Eagle Express Newsletter

December 20, 2023

From the Office

Dear Parents,

Advent is here! Pope Francis says "Advent increases our hope, a hope which does not disappoint. The Lord never lets us down." Let us keep hope in our hearts this Advent!

Can you believe this is already the last Eagle Express of 2023? As I reflect on the year, I am really moved by the community here at IHM School.  God bless you and your family, and may the peace of Christ be with you through Christmas and the New Year!

If you would like a professional recording of the IHM Christmas Concert, fill out the order form here: https://forms.gle/ubocGzV27tcUQV7q9  by Wednesday, January 10th! 

Remember to place your spirit wear apparel before January 1st:  https://ihm-23.itemorder.com/

A Christmas prayer from Robert Lewis Stevenson for all of our precious families:
O God, our loving Father, help us rightly to remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the Angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wise men.
Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world. Deliver us from evil by the blessings that Christ brings, and teach us to be merry with clear hearts. May Christmas morning make us happy to be thy children and Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving, and forgiven, for Jesus' sake. Amen.

Merry Christmas!

Peace & Blessings,

Callie Meiller, Principal

Office Reminders

All IHM library books are due to the IHM library before Christmas vacation.

IHM School policy is that water and milk are the only beverages allowed at school, and all other beverages will be thrown away. Thank you for your support! 

IHM Illness Policy:

COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 Communicable Disease/Illness 

Check your student for symptoms daily before school:

• Fever (100° or higher), chills, or shaking chills
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• New loss of taste or smell
• Muscle or body aches
• Cough (not due to other known cause, such as chronic cough)
• Sore throat, when in combination with other symptoms
• Nausea or vomiting, when in combination with other symptoms
• Headache, when in combination with other symptoms
• Fatigue, when in combination with other symptoms
• Nasal congestion or runny nose (not due to other known causes, such as allergies), when in combination with other symptom
  *Vomiting and fever may or may not be associated with COVID-19. If your student is experiencing only one of these symptoms, they may return to school once the symptom has resolved after 24 hours without the use of medications.

If one or more of these symptoms are present, please keep the student home. The CDC  recommends testing for COVID-19 with a PCR test or rapid antigen test (home test or administered at a pharmacy or clinic). Please contact the school to report illness and absence, and test results.

Please also keep students with these symptoms home:

• Fever or chills (without other symptoms):  Check temperature with a thermometer. If the temperature is 100 or higher, keep the student home until their temperature remains lower than 100 for at least 24 hours without giving fever-reducing medication such as Tylenol or Ibuprofen.
• Nausea/Vomiting/Diarrhea (without other symptoms) within the last 24 hours. Keep the student home until they tolerate their regular diet and there is no nausea/vomiting/diarrhea for at least 24 hours.
• A rash or communicable infection (such as pink eye, strep throat, mono etc.) Keep the student home from school and call your health care provider for further medical evaluation.

Students can return to school when their symptoms have cleared, according to the guidelines above.

Thank You

Thanks to Mrs. Binzak for preparing, prepping, teaching, and conducting our Christmas concert tonight! Thanks also to all of the parent, grandparents, and other special people who plan to attend the concert, and to our fabulously talented students for what is sure to be an amazing performance!

EdCo (Educational Commission) News       [email protected]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the IHM EdCo Board to your family!

IHM Basketball

Friday, January 5

4:30     6th Grade Girls at St. Francis Xavier

6:15     6th Grade Boys at St. Johns

Saturday, January 6

9:00     8th Grade Boys at St. Maria Goretti

Sunday, January 7

1:15     6th Grade Boys at St. Johns     

2:15     7th Grade Girls at Edgedome

2:30     8th Grade Boys at Sacred Hearts

Go Eagles!

This week's links (at the bottom of the email)

Christmas Card from IHM Faculty and Staff

January Menu

This week's hard copies (in your child's backpack)

Nothing this week

Did You Know?

 Thursday, December 21st will be a Pajama Day for the whole school AFTER Holy Mass. Students who wish to participate can bring PJ's to change into after Mass!