch orders, etc are correct, when deadlines are not followed it makes it hard to ensure mistakes are not being made.

Visitors to the school - all visitors to the school including parents, HSA, vendors, etc. are required to sign in at the front desk and receive a visitor's badge. It just provides us another level of safety for our students and staff to be sure that anyone who is visiting the school is allowed to be there and in the event of an emergency an accurate audit of who is in the building.

Late Arrivals - any student arriving after 8 am, without previous authorization, will be marked late. Parents MUST come into the building and sign their child in, students are not permitted to sign themselves into school.

Daily Drop Off - 7:45 - 8:00 AM Thank you for driving safely and being on time.

Recess Equipment: Students are allowed to bring their own recess equipment daily; however, it must be safe and approved by the student's HR teacher and shared at Recess.

Powerschool Access - all students have a PowerSchool account. This is where you will check grades, progress reports, report cards, etc...If you are unable to log in or need your information reset, please send an email to schooloffice@stleosschool.org

Cold, Flu, and Covid: To prevent the spread of germs, SLS will continue to deep clean and disinfect all rooms monthly.