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December 16, 2021 Hello & Happy Advent! TikTok Challenge: our administration has been following the stream of school TikTok challenges this school year.  While the most current challenge is more serious than previous challenges, it has no basis in our local area.  The original TikTok challenge, originating in Arizona, was for students to skip school on December 17 and, at some […]

December 10, 2021 Hello Falcons & Happy Advent! COVID Corner: Current Local CR: 532 (last week: 369).  Our temporary masking threshold is 465.  Therefore, we will move to a universal masking policy for next week. Please send your child to school with a two masks.  One on the face and one in the bookbag for backup.  The school office is […]

December 3, 2021 Hello Falcons! The Read-A-Thon raised close to $17,000!!!  A huge Falcon thank you to all who participated and supported this great event! COVID Corner: Local CR: 369 (our temporary masking threshold is 465) Local CR = Local Case Rate = the number of COVID-19 cases, in zip codes 45377 (.54 weighting) and 45414 (.46 weighting), per 100,000 people, […]

November 18, 2021 Hello Falcons Families! Reminders: Read-A-Thon Fundraiser runs through November 21st.  Keep reading and sponsoring!! Thanksgiving Break is the entire week of November 22. Masking: the entire school will mask the week after Thanksgiving break (November 29 – December 3). COVID Corner: our local case rate is 346. Last week was 302. Christmas Program (Monday, December 13th, 12:30pm) This year’s Christmas Program […]

November 11, 2021 Hello Falcons! Out of Uniform Day tomorrow since it is our first in-school Friday of the month! Parent Alert System & Calamity Days: You should have received a text from the school around 2:00pm today.  If you did not, please email me with your cell phone number.  We will use this texting system to notify families of school delays and […]

November 4, 2021 Hello Falcon Family! COVID Corner Vaccines for ages 5 to 11 will be available starting Monday, November 8th at various clinics in our area.  The below link is already accepting reservations; some clinics can be booked online and some require a phone call.   gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov St. Christopher School will not offer a clinic on campus.  Many students have […]

Good morning!  I’m sorry the below email did not make it to you on Friday.  It contains several links, so I sent a test email to a couple parents and then, apparently, I forgot to send it to the larger group.  My apologies!  I hope you managed to have a fulfilling weekend without my Friday letter.  🙂  Peace, Mr. O’————————October […]

October 15, 2021 Hello Falcon Families! Covid Corner The new Masking Survey was again close to 50/50. 84% of families answered the survey. Of the parents who are 100% in support of one masking policy over the other, 54% support Required Masking and 46% support Optional Masking. Of the parents who could go either way, 67% prefer Optional and 33% prefer Required. […]

October 8, 2021 Hello Falcons! Covid Corner New Masking Survey I will be sending a new survey tomorrow/Saturday at 12:00 PM Noon. I will be using our new FACTS texting platform.  If you do not receive the text, please email me. A new parent focus group has been formed to discuss current and future Covid plans.  Our first meeting will […]

October 1, 2021 Hello Falcon Family, Town Hall Meeting: last night’s meeting was not very peaceful and I apologize for the role I played in that.  We will do things differently next time.  A few things surfaced near the end of the meeting: Masking Plan: our plan is to review internal and external data during the month of October and then […]