2021-2022 Registration is now CLOSED!

Instructions for Registration

Religious Education Calendar

Parent Instructions for monthly “Skill Sessions”

1. Before your students leave your home to come to the scheduled “Skill Session”, please have them go to the bathroom and take their temperatures. If students have any sniffles, cough, chills, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, or a temperature 100.4 degrees or more, please keep them home from the “Skill Session.”
2. A parent or guardian must inform the parish catechetical leader if their child has tested positive for COVID-19 and has attended a religious formation class within the past 14 days. Please email at mcullinan@sthelenaedison.org
3. Our school is already set up for social distancing protocols.
4. Students will arrive at the Church with a parent/guardian. Please bring your child into the Church and greet the catechist for the student’s grade level.
5. All must be masked. This is the policy of the school.
6. No food is allowed. Students may have a closed water bottle with their names on it.
7. Each student must bring his/her own: textbook, tote, pencil/pen, crayons/colored pencils, tissues, hand sanitizer. Hand sanitizers are available around the school; however, it is also good for the student to have their own. While sharing is normally a wonderful thing. protocol demands that students do not share anything that they have brought. Everything brought must be taken upon dismissal. Anything left will be thrown out.
8. Rooms are sanitized before and after the students are there.
9. The session is from 3PM to 4:30PM. While bathrooms are available, it is hoped that the student will not have to use the facilities, except in an emergency.
10. The school building will only have essential staff during the time of class.
11. Dismissal: One masked parent/guardian must come into the Body of the Church to pick up the student. Please report to the catechist for that grade level.
12. You must sign the student out. Please bring your own pen.

Thank you for continuing to keep all safe.
Rev. Anthony M. Sirianni
Mary Kay Cullinan
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Skill Sessions Requirements

These are ONCE-A-MONTH meetings for students and catechists in classrooms.

1. All Skill Sessions will be on Sundays, from 3-4:30PM in the school building.
2. Students will enter the Church and take seats in their marked classroom sections.
3. Students will be greeted by their catechists.
4. Catechists will take students to the classrooms.
5. Students must be masked and bring their religious education books in their bags.
6. There is no food in the classrooms.
7. Dismissal is at 4:30PM. Students will be dismissed from the Church. One parent is required to come in for the student and check in with the catechist. Please wear a mask.

Skill Sessions are on the following dates:
NO SKILL SESSIONS FOR GRADE K

Grades 1, 2 and 8:
October 3, 2021
December 5, 2021
February 6, 2022
April 3, 2022

Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7:
October 3, 2021
November 7, 2021
December 5, 2021
January 9, 2022
February 6, 2022
March 6, 2022
April 3, 2022
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Dear Parents;
Registration for the 2021-2022 school year is now closed. As per Fr. Anthony, the following components have been added to our program. Please read the following letter to the end.

Dear Parent/Guardians of Students in St. Helena’s Religious Education Program;

Welcome back to school year 2021-2022!
Our Religious Education Program has remained pretty much the same as last year, but we have a few “nuances.”

1. Miss Soltys has officially retired.
2. The new Parish Catechetical Leader is me, Mary Kay Cullinan
3. Our Religious Education Program has four parts:
   1. Online
   2. Mass
   3. Service
   4. Once-a-month “Skill Sessions”
4. Online
   1. Please go to https://www.sthelenaedison.org/religious-ed. This page is the registration page. Click on the words “Classes/Grades” above the word “Registration.” A drop-down list of grades comes up.
   2. Click on the grade level of your child.
   3. Each page has the following:
      1. Prayers to know – these are not live links, but may be found in your student text book.
      2. Parent Lesson Plans – just click and print! You now have a script in front of you to help teach your child at home!
      3. Additional Requirements – Information for Service and once-a-month Skill Sessions.
      4. The Chapters – Each of the chapters that are listed on the website NEED TO BE DONE!

5. Mass – Mass attendance is non-negotiable. Students need to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation. If you are not able to attend Mass “in the pew,” we are still livestreaming Mass. See the Church website for further details. With technology, there are no more excuses.
6. Service – Students in grades 3 – 8 are asked to create holiday cards for those who are homebound as a way to be of service to others. Cards should be designed for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter. These cards should be thoughtfully made. Students do not need to address the cards to anyone. When signing the card, please just use your first name. Check the calendar for due dates. Cards may be placed in the “Drop box” for Religious Education which is on the front porch of the Rectory.
7. Once a month Skill Sessions - Students are asked to attend “Classes” once-a-month on a Sunday afternoon from 3-4:30 PM in the school. Students need to bring their books to classes.

The schedule is as follows:
Grades 1, 2, 8:
                October 3, 2021
                December 5, 2021
                February 6, 2022
                April 3, 2022

Grades 3, 4, 5, 6,7:
                October 3, 2021
                November 7, 2021
                December 5, 2021
                January 9, 2022
                February 6, 2022
                March 6, 2022
                April 3, 2022

Thank you so much for your continued involvement in our Religious Education Program.
Blessings!
Mary Kay Cullinan