From March 16 - April 20, 2020, St. Catherine of Siena School will be using non-traditional instruction due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
St. Catherine of Siena Plan for Non-Traditional Instruction Days (Updated 3.30.20)
Changes to Service Hour REquirements for Jr.High
From Fr. Stef's letter dated 7 April 2020:
Home - no change to existing requirements.
Parish - will be exercised as spiritual works of mercy rather than corporal works:
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½ of a service hour can be gained by writing a card of greeting or encouragement to someone in the parish. If your child has begun to do this already, that will count.
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1 service hour can be gained by praying a rosary or the Stations of the Cross, asking God to give the graces to a person of the child’s choice.
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2 service hours can be gained by actively and attentively watching a televised Mass. There are two caveats to this. First, it must be an “extra” Mass; in other words, beyond a Sunday Mass. Second, the students must truly watch actively and attentively. Mass just can’t be on in the background as they do another activity.
Community - Since the purpose of staying home and social distancing is to benefit the community by trying to slow the infection rate of the virus in the community, I am going to consider all Community service hour requirements as fulfilled.
JUST for fun
Please enjoy some of these other free opportunities for enrichment while we're all staying home:
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Watch Fr. Stef's video homilies here. New videos posted each day.
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Check out some of the free online resources for Catholics, including information on sacramental prep.
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Doodle with Mo Willems.
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Listen to a read-aloud story here.
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For middle school students and older, enroll in free Computer Science classes from Amazon.
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Check out Mrs. Ashmore's suggestions for enrichment in Google Classroom.
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Watch the Zoo safari from Cincinnati Zoo, posted each day at 3pm.
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See a recorded version of The Children's Theater of Cincinnati's play "Suffragettes: With Liberty and Voting for All."