Happy Easter! I hope you were able to celebrate our risen Lord this past weekend.

My family joined in a facetime call with my parents and my brother’s family. Although it was different it was so good to be able to see everyone and talk to each other as if we were gathered in one place. I hope you have been able to see others and talk with them whether it is on a video or just on the phone. It is so important for us to do so. Please don’t forget that it is important for the children too. They miss their friends. So if you have the opportunity let them facetime a friend and just talk for a few minutes.

I want to acknowledge that this pandemic has caused all of us to take on different roles. I know that this is difficult. I have told our teachers how amazing I think they are to have had one weekend to transition their teaching to online and how they have embraced it and done such a good job…. I want to say to you, the parents, I am thankful to you for taking on the role of teacher. It is a hard job. It is definitely not one that is done while simultaneously trying to do another job as well. The corona virus has created anxiety and panic beyond what we have ever experienced before. Our routines and schedules have been turned on their head and it seems like they are continuously doing cartwheels. We are worried about our families and for some, our jobs. Life right now is STRESSFUL. Throw in school work with a child who may not want to do school at home and doesn’t understand why we cannot be at school or a teenager who just wants to sleep and that is a recipe for tantrums and fights.

When this happens try to take a step back and think about this. When all of this is over and we go back to our normal way of life what will our children remember? Is it the fighting and arguing over doing school work or the fun things that you did because we couldn’t go to school? Was it the way you had a pretend fire drill or did math facts outside on the driveway with chalk? I know there are assignments and we want the students to complete them but we also want them to learn new things like how to cook dinner, load the dishwasher, or fold laundry; those things that maybe we have been too busy to teach before the virus hit because everyone was going in different directions. We want to come out of this with happy memories, not ones of fear and distress. So if things are not working out on a particular day give yourself permission to stop and create a fun memory before you try again.

If you need anything I am just an email away. Be sure to reach out. I pray that you are all well and safe and that we will be able to see each other very soon.

Peace,

Summer learning loss puts students at a serious disadvantage. This is when skills and knowledge are lost over the summer months, causing students to move backwards instead of progressing.

By spending just minutes a day with Summer Solutions, students get the practice they need to keep moving forward. It was designed to help students return to school after summer break confident in the skills they’ve already learned and ready to master new ones.

Your child worked hard all year. Make sure that progress sticks. Give your child the advantage of Summer Solutions.

Each book is $13.00

We are still collecting the Blue Stewardship Forms that went home in early March. There are several ways to turn in these forms via email (office@stalbert.org), Fax (502-394-9896), drop-off in the black Security mailbox on the wall outside of the Parish Office, or in the next schoolwork dropoff. If you need an additional copy of this Stewardship Form, it is attached here. Thank you.

Our TinySaints Fundraiser has moved online! If you have already purchased TinySaints through one of our St. Albert Youth or the Youth Ministry Office, there is no need to redo your order. I will be placing that order at the end of the month, as originally intended.

If you haven't ordered, now is your chance. Shop through the link for St. Albert to get the credit for your purchase.

You can also share the link with your friends and family and they can order even if they don't live close. All of these orders will be shipped to the person who ordered them directly. (Orders placed with me already will come to the parish office.)

Any profit made will go into our Mission Trip Fundraising Budget. If it is not able to be utilized this year, the money raised will be used for the Summer 2021 Mission Trip.

The CSAA is following the lead of the Archdiocese of Louisville and will adhere to all mandates from Archbishop Kurtz throughout this period. If CSAA sports resume activity this year, CSAA will work with each parish to ensure teams are able to participate. Manual registrations will be managed on short notice and modified uniform requirements will be made as needed to minimize unnecessary expenditures and early registration expenses.

In short, the CSAA will do anything practical and reasonable to allow student-athletes to participate in spring/summer CSAA sports IF school resumes. If at any point school is cancelled for the remainder of the 2019-2020 year all remaining 2019-2020 CSAA sports will be cancelled as well.

Below is an update on each remaining 2019-2020 CSAA sport:

Soccer – shortened season at best.

Softball – Shortened season at best.

**Track (scheduled for April 19th / school closed until at least April 20th) – Officially Canceled due to school closure and limitations on makeup dates and facilities.

Field Hockey – Pending

Baseball – Pending

Golf – Pending

Tennis - Pending

This camp is designed to prepare players with the technical and tactical parts of the game. Dribbling (1-on-1 skills), passing and receiving, along with shooting and other basic skills will be taught. Juggling and penalty kick shootout contests along with the 4-vs-4 tourney are always a blast! The July camp will be held on the turf at Trinity’s Marshall Stadium and is directed by Head Coach Dale Helfrich and his staff of current and former players!

Summer Camp Registration is NOW OPEN! Free Registration and other early bird discounts available until February 28, 2020. Summer Camp Hours 9:00-3:30 with before and after camp care available. Camp is available to any student entering PreK - 7th grades. Part Time options are available please visit our website hspirit.org or call Angie Hiland at 502-893-7700 for more information.