9403 Mission Road, Leawood, KS 66206 * Tel: 913-648-2620 * Fax: 913-648-3810 School Website: www.cureofars.org * Office Email: school@cureofars.com

An Advent Prayer God of light and hope, look upon us in love, And fill us with the Spirit of Jesus that we may love you and serve you in your kingdom. Protect us during this week and keep us watchful in prayer As we await the coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ, Who is the light of the world, and who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One God, for ever and ever. Amen. Christmas Joy Thank you to two of our favorites at Cure’, Matt Rocca and Fernando Londano for hanging up Christmas lights all over the front halls of our school! The students and staff love the lights and it has put us all in the Christmas spirit. Catholic Charities Collection A huge THANK YOU to everyone who brought in food items for our Catholic Charities food drive! We are currently have collected over 5000 items and are still counting. We will have the final numbers for you next week when the Catholic Charities truck arrives for pickup.

Curé COVID-19 Data Do you or one of your family members need to quarantine? Could someone potentially be COVID-19 positive? Even if you just have question, please notify one of our staff from the Health & Safety team. Andrew Legler: Andrew.legler@cureofars.com Jared Herzet: jared.herzet@cureofars.com Angela Carney: angela.carney@cureofars.com Shelly Carpenter: shelly.carpenter@cureofars.com *To access better understand the new data trends and how they calculate their findings, go to: New JCDHE Data

JCDHE website: https://public.tableau.com/profile/mapper.of.the.day.mod.#!/vizhome/covid19_joco_public/Dashboard Travel Plans for the Holidays? Check the KS Dept of Health Website for info on travel destinations that might require a quar-antine when you return: https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/175/Travel-Exposure-Related-Isolation-Quaran

JCDHE Q&A https://www.jocogov.org/coronavirus/faqs#school Stop the Spread of COVID-19 It is critical for all community members to personally adhere to mitigation strategies. These include:

Wearing a mask Social distancing Washing your hands Staying home when you are sick

11/16-11/20 11/22-12/4 12/8-12/11

Number of New Positives at COA: Students (Out of 716 at school (not including remote) Staff (Out of 65)

3 0

9 3

3 0

Total # of Students & Staff Quarantining at COA Students (Out of 716 at school (not including remote) Staff (Out of 65)

38 (5.0%) 7 (10.7%)

93 (12.9%)

1 (1.5%)

23 (3.2%) 1 (15%)

Cure’ Average Daily Attendance Rate 96.0% 92.7% 95.1%

JOCO 2-week County Percent Positive Rate 16.4% 14.7% 15.5%

JOCO incidence rate (new cases/100K over two weeks) 813/100K 728/100K 712/100K

CYO and COVID We have recently been informed that playing close contact sports while wearing masks can be a high risk expo-sure situation if someone on the team and/or coach tests positive for COVID-19. This would mean that if your student was on the team that was playing or practicing and received a high risk exposure notice, then they will have to quarantine. In a lot of situations, wearing a mask can reduce the exposure risk to a low risk expo-sure. However, the fact that the individuals are playing or practicing in close proximity to each other is what in-creases this to a potential high exposure situation. These sports include: basketball, indoor soccer, and wres-tling. We continue to work closely with the JCDHE in every situation that surfaces. Thank you for partnering with us to ensure the safety of our students, our staff and our community.

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SPECIAL! An EASY way to give back to Curé of Ars! Did you know that Curé of Ars is a registered charitable organization under AmazonSmile? Therefore Amazon will donate .5% of every sale back to Curé of Ars if you purchase items through the Amazon Smile link. To do this simply log on to: https://smile.amazon.com with your existing Amazon account info. Then select Curé of Ars as your charitable organization and start shop-ping. You will have access to all the same products, options, and benefits (including Prime) that you currently have with Amazon. This is an easy way to raise money for our school and we appreciate your help! Feel free to share this info. with grandparents, family, and friends! Thank you! WINNING THE BATTLE Thank you for registering for our webinar, Winning the Battle, hosted by The Religious Alliance Against Por -nography. If you missed the webinar, you could watch the recording by CLICKING HERE. You can view the PowerPoint, which has a list of resources, by CLICKING HERE. If you attended the webinar, will you please consider taking 2-minutes to fill out a survey to help us know how we can improve? You can take this survey at https://forms.gle/PnDVkHpP4EapvEnx5.

Please let us know if you have any questions. It is an honor to serve you. John Comstock jcomstock@nazarene.org

Cure’ Staff Christmas Gift Fund Each year PTO sponsors a “Faculty and Staff Christmas Gift Fund”. This is an opportunity for families to make a monetary donation, which will be combined and distributed among the entire faculty and staff. This tradition be-gan years ago in an attempt to recognize all staff members and to reduce the pressure on families to purchase indi-vidual teacher gifts. Please consider making a contribution as the faculty and staff truly appreciates this little “bonus” they receive each year. This year we have the option to use WeShare easy pay. Simply click on this link https://cureofars.weshareonline.org/giftfund2020 to make your contribution online. You can also choose to leave your contribution at the school office in an envelope marked "PTO Faculty Gift Fund”. Please be sure to make your contribution by Wednesday, December 16th so the faculty and staff can receive this gift of apprecia-tion before they leave for the holiday break. Thank you in advance for your generosity! Advent Activities for the whole Family More Advent Ideas for Families FORMED Advent Resources - take advantage of your parish's subscription to Formed. Jesse Tree

Mary on the Mantel

Saints of Advent - learn about the saints we celebrate during Advent.

Important Calendar Items: Last day of school before Christmas is Friday, 12/18 (11AM dismissal for PS, 11:30 dismissal K-8)

8th grade Parents Admissions to our Archdiocesan High Schools Bishop Miege: Bishop Miege Admissions St. James: St. James Admissions St. Thomas Aquinas: STA Admissions

Bishop Ward: Bishop Ward Admissions

School Counselor

For other at-home and community support resources please check out Mrs. Stilwell's google site: https://sites.google.com/cureofars.com/counselor-resources/home

PTO decorated a beautiful tree for the front office at school. It looks great!

THANK YOU PTO

Staff Christmas Gift Fund

This is an opportunity for families to make a monetary donation, which will be com-

bined and distributed among the entire faculty and staff. This tradition began years

ago in an attempt to recognize all staff members and to reduce the pressure on fami-

lies to purchase individual teacher gifts. Please consider making a contribution as the

faculty and staff truly appreciates this little “bonus” they receive each year.

This year we have the option to use WeShare easy pay. Simply click on this link

https://cureofars.weshareonline.org/giftfund2020 to make your contribution online. You can also choose to leave your contribution at the school office in an envelope

marked "PTO Faculty Gift Fund”. Please be sure to make your contribution by W ednesday, December 16th. Thank you!

Staff Appreciation--Stock the Fridge/Snack Carts

THANK YOU kindergarten and 1st grade parents for bringing items for the staff lounge this week! If you were unable to drop your item off you can take it to the front office. Our next drop off is Monday, January 4th for 2nd grade. Please look at sign up to re-

view what you signed up for.

New items have been added on TTSU for future drop offs. If you didn’t get a

chance to sign up last time and you’d like to participate please sign up now with

the link above. The staff are very appreciative of all the snacks/drinks--thanks for

all you do!!

Stay Current

Please visit PTO website and facebook for news and upcoming events. Our website has pictures of staff, room parent TTSU, staff appreciation details, information about

Amazon Smile, Box Tops and more.

Curé of Ars Catholic School Calendar for 2020-2021 *Dates and events are subject to change*

Updated: 12/11/20 December 2020 December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe- Feast December 14 Cure’ Culver’s Night December 14 PTO Mtg (Christmas Party) CANCELLED December 18 Classroom Christmas Parties (10:30AM) December 18 Half Day (11:00 Dismissal for Preschool, 11:30 Dismissal K-8) Dec 19 – Jan 4 Christmas Break: NO SCHOOL December 29 Holy Family- Feast January 2021 January 1 Feast of the Solemnity of Mary January 4 Class Resumes for Students January 5 Re-enrollment for current families begins January 11 NO SCHOOL: Teacher School of Faith (AM) & Professional Development (PM) January 11 PTO Mtg. (6:30PM in the Library) January 14 Auction Item Drop Off (7:45-8:45AM in Fr. Burak Rm.) January 17 Rose Presentation for the Unborn (9AM & 10:30AM Mass) January 18 Martin Luther King Day: NO SCHOOL January 20 8th gr. Cap & Gown Pics (9:30AM in Fr. Burak Rm.) January 22 Last Day of 2nd Qtr January 29 Cure’ Spirit Wear Friday Jan. 31-Feb. 6 Catholic Schools Week February 2021 February 3 Open Enrollment for new school families begins for 21-22 February 4 PTO CSW Staff Breakfast February 4 Celebration of Learning (Open House) (6:30-8:00PM) February 5 PTO CSW Staff Lunch February 7 CHIEFS play in Super Bowl LV in Tampa, FL February 8 NO SCHOOL: Teacher School of Faith Retreat (AM & PM) February 8 PTO Mtg. (6:30PM in the Library) February 10 Cancer Awareness Day February 13 Cure’ Soiree February 16 Cure’ Chipotle Night (4-8PM) February 16 School Advisory Council Mtg (7:00PM in the Fr. Burak Rm.) February 17 Ash Wednesday February 23 8th gr. Confirmation (7PM in the Church) February 26 Cure’ Spirit Wear Friday February 26 Kindergarten Round-Up (NO SCHOOL for Kdg only) March 2021 March 5 NO SCHOOL: Teacher Professional Development (AM) & School of Faith (PM) March 8 PTO Mtg. (6:30PM in the Library) March 12 Parent/Teacher Conferences (8-3PM): NO SCHOOL March 15-19 Spring Break---- NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS March 24 Cure’ Culver’s Night March 26 Cure’ Spirit Wear Friday March 28 Palm Sunday

April 2021 April 1 Last day of 3rd Qtr April 1 Holy Thursday Prayer Service (8:15am in Church) April 1 VIP Day (9:30-11:00AM) April 1 Half Day (11:30 Dismissal) (No extended care or After-School Care) April 2 Good Friday: NO SCHOOL for students and staff April 3 Holy Saturday April 4 Easter Sunday April 5 Easter Monday: NO SCHOOL for students and staff April 10 1st Communion (2nd grade, 10AM & 12PM in the Church) April 12 PTO Mtg. (6:30PM in the Library) April 13 School Advisory Council Mtg (7:00PM in the Fr. Burak Rm.) April 17 1st Communion (2nd grade, 10AM & 12PM in the Church) April 19 NO SCHOOL: Teacher Professional Development (AM) & School of Faith (PM) April 21 Volunteer Reception April 22 8th gr. retreat to Prairie Star Ranch April 30 Cure’ Spirit Wear Friday May 2021 May 5 Walk/Bike to school day May 7 May Crowing (2:15PM in the Church) May 10 PTO Mtg. (6:30PM in the Library) May 21 Cure’ Spirit Wear Friday May 21 8th grade Clapout (2:30PM, 8th grade last day of school) May 21 PTO Cure’ Staff End of Year Party May 25 Field Day TBD May 26 8th gr. Graduation Mass May 26 8th gr. Graduation (7:00PM in the Church) May 28 Last Day of 4th Qtr. May 28 Last Day of School PS3-8th grade (10:00 Dismissal) May 28 Teachers Last Day May 31 Memorial Day June 2021 June Vacation Bible School (VBS Dates TBD)

*Dates and events are subject to change*