Parish Bulletin Article

Parish Bulletin Article: "New School Information": 8-9-20

      We have some more information with transparency as we are beginning to prepare for St. Thomas Aquinas School.  I will first mention some of the significant thoughts of how we spoke about in our School Advisory Committee.  The first question—which was pretty powerful—was asking what their first words these last few months: marathon, full (positive, negative), emotional, grateful, appreciate, protective, anxious, lots of details, worried, losing minds, drama, over it, different emotions, not stable, so busy—stay focused, terrible.


For me, the openness of our members began our meeting by listening with each other.  And that is how I want our team/family to walk with each other.

            Next, our goal is to have your school five days a week. Our faculty, parents, and students at St. Thomas Aquinas School may grow with peace and calmness during this time.  Our school is a Catholic/Christian School, allowing many opportunities for prayerfulness, "holy spaces," safety, health, and of course, Jesus Christ.  

Also, we will be having max numbers for classrooms: PreK = 10 students per session, Kindergarten = 10, First-Second Classroom = 15, Third-Fourth = 15, Fifth-Sixth Grade = 15.  We have done the best we could speak with all of our families who had their student's last school year, as well as our families at our parishioners.  It will now offer registration for families in our community.  Please call our school and registration as soon as possible due to the safety of the maxed classrooms.

            Finally, adding to this bulletin article, you may pick up Principle Jerry's Covid-19 Preparedness Plan.  Now, he did not make this up by himself!  He received a lot of information as our Dioceses worked together within the Minnesota state that arrived at our Diocese of Duluth.  After that point, it came to our school.  At the same time, each school will experience different situations, especially at the beginning of the year.

            May we all pray for our students, parents, families, teachers, administrators, and our whole family as school 2020-2021 school year begins!

            God Bless!